Evening star., 1947-06-07
Record Class
Graduates at
u.
Gov. Lone Stresses
Need for Social
Responsibility

Diplomas and degrees to 939 stu
dents, the largest number in schoo
history, were awarded today a
graduation ceremonies of the Uni
versity Of Maryland,
Before receiving their awards II
Ritchie Coliseum, College Park, tn,
graduates heard Gov. Lane of Mary.
land deliver the annual commence.
mept address. Gov. Lane told tn.
graduates an expanded program o.
public education is vital if 1--WE a.
a Nation are to prosper and thu
ideals Of this Nation are to endure.
He declared he knew of mo surel
way to help the youth of this State
to succeed in life than to give them
the kind Of training and education
necessary to equip them to live ane
prosper In a highly competitive
world.
when the powers never before
dreamed of are in our hands," hi
went on. when the obligations o1
our Nation to the rest of the worlc
have become so great that we dare
not shirk them, our best recourse Il
to teach the advancing generations
how to develop and control those
powers.
Social Sciences Stressed.
The Chief Executive said there Il
no broader field for advancement
than In the social sciences"
Problems of labor-management
relations, distribution of goods anc
practices that prevent the con.
sumner from getting better product.
at lower cost" can be solved, he said
Our hope lies in the courage
with which we look forward into the
distant years, and how successful
we are in providing our children
with knowledge to enable them tt
meet the challenge of those years.
The Maryland Chief Executive
was presented with an honorary
doctor of laws degree.
In addition, honorary certificate!
of merit in agriculture were pre-.
sented to Richard c. Riggs o.
Catonsville, Md; Mrs. Alice Wolfe
Sattler, Monkton, Md, and Lloye
Balderston III, Colera, Md. Tht
family of the. late j. Andrew Cohil
of Hancock, Md, was presented 6
posthumous certificate of merit ir
agriculture.
The diplomas and honorary
awards were presented by DR.. H. @
Byrd, president of the University
of Maryland.
Graduates by Schools.
The number of graduates from
each of the schools and the facult,
member who presented them as the.
received their degrees are:
Graduate, % Doctor of Philosoph,
degrees, "a Master of Arts, 26 Maste,
of Science, 80 Master of Education
and 6 Master of Business Admin
istration by Dean c. o. Appleman
Medicine, 81 Doctor of Medicin,
degrees by Acting Dean H. Boyt
Wylie.
Dentistry, rs Doctor of Denta
Surgery degrees by Dean j. Ber
Robinson.
Law, al Bachelor of Laws degree
by Dean Roger Howell.
Agriculture, SO Bachelor of Scienc,
degrees by Associate Dean r. 3
Corbett.
Arts and Sciences, 1877 Bachelo
of Arts degrees and So Bachelor O.
Science degrees by Acting Dean J. F
Pyle.
Business and Public Adninistra.
ton, So Bachelor of Science degree!
by Acting Dean j. F. Pyle.
Education, 25 Bachelor of Arts de.
grees and n Bachelor of Science
degrees by Dean Harold Benjamin
Engineering, ST Bachelor oi
Science degrees by Dean S. S. Stein.
berg.
Home Economics, 48 Bachelor oi
Science degrees by Dean M. M
Mount.
Military Science, Physical Educa-
ton and Recreation, Bachelor OF
Science degrees by Col. Harland C
Griswold.
Pharmacy, 16 Bachelor of Science
degrees by Dean Andrew G. DuMez
Nursing. 81 graduates by Directo,
Florence M. Gipe.