The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
FUTURE BRIGHT
IN JOURNALISM
State-Planned and State
Supported Alliance Work
ing Out in West.
ny GEORGE PERRY NORRIS.

talked the other evening TO the
University OF Wisconsin Press Club.
The next day ! went into the school
OF journalism and talked TO the
senior class. Each group was sym
bolical OF our alliance between
State-planned and stste-supported
education OF journalists for thei=
calling and practical Journalism
which these midwest and Western
educators and pubiicists have work
ed out Here at Wisconsin Univer-
sity Cmost OF the time under WILL
! lam G. Blyers directIonD this prof.
ect has been taking root and now
ering out. Fifteen years Of tosl
have proved the worth OF the PLAN
and now the school enrolls not onl
/ it's own States fair quota OF pupil
but graduates from other univers0
/ ties seek IL for specialized training
Nor are all the pupils Americana
/ Asia and Europe also are repre-N
sented.
When 20 this schools work is
added the training in agricultural
/ journalism given by the Depart
ment of Agriculture and the ra-
markable publicity campaign Of the
extension department Of the uni
versity, you get some idea Of the
| exalted place in contemporary life
which this educational center gives
4 TO literature OF a combined journal
istIc, educational sort
GIeyer's Theory shown.
Prof. Gleyer's theory of admin
istering the school and shaping its
effect on the political economies
and social life OF the upper Nissis-
! sippi Valley, is shown by the school
/ curriculum and the school meth
ods He has not been as desirous
| as some OF the heads Of schools OF
Journalism have been TO make Wis
consin school a technical school.
His effort has been TO cooperate
with other departments OF the uni
yersity in laying broad foundations 4
Of general culture. leaving TO the
last years Of the course such guild
snce as is given in the technique
Of editing printing. distributing.
and winning financial income for
Journals Of all kinds He has not
attempted to make his pupils edi-
tors and publishers while Yet stu
dents. The school does cooperate
with the university daily. but IL -
not responsible for IL, as is the case
with some Of the schools Of jour
nslism.
Success of Graduates.
The success that graduates of the
school have when they get into re-
sponsible positions land most u
them do) justifies Professor Bleyers
theory. Their breadth Of training,
disciplined minds habits or sustain
ed intellectual work. and combined
general and specialized knowledge
soon win recognition for them even
in conservative newspaper Offices
Privileges Are Coveted.
You can not. as & nan brought
up in the lsissez -faire. Individual
istic, intensely practical" methods
Of the other systs1u-rf preparation
for the vocation, look into the work
ings Of such a school, without in
I tense regret that you were not
given such privileges in your youth.
Editors in Demand.
The crying demand in American
journalism today is for editors in
formed on international affairs and
P sympatheticBlly intelligent on con-
, temporary domestic issues The slu-'
enls Of this school make detailed
studies Of the economic. social and
political development Of various his
toriCal periods and geographical
sections OF the country They are
led 10 consider the diplomatic re-
lstion OF the country with reference
=. TO the progress OF international law
as II has been affected by the United
= States" ! quote from its Official
, program. which says. The hist0r-
= ical relation ofEuropeand Amer lean
, political and economic development
constitute the material for another
70 course" The history Of foreign and
American Journalism is studied
: Principles underlying the ethics "f
I the calling are defined. The psy-
= CholoEy Of both news publication
r and advertising is taught. for grad
q Uation theses on such subjects ss
;. these have to be written and APP
i proved.
: ,a) Censorship Of the press
through alien and sedition laws
(b) The journalistic ideals uf tho
first penny papers
CC) A critical analysis OF some
representative newspaper
tdD The art Of interviewing.
CeD Censorship of the press by
n Postmsster-E &c neral.
~ \ study Of legitimate and
o Questionable propaganda in news
e papers.
E It is because Just this sort ~
o work for future publishers. editors
I and reporters goes on in this region
h OF the country and in Kansas Mis-
3 souri,. Washington mot d. @ that
the balance Of cultural as well a=
9 political power Of the East waurs
] relatively.
BY way Of suggestion and aC-
. mOnition, il is interesting 10 NOTE
that no copy Of any Washington.
= D. c. paper is filed and read in the
= University Library. nor is any ono
s OF them studied as a model paper n
e the School Of Journalism. Yet Wash
e ington is the Nations Capital