Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1925-04-17
HAS DONE MUCH
FOR MARYLAND
Western Maryland College Is
Educating Leaders In All
Lines Of Endeavor.

Western Maryland College has done.
and is doing, most important work
for Maryland, according to DR.. A. N,
Ward, Its president, who says that
many leading lawyers, educators, ply
sicians, preachers, engineers, and bust.
ness men have been educated in the
college. A particularly great service
to the state has been rendered in the
field of education, for the college Is
preparing more teachers for the high
schools of Maryland than all other
institutions In this section combined
"The most eminent educators" says
DR.. Ward, declare that the best re
suits can be attained in the small col
lege where the endowment and equip.
ment are sufficient, and the teaching
force adequate, In scholarship and ex.
perience, to meet the highest demands
OF the class room.
"The personal contact Of teacher and
student as at Western Maryland Col
lege and the contact of student with
student Is best realized In college of
from 500 to not more than 1000 stu
dents. The aim of Western Maryland
College il college of 500 boarding
students-25O men and $50 women.
AS an example of how completely the
courses of Western Maryland College
fit its students for lives OF usefulness
and service are cited the cases OF two
graduates, Mary j. Fisher, 80, and
Anna McF. Thompson, also OF the class
of 80, both OF whom became members
OF the stan of the international School
for Girls at Madrid, Spain.
The Maryland Bar boasts Of a num-
Der OF Western Maryland graduates,
some of whom represented Maryland
In the United States Congress-, and
others who served In the Maryland
General Assembly. ]. Frank Harper,
now on the Public Service Commits
sion, Ii a graduate Of Western Mary
land.
Among prominent business men Of
the state who graduated from the
Western Maryland College are Charles
r. Miller, president OF the Fidelity a.
Deposit Company, Baltimore; William
@. Baker, Jr., Of Baker, Watts Il Co.,
Baltimore; L. Irving Politt, Baltimore;
]. H. X. Shannahan, of Bethlehem
Steel Co.; B. b. Webster, lawyer, and
a host of others.
In letters, the ministry, the medical
profession and other lines OF endeavor,
Western Maryland graduates have
won prominence. Lynn II. Meeklns,
noted as author, editor and lecturer, Is
one Of these. For several years he
was editor of the Saturday Evening
Post, has written over 800 short
stories and articles and is editorial
writer of the Baltimore News.
Maryland men and women who were
graduated from the college have found
spheres of activity In other cities and
states. One, Marvin Il. Beall, 'O9,
helped build the Panama Canal; an
other, Louis NJ Wheaton, 92, became
mayor OF Long Beach, California; a
third, Mabel Garrison, now Mrs. Sic
NOM, Is nationally known as Metro
politan Opera Company artist. +.
Robertson Jones has won fame in the
insurance world; Paul Whipp and ID.
Roger Englar have attained eminence
In the legal profession in New York
City.
Instance after instance might be
cited OF graduates who have achieved
fame In their chosen work, said DR..
Ward, who added, Western Maryland
College 10 q public institution and 10
doing a notable service for the state
and nation"