The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-06-08
IN OKLAHOMA.
Popular Higher Education Plan
ned by SchooI Officers.


Courses In aeheel sd at Home In
Vida Variety Of Subjects Intended
to Benefit Peessns In All Stages Of
Enlishtenment-Ths Hsautifyins of
Hsmes to BE Taught
There is to be an educational uplift
In Oklahoma II the state committee
to promote the university extension
movement should succeed in its plans.
This committee Is composed of the
Rev. A. Grant Evans, president of Ok
lahoma university; A. C. Scott of Ep-
worth university; J.. w. Scruggs, presi-
dent Of Kingfsher college; John D..
Benedict of Muscogee. superintendent
Of schools In Oklahoma for the federal
government; Henry Meier of the state
university, L. P. Whitcomb Of the
Southwestern Normal school at Wealth
erford and E. D. Cameron, state super
intendent of education. The commit
lately outlined it's plans and adopt
ed a course Of study.
Superintendent Cameron said the 9TH
er day that the only further step was
to finance the undertaking, which he
believed could be easily done 1t is
probable that Professor Scruggs may
be chosen as superintendent of the
movement and his headquarters .estab-
Eshed In the Office of the state super
intendent OF education at Guthrie.
The state committee Is rich In plans
and purposes to carry the -opportuni
ties and benefits of education and III
ture into all the homes of the state.
especially in the rural communities.
First q course OF study will be pro-
vided that will enable boys and girls
deprived of high school advantages to
gain credits by home study that will
give them entrances to the state uni
versity and to the agricultural and
mechanical college.
In addition there will be a broader
course for persons of all ages, ever
college graduates, whose credits for
study will lead to a university extern
sion diploma. Citizens of intellectual
attainment in the state will be invited
to deliver lectures covering the course
of study. Students will be required to
pay a nominal sum for the expense In
CURED In these lectures, and the diff
ferent state educational institutions
VIII be called upon for funds to sup
port the movement. A superintendent
will be employed at a fixed salary.
It Is believed that students preparing
for college may get valuable assistance
by taking this course of study. The
committee will try to put a library into
every country school
The state committee has adopted
these subjects for the course of study:
Agriculture in all it's phases, domes-
tic, science, domestic art, commercial
Law, electrical engineering. history,
economics. pedagogy and applied
psychology, literature, bird and nature
study. geography. sociology, scientific
road building, home sanitation, tree
planting and culture, music, a%strono-
my, physiology and business admins
tratiop.
The committee has a most compre-
hensfye purpose in its selection of
these different departments of study.
In domestic art will be taught the
making of beautiful homes and of
beautiful home surroundings, that the
monotony and depression Of unloyely
things may be taken away. In sociolo-
II an attempt win be made to revive
the old fashioned debating society
where persons of all ages may meet in
friendly discussion Of all problems af-
fecting good citizenship and good gov
ernment.-Guthrie (Okla.) Cor. Kansas
City Star.