The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-03-26
CORRESPONDENCE TEACHING IS
DEVELOPED ny UNIVERSITY

DEVELOPED ~ UNIVERSITY
at was once Thought that to gain
knowledge in any systematic man
ner one must put himself under the
direct, personal supervision of q
teacher. Many still think this, and
when it is impossible give up all eff
fort at self Improvement. It is ne
cessary to call to their attention the
fact that instruction by correspond
ence has been developed to meet
just such needs as theirs. So import
ant has it become that it is included
in the activities Of the State Univer-
sity at Minneapolis and the work is
conducted by the Correspondents
Study Department of the General
Extension Division.
Correspondence instruction offers
the girl and boy who must leave
school before their educational ambi-
tions are satisfied the opportunity
to go on studying under competent
teachers until they have secured the
education they want. It enables
them to keep up the habit of study
and to make. progress during temper
airy absences from school. Any one
needing more knowledge in connec-
ton with his work or his social life
can secure it by devoting his spare
moments to correspondence-study.
Often person keenly desires more
training, but does not know that he
can. get it through his own tax-sup-
ported state school system in a man.
ner safeguarded by the best educa-
tional standards.
The work as at present organized
includes preparatory and college
grade courses and vocational courses
in business and engineering subjects.
The preparatory courses are Of high
school grade. The college courses
enable one to work for credit toward
a degree from the University. AS
many as half the credits required
may be earned in this way. Students
who seek university credit must be
able to satisfy the entrance require
ments of the University, but if Gre
dit is not desired, any one may reg
lister for these courses. Many of
them are of general value, dealing as
they do with economics, history,
political science, sociology, and other
subjects of present interest. The
vocational courses are practical in
their nature and make constant APP
plication Of the principles they
teach. These, as well as the other
types Of courses, will be- increased
in number and scope as the demand
grows.
During the war much was said
about the value of education. Train
ed men and women were sought ev-
erywhere to fill positions of respon-
sibility. This need has grown even
greater with the coming Of peace.
A new era is upon us in which clear
thinking and enlightened service will
be needed as never before. The per-
son who wants to prepare for this
demand, but cannot leave his work
and go back to school, will be glad
to know that he can do so through
correspondence-study, using his
spare time for that purpose.
Indeed 1T is a question whether a
great deal of preparation for a
specific task should not ordinarily
be obtained in this way. In school it
is often difficult to select ones life
work,-one is too young, or does not
find what appeals to him. Moreover
one must obtain from early school
instruction the foundation which en-
ables each generation to become &C.
quainted with the inheritance of the
race in order to carry on it's best
traditions. Often when one is get.
ting this background he does not
know what his work is to be wher
he gets out into the world. Some
times he prepares for more training
This he should be able to secure
through guided home study by
means of the correspondence course
There is chance for great devel'
opment and great service in this de-
partment of the University, but The
work is of such a nature that it car
develop and serve only as informa'
tion concerning it reaches the isolat'
ed individual and he grasps it's sig.
nifcance in relation to his needs and
desires. 49,.