UNIVERSITY 



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UNTER DEN LINDEN 



University Extension 



By university extension is meant an educa- 

 tional movement designed to bring the advan- 

 tages of higher institutions of learning to all the 

 people. There are three plans for extension 

 work, all of which may be carried on by one 

 institution at the same time; they are home 

 lecture courses, home study classes and cor- 

 respondence courses. 



By the first plan the people in any com- 

 munity desiring courses of lectures may or- 

 ganize, decide upon the line of study to be 

 pursued and apply to the nearest extension cen- 

 ter for lecturers. The university furnishes 

 copies of a syllabus containing an outline of 

 each lecture, together with suggestions and ref- 

 erences for study. In some instances small 

 traveling libraries are sent upon request. The 

 lecturer conducts a class exercise or "quiz," 

 either before or after each lecture, and those 

 desiring credits at the university are required 

 to do a specified amount of reading and at the 

 end of the course to take an examination or 

 submit a thesis for criticism. There may be 

 six, ten or twelve lectures in a course, one being 

 delivered each week. The expense is borne by 

 the community, and is usually met by the sale 

 of tickets. While only a small proportion of 

 those attending the lectures do the work re- 

 quired for credits, the discussion in the com- 

 munity of any subject of general interest by 

 an eminent authority produces a highly-bene- 

 ficial effect. 



Study classes are organized in larger cities in 

 which the university is located, and in other 

 localities within easy reach. They are designed 

 for those who cannot attend the regular classes 

 of the university, and are held evenings and on 

 Saturdays. Most of the attendants upon these 

 classes are teachers. Correspondence courses 

 enable students* to do a part of the work re- 

 quired for a degree by correspondence. See 

 SCHOOL, subhead Correspondence Schools. 



University extension had its origin in the 

 great English universities of Cambridge and 

 Oxford. In 1850 the University of Oxford be- 

 gan to conduct local examinations for those 

 who were not regular students. In 1866 Prof. 

 James Stuart of Cambridge began giving 

 courses of lectures before organizations in other 

 cities. He gradually associated other members 

 of the faculty with himself, and in 1873 both 

 Cambridge and Oxford adopted extension work. 

 The movement received formal recognition in 

 America in 1890, when the American Society 



for the Extension of University Teaching was 

 organized and the work was begun by the Uni- 

 versity of Pennsylvania. The following year 

 the state of New York appropriated $10,000 for 

 organizing and supervising extension work. 

 When the University of Chicago was organized, 

 the most complete extension department in 

 America was included in its plan. From these 

 three centers university extension work has 

 spread over the United States and Canada. 



The leading state universities have extension 

 departments, which are usually in charge of the 

 college of agriculture. The University of Wis- 

 consin has organized and put into operation a 

 plan that systematically covers the entire state. 

 Provision is made for a representative of the 

 university in every part of the state. This 

 representative supervises correspondence work, 

 gives lectures and conducts classes as occasion 

 may require. The greater part of the work is 

 vocational, and the leading industries of the 

 locality are given special attention by the local 

 representatives. In all localities special em- 

 phasis is laid upon home economics. Some 

 normal schools and other schools for secondary 

 education also have extension departments. 



The leading universities of Canada have well- 

 organized extension departments. Those of the 

 Eastern provinces have more requests for work 

 in the liberal arts, but in the newer provinces 

 vocational subjects, especially agriculture and 

 home economics, are the topics receiving great- 

 est attention. W.F.R. 



Consult "University Extension in the United 

 States," in Bureau of Education Bulletin No. 9. 



UNTER DEN LINDEN, oon' ter dane tin' 

 den (literally, under the lindens), the most fa- 

 mous street in Berlin, and one of the finest 

 avenues in the world. It takes its name from 

 the two beautiful rows of linden trees, inter- 

 spersed with chestnuts, between which runs a 

 wide gravel promenade, flanked by rows of 

 benches on which a pedestrian may rest, pro- 

 vided he is able to pay the required fee of five 

 pfennigs (about one cent) for the privilege. 

 The proceeds of this fee are applied to the 

 upkeep of the street. 



On both sides of this linden-shaded prome- 

 nade are driveways, the total width, from curb 

 to curb, being 196 feet. The avenue is only two- 

 thirds of a mile long, extending from the former 

 palace of the emperors to Brandenburg Gate. 

 In this distance are located the finest hotels, 

 shops and cafes, the royal opera house, the 



