The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-21
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THIS Is THE ENDEAvOR OF THE UNI
vERsITY EXTENSION PROMOTERS.
Opening of Conference Last Night
Wide-Spreading improvements.


tension Conference. under the auspices of
the University OF Chicago. was held last
night in the Propylaeum assembly room.
There was a fair attendance of people such
as are recognized In indianapolis as the
leaders in all movements for advancement
In culture of whatever kind. The pro-
gramme consisted OF addresses of welcome
and response an address on the university
extension movement, an interpretative re-
cital and music. Following the programme
an informal reception was rendered the del
egates and visitors by those Identified with
the local university extension center. To-
day there will be all day Round table
conferences conducted informally in the
west parIor of the Propylaeum. At noon
luncheon will be served in the east parlor
by the Indiana branch of the Association
of Collegiate Alumnae. Tonight the con-
ference will end in the auditorium of
Plymouth Church
Rev. Gustav A. Christensen president of
the local center. presided last night He
introduced President Scot Butler, of But
Ter College. who delivered the address of
welcome to the visitors Mr.. Butler said in
part:
This is the day of omnipotence of num-
bers and the supreme virtue of political
equality. Nevertheless the voice of pro-
test is not hushed. Mr.. Leeky, in that. OF
our times the most Important contribution
10 the literature OF political discussion. has
these words: One OF the great divisions of
politics In our day Is coming TO be whether,
at the last resort, the world should be
governed ny its ignorance or it's intelli-
gence. According to one party the pre-
ponders ting power should be with educa-
ton and property: according to the other
the ultimate source OF power. the supreme
rlght or appeal and of control belongs
fFfno fnl, 10 he 4.
words. to the poorest. the most ignorant
the most incapable. who are necessarily
the most numerous
Concerning the alleged irrationality of
this rule OF the most numerous. Sir Henry
Maine says: Let any competently in
structed person turn over in his own mind
the great epochs of scientific invention and
social change during the last two cen
turtles and consider what would have oc-
CURED II universal suffrage had been es-
certainly have prohibited the spinning len
ney and the power loom. II would certain
~ have forbidden the threshing machine.
IL would have prevented the adoption of
the Gregorian calendar, and IL would have
restored the Stuarts. 1t would have pro-
scribed the Roman Catholics In 1850; il
1891 III
Yet majority rule is assured. 1t is an
established 'act. The fiat has gone forth:
n Town the reopie. Make the people king
not only Ia America. but the civilized world
over. Mr.. B-'ce has said that ours SIS a
type or institutions toward which as nv
a., Jaw or fat-, the rest of civilized man.
KIND are forced to move, some with swift
er. some with slower. but all with unrest
ing feet and / shall recall here the words
OF some poet that it is the destiny of these
United State:
" To bald the road for the hammered
or crowned humanity
God grant that the road will be builded
Wis w,Seiy; 600 grant that 1t be not road to
n p ms rf.x
TINS: Ihe decision of an ignorant majority
Is tne beginning Of societys decadence. is
ed Crown the people king! Yes. but the
King must know. Government Exercised
Mlthout enlightenment is the dream of
on the sure foundation of popular inteIli
gence. The hope of our country. the saliva
Ilon or our society, Is the education of the
Mr. Butler then went on to show that
university extension is one of the agents of
o otis education. 1T brings to the people the
eoucatlon which heretofore only the IA
yored few had the opportunity to acquire.
IL were easier for one teacher to go TO a
hundred pupils than for a hundred pupils
concluded Mr.. Butler, from the tjniver-
sity or Chicago have come those who to-
night are our guests. We greet them We
enem our sympathy and our hearty CO.
Mr.. c. w. Hippard of the DAYTON 20
OF tho visitors. I'VE extend IN Ali orr
neartiest appreciation of the reception ac-
corded, ne said, and bring good will and
greeting. The best return We can make ~
you Tor your hospitality and the interest
s sGown In the movement is to exert all our
to the best advantage" Mr.. Uinnard said
that university extension is one OF the best
sor. OF missionary enterprises, for its re-
an opportunity to cultivate themseIves > nd
render themselves better able to exercise
the duties of citizenship
PROFESSOR JAMES'S ADDRESS
Prof. Edmund ]. James, director of the
university extension division of the Uni.
Versity OF Chicago. followed Mr. Hippard
win the address of the evening on 1.-The
University Extension Movement" He
spoke follows:
The University of Cbicogo .. ,.,
an earnest attempt to secure the co-onera.
tion or the various communities in fhe
Misslssippi valley In the movement known
as university extension. Although not tha
| nrst organization to undertake. the work
In this country, the University of Chico &c
mas given more attention to the work thai
interest in the movement by expending =
generous SUM from its income each Yea,
IN sustaining and developing the work.
Inc university extension movement
may be defined in brief as an attempt tC
secure higher education of the universit,
type for the adult classes of the commu.
A
impossible 10 enter upon residence i'm those
INSTITUTIONS. IL was started about twenty.
nVe years ago by the University of Cam.
bridge, In England. That institution as II
Was the nrst, has remained until the pres
ent IN many respects the best type of the
| Institutions which have made il a part OF
their work. That there Is some demand
Tor this work may be seen from the way IN
which IL grew in England. The number OF
/ people attending the courses given under
| the auspices of the University of Cam
bridge rose from about 1900. in 1873. ths
/ first year of the work. until IL reached
] nearly 1900 in 1891 and 1892 The Worl
I was also begun In London by a socfet,
/ formed Tor that purpose, and the attend
| ance at lectures under it's auspices ros.
from 500 In the year 1876. the first year o.
! It's organization. up to 1900 In 1890. Ok
| ford followed the example OF Cambridg,
! in 1875, and the number attending lecture.
| delivered under it's auspices rose from 3 90
| in 1885 to over 10000 in 1890 and 1891 In
! the season of 1880 and 1891 457 courses o
| university extension lectures were deiv
cred in England to audiences aggregatin;
over A, 900 members.
THE American Society for the Elk
! tension of University Teaching. formed II
Philadelphia in 1890. was the first organiZa
| ton to take up the work i'm a systemati
| The number in attendance upon the lee
| lures given under its auspices rose to 10,
| 600 during the first year of the work. an,
, has reached as high as 10000 in some year
( since that time.
THE University OF Chicago took up III
/ work in the autumn OF 1892. The total at
| tendance during the first year. 1892 an
lSS3. was over 5000. and even during tn
| worlds fair the attendance reached 1900
| IL rose in 1894 and 1925 TO 5000. and in 1&
| and 1896 TO .. coo. This all shows that Their
| Is a certain demand for this work on tn
il ~f.arxv el.,S