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

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From countless hours of hard study and mental discipline comes the reward of y(r een Vl llnd Participation in extra-curricular activities requires and cultivates yv f e6omte J pint r Athletics, major or intramural, bring about the development of yv S ound i5odi The good fellowship of fraternity and dormitory life helps to create yv Ljemai =Jji5position

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h HE DEVELOPMENT OF ke C diAcated an iT ;,,; ' .:. ' yr- ...-f?,y. ;; .; . . Not detracting from the value of formal edurv ; , cation, which is paramount in univ ' efti the educated man must -irt ' ,-. which he s cmes ..feorn 4i§.J qfe .Smr- plementing formal knowledge, he must be- -balanced indiviauar equipped v re v - to meet intelligently all thPcc i pfea -;,;;,. tions of life. Nowhe nity for such the University of academic training, extra-cufricuiar partic- ipation, athletic activityf ffid ' -gooa fellow- ship combine to bring out the best qualities that lie undeveloped in each individual.

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§i HIS IS THE UNITY rouiaei the eaucation. BOARD OF REGENTS Henry Holzapfel, Jr., John E. Raine, Wil- liam P. Cole, Jr., J. Milton Patterson, Treasurer; Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, Secre- tary; W. W. Skinner, Chairman; Clinton L. Rigqs, Harry H. Nut- tie, W. Calvin Ches- nut. J. H E University of Maryland, composed of its administrators, faculty, equipment, and traditions, is the unity which has provided the educational environment for 1937-38. Reflecting the student body ' s pride in the growth of the University during the year, the editors have gathered together pictures and facts about the University, of the men and women who guide it, about the existing order and innovations made during the year with a hope that the unusual progress made will be appreciated not only now but also in the future. BOARD OF REGENTS The government of the University of Mary- land is vested in a Board of Regents consist- ing of nine members appointed by the Gov- ernor with the consent of the Senate, for a term of nine years, one membership termi- nating each year. The Board selects the President who acts as Executive Officer of the University and of the State Board of Agriculture. The Board of Regents is com- posed of the following members: Chairman, W. W. Skinner, Kensington. Dr. Skinner has been a member of the Board since it was formed in 1916. He is Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry and Soils of the United States Department of Agriculture. Secretary, Mrs. John L. Whitehurst, Balti- more. Mrs. Whitehurst has the distinction of being the first and only woman member of