New-York tribune., 1917-10-07

the state7 How about those whom "
is the expressed desire OF DR.. Van hise
the president Of tho university. 70 rem,
der impossible In the state, because OF
the abundance OF opportunity which
shall be offered them?
Amusements Not Neglected
Tho social purpose Of the extension
division IA the cultivation and eyolu-
ton of the individual, that ne may 90
his bit in that collectivism which is the
KEYNOTE Of modern civilization. There
are amusements TO commence with IN
the WAY Of lecture courses by the fac
ulty of the university and by outside
talent Mt fees which often do not cover
the cost Of travel. There is informa-
ton full and complete to the little CIT.
les on all those problems OF government
and sanitation which encompass ana
perplex them.
The Municipal Reference Bureau is
purely educational. IL keeps itseif Tree
from politics and has no propaganda
IL is small wonder, therefore, That the
sum of those municipalities AS repre-
sented in the Legislature are remark
able for their progressive Legislation
for the welfare of the people Of the
state. Also the corporations, especially
the railroads, bear testimony that the
legislation affecting them gives conil-
dence to their stockholders because OF
its constructive character There are
concert tours Of musicians ana com
NAMES for whom the university acts the
part Of booking agents. There IS visua'
instruction by films or "movie" pict'
ures, OF which some 100000 people sa"
400 900 slides in 1916. The films are
free to schools and civic organizations
save for transportation charges. ne
picture shows are free, OF course, to all
who care to see them. They are given
in each community by local lecturer
specially trained for his job.
They tell of everything from Alice
in Wonderland, through making
Pickles and Preserves. and How to
Keen Bee, to the Ruins of Baalbec'
the DAYS of Shakespeare, the glamour
of the Serpent of Old Nile, up to tho
Great Durbar in Delhi.
But beyond these and innumersble
other activities IL is the ambition o,
the university to furnish the materlal
for thinking citizens on the problems
Of the day, and thus be, as 1t is fast
becoming. the Barometer Of State Con-
sciousness.
Aid for All Sorts of People
To this end the Extension Service
has travelling Package Libraries on
every subject which challenges and
engrosses the thought OF the day.
Through simple but effective and COM
pete machinery of card catalogues
and reference records these packages
went out without price last year 70
over a thousand educational instltu-
tions and organizations in the state.
and were returned. They are mostly
used by debating clubs and by societies
ms material for diseussions-not the
stilted debating societies Of the past,
which sought TO determine whether
Shakespeare or Napoleon was the
greater man, but the modern free
forum where intelligent discussion
may develop intelligent public opinion.
Catholic societies, Camp Fire girls.
social centres, womens clubs, boys
clubs, Epworth Leaguers all wanted
information. The stated dweller in the
great city can have no conception Of
the hunger and thirst after things
worth knowing which characterizes
such an increasing proportion Of the
dwellers in the hamlets in the West.
Save for magazines, periodicals, and
sometimes the metropolitan newspaper,
this hunger went largely unsatisfied
till the university extension came into
the field with the story of facts Of both