New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-24
'GAYNOR HEAPS PRAISES
(NOT SOD ON WHITMAN
That's Only One of the SuppoSi-
tionS Aspiring Young Jour.
naIiStS Faced in "Quiz."
THIRTY-SEVEN QUESTIONS
Bryan, Mrs. Pankhurst and
Four x-Police Inspectors,
Now on Island, Figure in
MacAlarney's Exam"

Suppose Mayor Gaynor issues an unex-
pected statement from City Hall, admit
ting that his policy regarding the police
has been unwise. admitting as well that
the force is demoralized and praising Dis
trict Attorney Whitman.
This isn't a pipe dream" 1t was all
supposed" in one of the thirty-seven
questions on which the students in the
School OF Journalism at Columbia Uni
versity got their final quiz" on Thurs
day by Professor r. E. MacAlarney.
And as part OF the same question
there was still another supposition. as
follows:
Suppose. too. that you are asked TO
think up a good idea for cartoon. the
managing editor and the artist having
considered I'm vain. what would you sug
gest? The instructor has no precon-
ceived idea himself, and he will not begin
to think until you do"
II you should stumble against" Will
lam J. Bryan tonight in the lobby Of an
obscure side street hotel you would prob
ably ask him what he was doing so far
away from home, but this contingency
was not meant to be met in that way by
possible beat in sight" was held out as
a sop for them TO do their best and an
swer accordingly this expressive ques-
ton:
What would you ask him."
This was No. l6 among the questions:
"If YOU should go down the bay on the
revenue cutter. find that you were the
only reporter on board tperish the
thought Mr. MacAlarney). and discover
Mrs Pankhurst incog.. on the steamship
Olympic, what would be the first six
questions you would ask her? Write
these in the order Of importance"
The answers 10 question No. II might
be Of invaluable service TO the English
police. for il was Where IS Chrstabel
Pankhurst?"
1t was No. Il that held but chance for
the journalists 10 put plenty Of punch
in their answers Here 1t Is:
Given the attempted escape Of the four
convicted ex-police inspectors while being
taken from the Black Maria 10 he Ber-
tilloned At Police Headquarters, one Of
the pair OF handouts breaking and two
Of the prisoners escaping 20 tenement
houses nearby. where they were recapt-
ured at the point Of the Sheriff S deputies
-lwherc was Sheriff julius D-guns
Write an introduction for an evening
edition Repeat the first paragraph as
YOU would write # for the next morn
ing's paper You must use real names
and locale
No. % presupposed Ambulance of the
journalist TO the penitentiary on Black
Wells Island. Then Il was asked which
OF the four inspectors would the Jour
nalist' prefer to see. II only one visit
were possible. and Why
To name six big men" In Tammany
Hall. and Ike number OF the same cali
bre In local Republican and Bull Moose
circles also was required. who is Lucy
Dodge" was another question pro-
pounded. and Name the principals In the
Borden kidnapping Cquotes' were the
professor 81 story" Other questions were.
What policemen have been arrested
and convicted In the scandals following
the shooting Of the gambler. Rosenthal?'
What rights have American citizens TO
own land In Japan
What were the chief requests OF the
J. =. Morgan will? Contrast II with the
Wills OF T. H. Hartman and Russell
Sage What were the chief news inter-
ests-in proper order-of the Will
Give brief summary of the taXicab
scandal Name the corporation involved
and give the names OF at least six actors
I'm the disclosures. cite the chief pro-
visions Of the proposed ordinance regulat-
ing cabs in New York.
And as climax the students were
asked: What newspaper In New YORK
CITY would you prefer to work on, and
Why"