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E D U C A TIO N FO R ADULTS g
INCREASES IN OREGON
The tendency to consider orie’s edu
cation completed when he finishes
school is disappearing. In every part of
the country the interest in continuing
education for adults is increasing rap
idly. In Oregon it is the general exten
sion division which is charged with
providing as wide an offering in adult
education as may be possible o n a state
wide basis. Through extension centers
at Portland and Vanport, in classes
i n , nearly 40 other towns and com
munities in the state, and by means
of correspondence . courses,"^ the oppor
tunities are offered.
From a total enrollment of 4800 in
1942-43, total enrollments increased to
.13720 in 1946-47. (nearly three rimes
as m a n y ). But it is not only in formal
classes and correspondence courses that
the increase in service has been noted.
The popularity of the farm and home
„programs of radio station KOAG is
increasing and a larger proportion of
the citizeps of Oregon are listening to
these programs. The School of the Air
has more listeners than ever before.
/■Visual instruction is more important
since the war, and in. clubs and , granges
and other groups, as Well- as in school
rooms, the use of visual aids has in-
Icreased tremendously.
Institutes of International Relations
have been held in many parts of the
state, providing forums and lectures
on matters of immediate concern in
the relations? of our; nation w ith the
U. (N . and with other countries.
OregoP’s Extension. Division, repre
senting all of the resources of?the state
system of higher education* is better
6rgani±ed this year than'ever before t a
meet the needs of the great state whicB
it serves. Additional staff makes pos
sible a more complete coverage of the
state, from Brookings to Miltbn-Free-
water, and from Astoria 1 to ' Ontario.
Every effort is being made to meet a l|
of the requests th at come in and to
Eugene
Hotel
Eugene, Oregon
Headquarters
For All Occasions
C. E. McLean, Mgr.
Eugene Concrete Pipe
& Products Co.
P.O.BOX 947 - EUGENE, OREGON