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EXTENSION DEPARTMENT MAKES ANNUAL REPORT Outline of Work Being Done presented to Trustees by Dr. Smith. September to December, 1919. As a result of a meeting of a joint committee from the Board of Trustees and Faculty, held June 10, 1919, the Extension Department was revived at the beginning of this year and a wide program of activities en tered upon. The Faculty Committee in charge consists of Professors Andrew C. Moore, Ch., A. Courtenay Carson, Wilson Gee, James E. Mills, Reed Smith. Reed Smith is director and J. 0. VanMeter, assistant director. Following is a brief outline of some of the important fea tures of the extension work this year: The well established service of the university to the State thru various educational bulle tins and monographs has been continued. A large number of existing bulletins have been mailed out this fall and two new bulletins have been print ed and distributed: (1) A School Program, for South Car olina, by Dora D. Parkinson, is sued by the Department of Pedagogy, and (2) Robert Mills, Architect, by Mr. C. C. Wilson. More than a half dozen other bulletins are in process of preparation and have been approved for publi cation by the Extension Com mittee. The bulletin service of the university has always been and will continue to be one of the most constructive and favora bly known varieties of exten sion work. The lecture service of the university to the public, partic ularly to the educational forces of the State, has not been prac ticable on anything like as large a scale as we should de sire. There are numerous calls for this type of extension ser vice, but the various members of the faculty are charged with so many stated duties in con nection with their classroom work that it is impossible for them to lecture widely thruout the State, and at the same time keep up their teaching. It is President Currell's opinion that this situation is unavoidable un der present conditions, and that the number of extension lec turers must remain limited. The Extension Department is maintaining and extending its supervisory and stimulating di rection of high school athletics thruout the State. The high school championships in foot ball, basketball and baseball have already become standard features of our connection with the high school and attract State-wide attention. Plans are 'already being mad'e to conduct the annual track meet on the university athletic field, to which will come representatives from practically all of the large high schools of the State. Under the stimulus of univer sity management, literary so ciety work and debating has increased remarkably thru the high schools of South Carolina. A number of special bulletins on this and allied subjects have been prepared and are in con stant demand. As formerly, the South Carolina High School Debating League will continue its activities and send to the university in the spring the best debating teams for the an nual championship contest. The department is planning to enlist the aid and co-opera tion of the students in spread ing the services of the .univer sity thruout the State. We will send to certain large high schools the university quartet and a team of four of the best debators. Preceded by a short concert the debators will then stage a first class debate, than which there is no more inter esting form of contest possible. Either the Extension Director or the Executive Secretary of the Alumni Organization will manage this program. At its meeting this summer, at the suggestion of Mr. Fitz Hugh McMaster, a committee from the South Carolina Press Association was appointed to co-operate with the university to prepare a style sheet, which will give the authorative use of the press of South Carolina on matters of punctuation, capital ization and make-up. This style sheet will be issued by the Ex tension Department as soon as it is prepared. Students of the university taking part in the voting con test on the inter-collegiate re ferendum of the league of na tions last week favored the first proposition, desiring the ratifi cation of the league and treaty without reservations or amend ments. Out of 232 voting, 169 favored proposition one, 3 were against the treaty in any form, 10 favored the ratifica tion with the Lodge amend ments, 60 were willing for a compromise. 28 professors took part in the ballot, 16 be ing in favor of ratification with out change, 11 voted for com promise and one was opposed ratification in any form. Reports from other schools show that the Southern colleges favored ratification without chanen by a lare majority. Capitol Cleaning and Pressing Co. 1211 1-2 Main St. Opposite Liberty National Bank Building WER EALLY PRESS'EM AND RETURN THEM ON HANGER SUITS PRESSED WHILE YOU WAIT Peone 1394 J. M. MACK, Prop. Clemson Agricultural College W. M. RIGGS, President. (a) Agriculture-Majors in: Agronomy, Botany, Chem istry, Animal Husb. & Dairying, Entomology, Veterinary Science, Horticulture, Soils. (b) Agricultural Education. 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