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

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Dr. Harry C. Byrd President of the University

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Eric Johnston, commencement speaker, given doctor ' s degree by Dr. Byrd as Gov. Lane looks on. Dr. Byrd speaks to large crowd at Homecoming rally. President Byrd and Judge Cole previev new stadium. Presidents: Fred Stone of SGA and Dr. Byrd. Dr. Bvrd a 2;rcat Icadci Dr. H. ( . ( uricy Hynl. ' OH. h.is bten president of his Aiiii.i M.itcr tor 1 5 years. In ih.ii time the Univer.sity has advanced more rapidly than any other State institution. It has grown and broadened at an amazing pace, scholasticaily and in physical assets. Starting in 1912, Dr. Byrd successfully served as foDlhall coach, athletic director, assistant to the President, N ' ite President .mil .Acting President. He h.is tigureil in e erv major sieji ni.nie hv the I ' nivcrsity. Not.ilile achie ements incluile the chang- ing of the original Marylanil Agricultur.il (College to Maryland State in iyi6; the merger of the ( ' ollege P. irk schools with the professional schools in Balti- more to create the greater I ' niversity in ] 920; and the dete.it of .1 legisl.itive hill to dissolve the merger in I 9 2 t . Despite the gre.it demantls upon him. Dr. Byrd delights in sharing in campus activities. Recently he said: The things I miss most since we grew so l.irge are the personal contacts ith the students and He still resembles the modest, friendly, likable, .mil good-looking sixteen year old country boy who matriculated at old M.A.C in 1905.

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Dean Adele H. Sla Dean of Women Manv a hcwildurcd rrcshnian girl has walked with apprehension into the small red brick huildinf at the top of the hill marked Dean of Women. Until she meets the smiling Dean, the co-ed doesn ' t know what a wonderful friend and counselor Miss Adele Stamp can be. Miss Stamp understands the problems of a M.irylanci co-ed well, for after graduating from lulane Uni- versity she came to Maryland as a graduate student to receive her M.A. degree. To aid the new women students. Dean Stamp directs a ery successful Fall Orientation Program. Because she was instrumental in establishing the Maryland chapter of Panhelienic, she is also actively interested in campus sororities. Among the Dean ' s varied in- terests scholarship and achievement hold an important position. She foundetl the local chapter of Mortar Board, and is at present National Treasurer of Alpha Lambda Delta. Since she assumed her position in 1922, Miss Stamp has seen co-ed enrollment jump from twenty- three to over two thousand. Still she seems to find time for all. Dean of Men Dean Geary F. Eppley Dean Cieary l Eppley, one of Maryl.uuls most prominent faculty members, is also one of the busiest. Filling the capacity of Dean of Men, Director of Stu- dent Activities, and Chairman of the Athletic Board, he is concerned with every phase of campus life out- side of the classrooms, making his office a Union Station of students and faculty. Admired and well liked by everyone, he always finds time to assist worried students with their problems, even if it means spenil- ing many extra hours in his office. Coming to Maryland as an Ag student in I9l-t, he received his B.S. in 1920 after serving fifteen months as a First Lieutenant in the cavalry. He has been at Maryland ever since — except for live years absence during the Second World War. During his under- graduate days, Mr. Eppley was a star end for (hurley Byrd ' s football team. After graduation he joined the faculty. While he was professor of Agronomy, he found time to coach the track team, and receive his M.S. in 1926. In 19. 6 he was appointed Director of Athletics and Dean of Men. J