Evening star., 1920-05-23
Maryland State College and
University to Merge July I
The Two Institutions viii Combine Present
Courses and Add New Features After
Their Consolidation.

, personnel with the board of college
trustees.
The academic work Of the Maryland
| State College. as now organized. has
the following divisions. known as
! schools: Agriculture. chemistry. edu :
| home economics. Each school is un-
| der the immediate supervision Of a
dean. who is responsible for the work
of his department.
The enrolment for 1890 includ-
| ing the summer school (201 students)
and the industrial teachers training
courses Baltimore-twenty students)
J shows a total of 666. They are pur-
suing work as follows: Graduate
work. 13: agriculture. 106: chemistry
40; education. 35: engineering, IS:
home economics, l. liberal arts, A.:
unclassified, IS: two-year agriculture.
| IS: two-year mechanical arts IL: vo
| cational education (federal board). 66.
| TWenty-four woman students are
| included in the enrolment. OF these
. are studying agriculture, 10 educa :
| ton. l home economics. liberal
arts, and are taking special courses.
AS twenty-five students have been
! duplicated in giving the number OF
courses. twenty-five should be deduct
J ed from the total to show the actual
I number of students.
Woman in 1920 Class.
| me SIduudtinS class contains 1orty
| men and one woman. Miss Elizabeth
| Hook of Baltimore will be the first
woman graduate of the college. She
has been selected by the class to de-
liver the salutatory address at COM
mencement. Certificates for pro-
Hclency viii be awarded to thirteen n
students in the two-year courses.
Inc extension service of the col
| lege carries information to the farm
er The experiment station expert
| ments: the extension division dem
| onstrates. Both are essential-one
the other for the demonstration of
these facts in a practical way for the
| information of the farmer
The county agricultural agents are
| a part of the machinery of the ex-
| tension service. In each county there
is resident expert. whom the farm
ers consult on agricultural matters.
and who visits the different farms
to give instruction and advice on in
| dividual problems. There also is a
! corps of specialists, with headquar-
ters at the college. who render serv-
ice to farmers throughout the state
when called upon for information
along special lines. These specialists
also lecture at farmers meetings.
presenting the most up-to-date meth
DDS and management in that branch
of agriculture of which they have
made a special study.
There also is a boys and girls de-
partment in the extension service.
Through this corn clubs. pig clubs,
canning clubs, sewing clubs, etc, are
organized and supervised.
Recently educational extension has
been added to the general activities.
The purpose of this phase of extea
sion work is to give the people
throughout the state the benefit of
the academic work of the COL
lepe-throuyh hcorrespondence courses
through lectures by the professors
through educational motion pic
tures-and to aid high school pupils
by making research for them in the
college library, and by furnishing
bibliographies and special literature.
Now that the state has a real uni
versity it is the general opinion that
subsequent legislatures will make
adequate appropriations for its sup
port.