The Chanute times., 1911-12-29
TO EXTEND SERVICE
OF HIGHER SCHOOLS
COMMITTEE PLANS TO CARRY
WORK OF COLLEGES TO
THE PEOPLE.
Recommendation Made - Education
Committee Will Discuss Report
Further Before Acting
Scheme Comprehensive.

Topeka, Kan.-Far reaching ana
comprehensive recommendations look
ing toward a very wide extension OF
service by the state institutions of
higher learning were made by the
committee on efficiency OF the state
commission of higher education, COM
posed of the regents of the state uni
versity state normal school and state
agricultural college,.
The members of the committee on
efficiency are w. A. White of the uni
versity, A. l.. Sponsler of the state
agricultural college and Sheffield In
gals of the state normal school, The
report was widely discussed and will
be printed and considered further at
an early meeting of the commission.
DR.. Henry S. Pritchett, president OF
the Carnegie Foundation, who attend
ed the meeting of the commission,
said: mo other state in the United
States has taken up the problem as has
Kansas, and | feel there is very great
merit in the plan.
The recommendations of the commit
tee are as follows:
Extension centers in the larger cit
les of the state under the common man
agement of the three institutions.
The plan of the big educational institu-
tions, over which one or more profes-
sors will preside at various times,
Much of the work necessarily VIII
have to be carried on by correspon-
dence, but the attencance of one or
more educators will bring the student
into personal conduct with the in
structor frequently.
A high grade department of archl-
lecture which would handle the work
of the state architects office, and sup
ervise the branches at the university
and college.
Courses in practical fish culture so
that every school house could have It's
fish pond in operation.
A closer correlation between the in
stitutions of learning and the penal
and eleemcsynary institutions OF the
state 1t is pointed out by the COM
mittee that the medical school of the
university should have free access TO
all penal and eleemosynary institu-
tions for purpose OF examination ana
cure of the inmates. The committee
believes that large percentage Of the
blind deaf and dumb and insane, and
a smaller percentage of the younger
morally detectives in the reform
schools might be helped effectively by
physical and psychological treatment.
A school hygiene clinic under the
medical school Of the university for
the benefit of defective, retarded and
exceptional children.
State aids to towns of more than
5000 inhabitants for industrial, com
mercial and evening schools.
An enlargement of the work in in
dustriaI chemistry at the state univer-
sity.
Making of the proposed mining
school at Weir City vocational trade
school. doing work of a secondary ma
ture only.
The establishment at the University
of a department and laboratory OF
public health.
Organizing the course now being
given at the university along the line
of business administration into a
school of business administration.
The establishment of library
school at the university.
All Institutions of higher learning
to be put upon standard as to equip
ment and salaries per capita cost of
education per year, fairly commensur-
ate with that of other standard Ameri- |
can universities.
To prevent duplication in the three
schools and to do away with jealousy |
in the matter of obtaining appropria-
tions, committee of nine regents, |
three from each institution, to have
control of a common budget of higher
education, and to look after cO-ordina-
ton of work and the installation of a
common business system. The inter-
nal agafirs OF each institution to con-
tinue under separate boards of six re-