Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-05-07
HOME STUDY GROWS FAST.
Phenomenal Development of ~" Cor
respondence Department.

respondence Department.
The correspondence study courses
at the University of Wisconsin have
proved so popular among the young
men and women of the state that the
enrolment in the various departments
of instruction has increased nearly
173 per cent in the past eighteen
weeks. Enrolment statistics just
compiled show that there are now
total of S12 students, compared with
297 on Dec. /. At the opening of the
new year there had been added nearly
100 more, and by Feb. l there were
SIT. March 1 the number was in
creased to 619, and when April
began there were 734 students enroll
ed. By the close of the college year
Dean Reber of the extension division
of the university expects the enroll
ment to reach 1000, and the present
rate of growth indicates that his esti-
mate is we'll within probability
The department of engineering has
the largest number of students IN the
correspondence courses, there belnS
142 enrolled. Second in point Of nnm-
bers is the course in higWay construc-
ton. which has 1877 students, and the
students in shop mathematics number
1913. There are eighty students OF
;c4,
eraI mathematics. There are 81 more
studying modern languages, 80 IN the
English and literature courses, 40 IN
drawing, % in economics and poll
tics and a like number IN educatlon
and philosophy. In the courses OF IN
struction in the physical sciences, in
Guiding astronomy, baCteriology, bot
any, geology and chemistry, there are
% students and Is in the home eco
Monies department. The ancient ian
guages have II correspondence stu
dents, history and music 4.
No other state university offers cor
respondence courses of so wide
scope as does the University Of WIS
consin. The thirty-seven bulletins Is
sued by the department this year de-
scriptive of the various courses and
study plans, show the breadth OF the
work, giving details of the PA differ
emf courses offered in thirty-tWO de-
Dartments of instruction. OppOrtunl-
ty is given for students to investigate
matter ranging from a microscopic
germ to a telescope planet A course
in popular astronomy is given, beside
study group work, and the six courses
in bacteriology have proved so attrac-
tive that a special course for labora-
tory work for physicians has been es-
tablished. There are eight botany
courses, two courses in chemistry.
three in home economics and eleven
in mathematics.
The fifteen courses in business adj
ministration announced last October
proved so popular that six new ones
have since been added to supplement
the work, including a managers spe-
cial course in craftsmanship. Ten
courses in commercial law are also of
fered by correspondence. There are
four courses in drawing, including
mechanical drawing, descriptive ge-
ometry anud free-hand lettering. The
school of music offers two correspond
ence courses, one primarily for public
, school teachers and one in apprecia-
ton of music.
The department OF public speaking,
through the correspondence work, is
assisting debating societies and clubs
thrOu9 hout the state in a variety of
ways. Nine bulletins to this end have
been issued this year, including Prof
Lyman's booklet on The Principles
OF Effective Debating;" a bulletin on
the organization and procedure of de-
batting societies; another on farmers
clubs. and leaflets providing material
for debates on such topics as woman
suffrage, the parcels post, the postal
savings banks, and on several c0nsti-
tutional amendments proposed. The
department of education has Z
courses, the English department IA;
6 in French, in italian and in
Spanish, German %, Latin IA, Greek
4. in history, in geology, in high
way construction, % in mechanical
engineering, q in electrical engineer
ing. 2 in philosophy, II in political
economy and u in political science