104 Kansas Academy of Science. 



UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. 



By DeWitt C. Ceoissaxt. 



AS A REPRESENTATIVE of the Extension Division of the 

 - University of Kansas I very greatly appreciate the oppor- 

 tunity to appear before you and to present the question of the 

 possibility of our mutual cooperation. Your purpose is the 

 discovery of knowledge ; the purpose of the Extension Division 

 is the dissemination of knowledge and of education. The Ex- 

 tension Division is trjdng to make available to all of the peopie 

 of the state all of the facilities of the University and of such 

 bodies as your own. We are trying to make the state more 

 efficient bj^ giving it the material with which to increase its 

 own efficiency b^' its own efforts. Your purpose is along the 

 same line, for all research has as its ultimate aim the benefit 

 of humanity. 



The Extension Division does not restrict itself to the strictly 

 University activities, but seeks the material which it endeavors 

 to communicate to the various citizens of the state in whatever 

 direction it may be found. We are giving, for instance, courses 

 through correspondence in fire protection, and are conducting 

 other courses in cooperation with the Board of Health of the 

 state, and stand ready at any time to introduce work which 

 may be a benefit to the citizens of the state wherever that worlv 

 ma3 be found. We are glad to cooperate with this or any other 

 organization in disseminating knowledge which may be of 

 value to the state. We are, for instance, preparing to send out 

 material to all sorts of people on weights and measures ; we 

 prepare outlines for clubs or private studies; we furnish ma- 

 terial to go with these outlines ; and we are glad to list lectures 

 by men of established ability who have something worth while 

 to communicate. 



There are various activities of the Extension Division, all 

 of which are available to you, if they are practicable, for 

 spreading a knowledge of the work that you are doing for the 

 benefit of mankind. In the first place there is our Ck)rre- 

 spondence-study Department, which is not limited to purely 

 academic work or to academic men. We are giving, through 

 this department, work in vocational lines for men who are 



