New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-10
MERLE THORPE.

are thirty-nine universities now offering jour
nalism courses with faculty of seventy.two
teachers and 2,040 students There is no
Standardization as yet, each school doing tn.
work at hand. At the University OF Kansas
with whose work l am most familiar. three.
fourths OF the students time is taken up with
study in such subjects as history, English, 20.
litical science, philosophy, psychology, the
natural sciences and law, while the rest Of his
time is devoted to thirteen courses in technical
journalism. They cover news gathering ard
news writing, news Interpretation, newspaper
administration advertising, editorial problems,
comparative journalism, the history Of journal
ism and editorial practice. A laboratory IS
maintained where students apply the theories
Of the class room to the practical publication
OF six-column, four-page daily newspaper
This laboratory operated as It IS under
scientific management, gives US opportunity 70
carry on advantageously our state service WORK
whereby the 700 newspaper editors OF Kansas
can get help from their university on all PROP
lens affecting their business. The department
of journalism furnishes scientific cost systems
and latest record blanks to any publisher and
assists him in installing this system in his Oh
fee; it acts as arbitrator in disputes involving
legal printing; it furnishes estimates on IN
tricate jobs of printing; it maintains clearing
house whereby sellers and buyers OF newspaper
properties may get together; IT PROVIDES IN
structions to country correspondents with an
eye TO making the small papers country repre-
sentative more efficient; it publishes a monthly
magazine in which are discussed current ques'
tons of the profession. The department uses
its monotype at odd hours to recast the eoun'
try editors worn out type il has only latey
taken on the work of assisting the editor IN Sc
lecting his foreign advertising During NO
vember last year at least $4,000 in worthless
advertising was excluded from the state on INC
recommendation of the university.
That this service is appreciated is shown oy
the fact that when the University OF Kansas
did an unheard of thing last May in announ''
ing a short course for editors Isl state eoito''
enrolled at the university for the weeks VOTE
emphasized in the short courses. four'e'"
editors, including William Allen White, heniy
Allen and Arthur Capper, started OIL the wee"
byappearing in the local churches and prea@h"e
on the relation OF church and press, and as 0n'
editor expressed it, in the words OF Dr. WASH
ington Gladding. who delivered one OF the Ie''
ures, all went away with the idea that wne'''''
in pulpit or editors chair there is no diheten''
in the attitude of the man toward his wo'H
And this is the part schools OF Jcurn@iiS'"
will play in American journalism. Not GOMEZ
with sending out technically trained men, INV
will inspire the new generation OF newSP'pe
workers with realization that while tne'e
great ethical value in the truthful gathe''"s
and printing OF news, there is greater sOa'
in publishing a dynamic and purposeiul H'
paper He will take Kipling's phrase l0'
motto: Il am of service to my kind ~ "
clusion. lust as every man in the Unlted ''N''s
and every woman for that matteI-NN'
how to run a newspaper or a MOTEL J'''
every man. woman and child feels tree 70 .
tribute motives 10 the workers in journai'','"
Journalism is the most jealous mistress !" '''s
world. partaking as it does OF the na'ui' V
business, highly intricate and OF proiess'O',s
attributes Unlike any other pfoieS'''
business, it lays bare its soul every nor"
or afternoon; the mechanical ditheulue'
overcom.s are tremendous. The nervous 40
demands its news red hot. II has been J'Ds :sn
TOO often by the shysters in the prole's '"r.
rather tran by the great mass OF earnest ~
scientious men wto realize not only the po".
but the great responsibilities OF this nous .,...
agent OF publicity. II deserves less ea ..;.,
criticism; il merits more helpful eons'de's"''-