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Excerpts: Community and Rural Development (CRD) is "new" in terms of "major" science and education programs. Other major Extension programs (agriculture, home economics, and 4-H youth) got their start in 1910 or earlier. Thus, historically, CRD is new, having its origins in the relatively recent year of 1954. But it is not new when one thinks about 25-year reunions and silver anniversaries, both of which could have been commemorated for CRD programs in 1979, had anyone been so inclined. CRD is also a major Extension program, according to organizational reporting and rhetoric. But it has never been allotted even 10 percent of science and education resources. Thus, the quotations around "major." Whether CRD is new or old is a moot question. Whether it is, was or will be a major science and education program is a debatable question of some importance, however. This paper could serve as a springboard for that debate.