The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-02-15
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 There are two ways of conducting | a school, a college or university. One way is to buy a site, build buildings, hire a. faculty and invite the students to come. The other way is to pick up your faculty and go where the students are. The wisely managed institution does both of these things Likewise there are two ways in which the people who support a state university may find out what it is doing and what they are getting for l their money. One way is to read the annual reports and the various bu11e- l tins make occasional visits to the cam pus, and observe the kind of young people who are being graduated year after year. The othen way is to have selected members of the faculty and student body spend a week every year in each of a number of towns scatter I ed over the state meeting with the cit izens, delivering popular and scien- tific lectures, putting on plays, giv- l ing concerts and having good fellow ship.
 THE STATE AS A CAMPUS 1 Both of these plans are good, and 1 the states that get the most out of i their universities have both plans in practical operation. Such a state is Minnesota, and it's method of carrying I out the second or more novel plan of making the state acquainted with it's university is a scheme of visitation now well established under the name Of University Week.
 The University of Minnesota has a habitatfon in the twin cities of Min neopo1is and St. Paul. There it teaches l the students who come to it prepar- 1 ed to devote four years or more to study. But the university weeks I are part of an extension service whose l fSss h efa fo sf | What is a university week 2'' The. 1 best answer is to tell you concrete1y what happened last June.
 During the first two weeks of June, I1914, twenty-four Minnesota towns lWere each given a six-day program of Epopular lectures. scientific demonstra- I tions, health talks, vocal and instru- I mental concerts, dramatic readings and plays. The plan was much like l that of a chautauqua with the em- l educational than on the entertain ment features
 ltsUNIVERSFFY WEEK PROGRAM
 The programs were given every af- lternoon and evening. In one town, for instance, the evening program ran as follows:
 Monday, a debate between two squads of students from the Univer- I sity, introduced by half hours pro- gram of vocal and instrumental mu- | sic. Tuesday, Pinero's play, Sweet Lavender put on by dramatic club of students from the University. | Wednesday, an Illustrated lecture by l Ernest Harold Baynes, of New Hamp- shire, on "Our Bird Friend.'' Thurs
 day, concert by the Glee Club. Fri day, a. lecture on liquid air with ex- l periments and. demonstrations, by a iprofessor from the University. Sat- 1 l1rday, a concert by a professionals trio f<lf 1inist, pianist, and vocalist.
 1 Every afternoon there were two lec- l lures and a short program of music and dramatic readings The lectures covered a wide range of topics such I as bee culture, legal rights of women 1 Mexican situation, pure foods and drugs, hog cholera, home economies. the work of Pasteur, industrial edu- cation, the education of women, the Egeo1ogy of Minnesota-to choose a l few at random. There were 0A0o 1 demonstrations of chiIdren's games
 an infant welfare exhibition and talks l on public health. Music of a high de- gree of excellence was interspersed throughout the program
 PARTICIPANTS
 Not all the participants were mem bers of the faculty. The resources of | the University were used SO far as they would go and then recourse was 1 had to professional readers, musi- clans, lecturers and entertainers. l Many of the instrumental performers
 were members of the Minnea polls Symphony Orchestra.
 Twice during thek week, at each l town, business men at luncheon heard a speaker provided to discuss some
 subject of interest to commercial clubs or business men in general
 The way in which so many towns 1 were reached in two weeks by an ar I rangement of circuits During the first week twelve towns were arrang- ed in two circuits of six towns each Two complete sets of six-day pro- grams then had to be prepared, so that the two circuits of six towns each might be run simultaneously. On each circuit the Monday program of one town became the Tuesday pro- gram of the next town and so on pro excessively through the six days. so that each town in turn received the of the week. When the two circuits of the first week were completed, the
 whole scheme was transferred to another part of the state for the sec
 ond week and the same operation of two circuits was repeated. In this
 way twenty-four towns were reached in the two weeks and each one had a weeks 135 different persons were em-
 ployed.
 COSTS AND VALUES
 ute $325 for the weeks program and
 also to supply the meeting place and 1 to take care of local arrangements, Including local printing. For the $325