The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-10-13
u. OF NJ. REACHES PEOPLE
OF THE ENTIRE STATE
All Sections of Maryland Aided
By the University, Says
President Pearson.

1.-THE University of Maryland touches
almost every community in the State,
especially in its relation to the big
industries" said President R. A. Pear
son of the University Of Maryland in
q speech to 1900 members of the stu
dent body, faculty and friends, at the
convocation exercises which marked
the reopening of the university. Zone
item alone, that of the improvement
In the wheat crop of the State, an
improvement directly due to what the
university has done. returns annually
in created wealth to the people of the
State more money than the State
spends annually on the entire uni
versity. Not only is this true about
the wheat crop but the same can be
said of the improvements of the corn
crop. Through the Extension Service
and other channels, the farmer Is
easily able to get information on any
phase of plant growing or the check
ing of plant diseases that he desires.
But Agriculture is not the only
industry in which the university
touches the State, because the Chem
istry department is continuously carry
ing on research which when success
fully completed will mean millions Of
dollars. Through this department the
university has aided materially in the
steadily increasing output of manu-.
featured products.
Maryland is State of great indus
tries and even greater industrial pos
sibilities," continued President Pear
son. Some of the big manufacturing
plants of the world are in this State,
and in addition to agriculture, the
State has two other great natural re-
sources, mining and water The Chesa-
peake Bay and it's tributaries offer I'M
told possibilities of development.
1.-THE university is helping many OF
these industries already in carrying
out their programs, especially in re-
search, but an even larger field Of
helpfulness lies before us as the uni
versity obtains facilities with which
to do larger things. The State is just
beginning to recognize its place in the
manufacturing world, and is realizing
the Importance of research in connec-
ton with these industries. Since re-
search has been shown to be closely
proportional to industrial progress, 1t
is evident that Maryland's great re-
sources will be fostered to no small
extent through the university; and
you who are here training yourselves
must realize that you are preparing
to go out to do your part, and do it
well, in helping to build up and main
tain great enterprises.
"The university goes deeper in the
life of the State in that it goes into
the homes and through the work in
Home Economic Extension carries edu-
cation to the women who otherwise
could not obtain it," said DR.. Pearson
as he went on to cite the work of the
Medical, the Dental and the Pharmacy
Schools in protecting the health of the
State, and named various other ways
In which the university is serving the
people of Maryland. He called on the
students to remember their duty and
debt to the State in order that they
might become valuable citizens in the
life of the State. He ended his address
by expressing his gratitude to the peo-
pie of the State for their hearty CO.
operation in helping him administer
the affairs of the university.