Evening star., 1943-05-30
0'Conor and Radcliffe
Address Maryland U.
Graduating Class
Dr.. Byrd Reveals Grant
OF $474 900 to Construct
Dormitories and Armory
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Both Gov. O'Conor and Senator
Radcliffe of Maryland, told approx
imately 400 members of the Uni
versity of Maryland's graduating
class at commencement exercises in
Ritchie Coliseum at College Park
yesterday, that the future of the
world and the responsibility for
running it rested on them.
DR.. H. C. Byrd, university presi-
dent. meanwhile, disclosed that the
Governor had approved grants of
$424,00 for construction of dor
mitory to house Army students ex-
pected at College Park later this
year, and $4,000 to complete the
university's new armory. DR.. Byrd
made his statement in a speech in
Producing Gov. O'Conor.
He also announced that although
yesterdays graduating class was
much smaller than usual, a total of
997 students were graduated dur
ing the last year in the institutions
accelerated wartime program. Of
yesterdays class, he added, 104
senior ROTC students would 60 i'm
mediately to Officers Training
School, while 10 junior ROTC men
would report for 13 weeks of basic
training before going to the officers
school.
1000 Attend Ceremonies.
Senator Radcliffe told the ap-
proximately 1000 persons who at
tended the commencement cere-
monies, never has there been such
an opportunity for wise, humane,
constructive and practical policies
to heal a world stricken almost to
DEATH"
What you do in the next Is
years" he warned the students, mot
only to right the world, but to run
it after it is put in shape will be
the greatest determining factor as
to what principles of government
will prevail, as to what will really
be our way of life"
Gov. O'Conor maintained. Our
people are not going to make the
same tragic mistakes made during
and following the last world war.
They definitely are not to stand
idly by and permit the economic dis
aster and the resulting breakdown
during the depression of the decade
just passed.
Postwar Opportunity Cited.
He then told the students The
culture, the knowledge, the scientific
skills that have been absorbed by
you during your years here at
College Park can be the lever bv
which the entire eworld will be
helped to higher standard of
thought and living than has ever
been known
concerted efforts are already un-
der way he disclosed, throughout
the Nation to prepare definite mea-
sures for insuring that the future of
our country will be as we would
have it after the war"
Senator Radcliffe declared in
discussion of problems which he
said would confront the postwar
world, I'VE must see to it that no
factor in industry manages to over
top the others, and thereby get our
economic and financial structure
out of balance. We must be Jealous
in retaining private incentive and
profit in business and labor"
He added that many of the "en-
croachments of the Federal Gov
ernment" must be shed "in a return
to tlme-honored doctrines of democ-
racy and local self government.
I'VE must apply practical ideas
OF social security" he asserted.
Schools War Week Praised,
He added that he viewed with
grave anxiety threats to change
our Governmental policy as to re-
clprocal trade agreements and
warned against allowing the mer-
chant marine to fall into disuse.
Saying he was opposed to inter-
national conferences now to settle
world problems, the Senator added,
but interchanges of opinions and
discussions between Allied powers
will continue to pave the way-I
hope and believe-to many inser-
national understandings and ways of
cooperation.
Gov. O'Conor told his audience
that few, if any, universities had
been able to integrate themselves
more promptly, and more COM
pletely,' into the war effort than
the University of Maryland.