 | The University of Virginia record March 15, 1933 |  |
DIVISION OF EXTENSION
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E.
Acting President of the University
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, M.A.
Director of the Extension Division
GEORGE WILLARD EUTSLER, M.A.
Associate Director
Administrative Committee: The Director and Professors Gee, Nelson, Kincaid,
Maphis, Clemons, Buchanan, Ferguson, and Davenport.
Administrative Officers
[1] JOHN ALEXANDER RORER, M.A.
Assistant Professor in Charge of Extension Teaching
CHARLES HENRY KAUFFMANN, M.S.
Executive Secretary, Bureau of School Relations
ARTHUR FRANCIS MACCONOCHIE, B.Sc. (Engrg.) London
Supervisor Engineering Extension
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES HEINRICH, M.A.
Secretary, Bureau of Citizenship Education
LULA OCILLEE ANDREWS, M.A.
Local Director, Petersburg Center and Assistant Director, Richmond Center
KITTURA ROYSTER LAND, M.S.
Secretary, Bureau of School and Community Drama
HENRY HORACE HIBBS, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Local Director, Richmond Center
JOHN HEATH LEWIS, E.C., E.M.
Local Director, Lynchburg Center
MARY B. DUNCAN, M.A.
Local Director, Roanoke Center
ELEANOR WORTHINGTON SELDEN
Secretary
NELLIE IMOGENE COPPS
Extension Librarian
MARGARET ELIZABETH HUFFMAN, B.A.
Secretary of Accounts
SIDNEY KENDALL MOULSDALE
Secretary
ANNE MEREDITH DAVIS
Office Secretary
Joint Committee on Prenatal and Postnatal Instruction
EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS
THOMAS PERKINS ABERNETHY, Ph.D.
Richmond Alumni Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia.
N. E. ADAMSON, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
LULA OCILLEE ANDREWS, M.A.
Extension Instructor in English, University of Virginia.
KATHERINE MINOR ANTHONY, B.S., M.A.
Professor of Education and Director of Training School, State Teachers College,
Harrisonburg.
T. N. ARMSTRONG, Met.E.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
ALBERT JULIUS BARLOW, B.A., C.P.A.
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University of Virginia.
ROBERT CECIL BEALE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Lynchburg College.
WILLIAM GLEASON BEAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History, Washington and Lee University; Formerly Instructor
in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
E. R. BEISEL, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
MAURICE JOHN BREVOORT, B.S., M.A.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
CHARLES RAYMOND BROWN, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of History and Government, Roanoke College.
D. E. CARLSON, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
WILLIAM BENJAMIN COGGIN, M.A.
Professor of Education, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
CARL Y. CONNOR, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Sweet Briar College.
M. BOYD COYNER, M.A.
Associate Professor of Education and Psychology, State Teachers College,
Farmville.
OSCAR C. DARTER, M.A.
Professor Social Sciences, Fredericksburg State Teachers College.
CHARLES ADDISON DAWSON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Roanoke College.
WAYNE DENNIS, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia.
RAYMOND CARLYLE DINGLEDINE, 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.
GEORGE WILLARD EUTSLER, 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.
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.
ALEXANDER DAVID FRASER, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Virginia.
DONALD S. GATES, M.B.A.
Associate Professor of Business Administration, Roanoke College.
FRANK ARTHUR GELDARD, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia.
WALTER JOHN GIFFORD, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education and 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, 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., M.A.
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, M.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.
HERNERT STANLEY HOLDER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
SAMUEL M. HOLTON, M.A.
Principal of Campus Training School and Supervisor of Teaching in Rural
High Schools, State Teachers College, Farmville.
FLOYD NELSON HOUSE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia.
CHARLES HERBERT HUFFMAN, 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.
JOHN W. HUMPHREYS, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Radford.
ARTHUR MERRITT JARMAN, M.S., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Virginia.
ELLEN LUCILE JENNINGS, M.S.
Assistant Professor of English, State Teachers College, Farmville.
HERMAN PATRICK JOHNSON, M.A., Ph.M.
Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Virginia.
LEE M. KLINEFELTER, B.S., M.A.
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 English, University of Virginia.
EVANS WILLSON LINDSEY, B.A.
Instructor in Greek and French, Roanoke College.
IRVING LINDSEY, M.A.
Former Instructor in Mathematics, University of Virginia.
CONRAD TRAVIS LOGAN, M.A.
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.
LAWRENCE THEODORE LUDWIG, B.P.E., M.Ed.
Associate Professor of Physical Education, University of Virginia.
JOHN N. McILWRAITH, B.S., M.A.
Professor of History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
FRANK McLEAN, M.S,. Ph.D.
Formerly Associate Professor of English, College of William and Mary.
MALCOLM LORIMER MacLEOD, M.S.
Instructor in English, University of Virginia.
JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean of the Department of Education and Professor of Educational Administration,
University of Virginia.
MILES S. MASTERS, M.A.
Associate Professor of Classics and Fine Arts, Roanoke College.
ADELAIDE ADELIA MAYO, 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.
C. H. MOORE, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
GRACE B. MORAN, B.S.
Associate Professor of Geography, State Teachers College, Farmville.
JAMES FREDERICK PEAKE, M.A.
Professor of Political Science, Randolph-Macon Woman's College.
GEORGE GOSE PEERY, M.A.
Professor of Biology, Roanoke College.
CHESTER SQUIRE PHINNEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Modern Languages, Roanoke College.
CALVIN HALL PHIPPINS, M.A., Ph.D.
Instructor in Secondary Education, University of Virginia.
ROBERT M. PINKERTON, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
JAMES M. PORTER, Jr., M.S.
Instructor in Psychology, University of Virginia.
HARRY ROGERS PRATT
Associate Professor of Music and Dramatic Art.
JULIUS FIELDING PRUFER, M.A.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Roanoke College.
K. C. QUINN, C.P.A.
Extension Instructor in Accounting, Roanoke.
CHARLES H. RAYNOR, M.S.
Professor of Physics, Roanoke College.
ORESTE RINETTI, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Italian, University of Virginia.
M. LOUISE ROBERTSON, B.S.Ed.
Extension Instructor in French, Richmond.
RUSSELL GIDEON ROBINSON, B.A., M.E.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
JOHN ALEX RORER, M.A.
Assistant Professor Extension Teaching and Instructor in Secondary Education,
Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
NATHAN F. SCUDDER, 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 STAUFFER, M.A., Ph.D.
Formerly Associate Research Professor of Rural Social Economics, University
of Virginia; Extension Instructor in Business Administration.
OSCAR STIEGLER, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
FLORENCE HAMER STUBBS, B.S.
Associate Professor of History and Social Science, State Teachers College,
Farmville.
BEATRICE VON KELLER, Ph.B., M.A.
Director of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg.
JAMES ELLIOTT WALMSLEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History and Social Science, State Teachers College, Farmville.
FRANCIS HUNTER WHITAKER, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
JOHN P. WYNNE, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Director of Teacher-Training, State Teachers
College, Farmville.
WALTER JORGENSEN YOUNG, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Elementary Education, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, M.A.
Director of Extension and Associate Professor of Education, University of
Virginia.
History and Purpose
The first reference to University Extension at the University of Virginia
appears in an early issue of College Topics, at present a student publication but
originally a publication of the General Athletic Association. Volume XI, number
26, of College Topics, issued April 18, 1891, carried an account of a meeting
of University of Virginia alumni at Columbian University Hall in Washington,
D. C., on April 13 preceding "at which the system of education known as university
extension was discussed by leading professors and learned men." A visiting
speaker on this occasion "thought it eminently fitting and proper that the
meeting in the interest of university extension should be called under the auspices
of the Alumni Association of the University of Virginia, that institution which
was founded by Thomas Jefferson who taught the true democracy of education."
Notwithstanding this early reference to and interest in extension, the work was
not formally introduced in the University until September 1912 when a system of
extension lectures was inaugurated. There followed almost immediately the appearance
of extension publications dealing with subjects which related directly to
current problems in the life of the State. These publications were early organized
into a regular series, The University of Virginia Record Extension Series, the
first number of which appeared in September 1915. In the same year the University
"desirous of extending its services beyond its academic walls to as many
people of the State as possible who cannot have advantage of the resident courses
in the institution" established "an Extension Bureau" as an administrative unit.
By 1920-1921 the activities of this bureau had been increased to include, according
to the University catalogue for that year, (1) Extension Teaching (Extension
credit courses), (2) Extension Lectures, (3) Debate and Public Discussion, (4)
Citizenship Education, (5) Package Libraries, (6) Publications, (7) Visual
Education, (8) Home Reading Courses (in coöperation with the United States
Bureau of Education), and (9) Short Courses. In 1922-1923 the title symbolizing
the service was changed from Bureau of Extension to Division of Extension to
conform to general practice in nomenclature among American universities.
There were few precedents to follow when Extension work was first organized
at the University of Virginia. Unquestionably the inspiration for the
Extension movement in America came from English universities where a system
of the English people and the conditions in the mother country are very different
from those in America. The University of Virginia, like other State universities
in America, had to deal with conditions peculiar to itself and to the State which
created it for its service. Accordingly, first the Extension Bureau and later the
Division of Extension had to experiment and explore. The results have been
constant changes in methods of off-campus instruction due to efforts to profit by
experience and to conform more closely with the University's developing ideas of
its responsibilities in the fields of adult education and university extension.
Much of the Extension Division's 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 college or university level. Probably the
most clearly recognized function of the Division is that of 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 also 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
Formal 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 fee is $12.00 per course.
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
few exceptions, are not offered .
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
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.
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.
An Extension Class Catalogue is published annually, the latest issue of
which will be sent free upon request.
Informal Instruction.—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 teachers and mature men
and women who are interested in discussing and studying together, usually
informally, some subject or problem. The Division's chief 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 students and designed to lead to academic
credit.
Conferences or lectures in such cases are usually from six to fifteen in
number and at weekly intervals. Organizational requirements as to enrollment,
numbers of lectures, fees, etc., are adjusted in accordance with
the peculiar 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 was introduced in
an effort to discover some satisfactory plan for offering educational guidance
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 several 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 other
subjects are included, but 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.
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
are loaned upon request by the Extension Library.
Medical Extension.—The Extension Division coöperates with the Medical
Society of Virginia in administering under its Department of Clinical
Education an Extension program in the field of medical education. During
1932-1933 interest was centered on instruction in the subject of prenatal and
postnatal care. For this purpose a full-time instructor was retained who gave
lectures and conducted clinics in numerous centers throughout the state.
The purpose is to enlarge the fields of interest and to give similar instruction
in other subjects.
The Division also coöperates with the Department of Medicine of the
University of Virginia in announcing postgraduate courses for practicing
physicians conducted at the University of Virginia. Further information will
be furnished upon request.
Publications.—For the purpose of carrying the results of research, study
and investigation of members of the University faculty to as many people
as possible, the Extension Division publishes each year a number of bulletins
on a variety of subjects. Many are for free distribution, while for others
a small fee is charged to cover the cost of printing. Aside from a portion
of those studies that are distributed without cost, bulletins are sent only
on request. These publications are accumulative in character, and the results
of approximately one hundred studies or reports are now available.
Announcements describing the bulletins will be sent upon request.
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.
Printed announcements giving more fully the services that can be
rendered by this bureau are sent upon request.
Visual Aids.—As a result of donations largely the Extension Division
has available for loan to schools, churches and other educational organizations
in the state, educational films, slides and prints. The films and slides
are principally on historical subjects and were prepared to supplement classroom
instruction in History. The prints are chiefly reproductions of famous
paintings or works of art and were designed to bring to the smaller and
more isolated communities good color prints that would convey some idea
of the beauty inherent in the great masterpieces of some of the world's
leading artists. Announcements describing the service are available.
Aid to Teachers of Illiterates.—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,
it will continue to assist upon request teachers in these fields.
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