Local Public Libraries And Their Relation To University Extension Classic Reprint

Author : T. C. Chamberlin
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ISBN 13 : 9781331342014
Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book University Extension written by T. C. Chamberlin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from University Extension: An Address Delivered Before the Wisconsin Teachers' Association, at Madison, December 29, 1890 The part universities have played in the intellectual development of the people has not been constant throughout their history, and the place they now occupy is not altogether that which they are destined to fill. In the later mediaeval ages, when the means of learning were limited, the universities of Europe were great intellectual centers to which there flocked thousands of students, embracing not merely youth but men of all ages and conditions. It is estimated that there gathered at Bologna, in the climax of its prosperity, as many as 10,000 students. They came from all parts of Europe; were possessed of all grades of attainments; remained at the University for various periods, and returned bearing exceedingly varying degrees of learning. Those were the days in which the universities were broadly open and were beneficent to adults to the fullest extent of the limited possibilities of the period. But there came a time of sifting, a time of putting up of bars, followed by a period of exclusiveness, and ultimately of monasticism. The universities began to close their doors to all except those who possessed certain qualifications. It was not enough that there be a desire for learning; there must be the requisite preparation to receive it in the way and form provided. The English universities became segregated into colleges with rigid curricula and sharp limitations. They grew into exclusive communities in other than the intellectual sense. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."