LECTURE FOUNDATIONS.
THE BARBOUR-PAGE LECTURE FOUNDATION.
The University of Virginia is indebted for the establishment of the
Barbour-Page Foundation to the wisdom and generosity of Mrs. Thomas
Nelson Page, of Washington, D. C. In 1907, Mrs. Page donated to the
University the sum of twenty-two thousand dollars, the annual income of
which is to be used in securing each session the delivery at the University
of a series of not less than three lectures by some distinguished man of
letters or of science. The conditions of the foundation require that the
Barbour-Page lectures for each session be not less than three in number;
that they be delivered by a specialist in some branch of literature, science,
or art; that the lecturer present in the series of lectures some fresh aspect
or aspects of the department of thought in which he is a specialist; and
that the entire series delivered each session shall possess such unity that
it may be published by the Foundation in book form.
THE JAPANESE EXCHANGE PROFESSORSHIP.
In 1911 there was founded an exchange professorship between the
United States and Japan for the promotion of a better mutual understanding
between the two nations. Sharing in this foundation are the
following six American universities: Yale University, Columbia University,
the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Virginia, the University
of Illinois, the University of Minnesota. By the terms of the
foundation, each of the above six universities will be visited every other
session by a professor from some one of the imperial educational institutions
of Japan, who will give a short course of lectures, treating some
aspect or aspects of Japanese life. In the alternate years the six American
universities forming the foundation will send a similar representative to
Japan.
THE SOUTHERN EXCHANGE LECTURESHIP.
In 1914 an exchange lectureship was established by Vanderbilt University,
the University of North Carolina, the University of South Carolina,
and the University of Virginia. Under the terms of this lectureship,
each university will send a lecturer to, and will be visited by a lecturer
from, one of the other universities participating in the lecture foundation.
Each lecturer will lecture before the classes in the subject in which he is
a specialist, and will in addition deliver one or more public addresses, at
the university to which he is sent.
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. Information as to the necessary arrangements may
be obtained from Professor W. H. Heck, University, Va. The following is
the list of the lecturers, with their subjects, available for the current
session:
Albert Balz, Adjunct Professor of Philosophy, "The Mind of the
Crowd."
J. C. Bardin, Adjunct Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, "South
America."
R. M. Bird, Professor of Chemistry, "The Romance of Steel."
E. I. Carruthers, Bursar, "What the Public Should Know About
Banking."
R. H. Dabney, Professor of History, "The Historical Background of
the Present European War."
J. S. Davis, Professor of the Practice of Medicine and Pediatrics.
"Alcohol and the Human Body."
A. M. Dobie, Professor of Law, "Law and Language."
Graham Edgar, Associate Professor of Chemistry, "The Industrial
Triumphs of Modern Chemistry."
W. H. Faulkner, Professor of Germanic Languages. "German University
Student Life."
Thomas FitzHugh, Professor of Latin, "Ancient Art" (Stereopticon
Views).
J. C. Flippin, Professor of Clinical Medicine, "Home Medication."
W. M. Forrest, Professor of Biblical History and Literature, "The
Literary Influence of the English Bible."
J. S. Grasty, Associate Professor of Economic Geology, "Natural
Wonders of Virginia."
A. E. Hall-Quest, Associate Professor of Education, "Supervised
Study."
W. H. Heck, Professor of Education, "Heredity and Education."
W. M. Hunley, Adjunct Professor of Political Science, "Education for
Citizenship."
H. E. Jordan, Professor of Histology and Embryology, "The Effect of
War Upon the Race."
W. A. Kepner, Associate Professor of Biology, (a) "Animal Adaptations,"
or (b) "Animal Activities."
W. A. Lambeth, Professor of Hygiene, "How to Know the Trees."
Albert Lefevre, Professor of Philosophy, "Some Common Errors is
Thinking."
C. G. Maphis, Professor of Secondary Education, (a) "The High
School as a Social Institution," or (b) "Thomas Jefferson as Revealed by
His Letters."
H. T. Marshall, Professor of Pathology, "The Health Problems of a
Community."
S. A. Mitchell, Professor of Astronomy, "A Trip to the Moon" (Stereopticon
Views).
T. W. Page, Professor of Economics, "What Is an American?"
D. H. Ramsey, Instructor in Economics, "The Architecture of the
University of Virginia" (Stereopticon Views).
C. A. Smith, Professor of English, "The Ministry of Poetry."
W. M. Thornton, Professor of Applied Mathematics, "Good Roads."
R. H. Webb, Professor of Greek, "The Life of the Ancient Greeks."
