Murray Memorial Library - Staff
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A library employee receives food from a boater-hatted committee member at an event held outside of Kirk Hall.
Murray Memorial Library - Staff
A library employee receives food from a boater-hatted committee member at an event held outside of Kirk Hall.
First year students of the School of Agriculture observing the operation of a grain dryer under the direction of instructor R.A. Dodds.
Dr. Victor Graham, professor and dean, College of Agriculture, sits at his desk.
Extension Division - Publications Exhibit
Collection of publications [by Extension Division] are displayed so titles are visble. Topics vary.
[Farm Boys' Clubs] - Inter-Club Competitions
Four pigs in foreground with a semi circle of boys behind them at a swine competition. House and barn in background.
Bio/Historical Note: As early as 1913 Agriculture Societies were sponsoring organizations for the youth the "Farm Boys Club and the Farm Girls Club". The Saskatchewan Agriculture Extension Department promoted the idea of separate classes for the juveniles to exhibit and judge their produce or livestock at local fairs. The "Farm Boys and Farm Girls Clubs" were combined and the name changed to "4-H Clubs" in 1952 and the motto became, "Learn To Do By Doing".
Farm Boys' Clubs - Speers Saskatchewan Grain Club
Members of the club chosen as the camp team wearing ribbons, standing in a group out of doors, building in the background.
Farm Boys' and Girls' Clubs - Melfort Camp
Unidentified club members seated and standing in a field and in the back of a truck. Tent and trees in background.
Farm Girls' Clubs - Kiwanis Homecraft Camp
Group photo of participants with other dignitaries and wearing banners across their chests, "Kiwanis Homecraft Camp". Trees and [University of Saskatchewan] stone building in background.
Display of sheaves of grain and smaller bunches tied together. Trophies and awards lined up on a table with F. Fasnacht, leader, sitting on the right side with a club sign in front of him.
Farm Girls' Clubs - Drama Class
Young women dressed in costume making a dramatic gesture; two women seated on the lawn and the rest standing. Pantomime is "The Babes in the Wood." Outdoor scene with trees in the background.
4-H Homecraft Clubs - Dress Revue
Group photo of participants standing in front of the runway at Regina Exhibition. Thelma Howard, supervisor of Girls' Work, speaking at microphone.
Females learning the art of square dancing; chairs stacked up in background.
Agricultural Extension - Demonstrations
W.J. Rutherford, dean of Agriculture, demonstrating "Sturdy Rose," the champion mare of R.H. Miller at the Lumsden Agricultural Exhibition. Crowds of people; two horse-drawn buggies in foreground; buildings in background.
Bio/Historical Note: In 1910 the Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture turned over to the University the responsibility for the development and delivery of agricultural and women's extension programs throughout the Province. To fulfill this mandate, the Department of Agricultural Extension (1910) and Women's Work (1913) were established within the College of Agriculture. Initially the activities of Agricultural Extension focused on services to the Agricultural Societies--short courses, institutes (meetings and conferences), plowing matches, field crop contests, stock judging, etc. Starting during the war years, a Better Farming Train toured the province providing lectures and demonstrations and presenting exhibits on matters pertaining to agriculture. In 1915 "educational holidays" or camps were initiated for farm boys and girls and in 1918 4-H clubs were formed throughout Saskatchewan. Farm and Home Week, a period of exhibits, lectures, and demonstrations at the University, was introduced in the early 1930s. Special projects and programmes for rural women were offered through Homemakers Clubs, established in 1911. In addition to basic domestic activities, women received advice and instruction in fruit growing, tree planting, home nursing, water supply and purity, libraries, health and welfare services, etc. Adult Education services, begun in 1938 in response to forces for social reconstruction, consisted in part of groups formed to discuss planning, economics, cooperatives, government institutions and policies, international affairs, trade unions, etc. This was a logical expansion of the variety of information (bulletins, leaflets), informal (lectures, demonstrations), public (testing, analyses), professional (training), and cultural (drama, music) services, as well as a variety of services to governments at all levels. In 1949 the work of Agricultural Extension and Women's Work were combined in the Department of Extension. It remained a department in the College of Agriculture until 1963 when administrative responsibility was transferred to the Office of the President and renamed the Extension Division. Since the 1970s non-degree programs were offered in the areas of agriculture and horticulture, women, business, languages, indigenous people, community development, liberal studies, arts, seniors, science and technology, career development, and adult education. The name changed again in 1979 to Division of Extension and Community Relations. It was changed back to Extension Division in 1990. The Extension Division was disestablished on 1 July 2007, and replaced with three new departments.