Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin, for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30 ...

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Page 313 - In 1922 on special request the secretary of the Department of Debating and Public Discussion of the University Extension Division of the University of Wisconsin, collected information from the land grant colleges.
Page 100 - Agriculture and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, in the proportion which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States...
Page 100 - That there is also appropriated an additional sum of $600,000 for the fiscal year following that in which the foregoing appropriation first becomes available, and for each year thereafter for seven years a sum exceeding by $500,000 the sum appropriated for each preceding year, and for each year thereafter there is permanently appropriated for each year the sum of $4,100,000 in addition to the sum of $480,000 hereinbefore provided...
Page 296 - In cooperation with the Legislative Reference Department of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, the Library School also offers a special course of training for legislative and municipal reference work and the various sociological phases of library service. The course is Intended for college graduates with special aptitude and personal qualifications for this type of library service who have a definite preparation in political science, economics, and sociology. The...
Page 296 - Course In cooperation with the Legislative Reference Department of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, the Library School also offers a special course of training for legislative and municipal reference work and the various sociological phases of library service. The course is intended for college graduates with special aptitude and personal qualifications for this type of library service who have a definite preparation in political science, economics, and sociology.
Page 219 - The following table from the report of the dean of the extension division of the University of Wisconsin for the biennial period ending July 1, 1914, shows the experience in that institution : Correspondence study student preparation. 1912-13. 1913-14. Number of students below the sixth grade 35 52 Number of students attained the sixth grade 42 51 Number of students attained the seventh grade 112 99 Number of students attained the eighth grade 441 513 Number of students graduated from high school...
Page 81 - STATES STEAMER VARUNA. UNITED STATES STEAMER BROOKLYN, Off New Orleans, April 29, 1862. SIR : In accordance with your request, I beg leave to submit the following report : On the night of the 24th, after all hands had been called to quarters, I visited the different divisions to see that all the men were at their stations and ready for action. From the time of lifting our anchor until we arrived at the forts the men were quiet and orderly at their stations. When abreast of...
Page 66 - ... one of them is known to be still active. Nor has any been organized during the year except a botanical expedition which is about to start as the year closes. This expedition was made possible by a cooperative arrangement between the New York Botanical Garden, the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University, the Bureau of Plant Industry of the Department of Agriculture, and the National Museum, the latter's share consisting in allowing Dr. JN Rose, associate curator of the division of plants, to take...
Page 197 - Those six districts cover (H>.-2 per cent of the total area of the State. Including the counties worked from the home office, those lying near Madison, the area of the State covered is about 77 per cent." (Report of the Dean of the Extension Division, Bulletin of the University of Wisconsin, No. 716, general series No. 520.) In a paper read before the First National University Extension Conference at Madison. Wis.. in 1915.
Page 219 - ... study student preparation. 1912-13. 1913-14. Number of students below the sixth grade 35 52 Number of students attained the sixth grade 42 51 Number of students attained the seventh grade 112 99 Number of students attained the eighth grade 441 513 Number of students graduated from high school 331 442 Number of students attained business college 145 158 Number of students attained or graduated from normal school. 102 169 Number of students attained college 282 316 Number of students attained or...

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