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1 1 i inoisNewspaper Directory and Historymerits and advice, by the instructor. Later he is given larger assignments, interviews,etc., and trained in copy reading and news editing. These courses follow as closely aspossible actual newspaper practice and aim to give something of the practical supervisionand advice which an editor would give a beginner. Instruction in these courses is ofthree kinds—first, regular class room instruction; second, lectures by men engaged innewspaper work; and third, exercises in practical newspaper writing, editing and managing.In the third kind of instruction the university publications and local newspapersafford opportunities for the student to get into print. Students are given assignmentsby local papers and conduct the college daily for a time each year."Professor Green :: 'says: 'It is fully recognized by those in charge of the work thatthe University of Illinois has only made a beginning in journalism and is in fact farbehind some other institutions in the work offered in this line. While we offer a fewspecial courses on the literary side, we offer no courses at all on the business side ofjournalistic work—newspaper and magazine management. We have no model schooland consequently our students have no adequate means of practice. To do the workproperly, we need to expand our courses so as to include a course in the theory andpractice of advertising; one in newspaper business methods including the publishingand advertising business, newspaper accounting, distribution, etc.; practice or laboratorycourses in the det ails of printing a daily paper: a course in the history of journalismincluding not only the history of newspapers but the whole subject of the growth ofthe relation of public opinion and the press and all forms of periodical literature; andone in the law relating to publishing—copyright, libel, etc."While university publications and local newspapers furnish some opportunity forpractical work, the equipment of the university for instruction in this line is decidedlydeficient. To do the work in journalism properly the university needs a fully equippededitorial and reportorial office and library and a printing plant capable of issuing a dailyfour-page paper of standard size."The Illinois Daily Newspaper Association, of which I have the honor to be amember, placed itself on record last October as favoring the enlargement and strengtheningof the present university course and furnishing of the equipment necessary to practicaleducation in journalism. A committee consisting of Messrs. H. E. Baldwin (JolietNews), Thomas Rees (Springfield Register), and Fred E. Sterling (Rockford Register-Gazette) was appointed to co-operate with the university people in securing the necessaryappropriation for the enlargement of the present course."I believe that the Illinois Press Association should do likewise, and therefore recommendthe adoption of suitable resolutions at this meeting, and the appointing of acommittee, who shall co-operate with the committees of other associations and with theuniversity authorities to the end that legislation may be secured which will make possiblethe extensions of the course of journalism and which will provide funds for the properequipment of the proposed 'laboratory' course."The Committee on the President's Address reported the following which relatedto another section of his address: That they agreed with him that the cash in advanceand a fixed advertising rate would be mutually beneficial to publisher and patrons; thatall free advertising matter should be referred to the waste basket; and that they suggestedthat the President appoint an Advisory Committee of one member from eachCongressional District, whose duty it should be to seek new members in his district.His stand on the professional school and the welfare of the profession were given theapproval of the Association.John R. Marshall, Yorkville Record, spoke on "Free Advertising," and the topic wasthen given further discussion. The President introduced Mr. Herbert E. Fleming, secre-Professor Evans Boutwell Crnn. de-n of the colleRC of Lil-r-ture jrH Arts. U. of I.179