The evening times., 1900-01-20
CIVIC CENTRE LECTURES.
The Plans of the University Exten-
sion Committee.

The University Extension Committee Oi
! the Civic Centre will make a preliminary
report on popular education next Tuesday
evening at a public meeting to be held IN
| the hall of the Columbian University. Ad-
dresses on the subject will be delivered
| by President b. l.. Whitman. OF the Co
lumbar University; Prof. John NJ. Coui-
ter, of the University of Chicago; Mr.. W.
b. Powell, Superintendent of Schools. and
DR.. Murray Gait Motter. Chairman of the
Council of the Civic Centre
The committee has arranged for five
courses of lectures to be given under the
joint auspices OF the Civic Centre and the
Board of School Trustees in the Central
High School hall. corner Seventh and o
Streets northwest. on Tuesday and Thurs
day evenings beginning January 80.
These courses will partake to some ex-
tent of the character of the free lectures
for the people that are given in the public
school buildings in New York and some
,ther cities, the Columbia University lee
lures in cooperation with Cooper Union,
or the Lowell Institute lectures in Boston.
The University Extension methods will
be employed however, in connection with
some OF the courses. at least to the extent
of using a printed syllabus to assist the
memory of the audience. These syllabi Will
give lists Of reference books on the sub
jects treated by the lecturers for the bene-
fit of any who have the time and inClina-
tion TO pursue the study for themselves
and provision will be made by the officials
of the Library of Congress and those of the
other libraries in this city to make these
books as accessible as possible to the pub
Iic The lectures as well as the prelimina-
ry meeting next Tuesday evening will be
entirely free TO the public.
The lectures have been arranged in two
general groups The Tuesday evnng lect-
ures will be on subjects connected with the
social sciences, and the Thursday evening
lectures will be on natural science.
The first course. beginning Tuesday
evening, January 80, will be on "Munici
pal Government" by Dr. E. Dana Durand
Assistant Professor of Finance and Ad-
ministration. in the Leland Stanford. jr,
University. This course will consist of five
lectures treating of the functions and or
ganiZation of city governments and pro-
posing remedies for existing abuses. This
will be followed by a course en- the Social
History of Europe" by Mr. NJ. l.. Jacob
son. of the Bureau of Statistics, of the
Terasury Department, who delivered
course of lectures on the same topic last
year before the, Educational Alliance, of
New York city and has been otherwise
identified with popular education in that
city. The third and last of the Social
Science courses will be on the general sub
ject of The Evolution of Industry and
the lectures will be delivered by the Hon.
Carroll d. Wright Commissioner of La
Dor; Mr.. l.. G.. Powers, and Mr.. H. I.
Newcomb of the Census Office. and Prof.
Charles p. Neill, of the Catholic Universi-
ty of America.
The first course in natural science begin
ming on Thursday evening, February l,
will treat in a popular. way of the adoption
of various forms of plant and animal life
TO their environments. The first lecture
will be delivered by Prof John NJ Voulter.
of the University Of Chicago. who has just
published an important work entitled
PLANT Relations" and he will be followed
by Mr. Frederick " Coville, Dir. L. y.
Howard, DR.. T. S. Palmer, and Mr.. Vernon
Bailey, all of the Department OF Agricul-
ture The second patural science course
will be on geological topics. and will be
given by Mr. ]. S. Diller and Mr.. G. K.
Gilbert. of the Geological Survey, and
Major j. W. Powell, and Mr.. w Nc
Gee. of the Bureau of American Ethno!ogy.
1t is the aim of the comm ttee and of the
lecturers to make these 5 of interest
and value not only to tie general public,
but also especially TO the teachers in the
public schools who give Instruction in
natural science, civics, history. etc.
Besides those who are to take part in the
exercises Tuesday evening the Com
missioner of Education, the Commissioner
Of Labor, the Librarian of Congress. and
the President of the American Federation
Of Labor have been invited to honor the
occasion with their presence and TO occupy
seats uDon the platfOrm