 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1931 |  |
DIVISION OF EXTENSION
EDWIN ANDERSON ALDERMAN, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
President of the University
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, M.A.
Director of the Division of Extension
GEORGE WILLARD EUTSLER, M.A.
Associate Director
Administrative Committee: The Director and Professors Gee, Nelson, Kincaid,
Maphis, Voshell, Clemons and Buchanan.
Administrative Officers
JOHN ALEXANDER RORER, M.A.
Assistant Professor in Charge of Extension Teaching
CHARLES HENRY KAUFFMAN, B.S., M.A.
Executive Secretary, Bureau of School Relations
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES HEINRICH, B.A.
Secretary, Bureau of Citizenship Education
LULA OCILLEE ANDREWS, M.A.
Local Director, Petersburg Extension Center and Assistant Director,
Richmond Center
ARTHUR FRANCIS MACCONOCHIE, B.Sc. (Engrg.) London
Supervisor Engineering Extension
LUTHER GREENE
Executive Secretary, Bureau of School and Community Drama
HENRY HORACE HIBBS, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Local Director, Richmond Extension Center
JOHN HEATH LEWIS, E.C., E.M.
Local Director, Lynchburg Extension Center
MARY B. DUNCAN, M.A.
Local Director, Roanoke Extension Center
ELEANOR WORTHINGTON SELDEN
Secretary
FREDERICA VIRGINIA SELDEN
Secretary
NELLIE IMOGENE COPPS
Extension Librarian
MARGARET ELIZABETH HUFFMAN, B.A.
Secretary of Accounts
VIRGINIA PLATT McCLUER, B.S.
Secretary
ELOISE TILMAN MAUPIN
Secretary
EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS
ALIMAE AIKEN, M.A.
Professor of Fine Arts, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
LULA OCILLEE ANDREWS, M.A.
Extension Instructor in English and Education, University of Virginia.
ELIZABETH W. BAKER, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
FRANK KUGLER BAKER, B.E.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
G. G. BAKER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
ROBERT HARVIE BARKER, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Sociology, University of Virginia.
ALBERT JULIUS BARLOW, B.A., C.P.A.
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Virginia.
WILLIAM IRVING BARTLETT, B.A.
Assistant Professor of English, Roanoke College.
D. N. BAXTER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Hopewell.
ROBERT CECIL BEALE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Lynchburg College.
WILLIAM GLEASON BEAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, Washington and Lee University; Formerly
Instructor in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
CHARLES RAYMOND BROWN, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of History and Government, Roanoke College.
R. M. BUSH, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Hopewell.
ALICE E. CARTER, B.S., M.A.
Supervisor of Grammar Grades, Campus Training School.
B. H. CHAMPION, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN COGGIN, M.A.
Professor of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
CARL Y. CONNOR, B.A., A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Sweet Briar College.
FLEETA COOPER, B.S.
Assistant in History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Farmville.
M. BOYD COYNER, M.A.
Associate Professor of Education and Psychology, State Teachers College,
Farmville.
WAYNE DENNIS, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia.
RAYMOND CARLYLE DINGLEDINE, B.S., M.S.
Professor of History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
MARY LOUISE DINWIDDIE
Assistant Librarian and Instructor in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
EILEEN KRAMER DODD, Ph.B., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
C. ALLMAND EDWARDS, B.A., M.A.
Supervisor of Teacher Training and Principal of Campus Training School,
State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
GEORGE WILLARD EUTSLER, A.B., M.A.
Associate Director of Extension and Instructor in Education, Summer
Quarter, University of Virginia.
WALTER ABRAHAM FLICK, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Psychology, Washington and Lee University.
JOSEPH KIRK FOLSOM, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Sociology, Sweet Briar College.
WILLIAM MENTZEL FORREST, B.A.
John B. Cary Memorial Professor of Biblical Literature, University of
Virginia.
EARLY LEE FOX, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History and Political Science, Randolph-Macon College.
LUDWIG REINHOLD GEISSLER, B.Litt., Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Randolph-Macon Woman's College; Instructor in
Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
WALTER JOHN GIFFORD, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education; Dean of the College, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
ARMISTEAD CHURCHILL GORDON, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia.
W. PATTON GRAHAM, M.A.
Professor of Romanic Languages, University of Virginia.
JAMES M. GRAINGER, B.A., M.A.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Farmville.
ORON JAMES HALE, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, University of Virginia.
RAUS McDILL HANSON, B.S., A.M.
Associate Professor of Social Science, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
MARION CLIFFORD HARRISON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
FREEMAN H. HART, M.A.
Professor of History, Hampden-Sydney College.
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES HEINRICH, B.A.
Extension Instructor in Citizenship and Government, University of Virginia.
CHARLES HENDERSON, E.E.
Associate Professor of Experimental Engineering, University of Virginia.
HOWELL MEADOWS HENRY, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of History and Political Science, Emory and Henry
College.
FRANK WILLIAM HOFFER, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia.
MARGARET V. HOFFMAN, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Professor of English, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
H. S. HOLDER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
FLOYD NELSON HOUSE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia.
CHARLES HERBERT HUFFMAN, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
CHARLES NEWTON HULVEY, M.S., LL.B.
Associate Professor of Commercial Law, University of Virginia.
C. C. IDE, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Hopewell.
ARTHUR W. JAMES, B.A.
Director Bureau of County and City Organization of Social Agencies,
State Department of Public Welfare, Special Extension Instructor.
FRANK A. JASKI, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
ELLEN LUCILE JENNINGS, B.S., M.S.
Assistant Professor of English, State Teachers College, Farmville.
LEE M. KLINEFELTER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
CHARLES E. A. KNIGHT, B.S., LL.B.
Formerly Instructor in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia; Extension
Instructor in Spanish.
LAWRENCE LEE, B.S.
Instructor in French, Extension Instructor in English, University of
Virginia.
EVANS WILLSON LINDSEY, B.A.
Instructor in Greek and French, Roanoke College.
IRVING LINDSEY, B.A., M.A.
Instructor in Mathematics, University of Virginia.
C. T. LOGAN, B.A., A.M.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
WILLIAM STAPLETON LONG, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, East Radford.
FRANK CARROLL LONGAKER, M.A.
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Roanoke College.
BURT WEED LOOMIS, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Social Science and Education, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
MALCOLM LORIMER MacLEOD, B.S., M.S.
Instructor in English, University of Virginia.
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, M.A., Ph.D., Dean of the Department of Education.
Professor of Educational Administration, University of Virginia.
JOHN N. McILWRAITH, B.S., M.A.
Professor of History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
ADELAIDE ADELIA MAYO, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Nursing Education, University of Virginia.
JAMES SHANNON MILLER, Jr., B.S., B.A., E.E.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Virginia.
JAMES STRONG MOFFATT, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Washington and Lee University.
GRACE B. MORAN
Primary Supervisor in Rural Training Schools, State Teachers College, Farmville.
GRACE MARGARET PALMER, B.A., Ph.B., M.A.
Associate Professor of Fine Arts, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
JAMES FREDERICK PEAKE, M.A.
Professor of Political Science, Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
GEORGE GOSE PEERY, M. A.
Professor of Biology, Roanoke College.
RUTH PHILLIPS, Ph.D.
Department of Biology, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
GRACE R. PHINNEY, A.B.
Extension Instructor in Library Science, Roanoke.
CHESTER SQUIRE PHINNEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Modern Languages, Roanoke College.
CALVIN HALL PHIPPINS, M.A.
Instructor in Secondary Education, University of Virginia.
ROBERT M. PINKERTON, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
JULIUS FIELDING PRUFER, A.M.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Roanoke College.
K. C. QUINN, C.P.A.
Extension Instructor in Accounting, Roanoke.
CHARLES H. RAYNOR, B.S., M.S.
Professor of Physics, Roanoke College.
R. G. ROBINSON, A.B., M.E.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
JOHN J. SCHEIBELER, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
WILLIAM SCOTT, M.A., S.T.M.
Professor of Bible and Religious Education, Randolph-Macon Woman's
College.
N. F. SCUDDER, B.S., M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
MARY LOUISE SEEGER, B.S., M.A.
Associate Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
GEORGE EARLIE SHANKLE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
ARCHIBALD BOLLING SHEPPERSON, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.
CLYDE P. SHORTS, B.A.
Associate Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
THOMAS McNIDER SIMPSON, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics, Randolph-Macon College.
WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Secondary Education, University of Virginia.
TIPTON RAY SNAVELY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Virginia.
GEORGE WASHINGTON SPICER, B.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Virginia.
GEORGE TALMAGE STARNES, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University
of Virginia.
WILLIAM HENRY STOUFFER, M.A., Ph.D.
Formerly Associate Research Professor of Rural Social Economics, University
of Virginia; Extension Instructor in Business Administration.
FLORENCE HAMER STUBBS, B.S.
Associate Professor of History and Social Science, State Teachers College,
Farmville.
FRANK A. TABER, M.A.
Director of Music, Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
JOSEPH LEE VAUGHAN, B.A., M.A.
Instructor in English, University of Virginia.
JAMES ELLIOTT WALMSLEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History and Social Science, State Teachers College, Farmville.
F. H. WHITAKER, S.M.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
WINSTON WILKINSON
Instructor in Music, University of Virginia.
EUSTACE EVAN WINDES, M.A.
Associate Professor of Secondary Education, University of Virginia.
THADDEUS BRAXTON WOODY, B.A., M.A.
Assistant Professor of Romanic Languages, University of Virginia.
JOHN COOK WYLLIE, B.A.
Assistant Reference Librarian, University of Virginia.
WALTER JORGENSEN YOUNG, A.B., A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Elementary Education, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
LECTURERS AND CONFERENCE LEADERS
FRANK BANE, B.A.
State Commissioner of Public Welfare; Former Associate Professor of Applied
Sociology, University of Virginia.
JAMES COOK BARDIN, M.D.
Professor of Romanic Languages, University of Virginia.
FRANK STRINGFELLOW BARR, M.A.
Professor of History, University of Virginia.
ABRAHAM BERGLUND, B.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Virginia.
GEORGE EDWARD BROOKS, B.S., B.L.I.
Associate Professor of Public Speaking, College of William and Mary.
HON. J. SINCLAIR BROWN
Speaker of the House of Delegates of Virginia.
SCOTT MILROSS BUCHANAN, B.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia.
WILLIAM E. CARSON
Chairman, State Conservation and Development Commission.
HON. H. G. COCHRAN
Judge Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, Norfolk.
E. R. COMBS
Comptroller of Virginia.
CHARLES KIDDER DAVENPORT, B.A., B.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia.
LAMBERT DAVIS, B.A., M.A.
Managing Editor, Virginia Quarterly Review.
MELVIN GARDNER deCHAZEAU, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Commerce, University of Virginia.
EDITH CRUZAN FICKENSCHER
Instructor in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
WILSON GEE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Rural Economics and Rural Sociology and Director of the
Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Virginia.
EDWIN H. GIBSON
Assistant to the Attorney-General of Virginia.
EDWARD MOSELEY GWATHMEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, College of William and Mary.
HON. SIDNEY B. HALL, M.A., D.Ed.
State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
HON. HARRIS HART
Formerly State Superintendent of Public Instruction.
NILS HAMMARSTRAND, B.A., M.A., C.E.
Assistant Professor of the History of Art, University of Virginia.
ATCHESON LAUGHLIN HENCH, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, University of Virginia.
LLEWELLYN GRIFFITH HOXTON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Physics, University of Virginia.
DUNCAN CLARK HYDE, B.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Virginia.
BUFORD JOHNSON, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology, Johns Hopkins University.
FRANKLIN JOHNSON, A.M., Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, College of William and Mary, School of Social
Work and Public Health, Richmond.
HARVEY ERNEST JORDAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Histology and Embryology, University of Virginia.
WILLIAM ALLISON KEPNER, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Biology, University of Virginia.
ELBERT ALVIS KINCAID, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Virginia.
HENRY C. KREBS, B.S., M.A.
Associate Professor of Education, College of William and Mary.
IVEY FOREMAN LEWIS, M.S., Ph.D.
Miller Professor of Biology and Agriculture, University of Virginia.
ARTHUR FRANCIS MACCONOCHIE, B.Sc. (Engrg.) London
Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Virginia.
CHARLES GILMORE MAPHIS, Ped.D., Ph.D.
Professor of Education, Director of the Institute of Public Affairs, University
of Virginia.
FRANK McLEAN, M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, College of William and Mary.
JOHN CALVIN METCALF, M.A., Litt.D., LL.D.
Linden Kent Memorial Professor of English Literature, University of Virginia.
SAMUEL ALFRED MITCHELL, M.A., Ph.D., LL.D.
Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Leander McCormick Observatory,
University of Virginia.
C. H. MORRISSETT
State Tax Commissioner of Virginia.
WILBUR ARMISTEAD NELSON, M.A.
Corcoran Professor of Geology, University of Virginia.
HIS EXCELLENCY, JOHN GARLAND POLLARD
Governor of Virginia.
BRUCE DODSON REYNOLDS, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Zoölogy, University of Virginia.
JOSEPH KENT ROBERTS, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Geology, University of Virginia.
LAWRENCE THOMAS ROYSTER, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia.
HON. JOHN R. SAUNDERS
Attorney-General of Virginia.
JOHN A. SAWHILL, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Latin and Greek, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
MANDEL SHERMAN
Director Child Research Center, Washington, D. C.
PETER VAN DE KAMP, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia.
ALLEN FISKE VOSHELL, B.S., M.D.
Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Virginia.
DR. ENNION G. WILLIAMS
Health Commissioner of Virginia.
J. HARVIE WILKINSON, Jr., B.S.
Extension Instructor in Business Administration, University of Virginia.
JAMES SOUTHALL WILSON, M.A., Ph.D.
Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English, University of Virginia.
The adult education activities of the University are administered under
the Division of Extension. At the time of its inauguration, a little over a
decade ago, only a few American universities had made any extended and
organized effort to meet the educational needs of mature men and women
beyond the campus limits. Following the lead of English universities, where
this phase of education had its conception in the latter half of the nineteenth
a considerable portion of their thought and energy to the more widespread
diffusion of learning into everyday life of the state. The University of Virginia
has sought to realize the vision of its founder by participating intelligently
in this as well as other attempts to reach every description of our
citizens.
There were few precedents to follow when Extension work was first
organized at the University of Virginia. During the short period of its
growth, the Division has changed its methods of off-campus instruction to
correspond with the newer demands and to conform more nearly with its
developing ideas of the University's responsibilities in the field of adult
education. As a result, much of its attention today is directed to the purpose
of interpreting adult education and of keeping the ideal of continuing education
before the people of the State; and of encouraging local communities
and appropriate organizations to establish adult education institutions especially
for those unprepared to undertake education on a university level.
Probably the most clearly defined and objective phase of the Division's work
consists in bringing education on the university level to college graduates
and other mature adults throughout the state who are qualified to pursue
such courses with pleasure and profit.
Especial effort is made by the Division to coöperate both with individuals
and professional groups in this state. Many features of its program
prophetic of the most far-reaching results are coöperative undertakings.
Through lectures, publications, press reports, conferences and direct correspondence
the Division discusses and defines the adult education movement
and encourages a general consideration of the problems involved. The more
specific contributions of the Division are organized under three principal
Bureaus as follows: Extension Teaching, School Relations and Educational
Aids.
I. Extension Teaching
The work of the Bureau of Extension Teaching is divided into formal
and informal instruction. FORMAL INSTRUCTION includes Extension
courses offered for credit towards a University degree. Only the equivalent
of courses offered in residence are given for credit in Extension. Prerequisites
and general requirements are the same for Extension credit courses
as for courses in residence. In every way possible, the work is made the
equal of that offered at the University.
Students and Fees.—Fifteen or more qualified students are usually required
for a credit class, although under certain circumstances a class may
be organized for a smaller number, as, for example, when a very advanced
course is desired. The usual student class fee is $12.00.
Subjects Offered in Extension Credit Courses.—Cultural courses are emphasized
by the Division but at the same time student participation in the
choice of subject is encouraged. Courses requiring laboratory work, with a
single exception, are not offered for credit in Extension.
Geographical Limitations: In so far as possible the Division will organize
and conduct an Extension class whenever and wherever in this state the
University can in many respects be overcome as explained below.
Coöperation With Other Virginia Colleges.—The University with its
resident faculty cannot alone meet all of the requests for University Extension
credit courses. Rather than attempt to employ a special Extension
faculty of its own, it has asked the coöperation of other higher educational
institutions in Virginia to assist in taking this form of instruction to the
people of the state. The University is responsible for administrative procedure
and general supervision while the several colleges and universities assist in
providing instruction. A more satisfactory geographical distribution of
Extension instructors results.
The universities and colleges now coöperating with the Extension Division,
in the order in which coöperative agreements were made, are as follows:
Roanoke College, Washington and Lee University, Farmville State
Teachers College, Harrisonburg State Teachers College, Fredericksburg
State Teachers College, Randolph-Macon College, Sweet Briar College, Randolph-Macon
Woman's College, Hampden-Sydney College, Lynchburg College,
Emory and Henry College, Radford State Teachers College, William
and Mary College, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
The hearty coöperation of the administrations and faculties of these
institutions is recognized and is sincerely appreciated by the University of
Virginia. The ultimate purposes of the Extension program can, it appears, be
more effectively and generally realized by this coöperative plan than by any
other possible at this time.
Extension Teaching Centers.—The Extension Division maintains, in
addition to offices at the University, local offices in centers in the state from
which the work in the cities or sections represented can best be carried forward.
These centers with addresses are as follows:
Richmond Center, Franklin and Shafer Streets, Richmond.
Roanoke Center, Boxley Building, Roanoke.
Lynchburg Center, E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg.
Petersburg Center, Chamber of Commerce Building, Petersburg.
INFORMAL INSTRUCTION is carried forward principally by two
methods: Conference or lecture courses and home study (correspondence)
courses. Neither method leads to credit towards University degrees.
Conference or Lecture Courses bring together outstanding teachers and
mature men and women who are interested in discussing and studying together,
usually formally, some subject or problem. The Division's interest is,
as with credit courses, in cultural subjects although opportunity for student
choice of subject is furnished. These courses are valuable in reaching on a
high level many adults who are not interested in a form of instruction developed
especially for college youth and designed to give the student academic
credit.
Conferences or lectures in such courses are usually from six to fifteen in
number and at weekly intervals. Organizational requirements as to numbers,
demands or conditions under which each course is conducted.
Home Study, or correspondence instruction, represents the Division's
latest venture in adult educational methods. The method is introduced in an
effort to discover some satisfactory plan for offering educational guidance of
a high order to many isolated men and women—on the farm, in the small
town or in cities where needs are not otherwise met. Work by the method
is frankly experimental. It was begun in 1929. If after three years the
method proves to be ineffective or inadequate, an effort will be made to find
a satisfactory substitute.
At best home study is intelligently directed study. Student initiative is
at a premium and amply provided for.
Emphasis again is on purely cultural courses although courses in education
and social sciences are also included. Work in the physical sciences and
modern languages is not offered by home study. The tuition fee per course
is $15.00. Special catalogues are issued to give complete information in
regard to home study courses.
II. School Relations
The work of this Bureau is concerned primarily in assisting the high
school officials of the state in the conduct for educational purposes of interscholastic
literary and athletic contests. Certain contests culminate annually
in a final state meet at the University held usually in May. Theoretically
at least those exhibiting the highest literary and athletic talents come together
to match wits and skills.
The school relations work also includes a coöperative program with the
Virginia Classical Association for conducting state contests in Latin, and
with the F. F. A.'s, an organization of boys and girls in the state interested
in agriculture, in conducting a state-wide oratorical contest; and the loan of
educational slides and motion pictures and art prints to schools and interested
organizations or individuals throughout the state.
Complete announcements of the work of the Bureau of School Relations
will be sent upon request.
III. Educational Aids
The educational aid services include the following:
Extension Library.—The Division lends by mail under prescribed regulations,
and with certain limitations, books from the University, Extension and
departmental libraries for nominal costs of postage and packing. Emphasis
is on the loan of the best current books, although provision is made for a
wide range of interest. Alphabetical lists of books available for loan are
sent free upon request.
Assistance is also furnished in assembling information and reference material
on subjects of current interest for use by individuals or organizations
requesting such data.
The University Library renders valuable assistance to the Division in
its effort to increase the usefulness of the Extension Library.
Radio and Newspaper Book Reviews.—Closely associated with the library
extension work is that of the weekly reviews of current books, selected on the
basis of merit, by members of the University and associated faculties over
the WRVA broadcasting station in Richmond, Virginia. (The facilities of
WRVA are offered without charge by the Larus Brothers Tobacco Company,
owners and operators of the station.) The Division conducts the
reviews in coöperation with the Virginia Quarterly Review. The reviews
are fifteen minutes in length and are broadcast every Tuesday evening usually
between seven and eight. Only five omissions have occurred since the
weekly talks were begun on November 13, 1928; both in duration and continuity
the reviews are unique in radio broadcasting. The purpose of the
reviews is to give a critical opinion of a selected number of the best current
books.
Special reviews in two forms, a long article dealing with one book and
a brief discussion of several books, are furnished to the newspapers of the
state which request them for publication in their book or feature sections.
A single review in the longer form has been known to have been printed in
seventeen papers; the usual number is ten or twelve. All books reviewed
are loaned upon request by the Extension Library.
Publications.—For the purpose of disseminating and carrying the results
of study, research, and investigation of its faculty to as many people as possible,
the Extension Division publishes twelve bulletins on various subjects
each year. Most of the bulletins are issued free of charge, but for some a
nominal price is set which covers only the cost of printing. The Extension
Division also issues regularly a leaflet, "Extension Topics," which is chiefly
a letter to Extension students serving as a bond between them and the
University; and "University of Virginia Extension," which is circulated
widely as a medium of information about the classes, publications and activities
of the Division. Special care is given to the task of placing the printed materials
in the hands of those who most appreciate and profit by them. A leaflet
published annually describes available Extension publications.
Bureau of School and Community Drama.—The Bureau of School and
Community Drama has as its immediate purpose assistance in the selection
of suitable plays for schools and community organizations. It also offers
help in the actual production or staging of plays. In a few communities of
the state personal assistance in play production will be offered.
Printed announcements giving more fully the services that can be
rendered by this Bureau are sent upon request.
Aid to Teachers of Illiterates.—During the year a limited amount of help
has been given by the Division to those agencies in the state organized for
the eradication of adult illiteracy. At the suggestion of the State Department
of Public Instruction, package libraries containing a few books for
illiterates and materials outlining a method of teaching adult illiterates to
read and write have been assembled. Upon request, these libraries are
loaned teachers of illiterates, and others interested in methods of adult
elementary education. While the Division does not attempt to teach illiterates
or near-illiterates nor to carry forward elementary adult education
in any form, it will continue to assist upon request teachers in these fields.
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