The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1939-08-17
Dr. NeWsOme Points Out Few
OfServices Rendered Locally
By University OF n. Carolina
U.N.C. has 24O Correspondence
Courses Available. Libra
ry Also Available.
By A. r. NEWSOME

H. NE w OONA1
Among the services of the Uni
versity that enables it to share
with people of the State who
cannot come to the University
some of it's offerings are CORES
pondence instruction and library
loans.
went to the two particular de-
partments in Chapel Hill that
handle such services and asked
to be shown their files for the
current year for the counties of
Ashe, Avery, Allegheny, and Wa
tauga. 1 found there that a num-
Der of your own citizens are TAX
ing courses by correspondence
both for avocational and college
credit interests.
There is a man, 81 years of age,
at Grassy Creek, Ashe County,
who is pursuing course ih Eng
lish Literature. A girl, aged 20, at
Crumpler in the same county, is
taking the same course. Both are
teachers in the public schools and
each is working for college credit
to be able to complete require
ments for a degree and attain the
Grade A teachers certificate.
These two Ashe County students
in their course need to borrow
reference books and books and
materials about English Litera-
ture which at this time are ply
ing to and fro in the mails be-
tween the Library at Chapel Hill
and these little communities in
Ashe county.
I found man, aged As, near
Minneapolis in Avery County,
who is now taking by correspon-
dence a course in methods Of
adult education. He is a farmer
and during his life has had IA
years of teaching experience. The
course he is taking through the
mails is one which has brought to
the University's Correspondence
Bureau the praise of adult educa-
ton experts in many states. It
has been particularly dsigned for
lay workers in adult education,
teachers and supervisors, school
superintendent and others inter-
ested in waging war on the ILL
teracy that deprives many fellow
citizens of the satisfaction Of
reading and writing.
I could 60 on and, tell you OF
the man at Warrensville in Ashe
County, a graduate of State Col
lege and "a years old, who is
studying American History
through correspondence; of the
young man in Sparta who in his
spare time is studying Political
Science through the University's
correspondence service; but the
citation of a few cases is suffi-
cient to make my point.
Each of these students by mail
and there are currently near
ly a thousand of them represent
ing every county in the State
is guided and instructed individ-
ually by a member of the Uni
versity Faculty. Seventy men,
bers of the faculty cooperate in
offering the 24O correspondence
courses available at the Univer-
sity. Thousands of books and
pamphlets are sent to the stu
dents through the mails from the
Library.
These services-perhaps not as
we'll known to some people as the
radio institution Of our fellow
alumnus, Kay Kyser's Kollege of
Musical KnoWledge-help extend
the offerings of the University
far beyond the rock walls that
bound the campus in Chapel Hill,
Indeed as the late Edward K.
Graham phrased it the campus
is made virtually coterminous
with the boundaries of the State.
individuals and public schools
have come to depend upon such
University services as have de-
scribnd. When l went to the Lii
brary l was shown the actual
letters and cards requesting
hooks and materials that had
been sent by citizens of the four
counties represented here tonight.
Between the lines of these letters
and behind them I visualized sto-
ries of yearning for knowledge
and guidance.
From one letter I quote:
81 am to give a paper the latter
part of this month on Scenes
Along the Mississippi What I
would like to have most would
be some general facts about the