New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-27
UNIVERSITY EXTENSlCN
THE WORK A GRATIFYING SUCCESS.
SPRING COURSES ALREADY BEGUN-PRoFESSOR
poyEsEN,s SECOND LECTURE.

SPRING COURSES ALREADY BEGUN-PROFESsOR
BoyEsEN's SECOND LECTURE.
r, uo,,, ~ the University and school Extension
has met with an immediate and gratifying success
Tho lectures that have been delivered have been
attended by exceedingly large classes composed OF
people engaged In the active exercise OF PROFESSIONS
A. well as OF younger inquirers after knowledge Inc
circular OF the Extension says that "whle anyone
may attend any course II is expected that each
course will be attended by body OF earnest
Students That is 10 say, that while mere listeners
are not excluded from the lectures ii is expected that
each line of study arranged for will have It's faihi
and dgent followers and the class system forms t9
foundation for the lecture system flhpordVo
svlIabuses have been prepared and a record OF at
tendance at lessons and lectures is being kept WIN
reference 10 the qualifications of members Tor eX
aminations. Registered members receive specia
syllabus for each lecture with references for reading
The spring COURSES which have been begun in TINS
city are archaeology, English. German, phioioeS'
philosophy physics, political science and pSychoiosS
The only general subject that remains to be taken up
is astronomy the lecture course on which VIII be an
uounced in the main hall of Cooper Union, on satur
day April 4 at p. m. Other subjects. OF course
that come under the general heads already meh'oieu
but which will form distinct branches, are Ea'is
Art on which Professor A. l.. rockingham Vi
Princeton Will deliver the first lecture In the Metro
potan Museum of Art, saturday, April 20 at III 'oo
"a. IN.
lessor H. H. Boyesen, Of Columbia, will lecture III
Hamilton Hall Room %, Columbia College, on Thurs
DAY April 3D. at p. m; 1.-THE MODERN heHhtols Vi
Church and State" which professor Johh W.
Burgess of Columbia, will lecture in Columbia COZ
lege Room %, on Monday, April 20, at p. M; ana
"The Development Of Human Mental Llie'' on WHICH
Professor George T. Ladd. of Yale. high authority
in psychology will make the opening lecture In
Columbia College, Room %, on Wednesday, April -
at p m. .,
The lectures in each course, it should pe s'aOu'
are given weekly at the same hour ana al 'ie s'i'o
Mace announced for the first lecture OF cach courSc
and there are five lectures in conrse ffolc'sor
Allan Marquand, Of Princeton, opened the arcnaeo
logical course in ancient art at the MetCp'i', ,,
Mnseum of Art on saturday March 81. No place couo
be better adapted 10 the intelligent pursuit Oh 'hs S
than the Metropolitan Museum, where those WIN a''o
the lectures have opportunity of seeing actual NPe'f
mems and excellent Ones of ancient art IN the coie'
ton So many people are interested III literature 1'
the English course has proved remarkably popular ro
tessor George Lyman Kittredge. who gave the hiSV
lecture of the Introductory course on Shakespeare Ill
Hamilton Han, Columbia College on March Il l. lio''
Harvard. lie the favorite student OF professor
c. F. Child, who looked on as ore OF tle gie@esI
English scholars in the world.
ProfessU Kittedge's first lecture was emlneh'S III,
teresnr and helpful and so great the crowd that
attended IL that accommodations had to be found IN
bigger room than that originally provided frolesSo'
Boyesen's opening lecture on medlaeval "efIa' AVc
atuye, at Columbia College. March ~, was aiso wen
attended "The Medieval Relations Of Church anu
state the subject of Professor Burgess first lecture III
polltical science is especially helpful to ministers anu
iudped nv the number that have taken advantage OF H.
the University Extension is found useful by men WHO
have had a regular college training
Teachers physicians and parents are taking much
interest in Professor Ladds first course In psychology
the subiect Of which, "The Elements of Human
In LAT
given in Columbia College on March 10.
The University and School Extension hopes 10 ac
complish much in various lines OF orelhal research
and investigation; for Instance, the STUDY OF cHIrc"
This work will be pursued with view TO the proper
foundation for the science of education An auxiliary
patron society Is being organized, SPECIAL syllabus
has been prepared and about twenty blank forms lot
recordina observations are distributed to members
registered for this course Of work Facts are pelhe
gathered from teachers and parents an over the co
try and they will be tabulated and formulated under
certain principles and the results VIII be announced
from tine TO time In pamphlet form
Bv arrangement with the trustees OF Cooper Onoh'
the saturday evening free lectures will be continued
through the month of April under the auspices OF the
board of directors of the University ana school EAuc
sion In addition the course on astronomy courses
on sociology and industrial geology will also be an
nunced to be given in Cooper Union - enc, ,,or,,
provision for those who wish to take advantage OF IL
mat s benefits 6dsd are are w s6a at t Wholesale prices and the
Libraries Of Columbia College and Pratt Institute are
omen 10 registered students. The fees are nominal,
as will be seen from the following list Of terms Tor
members, which holds good until october l, lew:
registration with single OF lectures or lessons
81 additional courses each 81 registration WIN SIX
syllabuses 81 additional sylabuses. 20 cents each or
SIX for 81 registration. with one printed course, FL
additional printed courses each al annual ileihDtr'
with six printed courses, So: annual members WIN
twenty-five lecture lesson coupons Tor any course IA
either city, S. Tickets and circulars may be oO'ahed
bv applying to Seth T. stewart general secIctafy
Postof1ce Box 1922 Brooklyn, y v, or to Mathe" D.
ElGas. secretary, No III West Eghty-seNeh'h-S'''
New-York City. ,.o.;,.o
Professor II. II Boyeeen delivered an instructive
lecture at Columbia College yesterday afternoon gu
1.-THE Lay of Hdebrand, the lIarnones OF the tospes
and the Nibelungen Lay" About 200 persons were !
present The lecture the second or the lhNeINlS
Extension Course Medieval German Lltratuiea;
Professor explained the Nibelungen lhu anu
dwelt particularly upon the characters OF oeglfVu
Bunhilde and Chrlmhde. The lecturer pointed ont the
difference between the Greek and the German epic
writer and said that the latter was always merged IN
his subject while the former usually called upon some
divinity TO give him strength to do justice 10 ms
theme. The lecturer confident mat a great
drama would one day spring from the Nbelungen Lay,
and said that the operas Of Wagner had been the Fst
movement in that direction.