Public Service 



These plus three other institutions 

 (Haywood Technical College. 

 Dabney S. Lancaster Community 

 College, and Lurleen B. Wallace 

 State Junior College) offered short 

 courses or night classes for 

 technicians or workers in certain 

 skilled occupations. Examples of 

 subjects were sawmilling. lumber 

 grading, dry kiln operation, and 

 point sample cruising. 



University faculty are paid 

 primarily to counsel students, 

 teach organized courses, conduct 

 and write up research and, in land- 

 grant institutions, plan and carry 

 out extension programs. These are 

 budgeted functions. Continuing 

 education is a supported activity 

 for extension faculty; otherwise it 

 usually must be self-supporting 

 from fees charged or "bootlegged" 

 from the research or resident 

 instruction budget. 



There is a fifth function, which 

 carries no budget line but for 

 which faculty and administrators 

 have an unwritten obligation. This 

 is "service." Within the university 

 this has involved serving on 

 department, school, college, or 

 university committees, the faculty 

 senate, the athletic council, helping 

 with alumni affairs, serving as 

 marshals at graduation, and the 

 like. It is an important but not 

 always popular duty. But although 

 it is a necessary part of making a 

 university's wheels turn, it has 

 little recognizable impact beyond 

 the ivied walls of academia. 



But "service" beyond the 

 university often has been very 

 important to the progress of 

 forestry and forest industry in 

 State and region. Such service is of 

 two major types. 



Service to the Profession 



University faculty and 

 administrators have been major 



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