The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-09-25
EXTENSION WORK
:. OF n. D. u.
J. J. PETTlJoHN, HEAD OF THIS
WORK, HAS MADE ARRANGE
MENTs TO COOPERATE WITH
SAME DEPARTMENTS IN u. OF
WISCONSIN AND MINNESOTA.

J. J.. .Pettijohn, head Of the extension
division Of, the University of NJ tn
Dakota, has just returned from an ex-
tended trip In North Dakota n other
states in the interests of the extension
division. While away Mr.. Pettijohn
tension division of the University of
Minnesota and with DR.. Lewis E. Re
bern, dean Of the extension division Of
the. University Of Wisconsin. Plans
were made for concerts and lectures
to be given this winter in these three
states under the direction of the ex-
tension divisions.
Arrangements were also made
whereby Charles A.. Payne, formerly
appointed by the board of education
of New York city as a lecturer for the
public school lecture course system,
will give lectures on geography and
travel in North Dakota, Minnesota
and Wisconsin.
BY this cooperative system of the
three universities, good concerts, lee
lures and other entertainments will
be procured for the different commun-
tits at about one-half the price now
paid to lyceum bureaus.
While on this trip, Mr.. Pettijohn
delivered an address to an audience
of over 5000 people in the auditorium
in Chicago on the subject, The Uni
versity Extension.
The occasion was the annual meet
ing Of the International Lyceum bu-
reau which convened in Chicago last
week. The audience was composed Of
readers, musicians, lecturers, bureau
managers and others from all parts
of he United States and Canada who
are engaged in lyceum work.
In his address Mr.. Pettijohn en-
phasized the fact hat lyceum and
chautauqua work should be developed
on the principles of educational eff
cheney and social welfare rather than
rpon the principles Of business sue
cess. He pointed out thai when the
nagement is conducted by private
enterprise as a business for profit that
the tendency is to cheaper the work
for If the principles of scientific bust
ness management should be applied
only those persons whose platform
work paid dividends to the bureau
managing them would be used .re-
CARELESS of their real worth to the
community. He also showed from sta
tistics of salaries paid by bureaus that
the persons receiving the smallest
'alaries were the most profitable to
the bureau, consequently the tendency
would be for the managers to engage
cheap talent and reject the better and
more expensive forms of entertain
ment. This cheap art, music, litera-
Iule anu Oluer lOTulS OIL lyCeuTn WORK
tend to drive out the better art, music
n literature.
The University Extension lyceum
directed under the auspices Of the uni
versity is organized to give this work
a better educational and a more
wholesome r~ecreational character for
it is developed entirely from an edu-
cational and social welfare motive.
The question the bureau attempts to
answer is, what do the people want?"
whereas the university extension at
tempts to answer the question. what
is the best the people will receiver"
Mr.. Pettiiohn clearly pointed out
the ACCESSIBILITY of taking lyceum work
off of a competitive commercial basis
and shaping it from the viewpoint of
an educational and general welfare
movement, as business interests of
7rivate individuals are often in con-
fict with the general welfare of the
community. In this way communities
will have the advantage of much bet
ter entertainments and at the same
time the cost will be reduced by one
half the amount now paid to the w.
ceum bureau.
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