| Show WHAT HAT has become of University t V T Extension in Utah Last year we heard the subject frequently discussed this year not a word has been said Last year one of the members of the University University University sity staff ask asked d as a special favor a little space in the CHRONICLE in which to bring this subject to the attention of the public this year the CHRONICLE is obliged to lead out Of course we do donot donot donot not object to leading out It for it is our ouraim ouraim ouraim aim at all times to represent the best intellectual life of our University In other states University Extension has passed beyond the experimental stage but in Ut Utah h we are ashamed to admit that the subject has hardly reached the point of earnest and serious tion Why is this We are not ready yet to charge it to a lack of appreciation of intellectual improvement but we deeply fear that many University graduates graduates graduates ates and students who are teaching are too indifferent t to undertake the task of working up an Extension Circle in their districts Every school-house school in our land should be an intellectual focus from which the light of knowledge should radiate to every home tributary to it When this is not the case someone is to blame A and more often than otherwise that one F r ris is the teacher So far as we know no member of the University staff has ever refused to give a lecture when invited to do so and if press comments are entitled to any consideration the lectures which they have given must have been 1 as good as those given from other U Universities Universities Uni Uni- ni- ni so we feel that the blame justly rests with the people rather than with the University U ty for the lack of interest in Extension work Will not our graduates graduates ates and old students who are teaching take hold of the work and organize a afew afew afew few centers this year The students ex-students of the University of Kansas have made the Extension work in that state so good that the University grants the M. M A. A degree de ree to its graduates who attend and pass examinations in nine Extension Courses of twelve lectures each Let Letour Letour Letour our students ex-students organize ze such courses so that our University will be compelled compelled to recognize the work 3 k IJ |
