University Extension: Has It a Future? (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from University Extension: Has It a Future?<br><br>When Parliament yielding to modern necessities enacted compulsory elementary education it forced on future generations a two-edged weapon. It was certain therefore that as the first generation of the new frégime grew to maturity strong voice would be given to the necessity of yet further changes. The training of early life having been revolutionised all the surroundings of later years were thrown out of gear. It was obvious that sooner or later our whole educational system would have to be recon structed. It is now being generally recognised that we cannot leave things as they are. The output of demoralising literature has greatly increased. An intellectual diet too exclusively of newspapers and novels threatens to emasculate the national mind.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.