Evening star., 1944-12-17

its physics and chemistry research
facilities with the aeronautical unit
making a total of S2,250,000 which
may be spent on the initial plant
Judge William P. Cole, jr., chair
man of the University Board of Re-
gents, said the board had decided
that the new group facilities will be
. known as the Glenn L. Martin Col
lege of Engineering and Aeronauti-
cal Sciences" in order to commence
rate "Mr. Martins vision"
In the aeronautical engineering
project, emphasis will be put on
graduate research work DR.. Byrd
pointed out that this would serve,
however, to strengthen undergrad
uate departments of civil, electrical,
mechanical and chemical engineer
ing.
Tentative Plans Mapped.
The research project, it was en-
phasized, also will provide oppor-
tunities for outstanding graduates
of other engineering colleges to car
ry on advanced and highly special
lied graduate studies in the vari-
Gus scientific fields related to the
aircraft industry.
These include not only primary
engineering problems, but also work
in plastics, metallurgy and new ma
terials of all kinds. New methods
of aircraft propulsion, such as rock
/ cts, are among the problems which
will be studied.
r DR.. Byrd said that the university
staff, with advice from Mr.. Martin
B and engineers of his company, al
ready has developed tentative plans
3 Tor the project, including provision
for the needs of the basic sciences
of chemistry, physics and geology, as
well as the aeronautical engineer
ing units proper.
In a statement issued in connec-
tion with the gift, Mr.. Martin said
it was designed primarily to estab-
lish project that would be of last
ing benefit to the aviation industry
and, through that, help to bring
about better understanding be-
: tween nations and raise the stand
. ard of living everywhere.
The announcement said the max
ing of the gift to the University of
Maryland was influenced by three
factors:
l. Unhampered freedom permitted
the university authorities in work.
. ing out educational plans and pro-
cedures
2. The long-standing policy of the
States political leaders of non-inter-
ference in any way with the uni
versity's educational program
8. Existence at the university of
varied departments capable of
bringing great breadth of scien-
tif1c knowledge to bear on special
research problems.
No Legal Technicalities.
Gov. O'Conor said he did not know
of amy act on the part of one OF
the States great corporations that
could be more far-reaching or have
greater potentialities for good than
this gift" He added that so far as
he could see there are no legal tech
nicalities to hamper development OF
the project, but that if any should
develop he was sure the Legislature
would Cooperate to straighten them
out.
According to the announcement
1t Is expected that the university
will create several undergraduate
scholarships in aeronautical sciences
for the sons and daughters of en-
ployes of the Martin company.
/ Mr.. Martin, who abandoned 9
successful automobile business te
become one of the pioneers in avia-
ton development soon after the
Wright brothers first flights In
1905, already is credited with sig
niflcant contributions to aeronau-
tical research.
Aside from his own achievements
in this field, he pledged approxi-
mately $500,000 to the Institute OF
the Aeronautical Sciences in 1941
to found the Minta Martin Aeronau-
tical Laboratory, named for his
mother. In 1910 the Glenn l.. Martin
Fellowship in plastics research was
established at Mellon Institute.
In commenting on the University
OF Maryland project, DR.. Byrd said
1T is impossible to do anything
more than conjecture on the far