The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-29
TALC0TT WILLIAMS TO BE
PRINCIPAL SPEAKER
Noted Journalist to Speak to Guests
OF The Eastern Shore Trust Com
pany Tomorrow Night-Speaker
Enjoys National Reputation as Il
Most Interesting Tall<er.

Very few persons realize how for
tunate The Eastern Shore Trust Co.
of this city is in being able to secure
Talcott Williams to make the prin-
cipal address at their regular annual
meeting at the Opera House tomor-
row night Just how the Company
happened TO get into touch with Mr.
Williams is something that has not
been divulged. but there is no gain
saying the fact that he is today, per
hapSWithout exception, the leading
man in the entire world in his line
of work.
Mr.. Williams is at the head of the
School of Journalism of Columbia
University 1t Is hardly worth while
TO say anything about Columbia, for
practically every one knows about
this great University, which stands
for the foremost things in education,
but its School of Journalism, of
which Mr.. Williams is the head, was
founded only 4 few years ago, as the
result of an endowment by the late
Joseph Pulitzer, the great newspaper
man and philanthropist who owned
The New York World Mr. Pulitzer
had purchased the World at a time
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gaTded as one of the poorest news
paper prospects in the country, hay
ing little circulation, less adyertis-
ing, and even less credit, but with
the keen insight into the real work
and value of newspaper, he rapidly
built up one of the greatest newspa-
pers in the world, erecting its struc-
ture upon such sound and substan-
tial principles that during the great
er portion of the :. last twenty-five
years of his life he was able to spend
much of his time in philanthropic
work, while his great paper kept on
growing greater and greater.
Upon his death a few years ago it
was found that he had left a large
sum of money with which to endoW
a School of Journalism in connection
with Columbia University. The rea'
sons given by him for the founding
of such school, which were made in
connection with that portion of his
will directing the establishment of
the Endowment Fund, were an in
dex to the character of the great man
who had successfully laid the foun-
dation of the great newspaper thru
which he had achieved fortune that
ran into the millions. He wanted
the men who are to publish Ameri-
can newspapers, to write the articles
that are to be read by millions upon
millions of people, to direct, to a
large extent, the thoughts and minds
of the American public, to be train
ed men, trained to tell the truth I'M
der all circumstances, trained to I'M
derstand thoroughly all questions
that may arise in connection with
their work, trained to appreciate the
tremendous responsibilities resting
upon them, trained to do their duty
alike to the public and themselves.
When the trustees he named in his
will consulted for the purpose of Sc
lecting a head of the School of Jour
nalism, they unanimously selected
| Talcott Williams, who had been on
the staff Of a number of the leading
newspapers of the country, jour
nalist, who had received a half a
dozen OF more degrees from col
! leges, who was a member of many
| leading scientific boards, and who
| was recognized as the type and char
acter of man that Joseph Pulitzer
had in mind when he created by en-
| dowment the School of Journalism
of Columbia University.
| This is the gentleman who viii
make the principal address at the
| Eastern Shore Trust Company enter,
| tainment tomorrow night. Others
| on the program will include Mr.. and
! Mrs Hobart Smock, of Baltimore the
| Cambridge Orchestra, etc.