In earlier days, extension work carried the advantages of the school to people who were not in the immediate area of Hampton Institute. The objective of extension work was to aid in the progressive improvement of Black rural communities and schools.
Ralph Parkhurst Bridgman graduated from Roxbury Latin School (magna cum laude) in 1914. In 1921 he received his B.A. degree from Harvard (cum laude) and was inducted into the Phi-Beta-Kappa Fraternity. In 1924 he received his B.D.
