 HISTORY BOOK PROJECT
Historian - Linda Kustka
History Book Available Now!
Order your copy now of the book, The People Came First, a history
of Wisconsin's Cooperative Extension written by historian and
story-teller Jerry Apps. Only $19.95, (plus shipping & tax)
the book covers 150 years of our history. Read about your co-workers,
past and present.
A new book chronicling the history of Wisconsin's Cooperative
Extension is now available. The book, "The People Came First",
was written by historian Jerry Apps, a former Wisconsin County
Extension agent and specialist.
The book highlights 150 years of history, including an early
history of the University of Wisconsin and agricultural education,
the beginning of extension, the many years of development and
continued growth, expansion and change.
Through the book you can read about how Al Francour started
meetings with a bang. Learn how Extension radio personality Larry
Meiller interviewed a stress expert who "froze" on
the air. Find out how a family living specialist paid for her
own train to get to an extension meeting in a snowstorm. Writer
Jerry Apps shares a story about the strange love affair between
an Alice in Dairyland and the project lambs of one of Jerry's
4-H members.
"We can see history come alive and revisit our past in
this unique story - our story," said Rosemary Stare," Epsilon
Sigma Phi member. Stare, along with ESP members Mary Mennes and
Vern Forest, were instrumental in working with Jerry Apps and
Cooperative Extension employees to collect stories for the book
and get it published.
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To order your copy of "The People Came First"
 complete
the order form (1 page, 226 KB) and send in as noted with your check or money
order attached. Checks can be made payable to Epsilon Sigma
Phi Foundation.
Proceeds of book sales benefit the ESP Endowment Fund, which
will provide grants to Cooperative Extension faculty and staff
for professional development.
HISTORY OF ESP IN WISCONSIN
The Wisconsin Alpha Sigma Chapter was organized on October 7,
1930 with 35 members. In his 1935 book "Wisconsin History
of Agricultural Extension", local historian Ernest L. Luther
stated that
"The purpose of the organization was to maintain the
traditions, uphold the ideals, stimulate the morale of cooperative
extension
service, and to promote fraternal spirit among its members."
In 1927, the Extension Creed was reflected in the following
verse:
I love the big out-of-doors;
the smell of the soil;
the touch of the rain;
the smile of the sun;
the kiss of the wind;
the song of the birds;
and the laughter of the summer breeze in the trees.
Extension Professional's
Creed (1 page, 6 KB) |
