University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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President Wilson H. Elkins T? IGHT YEARS have passed since President - ' - Wilson H. Ellcins and his family moved to their present home on the western pernneter of the University and during that time they have literally seen the University grow around them. The Center of Adult Education, the Millard Tawes Fine Arts Center, the Education Build- ing, Denton Complex, and Cambridge Complex have all been built in the last decade. Trans- cending the physical growth of the University is its spiritual growth. Two milestones in the climb toward academic prestige were achieved this year with the selection of the University to receive the Atomic Energy Commission ' s cyclotron in November and the installation of a Phi Beta Kappa chapter in December: Presi- dent P lkins noted these two events as the best moments of his year. The President has said he is happy with the general progress of the University, though it is always slow. He re- garded getting enough money to pay faculty members as his most difllcult problem this year.

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Administration

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Board of Regents TTIGH POLICY AND FINANCE of the Uni- J-Aversity are the realms of the Board of Re- gents. During the summer, the Regents ap- proved a $17,910,300 capital improvements program for all branches of the University in 1965-66. In other decisions during the summer, the Regents struck questions concerning the nationality and race of a student ' s parents from the admission application blank, adopted a Minimum Requirements for Retention and Graduation Plan, and approved in principle the awarding of scholarships for fixed charges to selected Honors Program students during their senior year. Meeting in September, the Regents approved a record $50,142,208 budget to accommodate a record University enrollment of 22,229 students. January saw the Regents agree with the slogan scratchers of the Engi- neering Building: The Board decided ROTC is Evil and eliminated the compulsory Air Sci- ence program. Both a two-year and four-year voluntary officer training program were sub- stituted after the Regents heard a report by Louis L. Kaplan which explained that the Air Science department could not meet its needs because it lacked sufficient instructors to cope with the ever-rising tide of new freshmen. In March the Regents instituted a reform of the general education program, reducing required English from twelve hours to nine and required physical education from two years to one, and increasing requirements in mathematics, fine arts and philosophy, and heahh education for men. A $1,500,000 school of Architecture was also approved for the College Park campus in March. BOARD OF REGENTS- L. L. Kaplan, H. H. Nuttle, T. B. Symons. E. F. Holter, Dr. W. H. Elkins, C. P. McCormick B H. Brown, W. C. Walsh, R. W. Case, Mrs. J. L. Whitehurst, W. B. Long. - iijQDD ||,E]ESBDED[Z1I1Q □QOJED iQElBEliBdBil ■ B aHBHBnOQHQHB ■ B ■ r m Emtmm . mm m BBHO ff :. ■« 4 ' -- v»)») m ' ••o « V ' ' i ii (t ' ' M