University Extension is the attempt of the university to bring as far as possible its many advantages for culture and instruction to people who are prevented by circumstances from going to the University itself. It thus appeals especially to busy people who are engaged in the ordinary vocations of life, and yet who wish to establish or renew relations with the currents of thought and aspiration which flow into, through, and out from the university.

The English workers in University Extension have given perhaps the best formulation of the purposes and scope of this movement. They have called it the "university of the people." They have defined its purpose to be the making of education and self-culture one of the permanent interests of life. It stands for the doctrine that every person should look after the intellectual and æsthetic development of himself and family as closely as after their moral and spiritual development. Education should be as much one of the serious interests of life as politics, or business, or religion.

Systematic, persistent, and continuous effort for self-education is, from this point of view, one of the duties of every member of modern society, and the purpose of University Extension is to make this as easy as possible, by placing at the disposal of everyone such facilities as the university possesses to aid in this undertaking.

University Extension, then, is for all classes, rich and poor, men and women alike, and in so far resembles the church in its comprehensiveness. Its work resembles that of the church in another point, namely, that it is essentially missionary in character. Every one who is able to take advantage of its facilities should do so, and should go farther and recommend them to others who ought to be sharing in them. If any person finds himself unable to profit by its facilities, he may at least assist, wherever he can, in spreading and establishing the work for the benefit of others.

All non-resident work of the University is conducted through the University Extension Division. The University extends its teaching beyond its classrooms in four different ways: (1) by lecture-study courses, (2) by organizing evening and Saturday classes in Chicago and its suburbs, (3) by correspondence courses, (4) by directing the work of local study clubs. Special circulars are issued explaining the work offered in these several departments. These circulars may be had on application.

The University is dependent upon the good-will and co-operation of the community in carrying on this enterprise and appeals to everyone interested in the higher things of society to aid it to the extent of his ability.

1. Lecture-Study Courses.-University Extension lectures are distinguished from ordinary lectures, (1) in seeking to stimulate and to instruct, rather than to entertain; (2) in being given in series, rather than as single lectures; (3) in offering every practicable facility for reading, study, and writing in connection with the course, and (4) in extending recognition for work done. The aids for student work consist of the syllabus, the review, the written exercise, and the traveling library. The performance of designated work is voluntary. Those who prefer to take the lectures only are at liberty to do so.

2. The Method.-In order to make the teaching at the same time attractive and instructive, a special method has been adopted which experience has shown to be most serviceable for this particular work. It embraces the following elements: 1) The Lecture is given weekly or fortnightly throughout a period of six or twelve weeks. Each

course consists of six or more lectures relating to one topic, and delivered by one lecturer.

2) The Class or Review is a conference between the lecturer and those of his audience who desire to pursue the subject somewhat more in detail than is possible in the lecture, which it usually immediately precedes or follows.

3) For each course of lectures a Syllabus or printed outline is issued, with suggestions as to reading upon special points intended to be of material value to the students in following these lectures. 4) In connection with many of the courses a Library of from forty to sixty volumes, selected by the lecturer, is sent to the center and left there while the course is in progress for the use of the members of the center.

5) Topics are indicated upon which members of the center are encouraged to prepare papers to be submitted to the lecturer for correction.

6) Provision is made for examination and issuing certificates to those who have met the requirements.

3. Relations of Local Committees to the University. Local committees are free to arrange local details as they deem best, provided they be in accordance with the general plan indicated in this circular. The University is ready to assist them with suggestions as to plans of organization, and to arrange conferences for their benefit. The local committee is responsible to the University for the fee for the course, and for the return in good condition of the traveling library.

4. Expenses of a Course.-These may be classified under two heads: (1) Those due to the University; (2) local expenses.

1) A definite fee is attached to each course and is indicated immediately following the announcement of the course.

2) The territory in which University Extension Lecture-Study work is conducted is divided into zones as follows:

a) The first zone includes all centers within one hundred miles of Chicago.

b) The second zone includes all centers more than one hundred and less than three hundred miles from Chicago.

c) The third zone includes all centers more than three hundred and less than five hundred miles from Chicago.

3) To all centers within a given zone a uniform fee, including traveling and entertainment expenses, will be made for a given course. The three numbers following the announcement of each course indicate the charge to centers in the respective zones; e. g., the numbers $160, $180, $200, following the announcement of a course, indicate the charges in the first, second, and third zones respectively. (Centers at a distance from Chicago can secure the advantage of these rates only when convenient circuits can be found.)

4) In addition to this charge, the center will pay for the transportation of the traveling library and the sending of the syllabi. In connection with the traveling library, fifty syllabi will be supplied free of charge. Additional copies of the syllabus may be had at a price which will enable the committee to dispose of them at a slight advance. Price, per copy, of lots from

To obtain the advantage of these rates it will be necessary for a center to have ordered the syllabi at one time. Several small orders may not be added together in order to take advantage of the reduced rates for a large number. Unused syllabi may be returned and credited to the center if unsoiled and otherwise in good condition. The above rates apply to the number of syllabi retained and not to the number ordered. The expressage on all syllabi is charged to the local center. They will be sent with instructions to collect the same. All bills for syllabi are due to the University Press, and should be paid directly to it.

5) Centers arranging for courses demanding stereopticon views are expected to provide satisfactory stereopticon and operator. For centers in or near Chicago the University will upon application make all provision for illustrated courses, charging the exact expense of the same to the center. The expense of replacing lantern slides broken by the operator will be added to the bill of local center. Local secretaries are requested to correspond with the University concerning necessary arrangements for illustrated lectures.

The expenses of the contemplated work may be provided for in one of various ways, or better, by a combination of various methods. The following are suggested: (1) subscriptions in support of the course; (2) organization of a permanent society with annual membership fee; (3) guarantee fund to be drawn upon pro rata to make good a possible deficit; (4) a reserve fund, that is, the entire amount for the course collected in advance; this is, wherever it is practicable, the best plan; (5) surplus from preceding courses; (6) endowment; (7) sale of tickets of admission to courses and sale of syllabi.

6) The center will manage its own local expenses. These will include hall rent, printing and advertising, and some minor incidentals. Most of these expenses may usually be reduced to a minimum by the co-operation of those who are interested in the local success of the work. The fee for the course is payable after the first lec

ture.

5. Suggestions for the Arrangements of Courses. 1) Expenses can be kept at a minimum, and the convenience of the lecturers and the University be best subserved, if committees will kindly select dates which will enable lecturers to visit two or more neighboring centers in one journey. 2) Committees are requested to be guided by the following considerations in their choice of dates: Ordinarily the lecture season extends from October 1 to April 1. This naturally falls into two periods of twelve weeks each, i. e., from October 1 to December 23, and from January 1 to March 31, separated by a short vacation at Christmas. A course of twelve weekly lectures or six fortnightly lectures should occupy one of the foregoing periods. A course of six weekly lectures should, if possible, be planned to occupy half of either one of these periods. If these limits are not observed, courses will overlap two of the above periods, and odd weeks, which cannot be filled, are left in the lecturers' schedules.

6. Application for Courses.-Centers are earnestly requested to name at least two lecturers, as first and second choice, in making applications for courses, and to state whether a supplementary class is desired. Every effort will be made to meet the wishes of the local committees. Obviously, however, it will not always be practicable to send to the center the lecturer whom it may prefer at a given time. If centers will indicate first and second choices as to lecturer, subject, and night, much delay and inconvenience may be avoided. No application will be considered binding unless made upon an official blank, which may be had on request.

7. Supplementary Classes and Study Clubs. — At centers in Chicago and immediate neighborhood the University is prepared to supplement the lecture-study course by a class, conducted by an approved instructor, meeting in the intervening week, in the case of fortnightly lectures, or following the course, in the case of weekly lectures. This instructor will follow carefully the work being done by the center, and in conducting the supplementary class will be of invaluable service to the student element in the center. If the class is conducted by a local leader, approved by the University, there will be furnished, when practicable, written directions for a course of study to precede or to follow the lecture studies, or to be pursued more in detail while the course is in progress.

Any existing club or society, the members of which desire to pursue a line of study or investigation supplementary to the regular lecture-study work, will be constituted a supplementary class or study club upon application to the University. Any group of people attending the lectures and desiring to get the greatest good from them is urged to form some such club or class to hold occasional meetings under a local leader or one sent from the University. In either instance the lecturer will be glad to aid in furthering the work of the organization. The nature of the work will vary with dif ferent subjects, but in every case it will provide for the more earnest students an opportunity for private study and investigation impossible in the regular lecture-study work.

A special fee will be charged if the leader is provided by the University.

8. Courses in Educational Sequence.-In order to encourage observation of educational sequence in the arrangement of courses, the following provisions are made:

1) The University fee for two courses so arranged is placed at $25 less than the sum of the fees charged for the courses where taken separately, provided that (a) the courses are arranged at one time and with the approval of the University; (b) the courses so arranged are delivered within a period of twelve months.

2) To the local University Extension center securing the highest standing based on weekly papers and final examinations written on any course of twelve lecture studies, or any two connected short courses of six lectures each, delivered under the auspices of the University of Chicago during any one season, the University offers a course of six lectures free of charge (except expenses for illustration, traveling, and entertainment), said course to constitute the second of two connected courses for the next succeeding year; provided that not less than twenty-five (25) per cent. of the attendants upon the lectures shall have done the full amount of Assigned Readings, and not less than ten (10) per cent. shall have submitted written exercises upon the topics assigned in connection with not less than two-thirds of the lectures of the course or courses.

3) To the two students receiving the highest standing for work done upon courses so arranged, two University Extension scholarships amounting to free tuition for one Summer Quarter's work at the University are granted.

9. University Recognition of Lecture-Study Work.— 1) Examinations are permitted on all courses of six lecture studies and upward. Students are qualified for the examination who (a) have attended not less than two-thirds of the total number of lectures and classes included in the course of instruction; (b) have written, to the satisfaction of the lecturer, exercises upon topics assigned in connection with not less than two-thirds of the lectures of the course. 2) Credit for work done on University Extension lecture-study courses is given on the books of the University on the following conditions: a) No application for credit will be considered unless the applicant shall have submitted to the lecturer before the examination a minimum of eight written exercises, or the equiv. alent thereof in theses of greater length. b) Applicants for credit must consult the lecturer at the opening of the course, when he will designate subjects and topics upon which the work must be based. Formal registration must be made with the University before the second lecture, upon blanks which can be secured from the local secretary.

c) The applicant shall pass an examination on the course at such time as is most convenient to himself and his instructor either at the University, or, if elsewhere, under supervision which has been approved by his Dean. d) No examination or other special fee is charged applicants for credit.

e) To students satisfying these requirements credit for a Minor will be given by the University.

f) If the lecturer or any other leader approved by the University conducts a supplementary class in connection with a course of twelve lecture studies, a student doing satisfactory work therein in addition to the work above mentioned may, upon recommendation of the lecturer, become a candidate for credit for a Major.

3) A minimum of one year's residence is required of an applicant for a degree. Non-resident work is accepted for only one-third of the work required for a degree.

10. Frequency of Lectures.-Where the work has become well established, and a body of those who will do student work developed, centers are advised to plan for fortnightly lectures. An evening in the

intervening week should be appointed for the meeting of the Student's Club, or for a Supplementary Class, as provided in sec. 8. On the other hand, the weekly interval is recommended for the first few courses of a center. The student element is likely to be very small at first, and the longer period increases the difficulty of sustaining interest.

11. Circuits and Associations.- Expense to centers may be saved if neighboring towns will unite in the choice of a lecturer, arranging the evenings so that he may lecture in a circuit from one town to the next on successive nights. This arrangement is attended by this further advantage that interest in the work will be stimulated by the fact that neighboring communities are following the same lines of study.

The University will render assistance in the formation of circuits, when requested to do so. Those desiring such assistance should send to the University the names and addresses of those in the neighboring towns who may be interested in the promotion of this work in their locality. 12. Sunday Courses.-The University Extension Division offers lecture studies in biblical, religious, or ethical subjects for Sunday afternoon or Sunday evening courses. These courses have proved most acceptable, meeting the general demand, not only for a better understanding of biblical history and interpretation, but also for greater familiarity with the higher problems that concern the spiritual and moral welfare of society.

13. The Traveling Library is a small collection of books sent out in connection with certain of the lecture-study courses, with the idea of affording increased opportunity for reading and study. In some cases no library is issued. There is no charge made for the use of the books except that the center is expected to pay express charges to and from the University.

14. Correspondence-Study.-Attention is called to the special circular (furnished upon application) referring to correspondence study. This Department is especially valued as offering facilities for continuing systematic work begun in the lecture studies.

15. For Study Clubs and similar organizations desiring to pursue a course of systematic study, the Extension Division prepares programmes covering a year's work in twenty meetings. These programmes are prepared by University instructors upon any particular topic desired by a club.