University of Colorado - Coloradan Yearbook (Boulder, CO)

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SUMMER QUARTER Dkan M. ( ' .. DiKii.wi T)! . IT kiidwn that in the year of our Lord IS ' .], - stiHui lortli Louis Agassiz. being a man of great accomplishments. He assembled a council of the chiefs of Har ard, ancient seat of learnini; in ( an- tabrigia. So great was this man ' s knowleflge and so ardent a zealot was he for its extending, that iu ' besought those assembled to look with fa or on an ad enturing of which no man had bethought himself up to that d,i -. As the great scholar wrought wiili them, main- were the words spoken for and against. But in the end, all were of one mind that Agassiz had a right intention in instituting in the name oflearning a bloodless crusade against the long summer vacation, hitherto held in most sacred regard b - those grim professors who devoted it to no other occupation than the amassing of facts to hi! imjiressive tomes wherel) ' their renown was spread afar: and by students who were minded to have their time in peace and quiet and dalliance therein. Loud were the outcries and furious tin- erba1 onslaughts lainiched In their stiff-necked enemies uiion the dought - knights of the new Crusade. But in the progress of time, the crowds of pilgrims with holy zeal for learning, coming in constantK from all quarters, the adversaries were forced to relinqui sh their endeavors. And now in almost every city, village and hamlet in this fair land, the banners of the victors are raised on high by immense multitudes of pilgrims during each summer covering the whole face of the countr . .• nd so it hap[)ened that in 1904, a certain counsellor going to the President of the University, thus addressed him: Sire, I would that we might join in this new Crusade, of which fair tidings come to me. Certes, said the President, it is a great thing you advise and jiropose, and well it .seems that you have in view a high enterprise. Take good heed to its doing. So it befell that very summer that Boulder beheld in her fair precincts a little band of seven- teen knights nul a chosen company of si. l - brave and adventurous youths. Who can relate the progress from this modest beginning? Be it known that in the summer just past, might be seen here an army of two hundred knights and .S,4G0 followers journe ing from far and near under the ensigns of the latter-day Crusade. Mii.o G. Dfrii. m. I ' age 2}

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EXTENSION DIVISION ill t; Dean Elmore Petersen O wrest truth from the infidel of ignorance, to possess those spots in our civiUzation consecrated by the lives of those who have gi ' en themselves in the cause of education, and to make available to all the people of the commonwealth the benefits of the learn- ing process and the fruits of research — these are the ideals of University Extension. University Exten- sion is distinctly an educational movement, but it represents a new force, a new passion inspired in its ranks, with all the virtues of gallantry, courage, un- selfishness and magnanimity that characterized the Crusaders of another sort eight centuries and more ago. It has been said that to grasp the Crusades is to comprehend one of the forces which changed the institutions of the Middle Ages. Likewise to understand University Extension is to recognize the full significance of an idea that is giving a new impulse in our social and economic structure. This Crusade is new, relatively, in the United States. In one of its present aspects, that of home study, it appeared first as a definite department in the char- ter of the University of Chicago when that institution was founded in 1890. At the University of Colorado the University Extension birthday occurred in 1912. P ' rom the embryonic beginning of a staff of one person and almost no funds, in eighteen years it has grown to an operating staff of twenty-five with almost half of the resident faculty as its force of instructors, lecturers, and ad- visors. It has been a period of crusading, of pushing forward toward an ideal undaunted by real or imaginary obstacles. It has been far from romantic, for its results in achievement have often been unforeseen. Nevertheless, there is hardly an element of interest to the people of Colorado that has not been served by the l niversity through this vehicle, directh ' or indirectly. The teaching function is not its only purpose, but its attention is directed to affairs of business industry, government, health, public schools, the press, directed reading, public discussion, and a hundred more. The intellectual needs of the times have made the case for the existence of University Extension. Its crusade goes forward under the banner of service. Ei.MORE Petersen. 1 1. Page 22

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k m II K COLLEGE OF MUSIC B. Mus. OPPORTUNITIES in the musical profession have increased very noticeably in the past five years. In spite of the effect of the radio upon concerts of all kinds, the public interest in music has shown a most encouraging advance. Education has come to recognize the cultural and the mental benefits of musical training. So much so that music in the public schools of America has gained an amazing momentum. The evidence I if tlie almost universal school band and orchestra and the keen competition of the school music con- tests indicates musical activity unprecedented. In fact it may be said to have indulged in a Crusade imitating the lives and hearts of our people, par- Dean R. W . Dunham ticularly the young folks throughout this great land of ours. The purpose of our own musical activity in the College of Music is the furthering of musical culture in any possible manner. There is the active and highK- specialized training to students whose talents and tendencies have led them to enroll with us. All of our faculty members are thoroughly equipped to develop instrumentalists and vocalists professionally. Besides this particular task we have a broader and perhaps bigger task in the field of the University at large. To interest a rather busy student body in things musical is no small undertaking. Yet we do reach a group of two or three hundred students directly by means of training in the two glee clubs, the band and the orchestra. Through the medium of these organizations almost everybody on the campus receives some enjoyment. The work done in this direction is not in any sense high brow nor is it intended to be so. The enjoyment of good music of a purely entertaining nature is one of the greatest pleasures there is, and one which the College of Music appreciates and intends to foster. We started the Song Fest two years ago; the success of the competi- tions surpassed our fondest hopes. Now the music of the operetta is also under our general direction. The Musical Crusade at the University ' is thus diversified and directed into channels that ought to reach every young woman and ' oung man who has a response in his heart to music in any form. Roland W. Dunh.am. Page 24