Focusing on the History of Agricultural Education and Rural America
In the previous Friday Footnote we looked at newspaper articles published about FFA chapter libraries between 1930 and 1959. During this time span having a FFA chapter library was in the National FFA Program of Work. There were numerous newspaper Continue reading FFA Libraries: Extinct or Not? (11/25/2022)
Would an article in the newspaper about the FFA (Future Farmers of America) library qualify as breaking news? Apparently so. When one searches Newspapers.com (a site that indexes over 22,100 newspapers) there are numerous hits for the search term “FFA Continue reading Breaking News: The FFA Library… (11/18/2022)
“I can think of nothing finer for the organization than to create in its members a desire to read, and to guide members in the choice of good reading materials.” The above statement was made by W. A. Ross, FFA Continue reading Good Reading Materials (11/11/2022)
Books are keys to wisdoms treasures; Books are gates to lands of pleasures; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends. Come let us read. – Emilie Poulson The quotation above appeared on page 1 of a booklet Continue reading The FFA Chapter Library (11/4/2022)
Historians often celebrate milestone events such as the 50th or 100th anniversary of an important happening. In 2014 we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Smith-Lever Act that provided for a national system of Extension. In 2017 we celebrated the Continue reading Two Hundred and Counting (10/28/2022)