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History

I dare say that many who know
of this Summer Session of the
U of N will look upon it merely
as some new innovation of the
University's to bring itself more
before the eyes of the public, or to
imitate the customs of other states
in conducting a summer session,
rather than to look behind to the
real needs of the teaching force of
the state, which is really the force
that created the Summer Session.

Too, they will think that its hist--
ory does not extend farther back
than the formal opening on June
24th 1912 or at the remotest date back
to March 5, 1912, when the matter was
voted upon by the Regents.

However there are a few items in
the history of the session that will be
interesting at least to the teachers
themselves.

The need of some such session was
first felt three years ago, when
Deputy Supt. Bray was conducting a
teachers institute in Douglas County.
The institute was not long enough
to satisfy the needs of the teachers
who thought Berkeley too far distant
and too expensive to attend. There