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plans for such a Division were laid before the legislature,
and adequate funds requested to make the work profitable
and effective.
 Consequently a special bill was passed by which the Gen-
eral Extension Division was created, with an appropriation of
$50,000 for the biennium. The terms of this special bill are
significant in that they set forth the purpose of the General
Extension Division, "To gather information on all subjects
helpful to the people of Florida, and to carry it to them; to
spread knowledge among them; to stimulate thought and
knowledge among the people for their mutual improvement."
 Thus the General Extension Division became the sixth
main division of the University; and Dr. Murphree realized
his desire to enable the University to serve all the people of
the state, regardless of previous opportunity or training.
 Dr. Murphree selected Mr. B. C. Riley as director of the
General Extension Division and he took charge October 1,
1919. The appropriation permitted him to secure a splendid
staff and under his energetic direction work was begun at once.
 In the first annual report of the director to President Mur-
phree, Director Riley points out that a new record was set by
the Division through its correspondence study bureau, in that
with a small white population scattered over 58,666 square
miles in the state and without the aid of a field organizer,
1,305 registrations had been recorded during the first ten
months. The registrations had come from each of the fifty-
four counties in Florida and from persons interested in Flor-
ida living in thirteen other states and two foreign countries.
 The General Extension Division serves both the University
of Florida and the Florida State College for Women, repre-
senting the Colleges of Arts and Science and Education of
both institutions; the Colleges of Engineering and Architecture,
Law and Pharmacy at the University; and the School of Music
at the State College. The work of the Division has been
divided into six departments: Extension Teaching, Auditory
Instruction, Citizenship Training, Visual Instruction, General
Information and Service and Extension Research. The Ex-
tension Teaching Department has been designed to give all
who cannot attend the University or College an opportunity