New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-17
WOMAN'S PAGE DESERTED
School of Journalism Colds
All Dodge II.
GIRL IS STAR REPORTER
Talcott Williams, President,
Laments Their Reluctance
to Specialize.


Women at the School Of Journalism are
I just like women everywhere. They want
20 take the mems jobs away. Talcott
/ Williams head of the school. who talked
before the Womans Press clue AT the
I Waldorf-Astoria yesterday. said with sor-
row that not one of the ten SiIls taking
the course iu journalism Will specialiZe
in work for the wonans PAGE. They all
/ insist on reporting I've news just Ike
the men.
They have every opportun!ty that the
'Iren have for doing this nc sa.o. "cN-
cept that they are not sent to places
where no newspaper would send woman
places where il would not De- safe for
her TO go. hope that when our city -
civilized there Will not be square yard
Of it where woman cannot 90 in safety
any hour Of the day or night lnder the
present barbarous conditions there are
only certain assignments whore d woman
can be sent
DIR. Williams gave q rapid sketch Of
the courses ~ the school OF Journalism
and the experience the stud suis get IN
| their outside work
4 They went 10 the Becker rial' no
said. They went over the oattleships.
They reported the meetings in last IA"
political campaign They wrote political
| editorials all through the campaign. Iht@
| do all the piays. and write their ORA
matte criticisms 100 the hours between
midnight and go. There is not a side OK
/ the life Of this great city that they 20 rot
see and report. and in the mean time
they are learning modern hisio'y az ""
roach it-uot the English Of the colleges.
but English 20 sell.
! ..\ye aim 10 work the students 80 nara
that when they get into real newspaper
office they will draw a long breath ana
.ay. .This is easy compared 10 the
school And in al this work the women
are doing quite as well as the men,
DR. Williams said after IN" meeting
that the one student who hal stood \
all through the year Was girl.
shes in her middle twenues' ne SAID
| 81 have great hopes of her
.It is curious that the men are much
more willing to specialize than lhe "o"h'
on think il pity women don want u
study toward the end Of producing Booo
,yo,oen's pages. FOR there is no more III
,.o,tant mart % a newspaper thah inns
| l., has great possibilities. but seldom are
! -. called How many Of those VINO
,..,rL for the woman's page are educated
in the things Of which they VIII i"
household Things? The lack oil oe'''''',
lining is the great want IN all INES VI
,.u,.,aper work What We heeu -
schools. and I hope the one We nave WIZ
be followed By others. ,,.,
Mrs Harriet Holt Dey presided owe,
vesterday's meeting. which was 'he '"9'
one the club will hold this season. O'n''1
/ 80, .h. r,ooramme were Gutzoh bViol"iA
I'D toh, Emerson. VINO Is playing i
.,l.,.,,.,r,,,.. out Of the fulness OF hi'
o,norierce az a manager for the ron
mans Mr.. Emerson told oil Tue io'''''
stagestruck persons, who without apo
binty OF training, think they are "''o'
for star parts. u.,
And YOU can't convince them "na'
they're not. / said TO one aPph'd"' VIZ
perfect truth. Madam, you want ~ "-'
and you have no figure. your chest s'hH'
in YOUR stomach prOtrudes. you nav
,o facial exnre.sion, YOU have no voice
,ou can't SIT stiIl. you can't walk across
~ s,aee uroueriy." And she went on
of that Office thinking ! was "iauH'a"
"Our great need IN this country ara
o,ticallv speaking. il school IKE th'
conservatolre. I'm Paris. There the ia"
material could be tried out. II the mel
,.ho With the best and purest intentions
o,ac,ed the New Theatre-if they nae
,o.,.a al the other end. and instead %
rutt,pg their money IN building had IA
=, IN the work OF educating people 10
Tho staee-then. indeed. they would nav
accomplished something.
MIR Borgums female aneelS-the one
an tho Cathedral Of ~. John the DiNihe-
nroiected themselves into ms addfess. IL
Gas lust telling the audience thd' New
VorL,s public libraries were TO" muci
,u,a arsenaIs when an inquisitive persoi
g. tho rear Of the room propounded
question Mr.. Borglum has often hear'
before ~ =
"Why did you make your angels all Re
male? ,,,,,,
..pecsuse." said Mr. Borglum prompt
ia the word angel comes from an on
word meaning messenger ana "omel
are fine messengers of sweetness an
light .,.., ,,.
| And The Woman's Press Ciup sm1e'
one wide. approving smile.