University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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Hntocrsttp Cjrtrnston. H E present year has been marked by a new departure in University Extension. The courses of free lectures offered in San Francisco j have been continued, and, through the generosity of Mrs. Hearst, a very interesting course on Mycenaean Greek Art by Louis Dyer, M.A.. of Oxford, was added. The new plan provides courses de- scribed as University Extension Study Courses, which will be given in any part of the State where twenty-five persons form a class and agree to pay the nominal fee of $5.00 for each course. Each class will be visited by the mem- ber of the Faculty having the course in charge three times during the half- year. A certain amount of reading will be required of all members of the class, and those registering as corporate members will be expected to prepare written papers, and at the end of the term will be given an examination. The work will be made as thorough and systematic as possible, and it is hoped that much more can be accomplished than has ever been possible in mere lecture courses. Two classes have already been formed, one in San Diego, and one in Stockton. In many other places an effort was made to form classes, but it was too late in the season, and the organization was postponed until next fall. The interest in this new plan of University Extension work seems to be general throughout the State. The most interesting feature of the second term ' s Extension work in the neighborhood of San Francisco was the course on The Practice of Diplomacy given by Hon. John W. Foster, Secretary of State in President Harrison ' s Cabinet, and at different times Minister to Russia, Spain, and Mexico. He spoke twice on The Duties and Immunities of Diplomatic Representatives, twice on The Negotiation and Execution of Treaties, and once on Consuls. University Extension work in agriculture has been vigorously carried on, as in former years. Professor Wickson reports over eighty Farmers ' Institutes, the attendance at each meeting being at least two hundred. High School inspection has been concentrated this year in the hands of eight members of the Faculty, Assistant Professors Babcock and Richardson, and Mr. Drew devoting the entire term to it, and Professors Clapp, Setchell, Assistant Professor Kower, Mr. Chambers, and Mr. Centner giving a part of their time to the work. It is thought that greater uniformity can be attained in this way, and that the actual loss to University classes will be less than under the old plan. 33

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PROFESSOR WILLIAM ALBERT SETCHELL PROFESSOR JOHN KRYKR PROFESSOR THOMAS RUTHERFORD BACON- PROFESSOR EDWARD JAMES WICKSOX

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PROFESSOR ANDREW COWPER LAWSON ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MELLEN W. HASKELI, Dean of College of Letters ASSISTANT PROFESSOR THOMAS W PAGE Dean of College of Commerce PROFESSOR CURTIS H.