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

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T E RRiPI I ■ ' ' 4; Uie OHnual fuJfUccdion o the diude Imdif, oj THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND

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©. ' EDICATED to Judge William P. Cole, Jr., student, athlete, lawyer, and untiring friend of the students of the University of Maryland and of the people of this state, who was this year elected as Chairman of the Board of Regents. In 1910, Bill Cole was graduated from the University of Maryland and received his degree in engineering. As a student, his activities included baseball, in which he won his letter in 1909; manager of the nine in 1910; secretary of the athletic council; lieutenant in the military unit; secretary-treasurer of the Rossborough Club; business man- ager of both the May and June ball organizations; member of Conference Committee; humorous editor of The Re- veille, as the yearbook was then called; and, senior orator. After he had received his engineering degree, the young William Cole took a degree in the Law School in Baltimore. Having a fine education and a splendid legacy of public service left by his father, William P. Cole, Sr., he began to practice law in his home town. Tow- D E D son. A few years later, he was elected by a large majority as a member of Congress from the Second District. He served as a member of Congress over a long period until he resigned two years ago to become Judge of the United States Customs Court, with headquarters at New York City, in which capacity he still serves the nation. During the first World War, Judge Cole served as a captain and fought through Belgium and France. His son, Billy, who was graduated from the Uni- versity of Maryland just as World War II broke out, was killed in action as the United States Army was entering Ger- many. Judge Cole is serving his second term of nine years as a member of the Board of Regents of the University. With the help of a man who attended the Uni- versity and has known it well, we are assured a school that we may be proud of, a school that has grown from the small agricultural college of 1850 to the great university it is today and will be in the future. o