The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-22

which Prof. Edmund j. James expounded
much that was new regarding the univer-
sity extension movement and the publica-
tion or his address in the newspapers. to-
gether with the conferences at the Propy-
laeum during yesterday. had the effect of
arousing interest in the more general meet
ing OF last night. The coming of DR.. Har-s
per was also an inducement for many to at
tend the meeting. The result was that
plymouth Church was comfortably filled
Mr.. CarstCEseI. said il was the mission
or university estcl sion TO create popular
desire for higher education. DIR. Harper,
he said. was one OF the leaders in the effort
to popularize higher educ ation and as such
Yves 50 well known in Indianapolis that he
needed no Introduction TO the audience
gathered. Or. Harper spoke without ref
erence 10 manuscript. having gathered to-
gether his ideas while on his way from
wd5 fire exposition of the university
sp!.il. lie said, III part:
Ladies and Gentlemen-Some of us live
100 exclusively in the past. Its ideas and
its institutions are so sacred to Us that 10
separate from them, to allow other ideas or
institutions to be substituted for them or
TO be placed side by side with them. seems
almost sacrilegious. Some of us live too
exclusively in the present. To spend time
cropping about in the past when the bright
ness of the present is at hand, or to con-
lecture of the future-this seems TO them
TO be waste of energy worse than futile.
Some live too exclusively in the fut! re-is-
norant forgetful OF the past, blind 20 our
surroundings, Wa force our minds TO occupy
themselves dealing in the vague expectation
of things which are to come The e woriS
men. The modern man, whether he be
scholar or man of practical work. must :,
things OF the present and constantly nave
q mind for the future.
Every movement has it's history, its
present struggles, its future Ideals.
study of the movement is study of al
these. The new university extension move
ment includes the past ana present, and
would include the future snould we care IL
consider 1 Centuries
ties and university spirit took tangible
form. AT first there We're institutions which
was the institution. All are conscious OF
the important place the university occupied
in the past, in the life and In the progress
of the civilized world. But we do not forget
that there has been dark as well as a
bright side TO the movement. Again and
again has the univerity been the home Oh
ter. 1t has been the home of socialism, OF
atheism. The dark side must not be ig-
nored. but let that go The unive %htyy is Is
It's scope and purpose?
The first work is inquiry and study.-not
simply acquisition-in all the realms of hu-
man knowledge 1t is an inquiry which
must be critical. cautious. analytical. syn
thetical. Things must be pulled apart, no
of these Investigations there has been ex-
hibited a spirit of self-sacrifice never sur
passed even by the missionaries. History
shows no better example of self-sacrifice
than in the progress of science.
RANGE OF UNIVERSITY STUDY.
DIR. Harper here spoke of the range of
study and Investigation carried on through
the university. He said that there are
many subjects and many subdi-
visions of subjects with no subdivision
so small that it was not capable of division.
But. he said. all the investigation could be
classed under three heads, as follows: %
The study of man and mankind. the rela-
lions of man and the nature of man; (2)
the study of that which surrounds man
nature; CD the study of God Himself, the
author of nature and of man.
He then spoke of the origin of the uni
versity and came to the discussion of the
university outside its own walks, meaning
the University Extension movement He
said in this the university found a new con-
stituency-One which must be accommo-
dated and one TO which 1t must adapt it.
university and hence the university would
go 10 the constituency. he said the uniser-
sty must not dictate subjects for consid-
eraticn; for any subject carried far enough
in the investigation would lead TO all others
and would result in cultivation. The work.
he said was not presented entirely to meet
a demand for il, but to create a demand.
The university extension idea was not
new one; IL had been growing for years.
The newspapers had been a machine of
university extension, though not known by
that name. ever since the first page was
printed. The idea had been growing
wherever men were thinking. University
Extension, as the term was now used,
would make the old movement more scen-
tific 1t would join the forces for united
action
''All the influence for University Exten-
sion," concluded DIR. Harper. has been ex-
lie. There has ALWAYS been the feeling Of
the town against the gown and wherever
this conflict has taken place there has been
engendered a feeling which has rendered
null and void the full extent of the Uni
versity Extension movement. But the old
spirit is dying out. In recent years, the
tension, and in the last days the public is
becoming anxious for 1t. 1T has even come
to time when there Is feeling of CO.
operation. But even this Is not enough. We
ask you to go further than to cooperate
with us. Appropriate the advantages OF
University Extension. for they are yours"
Moulton gave an interpretative recital OF
the "Alcestis' of Euripides.
In the Pulpit. To-Day.
A number of the visitors to the University
Extension Conference have been invited 10
speak in several of the churches this morn'
ing and tonight, and the following as
signments have been made:
Second Presbyterian Church Morning.
DR.. Richard G. Moulton. of the University
Study of the Bible" and in the evening
Prof H. W. Rolfe will speak on Lessons
from the Life Of Charles Lamb
st. Paups Church-Mofning, Prof. II. w.
Rolfe on THE Sef-retribution of Sin as
Re yealed in Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter ;.
in the evening, Prof. X. e. Moulton will
give an interpretative recital OF the Book
of Job.
Roberts Park Church-Morning, Prof. II.
w. Rolfe will speak on The Duty of the
Christian TO the State.
College-avenue Baptist Church-,Evening.
Prof. III. w. Rolfe, The Duty of the Chris
tian TO the State
Plymouth Church-Morning. DIR. A. w.
Small. of the department of sociology;
evening. Prof. w. r. Harper: p. m, Prof.
r. w. Harper. The Attitude of Citi-
zens toward the Public Questions OF the
Day"
First Baptist Church-Morning. Prof. w.
r. Harper evening DR. A w. small.