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DIVISION OF EXTENSION
JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E., Sc.D., LL.D.
President of the University
GEORGE BASKERVILLE ZEHMER, M.A.
Director of the Extension Division
[1] GEORGE WILLARD EUTSLER, M.A.
Associate Director
Administrative Committee: The Director and Professors Gee, Nelson, Kincaid,
Maphis, Clemons, Ferguson, and Davenport.
Administrative Officers
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
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
CURTIS VANCE BISHOP, M.A.
Local Director, Danville Center
MARY B. DUNCAN, M.A.
Local Director, Roanoke Center
NELLIE IMOGENE COPPS
Extension Librarian
MARGARET HUFFMAN DOWNEY, B.A.
Secretary of Accounts
CHARLOTTE KOHLER, M.A.
Secretary
ELEANOR SELDEN O'MEARA
Secretary
SIDNEY KENDALL MOULSDALE
Secretary
EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS AND LECTURERS
THOMAS PERKINS ABERNETHY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia.
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.
FRANK STRINGFELLOW BARR, M.A.
Professor of History, University of Virginia.
WILLIAM GLEASON BEAN, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History, Washington and Lee University; Formerly Instructor
in Summer Quarter, University of Virginia.
EDWARD R. BEISEL, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
CURTIS VANCE BISHOP, M.A.
Professor of English and Journalism, Averett College.
MAURICE JOHN BREYOORT, 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.
SCOTT MILROSS BUCHANNAN, B.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia.
MARGARET D. CALHOUN, B.A., B.L.S., M.A.
Librarian and Instructor in Library Science, State Teachers College,
Fredericksburg.
D. E. CARLSON, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
GEORGE WARREN CHAPPELEAR, M.S.
Professor of Biology, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
MELVIN GARDNER deCHAZEAU, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University
of Virginia.
SAMUEL HARVEY CLARKE, M.A., Docteur d'Universitiè Toulouse
Assistant in Romanic Languages, University of Virginia.
JOHN JAY CORSON, III, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Richmond; Director of Evening
School of Business Administration.
ARTHUR KYLE DAVIS, Jr., M.A., B. Litt., Ph. D.
Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia
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 Libranian and Instructor in Summer Quarter, University of
Virginia.
ARMISTEAD MASON DOBIE, M.A., LL.B., S.J.D.
Professor of Law, University of Virginia
ROBERT WILLIAM EHRMAN, B.S.
Extension Instructor in German, Covington.
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.
ALEXANDER DAVID FRAZER, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Virginia.
OTTO F. FREDERIKSON, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
RUSKIN SKIDMORE FREER, M.A.
Professor of Biology and Geology, Lynchburg College.
WILSON GEE, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Rural Economics and Rural Sociology and Director Institute
for Research in the Social Sciences, University of Virginia.
WALTER JOHN GIFFORD, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Dean of the College, State Teachers College,
Harrisonburg.
ORON JAMES HALE, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, University of Virginia.
MARION CLIFFORD HARRISON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
ELIZABETH JEFFRIES HEINRICH, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Citizenship and Government, University of Virginia.
HOWELL MEADOWS HENRY, M.A., Ph.D.
Dean and Professor of History and Political Science, Emory and Henry
College.
R. A. HINNERS, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Portsmouth.
WILLIAM MILLER HINTON, M.A.
Instructor in Education and Psychology, Washington and Lee University.
LAUREN BLAKELY HITCHCOCK, S.M., Sc.D.
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia.
FRANK WILLIAM HOFFER, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia.
HERBERT STANLEY HOLDER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
JOSEPHINE W. HOLT
Extension Instructor in French, Richmond.
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.
DUNCAN CLARK HYDE, B.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Virginia.
ARTHUR MERRITT JARMAN, M.S., Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Virginia.
THOMAS CARY JOHNSON, Jr., M.A.
Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia.
WILLIAM ALLISON KEPNER, M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D.
Professor of Biology, University of Virginia.
ELBERT ALVIS KINCAID, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, 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
WILLIAM EDWARD KNIGHT, M.E.
Formerly Associate Professor of Romanic Languages, University of Virginia;
Extension Instructor in Spanish.
LAWRENCE LEE, B.S.
Instructor in French, University of Virginia.
EVANS WILLSON LINDSEY, B.A., M.A.
Associate Professor of Greek and French, Roanoke College.
CONRAD TRAVIS LOGAN, M.A.
Professor of English, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
FRANK CARROLL LONGAKER, M.A., D.D.
L. A. Fox Professor of Philosophy and Religion, Roanoke College.
JOHN N. McILWRAITH, B.S., M.A.
Professor of History and Social Sciences, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg
AMELIA McLESTER, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Education, University of Virginia.
STANISLAW JOHN MAKIELSKI, B.S. in Arch.
Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture, University of Virginia.
SPENCER MILLER
Workers Education Bureau, New York.
JAMES STRONG MOFFATT, Jr., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, Washington and Lee University.
GRACE B. MORAN, B.S.
Associate Professor of Geography, State Teachers College, Farmville.
CHRISTIAN MUNT
Richmond Chamber of Commerce.
N. E. ORESKO, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
GEORGE GOSE PEERY, M.A.
Professor of Biology, Roanoke College.
RAYMOND BENNETT PINCHBECK, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Business Administration, University of Richmond.
ROBERT M. PINKERTON, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
CHARLES WESLEY PORTER, III, M.A., Ph.D.
Extension Instructor in History, Richmond.
JULIUS FIELDING PRUFER, M.A.
Associate Professor of Political Science, Roanoke College.
K. C. QUINN, C.P.A.
Extension Instructor in Accounting, Roanoke.
W. H. RANDIG, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
CHARLES H. RAYNOR, M.S.
Professor of Physics, Roanoke College.
RUSSELL GIDEON ROBINSON, B.A., M.E. (Aero.)
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
JOHN ALEXANDER RORER, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Extension, University of Virginia.
LOUISE SAVAGE, B.S., B.L.S.
In charge of Acquisitions, University of Virginia Library.
NATHAN F. SCUDDER, M.Sc.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
CLYDE P. SHORTS, M.A.
Associate Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
WILLIAM ROYALL SMITHEY, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Secondary Education, 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.
R. L. SWART, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
IRA AMON UPDIKE, B.S., M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Randolph-Macon College.
PETER van de KAMP, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Astronomy, University of Virginia.
JOSEPH LEE VAUGHAN, M.A.
Instructor in English, University of Virginia.
BEATRICE VON KELLER, Ph.B., M.A.
Director of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg.
MANNING CURLEE VOORHIS, M.A.
Extension Instructor in History.
C. R. WATTS, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
FRANCIS HUNTER WHITAKER, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
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 II, number
26, of College Topics, issued April 18, 1891, carried an account of a meeting of
University of Virginia alumni at Columbia 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 extension
publications dealing with subjects of special importance in the life of
the State. These publications were soon 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 19201921
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 of the
administrative agency 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 extension lectures had been instituted as early as 1865. But the temperament
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 result has
been constant changes in methods 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
Credit Course.—Two types of Extension courses carrying degree credit
are offered, namely, Extension classes and home study courses.
Extension Classes.—Extension classes are conducted in communities requesting
them that are available to the Extension instructors. In general only
the equivalent of courses offered in residence are given.
The exceptions are courses in education offered by teacher-training institutions
of the State in fields not dealt with in the Department of Education
at the University of Virginia. Prerequisites and general requirements are the
same for extension credit courses as for courses in residence.
Students and Fees.— Fifteen or more qualified students are required for
a credit class, although under certain circumstances a class may be organized
for a smaller number, as, for example, when an advanced course is desired.
The fee is $10.00 per session-hour course.
Subjects Offered in Extension Credit Courses.—Cultural courses are emphasized
by the Division but 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 Extension credit
courses. Rather than employ a special Extension faculty, it has asked the coöperation
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,
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.
Danville Center, Averett College, Danville.
Home Study Courses.—Fifteen full courses (including forty-five term
courses) carrying degree credit are offered by home study. The courses are
prepared and conducted only by regular members of the University of Virginia
faculty. The courses are the equivalent of similar courses given in residence.
Prerequisites and general requirements are the same for the home study
courses as for the corresponding courses offered in the University. The final
examination in a full three-term course must be taken at the University.
Fees.—The fee for a term course is $15. For a full three-term course, the
fee is $40. Books are rented at nominal rates through the Extension Library.
Informal (non-credit) Instruction.—Informal instruction is carried forward
by means of forums, lectures, conferences and reading courses. Neither
method leads to credit toward University degrees.
Forums, Lecture Courses and Conferences 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,
in social and cultural subjects although opportunity for student choice of subject
is furnished. These methods 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.
Forums or lectures in such cases are usually in series of from six to fifteen
in number and at weekly intervals. Often conferences meet daily for shorter
periods. 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.
Directed Reading Courses are less formal in character than home study
courses. The outlines are prepared by recognized authorities in the several
fields and are simply guides to systematic reading. Courses are offered to extend
educational opportunities to men and women in all walks of life denied the
advantages of or uninterested in formal instruction. Courses are in a variety
of subjects in cultural, scientific, professional and vocational fields. Courses are
$4.00 each for those who desire to submit papers for criticisms. They are $1.00
each for those who desire the outlines only as guides to independent study.
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 inter-scholastic
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.
III. Educational Aids
Extension Library.—The Division lends by mail under prescribed regulaions,
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. 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.
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 Division conducts
the reviews in coöperation with the Virginia Quarterly Review. The reviews
are fifteen minutes in length and are broadcast every Tuesday at 6:45 P. M.
Only seven 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. All books
reviewed 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 and
Medical Education an extension program in the field of medical education.
For over two years 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. For the current year the subject of pediatrics is being emphasized. Special
clinicians for brief periods are being engaged.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Division is at present coöperating with Southern Art Projects, an
organization sponsoring art in the South, in circulating exhibitions of original
paintings, including oils, water colors, etchings, in communities throughout the
state. Lectures on art by leading artists are offered also.
Aids to Teachers of Adults.—With the increased interest and attention
to adult education there has come a demand from teachers of adults for advice
and assistance with regard to methods and materials to be used. Advice is
offered on these subjects and, when available, materials are loaned.
More complete announcements concerning each of the above services will
be sent free upon request.
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