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

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The Physical yispect of a BOOK OF PROGRESS ' ' T X EEPLY engraven into University annals will be entered the hap- J) I penings of the school year just past. For though 1940 marked ' - neither auspicious anniversary of state or school, its days recorded the realization of many phases of Maryland ' s program of progress. Most conspicuous of campus advancements was the physical transformation wrought by the completion of seven modern buildings and extensive alterations to many of the established structures. It is to portray this great change, to show bywords and VI EWS the dominance of these new edifices over those they replaced, that the editors of the 1940 Terrapin present its first section. Wh HiLE not as physically impres- sive as the permanent buildings adorning the campus, no less notable are the classes them- selves. For each class, through the effect of its increased enrollment, through the progress of its individual members in their scholastic, athletic, and social attainments, plays an integral role in the whole advancing order. The depiction of each undergraduate class then, its members, and their interests — pyramiding one on the other through the four years of college — embodies the next four divisions of this volume. L .NSCRIBED on the pages of the FRESHMAN section are events that will ever remain etched in the memories of those who have passed the opening mile- stone in their collegiate careers. An attempt has been made to capture the first bewilder- ment of adjustment to new surroundings, the tiresome, though thrilling, ritual of registra- tion, the indignities suffered at the hands of belligerent sophomores, the pleasures of Orientation Week. Movement toward the more pur- poseful undertaking of study is recounted in the Freshman ' s initial contact with his faculty advisers, while his ventures into organized society receive due note in the story of campus fraternities and soror- ities. And finally, as if in summation of the growth of a binding spirit for the Class of 1943, its athletic triumphs, its aggressive officers, and its social successes close this section, portraying a year of glorious adaptation.

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HIS EXCELLENCY HERBERT R. O ' CONOR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND

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A. PT material for introduction to the Sophomore class history was furnished by the victory of the second-year men over their arch Freshmen rivals in the annual tug-of-war, for thus was climaxed the term-long induc- tion ceremony of the unruly Frosh into Maryland ' s traditional ranks. But a more stirring recollection to the SOPHOMORE than traditional victory, springing from the same group feeling that effected the interclass triumph, was the deep-seated pride of the second-year athlete in his initial Varsity efforts and the genuine interest of the non-participant in the attainments of his fellows. Hence, herein are contained all things athletic. Appropriate finis is written to the division by a recital of the achievements of Sophomore officers and the pleasures of the annual prom. Th .HE arrival of JUNIOR year sped the departure of aimless indecision, for here was a year with a purpose. Because the ambitions and constructive labors of their own Junior staff members struck closest home, the Terrapin editors open the fourth section of this volume with a picturization of publication activ- ities during 1940. The many contributions to the progress of campus organizations also from Juniors, whose every glance rested on future Senior laurels, affords reason for the recitation of club attainments within these pages. Yet, the efforts of the third-year student passed not without reward; rather, witness the indications on the rolls of University honor societies, presented throughout the pages of the Junior Division, of their ready acceptance of active and deserving Juniors. A final extollment of class leaders and the climactic Prom- enade move the Terrapin into the realm of the departing Senior. A. .LWAYS to the SENIOR has fallen a heritage of leadership — supervision over the Student Government Association, the Men ' s League and the Women ' s League, and the training of a smart and alert military corps. But, though burdened with greatest responsibility, the Senior Class attained fullest honors, its most illustrious members being elected to the ranks of Omicron Delta Kappa and Mortar Board, its most studious to Phi Kappa Phi. So it is that the 1940 Terrapin interprets the essence of Senior activity. There then remains but the listing of graduating Seniors, the legend of June Week, a final tribute to six of Maryland ' s sons to whom past June Weeks have signified true commencement of voyages to success and fame — and the Terrapin ' s message of progress of school and student has run the gamut of its course.