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

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the Board. She is an active officer of the General Federation of Women ' s Clubs and a former President of the Maryland Federation. Treasurer, J. Milton Patterson, Baltimore. Mr. Patterson, a former District President of the Rotary International, is Executive Secre- tary of the Board of State Aid and Charities, which has responsibility of carrying out the state and federal program for social security. W. Calvin Chesnut, Baltimore. Mr. Ches- nut is regarded as one of the most able Fed- eral Judges of the country and is famous for his decision against the N.R.A. For many years he has been a member of the faculty of the University of Maryland Law School. William P. Cole, Jr., Towson. Congress- man Cole represents the Second District in Congress. He holds the rank of Ca ptain of Infantry for service in overseas duty during the World War. His son is now attend! the University of Maryland. Henry Holzapfel, Jr., Hagera vir. Holzapfel, a member of th Rnce its formation, is Vice-PresiJ ffne Potomac Edison Company. t HRted from the Uni- versity of Maj J HB a two of his sons also graduate H 9University, while a third 5er of the Sophomore Class. Nuttle, Denton. Mr. Nuttle is lent of the Maryland Farm Bureau and The outside and inside of business management THE UNIVERSITY OF MARY N D

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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

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Frank K. Haszard, Secretary to the President a member of the Exec- utive Committee of the American Farm Bu- reau Federation. In 1935 the University of Maryland awarded him a Certificate of merit in Agriculture for his outstanding work in this field. John E. Raine, Tow- son. Mr. Raine is Gen- eral Manager of the Automobile Trade As- sociation of Maryland. He supervises the an- nual automobile show held in Baltimore and is responsible for its success and appeal. Clinton L. Riggs, Baltimore. Mr. Riggs, President of the Riggs Building Company of Baltimore, was Secretary of Commerce and Police, and Commissioner of the Philippine Islands from 1913 to 1915. During the Span- ish-American War he served as Adjutant General with the rank of Major General. PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY Without detracting in one degree from the work of others who have aided in its develop- ment, it can be safely said that the man who is most responsible for the spectacular growth of the University of Maryland is Dr. Harry Clifton Byrd. A graduate of the old Maryland Agricultural College, Dr. Byrd returned to his Alma Mater twenty-five years ago and has since served the University with energetic perseverance. From the days when Dr. Byrd was an un- dergraduate at Maryland Agricultural Col- lege comes the story of his first experience on the college football field. After looking at his lean frame, the coach told him to turn in his uniform and give up a hopeless task. The inimicable Curley gave up his uniform, but he did not give up the task. The next day he appeared in togs of his own, including a home-made jersey, second-hand pants and women ' s stockings. Before three games had passed, Curley was a regular end and by the middle of the next season had found his true position as guarterback. That same determination and ability has since made history for the University of Maryland. In 1913 Curley came back to the campus to coach football, and by 1918 his energy and talent for organization had become so apparent that he was made Assis- tant to the President. He was made Vice- President in 1932 and four years later was named President of the University. Dr. Byrd has one job and one hobby — the University of Maryland. The astounding rise of the College Park branch of the Uni- versity from 117 students in 1917 to the pres- ent enrollment of 2,500 testifies to the zeal with which he has tackled his job. His more recent activities have brought to the College Park, Baltimore, and Princess Anne branches of the University a $2,260,- 000 building expansion program, and a gift of a million dollar model farm for the College of Agriculture. This year saw faculty improvements in all colleges at College Park, especially Arts and Sciences. The College of Agriculture was reorganized, bringing extension, research, control work and teaching into a more com- pact unit. The College of Engineering was accredited by the Engineers ' Council for Pro- fessional Development. Dr. Byrd has also been instrumental in bringing to College Park the federal head- quarters of the Bureau of Fisheries and the Bureau of Mines, and this year he instituted a program with the Bureau of Fisheries, State Conservation Commission, and the Univer- sity for rehabilitation of the water resources of the Chesapeake Bay. Notwithstanding the fact that he averages fifteen hours a day at his work. Dr. Byrd finds time to give four or five speeches a week in different parts of the State in behalf of the University. BUSINESS MANAGEMENT In the left wing of the Administration Build- ing, adjacent to the cashier ' s window, is the Division of Business Management. During the fall, while carpenters and workmen were changing minor parts of the interior to in- Harvey T. Casbarian, Comptroller, who is in charge of finan- ces of the University « 12 »