Ixviii Extension Department 



EXTENSION 



M. C. Burritt, Professor in Extension Service and Vice Director 



of Extension 



Administrative changes. — The administration of the extension work of 

 the College was reorganized on July i, 191 7. The former Department 

 of Extension Teaching, the Office of Publications, the Office of the State 

 Leader of Farm Bureaus, and the newly created Office of the State Leader 

 of Home Demonstration Agents, were combined to form the Extension 

 Department under the leadership of M. C. Burritt, who was made Vice 

 Director of Extension. This organization is administrative and functions 

 as a branch of the Dean's office. Together with the extension specialists 

 of the subject-matter departments, it constitutes the Extension Service of 

 the College. The Extension Department now has the following four main 

 divisions: 



1. General administration, including (a) finances, (b) extension schools 

 and meetings, (c) reading courses, and (d) miscellaneous activities. The 

 work of the specialists in large measure clears through this division. 



2. Office of publication, including the editing of experiment station 

 and extension publications and the general dissemination of information. 



3. Office of county agricultural agent leader. 



4. Office of home demonstration agent leader. 



Changes in personnel. — Dean Mann and Professor Burritt continued 

 to serve as commissioners of the New York State Food Supply Commis- 

 sion until October 18, 191 7. Several other members of the staff also 

 devoted several months to the work of the Commission. On November i 

 H. E. Babcock was given leave of absence to assist President Schurman 

 in the work of the new State Food Commission. E. R. Eastman was 

 appointed Assistant County Agent Leader on August i, 191 7, and on 

 March i, 191 8, was given leave of absence for organization work with 

 the Dairymen's League. On July i, 191 7, F. E. Robertson and L. A. 

 Toan were appointed part-time assistants in the Central Farm Bureau 

 Office, and both were regularly appointed Assistant County Agent Leaders 

 beginning January i, 1918. E. P. Lott, instructor, resigned on December 

 I, 191 7. G. R. Phipps, instructor, resigned on January i, 1918, to accept 

 a commission as captain in the United States Army, and C. W. Whitney, 

 instructor, resigned on June i to enter military service. R. W. Pease 

 was appointed assistant in the Central Farm Bureau Office on November 

 I, 19 1 7. G. Hammond was appointed assistant in the same office on Feb- 

 ruary I, 191 8. In the Office of PubHcation, Ralph W. Green resigned on 

 January i, and M. V. Atwood was appointed on February i to fill the 

 vacancy. 



