Exhibit JC42 - The Leveson Inquiry

For Distribution to CPsHacks and Dons - Teaching at the London University Journalism Schoo[ 1919-1939: Its origin,development and influence.Scientific Invention - 10 lecturesReligious Ideas Today (summer term) - 5 lecturesPolitical Theories from 1789 to present time - 10 lecturesCritical and Artistic Ideas - 10 lecturesSome Modern Philosophers (summer term) - 5 lecturesand that for the first year students, lectures on Scientific Discovery in theNatural World and on Critical and Artistic Ideas be arranged.’The Committee noted that ’Modern English Literature’ would be a lecturecourse of one hour a week for each year and also noted that therecommendation quoted above replaced ’Principles of Criticism’ which was’in effect an Honours subject, and as such is unsuitable for Journalismstudents as a compulsory subject followed by an examination.’ At the samemeeting Mr. Clarke submitted a claim for assistance in teaching and theCommittee agreed to consider it more fully at a later meeting.That next meeting, on 20 th February, 1939, reported that the new courseon ’Discoveries, Ideas and Thinkers’ would be difficult to arrange inpractice, as the Professorial Board of King’s felt it would probably berejected by the Senate because it proposed that no examination should beheld on the work of the course. ’9° So that experiment, in what might havebeen assessment of course work, did not meet with approval and wasdropped. But the Committee stood by their conviction that ’Principles ofCriticism’ for which students.., might have no aptitude’ should be madeoptional. Mr. Clarke’s request for more staff was not discussed. At thatmeeting the Committee had a letter from Mr. Gaitskell saying he hadhanded over his work to another colleague and commending one student inparticular, Mr. R. H. Stephens who was ’quite exceptional and shows aremarkable desire for knowledge.’ (ln 1982 he was DiplomaticCorrespondent of The Observer)While these discussions continued throughout the summer of 1939, withwar clouds threatening, some students were already involved in militaryactivity and in March the University Journalism Committee considered anapplication from Mr. George Sokolov to be allowed to postpone his entry forthe Diploma Examination from 1939 to 1940 because as ’a member of thePolish Army he was recalled to Poland in the middle of February. ’91Meanwhile the annual scholarship examinations were held and twoawarded? 2Although these two never took up their scholarships it might beinteresting to gaze into the crystal ball to see how the course might havedeveloped. Since Clarke’s arrival Dr. Harrison had pursued the idea of aseparate School of Journalism, either within the University or financed bythe newspaper industry. There followed several lengthy letters betweenClarke and Harrison on the subject and, obviously, much privatediscussion? 3The Proposal for a School of JournalismThe earliest mention by Dr. Harrison is in Clarke’s very first term atKing’s and then seeking meetings with influential journalists to draw up ’anideal scheme for the Diploma - syllabus, organisation, equipment - and see97MOD100051268