New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-02-13

bia University suffers a good deal from
time to time from attacks Of what may
be called 'inhammatory journalism The
only counsel have 10 give you IS never
20 believe anything you read in the
newspapers about Columbia unless you
have personally seen it-and then only
half of It,"
DR.. Butler related how he had read in
Sundays newspapers Of secret visit"
he made TO Europe He regretted his
inability TO be in more than once place
at a time, and the limitations OF his
vision that prevented him from "ob-
serving most important and interesting
things in the area Of wa.."
Press Not Reformed
Then he continued in his Lincoln's
Birthday address:
I'VE have a School Of Journalism
here, as you know" said DR.. Butler,
but it is still too young TO have
wholly reformed the American press.
Those characteristics OF complete &C
curacy and precision and restraint as
10 fact which have so long Sraced our
news columns and our headlines have
not yet been removed By the activities
Of our school.
"The fiction departments Of the
newspapers still occupy the front page,
and | assume that Columbia will con-
tinue TO be treated 70 its share OF
journalistic endeavor. If you Will be
kind enough not 20 believe anything
YOU see you will be much safer than
il you believe half Of il and write me
about the other half, which has become
an increasingly common occurrence"
He brought his tribute 20 close
with the explanation that only his
youthful training in metaphysics mad
enabled him to answer those letters at
all.
Others Speak on Lincoln
Others who spoke on Lincoln and
the grave aspect Of international at
fairs were Dr. Harlan F. Stone, dean
Of the Law School, and Professor II. L.
McBain.
II feel very deeply" said Professor
McBain, speaking Of the world war,
that the struggle is one that sets
democracy, as we understand and prac-
tise it in the United States, peculiarly
on trial"
Professor Hans Zinsser, Of the Col
lege Of Physicians and Surgeons, de-
scribed the research work done by the
in connection with infantlIe
paralysis.
Freshmen and sophomores met in
gladiatorial combat in the gymnasium,
while wistful goods, barred by conven-
ton, waited in the zero weather for
news of the winners. The sophomores
won six Of the seven contests, confirm
ing their powers over the freshmen Tor
the rest of the term.
The class of 1913 gave silver loving
cup TO Lech W. Zychlinski, as the foot
ball player who advanced most IN his
studies during the year.
A letter from Adjutant General
Stotesbury, Of the National Guard, was
read at a meeting of the Alumni Fed
Grafton in the evening, inviting Column
bia men to form an officers training
corps and promising admission TO the
state training camps and the oihcers
school at Peekskill.
The National Guard had officers
enough 70 last for about three weeks
OF actual warfare, he said. His sug-
gestion was received with enthusiasm,
which reached its highest point when
Herbert /. Satterlee called on Colum-
bia men as Americans 10 stand by the
President
Frederick Corkendell, president OF
the federation, announced that all but
$4,000 of the necessary $4,000 had
been pledged Tor the quadrangle IN
honor Of the late Dean John Howard
Van Amrnge.