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Show WORK OF CIVIC SECRETARY, Nw. Town Officii," Has Become an Important Im-portant Factor In American Ameri-can Life. There is a new official In American city life the civic secretary. He represents rep-resents the link between education; and life in the big cities. For a number num-ber of yeans American educators bavs been striving to bridge the chasm that seemed to: exist between educational' influences and the every day lives of tno people. By means of evening schools, libraries, extension lectures 1 and more recently clvio, social and recreational centers much has been done. It has remained to combine these connecting educational forces under one active officer, and this ha been accomplished by the new position of civic secretary. The civic secretary at Duluth, Minn., Is appointed by the board of publio welfare of that city. He has charge of all the local social; center work, Plana to secure the same sort of officer- are ' reported to be under way in several other cities of the middle west The official may not always be called the "civic secretary," but his functions are generally the same. He organizes educational edu-cational extension v.Tk; hivl !"tellt-gent !"tellt-gent and sympathetic aid to r'-y and recreation; stimulates discussion of public problems; in shori, ) consolidates consoli-dates and directs the civic a ancles ot the community for the beccjit of all the citizens. In Superior, Wis., a "city exposition" Is planned by the civic secretary, who. is here called "director of the civic center department." In this city ex-, position not only local Industries but the educational and municipal instltu-. tions will have an opportunity to ex-, hitrtt their methods and results. The, exposition idea is only a single item, in a large program mapped out by the director. There will be-various social and recreational activities, lecture courses, civic and ward improvement clubs, and- a clipping bureau will be established to collect information on social, civic and municipal matters. |