 | The University of Virginia record February 15, 1922 |  |
BUREAU OF EXTENSION.
OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
| Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D. | President |
| Charles Gilmore Maphis | Director |
| Elsie Marie Maphis | Secretary |
FACULTY: 1921-22.
Division of Extension Teaching.
| ROBERT MONTGOMERY BIRD, B.A., B.S., Ph.D. | Professor of Chemistry |
| GEORGE OSCAR FERGUSON, JR., M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Educational Psychology |
| WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D. | Professor of Secondary Education |
| HERMAN PATRICK JOHNSON, M.A., Ph.M. | Associate Professor of English Literature |
| JAMES COOK BARDIN, M.D. | Associate Professor of Romanic Languages |
| TIPTON RAY SNAVELY, M.A., Ph.D. | Associate Professor of Economics |
| THOMAS FAUNTLEROY BALL, M.S. | Adjunct Professor of Physics |
| ADELAIDE DOUGLAS SIMPSON, B.A., M.A. | Dean of Women |
| MARY ELIZABETH PIDGEON, B.A. | Instructor in Citizenship Education |
| WILLIAM SHIREY KEISTER, M.D. | Instructor in Health Education |
| JOSEPHINE HOLT, B.A. | Supervisor of Romance Languages, Richmond City Schools |
| ROBERT H. WATERFIELD, M.A. | Head of the Department of French, John Marshall High School |
The Bureau of Extension of the University of Virginia offers to the people
of Virginia its services as follows:
I. Division of Extension Teaching.
Extension Teaching courses are courses of instruction corresponding closely
with courses regularly given in the University by regular members of the faculty,
and are under the administration, supervision and control of the University,
either away from the University buildings or at the University, for the
benefit of persons unable to attend the regular courses of instruction and to take
work in residence. Each course represents a definite amount of study corresponding
to an equivalent amount of work done in residence at the University,
and when completed satisfactorily by persons meeting the entrance requirements
of the University, receives the same degree of credit as if taken in residence.
Extension teaching classes have been organized as follows, with a total enrollment
to Jan. 1, 1922, of approximately 333:
Arlington County.
The Junior High School—Professor Smithey.
Callands.
Citizenship and Virginia Government—Miss Pidgeon.
Danville.
Intelligence Tests and their Applications—Professor Ferguson.
Richmond.
Survey of English Literature—Associate Professor Johnson.
Latin America—Associate Professor Bardin.
The Classical Drama of Spain—Associate Professor Bardin.
Elementary and Advanced French—Mr. Waterfield.
Roanoke.
Elementary Sociology—Professor Smithey.
Schoolfield.
Intelligence Tests and their Applications—Professor Ferguson.
Staunton.
The Greek Classics in English—Dean Simpson.
Medical Inspection of Schools—Dr. Keister.
Waynesboro.
Intelligence Tests and their Applications—Professor Ferguson.
Whitmell.
Citizenship and Virginia Government—Miss Pidgeon.
Winchester.
Money and Banking—Associate Professor Snavely.
It is the purpose of the University to extend this service as rapidly as possible,
and application from any community which can organize a class of not less
than fifteen in any subject, will be carefully considered and such class established,
if possible.
II. Division of Extension Lectures.
Lectures by members of the faculty of a popular or technical nature or
addresses for commencement or other special occasions will be furnished to any
community which will pay the traveling expenses of the lecturer.
A list of available lecturers, which includes a large proportion of the members
of the faculty, with the subjects of their lectures will be furnished upon application.
III. Division of Debate and Public Discussion.
Through the Virginia High School Literary and Athletic League special
bulletins and handbooks containing information on pertinent questions for public
other organization applying for them, and assistance in conducting this work
will be given.
The following are some of the bulletins that have been published and will be
sent to any person applying for them:
The Country Church; Literary Societies—1. Organization, Parliamentary
Forms and Rules. 2. Debates—Arguments and References; Woman's Suffrage;
Good Roads; Compulsory Education; Program for the use of Sunday Schools
and Churches in the Observance of Country Church Day; Official Syllabus of
Bible Study for High School Pupils; Compulsory Military Training; A Study of
School Recesses; A League to Enforce Peace; Government Ownership of Railroads;
Compulsory Arbitration; Proceedings of School of Citizenship; Proceedings
Rural Life Conference, Richmond, Va.
IV. Division of Physical Education and High School Athletics.
Through the Athletic Division of the Virginia High School Literary and
Athletic League, athletics of every form have been organized for the purpose
of promoting wholesome training and exercise among the pupils of Virginia
schools and the development of clean amateur sportsmanship. To this end, the
State has been organized into five districts, each District through a Local Committee
managing its own athletic contests under the general rules and regulations
adopted by the League. State contests and schedules are arranged in football,
baseball, basketball, and track, and, in addition to these, local prize contests for
individual schools in every branch of athletics are arranged for both boys and
girls.
The University publishes and distributes annually a manual containing the
rules and regulations under which all of these contests are held, and this bulletin
is available to any person applying for it.
V. Division of Citizenship Education.
Through the Division of Citizenship Education short courses in Citizenship
have been conducted throughout the State and are still available to any community
desiring them. Extension teaching courses in Citizenship and Virginia Government
are also offered.
VI. Division of Package Libraries.
The Library of the University will lend a limited number of package libraries,
containing information on public questions for discussion, to schools and organizations
applying and willing to pay transportation charges.
VII. Division of Publication.
For the purpose of disseminating information and carrying the results of
study, research and investigation of its faculty to as many people as possible,
the Bureau will publish ten special bulletins on various subjects each year.
These bulletins will be sent free of cost to all persons applying to be placed on
the mailing list.
VIII. Division of Home Reading Courses.
The United States Bureau of Education has made the Extension Bureau of
the University a distributing agency for its Reading Courses, and all of the literature
sent out by the Bureau of Education is now distributed through the Extension
Bureau. The papers are corrected and graded and certificates made out
by the University. The following courses are now available:
Great Literary Bibles; Great Literature; Course for Parents; Course for
Boys; Course for Girls; 30 Books of Great Fiction; 30 World Heroes; American
Literature; 30 American Heroes; American History; France and Her History;
Heroes of American Democracy; The Call of Blue Waters (Seamanship);
Iron and Steel; Shipbuilding; Machine Shop Work; Foreign Trade; Dante;
Master Builders of To-day; Teaching; Twenty Good Books for Parents.
Arrangements have been made with the Virginia State Library for persons
pursuing the Home Reading Courses to borrow the necessary books by paying
the cost of carriage each way. Application should be made to Dr. R. H. McIlwaine,
State Librarian, Richmond, Virginia.
IX. Division of Short Courses.
It is the purpose of the Extension Bureau to offer a number of short courses,
which will be lecture conferences lasting from several days to a week, devoted
to the extension study of some particular problem in which any group of persons
may be interested. These short courses are intended primarily for professional,
vocational, or business groups, and will be conducted by means of lectures
and conferences led by special lecturers and instructors both from within and
from outside of the University. Business Men's short courses, short courses for
Teachers on a special subject, short courses in Citizenship, etc., will be given.
| The University of Virginia record February 15, 1922 | |