 | The University of Virginia record April 15, 1936 |  |
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
[1] JOHN ALEXANDER RORER, M.A.
Assistant Professor in Charge of Extension Teaching
CHARLES HENRY KAUFFMANN, M.S.
Executive Secretary, Bureau of School Relations
WALTER SHELDON RODMAN, M.S., S.M.
Director of Engineering Extension
ARTHUR FRANCIS MACCONOCHIE, B.Sc. (Engrg.) London
Supervisor Engineering Extension
LULA OCILLEE ANDREWS, M.A.
Local Director, Petersburg Center
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
KITTURA ROYSTER LAND McEWEN, M.S.
Secretary, Bureau of School and Community Drama
SIDNEY KENDALL MOULSDALE
Secretary
MARGARET HUFFMAN DOWNEY, B.A.
Secretary
MARY EMILY ROBERSON, B.A.
Secretary
MARGUERITE OMOHUNDRO HUFFMAN, B.S.Ed.
Secretary
EXTENSION INSTRUCTORS AND LECTURERS
THOMAS PERKINS ABERNETHY, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia.
EDWARD ALVEY, JR., Ph.D.
Professor of Education and Director of Teacher-Training, State Teachers
College, Fredericksburg.
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 GEORGE ADAM BALZ, Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia.
FRANK STRINGFELLOW BARR, M.A.
Professor of History, University of Virginia.
ANNA BARRINGER
Extension Instructor in Interior Decoration, Charlottesville, 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.
HELEN BETELLE
Extension Instructor in Music, Roanoke, Virginia.
CURTIS VANCE BISHOP, M.A.
Professor of English and Journalism, Averett College.
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.
SCOTT MILROSS BUCHANAN, 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.
CARL Y. CONNOR, Ph.D.
Professor of English, Sweet Briar College.
JOHN JAY CORSON, III, M.S., Ph.D.
Professor of Economics, University of Richmond; Director of Evening
School of Business Administration.
ARTHUR KKYLE DAVIS, Jr., M.A., B.Litt., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English, University of Virginia.
JACKSON DAVIS
Associate Director of Education, General Education Board, Richmond,
Virginia.
CHARLES ADDISON DAWSON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Roanoke College.
MELVIN GARDNER deCHAZEAU, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, University
of Virginia.
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.
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.
WILLIAM HARRISON FAULKNER, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of Germanic Languages, 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.
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.
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.
FRANK ARTHUR GELDARD, 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.
RUFUS CLAUDE GRAHAM, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Education, University of Virginia.
ORON JAMES HALE, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History, University of Virginia.
LEWIS MACHEN HAMMOND, Ph.D.
Instructor in Philosophy, University of Virginia.
MARION CLIFFORD HARRISON, M.A., Ph.D.
Professor of English, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
ATCHESON LAUGHLIN HENCH, Ph.D.
Professor of English, 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.
FRANK WILLIAM HOFFER, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia.
HERBERT STANLEY HOLDER, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
MYRTLE MARY HOLLO, B.Ph., M.A. in Nurs. Ed.
Acting Assistant Professor of Nursing Education, University of Virginia.
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.
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.Arch.
Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture, University of Virginia.
MILES S. MASTERS, A.M.
Professor of Classics and Fine Arts, Roanoke College, Salem.
SAMUEL C. MITCHELL, Ph.D.
Professor of History, University of Richmond.
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.
N. E. ORESKO, B.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
GEORGE GOSE PEERY, M.A.
Professor of Biology, Roanoke College.
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.
FRANCES P. RAMEY, M.A.
Assistant Professor of Social Science, State Teachers College, Fredericksburg.
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.
BERNARD N. SCHNEIDER
Extension Instructor in German, Covington.
NATHAN F. SCUDDER, M.Sc.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
CLYDE P. SHORTS, M.A.
Associate Professor of Education, State Teachers College, Harrisonburg.
LYNDON FREDERICK SMALL, Ph.D.
Research Associate in Organic Chemistry, University of Virginia.
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.
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 STUBBS, M.A.
Extension Instructor in Sociology, Farmville.
R. L. SWART, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Newport News.
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.
BERTHA P. WAILES, M.A.
Instructor in Sociology, Sweet Briar College.
C. R. WATTS, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
WILLIAM STONE WEEDON, Ph.D.
Instructor in Philosophy, University of Virginia.
FRANCIS HUNTER WHITAKER, M.S.
Extension Instructor in Engineering, Norfolk.
WINSTON WILKINSON
Fellow in Folk Music, University of Virginia.
FREDERIC TURNBULL WOOD
Associate Professor of Germanic Philology, University of Virginia.
J. P. WYNNE, Ph.D.
Extension Instructor in Education, Farmville.
WALTER JORGENSEN YOUNG, 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 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 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
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 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 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, Educational Aids, and Coöperative Activities.
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 single exception, 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
of other higher educational institutions in Virginia 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, 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 $10. For a full three-term course, the
fee is $28. 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
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. Organization 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 $0.25 each for those who desire the outlines only as
guides to independent study.
II. Educational Aids
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. 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.
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
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.
III. Coöperative Activities
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.
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 clinics for practicing
physicians conducted at the University of Virginia.
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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