UNIVERSITY EXTENSION LECTURES.
In September, 1912, the University inaugurated a system of extension
lectures by which the services of various professors are offered each session
to any community in the State which signifies its desire to hear one
or more of these lectures. No charge is made beyond the lecturer's necessary
expenses. No fee need be paid to the lecturer and no entrance fee
can be required of the audience. Applicants for these lectures should indicate
a first, second and third choice of speakers, because it is not always
possible for a professor to leave his work in the University, and each one
can accept only a limited number of engagements. Information as to the
necessary arrangements may be obtained from Professor Charles G. Maphis,
University, Va. The following is the list of the lecturers, with their
subjects, available for the current session. In addition, a number of men
from the student body are available for addresses on the Honor System,
Clean Sport, Avoidance of Disease, and patriotic subjects.
E. A. Alderman, President: Causes of the European War; The Safeguarding
of Democracy for the World; Education and War.
J. C. Bardin, Adjunct Professor of Romanic Languages: What Germany
Tried to Do to Latin America; Latin America—Her People and Her
Geography (Illustrated); (100 Lantern Slides Available).
A. G. A. Balz, Associate Professor of Philosophy: German Philosophy
and the War.
Robert Bennett Bean, Professor of Anatomy: Types of Man; The Head
Hunters of Northern Luzon; The Mohammedans of the Philippines;
Diseases in Relation to Type; Death Rate in Relation to Type.
R. M. Bird, Professor of Chemistry: The Chemical Factor in Modern Warfare;
The Chemist during the Reconstruction Period; The Chemist
Back of the Firing Line; The Accomplishment of Applied Chemistry
in America; The Romance of Steel; Camp Equipment and Camp Life
(Illustrated).
E. I. Carruthers, Bursar: Enlisting the Man.
R. H. Dabney, Dean of the Department of Graduate Studies: Why Germany
Was So Terribly Strong; What We Are Fighting For; The
World's Debt to France.
John Staige Davis, Professor of the Practice of Medicine: The Effect of
Alcohol on the Human Body and Mind.
W. H. Faulkner, Professor of Germanic Languages: Storm-Warnings in
German Literature since 1870; German Literature and War Prior to 1870.
Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Professor of Latin: Speech Affinities of the Nations
in the World War, with Special Reference to Latin; Culture History
and Ancient Art.
W. M. Forrest, Professor of Biblical History and Literature: The Prophets
and World Peace; Jesus and the War; The Peace Program of the
Kingdom of God; The Literary Value of the English Bible; The Making
of the Bible; The Hebrew Prophets; The Wise Men of Israel;
Jesus as a Teacher; St. Paul the Man; What High School Pupils
Ought to Know about the Bible; Life in India; The Country Church
and the Rural Problem; Public School Credit for Bible Study.
Charles Hancock, Professor of Mechanical Engineering: The Automobile
in Army Transportation; The Automobile in the Service of the Farmer;
The Care of One's Own Automobile; The Liberty Motor; Smoke Abatement
in its Relation to Fuel Economy; Fuel Economy in the House.
H. P. Johnson, Associate Professor of English Literature: Training for
Service—Plattsburg and After; Fighting beyond the Sea—Why Leave
Our Own Shores?; Some Benefits of the War—A New Meaning of
Democracy; Modern Tendencies in Education; Some English Poets
of Our Day.
R. C. Jones, State Forester: Forestry in France; The Influence of Forests
on Stream Flow; The Proper State Forest Policy for Virginia; How
Owners of Timberland Can Practice Forestry in Virginia; The Immediate
Necessity of a State Forest-Fire-Protection System in Virginia.
H. E. Jordan, Professor of Histology and Embryology: War Responsibility
and Opportunities.
W. A. Kepner, Professor of Biology: Darwin and the War; A Neglected
Aspect of Human Conduct; War and Life's Reality; Animal Activities;
The Place of Education in Life; The Individual and the Species.
I. F. Lewis, Professor of Biology and Agriculture: Potash, Plant Production
and the War; The Biological Factor in History.
Albert Lefevre, Professor of Philosophy: America and the World War;
Philosophy and Life.
C. G. Maphis, Professor of Secondary Education: The American Red
Cross; The Effect of the War on Our Educational Aims and Ideals;
Has German Education Failed?; The High School as a Social Institution;
Thomas Jefferson as Revealed by His Letters; University Extension;
A Plea for the Mother Tongue.
J. C. Metcalf, Professor of English: The Ministry of Democracy; Poetry
and the War World; War and Literature.
S. A. Mitchell, Professor of Astronomy: How to Navigate a Ship; A
Trip to the Moon; The Light and Heat of the Sun; 35,000 Miles with
an Astronomer to See Eclipses of the Sun; Is Mars Inhabited?
J. L. Newcomb, Professor of Civil Engineering: The Engineer in the War;
The Engineer after the War.
J. S. Patton, Librarian of the University: The Library and the State; The
Old Order and the New in Library Purposes; Books and Booklings.
W. S. Rodman, Professor of Electrical Engineering: Electricity in the War.
Lindsay Rogers, Associate Professor of Political Science: Germany's Responsibility
for the War; How Germany Makes War; The War Aims
of the United States; What the War Should Mean to the American
People; The Government of Germany; The American Government and
the War.
W. M. Thornton, Dean of the Department of Engineering: The Farmer's
Roads and How to Improve Them: Macadam and His Followers;
The Automobile and the Roads of the Future.
R. H. Webb, Professor of Greek: The Life of the Ancient Greeks; Greek
Athletics; Recent Discoveries of Greek Literature.
