The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-12-08
COLLEGES WILL
EXTEND STUDY
Education Will Be Made Avail
able For Every Boy and
Girl in State.

Gainesville. Dec. An education for
every girl and boy in Florida has been
made possible by extending the Univer-
sity of Florida and the State college for
women from campus lines to every town
ship in the state. The General Extension
division has just sent out announcements
of the correspondence courses offered.
Members of the last legislature estab-
Iished the General Extension division as
the means of taking educational ,advan-
tages to the boys and girls and the men
and women of Florida, no matter how far
they are from school Florida was one
of the first of the southern states to pass
from the plan of intellectual exclusive
ness to a broad, democratic service for
all people.
Education so tremendously justified
itself during the that the world now
has an appreciation of its value never
known before says B. c. Riley, director
of the General Extension division. AN
education was almost a condition of pre-
ferment in the army not by any reason
of sentiment prejudice in favor of coll
leges and schools, but because the men
they turned out made better than those
who had not enjoyed their advantages.
This was even more pronounced in the
subsidiary industries and organizations
that made the military arm effective and
this condition will remain. This appreci-
alton of the government and private in
dustries of an educated man is respon-
sible for the large increase in enrolment
in our schools and colleges.
But, as we are living in a democracy.
why confine these necessary educational
advantages to the small fortunate group
of boys and girls who can attend college?
The desire to get increased training has
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in our state and our colleges must try to
serve all the people of the commonwealth
supporting them.
.All boys and girls in Florida. regard
less of where they live. should have equal
opportunities for training with the sons
and daughters of the more wealthy, and
everything will be done to seek out those
who desire more training and to assist
| them.
Courses For All
1.-The situation must be met as It ex-
| lists, and high school work will be given
| for students who live in rural communi-
ties and small towns. College courses,
| paralIeling as far as possible the work
| in residence will be offered. A number
! of short practical courses will be given
those who wish to take work which will
| help them to advance in vocation or trade
and reading courses have been planned for
| busy persons on the farm and in the shop,
office and home
Despite heavy schedules members OF
! the faculties of the University of Florida
! and the State College for women have
prepared correspondence courses and viii
give up part of their recreation time to
correcting papers.
As the work is wholly individual, stud
ents may enroll at any time and progress
as rapidly as their time and ability per-
| nit With an hour a day for study the
average student can do great dea
of good work Subjects will be offered
! in the various departments of both the
! University and the State College.
College Courses
/ In arts and sciences. courses will be
given in ancient and Roman languages
I economies, English history, mathematics
and sociology.
| Education courses include methods OF
teaching, public school administration
| history of education, child study. civic
/ biology and nature study.
| Elementary agriculture. soils. fertili-
zers. trucking live stock and citrus cul-
ture are among the courses given in ag-
rieulture.
! Engineering courses, which are nom
credit, are engineering drawing, shoT
mathematics and estimating.
! Law offers non-credit courses in ele-
| mentary, commercial. agricultural and
/ school law High school credit is giver
/ for commercial law.
| A credit course in methods in home
economics and non-credit course IN sew
| {No. 2-Continucd on Page Two.)