The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1894-10-05
University Extension in Bloomsbury.

have course of lectures in Blooms.
burg on the University Extension
plan during the present fall and winter.
A committee of arrangements has
been organized, and public meeting
is called for Monday evening next
(Oct.S) at 7.3o o'clock, in the Normal
School Auditorium. The call is signed
by many of the prominent citizens OF
the town, including DR.. Welsh of the
Normal School, Paul f. Writ, Mrs.
Paul E. Writ, DR.. Andrew Graydon,
Miss Laura Waller, Mrs. l.. Z. Waller,
Col. J. G.. Freeze, Miss Eva Rupert,
l.. E. Waller Esq, Prof. L. P. Sterner
and others.
I. THE AIM AND SCOPE OF UNIVERSITY
EXTENSION.
The purpose Of the University Ex-
tension movement is to provide the
means ofhigher education for persons
Of all classes and of both sexes en-
gagged in the regular occupations OF
life. 1t is, in fact, an attempt to solve
the problem of how much of what the
Universities do for their own students
can be done for persons unable to 90
to University.
The movement was started in
England, in 1872, by the University
OF Cambridge, and has been carried
on by the Universities of Oxford and
Cambridge with increasing success.
Last year nearly 10000 students at
tended courses of lectures at about
four hundred centres in England and
Wales.
THE OBJECTS OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY
ARE:-
Ist.--To collect information in re-
gard to the progress of the work in
all countries and through its publica-
tions make the results readily accessi-
BILE 10 those interested in this system
Of instruction.
2d.-To carry on practical expert
ment in University Extension in.
struction, aiming especially at a solu-
tion of the difficult problems involved
in the work, confident that such
solution will be permanent service
to American education and render
the further introduction of the system
throughout the United States matter
OF comparative ease.
3d.-To cooperate as far as posi-
BILE with all institutions and organiza-
tlons in their efforts toward the Exten
sion of University Teaching, and to
secure in every way possible for the
people and for the universities the
benefits offered by this movement.
The fundamental idea throughout
has been education for busy people.
The majority of the courses have been
given in the evening, and the audi
ences have included persons drawn
from all ranks of society, and of the
widest diversity Of previous education
and training. Ladies, business and
professional men, clerks and teachers
in schools have all been represented
in the lecture audiences, while some
of the courses in cities have been
largely attended by working people.
During the first season, 18oo-ISoI,
over forty courses Of lectures were
delivered in and near Philadelphia
alone to an aggregate attendance of
about fifty thousand. During the
winter OF I89I-I8o2, the number of |
under the direct management
Of the General Offices of the Ameri.
can Society was tripled, while affili-
ated societies have vigorously prose.
cuted the work in all parts of the
1t will be seen that this system is
adapted at the same time to persons
who desire merely general acquaint-
ance with the subjects taught, as we'll
Is students who are anxious to make
more thorough study. The courses
,ave covered various departments in
Literature, History, Econ
omics and Art, and have been fully
where necessary, with
experiments and diagrams or the
antern.
The cost to each person is very
mall, if a large number join the
movement. Full information in regard
o the nature of the courses and the
Methods of work can be had at the
ime of the meeting next Monday
light. Everybody invited, including
persons from neighboring towns.
BY order of
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