The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-03-29

or an expert boekkeeper or accountant,
are forum Is as compared with their
fathers in having a chance to boost
themselves ont Of common. work and
into higher classes of work.
| Carl Emmerling, superintendent OF
the American Mating Elevators. cited a
very interesting ease of a Young Milwau-
| kee apprentice who used tn extension
division to boost himself along in
structural engineering and how today
this fellow is travelling through the
country as assistant superintendent of
construction.
Hon. W. +. Voss spoke in regards to
to the relation of correspondence
courses to the schools of Watertown. He
told how twO-thirds Of the school child
rem of the city haYe TO leave on finishing
the eighth grade, and that Que half of
the high school students leave without
graduating. He believed the extension
division together with the night school
gives these young people a chance to
continue their eduaCtion AMI that they
ought to take advantage of it.
Gordon Bacon of the G. B. Lewis Co.
addressing himself particularly to shop
men said: There is nothing fixed
about a man bling this or that kind of
workman all his life. Opportunity does
knock N re than once to The man who
hears the knock ami who is ready to
open the door and able to take a bigger
job. But he's got to know more than
the other fellows who hear the same
knock; and that is where the CORES
pondence courses of the University
come in; they gave you a chance to
know more than the other fellow"
Attorney John G. Conway spoke of
the correspondence courses from a bust
ness point of view He referred to the
commercial cOrresp )ndence schools one
of which has capitalization of nearly
ten million dollars, as being in educa-
ton for profit where as the University
extension is almost free education from
the state Mr.. Conway showed how the
extension work of the school of agri-
culture has made leaders in their dis
tricts of young men who have diligently
pursued home study in agriculture.
Assemblyman c. +. Viebahm empha-
sized f0rcibly the great need Of people
specializing in certain lines of work
knowing more about his OF her line than
any other person around. He pleaded
that studies concerning life and politi-
cal and social sciences should be taken
| up for the good of the community and
the pleasure in it.
superintendent BertO was very en-
thu-iastic about the great chances fol-
getting ahead that the extension courses
offered boys and girls. He seemed tC
feel that many do not yet fully under
stand the nature of extension cores
p0ndence courses and that when they
did Watert0wn would show good en-
rolment.
The keynote of the whole mass meet
, ing was to have every one boost the ex
tension courses. The State Universit,
as the peoples university, extension
courses are for the people; the lectur,
bureau, the debating and discussssI
bureau, the information and welfare
brueau, and the correspondence depart
ment are for everybody to use. The
cost of correspondence study is yer,
small. Mr.. Carl Beck is in town Fri
days and Saturdays and can be reached
| through Miss Ackley at the public Ii
brary who will be glad to take names
and supply information during tht
week.