River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1925-07-30

Iouilu employment TO thousands OF
people. The forces that are contin-
ually on guard helping to build
better Wisconsin are told by Messrs.
Hotchkiss and Cannon in this tenth
issue of the "Know Wisconsin Bet
ter series.
If you ask any informed man in
Wisconsin what single institution
has had the largest influence for bet
terment in the Badger State he will
without doubt answer the University
of Wisconsin. President Emeritus
Eliot of Harvard University has re-
ferred to the University of Wiscon-
sin as "the leading state Univers-
ity" Theodore Roosevelt's comment
was that "in no other state in the
Union has any other university done
the same work for the community
that has been done in Wisconsin by
the University of Wisconsin" Pro-
baby the best summary of the scope
of the wolk undertaken by the Uni
versity is found in the words of P.
2. Claxton, United States Commits
sioner of Education:
Campus Large as the State
"The campus of the state Univer-
sity has come to be coextensive with
the borders of the state whose peo-
pie tax themselves for its support.
Whenever men and women labor in
the heat, or toll in the shadows, in
| field or forest, or mill or shop or
mine, in legislative halls or execu-
tive offices, in society or in the
home, at any task requiring an ex-
act knowledge of facts, principles or
laws, there the modern university
sees both its duty and its opportun-
| ity."
The city of Madison, the seat of
the University, has unique situa-
ton, "a narrow, hilly isthmus be-
tween two lakes.' Sir Edwin Ar
mold on a visit referred to it as 'the
most beautiful little city in the
world" The magnificent new State
Capitol, classed by architects as one
of the most beautiful capitols in the
world, gives it distinction that
might be envied by any city.
The immediate location of the Uni
versity is an ideal one. 1t stands on
the wooded heights overlooking Lake
Mendoza with its sweeping and ir-
regular shore lines, commanding a
scene of matchless beauty. The To-
cation is not only beautiful but Of
fers every opportunity for outdoor
sports and recreation. There are
toboggan and ski slides on the
campus, and skating and ice boating
in winter and canoeing, motor boat
ing, sailing, and swimming are sum-
mer pleasures made possible by Lake
Mendoza which for nearly two miles
makes the boundary of the Univers-
ity grounds.
Stands for Service to State
While Wisconsin University has a
splendid College of Letters and
Science, with full courses in the Gull
tured studies, College of Engin-
eering, Law School, and the various
professional schools associated with
an institution of this character, it
has won its wide reputation because
of its reparture from some of the
traditions of more conservative in
situations, the broadening of its
scope so that it does practical service
to the people of the entire state.
When the iftieth anniversary of the
University was celebrated Service
to the commonwealth" was motto
displayed on the medal struck for
the jubilee. 1t is this aspect of its
activities that has given distinction
to the University of Wisconsin and
attracted the attention of educators
not only in this country but abroad.
A reference to two of the depart
ments in the University Of Wisconsin
which stress the practical side of
education will be of interest in visu-
alizing the scope of its activities
the work of the College of Agrcul-
ture and the University Extension