The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-02-16
University Extension.

University Extension.
Interesting Series of Lectures Prepared by
Professors in the University of Maine.
A most interesting series of lectures
has been arrang ed by the different
professors at the University of Maine,
and the several courses are offered
by the university in cooperation with
the education committee of the Maine
Federation of Women's clubs. The lee
lures are given, for the present, at the
nominal price of expenses and SIS lee
ture. So far as practical it is desired
that the dates for lectures be confined to
Fridays and Saturdays.
The series is headed by a course of ten
lectures, illustrated with photographs.
Art Ideals Among the Great Nations by
DR.. J. H. Huddilston, professor of
Greek, as follows;
l. Egyptian and Oriental Art-The
Art of Realism.
2. Greek Art-The Rise of Idealism.
8. Masterpieces of Greek Art.
4. Roman Art and Art on Roman
Soil.
5. Architecture and Sculpture in the
Middle Ages.
g. The Relation of Painting to the
Life of the 18th and IA Centuries.
7. The High Renaissance in Italy. .
8. French Art in the 18th and 18th
Centuries.
8. Painting in the Netherlands and
Germany in the 18th and 18th Centuries.
10. Art in Spain and Spanish Art.
Under italian Literature DR.. Huddil-
! L., Il, H.,
in History.
Under the general topic of English
Literature Roland P. Gray, professor of
English, offers the following:
l. Shakespeare, his life, works and
time. Five lectures. Illustrated by
stereopticon.
2. The Elizabethan Stage. Illustrated
by stereopticon. This lecture could be
included in one of the five of Course l, if
desired.
3. Tennyson, life and art
4. Robert Browning, life and art.
5. Tennyson and Browning, five lee
lures.
6. The Anglo-Saxon Period of English
Literature.
7. What is Literature?
s. The Development of the English
Drama, five or more lectures. Illustrat-
ed.
9. English Usage. This lecture ex-
plains the ultimate authority in the use
of English and discusses correct and in
correct expressions.
Under American History, DR.. Caro-
line Colvin, professor of history has the
following:
l. The United States in 1860. =.
2. Foreign Relations During the Civil
War.
8. The Blockade
4. Reconstruction from the Southern
Standpoint.
5. Secession and the Civil War Fifty
Years After
Windsor P. Daggett, professor of pub
lie speaking in the department of Eng
fish, offers dramatic readings on:
l. The electra of Euripides.
2. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet"
3. "Old Heidelberg Forster
Meyer. This romantic story gives a
beautiful Interpretation of German SEN
timent and universal life.
4. An evening with Dickens, includ-
ing miscellaneous readings.
Special. The Maine Masque, present
ing Twelfth Night, will make engage
ments under the extension course, max
ing no charge except for travelling and
incidental expenses.
This could follow Prof. Gray's lecture
On the ''Elizabethan Stage" as Twelfth
Night" is staged as it was in the Eliza
bethan age.
Under economics and sociology DIR.
Robert ]. Sprague, professor of econo-
mics and sociology, offers the following:
l. The Family, Its History and Prob
lens.
2. Birth Rate of the Nation versus
Race Suicide.
3. A Constructive School System and
Public Morality.
4. Puritanism.
5. Socialism and Social Reform.
Z. The Crown Mind and the Age Of
Crowds.
8. Problems of Taxation.
On the general topic of astronomy,
Dean James N. Hart, professor of mathe-
mates and astronomy, has prepared the
following:
l. The Sun and His Subjects.
2. Other Worlds Than Ours
| 3. Other Suns Than Ours.
/ 4. Eclipses.
S. Comets and Meteors.
In the popular lines of domestic sci
ence, Laura Comstock, assistant profess
Soi VI oOlSoClC oCICllCt, Will give lcC-
lures on:
/. History of the Home Economics
Movement.
2. A Discussion of Food and Food
Values.
8. Cookery as an Art.
a. The Home and its Furnishings.
5. Bacteria in Relation to the Home.
Under the general head of Chemistry,
DR.. Charles w. Easley, associate profess
sor of chemistry, will speak on:
l. The Pure Food Law and Its Ser
vice to the People.
2. Chemistry and Its Relation to Man.
8. Recent Developments in Science.
a. The Health of Our School Chill
dren-Air, Food and Exercise.
5. Chemistry of the Home.
6. The Success and Failure of Pro-
cesses for the Utilization of Air in the
Manufacture of Fertilizers.
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