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Show i j-'j-.'-f r: ? " 'i "'f f'i .; Vvt-U.ii i; O :..i.'j ..v J O ( i . i ii, C Z ! Extvnsion work the U:iiv-rs:tv of i the Sr-.iLe is just row un itjro;iiin r or- sjaii ziiun anil givi-f promise of a fu-; fu-; tit;-.' of t,iv:tt iiiij oi'tance. What it is anil s,,m .-ciiin r of its extjnt and importance impor-tance forms the su'ijfct macicr 01 a I rief bulletin rt-euii; iy disiributed from tiic Univt rsi'y. A ut.i , i rsity was ",i jrarden of hiih iin f illets, " a hav.vi to which voun..;' p .'", ;:nd vvor.ie:' tluring the fair pes io 1 of th- ir live.s retired from the world l r toe indiviiiu :l growth which is their liirtini, it. T ie new university, I. '. ' the new ltter tiy club, without sa .,-:fijt" of t'oe .sigojiicont elements of. i be ol i ideal is un.J e ' t ik i i it to become r.d Ha.-, iivtuni! a potent force of direct as well as indirect, tictiuti on the bf- of I tne community m which it exists, file riijhc devr lopm-oit of the potential powers of the best and ablest of the , outi-i mon antl ' women of the state, I ttiid as well as wide a service to the j state at large as its elaborate and : clivei'siiiod plant and iare and var- ' iou.ily trained employes enable it to j render -this is the principle of the J university of today. 'ine state at large has much need of tne specific service waich the University Univer-sity is particularly tit to render. In a recent address to the University of ! Utah students, United States Com-! missiotier of Educa.iuit, Honorable P. j P. Glaxton drew attention to the rap- ! idity of the world's progress within ' the last hundred years. j "fief ore 1776 there was no democ- j racy in the wnole worid, no govirn- I meiit by the people. But today in all! America ami Eurupe tne will of the j people governs the win of the ruler j himself. Uutil 1800 the people plowed i the ground with crude implements, i They thrashed the wneat and made it i into. Iljur as in the days of David,-' grinding it between two stones. ' Everything was done in a primitive way. Women carded wool, vveaved and . dyed it and made it into cloth. There was no nation d commerce, practically prac-tically no transportation. List year the freight trains of tne United States I carried freight which would keep : eleven billion men with two billion horses busv every day from new year to ne.v year to transport the same num-' num-' b r of milt'f. About four-fifths of ad tiie krowh ofre tati.'htin the schools has been discovered within the last ' hti"di d ycai s. All the knowledge by t v, hi -h we control the forces of t a Jure has ip-en d scoyen il within these hundred hun-dred years. Within these hundred years our world has changed." Until comparatively recent!;,' the ad- t vanreme.'it. of knowLdge lias been comparatively com-paratively slow. S. is President Van Hise of the Uni-veisity Uni-veisity of Wisconsin: The specific id a of University extension ex-tension is that the University shaii carry to tne piople the knowledge whicn they can assimilate for their betterment along all lines. The University Uni-versity is an investment, of the people, in libraries, laboratories, shops, and in men trained in diver-ilie i modern knowledge. Tile st i ce ...aking this investment in-vestment has obviously a right to expert ex-pert tne largest possible returns from It. Indeed the ability of the state to support the investment may depend upon the ability of tin University to make returns directly to the state in increased material prosperity. Tile extension bulletin announces these various departments of extension work, the function of each indicated by its name: Instruction by Extension, Public Lectures and Entertainments, The Bureau of ' General information and Welfare, I aciiers' Institutes, Leagues f jr Inter-High School Contests in Declamation, Dec-lamation, Public Addresses, Debating, and various let ins of Athletics. The instruction by extension is the instruction given outside University precincts for persons whose chief business busi-ness for the time cannot be study, but must be the work for a living. Their uistinguishing characteristic - is that tii'ey take the instructor to tne students rather than bring the students to the instructor. In o her respects, and especially in amount and serverity of effort required lor credit, they are precisely like parallel courses within tne University. To persons who have not kept informed of this new outside activity of the University there will be real surprise in the statement that there have been last year and thisd' total of fifty-three of these courses I given by t wntv-funr instructors for 'more than live hui; lr.-d students in tvventv-ono placts otit.-.iue Stilt Lako City. j A large number of iectnros and e.lu- j eational entort i . in nents, reading, musi- i i 1 cal programs, etc., are .also announced j as available to the'commiinities of the j state without expense to them other1 than the traveling e;:pense involved, i The schedule arraii.';ed for American! Fork shows the use the communities j are making of these lectures: Science j and Service, l.)r. Josi-pii F. Ilerrill; ! Conquest of chemistry in Industi ies, I Professor W. C. Ehaiioli; The Pole of' Bacteria in Daily Life, Professor It. L. I Byrnes; Home and School Gardens. Professor II. J. Abbey. j The Extension Bulletin puts the University on record as a bureau of . general information and welfare, and tts such invites inquiries irom the people peo-ple of the slate upon any subject concerning con-cerning which a tiihvt-rsilv may be, supposed to be repository of inforrna-: inforrna-: tion, and through tilt proper depart-; depart-; meat promises prompt consideration ' to such inquiries. Liformatit n has tiius been furnished to communities and individuals without charge upon : a multitude of subjeoo Demands for such assistance increase constantly. Not waiting for i tj lines, the University Univer-sity undertakes to disseminate through 'printed bulletins, such, inform;. tion or knowledge as is of general interest 1 and significance to the State. Examples Exam-ples of some of the n ost imnortant of i these bulletins issued in recent years are as follows: Tests of Brick, Te-sts : Macadam Pock, Tiie E'jri.ennicnl Design 'li.ioutd Cinciett, Perms, 'tie Cm stractioii Mid .".U.inU n u:ce of Earth Ro nis, Me i relia nt.- of Flo-wing Streams, Normal Train::, r School ' ( ours- of tturiy, The Great Natural : Bridges of Utah, The Aia-ient Inhabitants Inhabi-tants of the S in Jinn V.di Sage -t.ve High f-ci ool Ci ursi- of Study, j High School Debating. I (Continued next week) i |