WISCONSIN 



033S 



WISCONSIN RIVER 



Racin* \\aukesha 



Sheboygan ->'au 



Superior 



LEADING PRODUCTS AND INDUSTRIES 



Barley Milk 



Butter Oats 



, . ,- Rye 



retrying Tobacco 



Zinc 

 Lumber 



PHYSICAL FEATURES 



Dalles Rock River 



Great Lakes Wisconsin River 



Mississippi River 



i.ASSIFIED 



Glacial Period Northwest Territory 



WISCONSIN, UNIVERSITY OF. The Univer- 

 sity of Wisconsin comprises three colleges, five 

 schools and two divisions the college of letters 

 ;ence, the college of engineering, the col- 

 lege of agriculture, the law school, the medical 

 school, the school of music, the graduate school, 

 the library school, the division of physical edu- 

 cation and the university extension division. 

 Within the colleges are various courses, the 

 scope and character of which are indicated by 

 their titles the course in chemistry, the course 

 in commerce, the course in journalism, the 

 course in pharmacy, the course for the train- 

 ing of teachers, the course in home economics, 

 and so on. All departments of the university 

 11 equipped with buildings, laboratories 

 and apparatus. During 1915-1916 there were 

 6,765 students in attendance. 



The service of the university is not confined 

 to the students who are in residence at Madi- 

 son. Through the extension work many thou- 

 sands, a large proportion of them adults, are 

 reached in every community in the state. It 

 luted that during the year 1915-1916 the 

 university reached, through its extension divi- 

 sion, not fewer than 175,000 people. The ex- 

 tension work is carried on through correspond- 

 ence study courses, through lectures given 

 mainly by members of the university faculty, 

 through community institutes, through the mu- 

 nicipal reference bureau, and in other ways. 

 The study undertaken by students in their own 

 communities is intended to be of as high grade 

 and as thorough-going in character as that done 

 in the lecture halls or laboratories of the uni- 

 versity. There are in reality branches of the 

 university established in various communities 

 in the state, and from these lecturers and 

 rs come into direct contact with stu- 

 who are studying in their homes. 

 estimated that the college of agriculture, 

 through its extension service, reached about 



225,000 people during the year 1915-1916. In 

 this manner the rural life and agriculture of 

 Wisconsin are profoundly influenced, and the 

 Its are apparent in the material prosperity 

 of the farmers of the state. Since about 1900 

 the dairy products have increased from $21,- 

 000,000 to $93,000,000; this vast increase has 

 been made possible mainly through the work 

 of the university. Also the development of 

 high-bred seed adapted to different sections of 

 the state barley, oats, corn, rye, wheat, to- 

 bacco has resulted in increasing the wealth of 

 the state by more than a score of millions of 

 dollars per year. The investigation of plant 

 diseases, such as the smut of oats, blight on 

 potatoes, diseases of peas, etc., has reduced the 

 agricultural losses by many millions of dollars 

 each year. 



All the colleges, schools and divisions of the 

 university are active in promoting human wel- 

 fare in every section of the state. The policy 

 of the university is to make its work bear very 

 directly upon the actual problems of life. The 

 faculty is committed to the policy of making 

 its work felt throughout the state and not 

 merely on the campus. 



The state of Wisconsin appreciates the serv- 

 ices thus rendered. The income of the uni- 

 versity is a little over $3,000,000 a year. The 

 state provides liberally for research in every 

 field of knowledge and human activity. The 

 university is distinguished alike on account of 

 its charming location on Lake Mendota, in the 

 beautiful city of Madison, and also because of 

 its contributions to the sum of human knowl- 

 edge. While it has attracted attention through- 

 out the world because of its 'achievements in 

 applying science to everyday human affairs, it 

 has also commanded the highest respect be- 

 cause of its numerous and valuable contribu- 

 tions to letters and to pure science. The uni- 

 versity was founded in 1838. M.V.O'S. 



Consult Slosson's Great American Universities. 



WISCONSIN RIVER, the most ' important 

 river of Wisconsin. It rises near the Michigan- 

 Wisconsin boundary, flows southwest to Por- 

 tage, then turns westward, entering the Missis- 

 sippi near Prairie du Chien. Its entire length 

 is about 430 miles, and it is navigable to Por- 

 tage, where it is connected by a canal with the 

 Fox River. In flood time the two rivers unite. 

 Merrill, Portage, Wausau, Grand Rapids, Bara- 

 boo and Stevens Point, the latter the center of 

 a rich lumber district and the home of one of 

 the state normal schools, are the principal 

 cities on its bank. 



