New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-11
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION.
LEADING EDUCATORS DISCUSS TT.
END OF THE UNIVERSITY coxvocAT1oN At
ALBANY-PRoFEssoR ADANs,s pp1zr reS.y


vocation had been present This incnded the excep-
uonally large number Of sixty graduates Of colleges.
IN this. Hamilton led with nineteen and Union came
next with fourteen. The Other large representations
were: Syracuse Unver-'ty, ten Williams, twelve
Colgate, Cornell and the University of Rochester.
nine each Yale and Amherst, eight each: Princeton
md Dartmouth, seven each Brown and Alfred, six
each, and Columbia five
The closing session was given over ~ university
extension. and for our hours the subject was handled
IN All IFS forms and phases Chancellor Curtis let his
gavel foil ut exactly 30 O'Clock and called upon
Professor II. b. Adams OF Johns HOPKINS University.
to open the discussion. The Professor did 50 in a
pleasing manner. SAYING: University extension IS
for the benefit Of the peoDe. IL gives the youth 81
the country an opportunity for higher education.
The movement comes urdsr three heads the r,f0rma-
ton. revolution and education Of The people Popular
education for the bows ard girls a new thing, but
The provision for the higher education Of men ard
women is the newest thing. University extension
had It's origin in England in 1867 Dr. Adams then
outlined the progress OF the movement ard the
manner m which II took root among the people.
There continuity in the method Of lectures in
university extension here There was too much Of
the var " show In them Tho bcst plan 20 train
up class ~ strong. vigorous young men who would
carry ont the IDEAS Of univcr ity extension. Eng
land much further advanced TO-DAY IN the demo
cratic idea Of high education than Democratic
America. Inc lFc;nil tcitLr - pOlndF sllit 1td
ago. had oven way to a ht and miss system. t.
please he wtims OF certain elements.
"The Legislature Of his state has appropriated
10000 the speaker. How should this
be spent 10 the best Wlvantarcl Not a single
cent shoud lie spent ~ local lecturers. TIE
people should pay for these. Every cent ought
20 be spent In administrative wor kin Albany. There
should be published from this principal Office pam
phles magazines tracts, etc, to be circulated on tho
oxford plan There should be governing boards whose
selection should be made upon the nomination from
presidents Of colleges who should also nominate lee
turcrs 70 the administrative officers University eX-
tension courses should be extended to the y NJ c. A.,
whose plans are now badly conducted The public
,braries could be benefited. Tie cCirse could be
extended to the young peoples societies Of churches,
but this is not so good a vehicle - the Libraries.
Another agency is the meetings, like the one
at CbautauQIa The real value Of the education at
Chautaudua. The real value OF the education at
CautauQua Is appreciated by the people OF New
York she does give degrees, and no cheap college
course as many suppose. The main feature u tee
Chautauqua Idea Is reading courses. Tese are gwen
~ university men. College ana unvcr ity extension
IS an accomplished fact and the CnautauQua summer
school is the best agency for carrying on the ex-
tension
Provost william Pepper Of the University Of Penn
sylvania. who TO speak IN suppOr Of the move
mept wrote that he was defined al Newport by a
bodily accident President Seth Low, Of Columbia.
was called upon TO speak in Mr. Peppers ste@d Mr.
Low said that New York state had the pre-eminence
of being the first to recognize university extension
by the appropriation Of $4,000 by the Legs sture.
He thought that the more widely people drilled
I'm higher education the stronger It would make the
colleges and universities. II the Regents hoped 10
command the respect Of the colleges and universities.
however they should content themselves with granting
certificates In university extension. and should with
hold the degree.
Secretary George Henderson, Of the American So
ciety for the Extension of University Teaching repre-
sented President E. J. James NJ. Henderson gave
short history of the American society. Every AVAIL
able hall that could be secured had been hired, and
different societies had been prevailed ON TO give
courses Of lectures There only SIX centres last
year. but TO-DAY the society had twenty i've. The
lectures gwen had been attended by 10000 people.
university Extension and the Brooklyn Institute.
was treated BY Professor Franklin W. Hooper. The
purpose Of university work. he said, was research II
university extension similar, then it will meet
with popular favor. University extension did not
mean the class of work done in universities. lie
thought that a much less ambitious tide should have
been chosen because the title did not convey proper
Idea. The Brooklyn Institute had unc0nscOusly been
carrying on university extension work for several years
II was started originally lyceum. Its work had
gradually increased until it embraced all the lines
known under university extension. 1t now nae
twenty -four departments.
The general discussion on the subject was then
opened BIZ Regent T. GuilfOrd Smith. Dean Farbairn.
OF st. Stephens College; sidney sherwood Of
Johns Hopkins University; Chancellor II. NJ. Mae
Cracken of the University Of the City Of ewYork
Professor Benjamin I. Wheeler, Of Cornell; Francis J.
Cheney ex-InspeCtor OF Academies President Webster
of Union University, and Pres dent G. Stanley Hail. OF
Clark University also spoke. W. A. burlington. OF
rod tha ,iecto ~
extension In medicine He believed that the system
could properly and prOftaby be extended TO medicine
Colonel c. j. Wright principal OF the New York Mill
ary Academy represented the oldest secondary school
In the State. His subject was Uses OF secondary
schools In University Extension EX-Presldent An
drew D. White. of Cornell and Professor c. j. WICK
or Of the New York Military Academy spoke next Pro
lessor j. s. Clark of Syracuse University said that inc
grammar schools of tile state did not send out pupils
who knew what good literature was. and who had no
appetite for il. When this was remedled, he SAID
university extension would be fact Henry NJ Leip-
zger Assistant superintendent Of schools Of New fork
CITY, said that the lecture system given in the school
houses Of New-YOrk City was doing excellent WORK
for the masses Regent Pliny T. Sexton. who offered
the 800 prize for the best essay University EXten
SON. thought that the plan would be better named
Educational Extension; but the present title had
90 strong q hold It was best to allow it to remain
he Thought the result Of the proposed plan would De
70 fiji up the college halls. lie believed thAt ti5
United states direct tax refunded. amounting 10
b 800 600 could DC put 10 better advantage than
for secondary education. o,,
Professor Allen G.. Marquand Of Princeton College
held tina. the extension work II benefit % the pr
fessor because it took him into different lines. The
General scheme might be helped along with COLLECTION
III lantern slides President Roberts 81 Lake furess
University. Chicago, then made few remarks. .
The priZe Of 300 for the best on University
Extensions was awarded 10 Herbert B. Adams, 0t JOINS
FOpkins University. The first honorable menrloh %,bs
TO Elmer F. Brown. for an article published IN TN
Jamestown Journal and the second u e. " bdrdech'
~ syracuse There twenty essays under con
sideration and Mr. Adams's Was the unanimous choice
Chancellor Curtis in his closing address -iid tli'
IL VA C1,ot pleasure 10 him @ have presided over
he most successful convOcatlon ever known lie ulen
declared tie cOnvOcatiOn adjourned sine die.
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