Illinois newspaper directory. History of the Illinois press association

Illinois Newspaper Directory and Historythrough the two houses and kept watch over it until it had been signed by GovernorLen Small. It received a vote of 79-23 in the House and a comfortable majority inthe Senate, due to the efforts of the press committees headed by S. P. Preston, W. J.Smith, John Harrison, and H. L. Williamson.Immediately upon the adoption of the billthe president of the university appointeda faculty committee to make recommendations to him concerning the establishment ofthe school.This committee, appointed on June 3, consisted of K. C. Babcock, dean of theCollege of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Dean Charles Manfred Thompson, dean ofthe College of Commerce; Harry G. Paul, professor of English; Frederick R. Russell,professor of Business Organization and Operation; and J. F. Wright, Director ofPublicity and member of the journalism faculty.This faculty committee held several meetings and made a recommendation to thepresident on June 17 calling for adjustments in the organization of the university,the budget, and the faculty. The faculty committee submitted a tentative programcalling for the establishment of a junior-senior graduate School (College) of Journalismrequiring two years of college work for admission.This program was placed before representative editors of daily and weekly papersat a meeting on Monday, July 11, at 10:30 a.m., in the Union Building.The meeting was attended by John Harrison, S. P. Preston, Clinton W. Bliss, VerneE. Joy, A. L. Bowen, Harry B. Potter, W. F. Hardy, W. W. Loomis, W. J. Smith,J. E. McClure, D. W. Grandon, H. U. Bailey, and other members of the Illinois PressAssociation.The newspaper men emphasized the importance of offering instruction in businessproblems of the newspaper, in the psychology of news appeal, research and investigationin newspaper and publication practices, ethics, principles and history of journalism,practical laboratory reporting for daily newspaper publication on a laboratory newspaper,study of current events and their background, work in history, political science,economics, and sociology, and training for the country papers.They expressed general approval of the plans submitted and asked that specialprovision be made for the things which they had emphasized.The faculty report was then put into final form and President Kinley preparedhis recommendations on it to the Board of Trustees. At his request Lawrence W.Murphy was placed in charge of organizing the school and proceeded to secure a facultyand outline the work in detail.Formal action by the Board of Trustees establishing the school was taken at themeeting of July 14, 1927. The budget for the first year was approved by the presidenton August 4, 1927. The "establishment" report appeared in the minutes of the boardas follows:Board of Trustees, July 14, 1927, presented by President David Kinley:School of Journalism:(35) The legislature passed a bill appropriating $30,000 to the university forthe establishment of a School of Journalism. The appropriation came so late thatit is difficult to organize the work fully. Nevertheless, it should be started. Aconference was held last Monday with several editors interested in the movement,'•The Board had voted to authorize establishment of a school at its meeting October 20, 1926. Passage of the School hillprovided the funds needed. The name School w.s understood to mean the same thing as College as it applied to Journalism at