University of Minnesota - Gopher Yearbook (Minneapolis, MN)

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The Presiolenfs Message This year the University of Minnesota is launching a new venture with the construction of an adult education centerf Unique for the universities of the world, it has the promise of starting a new epoch in education. Heretofore when graduates left college halls to enter their several professions they soon became so absorbed in their- immediate work that it was almost impossible for them'to keep abreast of the times, adequate opportunities were not provided for them to follow the developments in their own specialty' and in related branches of learning. Only the teachers have been able to devote a few months of each year in further training so that they might carry on their instruc- tion more effectively. Summer after summer thousands have returned to colleges and universities to be refreshed through contact with the newer developments in education. When the adult education building is completed, a .similar oppor- tunity will be provided for men and women in other professions. Unlike the teachers they can not spend an entire quarter or even a summer term on the campus. But it will be possible for them to come for ten days or more to attend a short course. For one period, doctors may occupy the new building, for another, lawyers, for another, ministers, for still another, business men, and so on through the various professions and occupations. Each group will give special attention and devote intensive study to the major problems in its particular field. Each short course will be so arranged that those attending will become familiar with the latest discoveries and the foremost developments in the areas of their special interest. The possibilities of these urefresherf' courses are sufficient to challenge the most active and vivid imaginations. Graduates of the past, graduates of this year, and graduates of tomorrow can well afford to set aside short periods for full-time intensive study. Through such effort there will gradually emerge a higher grade of professional service to the local communities, to the state, and to the nation.

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