Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-18
PUTS OVER A FAKE STORY.

/ Explosion Causes Men and Women
to Rush for safety"
THE first paragraph graphically de-
slrlhcd how scvruty-flyr men and
| women uusily az work around arwug
|. machines We're startled when uhc
dynamo of the machine exploded"
NuW a dynamo is Just about ass ike
Il ly to explode a8 a prayer book The
machine in question, moreover was
l doubtless an electric motor, not dy-
1 mmo, the old fashioned out-of-date
/ name for generator what actually
l caused the panic probably was that
I AN electric motor flashed OVER Cshot
II out splrksl when overloaded and set
fire 90 some lnflamnbIc material
/ Every reader with even rudImen-
tary knowledge OF electricity must
/ have slIlcd when he saw that dynamo
/ explosion"
Tho plain truth is that although
. electricity iH rapidly rcvoluuonizing
|. not only modern industries but homes
/ o8 well the average man is sull Woe
! fully Ignorant of the nature Of the
/ power and apparatus which are doing
So much To make his life more con-
II Ncnipnt ana comfortable For cX-
ample the presses ana type setting
! machines NJ the New York Times are
/ operated hy motors but the technical
| knowledge of lts reporters and copy
! readers has not yet caught up with
It's mechanical equipment
Errors of this sort are exactly
what the Columbia Univcrsitys new
School Of Journalism, endowed by the
late Joseph Pulitzer, is attempting to
! prevent by providing one Of the most
interesting courses In the schools no.
vel curriculum, This Is nothing less
than "A course In science, Inorganic
and organic. designed to give students
| the knowledge which will enable them
| to ask intelligent questions and write
| with accuracy on scientific subjects.
/ The announcement Of this course was
greeted with considerable skeptlcsm,
! bat the results of the first years work
! have proved not only the need Of such
| training, but also the entire feasibility
of giving such instruction along lines
that are practical from the standpoint
of newspaper work
81 read the examination papers and
"A number Of the essays submitted
through the course" said Or, Talcott
| Williams, director OF the school Of
journalism, recently in discussing this
| feature Of the work. AT all points
they possessed the newspaper quality.
They were written from the point Of
human interest discovered by the stu
dents in the most unlikely relations.
| one student for instance. found a
news peg on which to hang his essay
on carbon In the theft of $26, 900
worth Of diamonds in n package no
bigger than pill box, and passed
from this instance through the multi
| farious uses of this element. The hui
man interest had not interfered with
| the essential accuracy of statement.
To secure from young man in train
ing for the work Of a journalist on one
side a perception Of the relation of
science to human life and on the other
accuracy of statement as to the facts
in abstract science in portion Of the
whole round of knowledge most easily
and most frequently mls-stated in the
columns of the daily newspaper is to
accomplish at the threshold of a stu
dents training in the School Of Jour
nalism, the object for which Mr. JOS
eph Pulitzer provided its munficcnt
endowment. a large part Of newspa-
per work today consists in writing
about various fields of chemistry and
physics particularly electricity, and
the promotion and publicity Of large
corporations has brought into existen-
ce number Of well paid positions
occupied by men usually with expert
ence as journalists. whose work too
often shows how usefu to them would
have been the training offered in this
course"
The work which the school of Jour
nalism is doing along these lines is OF
the greatest interest TO the large cleo
trical manufacturing and public service
companies which in recent years have
devoted an increasing amount Of at
tention to the education of the general
public in regard to electricity and
electrical apparatus.
Or. Schuyler Skaats Wheeler presi-
dent Of the Crocker- Wheeler company
who has been much interested in this
campaign of education. believes that
such training as the School of Jour-
nalism promises tog i've the newspa-
per men Of the future will prove OF
the greatest possible value through its
reaction on the general public in
their reading
The Schools work should prove
very useful" said Dir. Wheeler. THE
ludicrous statements in regard to cleo
tricity and electrical apparatus seen
daily in the newspapers have undoubt-
edly much to do with the very hazy
and timid idea the general public has
Of htings electrical. II the Columbia
School OF Journalism succeeds In
training reporters to write intelligent
ly and accurately about electrical APP
paratus and the many other marvel
Gus inventions Of modern science
much practical good will be accom-
plshed All modern life and industry
have been revolutionized by the in
ventions Of the past century. Fullest
use Of these inventions cannot be en-
joyed until the world feels at home
with the apparatus. All civilized ma
tlons are still in the course OF read
justing themselves to the changed
of life brought about hy