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

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Calendar for 1902=1903. FALL TERM. September 16-17 Entrance Examinations. September 18 Thursdaj ' , 8.45 A. M., College Work Begins. October 10 Friday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. December 12 Friday, Meeting of the Board of Trustees. December 19 . Friday noon. Fall Term Ends. December 19, Noon-January 5, Noon Christmas Holidays. WINTER TERM. January 5 Monday Noon, Winter Term Begins. January 13 Friday, Meeting of Board of Tru.stees. April 9 Thursday Noon, Winter Term Ends. April 9, Noon-April 14, 8.45 A. M . Easter Holidays. SPRING TERM April 14 Tuesday, 8.45 A. M., Spring Term Begins. June 8-12 Final Examinations. June 12 Friday, Meeting of Board of Trustees. June 14 Sunday, 4 P. M., Baccalaureate Sermon. June 15 Monday, Class Day. June 16 Tuesday, Alumni Day. June 17 Wednesday, 11.00 A.M., Commencement Exercises.

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would assume her true place among the states as the Garden of the East . This was the motive which inspired those generous citizens of Maryland in 1859, to contribute of their wealth and land to organize an Agricultural College, — the second of its kind in this Continent; and it was to foster this patriotic enterprise that the Federal Government by Act of Congress, gave a substantial income to our College. If you would promote the Commonwealth, you must encourage its greatest bulwark, Agriculture; if you would encourage agriculture, you must put it in the power of the young farmer to improve his condition, and add to the knowledge acquired by his forefathers. Let the State of Maryland realize, and realize at once, that nearly every acre within her borders maj be made to teem with abundant harvests, if with patience her farmers assume the task of reclaiming her abandoned acres, by employing intelligent and up-to-date methods; let the farmers of Maryland know that their .sons can receive no richer heritage than a knowledge of how to improve the soil; let them insist that the State, for who.se support they pay taxes, divert at least a tithe to enhance the Agricultural wealth of the State, and let this aid be granted to the Agricultural College, not at the request of the Board of Tru.stees, but rather on the demand of the Agriculturists of the State for what of right reverts to them, — then we hhall see the consummation of that object so devoutly desired, — the farmer ' s son looking forward not to the time when he can escape from the farm to go to the city to be motorman, bookkeeper, hired man or what not, with all the temptations and unhealthful en- vironments that such a life offers; but, to the time when having equipped himself with the requisite knowledge at the Marylai-.d Agricultural College, he can take his place on the farm as a skilled agriculturist, and derive from kind Mother Earth that wealth which she will always liountifully supply to those who use her kindly, and KNOW HOW to treat her well. II

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Officers and Faculty of Instruction. tr »r ■ • R. W. Silvester, President, Thos. H. Spence, A. M., I ' ice- President. Professor of Mathematics. Professor of Langiia;i;es. Jos. R. Owens, M. D., Register and Treasurer. H. B. McDonnell, M. D., B. S., W. T. L. Tallvkekko, A. B., Professor of Cheniistrj ' . Professor of Agriculture. James S. Robinson, Professor of Horticulture. S. S. Buckley, M. S., D. V. S., Henry Lanahan, A. B., Professor of Veterinary Science. Profes.sor of Physics and Civil Engineering. F. B. BoMBERGER, A. M., B. vS., Professor of Engli.sh and Civics. Chas. S. Richardson, Maj. J. C. Scantling, U. S. A., Retired, Director of Physical Culture and Commandant of Cadets. Instructor in Public vSpeaking. J. H. Mitchell, M. E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. A. L. Quaintance, M. S., J. B. S. Norton, M. S., Professor of Entomology. Professor of Pathology and Botany. C. F. Austen, B. S., As.sociate in Horticulture. Henry T. Harrison, J. C. Blandford, M. E., Principal of Preparatory Department. Assistant in Mechanical Engineering. F. H. Blodgett, B. S., A.ssistant in Pathology and Botany. R. W. B. Mavo, T. B. Symons, B. S., A.ssistant in Department of Languages. Assistant in luitomology. C. V. DpANE, M. S., Instructor in Dairying. A. B. Foster, B. S., J. B. Robij, m ' . S., T. R. Gough, B. S., H. N. Lansdale, B. S., Assi.stant in Chemistry. Assi.stant in Chemistry. Assistant in Chemistry. Assistant in Chemistry. R. I. Smith, B. S., W. O. Eversfield, M. I)., Assistant in Entomology. Physician in Charge. Miss M. L. Spenck, Stenographer and Typewriter. Mrs. L. K. Fitziiugh, Matron. E. T. Harrison, Eibrarian and Executive Clerk. 13