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

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

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Go the GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND Alumnus of the University of Maryland, and one of the youngest, most energetic and far-seeing governors the State of Maryland has ever had, the editors of the 1940 Terrapin and the students of his alma mater respectfully dedicate this book

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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.