Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1923-11-15
Expand Public Utilities
Course at the University
PROPOSAL is MADE AS OTHER
STATES FOLLOW EXAMPLE
SET AT MADISON

procession now that other universe
ties and colleges throughout the ma
tion have followed Wisconsin's lead
and either have or are including pub
lie utility courses in their regular
school work
Announcement is made at the head
quarters of the Institute for Research
at Madison that the in stitute in CO.
operation with Wisconsin university
now proposes to expand the study of
public utilities so as to put more en-
Dhasis on research and Individual in
structive work
The proposed program, Professor
Martin G. Glaeser, of the Institute
staff, explains has threefold empha
sis: A general liberal education; sell
ection of courses which will provide
training in method; acquaintance
of student with the historical, legal,
economic and factual background of
the field Instruction representing
greater detail, Professor Glaeser con-
tends, ends in the direction of voca-
tionalism and should therefore, be dis
couraged
Need for a college public utility cur
riculum, says Prof. Glaeser, was
early recognized by the University of
Wisconsin. Special courses in trans.
portation have long been an integral
part of its graduate and under-gradu
ate instruction in economies Coinci-
dent with the beginning of state re-
gulation by commissions in 1905, the
work was expanded to include instruc
ton in the field of the local public
utilities.
Graduate work was encouraged for
time by means of special legisla-
tive feIlowships requiring part time
graduate instruction and part time EN-
ployment with the Railroad Commits
sion of Wisconsin.
II such instruction is to be main
tanned upon the plane and in accord
with the general requirements for
university degrees, the major part of
the students four years of undergrad
uate study will be occupied with get
ting the fundamentals of liberal edu
cation
within the field of public utili-
ties. This should include the local util
tiles along with railroads and nation
al utilities generally in order to econ
omize time and be available for those
who have no interest in the work be,
yond it's public interest features
This can then be followed with spec
ial courses in the administration of
local utilities and railroads.
Wherever conditions permit, the
student should be urged to elect work
in the college Of law, such as con-
tracts, corporation, the law of car
riers, the law of public service com.
panies, etc. Other electives could be
advantageously expended in the ex-
pansion of the students mathemati-
cal equipment so as to include cal
culuS.
while these suggestions should be
ample for such training as undergrad
uate college work can give, it is be-
coming increasingly advantageous for
students having maturity to devote to
graduate work To facilitate graduate
work and to aid in furthering the re-
search work it is hoped to establish
number of graduate research scholar
ships under the administration of the
Institute"
Some of the other universities
which have included public utility
courses in their eurricula are Illinois
Northwestern, Harvard, Arkansas and
Colorado. In Iowa and illinois high
schoo Shave introduced the study of
public utilities in domestic service,
civics chemistry and physics courses.
Some 1859 persons studied English
by correspondence through the Wis
consin University Extension division
during the last year.
Some 952 men played on baseball
teams at the University of Wisron-
sin last year.
Women's bowling teams recruited
399 students at the University of Wis
consin last year.
The problem of heating buildings
with water heated by injected steam
was recently investigated by Univer-
sity of Wisconsin engineers.
Salaries of Wisconsin mayors range
from 81 meeting to $500 year
accorring to statistics gathered by
the Wisconsin university bureau of
municipal information.
The first radiophone station in the
United States to broadcast market
reports regularly was VIVA, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin