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

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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

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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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w v mif nTm ItT V OF ' f MARYLAND 1 fe ' MARY ANN GRIFFITH, Secretary-Treasurer; WILLIAM HOLBROOK, President; LARRY MacKENZIE, Vice-President. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION was a in between the students and the administration Ihe most IMPORTANT action of the Student Government Association this year was the estabhshment of a Student Defense Council. This council sponsored the collections of waste paper from the students and gave a series of after- noon tea dances and one evening aflair, the pro- ceeds of which went to the Defense Fund. The S.G.A. also drafted a reorganized plan of student Two cans of food permitted students to dance for charity. activities to comply with the three semester sys- tem and put into effect a plan for the cooperative purchase of gasoline and auto supplies by the students. An improved lost and found system with a central office in the General Service Building was set up. The Junior Class representative to the Women ' s League totik o ' cr the sponsorship oi 28