Extension Work in Education by the University of Pennsylvania
NEWS AND COMMENT.
Since adding to its staff, the School of Education has endeavored to extend its work to as many different parts of the state as possible. This desire to serve the interests of the commonwealth characterizes the relations of the University of Pennsylvania with the state. The School of Education has recently given courses leading to University credit in Harrisburg, Williamsport, Wilkes-Barre, and West Chester. Training and conferences in school administration have also been offered free at Altoona to superintendents of the vicinity, and this service is being extended to a number of centers throughout the state. The University is now able to increase these opportunities for the teachers of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Besides the courses already offered at the University at hours convenient for city teachers, the School of Education will during the second term of this year (February to June, 1915), offer without charge (7) Three courses in education for University credit; (77) A course of lectures on present day aspects of education by speakers of national repute, and (777) Two conferences upon the training of teachers for Pennsylvania.
I. The three courses that lead upon satisfactory completion to University credit, will be given in co-operation with the Philadelphia Teachers’ Association, but all teachers and others interested in Education will be welcome to these classes. All meetings will be held in the lecture hall of the Philadelphia Girls’ Normal School, Thirteenth and Spring Garden Streets. A membership fee of five dollars will be required for each course, to provide reference books in sufficient numbers, and these books will become the property of the Philadelphia Teachers’ Association. The University makes no charge whatever. (?) The Elementary School Subjects in the light of recent Studies in Education and Psychology. Conducted by Edward Lee Thorndike, Ph.D., Professor of Educational Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University. Thursdays, 4 to 6 p. m.
(?) Curriculum and Methods of the Secondary School. The lecturer has not yet been selected, but will be announced shortly. This course will be given Tuesdays, 4 to 6 p. m.
(c) Problems of Education in Pennsylvania. It is hoped that this course will be conducted by George E. Becht, Sc.D., Secretary of the State Board of Education, on Mondays, 4 to 6 p. m. Should Dr Becht’s engagements not permit of his coming, the course may be given up. 77. Present Day Aspects of Education. The lectures will be given Fridays at 4 p. m., in Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania. (a) February 19th?Elmer Ellsworth Brown, Ph.D., LL.D., Chancellor of New York University.
(b) March 5th?Nathan C. Schaeffer, Ph.D., LL.D., State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania. Subject: “More Money for the Public Schools.”
(c) March 19th?Philander P. Claxton, Ph.D., LL.D., United States Commissioner of Education. Subject: “Some Democratic Tendencies in Education.” (247) (d) April 16th?Calvin N. Kendall, LL.D., State Commissioner of Education, New Jersey. (e) April 23d?Nicholas Murray Butler, Ph.D., Litt.D., LL.D., President of Columbia University.
(J) April 30th?David Snedden, Ph.D., LL.D., State Commissioner of Education, Massachusetts. Subject: “Liberal and Vocational Education.” (g) May 14th?Albert E. Winship, LL.D., Editor of the Journal of Education. Subject: “The New Attitude Toward Education as a Profession.” III. Conferences upon the Training of Teachers for Pennsylvania. (a) April 3d, 9 a. m. to 12 m., and 1 to 3 p. m., in Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania. The general topic will be the Training of Teachers for Rural Schools. State Superintendent Nathan C. Schaeffer will preside and papers will be presented by the following principals of Pennsylvania state normal schools: 1. Frank E. Baker, Ph.D., Edinboro, Pa.
Walter E. Hertzog, Ph.D., California, Pa.
William R. Straughn, Ph.D., Mansfield, Pa.
Harbold, Ph.D., Millersville, Pa.
5. Ezra Lehman, Ph.D., Shippensburg, Pa. (b) April 10th (Schoolmen’s Week), 9 a. m. to 12 m. and 1 to 4 p. m., in Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, state Superintendent Nathan C. Schaeffer will preside and papers will be presented by the following principals of state normal schools:
George M. Philips, Ph.D., LL.D., West Chester, Pa.
James E. Ament, LL.D., Indiana, Pa.
James M. Green, Ph.D., LL.D., Trenton, N. J.
Kemp, Sc.D., East Stroudsburg, Pa.
Charles Lose, LL.D., Lock Haven, Pa.
Rothermel, Pd.D., Litt.D., Kutztown, Pa.
The University of Pennsylvania also takes this opportunity of announcing its annual Schoolmen’s Week, which will probably be April 5 to 10, 1915. For further information concerning the extension lectures or Schoolmen’s Week, address Prof. Frank P. Graves, Dean of the School of Education, College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, West Philadelphia, Pa.
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