New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-12-30
JOURNALISTS MUST
KEEP ON STUDYING
Annual Meeting of Those
Who Teach-KnoWledge
Is WatChWOrd.

Students in the schools Of journalism
throughout the country will have
hard road 20 travel in future II the
discussions before the annual meeting
Of journalism teachers at Columbia
University bear fruit
All present agreed that a journals,
should know everything. and after tax
ing all the subjects listed in the col
lege curriculums he must keep right
on learning or fall far behind.
The morning session was devoted to
4 discussion OF editorial writing.
Charles R. Miller, Of "The New York
Times" and Frank I. Cobb, OF The
World" revealed 70 the teachers the
secrets of successful editorial writing.
Mr.. Cobb emphasized the part that
the cartoon plays. He considered the
cartoon a pictorial editorial, and said
its importance was proved By the com
ment tina. always followed a striking
cartoon.
Both editors deplored the seeming
lack of knowledge OF the history Of the
United States that was everywhere ap-
parent.
Talcott Williams. dean OF the CO.
lumbia University School Of Journal
ism, gave a short history of the growth
of the profession. Tie said, in part:
Various schools and courses IN jour
nelism have to-day 2.I07 students regis
tered. This has come for the most
part in the last ten years. IL Is thir-
ty-seven years since the first course IN
journalism was offered az Cornell, and
fOrty-fve years since one was offered
at Washington and Lee, but DO Is only
twenty years since systematic teaching
began. and the larger growth IN our
field is In the last decade Our 2.lO1
students are per cent Of the number
IN the calling.
Taking 10 per cent a our falr
average, We ought 20 have 1000 stu
dents in the next four to SIX years
say 1920. The general studies that We
require iu languages. history. economic
and political courses are the core OF
college course. Our professional courses
teach q man accurate description and
effective =elf-eXDression. or they are
sham. trivial playing with report
INC, ard a technique of aoao ana MAKE
up. ca Iy learned anywhere.
IF the adequately trained Journalist
once has full control Of the American
newspaper. care not what Congress
legislatrs or state Legislature enacts'
the future of the American people Is
i'm the hands Of our graduates.
The educators were entertained AT
luncheon by Dean and Mrs. Williams
at their home. =.
Among those registered we're +. y:
Scott. University Of Michigan; Roland
p. Gray. University OF Maine; Frank
r. Martin and Walter Williams, Uni
versitv Of Missouri; Merle Thorpe,
University OF Kansas; George {.
Clancy. Beloit College; John ".
Cooney. Notre Dame University; James
Mercer Blain, Louisiana state Uni
versity: Richard II. Thornton, North
Carolina State University; Joseph W.
Percy. Indiana University; Nelson A.
Crawford. Kansas Agricultural Col
lege: William Grosvenor Bleyer, Uni
versity Of Wisconsin; Charles Arnold,
University Of Pittsburgh, and Robert
W. Neal, Massachusetts Agricultural
College. ,
Others i'm attendance we're Charlton
Andrews and j. Melvin Lee. Of the New
York University. and Franklin Mat
thews. J. ". Cunlife and Ialcott VIII
Jams. Of Columbia University.