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JOURNALISTS. AT DINNER.
to be subordinated to general and jaldi. lectual education. (Hear, hear.) He did pop bellov, they could build the craft of journalism exceps or the broad basis of the humanities
The members of-the-London district of the Institute of Journalista, assembled at
Dr. Rusell Wells, Vice-Chanceller of dinner at the Connaught Rooms on Dee Undvendty of London, responding, sid the university Authorities were.. very cember 11th-their Arst reunion since 1912 pleased to be working in connection with -recolved [tho“ gratifying sunouncement
that that morning the Queen had signited the Institute of Journalists, because they her desire to double her subscription to the felt it their duty to promote all forms of Institute's Orphan Fund, of which her learning, and, particularly those forms which had a practical application to the Majesty
is patroncas Mr. B. R. Little wood, chairman of the district, who presidirs of the world. In the first year of the course of journalism they had 103 ed over a large gathering, also announced students, and in October of this year there the receipt of a letter from Mr. Balfour were 143, and they were drawn from very who regretted that his presence in Goneys widely separated parts of the work. One- at the meetings of the League of Nations third of them were women, and there were prevented him "enjoring the hospitality men from India, Roumania, South Africa, of the only body in the world which can
America, Serbia,, and{alsewhere. A pro claim to be even wider in its ramifications fessor who had had a great deal to "do and more universal in its interests."?
(with teaching the studenth of journalism told him only the previous day that the best of these students were of a very high level of intellectual attainment; in fact, the better-cla journalistic student WHA
Mr. Littlewood, giving the loyal toast, said it was only their innate modesty that prevented them from calling themselves the Royal Institute of Journalists, for their
organisation was incorporated by Royal beeter than the better class of the students Charter, and they were very proud of the average. (Cheers.)
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Labuan, Tawao aid Lahad Da was in soy sense learned one come into Bir Philip Gibbs proposed The Ser. the ambit of the University of London, vices," and referred to the gallant partgraduates than any university in the Eu
(Cheers) London University had more played by a large number of journalists who exchanged their pens for the sword
One of their graduates who learns his during the war. He spoke of several meet saved more lives that all the lives that work in their schools and took their degree mgs with old colleagues at the front, and had been lost in the war, and if Londor told how to old Lewspaper man, engaged with trench mortes company, only 200 University had produced Lord-Lister alone would have a title to fame such as few yards from the German,greeted him with learned academics could show (Cheers.) Cho remark, "Halle, old man! Fles
The Chairman, calling upon Viscountess street isn'in it with this. Street of Phandds, to propose the next toast, anid Adventure (Laughter and chears) Another fine follow, said Sir Philip, was they all hoped that before long she would the claim to be called the House Beautiful place in that House which at pre Montagne, of the Manchester Guard sent could only base upon its furniture as a private soldier, reached the exalted rank of sergeant before he was blown up in a dug out, and then became one of his Insitate of Journalists, anid she had Viscountess Rhondda, proposing "The (Sir Philip's) cemors (Laughter, and ofters longed to belong to a number of cheers. Then there were Valentine Wiprofessions, from that of a doctor to that liama, a very gallant officer ontheonovalia; baar moet often she had Samme; Ferdinand Troby, one of the most longed to be a journalist. She had often irrepressible of intelligence officers; young longed, too, to be a member of Parliament, Blumenfeld, who was an officer in the cavalry and led the advance to the Rhine but that was when she was very, very and Leach, who used to describe Royal wand to be journalist - That must be young. (Langher.) She had always pageants before he fell in the great pageant because they had so much power. of the Somme. They even had a journal saw what was going on behind the scenes, They ist who was general-Howell, of the 50th but did not say
(Laugh- Division and some of the best of the ter.) That, of course, was where they
alf they knew. --Colonial generals began.life as newspaper differed from members of Parliament, who were supposed to have more, power than the poor things actually had. (Laughter) Of course, that did not apply to the politi cal personage. On the other hand, one always felt that the political personage moded an operation to his conscience before he got there (Laughter.) Ferhaps is would be unfair to give the name of the
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Mr. George Springfield, president of the Institute, in acknowledging the toast, said the junior journalistic society had recently been admonished to take among its ruling spirits some journalists of national dis tinction. The Institute did not need that admonition, for amongst its presidents in the last few years had been Mr. Frederick Hinde, Mr. J. L. Garvin, Mr. A. G. Gaper, Mr. James Sybes, Mr. Robert Dos id. Mr. George B. Hodgson, Mr. John Mitchell, and Lord Burnham, and he feld sure that there was not a member of The Daily Telegraph, stall who would not be prepared to maintain that Lord Burn ham wae and always had been a practical working journalist (Cheers.)
A BRITISH CORPORAL. HOW HE SOLD HIS LIFE AT SAMAWA
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stitute of Journalists, and the time seemed all the longer because of the superhuman, gravity of the intervening years. It had been stated on the highest anthority, that we no newspaper proprietor could be a work- ing journalist. (Laughter.) He wad always hoping that that would be true. Laughter and cheers) At any rate, he was proud of the honour of proposing, on, behalf of the greatest of their professional societies, the toast of London University He used the word "profesional ad visedly (Hear, hear.) They all know what the professional spirit was, although perhaps they found it a little hard tended by the loss of an armoured train, The evacuation of the railway was at define, I meant that if they had which come to a stop within 200 yards they always postponed their sectional self of its original position. The corporal interest, however bulightened, to the geof whom the story is told was in the erak ides of social duty and social service ill-fated train, and apparently had been (Chsera.) Is meant that they believed entrusted with the care of a considerable that the things of the mind would always sum of money. count the highest in the assessment of "I am told," mys the Times corres human values: (Cheers.) The other day pondent, that he was seen throwing Mr. Chesterton Bald professional dignity, 10 rupee notes at the oncoming enemy depended antirely upon colour, that when horden. A great crowd of Arabe collected journalists wrote anything that way around him, and, under the impression riously and admittedly true it ought that he was seeking to buy his life, always to be printed in golden letter greedily clutched the money, struggling The difficulty was.in knowing what was the exact truth, because truth had so many aspects and was seen from so many angles of vigion, and they all know that threw some bombe, among them doing Chesterton had an angle of his own. (Laughter.)
He did not believe the profession of journalism, could ever riso to its fall height and statare unless it were alosely associated with the life and tradition of GERMAN ÖNEY LYING IDLE. our universities, After all, the university idea was the highest and the proudest and the most generous of all the great ideas that moved men, and the conjunction would be for the good of both. It was not a bak thing in the days for the univer tier to be kept a much in touch, ag pos wble with all the great movements and influences that lay outside their immediate purview. (Hear, hear.) They were all professors of omniselenen sa journalists (laughter) but that was no reason why, Be a preparation for that noonery pose, they should not learn something of the arts and sciences as they were taught at the universities(Cheers.) Personally be tional and technical traini
and fighting each other for its possession. When the crowd of money-seekers, had attained large proportions the corporal The gallant lad sold
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