Evening star., 1920-01-08
STATE COLLEGE
NEEDS $3,027,1S6
TWo-Year Budget Will Be
Asked of the Maryland
Legislature.

| COLLEGE PARK. Md. January s.
! The Maryland State College of Agri-
! culture will seek from the state legis-
! lature which convened yesterday an
! aggregate appropriation of s3,027.-
| 1862 for two years maintenance and
| for lands buildings. equipment, etc
! for the college extension service. man
| and woman county agents, the expert
ment station, the state board of agri-
| culture the live stock sanitary Serv-
ice the Eastern branch and other
lines under the control of the state
board of trustees of the college and
the state board of agriculture.
For a dormitory for women an ap-
preparation of slOS,000 is to be asked.
An appropriation of sl65.0O0 will be
sought for mems cormitory. Owing
to lack of accommodations both man
and woman students have, it is stated.
in number of instances been forced
to go a considerable distance for ac-
commodations. An Appropriation or
$4,000 for new dining hall to re-
place the hall destroyed by fire a few
years ago is to be sought
College Wants Gymnasium.
The college also wants a gymna-
SUM and armory and for this building
viii ask an appropriation OF Sl9o,Ooo
1t is pointed out that the college is
meeting the requirement OF the war
Department as to military training
so with the present Inadequate facli-
tiles new chemistry building Is
wanted by the college. for which the
legislature will be asked TO appro-
pirate s160,000. The present chem
istry building. it is stated. is not hre-
proof and not large enough. instuuea f
in the budget will be an estimate OF
$4,000 for the construction OF farm
machinery laboratory which, 1t is ex-
pected. will take care of immediate
needs An appropriation or sZ49'4Vo
for a central heating plant and con-
with the railroad is to be sought.
To nav the indemnity where animals
are DESTROYED to prevent the spread OF
infection the state board of asrlcul-
ture is to seek on behalf OF the I'VE
stock sanitary service an appropria
ton of s351.0o0. To meet lts snare are
of the work in connection with tne
dairy inspection service the state ooaro
of agriculture will ask for $105,ooo.
For Veterinary schools.
Thirty-fve thousand dollars is to be
asked for an efficient, modern state
school of veterinary medicine Whlcn
the state board of agriculture pro-
poses to organize in connection with
the State College of Agriculture.
Other needs to be sought are: For
the college, $336,420 year; for the ex-
tension service, about S179,OO0 year.
including the state horticultural ana
county demonstration funds: Tor the
experiment station, about S1tooo
wear. including the main station, seed
inspection and biological laboratory for
the manufacture of serum. An appro-
priation of sS0.S4O is to be sought for
completion of a dairy barn. putting IN
of drainage with additional equipment,
and a new building for laboratory and
class work in agriculture and mechanic
arts at a branch of Morgan College, at
Princess Anne. Md, which institution
is for education of the colored race
Morgan College provides the school
with a number of school and dorml-
tory buildings, about 100 acres on land'
equipment and cooper
ates in the conduct of the work.