1903-04 Volume 28 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

THE SCROLL. 105'Ethics of Journalism—Proper sense of responsibility to the publicon the part of newspaper writers. To what extent should the opinionsof the editor or owner of a newspaper affect its presentation of news?Relations of publisher, editor and. reporters as regards freedom ofopinion.'History of Journalism—Freedom of the press, etc.'The Literary Form of Newspapers—Approved usages in punctuation,spelling, abbreviations, typography, etc.'Re-enforcement of Existing Departments of Instruction—For thebenefit of students of journalism : In English, reporting of news,news letters, reviews, paragraph writing, editorial writing ; in history,emphasis on geography ; in political science, emphasis on contemporaryeconomic problems and financial administration.'A building will be erected on Morningside Heights, at a costot $500,000, and the school will bear a relation to Columbiasimilar to that of the other professional schools. The coursewill be two years, and previous collegiate courses will notbe required. It is planned to have the building completedby the autumn of 1904.The report of the Student Employment Committee .atColumbia shows some interesting facts. One man drove atruck until he could get something better to do. A lawstudent earned $1,500 by managing a Western carriage factoryduring the summer. Another law man played in theorchestra of a theater. The Columbia correspondent for aNew York newspaper made $1,600 last winter; a managerof a yacht club earned $350 during the summer; anothernewspaper correspondent made $1,200; a life insuranceagent cleared $700, and a Cuban earned $75 as an agent fora cigar company. In his conclusion the secretary says thatany man who does not intend to enter the medical schoolor the schools of applied science and who has enoughmoney to support himself for a half year, may depend uponhis being able to work his way through college for the remainingthree and a half years. He presupposes that theman has determination and a fair amount of ability. Duringthe year 450 students applied to the committee for work.Of the 450 applicants, 273 reported their earnings on blankforms; of these, 43 reported that they had earned nothingwhatever. Through the employment obtained for them bythe committee, the students earned $16,654.44, and on theirown initiative they earned $41,122.13.A good many persons have the impression that high scholarsfrom the colleges do not do particularly well in thework-a-day world. This is a vulgar error. They do doparticularly well. The valedictorian of a college class does