Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-05-24
CIVIC PROBLEMS
IN NOVEL LIGHT.
INSPIRING INFLUENCE OF VISION
SIN UNIVERSITY EXTEN-
SION WORK.
DR.. M'CONACHlE'S ORIGINALITY
An Attractive Course for Betterment As
sociations and Debating So
cieties.

MAl)lSO-N, w Is, May IL SPECIAL
DR.. Lauros @. McConachie of this city
has struck out some novel lines of study
which are commanding attention in many
parts of the country. He is teaching
civil government in a practical way
that meets present day needs.
For instance, in place of the dry-as-
dust facts about cities formerly gwen,
lie offers a hopeful and inspiring resume
Of uplifting movements for civic right
eouSneSs and betterment, garnered from
the most recent reports and periodicals..
showing facts accomplished i'll hundreds
of cities.
For clubs, students and municipal
bodies that are dreaming and planning
for the coming city, he CLEANS and prof
fers Il wide range of information about
volunteer civic betterment associations;
the choice Of city officers and employees:
public finances and accounting; public
service corporations; city cleanliness and
sanitation; the abatement of nuiSanceS;
landscape gardening; baths, gymnaSlumS
and Fairgrounds; juvenile courts; con-
certs and lectures; festivals, celebrations,
hOmecomingS and other stimulantS " ~.
cal pride. Scores of other topics as es-
scntial to a wise labor for municipal inn
provement are treated i'll this course.
Civil Service Standards.
ulIy as dlfect ana pfactlcal Is an
other course by DR.. McConachie for
those who have aspirations to enter the
public service This aims to give a
practical knowledge Of civil service stan
dards, clear conceptions of the rights
and responsibilities of public office, and
critical Judgment of the opportunities
and attractions Of the manifold govern
mGnt activities.
DR.. McConachie rightly says that the
press brings liberty to the people, and
that its influence is the most significant
factor of difference between ancient and
modern law and politics. The courses
On the law ana the politics of the press
trace the development of journalism as it
keeps pace with liberty and progress
and every step is Illuminated by con-
temporary sile-ights which make the
study a worthy part of a liberal edu-
cation. This course for young and am
bilious journalists is planned with Il
hrilIiancy OF conception and carried for
ward with q breadth Of view and illus
tration that mark the man who com
bines high initiative with unremitting in
duStry.
The scope and breadth of all the
courses. those On the organization and
procedure of American legislative bodies
that on political parties and campaigns {;
those on American diplomacy and world
politics: are inspiring and suggestive
by DR.. McConachie and published for
general circulation by the university eX-
tension crpaI1me of the University OF
Wisconsin.
For Correspondence Glasses.
These courses are to be given solely
by correspondence. DR.. McConachie al
ready has students in the far east plan
ming to follow his courses, though they
have only recently been announced.
DIR. McConaChie seems to have been
born for this work, and all his training
has been preparing and ripening him for
the day when he could meet a growing
insstent need for practical knowledge of
the privileges and opportunities of citi-
zenship with practical information that
gives hope and stimulating suggestion, as
well as knowledge. He is a born stu
dent, but has Il keen insight, saving
sense of humor, and a historic sense that
give him the Sagacity in weighing evil
dence that belongs to the strong man of
affairs. His articles in leading periodi-
Gals are noteworthy for the lucid and
simple style which makes economic sub
jects of popular interest.
To his wide reading DR.. McConachie
has added a term of study and practical
work in the Orient This has given him
not only a broader view of our foreign
relations. but an opportunity to see our
institutions from another side. He has
studied and aided in the efforts, now
king in the Philippines, to adapt those
institutions to new conditions, and has
gained new viewpoints.
Fascinating Sidelights.
4 great part of the charm and fascin-
alton of DR.. McConachies courses come
from the unexpected sidelights with
which he Eliminates the trite skeleton
facts of our municipal, state or national
forms and procedures.
While Dr. McConachie offers six
courses. each course is divided into two
parts. Each part may be taken in TWEEN
ty lessons All are related and yet
each can be taken independently.
This work of DR.. McConachie will fit
in admirably with the growing work of
the University Extension Department in
organizing and aiding debating societies
Hundreds of such bodies were aided last
winter by the loan Of material for the
better study and discussion of the live
questions of the day, and these groups
!of young citizens need just the solid
practical information on questions and
forms of government that DR.. McCon-
iachie's courses furnish.
All this work comedies most happily
with the awakened interest of the gen
cral public in civic affairs and the dawn
ing hope and courage in graphing with