The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-05
EDUCATION OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL.
There are Many Agencies at Work Il
Assist People.

ASSIST People.
The educational significance OF other
than school agencies is emphasized in d
current survey of educational progress
just issued by the United States bureau
OF education.
Libraries, museums, and art gallar-
les are unlocking their treasures, and
seeking to establish very direct rela-
tion to organized school work." declares
w. Carson Ryan, jr., editor OF the bu-
reau. Numerous other agencies and or
ganizations arc doing a work whose di-
rect educational influence must in the
aggregate be enormous. There are the
500 educational associations, many of
them, like the National Education asso-
citation and its branches, doing direct
work in the professional education of
teachers and school superIntendents;
others, like the National Society for the
Promotion OF Industrial Education, car
rying on a propaganda for educating
among the general public; and still 9TH
ers, like the Public Educating associa-
ton of New York and Philadelphia, in
vestigating city conditions and stimu-
lating an interest in education among
the people Of the local community. Or
CARNATIONS like the Russell Sage foun-
dation, the New York bureau OF munich.
pal research, the Carnegie foundation.
and the general education board, have
brought into the work OF education the
welcome influence OF an impcrsOnal. sci-
entihc judgment. No record Of the year
in education would be complete that did
not pay tribute to the work these or.
carnations and Others OF the kind are
doing.
Colleges, universities, and normal
schools are going far beyond their own
walls in carrying education 30 the local
Nearly half The colleges
IN the United States did extension work
last year. The federal government H.
seif i realizing. ss never before. the de-
Inability Of a wide distribution II the |
scientific information il has collected az
largc expense 81 time and money. and /
many 81 the bulletins and circulars j.. /
.ued By the government are row sfItct- |
ug directly the everyday procedure Of 1
duration. The Boys and Gifls' club
work N the department Of agriculture 4
md the circular better service of the
bureau ~ education illustrate tuo al. I
ereut types Of the information service
4 the federal government. both Of re-
'ent development ~ the two rears end.
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