New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-01
JOURNALISM THEIR GOAL
Hundred Students OF Pulitzer
School Start in Race.
TO TRAIN NOSE FOR NEWS
Must DISTINGUISH Between
Stencil and Perfume, Says
DR.. Butler.


The Pulitzer School Of Journalism. at
Columbia University, formally opened yes
,erday afternoon with exercises In Earl
Hall. at which DR.. Taicott Williams. d.
rector OF the new school; President Mich
olas Murray Butler and Bishop David II.
Greer made addresses. The one hundred
students who have been admitted 10 the
school In its first year were present, as
well as some fifty officers and professors.
although an under class rush was n coun-
Ter attraction which kept the attendance
down.
Dr. Butler In introducing Mr.. Williams
made some characteristic references to
newspapers and what the new school
would do for them.
81 often wondered" he said. ''who read
certain class OF papers printed In New
York for which care little. They use
nye-inch type In their headlines and they
attract attention by appealing to the ig-
noble. One day while walking through
Madison Square Park I had my question
answered. for although II was only II
o'clock In the morning the benches were
ied with oilers. each one reading one
Of the papers have referred 10.
Train the Nose.
when waS serving my journalistic
apprenticeship every city editor and every
managing editor was on the lookout for
young men who had noses for news. Our
bew school Of journalism IL also on the
lookout for men who have noses for news,
vAar nc nj IN
and train that nose so # can distinguish
between stencil and perfume.
Or williams. I am sure. is ably quail
eed TO do that. for no man IN this coun-
ny 10 better fitted to train young news.
eaperrnen than he. He has grown old In
lhe service, and am sure that he will
lmpsrt only the best TO those who have
come 10 study under him"
DR.. Williams spoke OF the aims and
purposes Of the school. The students, he
said, represented twenty-one countries
and states, including China and New
Zealand. Less than half vsre from New
York State. in the first year one-half
we're men who have had newspaper ex-
periencs. and all these had left wage
earning positions to enter the school
one-hfth of those in the school held col
ieze degrees, a proportion far larger
than when the Law and medical schools
hrst opened OF the one hundred pupils
sntering nine were women, proportion
Of women less than that which existed
In Journalism, taking all newspapers and
periodicals.. OF the teaching force, TWEEN
ty-four In number, one-third had had
practical experience in journalism and
Iorr had given nearly all their active
lives 20 this calling Continuing, he SAID
The first fruits Of the school are that
before il opened the newspaper discus-
sion for six months past, Jointly Que 10
It's great endowment and the ton or Co
iuinbia in accepting II, had proved public
conviction Of the need of training Tor
newspaper men and the demand and sup
port OF the newspaper press, as whole,
sor this professional preparation. This
public verdict has quickened the interest
both of the public and the universities In
this field The question is no longer. as
Il was half year ago, whether journal
lists shall be trained, but how they shall
be trqine so as 10 become efficient Jour
nalists better able 20 serve the public
Must Work Hard.
The training OF the school through its
four years course divides itself among
studies on history law, government,
party organization, economics, unions.
ana sn9 nS sTqhRs II The Srst
TWO years are devoted 10 the funda-
mental studies whose knowledge Is nee
sssary 10 the journalist In his work
Nearly one-third of the time IN the
sourse is devoted to training in writing.
The students Will do nearly as much
writing each week as the average man
IN Newspaper office. This work viii
De Vigorously corrected and required 20
~ NJ nat an 10
will be done under a time limit, as IN
Service conditions.
Training In writing in the school looks
% accuracy, presentation ma a vlvla
ptyle. In this training tn customary
place in college English" Of themes
and subjects, created for the occasion
10 laid aside, and the subjects on which
men write spring either from their
studies or from their work as reporters.
Political science at the opening OF the
present year, In the first year class. is
devoted 10 the Presidential election. In
the second year economies wlll De
studied in the usual beginning course.
pot weekly the pupils Will write undcf
direction q business article" reviewing
the busine $ and financial week. such AS
many newspapers publish Saturday. sun
subjects cast In newspaper form in the
shape OF dispatches from historic battle.
fields. reports Of historic events and
estimates OF public men and measures.
treated In the ed torial spirit Through
cut all the studies this plan will be
adopted, and both science and literature
will he used to supply subjects training
men In treatment and presentation.
The news OF New York will be en-
ployed IN the last two years 20 train men
In reporting, &C. school them in writing
and 10 acquaint them with the life OF q
great city Trials. the visit of the bat
ueships, the election, where the returns
viii be handled. large events and small
will he used as assignments The Presi-
Genital campaign will furnish a text fo-
editorial writing, new plays will be the
subject OF notices, the exhibition OF the
Academy OF Design Of art criticism, and
new books OF book reviewing
When the women reach the third and
fourth years In this course those who de-
sire 10 prepare for the wOman's page
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