Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-23
Extension Department Progressive.

For fear that the reader. TN this time.
will have concluded that this school with
an n, virtues l. an a. conservative and
nld-timry To hc Ut much interest Ia
twentieth century people, ! viii tell about
one division. which was created but re-
gently and i strictly up-to-datc. or rather
quite q hit ahead. the department Of eXtcn-
-inn u which Prof. kIin.amann IL the
head. secretary and center. This, IT You
ihiuk il over. j. lust What wa 10 be eN-
pcctcd. The university aim- ~ bc
thorough and when It takes q departure
whose very essence and lite H. progressive
mes II must become radically progressive.
\ college graduate was put in charge, who
had been representative NJ the greatest
school book concern IN the land for seven
teen wears. who had been doing work over
HI large portion 1T the West where state
uniformity of text books had long been
discarded. which required knowledge that
could never hc gained IN schools; knowl-
edge Of men and persuasive and argumcn-
tativc power~. llr has mapped out plans
by which the university will do Tor clilc~
and town, Ut the State what tne state col
lcgc l. doing tor her farmer: and ha~
carefully avoided duplication 81 the efforts
IA her hig sister at Ame~. TIN hc n ear
ryin. ont with an appropriation ot bat
$4,000 annually by putting the university
faculty ID work. The field l. large. for the
growth Of trade ccntcr- IN Iowa ha~ been
slow, and yet. 1T the state J. not 10 tail
back from decade ID decade in .hcr popu-
lation rank IN the United States census.
her cities and her indu-iric- must grow and
throw III ~hacklc, that are being fastened
upon them.
Just WI present municipal ownership Ut
public service enterprise l. the Invest Issue
IN Iowa. One great corporation with
seven subsidiaries c%uutrol- the lighting
and extensive lntcrurhan system of nearly
all Iowa ritic~ east WI Dr~ Nome. and IN
other sections the electric hight and trolley
plants are going intu the hands of hig capt.
tal. The university undertake. a. furnish
the clfic- iull and accurate information -
that thcy may know whether municipal
plants would du a. wei or better ~ them
than those privately or corporatcly CON
trullrd. Many rivcr~ with strong flow that
furnish abundant water power and coal
beds IN the state easily accessible ought
10 enable the cities "a furnish water and
lighting 40 low rates. and evidently the de
pur.mcnt believes tina, NJ the city. ~ which
all tax pavcr~ are Stockholders. can 10 a.
well ~ the corporation, then municipal
ownership " preferable. Hence the uni
Vcr~ity l. making q careful study OF the
art ~ rate making. and furnishing all
other needed information. Iowa ha- more
rural telephones than any other state. and
II IL sand that there w nu farm without IT,
phone" or "phonc~." The Bell system j.
taking over the independent lines M =
rapid rate and N this respect THE public
must be kept informed and IL Interest,"
guarded. The cities are awaiting them
selves eagerly 10 the help ANA information
rendered. De- Nome wa~ one Of the first
large citir~ a. institute commission gov
erumcni aud many small towns have fol-
lowed suit. 4 great many ~ The smaller
cities ana towns have municipal water
work. and one town with le-~ than 5nnO
inhabitants. has municipal ga. The "ciiN
manager plan" ha- been introduced n
quite q number of towns Of les than 5000.