University of Maine - Prism Yearbook (Orono, ME)

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Professor Smyth, Poultry Husbandry agents. I Ik- Extension Service, through these nun and women s ' NL direel assisi- ante to those people living on Farms and in the rural and urban anas ol the state. The Farm Bureau, an organization hav- ing a membership ol more than 10,000 Dean Arthur L. Deering nun and women, cooperates with the Extension Service in the determination and development ol its count) and com- munity program oi work. University oi Maine was established as the Siate College ol Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts in i8(i: . Gradually, the agricultural curriculum developed into the College oi Agriculture and its exten- sive larm program. Sewing Laboratory, Home Economics 21

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AnillCULTimE X s Professor Demeritt, Forestry Professor Waring, Horticulture Professor Cairns, Animal Husbandr Agricultural Engineering Building The College l Agriculture, now housed in eight large buildings, possesses six hundred and fort) Five acres ol Farm land am! operates .1 modern dair) and poultry plant, lis facult) comprises |g members, and ii has .1 studeni enrollmeni ()l li(ll). lii ;i(l(liii«m to the regulai Foui yeai curriculum in Agriculture, .1 two-yeai count is available l i those who wi li t i„ come prat tical Farmers i Farm man agers, l m wli cannoi devote theii time to lull college training. A vei } impoi tani F .nun ol the Dt pan In( in ..I Agriculture is thai ol the Exten- sion Service, a d partmeni evei int r» as ing in us value to the welFare l tht Statt lis pi rsonnel is composed ol two groups ol agents, I he Count) Extension agents consist i Agricultural agents, Homt Demonstration agents, and Club agents having theii headquarters within the counties in whit h the) w rve. I he Statt in force consists l •• limited numbei ol specialists and leaden having theii headquarters at the University, but work ing with and assisting Count) Extension

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Education office I lure are 63 studi niv enrolled in the S(lioi l ol Education, which was estab- lished in 1930 and developed as an out- growth ol the College ol ns and S 1 inns, lis | i iiuai purpose is to provide a means foi all Universit) students in regulai standing to obtain .1 secondary schools state teaching certificate aftei h,u 1 Mi- completed the sp 1 ified require- 11 11 ills, and in luinisli iIum students with professional training. liuli ol the work i th School ol Ed- ucation diiisisis ol training for the teach its in service, rhis is can ied n through thi Education Extension Vi i t and the Summer Session. In 1939 the graduate degree ol Mastei ol Education was auth- orized l the trustees to meei the needs 11I experienced teachers. I Ms is entirely ,i professional degree conceived specially ini the benefit I s umma students. The School I Education also confers the degree ol Bachelor ol Science in Commercial Education, Fine Vrts Educa- 1 ion, and Mnsi( Education. A few l the special services which are sponsored l the School ol Education are ilu hint an ol appointments foi teachers, and ilu state-wide scholarship tests in the high schools. An Educational film . „ in the V W ' t , t0 ies 9 o t J 1 A