Main entry:

Smith, Ruby Green, 1878-1960.

Title & Author:

The people's colleges : a history of the New York State extension service in Cornell University and the State, 1876-1948. / Ruby Green Smith.

Publication:

Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell Univ. Press, 1949.

Description:

xix, 593 pages : illustrations, portraits, map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 556-564) and indexes.
Genesis of the New York State Extension Service -- "Rocks, storms, and peril," 1868-1874 -- Cornell's only professor of agriculture in 1874 -- Farmers' institutes -- pioneer extension organizations -- The "Comstocks of Cornell," pioneers in extension teaching -- Liberty Hyde Bailey, perennial pioneer -- Extension schools, 1894-1948 -- Reporting progress in agricultural extension work -- "Heigh, ho! Come to the fair!" -- Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose -- The mountain comes to Mohammed -- Lasting partnerships between people and their colleges -- A history of the County Farm Bureau of New York State / by Fred Bishop Morris -- Eras of Deans Beverly T. Galloway and Albert T. Mann -- Rural and urban home demonstration work -- Carl Edwin Ladd / by Edward R. Eastman in collaboration with Van B. Hart -- Lloyd R. Simons / by William B. Ward -- History of the 4-H Clubs of New York State / by Albert Hoefer -- Extension services with American Indians -- Government appropriations and local contributions -- Ritualistic -- Local leadership -- Community life and the State Extension Service -- Better schools versus the little red schoolhouse -- The Extension Service demonstrates the values of recreation -- Co-operative marketing and the State Extension Service -- Publications, extension teaching, and information service -- Epsilon Sigma Phi, national honorary extension fraternity -- Sabbatic leave and faculty rank in agriculture and home economics -- Administration -- a specialty and an art -- Edmund Ezra Day, President of Cornell University -- Deans Sarah G. Blanding, W.I. Myers, and E. Lee Vincent -- State-wide, city-wide, and county-wide -- Cornell scholarships fostered by extension service organizations -- Helping to win World War II on farm and home fronts -- A summary of educational methods. Topics in typical departmental programs -- Federations of organizations associated with the State Extension Service -- International relations of the State Extension Service -- Vignettes of some pioneer teachers -- History of the Extension Service of the New York State Veterinary College / by William A. Hagan -- History of the Extension Service of the New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations / by Phillips Bradley and Lynn A. Emerson -- Glimpses of the philosophy and future of the State Extension Service -- Sketch of the author / by Mary Geisler Phillips.
Also issued online.

Subject:

University extension New York (State)
Enseignement para-universitaire New York (État)
University extension.
New York (State)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 179102
Call No.: ID LC6301.I84.S5; ID:98-B1575
Status: Available