Evening star., 1924-01-27
800 IN new COLLEGE
AT U. OF MARYLAND
Leading Agriculturist Will Speak
at University Feb
ruary 6.
DEAN AT CHICAGO MEETING
Three Concerts for Near Future
Are Listed by Glee Club.
From a STAFF Correspondent

From Staff Correspondent.
.GOlLEGE PARK, Nd, January 90
Ihe college of arts and sciences of the
University Of Maryland, which came
INTO being only three years ago as the
outsrowth of the division of languages
ana literature of old Maryland State
college and the short-lived school of
liberal arts. has shown rapid growth.
AT the outset there were only ninety
students in this college. Now there
are nearly 900.
The increase Is due fundamentally to
the emphasis now being placed by edu-
cational leaders and the business men
of the world upon the need for general
education as a basis upon which to
superimpose professional and technical
training.
Christopher Atwater, one of the lead
ing agricultural executives in the
United States. will speak at the uni
versity February 6 on 1.-THE Manufac-
ture of heterogeneous Fertilizer Mate
rails" in the afternoon and in the eve
ming he will speak before the Graduate
Students Club in the physics lecture
room on "Oriental Colleges and Expert
lnent Stations
Dean A. n. johnson of the engineer
ing college attended the annual meet
Ing of the American Road Builders As
Sociatfon in Chs"ago. While there he
also participated in conference in
connection with the advisory board OF
highway research Of the National Re
search Council, of which he is chair
man, and meetings of the American So
ciety for Testing Materials.
Prof. L. \. Cory. entomologist at the
university, has been elected to the ad.
visory board of the American Journal
Of Economic Entomology.
An illustrated lecture on .interpre-
tation of Methods of Agronomic Expert
mentation" was given before the rae.
ulty and students of the college Of
agriculture this week by DIR. Oswald
Schreiner, chief of the soils fertility di-
vision of the Department of Agricul-
ture.
Three concerts have been listed by
the Glee Club. The first Is at Kings
ruary n; the next is on February 1s
at the university auditorium here. ana
the third is 10 be the second appear-
ance of the school term at Trinity
Methodist Episcopal Church, IN wash
ington, March 4.
Students now are handing in their
ballots on the Box peace plan Much
interest has been shown in the win
Frederic Lee of the college OF arts and
sciences at the weekly assembly, ana
many are expected to pass Judgment
Misses Portia Melown,, Lillian Long
and Vera Mullin are doing practice
teaching in home economies at Hyatts-
vile High School.
Juniors in the r. o. T. c. unit now
are studying military law and getting
their first knowledge of civil practice
and Jurisprudence in relation to mill,
tary work Sophomores have completed
their study of the bayonet and now will
start work with the grenades and eX-
plosiveS.
The county agents conference, held
at the university recently, had the ap-
pearanee of a small-sized alumni re
union. Thirteen of the agents are
graduates of the university. They are
Bill Jester. Ralph McHenry. Pete chi
chester, w. c. Snarr. w. b.. Posey,
George StuntZ. a. B. Radsbaugh,
Hobby Derrick, Nat Goodwin, p. L.
Walls, Edgar Montell, George Norris
and Mr.. Oswald.