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Show UNIVERSITY WORK FOR THu STATE AT LARGE extension work at the University of the state Is Just now undergoing organization and gives promlso of n future of great Importance What It Is and something of Its extent nnd Importance forms the subject matter of n brief bulletin recently distributed distribu-ted from tho University. The old Ideal of n university was llko tho old Ideal of a literary club, "a meeting ground," to quoto a definition de-finition of tho latter: "For thoso of purpose, great and broad and strong whose aim Is toward tho stars." A university was "a garden of high Intellects," a haven to which young men nnd women during tho fair period peri-od of their lives retired from tho world for the individual growth which Is tbelr birthright Tho now university, like the new literary club, without sacrifice of the significant signifi-cant elements of the old Ideal Is un dertaking to becomo and has becomo a potent force of direct, as well as indirect, action on tho life of the community In which It exists. The right development of tho potential powers of the best and ablest of the joung men and women of the state, and as well ns wldo a service to the stato at largo as Its elaborate and diversified plant nnd largo nnd variously vari-ously trained emmployees enable it to render this Is iho principle of the university of today. The state at largo has much need of tho specific service which tho University Is particularly1 fit to render ren-der In a recent address tq tho University Uni-versity of Utah students, United States Commissioner of Education, Honorablo 1' P Claxton drew attention at-tention to the rapidity of tho world's progress within the last hundred yenrs. "Before liC there was no democracy democ-racy in tho wholo world, no government govern-ment by tho people. But today in all America and Europe tho will of tho people governs tho will of tho ruler himself. Until 1800 tho peoplo plowed plow-ed the ground with crudo Implements. Imple-ments. Thej' thrnshed tho wheat and mndo It Into dour ns In tho days of David, grinding It between two stones. Everything was done in a primitlvo way. Women carded tho wool, weaved nnd dyed it nnd made It Into cloth. Thcro was no national commerce, practically no transportation. transport-ation. Last year tho freight trains of tho United States carried freight which would keep eleven blllibn men with two hllllon horses busy every dny from new jear to now year to transport the same number of miles. I About four fifths of all tho knowledge tntight In tho schools has been discovered dis-covered i c Inst hundred jears. All t' c konwledgo by which we control the forces of nature has I been discovered within these hundred 1 years. Within these hundred years our world has changed. ' Until recently the ndvancenunt of knowledge has been comparatively slow. Says President Van Hlse of the University of Wisconsin ( "To about the middle of tho nli'o- I tecnth centur, a fair proportion of ' tho knowledge that the people could apply had been assimilated by them In the more enlightened nntloiiB. But I within this second period tho ad- I vanccment of knowledge hns been ox- ' ccedlngly rapid Tho result is that ' accumulation of knowledge hns far outrun the assimilation of the pco plo. To Illustrate, wo know enough so that If the knowledge wero np-piled np-piled the agricultural products of tho nation give these results nnd Improve In their fertility Instead of dctcrlor-ntlng. dctcrlor-ntlng. Wo know enough about scientific scien-tific -medicine so thnt If knowlcdgo wero Implied Infectious and contagious conta-gious diseases could bo practically eliminated 'within a score of years. Wo know enough about tho breeding of animals so that If that knowledge wero applied to man, the feeble minded mind-ed would disappear In a generation nnd the Insane and criminal class be reduced to a small fraction of their present numbers. Even In politics we hne sufficient scientific knowledge knowl-edge so that If it were used thcro would be vast Improvement In tho government of this country." The specific Idea of University extension ex-tension Is that the University shall carry to tho people tho knowledge which they can nsslmtlato for their betterment along all lines The University Uni-versity Is an investment of the people. peo-ple. In libraries, laboratories, shops, nnd In men trained In diversified modern knowledge. Tho state making mak-ing this Investment haB obviously a right to expect the largest possible returns from it Indeed tho ability of the stnto to Btipport tho Investment Invest-ment may depend upon tho ability of tho University to mnko returns directly di-rectly to tho state In Increased material ma-terial prosperity. The, extension bulletin announce-! 'theso. various departments of extension exten-sion work tho function of ench indicated indi-cated by its name: Instruction by Extension, Public Lectures nnd Entertainments, tho Bureau of General Information and Welfnrs, Teachers Institutes, Leagues for Inter-High School Contests In Declamation, Public Address. Debating Debat-ing nnd various forms of Athletics. Tho Instruction by extension Is tho instruction given outside University precincts for persons wIiobo chief business for tho timo cannot .be study, but must bo tho work for n living. Their distinguishing characteristic charac-teristic is that they take the Instructor Instruc-tor to tho students rather than bring tho students to th0 Instructor. In other respects, and especially in amount nnd severity of effort required requir-ed for credit, they nro precisely like parallel courses within tho University. Univer-sity. To persons who havo not kept Informed of this now outsldo activity of tho University there will bo real surpriso in tho stntement that thcro have been Inst year nnd thlB, n total of flfty-threo of theso courses given by twenty-four Instructors for more than fivo hundred students In twenty ono places outsldo Salt Lake Clt,y A largo number of lectures and cd- ., ucatiunnl cntcrtnlnmeuts, readings, fH mimical jirogrnnis, etc., tin; als-o nn- tifl nmmrcd ag available to the crmmun- IH Continued on page c'gbt IH UNIVERSITY WORK FOR THE STATE AT LARGE (Continued from page flvoj Itlcs of the state without expense to thorn other than tho travelling ox-penso ox-penso Involved. Tho schedulo arranged ar-ranged for American Fork shows tho use tho communities aro making of theso lectures: Sclenco nnd Service, Dr. Joseph F. Merrill; Conquest of Chemistry In Industries, I'rof. V. C. Ebaugh; Tho Kolo of Uactorla In Dally Life, Pror. II. 1,. Hyrnes; Homo nnd School Gardens, Prof. II. J. Abbey. The ExteiiHlou Bulletin puts tho University on record as n bureau of general Information nnd welfaro, nnd as such invites Inquiries from tho people of tho state upon any subject concerning which n university mny be supposed to be a repository of In-formation, In-formation, and through tho proper department promises prompt consideration consid-eration to such Inquiries. Information Informa-tion has tints been furnished to com munities and ludivdunts without ehuige upon u multitude of subjects. Demands for such assistance Inerenso constantly. Not waiting for Inquiries the University undertakes to illssem-lnntt. illssem-lnntt. through printed bulletins, such Information or knowledge ns ts of general Interest and slgnlllcnuce to the stnte. Kxnmplcs of somo of tho most Important of theso bulletins Is-sued Is-sued in lecent years are as follows: I Tests of llrlck. Tests of Macadnm Hock, The Economical Design of Ho-Inforced Ho-Inforced Concreto Reams. Tho Construction Con-struction nnd Mnlntonnnco of Earth Hoads, Measurement of Flowing Streams, Normal Training School Course of Study, Tho Great Natural Ilildges of Utah, Tho Ancient Inhabitants Inhab-itants of tho Snn Juan Valley, Sug-gostlvo Sug-gostlvo High School Courso of Study, High School Debating Tlio bulletin also announces tho work of tho Unlvorslty In sending experts ex-perts from Its various departments directly to communities which may need expert Information nnd counsel concerning some problem Immediately Immediate-ly confronting them. In tho direction of such service It Is n matter of hope that communities through their various vari-ous local organizations and by cooperation co-operation with the Unlvorslty may I be stimulated to such activity relat-1 Ing to their community ns these I |