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

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COLLEGE OF COMMERCE Studied industrial and business requirements Dean W. Mackenzie Stevens In attempting to prepare its students for positions in modern large scale enterprise, the College of Commerce stresses the importance of orderly thinking and general financial procedure, which are so essential to success in their chosen fields. Through its graduates, the College of Com- merce is exerting a strong influence in the field of commerce and industry in Maryland and other states. In turn the college will play an increasingly important role in the nation ' s war efforts, through service in the various defense industries. Dr. Allan Gruchy Dr. Alpheus Marshall Prof. S. M. Wedeberg Dr. Vertrees Wycoff Dr. Victor Bennett COLLEGE OF EDUCATION developed potential teachers Dean Harold Benjamin Ihe College of Education exerts tre- mendous influences, perhaps, in a less tangible way than some of the other colleges, on its stu- 26

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surcs J.n oppDrcunicy lor iiiscrucrors to Ix ' iiilormcd on chc latest results in research aiul ti Iv in touch constantly with current trends aiul prohlems. As a result ol this students are keju in close contact with the tronticrs ot Jewlopment in the arious agricultural liekls aiul the ' n turn are enahlci-l to apply what thev ha e learned to the held ol prac- Dr. Frederick Leinbach Dr. Kenneth Turk Dr. Charles Mahoney Dr. Mark Welsh COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS concentrated on better nutrition Dean Marie M. Mount T- Ihe College of Home Economics, with its many profcssit)nal and homemaking phases, is becoming increasingly important. It equips the students with the knowledge and techniques neces- sary to provide better nutrition for the nation, soK ' c clothing and textile problems, teach home economics, and carry on research and extension. Women m home economics are needed in prac- tically every Held of defense. Equally, it not more important than professional training, the college pro ' ides a sound homemaking education. The homes made strong by the homcmakers build good communities. They in turn reflect on the state and the state on the nation. Miss Vienna Curliss Mrs. Frieda McFarland Mrs. Claribel Welsh 25

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clcnts and chroiigh chcm, in the iicLl at cducAiion, both primary and secondary, throughout the state and nation. hi a nation .u war educacion takes one ol the most ital roles ni the entire mechanism of society. Education is society ' s assurance tliat there will he a future and to this cikI the Colleiie ol lii.lucation bends its ellorts. I he college concentrates upon instructing its students in the latest educational methods so that in turn they can go out and teach the younger generation ith maximum ellective- ness. As these students scatter over the nation they carry the inlluences of the University of Maryland v ith them to America ' s vouth. Miss Catherine Barr Mr. Ralph Gallington Mr. Charles Mackert Miss Edna McNaughton SCHOOL OF NURSING helped to alleviate world suffering M lURSiNG HAS EMERGED ftom an un- schooled vocational service to become a ital part of the medical profession of which we are justly proud; and today, more so than ever, the gradu- ates of the University School of Nursing are faced with the vital problem of caring for the sick and the wounded. It is through these students that the influence ol the state will he felt by the nation. This influence will be felt not only by the residents of the cities and towns in which the graduates make their homes, but also by the men ol the armed services ot the United States. The Base Unit No. 2, organized by the University Hospital for overseas duty, has already left for the Far Eastern Front. In order to enter more lorcefullv into the cur- il ' . A i v . i Miss Annie Crighton rent war eflort the Nursing School has speeded up its training course, which has come to be one of the finest of its type in the country. Chief factor ol the new program is the moving up of the State Board examinations which every graduate must complete successfully before she can practice nursing. 27