The committee consisted of the
following; B. D. Kunkle 'O7, presi
dent of the Association, S. K.
Varnes 'O6, secretary of the Asso
ciation, V. M. Weaver '99. Dr. R.
E. Holmes 'B6, Wm. A. Moore '96,
B. W. Demming '92, J. C. Reed 'O9,
Gabriel Hiester '6B, J. L. Stewart
'99, S. E. Miller 'O3, C. W. Hardt
'97, E. S. Frey 'O3, A. R. Calder
'77, L. A. Harding '99, R. L.
Kell 'O5, J. P. Jackson 'B9.
Professor H. K. Richardson to Have
Charge of Electrochemical
Engineering.
The place now vacant on account
of the absence of Dr. Ralph E.
Myers, until recently, assistant pro
fessor of electrochemical engineer
ing, has just been filled by the ap
pointment of Professor H. K. Rich
ardson, who comes to us highly
recommended.
Professor Richardson was gradu
ated from the Massachusetts Insti
tute of Technology in the year 1904.
He took the course in electrochem
ical engineering, and made an ex
cellent record. The year after
graduation he taught at the In
stitute as a personal assistant of Dr.
Gill, who is well known throughout
the country. Since that time he
has been connected with the
National Carbon Company at Cleve
land, Ohio, in the capacity of an
electrochemical engineer in charge
of certain phases of the research
work and experimental investigation
of that concern. He is therefore
well equipped to enter the work here
and it is believed that he will prove
a valuable addition to our engineer
ing instruction force.
Professor Richardson and his
family will probably occupy one of
the Foster flats.
Mrs. Butz has donated to the
public schools of the Village the
microscope used by Prof. Butz.
The present is highly appreciated,
since the school was in need of such
an instrument.
THE STATE COLLEGIAN
Prof. Reber's Work at Wisconsin.
A very interesting pamphlet has
been published on "University Ex
tension in State Universities" by
Prof. Louis E. Reber, Director of
University Extension at the Uni
versity of Wisconsin, formerly Dean
of the Engineering Department
here. The pamphlet is a repri:it of
a speech delivered by Prof. Reber
at the meeting of the National Asso
ciation of State Universities held at
Washington, D. C., Nov. 16, 1908.
He starts out with an account of
the historical development of the
extension movement from the early
days of our Republic to the present
time. After speaking of the ex
tension work in a number of the
state universities and agricultural
colleges and schools, he continues
with an account of the work in the
University of Wisconsin, where it is
probably more comprehensive than
in any other institution in the coun
try. The principles of extension
are to be applied there to every in
dustry in which the people of the
state are employed. The work is
divided into four departments : cor
respondence-study, instruction by
lectures, debating and public dis
cussion, and general information
and welfare.
In the correspondence-study the
state is to be divided into districts
with a university representative and
assista3ts in each district. Thus far
its introduction has been mainly in
Milwaukee, where the employers in
many large factories have given it
hearty co operation, allowing the
men time in working hours for class
es, providing properly equipped
rooms, and in one case partly pay
ing for the instruction. The great
value of instruction in this depart
ment to the people of the state is
hardly conceivable.
The department of debating and
public discussion has gained a re
markable hold upon the people of
the state. The object is to create
and foster public interest in current
questions, by assisting in the for
mation of debating societies, and by
collecting and classifying reference
material to be loaned to individuals
and societies.
The department of general infor
mation and welfare is designed to
gather the stores of information of
the expert and republish them in
simple and practical form for the
people of the state at little or no
cost to them and thus to enlist their
interest. The desire is not only to
help those who ask for assistance,
but also those who might be bene
fited if there interest were aroused.
The February issue of the Ameri
can Magazine contains a very inter
esting article by Steffens on the ex
tension work in Wisconsin, but it
deals mainly with the work in agri
culture. Mr. Steffens speaks high
ly of Prof. Reber's work, referring
to him as an expert engineer of high
ability.
Honor Examinations.
To the Editor:
Has not the time come when the
College student body should take
up, seriously, as a whole, the ques
tion of an honor system in class
work, quizzes, and examinations?
Are we not all thoroughly ashamed
of the dishonesty and cheating
which our present system permits,
and which has been so long con
doned by the student body? Is it
not well to save the bitter sorrow
that comes to the oarents of those
who are'caught, as well as the suf
fering of the men themselves? And
is it not desirable that we put our
selves in a position where faculty,
students, and alumni can all be
proud of the honor of our Alma
Mater in this as in other particulars.
Lehigh and Princeton are both
upon the honor system and it would
be impossible to get their student
bodies to change to the old misera
ble system of surveillance and spy
ing. An Alumnus,