Evening star., 1947-02-02
Maryland Study Urges
Junior College System
And Larger University
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Feb. IA special
commission which for year has
studied State-supported colleges and
the University of Maryland today
recommended sweeping changes in
cluding expansion of the university
and creation of State wide system
of Junior colleges.
The so-called Marbury Commits
sion, organized year ago with Will
liam L. Marbury, Baltimore attorney,
as its chairman, said the need for
Junior colleges is demonstrated by
The fact Maryland stands 45th among
the States in the number of young
people between 18 and 20 who still
are in school. The commission made
these suggestions about the general
program:
"A large number Of qualified
students are denied the opportunity.
to continue their training beyond
high school because no courses are
accessible to them within reach of
their homes.
Extended State Aid Urged.
"These units should be made avail
able to all qualified applicants by the
elimination of tuition and by the
establishment OF a program of sub
sistence scholarships.
"The Junior colleges should share
in basic State aid just as do the
lower schools.
1.-THE States ultimate annual
share of the cost should be about
$350,000. This assumes that Balti-.
more City and each of the counties
would make a contribution, ranging
from s252,000 in the case of Balti-
more down to $500 from Queen
Annes County. s
Variety of Courses Sought.
"The cirruculum of the junior
colleges should be sufficiently broad
to include both preparatory courses
and terminal courses which put
special emphasis on vocational
studies.
THE establishment of Junior
colleges will permit the abandon
ment of Junior college curriculums
now being maintained at State ex-
pense at Bowie, Salisbury and Frost
burg"
These three schools are' State
supported teachers colleges, and the
commission devoted special section
of its report to them and the other
teachers college at Towson.
Expansion of University.
The commission recommended
the abandonment of Frostburg
Normal along with Princess Anne
College for Negroes, Coppin Teachers
College for Negroes in Baltimore, and
the st. Mary's Female Seminary.
The report said Maryland may
take legitimate pride" in it's uni
versity and recommended that it be
expanded to take care Of 10000
students.
The commission also made the
following suggestions:
More scholarships paid for by
the State.
Increased salaries for faculties in
State-controlled institutions.
Discontinuance of State aid to
st. Johns College in Annapolis be-
cause it is engaged in highly
specialized program of benefit to
few Maryland residents.
Separate Teachers Courses Asked.
Establishment of separate courses
for training elementary school
teachers at the university and at
Morgan State College for Negroes.
Maintainence of the college of
engineering at Johns Hopkins Uni
versity in Baltimore as a State
agency.
State control of Washington Col
iege at Chestertown as a liberal
arts institution.
Creation of State Board of High
er Education responsible for admin
istration, budget review and appro-
priation of funds for the university
and colleges.
The report dealt extensively with
expanded opportunities for colored
persons through development of
courses in the liberal arts, basic
sciences, agriculture, engineering,
and teaching at Morgan State Col
lege.
One member of the commission,
Carl Murphy, publisher of the Balti-
more AfrQ-American. differed with
this section of the report. He recon-
mended colored students be en-
rolled at the university for courses
which are not matched at the colored