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THEY WILL STUDY IN TIE SUMNER.
A LARGE BODY OF STUDENTS WILL TAKE UNI
vERsITY EXTENSION COURSES IN
pTIII.ADII PIfIA

lHlLADELPHlA
Philadelphia. June q (specaD-The second sum
rner meeting Of the American Society for the tx
tension OF University Teaching will open on Sat
urday evening with an address by Richard Wat
son Glider on abraham Lincoln. For four
weeks thereafter the buildings OF the University
Of Pennsylvania will be crowded with Students
while q faculty gathered from twenty-three col
leges will lecture different branches The sue
cess of the meeting of last summer and the In
creasing popularity Of summer SCHOOLS nave 'te We
society to extend It's curriculum increase It's rae
ultv and widen It's scope. Already the advantages
have been recognized and with an Increased tui-
ton fee over last year nearly two hundred stu
dents have enrolled themselves, which numpcr IN
itself is more than that Of last year. and there
v,in undoubtedly be between 800 and 400 enrolled
before the week is out.
The work this summer has been divided INTO ue-
partments 10 avoid cOnhiction so that student
may enroll in any one OF the six departments ne
chooses The first department Is literature science
and art devoted chiefly 10 literature but incud-
ing courses In biology. architecture. aesthetics
vocal culture and philosophy. Among the lectur-
ers in this department DIR. Edward Everett
Hale Professor W. L. Trent. OF the University
OF the South: Professor William Lawton OF Bryn
Mawr: Professor William A. Hammond. OF Cor
neil; Professor J. II. Pillsbury. Or. W IL Tolman'
secretary of the City Vigilance League OF New
York. Professor r. ID. Jones. OF Swathmore; Pro-
fesso- W. p Laird Professor ]. NJ. Macfarlane
and J. H. Penneman. OF the University OF Penn
sylvania.
The second department IS pedagogy. 1t Will con-
s,st Of series OF lectures classes and r0und-tabie
discussions for the teacher. Among the faculty In
this line are Professor Frank McMurry. OF the I'M,
versi,y OF Illinois; Professor {. 9. Van Ley OF
he I.Nnols State Normal School; President isaac
Sharpless OF Haverford College; Dr. Nathah
Schaeffer. Superintendent OF Pubic Instruction u
Pennsyvan!a Dr. Edward Brooks. superintendent
Of The Philadelphia Pubic schools Professor f. g.
bourne O. Adelbert College; Professor T. e. Chaim
beraln. Of the University Of chicago; Protessor
Van DaeI of the Massachusetts Institute OF Tech
no:osy: W. i. Powell, Superintendent Of the Wash
i ief smli hoU OF 'vanderbht Tniversity;,
The Department OF Economics Will be new leat-
Of the summer mee;ns co1sns on ns
ameriea q the pressn, e esonOmc ssrys.
in the American UNIVERSITIES The faculty inciu ne
such eeonsmss as P,ssaePP John 81 csR
P PTSts: G 5snk sssma
a1 The Depariment OF History is equally interest.
MAGE Ins eaeh Week to historical points in and around
E EHeret Hale Professor McMastsr Professor
Tainsr he Gnlvsgs, .dy.S 81 Wisconsin, rAle0''
In Edition a Department OF Mathematics VIII be
opened under the charge Of Or. Isaac scnwat, OF
tie University Of s course open to n.
Extension students. with faculty consisting OF
Of the best Non IN o ns
" Watihews, Dr. r. A. Clarke. Frederic W. Root
IonIs H." q Eison and Theodore Presser. At the con-
cuson Of the meeting hs,o' so ELLA ., w.
be taken - Boston anu Neh''' io' pei'ou VI wv
weeks
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York 10 30 a. m: arrives chicago s'3V u Hi'' every
day In The superb service.