Lanterna Rally

Author: Edmund J. James

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-12-27

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 9781334777950

Excerpt from First Annual Report to the Corporation and Members of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching, 1893 We think it is not too much to say that, everything con sidered, a good start has been made in the direction of creating such a technical literature. Careful papers have been pre pared upon the function and methods of University Extension work, upon the University Extension lecturer, what he should do and what he should be, upon the place and form of the class, upon the character, form and content of the syllabus, upon the place of the examination in this scheme of instruction, upon the duties and organization of local committees, upon the most efficient methods of stimulating study on the part of University Extension students, etc., etc.; taking up one after another, and as fully as circumstances permitted, the investigation of each of the difficult questions of policy re lating to this subject. That the result accomplished along this line has been felt to be a service by others than those engaged in our own work, is amply evidenced by the fact that we have a con tinned call for the papers and discussions upon these subjects which have been published by the Society, and that from every State in the Union we have received requests to send copies of such documents. We hope to continue this partic ular work and carry it on with even more fulness and in more detail in the future than in the past. The Society haspublished a Handbook of University Extension made up of the first twelve numbers of its journal, and which has been pronounced by competent experts to be the best contri bution to the literature of University Extension work which has been made up to the present. The reports of the Con ferences, which will be mentioned in another connection, ought also to be noted here; as the report of the first National Conference on University Extension contained a unique collection of papers bearing upon all the various phases of this subject, and which are of special interest to those engaged in the conduct of this work throughout the world. Mr. Michael E. Sadler, the well-known English Extension lecturer, declared this report of the first Con ference to have reached the high water mark of excellence in Extension literature. This sort of work is, of course, ex pensive but it is absolutely necessary to the permanency and efficiency of the movement. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.