UNIVERSITY EXTENSION AND THE 
YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN 
ASSOCIATION. 
BY 
WALTER? C. DOUGLAS, 
General Secretary of the Philadelphia Young Men’s Christian Association. 
[Reprinted from the Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting 
of the National Conference on University Extension.] 
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MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 
The object of the Young Men’s Christian Association is de- 
fined to be the physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual im- 
provement of young men. In other words, its high ideal is the 
development of the entire man. To develop the young men 
intellectually, it uses libraries, reading-rooms, literary societies, 
lectures, and evening classes. 
Any young man of good character, of any race, religion, or 
condition in life, may join it, and hence it has all classes of 
young men in its membership, but, with the exception of quite 
a large student element, its ranks are filled mainly with clerks 
and mechanics. In some sections of this city the latter pre- 
dominate, in others the former. They mingle in all its buildings 
in varying proportions. They are, of course, all working during 
the day for a living. The Association seeks to provide for their 
wants in their leisure hours. The Association aims not only to 
develop the young men along all the main lines of their lives, 
but also to ward off things that would degrade and injure them. 
A young man at work is all right. It is the manner in which he 
spends his leisure time that gives moral coloring to his life and 
decides his future value to home, to his employer, and to the 
state. His avocation is as important as his vocation, and every 
young man should have some good occupation for leisure as well 
as business hours. Robert J. Burdette half humorously but alto- 
gether wisely puts it in this way: “ My son, you complain of 
hard work killing you, of long business hours. But it is not the 
hard work that is hurting you, it is not the long hours from 
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but it is the interval, my boy, that is killing 
you. It is the interval between 6 p.m. and midnight.” 2 
The Young Men's Christian Association. 
The Association steps in at this point, takes hold of young 
men in the critical period from sixteen to twenty-five years, and 
seeks to lead them to use means that will help and strengthen 
them physically, mentally, and spiritually. It is not enough to 
say to young men, “ Thou shalt not,” but we must fill their lives 
with better things. In other words, it is an adaptation in prac- 
tical things of Dr. Chalmers’s famous use of “ the expulsive 
power of new affections.” 
The educational work of the Association has grown greatly 
within the past thirty years. In my judgment, to-day it is the 
greatest of all our agencies in drawing young men into our 
membership. To me this is profoundly gratifying, and refutes 
the charge sometimes made that the young men of to-day are 
frivolous. The Associations are offering great social attractions 
and many healthful recreations for the tired brains and bodies of 
young men; but, after all, that which requires most work, hard 
study, and application is the thing which draws the largest pro- 
portion of young men from mill, shop, and office to our build- 
ings in the evenings. The practical talks and historical or 
scientific lectures of the Philadelphia Association have for years 
been attended by an average of eleven hundred young men, 
while in our educational classes last winter there were enrolled 
twelve hundred and eighty-eight young men. In point of mere 
numbers it compared favorably with the undergraduate depart- 
ments of many of our large universities. 
But these studies relate almost entirely to business life. They 
aim to prepare clerks and mechanics for better and more useful 
lives in their respective occupations. This is good, but there is 
something more important,—viz., to prepare young men for 
higher and better citizenship. In the words of the English 
leaders of University Extension, “to make good workmen is 
important, to make good citizens is more important.” For 
years there had been a growing sense of need in our more ad- 
vanced Associations in this respect. With their hundreds of 
thousands of members all young men, they may become, and in- 
deed are, great training-schools of American citizens of a higher 
type. Our experience has shown us that in our American cities The Young Men's Christian Association. 
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there are thousands of young men of as bright minds and eager, 
ambitious spirits as ever matriculated in the colleges of our 
land. But they have had no advantages. They are poor, or 
their parents died when they were young, and they have had to 
go to work early. They are at a disadvantage in life through 
lack of mental equipment. They are not only fighting its battles 
with one hand tied, but they are also shut out from worlds of 
enjoyment known only to the student. 
The majority of these young men, it is true, have come to us 
seeking only for “bread and meat” education,—/.<?., for that 
knowledge which will help them to advancement in their daily 
business. But there has been a minority who have come asking 
how they might prepare themselves for college or get higher lit- 
erary culture. We have been unable as yet to do much for this 
class. 
It was just at this moment that University Extension came 
before us with its magnificent promise. And its coming has been 
hailed with joy by these eager, earnest young men, who were 
brain-hungry and had been crying out for supply in this direc- 
tion. 
The reasons why the Young Men’s Christian Association should 
co-operate in University Extension may be summed up under 
two heads. The first is because it has the facilities for doing the 
work. Three things are considered important in the establish- 
ment of a local centre for the Extension of University teaching, 
—viz., an existing organization of some kind to afford a nucleus 
of attendance, a suitable hall or rooms for lectures and classes, 
and reference libraries or conveniences for handling books. The 
Association possesses these requisites. In the second place, 
University Extension being clearly a movement of the highest 
public good, and placing educational privileges heretofore de- 
nied them within reach of multitudes of young men, the Asso- 
ciation should gladly co-operate with it on these accounts. It 
should do so to that extent that will not interfere with its other 
work or diminish what it offers to young men. This I take to 
be the only limitations upon it. The Association aims to give to 
the world as the final product of its work a young man intel- 4 
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lectual as well as spiritual, and there seems no reason why its co- 
operation with University Extension should not prove a union of 
forces that will greatly advance its efforts to realize this high 
ideal of an all-around man. 
The extent and method of co-operation we think may be 
readily and satisfactorily defined. Our experience in Philadel- 
phia has been entirely free from difficulty or embarrassment. 
The extent and method of co-operation in Philadelphia have been 
as follows: representative Association men are serving upon the 
committees of the various local centres. A centre has been 
formed at the Central Branch of the Young Men’s Christian As- 
sociation, at Fifteenth and Chestnut Streets, which is known as 
Association Local Centre. The Association puts at the service 
of this centre office facilities, attention from office help, library, 
and free use of committee- and class-rooms, so far as its own 
work will permit. The trustees who hold Association Hall for 
purposes of revenue have granted the free use of it for the open- 
ing lecture of each course, and have made a special rate for such 
lecture-courses as required this large hall. The Committee of 
Management of Association Local Centre has no organic con- 
nection whatever with the Young Men’s Christian Association in 
the same building. There are upon it two or three representa- 
tive Association men interested in our educational work, but the 
committee is made up of other interests, and is representative in 
the widest sense of all other elements of the community. As 
a matter of fact, religiously it represents Roman Catholicism, 
Protestantism, and Judaism, while in other respects it is equally 
omni-representative. 
As will thus be seen, there is no organic connection between 
the two bodies, as there is none between any other of the four- 
teen or more University Extension centres of this city and 
neighborhood and the various universities, societies, and insti- 
tutes in or with which they are held. It is a matter of co-opera- 
tion without any such relation as would interfere with the full 
development and free action of each institution. 
The managers of Association Local Centre have voluntarily 
put all University Extension tickets at half-rates to young men The Young Men's Christia?i Association. 
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who have already paid their membership-fees in the Young Men’s 
Christian Association. They are also generous in making pro- 
vision for young men whose resources may be too slender for a 
double tax even as slight as this. 
Two questions will present themselves to managers of Young 
Men’s Christian Associations. The first is as to whether young 
men have availed themselves of these courses to any extent. 
Clearly if, by co-operating with other institutions that have edu- 
cational features, we can bring to deserving young men the 
priceless advantages of university culture we ought to do so. 
The objection has sometimes been made to University Exten- 
sion abroad and here that it reaches and benefits women much 
more largely than men. There is no apology for it on this ac- 
count in England, and there will be none here. If this move- 
ment touches, quickens, and broadens the intellectual life of the 
mothers, wives, and daughters of our nation, if it irradiates our 
homes with high intellectual joys, if it pervades the womanhood 
of America with its magnificent culture, then so much the better 
for University Extension and for our country. 
Yet as managers intrusted with a definite work for young men, 
we must consider the question of the effect of this upon our 
efforts in behalf of young men, and whether it reaches them as 
a class to any valuable extent. To this we answer that it is 
reaching young men, though not to the same extent as others, 
and more in the evening than afternoon lectures. This has been 
true both last winter and this. History, literature, economics, 
and science have all had a number of young men present. A 
class in higher mathematics for two winters has had an average 
attendance of nearly one hundred, the most of whom were 
skilled mechanics. In the evening classes upon socialism now 
being conducted in this holiday season by Mr. Sadler (of Oxford 
University), I have seen many intelligent, earnest students that 
at other times I have seen in the class-rooms of this Association. 
The general effect of the introduction of University Extension 
into our work may be briefly summed up. It has quickened in- 
tellectual aspiration among the young men in our membership. 
It has opened unexplored mines of literary wealth and revealed 6 
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a new world of beauty and truth. It has stretched before young 
men a continuation of study and mental growth beyond the 
more limited and so-called more practical studies of our own 
class-rooms. It has put within the reach of thousands of them 
that greatly-coveted but heretofore denied boon and blessing, 
liberal culture and university instruction of the very highest 
order. Attendance upon such lectures, by such teachers, for a 
few seasons, will give any young man a truly broad and liberal 
culture; and who can estimate the ever-increasing power of such 
young men for future years in their own social and business 
circles? By co-operation with this movement, University Ex- 
tension maybe made the fitting crown and completed perfection 
of that educational effort into which the Young Men’s Christian 
Association puts so much genuine sympathy and vigorous work, 
because it believes, as it avows, in the intellectual, the physical, 
the social, and the spiritual development of the young man, 
—that is, in the development of the whole man. This is its 
ideal, and in University Extension, while it can properly aid a 
great progressive and uplifting movement for the good of the 
general public, it can incidentally but effectually advance its 
efforts in behalf of that special class for whom it exists and 
labors,—the young men of our country and the world. Honorary President, William Pepper, M.D., LL.D. 
President, Treasurei, 
Edmund J. James. Frederick B. Miles. 
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY. 
THE American Society for the Extension of University Teaching was 
founded in response to a deeply-felt want for a National Association 
which might assist in promoting the work of University Extension. 
The friends of popular education feel that the time has come for a better 
utilization of the facilities for instruction which are to be found in our ex- 
isting educational institutions. Experience has shown that this object is ac- 
complished with great measure of success by the movement popularly known 
as University Extension. The results of this system in several countries— 
notably in England and the United States—have attracted much attention, 
and its merits are now widely known. 
The American Society is doing a twofold work. It is, in the first place, 
collecting information as to the progress of the movement in all countries, 
and, through its monthly journal, making it accessible to those interested in 
this system of instruction. In the second place, it is carrying on an extensive 
experiment in University Extension instruction. This work is a persistent 
effort to solve the difficult problems involved in the training of lecturers, the 
conduct and sequence of courses, and the financial support of centres. In 
this way the work of the Society becomes a series of illustrative experiments 
in adapting University Extension teaching to American conditions. It is 
plain that if the Society can successfully solve these difficult problems it will 
render a great service to American education, making the introduction of the 
work throughout the country a matter of comparative ease. Every one inter- 
ested in the ultimate success of this great movement for popular education 
should, therefore, to the extent of his ability, contribute to the support of the 
American Society. 
To do this work efficiently will require large funds. The only sources 
of income at present are the fees of members ($5.00 annual fee, $50.00 life- 
membership fee) and the voluntary contributions of friends of the movement. 
You are cordially invited to become a member of the Society, and to present 
its claims to your friends and acquaintances who are, or should be, interested 
in the work. 
The membership fee and all other contributions may be sent by postal 
order or draft on Philadelphia, or by draft on New York, payable to the order 
of Frederick B. Miles, Treasurer of the American Society for the Extension 
of University Teaching, Fifteenth and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. 
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. 
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of Extension teaching in all countries, with special reference to the develop- 
ment of the movement in the United States. 
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INSTRUCTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS 
FOR 
University Extension Organizers. 
If you wish to organize a Centre of University Extension 
work in your own locality, you will find the following sugges- 
tions helpful: 
You should in the first place become thoroughly informed 
on the history and progress of the movement. You should 
make yourself familiar with the development of Extension 
Teaching from its origin in England down to the remarkably 
successful development thus far accomplished in America. You 
can easily obtain this information from the published literature 
of the American Society. The numbers of University Extension, 
a monthly journal published in the interest of the Society, con- 
tain many articles which will give you full information in regard 
to the history, organization, scope and method of University 
Extension Teaching. Among others we would mention the 
following articles : “The History of a Branch Society,” and 
“ The Formation of a Local Centre,” July, 1891 ; “ The Prospect 
of University Extension in England,” August, 1891 ; “ The Unit 
Course,” September, 1891; “ Students’Associations,” October, 
1891 : “University Extension Colleges,” December, 1891 ; “The 
Ideal Syllabus,” January, 1892; “Class Work in University 
Extension,” April, 1892. The price of University Extension is $1.50 per annum, single 
copies fifteen cents ; in clubs of ten, to members of a Local 
Centre, $1.00 per annum. You will find it quite indispensable 
if you wish to do the most effective work. 
The first volume, July, 1891 to July, 1892, bound in cloth, 
is issued as a “ Handbook of University Extension,” and sent 
post free to any address on receipt of one dollar. 
In addition to the Journal you should provide yourself with 
the circulars and pamphlets of the American Society, which will 
give you still further information. 
The following list of circulars and pamphlets is especially 
recommended: 
No. 2.—Address before the American Society, by 
R. G. Moulton, 10 cents. 
“ 4.—The University Extension Movement in 
England, by R. G. Moulton, 25 “ 
“ 9.—University Extension as Viewed by Promi- 
c . nent Educators (pp. 44) 15 “ 
“ 10.—The Development of the University Exten- 
sion Idea, by Michael E. Sadler, ... 10 
“ 11.—The University Extension Lecturer, by Ed- 
mund J. James, 15 
“ 16.—The Place of University Extension in Ameri- 
can Education, by Hon. Wm. T. Harris, 15 
Any one of the above pamphlets will be sent post free on 
receipt of price; or a package of circulars, pamphlets, sample 
syllabi and copies of the Journal, which will give a complete 
history of the movement, will be mailed post free on receipt of 
$1.00. 
In this manner you will become thoroughly familiar with 
the movement, and can then proceed intelligently with the work 
of forming a local organization. 
Preliminary Steps.—You must seek to arouse an interest in 
the subject in your community. As far as possible you should 
induce people to read as extensively as yourself. See that they 
provide themselves with the same literature, and read it over and 
discuss it with them. You will find without difficulty at least a 
few persons who will willingly go over this ground if you 
present the matter to them. 
This, however, will not be sufficient. You must reath a 
larger circle. To assist you in this work the Society has pre- 
pared a series of circulars which you should obtain in large Honorary President, 
William Pepper, M. D., LL. D. 
President, Gen’l Secretary, 
Edmund J. James. George F. James. 
Treasurer, Frederick B. Miles. 
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY 
FOR THE 
EXTENSION OF UNIVERSITY TEACHING. 
PRICE LIST 
OF 
BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND SYLLABI, 
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE 
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION MOVEMENT. 
5£S“ A package containing pamphlets, specimen syllabi 
and copies of UNIVERSITY EXTENSION, giving a fairly 
complete idea of the whole movement, will be sent post-free 
upon receipt of $1.00. 
All orders snould be sent to the General Secretary, in whose 
name checks should be made out. 
GENERAL OFFICES, 
15th and Chestnut'Streets, Philadelphia. Any of the following publications will be sent 
post-free upon receipt of the price. They may be 
ordered by the numbers. 
1. Proceedings of the First National Conference, 
containing in full all the addresses and reports... $i 50 
2. An Address before the American Society. By R. 
G. Moulton, University Extension 
Lecturer. (pp. 19.) 10 
3. lecturer’s Notes on the Working of University 
Extension. By R. G. Moulton, (pp. 8.) 10 
4. The University Extension Movement in England 
(1885). By R. G. Moulton, (pp. 61.) 25 
5. University Extension: Its Definition, History, 
System of Teaching and Organization, (pp. 8. .. 10 
6. What Should be the Position of University Exten- 
sion ? By Sidney T. Skidmore, (pp. 12 10 
7. University Extension as seen by a Lecturer. By 
C. Hanford Henderson, (pp. 15.) 10 
8 Report on the Movement in England. By George 
Henderson, General Secretary of the American 
Society, (pp. 31.) i 10 
9. University Extension as viewed by prominent 
American Educators, being a collection of 
articles by Hon. William T. Harris, Dr. E. J. 
James, President William R. Harper, Dr. W. F. 
Poole, Prof. E. S. Holden, Miss A. E. Ticknor, 
President Merrill E. Gates, Mr. Me'.vil Dewey, 
Prof. J. W. Jenks. (pp. 44.) 15 
10. The Development of the University Extension 
Idea. By Michael E. Sadler, Secretary Ox- 
ford Delegacy 10 
11. The University Extension Lecturer. By Dr. E. J. 
James, President of the American Society 15 
12. The Function and Organization of a Local Centre. 
By Michael E. Sadler 10 
13. The Y. M. C. A. and University Extension. By 
Mr. Walter C. Douglas, General Secretary of 
the Philadelphia Y. M. C. A 10 
14. The Church and University Extension. By the 
Rev. Dr. J. S. Macintosh 10 15. The Class in University Extension. By Mr. Ed- 
ward T. Devine, Staff Lecturer of the American 
Society $0 10 
16. The Place of University Extension in American 
Education. By Hon. William T. Harris 15 
17. First Annual Report of the American Society 15 
18. The Ideal Syllabus. By Henry W. Rolfe i. io 
The American Society will send also the following post- 
free on receipt of price : 
University Extension—Past, Present and Future. By 
H. J. Mackinder and M. E. Sadler, Secretary to 
the Oxford Delegacy, (pp. 144.) 60 
Eighteen Years of University Extension. By Dr. R. D. 
Roberts, Secretary of the London Society, (pp. 
136.) 4 o 
UNIVERSITY EXTENSION. 
The Official Organ 
OF THE 
AMERICAN SOCIETY 
FOR THE 
Extension of University Teaching. 
Contains leading articles on methods in Extension 
Teaching and full reports of the Movement in 
the United States and abroad. 
Subscription, $1.50 per year. 
Single No., 15 Cents. 
Sent to all Members of the Society Free of Charge. 
3 GENERAL CIRCULARS. 
a. “Aim and Scope of University Extension,” per 100, $0 50 
b. “Instructions to Extension Organizers, “ 1 00 
c. “Instructions to Extension Lecturers,” “ 200 
d. “History and Organization of University- 
Extension,” “ 3 00 
e. “Instructions to Local Committees,” single copy, 25 
f. “Students’ Associations,” “ “ 10 
The following is a list of the syllabi thus far published by 
the American Society. They are all arranged for six lectures, 
except those marked thus *, Which are generally for longer 
courses. They may be had post free upon receipt of the 
price, and may be ordered by the numbers. 
SYLLABI. 
No. 4. Milton’s Poetic Art fo 10 
“ 6. Story of Faust 10 
“ 7- Shakespeare’s Tempest with Companion Stu- 
“ 8. Psychology 10 
“ 9. Stories as a Mode of Thinking 10 
“ 10. Euripides for English Audiences... 10 
“ 11. Electricity 10 
“ 12. Four Studies in Shakespeare* 10 
“ 15. Animal Life. Considered as a part of Univer- 
sal Energy 10 
“ 16. Modern Fssayists 10 
“17. Mathematics with Applications to Mechanics... 10 
“ 19. American Literature 10 
‘1 20. Algebra * 15 
“ 21. Botany ; Structural 10 
“ 22. Geology and Paleontology. Part I.* (Illus- 
trated.) 20 
A. No. 1. Political History of Europe since 1815. 
Part I. 1815-1848 10 
Part II. 1848-1881 10 
" “ 2. Constitution of the United States 10 
“ “ 3. English Literature—Chaucer to Tennyson... 10 
“ “ 4. Epochs in American History. 1620-1892 10 
“ “ 5. Europe Finds America 10 
“ “ 6. Civil Development of the United States 10 
“ “ 7. Mathematics as Applied to Mechanics* 20 
“ “ 8. Representative American Authors 10 
“ “ 9. Earlier Plays of Shakespeare 10 
* “ 10. English Literature—Chaucer to Tennyson... 10 A. No. ii. Political Economy $o io 
“ “ 12. Modern Novelists io 
“ “ 13. Central Europe in the Nineteenth Century... 10 
“ “ 14. Typical English Poets 10 
“ “ 15. Modern Industrial History 10 
“ “ 16. Poets of America 10 
“ “ 17. Dynamical Geology. Part I 10 
Part II 10 
“ “ 18. Economic Condition of the People of the 
United States, between 1789 and 1816 10 
“ “ 19. American Literature 10 
“ “ 20. English Literature in the Nineteenth Cen- 
tury..... 10 
“ “ 21. Structural Botany. (With an outline course 
of study.) 20 
“ “ 22. The Brook Farm Community 10 
“ “ 23. Electricity.. 10 
“ “ 24. Prose Fiction in America 10 
“ “ 25. The Strength of Materials. (Illustrated. ... 10 
“ “ 26. Political Economy. (With an outline of 
reading.) 10 
“ “ 27. American History—Administration of Gov- > 
ernment..’. 10 
“ “ 28. Robert Browning •. 10 
" “ 29. Studies in English Poetry of the Nineteenth 
Century 10 
“ “ 30. The Modern View of Energy 10 
“ “ 31. English Poets of the Revolution Age 10 
“ *• 32. A Bird’s-eye View of European History, 
from the Battle of Marathon to the Fall 
of the Eastern Empire :... 10 
“ “33- Literature of the Queen Anne Period 10 
“ “ 34. History and Theory of Money. (With an 
outline course of study) 40 
“ “ 35- Plant Forms and Plant Functions. (With 
an outline course of study) 20 
“ “ 36. Renaissance, Historically Considered 15 
“ “ 37- Light.....! , 15 
“ “ 38. Shakespeare : The Man and His Mind 15 
“ “ 39. Revolutions in Commerce 10 
“ “ 40. Socialism — Past, Present and Future. 
(With an outline course of study.) 20 
“ “ 41. The Change in Political Economy. (Wi h 
an outline course of study.) 20 
“ 42. The Literary Study of the Bible 10 The American Society for the Extension of University 
Teaching was founded in response to a deeply-felt want for 
a National Association which might assist in promoting the 
work of University Extension. The friends of popular edu- 
cation feel that the time has come for a better utilization of 
the facilities for instruction found in our existing educa- 
tional institutions. 
Experience has shown that this object is accomplished 
with great measure of success by the movement popularly 
known as University Extension. The results of this system 
in several countries, notably in England and the United 
States, have attracted much attention and its merits are now 
widely known. 
To do this work efficiently will require large funds. The 
only sources of income at present are the fees of members 
($5 annual fee, $50 life-membership fee) and the voluntary 
contributions of friends of the movement. You are cordially 
invited to become a member of the Society, and to present 
its claims to your friends and acquaintances who are, or 
should be, interested in the work. A national movement 
like this can succeed only when the people on the one hand 
and the colleges on the other take hold of it in earnest. 
The membership fee and all other contributions maybe 
sent by postal order, or draft on Philadelphia, or by draft on 
New York, payable to the order of Frederick B. Miles, 
Treasurer of the American Society for the Extension of 
University Teaching, Fifteenth and Chestnut Streets, Phila- 
delphia. 
The American Society is doing a two-fold work. It is, in the 
first place, collecting information as to the progress of the 
movement in all countries and through its monthly journal 
making it accessible to those interested in this system of in- 
struction. In the second place, it is' carrying on an extensive 
experiment in University Extension instruction. This work 
is a persistent effort to solve the difficult problems involved 
in the training of lecturers, the conduct and sequence of 
courses, and the financial support of centres. In this way 
the work ofthe Society becomes a series of illustrative ex- 
periments in adapting University Extension teaching to 
American conditions. It is plain that if the Society can 
successfully solve these difficult problems it will render a 
great service to American education, making the introduc 
tion of the work throughout the country a matter of com- 
parative ease. Everyone interested in the ultimate success 
of this great movement for popular education should, there- 
fore, to the extent of his ability, contribute to the support of 
the American Society. 
THE AMERICAN SOCIETY. quantities and distribute widely among clergymen, school teach- 
ers, lawyers, physicians, editors and business men, and especially 
among the intelligent women of the community, for you will find 
the women deeply interested in this as in all good works. 
Upon receipt of ten dollars, a large package of circulars, 
pamphlets and sample syllabi of lectures, or a smaller package 
upon receipt of five dollars, will be forwarded to be used in this 
manner. The distribution of this literature is essential to suc- 
cess, and when your organization is accomplished the Local 
Centre will usually assume, if desired, the amount which has 
been advanced for this purpose. 
The distribution of these circulars should be preceded and 
followed by personal interviews on the part of those whom you 
have succeeded in interesting in the movement with the ones to 
whom the circulars are sent. A word in advance of the circu- 
lars secures attention to them; a word after them clinches the 
matter. 
Newspapers.—You should make a special point of inter- 
esting the newspapers in the movement. A well-disposed editor 
can often help you more than any other person in the commu- 
nity. Newspaper men, however, are busy. They have not 
always time to write up the matter themselves and they fre- 
quently cannot give it sufficient attention to present it properly 
to the community. Take hold of it yourself. Write articles 
setting the subject forth in the proper light and you will find the 
editors very glad to get them. See, moreover, that every item 
of public interest connected with the movement is properly 
prepared for the paper, so that false notions as to the character 
of the work may not get abroad. It is very difficult to correct 
wrong ideas when they have once gained currency. 
Public Meeting.—After this preliminary work has been 
done, the next step is to organize a great public meeting at 
which the whole subject can be discussed and explained. You 
will often find that the preliminary work can be done very 
quickly and that the public meeting can be held sooner than 
might be anticipated. The presence of persons who are fully 
acquainted with the movement and are capable of presenting it 
in an attractive manner should be secured. This meeting is a 
critical point, and no pains should be spared to make it a 
success. Money spent in this direction, whether in advertising 
the meeting or in securing the presence of a competent organ- izer, is sure to meet a large return. At this meeting a com- 
mittee should be appointed with power to enlarge its numbers, 
to appoint a smaller executive committee, and to perfect arrange- 
ments as circumstances may permit. 
Committee.—After you get the committee organized be 
sure that they are thoroughly educated as to the work. Get the 
literature before described into their hands. Above all, see that 
they get University Extension and read it regularly. In no other 
way can you so securely hold the attention and interest of the 
committee as by getting them to read regularly the organ of the 
Society. 
It is an entirely legitimate expense to subscribe to University 
Extension for each member of the committee, and this item 
should be charged to the Local Centre. 
A pamphlet, entitled “Instructions and Sugges- 
tions to Local Committees,” price 25 cents, contains 
the further information which it is essential that mem" 
bers of this committee should have. 
Each centre should purchase a sufficient number of 
copies of this pamphlet so that each member of the 
Committee may have one to read and study for himself. 
Expenses.—The initiative in the organization of a Local 
Centre must be taken by persons in the community. The 
money which will be necessary to meet the initial expenses is 
usually advanced by those who are interested in the movement, 
and should be assumed by the Centre when the organization is 
effected. It will seldom be difficult to raise, either in the form 
of a subscription or of a guarantee fund, the necessary money 
for this purpose. Additional information on any point relating 
to the work may be obtained by addressing 
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