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 and is willing to pay the expenses of the lecturer.
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:
J. C. Bardin, Adjunct Professor of Romanic Languages: South and Central
America Before the Arrival of Columbus; Great Mountains and
Great Rivers of the South American Continent; South America and the
People Who Live There Today.
R. M. Bird, Professor of Chemistry: The Accomplishment of Applied
Chemistry in America; The Romance of Steel; Camp Equipment and
Camp Life (Illustrated).
W. W. Brockman, General Secretary of the Y. M. C. A.: Religious Opportunities
of the University.
G. L. Carter, Instructor in Chemistry: A Few Common Questions Which
General Chemistry Can Answer.
R. H. Dabney, Professor of History and Dean of the Department of Graduate
Studies. Historical Background of the Great War; After the War—
What?; The Influence of the Past Upon the Present; Causes and Results
of the Crusades; Why Virginia Seceded.
A. M. Dobie, Professor of Law: Law and Language; Southern Idealism;
The Slavery of the Past.
Graham Edgar, Associate Professor of Chemistry: A Study of the Development
of Modern Industrial Chemistry.
W. M. Forrest, Professor of Biblical History and Literature: 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; Education the Good Genius of the Nation;
Student Obligations; The Task of Education; The School and the
State; Personality in Education; Relation of Patrons to Schools; The
Greatness of the Small College.
R. W. Garnett, formerly Instructor in Social Medicine and Chief of the
University Dispensary: Rural Sanitation; The Danger Zone on the
Farm; Winged Death; The Great White Plague; Malaria; Physical
Handicaps of Children; Health and Efficiency.
J. S. Grasty, Associate Professor of Economic Geology: Natural Wonders
of Virginia; Physiographic Features of Virginia; Safety First Methods
in Mining; The Interpretation of Topography (Illustrated by Lantern
Slides).
A. L. Hall-Quest, Associate Professor of Education: Supervised Study in
All of Its Branches; Instincts That Rule in the Class-Room; Methods
of Developing Lessons; The Aim of Education—The Independent
Thinker; The American School System.
W. H. Heck, Professor of Education: The Health of School Children;
Character Elements in Education; Some Educational Misconceptions.
H. P. Johnson, Adjunct Professor of English Literature: Modern Tendencies
in Education; Some English Poets of Our Day.
R. C. Jones, State Forester and Associate Professor of Forestry: 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.
W. A. Kepner, Associate Professor of Biology: Animal Instincts; Animal
Activities; Some Strange Animals of Virginia.
I. F. Lewis, Professor of Biology and Agriculture: The Food of Plants
and the Potash Question.
Albert Lefevre, Professor of Philosophy: Philosophy and Life.
C. G. Maphis, Professor of Secondary Education: The High School as a
Social Institution; Thomas Jefferson as Revealed by His Letters; University
Extension; A Plea for the Mother Tongue.
H. T. Marshall, Professor of Pathology: Tuberculosis and the Public
Welfare.
S. A. Mitchell, Professor of Astronomy: 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?
E. J. Oglesby, Instructor in Mathematics: Magic Squares and Some Surprising
Mathematical Facts.
J. S. Patton, Librarian of the University: The Library and the State; The
Old Order and the New in Library Purpose; Books and Booklings.
L. S. Pratt, Instructor in Organic Chemistry: Dyes and the Dye-Stuff
Situation; Coal and Its Place in Modern Life.
Lindsay Rogers, Adjunct Professor of Political Science: The Political
Theories of Woodrow Wilson; The United States and the Future Peace
of the World; Political Tendencies in the United States; Democracy
and Diplomacy.
W. M. Thornton, Professor of Applied Mathematics and 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.
L. R. Whipple, Adjunct Professor of Journalism: Reading the Newspaper;
The Better Newspaper; The New Dominion.
