Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-04-07
UNIVERSITY IS READY
TO WORK WITH STATE
'csiuent Alderman Points Out Need
OF Cooperation Between Com
monwealth nnd Educators.
ATTITUDE is misunderstood
"reat School, as Public Servant,
seeks Opportunities to Serve, and
Is Not Grabbing at Things Which
DO Not Belong to It,"
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Especial to Tho Times Dispatch
"hANlOTTESVILLE, VA. April G.
inc current number OF the University
Virginia Alumni! News, President Ed
~" "a. Alderman has an article on The
oi Cooperation Between the Uni
'erslty ana the state
cannot think OF a more mistaken
Ought than the thought one some
ncs hcars expressed" says President
,,'e''hah, that n university Is med
h,.ne with the states affairs or grab
,."S "t thlnBs that do not belong to It,
! seeks. as a public servant oppor-
Si'icS 10 use It's strength for the pub
"eilare The truth, OF course is
'' nose who govern the State when
for they undertake large matters,
80" on scientific needs. affecting the
IH"iic good, should Immediately osk
ourselves what service can he gotten
promote their end from their insti
'H'ohs OF higher learning, and these
S"ouid be conmandcercd to use n mill
,a'y term. to help the State rather than
put INTO the position of TRUSTING
htnse!Nes into the service Of the pen-
PIG whom they were brought into cyist
'"e" TO serve. This whole field OF work
las becn roughly named university ex-
,ghsion the idea being that the field OF
'uca'lon IL extended from the campus
n.
HAS MANY FIELDS
IN WHICH TO SERVE
1t Ia interesting to note that the
term was born at oxford. our mos, cx-
riusl'e and conservative university in
history and tradition. The fields in
"hich university cooperating with
inc state and the State cooperating
I'm inc university can hope to serve
'he common good are, Of course Infinite
among them / may mention the ma
,eriai welfare OF the people; the field of
pubhc health: social and economic con-
ditions; the building up of all the
schoois OK commonwealth and co-orii-
H"thg then all. so that they constitute
one great educational process: such
service as the discovery Of the Babcock
MIX Test. the method of inoculating
cattle against Texas fever, whereby
mortality OF b1ooded animals carried
south has been reduced from 90 10 less
IMAM so per cent: many superb eS-
a'nIpcs OF hclpfulncss ~ the field OF
agriculture: the achievements OF pre-
vchtive medicine In conserving the pub
nc health: service rendered to the state
~ KS social and economic life through
IN" Application Of the best thought 10
us TAX system. It's municipal problems.
us Jai!s and reformatorIes. It's aims
houses and tenement houses.
ACTIVITY is DIRECTED
IN VARIOUS CHANNELS
bcieEe our alumni would be in
tcr"sted and, In some measure aston
'sncn 10 know tho different ways In
"hich the University OF Virginia now
moving In these phases OF nineteenth
century education cooperation shall
barcly mention some of the directions
~ winch our activity is being cxcrtcd:
% The geological department. with its
scichtiNc organization and study OF tho
whole geological and mineral life OF
the state; 60 the department of for
estFy. recently established and lust
ABOUT TO enter upon it's work OF con-
serslns; protecting and extending the
forest lie OF the state In which a
great fraction OF our public wealth 10
conferred: 81 the hospital OF the un!-
vcrsity. with It's enormous public ser
vice 10 the sick and unfortunate and
its Investigations and work In the
field OF public health; 90 the school
OF secondary education, which began
with the work of d.. Bruce r. PAYNE
and Is being continued under the d.
rccton OF Professor Maph!s !, may be
claimed that this single agency. CO.
operating with the state Department
o! Education. has done monumental
"ork In developing and STRENGTHENING
the public high schools OF the state.
90 the department. OF education now
being organized into a full department.
coordinate with law, medicine or en-
E!neeriHg. not only for the purpose OF
training teachers, but for ORGANIZING
and promoting all forms OF university
extension; perhaps the largest service
OF such department will be to CO.
operate In hearty and cordial man
ner with similar departments and In
stltutions throughout the State: t6) tho
university extension work soon TO be
full bureau, which will have for It's
purpose spreading the work OF the
university throughout the State. not
only by public lectures, but by organ
lied service. so that no community in
need OF expert advice can fail to know
where to ask for IL: CD tho summer
school OF 1000 students, mainly adults
who here get stimulation and know
ledge FOR their great work.
PUBLIC IS ASKING
SERVICE OF UNIVERSITY
1T would be equally interesting to
our alumni to know how the public
IS coming to ask the service OF the
professors at this university In help
ing them in their particular needs
University professors or officers are
to be, or have been, in service In CO.
operation with State officers on the fol-
lowing boards, and I am not giving
an exhaustive list: the education com
mission. the geological commission.
State Cooperative Association, State
Board OF Education. State Highway
Commission. State Tax Commission.
Federal Torlff Con, n, csyopr