The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1914-12-26
Commission For M. A. c.

The Board of Trustees of the Mary
land Agricultural College has approx
ed the plan for commission, or direc-
torate, form of administration for the
college as prosecuted by President H.
j. Patterson. DR.. Patterson will .be
retained as president of the college
until the plan for directorate is per.
fected, with the understanding that he
will have authority to work out the
details of the directorate and ultimate
ly be appointed chairman or president
of the directorate.
2 The executive committee, through
H. H. Holzapfel, of Hagerstown, made
the following statement regarding its
action:
eve have endeavored to make a
study of this proposition with a view
to seeing how this form of administru-
| ton would affect the various interests
which the institution aims to serve.
/ Our recommendations are based on
: what be believe will be best not only
! for the present but also for the future
of the Agricultural College The COM
mission or directorate form of govern
ment offers the following advantages:
Il. 1t will give an opportunity 10
have the judgment and experience of
| three men rather than one in determ-
lining the policy and position of the
| institution on matters which affect It's
! policy as a whole.
Y. 1t vii! give greater stability and
a more fixed policy to the institution.
). 1t will give opportunity to CO.
ordinate In systematic manner the
! different branches of the work carried
! on by the college, the experiment sta
ton and the extension service, and at
the same time give as much autonomy
as possible in the several branches and
make the directors feel a greater re-
/ sponsibility for the success of the in
stitution as a whole.
81. 1t will prove the most economi-
cal form of administration that could
be adopted, since it will tend to equal
ize the salaries of the directors"
IS. 1t will allow the selection of the
president of the directorate with refer
ence to his acquaintance with the gen
eral work of the institution and his
relation to the public and not necessi-
tate his giving up his special lines of
work.
SO. 1t will allow the director of the
college work TO confne his attention
largely to the student body and not ne
cessitate his dealing daily with the
| work scattered over the State. We be-
lieve that this plan will prove of NUT
ual advantage 20 the public and to the
members Of the new directorate in
| their dealings with one another. while
increasing the efficiency of adminstra-
ton in the lines Of work indicated and
as a whole.
an view Of the fact that there
seems to have been some misappre-
! hension of the plan among farmers
and other friends of the institution
! and President Patterson. We take this
/ opportunity to inform them that we
have requested Dr. Patterson to Ii
| rect his efforts toward the realiza-
ton of this plan and wish also to de-
ny most emphatically any impression
that may have been given that we had
found anything wrong with the man
agement Of the college or that Presi-
dent Patterson has had i'm view at any
time the seyering Of his relations with
the institution
The new office Of director of college
work will he filed at .ome future
meeting Of the board the executive
committee having under advisement
number of available men.