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1919] 3.

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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International News Service (Hearst) a. Inferior state service; fair national b. Local correspondent: C. E. Davis, Champaign News

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II, Activities Educational 1. Short Courses a. Agriculture—Two weeks during winter b. Highway engineering 2« Extension a. Farm institutes (1) Faculty men attend, speak, and act as judges b. Home Economics (1) Number of people reached (a) Attendance at movable schools (b) Attendance at separate lectures and demonstrations .. . . (c) Personal interview by city advisers (d) Personal interview by county advisers ,. (e) Personal interview'by demonstrators., (f) Personal interview by organizers (g) Attendance at city adviser's lectures.. .. t (h) Attendance at county adviser's lectures (i) Attendance at demonstrators lectures (j) Attendance at organizers lectures Total. (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

36,100 17,946 4,925 2,228 1,689 16,141 57,284 76,982 24,946 77,462 315,703

Assisted with 54 food shows last year Sent out conservation material to 1,035 state papers Demonstration car Held two schools for housekeepers 79 weeks of movable, or demonstration, school (a) Attendance 36,100 (7) War Work (a) Ten permanent county advisers Organization work going on in 9 other counties (b) Five city agents appointed:—Chicago, Rockford, Peoria, Springfield, East St. Louis c. Exhibits (1) Engineer's test car (2) Home economics car (3) Stock show (4) Chrysanthemum show 3. Community Advisor a. Better community conference held at University (1) Attendance usually about 500 (a) 400 of these from out of town 4. Visitors a. High School Visitor (1) Visited 240 schools last year; usually gives talk b. Faculty members deliver addresses at (1) High school commencements (2) Society meetings (3) Conventions HI. Publicity Through Social and Miscellaneous Channels A. Athletics 1. Travel of teams and resulting publicity