Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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EV ERG REE N —1 9 2 6 III Same as No. II, showing Elementary school rooms. Page Six

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EVERGREE N —1 926 I Maryland State Normal School building when it is completed. II Building used at present both for classes and admin¬ istrative purpose. Page Five

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E V E RG RE E N —1 9 2 6 History of School The General Assembly of 1922, by joint resolution, created a Com¬ mission “to investigate the need and desirability of establishing a State Normal School on the Eastern Shore of Maryland; to have plans prepared for the establishment of such a school, if deemed desirable; to select and purchase a site for same, and to erect buildings out of any funds which may be provided therefor. The commission consisted of Dr. Henry M. Fitz- hugh, President of the State Board of Education; Dr. Albert S. Cook, State Superintendent of Schools; William S. Gordy, Jr., State Comptroller; L. W. Gunby, President of the Board of Education of Wicomico County; Charles R. Disharoon, Orlando Harrison, and John B. Robins, Senators from Wicomico, Worcester and Somerset Counties respectively. The Com¬ mission was formally organized on July 28, 1922 by theelection of CharlesR. Disharoon as Chairman; William S. Gordy, Jr., Treasurer, and William J. Holloway, Secretary. In the General Construction Loan of 1922, there was included an item of $117,000 “for the purchase of land for the construction and equipment of a State Normal School to be located at Salisbury.” It accordingly be¬ came the duty of this Commission to carry out the expressed will of the Legislature by purchasing a site at Salisbury and initiating a building program. A site containing twenty-nine acres, ideally located near Salisbury, was purchased. Competent school architects were engaged to prepare plans and specifications. Following sound principles of school and resi¬ dence-hall architecture, they have, it is believed, evolved a group of build¬ ings which, when erected, will make it possible to do the work which the State has a right to expect of its normal schools. The school will be fire¬ proof throughout. The style of architecture followed, Maryland Colonial, has made it possible to present beautiful group of buildings practically under one roof. The Legislature of 1924 appropriated $205,000 for additional buildings to be expended by the State Board of Education who, with the State Su¬ perintendent of Schools, constitute the Board of Trustees of State Normal Schools. The Commission therefore went out of existence, after having rendered the State an incalculable service by its selection of an unusually good site and the initiation of a building program which will assure for the State a school of the highest type. The second appropriation was found sufficient to complete the north wing and the north connecting wing. The construction of the administration building, the auditorium-gymna¬ sium, and the south wing must be deferred until the General Assembly of 1927 provides the necessary funds. Salisbury, chosen by the General Assembly of 1922 as the location for the needed new teacher-training institution, is a modern, progressive little city, with cultured, refined people who will do their part to make life at the State Normal School pleasant and profitable. Situated at the junction of two railroads, at the head of navigation on the Wicomico River, with hard surfaced highways radiating in every direction, it is easily accessible from all parts of the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Its lakes and rivers give it a natural setting of rare beauty. Opportunities for boating, bath¬ ing, and fishing are right at hand. Maryland’s seaside resort, Ocean City, Page Seven