Los Angeles herald., 1892-06-01
HIGHER EDUCATION.
Tho Univsrsity Extension Discussed b
Presidant Kellogg.

The UAtvors1ty GxtensiOn Discussed by
Presidsnt Kellogg.
A large audience assembled at the
Church Of the Unity last night to hear
the president of our state university dis
course upon the topic Of university ex-
tension. President Kellogg was accom-
panied on the platform BY G. A. Dobin-
son, president a. ne Unity dub, under
whose auoDices the meeting was held.
and by Rex. J, 8. Thomson.
The speaker az the evening, after 4
few introductory Vords from NJ. Dobir-l
son, proceeded "a give q Interesting
sketch of the hi1tory 81 the university
extepaIon 6ef from IT. inception ii
an dxhhd &xf& 1ssxs<uf5 no, ~
der Professor Stewart, to the present
day. Referring to the change that had
taken place in the line of studies now
pursued as contrasted with those of the
last generation and to the growing de-
mand fer instruction in subjects Of mod
ern interest, Professor Kellogg showed
that the desire for the more general diff
fusion Of university privileges was the
necessary outgrowth of the advance
ment in modern thought. The estab-
lishment of circuits was comparatively
easy in England, where the country was
thickly settled, but in America, and par
ticularly on this western coast, the prob
lem of distances was one Of the most
serious obstacles to be met. With all
the regular work the professors had to
accomplish it was obviously out of the
question for them to visit and instruct
people in towns separated so widely, for
instance, as Truckee and San Diego.
There was q physical impossibility in
herent in the task. Such work should
properly be done by trained men ap.
proved and sent out by the university,
but should not be attempted by the col
lege professors themselves.
In California there il no such body OF
men to draw from and the difficulties Of
the situation have disturbed the powers
that be at the university, the desire be-
ing to givsae much aid as possible in
establishingthe new movement here.
The public library 10 Fan indispensable
helper in maintaining the interest in the
lecture courses, and President Kellogg
took advantage Of the opportunity to
speak highly Of the working and eff
cheney of the Los Angeles public library,
which he had carefully examined during
his visit here.
The day Tor the old system OF lyceum
lectures has passed; they were often
brilliant and interesting, especially
when delivered by such men as Beecher,
Phillips or Chaplin, but they were desul-
tory at best, and their use could not be
recognized in modern system of edu-
cation.
Speaking Of the extent to which the
movement has advanced in the United
States, the speaker said that one organ
ization alone in Philadelphia has forty
courses, which have been attended by
30, 900 people. In New York and Brook
lyn central organizations have been
started on q grand scale, and the move
ment is highly popular. In California
the Berkeley regents have tried
the experiment in Oakland, and
in San Francisco with immense success; I;
the classes in Shakespeare, literature
and mathematics being the most largely
attended. The professors had done all
this extra work without extra pay, but
in coming such a distance as to Los
Angeles their expenses must be paid if
any course were started.
President Kellogg promised on behalf
OF the regents that if sufficient num-
ber of names were handed in, course
OF lectures on American history might
be secured from Professor Moses, which
course would probably have to be de-
!ivered in two installments. The pro-
lessor spoke for nearly an hour in q