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» the nation’s leaders and its better citizens. The curricula versity and Educational Archives, the University Place-  
of a state university should be so designed and its ment Service, the University of Kentucky Press, Radio,
{ teachings so directed that the state and the nation will Television, and Films Studios, the Home Study Pro-
{ have more men and women of intellectual interest and gram, the Extension Class Program, the Evening Class
i' achievements; men and women possessing character, Program, the University Centers, the Audio Visual
ideas, ingenuity, moral responsibility, and general com- Services, the Department of Public Relations, the Engi-
petence; men and women who can provide the knowl- neering Experiment Station, the Kentucky Geological
edge and technical skills to cope with a national and Survey, the Kentucky Research Foundation, the Child
world situation growing ever more complex and difficult. Guidance Service, the Industrial Psychological Service,
the Social Research Consultation Service, the Medical
2‘ THE RESEARCH FUNCTION Center to include the University Hospital and related
It is IRC RRsIR€ss OI R state RRIV€IsIIY to RRVRRCC services, the Bureau of Community Service (Sociology),
V the frontiers of knowledge in all areas of concern to the Placement Service, the Cgynputing Center, and
modern society. Much research, in other words, should Worksllops and eenteteneeg
· be done with no compulsion other than the urge to see
i beyond the present borders of nian’s knowing.
On the other hand, the research program of a state History
university, and narticularly a land-grant institution, . . .
1 cannot ignore thi contemporary requirements of state Almflst 3 ccntuly ago the mlmclc of Pubhc higher
and nation. Rather the program should be effectively cducgtmn was mamly H dream' Among the eloquent
__ · ·, · C · spokesmen of that dream was ]ohn B. Bowman, first
_ correlated with non-university research and it should . .
\ . seek solutions to the acute problems of society whether regent Of the Agllculmml al1d,M€chamcal College Of
i they be economic, technological, social, cultural, or Kmtucky Umv€mty’ whs Send In 1865:
111018]- “I want to build up a people’s institution, a
E_ THE EXTENDED SEEVTDES EDNCTTDN great free university, eventually open and acces-
In the main, the University is characterized by a sible to the pwrest boy ul the l(m4’ who may
· - · come and receive an education practical and suit-
concern for the hfe about rt and by a zeal for service , . . .
to the people whom it represents and who lend it sup- able for any business OT profession m life' .1 Want
port. '1`he state university has found that it cannot have ‘ to Cheapen this whole matter of ellucatlom SO
the desired impact on society unless its teaching is than undedthe lima?] mid exp(mSlVe1llHue71CeS.Of
\j extended beyond the campus classroom, unless its re- OlN,,mpllbllCi1n mSmutlOnS' and our advmicmg
search is in some measure translated into economic and Cmlmmom It may nm.flee’ as Our great TWeTS’
_ · · _ - · and bless the conung millions.
social improverncnts, and unless its leadership and , , . . .
_ ‘IIrthert0, our colleges and universities have
_ example elevate the cultural and moral tone of the .
·· · · · · been accessible only to the few, such are the
, nearer and farther communities in wlnch it has its .
setting, expenses attending them. We therefore want a
university with all the colleges attached, giving
4· 'IIIE I-IIIRARY AND MUsEUI*I FUNCTION education of the highest order to all classes. VVe
\ \Vithout an adequate library collection, a university want ample grounds and buildings and libraries,
, u would find it impossible properly to perform its teaching and apparatus, and museums and endowments,
and research functions. l·`or this reason alone the dud {Nile f1111dS, dud professors of gfédf l1€f1d$ and
maintenance of libraries would be proper university l1€¢1TfS, 111611 of faith find €11¢Tg>’- I?1