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amount of technical information and 

 skill, small in joui-nalism as com- 

 pared with medicine or engineering, 

 but still deserving treatment in a sys- 

 tematic and broad manner, and more 

 quickly and thoroughly' learned in spe- 

 cial courses than in actual practice. 

 It is especially the case in a large 

 office that a man has but small oppor- 

 tunity of learning anything except the 

 particular work assigned to him, al- 

 though it would be for his advantage 

 to know something of the work of 

 other dei:)artments. In the case of 

 teachers, summer schools at the uni- 

 versities have proved extremely iise- 

 ful. Similar short courses for journal- 

 ists will doubtless be given in the new 

 school. The combination of the theo- 

 retical study of general principles in a 

 university with practical work under 



experts is probably the best kind of 

 eaucation for every profession. 



Columbia University established the 

 first university school for teachers. 

 This has continually grown in stu- 

 dents, in endowments and in efficiency, 

 and has served as a model for other 

 institutions. The school of journalism 

 will doubtless repeat this history. It 

 begins with a generous endowment, 

 Mr. Pulitzer having given a million 

 dollars and having conditionally prom- 

 ised a second million. A building to 

 cost about $500,000 will be erected at 

 once on the site shown in the plan. It 

 will he directly on the right hand of 

 the magnificent entrance to the library 

 here illustrated. 



President Butler, whose portrait is 

 reproduced, was elected president of 

 Columbia University on January 6, 



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Plan of the Buildings and Grounds of Colu.mbia University. 



