River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-11-20
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION WORK.


is organized under four depart
ments: The Depart nent of Cores
pondence Study, the Department of
Instruction by Lectures, the Depart
ment of Debating and Public Dis
cussion, the Department of General
Information and Welfare.
The key note to the University
Extension work is the carrying of
education to the people, or as the
University likes to put it, the Exten-
sion of the college campus to the
state.
The University of Wisconsin in
all its various departments has
accumulated vast amount of useful
information. 1t feels that this in
formation thould be extended to the
people of the state, not kept merely
at the University center, but dis
seminated broadcast. To do this
work, the University Extension Di
vision was created with Dean Reber
at its head. In the half dozen or
more years since this Division was
organized, the work has expanded
at remarkable rate. There has
grown up at Madison a body of
trained men, experts IL various
lines, who give up their entire time
to this work. In addition to this
force whose time is devoted exclu
sively to University Extension a
large number of the regular in.
structors of the University faculty
are Connected up with this Division
SO that their services through the
Correspondence Department, and
through the Department of Instruc-
ton by Lectures, the Department
of debating and Public Discussion
and the Department of General In
formation and Welfare are available
to the people.
In order to better carry on this
work, the state has been divided
into six districts, Que with the cen
ter at Milwaukee; one with it's cen
ter at La Crosse; one with its cen
ter at Oshkosh; one with its center
at Superior; another with its center
at Wausau; and finally the new dis
trict which has been organized with
its center at Eau Claire. This last
district comprises the counties of
Polk, ST. Croix, Pierce, Pepin,
Dunn, Barron, Chippewa, and Eau
Claire and Rusk.
Offices of the new district are
located in the Public Library Build
ing at Eau Claire. Professor ]. H
Ames, recently of the Normal
school of River Falls, is in charge
of the work in the district. Mr.. c
w. Collmann, recently principal at
Cedarburg, Wisconsin, will work in
tle district as Field Organizer.
Mr.. C. w. Hobbies will work in the
district as Engineering Instructor
Other instructors and organizers
will be added as the work develops.
One of the leading features of the
work is that of the correspondence
study. Last year the University of
Wisconsin had nearly six thousand
students taking work by CORE
spondence. Part of these students
are doing credit work for a degree
at the University, the other part
are Vocational students. Such
students may be taking
such courses as Shop Mathematics,
Gas Engines, steam fitting and
other courses along the Mechanical
lines. Another field of Vocational
instruction is along Commercial
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Selling, Bookkeeping and Account
ing. All students in the Core
spondence Department register with
the University, receiving CORE
spondence lessons. Wherever pos
sible, instructors in the field meet
both credit and vocational students
from time to time to supplement
the correspondence lessons.
The District Representative also
has charge of the University Lee
ture Courses. The Rev. Fred w
Harris of Chippewa Falls, will re-
present the Extension Division in
this district in making arrange
ments for University Lecture Cours-
IS. He will work under the direc-