The evening world., 1912-03-11
DR.. WILLIAMS
TO HEAD SCHOOL
Of JOURNALISM
Distinguished Editor Will d.
rect Institution Founded
by Joseph Pulitzer.
J.. w. CUNLlFFE AIDS.
School Building Unfinished,
instruction, in Temporary
Quarters, Begins Sept. ~.
J. w. CUNLlFFE AIDS.

n TNseote Wil1ams. associate editor
= ~ PhAaAs,phAa Prsss who 10 rsoos.
aAssl - ~ - the mott experienced
nowuDaoee men in America and 10
h1gAly esteemed - . scholar and public
sDsoksr. haA been chosen TO bs the Di.
seeeee & ne osnoei Of Journalism
fsuaAsd ss Columbia University by the
iats JessDA Puitssr with an endowment
e 0om.ooa Prof. John W. CuniiRs.
IAtt D. hsaA Of the English literature
dspastnsoe q the Univsrsity Of VIII.
eeasaA. v TO b associate director.
ne apooaatmsnts are announced BY
FsssaAsnt Niohelss Murray Butler and
IL tsvstsss With the approval Of the
aAvtDesv hoard Nmed By Nj. Puiitssr
bseees his death. last November.
The aaeAirs Of the school Will b in
~ haeds Of an administrative board Of
u1nA consisting Of President Butler.
Dsaa xspps. Or. Taioott WAliams.
1eeE. 0unli6s end PyofA. Trent seaSer.
|eAssweil Thorndtks and Beard Of the
uaivsrslty faculty.
Because he $4,000 building now IN
dsr eenstruction at Broadway and One
Hundred and sixteenth street will not
~ eemplstsA until the summer Of 1913.
Instruction viii begin on Sept. Il In
temporary quarters.
Or. Williams. President Butler. Prot.
Cunline and their colleagues will meet
n the neal future to confer ON q our
r!cuium and the actual lins Of work to
be undertaken Informal conferences
Indicated that the new school viii be
Of an undergraduate nature and that
DO particular ~peeislising will be at
tempted until the last two years Of the
four years course. It 10 certain that
history. politics and economics will
constitute q very important part Of the
course. 1t IL expected that definite an
hcuneenent OF the plan and scope OF
the work VIII be made after the April
meeting OF the trustees.
MR.. WlLLiAMs's LONG, CREDIT.
ABLE NEWSPAPER CAREER.
Or. williams was born In Abeih. Tur.
key. on joy 20. ls49. the son Of Rev.
William Frederic and Sarah Pond Will
tamS. Ills father "a a missionary sta
toned In Turkey. lie was prepared for
college at Phillips Academy. Andover.
Mass, and entered Amherst, from
which he was graduated In the class 0.
1874. After graduation HI obtained en-.
ployment on The World, which at that
time had not come under Mr.. Pulitzer's
ovnership. and VA placed on the reg
ular city stan as reward for having
secured an interview with Harry Hin
% the career Of John c. Hcenan. lie
was associated IN his work as a re-
portsr with .Biakeley Hall. Julian Ralph.
Ballard Smith and s. Merrill Clarke.
nOv Of the New York U He was
Albany correspondent Of The World In
me winter sessions Of lS75-76, and after
service IS assistant night editor and
night editor he was sent to Washington
q The World correspondent. lie be.
came afsrward Washington correspond
Snt Of the New York Sun; in 1879 ed.
tsriai writer on the Springfield Republ!.
can, and IN 1851 was chosen associate
editor OF tho Philadelphia Press. a po-
jltlon he has held ever since.
he 10 q trustee OF Amherst College. a
member Of the Executive Committee OF
the National Civic Federation on the
Avt Of tho public. q manager OF the
Archaeological Museum Of the Univers-
~ Of Pennsylvania, q manager Of the
Free Hospital for Poor c~onsumptives.
the White Haven Sanatorium. Vice.
PRESIDENT Of the Pennsylvania Society
fer the Prevention Of Tuberculosis. Vice.
Prssfdent Of the Pennsylvania Society
fss the Suppression of Social Diseases,
Wee-Prssidsn Of the Armstrong Assc-