Salisbury University - Evergreen Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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THE EVERGREEN OF 1933 3. General Assembly, 1927, provided necessary funds for adminis¬ tration building and auditorium. 4. Funds provided, 1931, for completion of third unit of building. C. Location 1. Building Commission selected site containing 29 acres ideally located at Salisbury. a. Situated (i. e. Salisbury) at junction of two railroads, at head of navigation of Wicomico River, with hard surfaced roads radiating all directions. b. Lakes, rivers give natural setting of rare beauty. Opportuni¬ ties for boating, bathing, fishing at hand. 2. Salisbury, modern progressive city with cultured, refined people, co-operative in making life at the school pleasant and profitable. I). Construction 1. Competent school architects engaged to prepare plans and speci¬ fications. 2. Beautiful group of buildings under one roof possible because of colonial architecture followed. 3. Building, fire-proof throughout. 4. Builders followed sound principles of school and residence-hall architecture, making it possible that the school do high type work that State expects of her Normal Schools. V. I .—If promises of brick and mortar were as precisely realized as you have outlined, what possibilities for this school could not evolve. I’ll read on. V. .— IT. Ideal in its operation fourteen A. Students 1. Under sympathetic guidance of well-trained institutional directors.

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THE EVERGREEN OF 1933 LESSONS IN PROGRESS” Setting: Publications Room. Characters: Student; Visiting Interviewer. Properties: Outline of History of School; Typewriter. S. —Can it be that you have come here for information having unusual possibilities for you? V. .—No. Unless you have material which would prove valuable in the compiling of what I shall call Lessons in Progress”, I shall not bother you further. S. —Then I am to be pestered. For I have something you must see. I am going to write a history of my Alma Mater for our year-book, and have sketched a brief outline to guide me. Read it. V. .— I. A good plan is a noble beginning. A. Investigation 1. Joint resolution General Assembly created Commission. a. To investigate need and desirability of establishing State Nor¬ mal School on Eastern Shore of Maryland. b. To have plans prepared for school if deemed desirable. c. To select and purchase site for same; erect buildings out of any funds provided therefor. 2. Commission formally organized with election of Charles R. Disharoon, Chairman; W. S. Gordy, Jr., Treasurer; W. J. Hol¬ loway, Secretary. S. —That was ten years ago. V. .— B. Legislation 1. Construction Loan, 1922, included item for purchase of land for construction and equipment of a State Normal School to be located at Salisbury. 2. Legislature of 1924 made an appropriation for additional build¬ ings, which was expended by Board of Trustees. Second appro¬ priation sufficient only for north wing and north connecting wing. thirteen

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THE EVERGREEN OF 1933 2. Properly supervised as to their social, moral and religious life. 3. Placed in healthful, comfortable, happy environment. B. Courses 1. Conducted to train high school gradu¬ ates in the science and art of teach¬ ing. 2. Conducted on recognized collegiate level. C. Graduates 1. Fulfill teaching obligations to State in two years. 2. Can secure three years’ college credit at leading universities and teachers’ col¬ leges. S ' .—That is due to the new three-year curriculum installed this year. V. I.— D. Practise-teaching centers 1. Used freely as teaching laboratory for observation and demon¬ stration. 2. Located within seven-mile radius from school, and on improved highways. E. Building—excellently equipped and managed 1. Library, contains 9,000 volumes which include unusually wide range of books. 2. Auditorium in new million dollar school ranks second in East only to the Roxy in regard to stage facilities and lighting tech¬ nique. 3. Gymnasium, large floor space—seating capacity over 450 per¬ sons. Available for gala social functions. 4. Social rooms, noted for rare artistry in every respect. Home¬ like atmosphere. 5. Dining room, in keeping with splendor of social room. Adjoins healthful, modernly equipped kitchen. 6. Dormitory room s, modern, bright, and comfortable. V. I .—I begin to see that what you outline here can be used in my compilation for illustra¬ tive material. But I can see little possibility for epochal struggle necessary to continual progress. S .— You have to read on. V. .— III. Promise of continued success A. Supreme justification 1. Senate Bill No. 38 providing that one or more of the State Normal Schools be temporarily closed introduced in Senate last fall. fifteen