Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1915-05-06
EDUCATIONAL EXTENSION
SERVICE

Clarence Ousley's mastery address
before the House Appropriation Gem
mlttee IN Support q; liberal aqqro-
priaiions for the extension service Of
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege, is a conclusive answer 20 Gov
ernor Ferguson's expressed opinion
that the extension service Of neither
the college nor the university had
shown results proportionate 10 the
cost. Mr.. Ousley set forth in concrete
form the acautl results that have al
ready been accomplished and the
mind unfettered by prejudice must
see that the service has paid the
State many times its cost, and this
is all the more significant when we
consider that the results are not
mere dividends upon an investment,
but compounded capital whose fruits
will multiply for all time.
And everything Mr.. ousley says Of
the value OF the extension service Of
the college is applicable to the ex.
tension service OF the university.
Both are entitled to the most liberal
consideration and the good that IS
possible OF accomplishment Is limited
only by the facilities which the State
Is willing TO provide TO enable the
two departments to reach the I'M
counted thousands who are craving
the technical and cultural benefits the
university and college are prepared
to bestow.
Both the college and university are
reservoirs of useful knowledge from
which all the people OF our State can
be refreshed and benefited. The
blessings Of knowledge thus provided
ought not 10 be confined 10 the few
who may come to Austin and College.
They should be piped, so to sneak, to
every portion OF the State. Not a
county or community should be de-
MED, and the value of the two insti-
tutions to the life OF Texas must in
evitably be measured by the means
provided by the Legislature to reach
every individual and home in the
commonwealth.
In the case OF the college. the Fed
eral government, through the Smith
Lever act, duplicates extension APP
proprlations made by the State, and
II the Legislature will rise to the oc-
casion and give $4,000 for the fiscal
year OF 1916 and $4,000 for The fiscal
year of 1917, like sums will be pro-
yided by the Federal government,
giving $4,000 for 1916, and $4,000
for 1917 for this great work.
With this provision. the extension
service of the college will be PIANO.
piled to expand the area of its useful.
ness as well as increase the quantity
and quality of its work. We must ex.
pect in the very nature of things that
in time the extension service of the
college, as well as that Of the uni
versity, will become it's greatest
agency Of usefulness, because where
We may never hope to serve but few
thousand within the walls Of the in
stitution, practically every domiciC
of the State will have its connection
with one or both institutions.
We entertain the hope that III,
Legislature may comprehend the i'm
portance of the subject and that Gov
ernor Ferguson may not becom,
hostile to these appropriations by dis
counting the scope Of the work thel
are designed to promote, but in al
open-minded way will place himsel
in a position TO ascertain the tru,
value Of extension service as an es
sential and rapidly expanding brancl
of our great educational institutions
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