The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-06-30

College Park, Md, June 29.-To-
morrow morning the Maryland State
College of Agriculture Will pass out
of existance, SO far as its name is
concerned and will enter upon its
new history as the University OF
Maryland.
The change from college to Uni
versity will be effected quietly and
the celebration which will mark the
event will be delayed until the ar
rival of the student body in the fall
when appropriate exercises will be
held either here or in Baltimore and
will be participated in by the facul-
ty of both institutions affected.
All the legal requirements in con-
necti6n with the Act of the last State
legislature which authorized the con-
solidation of the Maryland State Col
lege and the old University of Mary
land in Baltimore have been COM
pleted. The resolutions of accept
ance have been attested by Secretary
of State Perlman and a new seal has
been adopted.
1t is probable that the first i'm
provement which the new University
of Maryland will witness will be the
athletic field at College Park for
which the Alumni Association of the
Maryland State College will raise a
fund of $4,000. Headed by NJ. +.
Tyding of Havre de Grace, president
of the association, the Alumni are al
ready at work on subscription to-
ward the fun. Other Improvements
next year will consist of number OF
more urgently needed buildings for
which President Woods has an APP
preparation of $203,000 available
next spring.
Speaking of the consolidation of
the two institutions and the proba-
BILE change which will be made, DR..
Woods says:
"The Act passed during the last
Assembly, merging the old gnlver-
sity of Maryland with the Maryland
State College of Agriculture, gives
the State an educational organiza-
ton modelled e.aleng the standard
lines set by the United States Bureau
of Education and other high educa-
tional authorities. The merger
turns over the entire property OF the
University of Maryland TO the Board
of Trustees of the Maryland State
College and makes the Board of
Trustees of Maryland State the Board
of Regents of the new University
Headquarters of the University will
be at College Park and the admins
tration of the Maryland State Col
lege is to be continued as the eXecu-
tive authority of the new University
of Maryland.
The acquisition of the Medical and
Law Schools in Baltimore does not
affect the educational organization
of the State College The College
has for the last year been organized
on a University basis and the merger
will occasion no change other than
some minor arrangements for co-or-
dination. The present agricultural
organization will be retained in its
entirely and its further development;
will not in any way be hinGered. The
policy of the University will be to Iol-
low out almost 10 the letter the kind
of development set forth by the Nor
rill Act, to which the present college
conforms.
Agriculture is the greatest OF
Maryland's resources, and it is logl-
cal that the greatest of Maryland's
educational efforts should be in re-
lationship to it. Under the UnlVer-
sity plan it is not the intention 20
neglect other lines of work, but
rather to place emphasis where en-
phasis should be. The Experiment
Station and, the Extension Service
will continue to render service
throughout the State.
The years catalogue will not show
the coordination of the varied lines
of education, as it was necessary TO
send it to press before the changes
could be effected. However, it will
embody all features of the work
The new University, besides empha-
sizing Agriculture, will offer stand
ard education in Engineering,
Science, Home Economics, Law, Med
icine, Dentistry, Pharmacy and the
Liberal Arts. In organizing the
educational program for the State
University which Maryland State is
to become July LIST, it must be borne
in mind that if the true. purpose OF
such an institution is to be realized,
it must be so developed that the peo-
ple of the State will receive there
from the greatest possible returns
for the money expended"