Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-11
UNIVERSITY BRANCH
HERE IS ASSURED
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all of whom are teachers in the extern
sion schools.
The meeting last night was held at
the urgent request of such well-known
men as Thomas Lynch Montgomery,
]. V. w. Reynders, u. e. Tracy, G. w.
Watt and others. These gentlemen,
together with many others, were vice.
presidents of last nights meeting. The
session was opened by G. Harry Kain,
chairman of the educational commit
tee of the Rotary Club. Mr.. Kain in
troduced DR.. Montgomery. State libra
rian, to the audience. In the course of
his address DR.. Montgomery formerly
asked the university to establish a
school in this city. He explained the
school was not run for profit and that
1t did not compete with any local
institution.
On behalf Of the state DIR. Mont
gomery offered to buy and to put into
the State Library sufficient copies of
reference books for all students taking
the extension school courses. DR..
Montgomery said he was going to take
the course himself next year.
In the course of the evening young
man in the audience arose and an
nounced that during the day Mr.. Watt
of the Elliott-Fisher Typewriter Com
pany, had posted throughout his en-
! tire plant an offer to repay to any of
his men the full amount of their tuition
when they shall have received the
certificate of proficiency granted by
the trustees of the University of Penn
sylvania. This payment is to be made
at the rate of $40 per month to the
employees and it is to be in the nature
of an advance in salary until the
amount of the tuition is returned.
DIR. Roswell c. McCrea, dean of the
Wharton, evening and extension
school faculties, replied to DIR. Mont
gomery'S formal request that a school
be established here. DR. McCrea stated
that the university was not only ca
pable and willing, but anxious, to es-
tablish a school in Harrisburg. He
said the only thing necessary for Har-
risburg to do is to produce a hundred
earnest students.
DR.. Edward Sherwood Mead, pro-
fesSor of finance, spoke next. DR..
Reed in his characteristic manner paid
the women high tribute. He is of the
opinion that women are quite equal
to men in all respects and stated that
the future for the woman in the busi-
ness world is unlimited.
Professor Robert j. Sterrett, assist
ant United States district attorney for
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
and professor of constitutional law at
the university, gave delightful talk
on college Spirit" DR.. Ward w.
Pierson, professor Of business law and
director of the extension schools, de-
scribed the detail workings of each
course.
At the conclusion Of the meeting the
chairman announced that they had ten
days in which to get the necessary
hundred students in order to make
the school a certainty for Harrisburg.
Application blanks were passed out to
those who desired them and fifty en-
rollments were handed in as the audi
ence passed out.
Application blanks, catalogs and
other literature pertaining to the Har-
risburg extension school course may
be procured by either applying in per-
son or by writing to the following:
Rotary Club, C. Harry Kahn, Arcade
building; State Library Thomas l..
Montgomery; School Board offices, D.
d. Hammelbaugh; Professor w. p.
Raine. Chamber of Commerce.