New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-10-17
Canon Henson Speaks.

Introducing Canon II. Hensley Henson,
| Chancellor Reid said he hoped tho su-
dlence would accord tho speaker an I'M
usually hearty welcome, as tho repre-
sentative Of oxford and Westminster
Abbey.
IT hope" continued the Chancellor.
that he may feel that, though he has
crossed the Atlantic, he has not escaped
from those ideals which are common TO
our country and 10 his. He Is best known
10 me as the rector of Ct. Margarets, and
his relation to me Is not theological, but
matrimonial. The throngs OF American
girls who decided TO get married In Lon
don consider st. Margaret's the choicest
place in which TO enter upon the sea OF
matrimony."
The audience rose as O mark OF respect
10 the English Representatives Canon
Henson spoke Of the regret voiced
thl oughout England when the news
reached them that the state library had
been destroyed, OF the sympathy OF the
English people with New York's sense Of
great loss and of his surprise that such
calamity, so far as II was rstrievable'
had been retrieved so soon. Canon Hen
son continued:
In view Of the modern architecture OF
my own country, with which many or
YOU are no doubt familiar. ! felt an
honest envy Of you in the possession OF
this beautiful building as ] walked
around il this morning. I would like TO
paw my compliments to It's architect and
10 all those who had a hand In It's erec-
ton. AS the unworthy representative
OF those two homes OF history, oxford
md eft Tf1if
Of New York my congratulations
The clergyman's subject was 1.-THE Value
Of Historical Studies to the Higher Learn
ing" He dwelt on the great value TO So
ciety Of the thorough study and under
standing OF history, which he called "a
powerful instrument Of culture. and, next
10 theology itself, the most thoroughly
religious training the mind can receive"
In the morning the delegates focked TO
the auditorium 10 hear Charles Richard
Van Hise president OF the University Of
Wisconsin,, speak on Carrying Knowl-
edge 10 the People" and Or. William
Starr Myers, assistant professor OF his
tory and politics at Princeton, discuss
THE Private Schools-Their Place In
American Life"
Ambassador Reid introduced Or. Van
Hise as the head OF one OF the greatest
universities in the land. when he WAS q
boy. the ambassador said, the University
Of Michigan ranked unQUestionabiy first
among state universities. but since then,
while the Michigan institution had by no
means refrigerated, the University OF
Wisconsin had caught up with her.
Advocates University Extension.
President Van Hlse devoted the larger
part o., his time 10 advocacy of university
extension rs an agent OF popular educa-
ton. The accumulation Of knowledge in
the last half century had far outran the
assimilation Of the people. he pointed
out. - industrial productivity, IN mental
and physical health, in sanitation and in
eupenics the scientific knowledge ac-
ouircd. he said, must first be assImilated
by the people en- masse 10. become eff
feCtive. .'.
Even in politics. he added I'VE have
scientific knowledge which, II used, would
result in vast Improvement"
The best means Of carrying such knowl-
edge 10 the people, he contended. lay in
the organized machinery OF the univer-
sity. lie considerable the duty OF uni
versity TO undertake the solution Of the
problem. So far az he knew. he said
the University Of Wisconsin was the
pioneer in establishing university extern
sion lectures. after the oxford lyceum
method.
He found fault with this method be-
cause It seriously restricted the area
within which university extension work
might be carried on. Correspondence he
deemed a more effective method OF reach
ing the public. The University OF Chi
cago, he pointed out. was teaching 400
students by correspondence and the Uni
versity Of Wisconsin 500. At least one
half OF the work necessary for the degree
Of Bachelor OF Arts could be done by cor
respondence, he thought In vocational
training his university had found tray
elling" professors great aid TO the cor
respondence system, professors who held
their classes in the workshops whsIs their
asaAsxts were employed.