Evening journal., 1915-06-12
EXTENSION COURSE
aids state COLLEGE
ia Lectures Delivered By
Delaware Faculty During
the Year
10000 PEOPLE,
HEAR ADDRESSES
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL


NEWARK, June 12.-Dr E. V.
Vaughn, chairman of the extension
committee Of Delaware College. has
submitted an interesting report TO
President Mitchell Of the first year
of the work Although this work was
started in April of last year, members
of the faculty have made 124 lectures
throughout the State and in adjoin-
ing states and it is felt that these lee
lures, with other branches of exten-
sion work, has attracted much atten-
| ton 10 the college The report con-
/ tains some suggestions relative to
enlarging the work. The report fol-
lows:
/ DR.. S. c. Mitchell. President of Della
! ware College.
Dear sir: Your committee on col
lege extension begs leave to submit
the following report. The extension
work was begun in April OF last year
and thus has been under way for one
year
During the past twelve months the
faculty of Delaware College has given
a total of 124 lectures in various parts
Of the State and neighboring com
munities. These have been well dis
tributed, as is shown by the follow
ing statement:
New Castle county. A lectures; !;
Kent, %; SUSSEX, 80; Maryland, lOt
Virginia, O. Total, 124
on an average at least eighty per-
sons have attended each of these lee
lures. thus the college has reached ap-
proximately 100000 people IN the
course of the year The committee
is strongly of the opinion that these
lectures are serving useful purpose
and that they are furthering the gen
eral interests of Delaware College. We
suggest that the work be continued on
practically the present basis
Probably our most effective work,
however. deals directly with the high
schools. Last year we held reason
ably successful essay and oratorical
contest. open TO all our high schools in
Delaware. For special reasons this
contest was omitted this year but
hereafter we expect it to be a perma-
nent feature Of our work. Also, next
year, we propose to take advantage OF
the great interest in debating, to en-
courage the formation of a debating
league. These. activities probably help
the college much more than appears
on the surface We suggest. that
within proper limits. the resources OF
the College Library be placed at the
disposal of the high schools for the
above mentioned purposes. Especially
We ask leave TO recommend that the
annual visitation Of the high school;
be placed on a definite and perma
nent basis, as this visitation brings
about an intimate and personal re
lationship, highly desirable from ever!
point Of view
I, The work of the past year, we think
has been sufficient to test the col
lege extension idea, and we now fee
that some further lines of activit.
: may we'll be developed in the near fu
ture. To that end it is dsirable Il
, put college extension on definite ba
sis. We suggest, therefore, the fol
lowing lines of activity.
1.-Extension lectures, as describes
. above
!. High school visitation, as de
scribed above.
3.-Extension centers We believ
this work should be developed mex
p, year and that in its way will prov
{ fully as popular as the lectures. Wor
in these centers should receive colleg
s. credit
T. 4,-Corrspondence courses. A stud
!, should be made of this phase OF e.
l. tension work and plans formulatei
with a view to the Introduction of col
q respondence work as soon as feasibli
! In the extension work of the co
] nit
}, is good policy to extend our activiti,
- beyond the bounds of the State. espl
- cially into those parts of Maryland an
- Pennsylvania which may be regarde
:, - as naturally Delaware College terr
. Tory.
Before next fall, we hope to isst
an attractive bulletin dealing with a
phases Of our college extension work