New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-11
University EXTENSION.
GREAT INTEREST IN TIE WORK MANI
TESTED IN ENGLAND
THE s1,MMrH MEETING IN CAMBRID ACTIVE
PART TAKEN by THE GREAT UNIVERSITIES
LECTURES BY EMINENT MEN
ALL CLASSES ATTEND.
Cambridge. England. August


Cambridge. England August %.
We have heard a good deal in the last le"
wear. about the University Extension movement IN
England but unless one comes hither and really
takes part in IT, studying II from within as well as
from without and mingles in Its social as "eH Do
IN It's intellectual life. one cannot know the charH
offers or the stimulus II affords. The extehsio"
movement began in England more than twenty
wears ago It sprang from a wish on the part OF
scholarly men to unite more closely than hah pre-
vouslv been done the educational interests OF diner
ont classes throughout England with the intcllectna
life OF the universities. oxford. by It's immunity
from undergraduates In the long vacation has pe'h
able for years TO take larger number OF stuneh'S
than Cambridge has hitherto done. but the OXFORD
meeting being suspended this year for temporary
causes the meeting In Cambridge-the fourth OF It's
kinds unusually large and interesting. when tne
movement started Il was more partcularN
for the purpose ~ providing courses OF lectures ana
instruction by university men for local centres
When these centres have chosen their subject and
raised the required OF money-about VIVA
lecturer from the university IL sent to give the
course OF twelve lectures These given weekly
and Mt the close OF each lecture three questions are
given out 10 those who wish to do the paper work
and ce. the certificate 10 which such Work wei per-
formed entities them OF this work Is op-
tional but the certificate cannot be had without w.
At tho end OF the course an examiner IL SENT from
the university to conduct the three-hour examina-
ton and n the work 81 any student who Il In need
OF the aid deserves II this student Is mentioned nv
both lecturer md examiner for especial excellence
and he Is likely TO receive scholarship worth -"
which will enable HIM TO attend the courses OF
lectures IN any other department at the next sum-
mer meeting.
These summer meetings are an indsputable proof
~ the extent 10 which the country has been affected
by the extension movement. and which Is In striving
contrast the academic exclusiveness 60 prevalent
only few generations ago. The cordially when
the extension students meet was expressed In Pro-
ressor Jehbs inaugural address. when he said mat
the university welcomed her visitors not "a stran-
gers or aliens but as members ~ body united
70 her by common studies and svmpathes ~ -
the visible expression Of the change winch curing
the last quarter OF century has b"en paSS'nt
over the relations % the ancient universities OF
England and tho country. They are no longer con-
tented 70 be only In the strict sense OF inc woru'
eea,e ~ learning: they now desire 20 be nlso
mother cities Of intellectual colonies ana 10 sprHah
the Influence Of their teaching thronghoW 'n' "'''
More than twenty lecturers have addressed the
meeting during the last month all OF th'n' au''
man snverol most brilliant speakers and some VINO
are DISTINGUISHED throughout the civilizrd wor'u'
.no,c those les. are Edmund Gosse. PROFESSOR
sidev,ick Mrs Fawcett. Sir ". f Roscoe Sir
Robert Bail and Or. Cunningham hes""S u'e
lectures Of which there from SIX 10 nine uhiN'
classes IN spectrum ANALYSIS economics ana chem'
/ iqtrv Wit laboratory
,b,, coo pupils arc here including few cergvmeh'
.o,,o,,ors many teachers mi a few workingmen As
&, uerel IN such gatherings. large proportion are
,,or,c, Two or three professors from c"'''k''
IN the United States are here stndvihe NV "
,ension movement. and one Of them fro''SS'
Mace Of Syracuse. Is giving course OF i'o'"''
On "Thc British and American 'ons'''u''ns.
,ta,,s ~ the different colleges Of the university
.,, 20 the cathedral at Ely. NJ well "a 10 '"'o"
Cauo,. and NEWMAN are delightful. ana the l"c-
,,,res y, architecture with all the beantfu' ana
impressive Illustrations close AZ manu. nv
puslin saws quite unforgecable
Many OF the women students nave ro'"''
,.h and others find pleasant nome ~
,he Training College. where MISS "u.",
the well-known educator-a sister VI No.,
price Iughes-is principal she nHS >,
,rrro1 from n visit 20 the worlds Fair ana 10
,hn leading educational institutions In
m r.,uc1 states She quite frankly SAYS 'nit
,ho American public schools ar" bo'h "''''' "''
no,ler than the English schools OF me sam so'
~, ia soue Of them are much better. whli' !"
other places she found them INFERIOR III "'''''"e
r,o,, In methods and In general scope
| - g. fortunate for university extension In Amer'-
IN vat II has had the assistance OF experienced
and enthusiastic EnVlishmen. one OF them III -
ra,.rcnce was one OF the earliest lecturers IN
| England His name. and DR. Mouitoh = are t''
well known in this connection to need men"on
! here For many months Dr. Lawrence iec'"r7i
| last winter for the Chicago branch OF extension
work and your readers Will be glad TO Eno% n ,Iss
! I've he dnpartment Of international law at Chi-
| cauo University He thus returns 10 uhe Wo,h
| Which he dld with distinction for many Years N
Camirliee England. and Is obliged TO r"liquiSh
for the present extension WORK rnark how wide
is the geographical area which thess me ny ae
c,ambrldgc and oxford represent 10. on' y, ,he
students present this summer from an Gar,s %i mn
British Iscs and Canada. but Greece w NM NM.
Russia Jamaica France lnn's "" ,s snrurisod 70
ind the amount that can be done IN four wrrhs'
D,, ,c,s can order thcmsclves and take their due
| and proper proportion. ana pupils cnh ncquie
r hmi when many lecturers. If they be good
lecturers can give. the living voice ana personaIy
VI Sba i, 10 at good teacher To many Of the eA-
tension students IT Is rare priviiege TO en]Hy 'e
those ulaces that for centuries have been devoted
to the pursuit OF learning Many ar. pubic 'th ,,r
only long vacation A few can come only by means
Of the free SCHOLARSHIPS which tne'r csiee
hv The syndicate to arouse the workingmen OF
Cambridge TO sense OF the'r ngy frnm YorEsHre
had been sent partly by the friendly contributions
The vast growth Of the possibilities OF knowi,
edge IS a fact which does not escape the attention
Of ef h noush knan desire for kno~ege IS
Of this generation Elementary knowlelgge, MIRO n
| ductions 10 knowledge, are so accessible now
and the charms Of knowledge when once one Is
the road are so great mat IL ToVi pr hf hes
If it were not as one OF me iecturetS mere ao
| said the enjoyment Of knowledge for us own Hlke
is the cement that knts l9setnfr so ,be eoer r
turned for a few hours To the surface Of ne earth
and the artisan resting his weary head from me
whrl Of machinery, the delicately nurtured girl
FOR whom social life does not satisfy 1siifa'ons
those who seek some comfort in many woes, from
one and all the message CONES .nlt , nn"" ,'mSe
| and the acquisition of knowledge brinS ENJOY
| ment occupy void spaces solace suffering
EMMA GOLDMAN GETS THREE sorARE MEALS
| Emma Goldman spent a luiet and secluded Sun