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

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win a case for him in later years, with the doctors, farmers, business men, journalists and en- gineers who are studying now in Maryland ' s eight colleges to be tomorrow ' s professional men. The antithesis of university life are numerous and interesting. The farmer from Pocomoke City meets the Frenchman from Paris. Students who listen to a Dixieland combo in the Grill on Wed- nesday night, on Thursday find themselves enjoying the Baltimore Symphony in the Coliseum. The couple who enjoys W. C. Fields movie at the Hyattsville are seen a week later with tickets to the U. T. Production oi Macbeth. The struggler in the quest who boasts a scant 2.0 finds he has History 6 with the 4.0 student. The poor boy meets the rich; the small town girl encounters the debutante. Many are the loves, many the memories that arise from life in a university. 23

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COLLEGES Seniors receive their diplomas during graduation ceremonies held in June 1950 atthe U. of M. K.iiph .lido Emerson once said. A foolish consistency is tlic ii()hu ' l ' ' li ' i ' • l ! ' miiuls, riu- cniincm philosopher ' s words certainly apply to the average c()iltj;c- siiulcnl, tor .11 this M.ij c his niirul is .issunicil to he t.ir tioiii iitiit, anti his life is anvthinj; but consistent. Troni the first confusion of registration lines to the competence in escaping from eight o ' clocks and Saturday classes gained by the final semester of his Senior year, the Maryland student ' s life is a harum- scarum of culture, knowledge, and social activity. During his four lor five, or seven, as it may be 1 years stay at Maryland the average student meets and converses with .ill tvpes of people, interested in almost every phase of professional activity. In a dining hall line the student converses from time to time with the girl who may some day teach his children, with the Pre-Law student who may

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Agriculture Dean Gordon M. Cairns Instruction in agriculture- at the University of Mary- land began over ninety years ago when the Maryland Agriculture (College, a private institution, first opened its doors to students. Since that time other imp4)rtant phases of v -ork have been established, including the Agriculture Experiment Station, the Extension Ser - ice, and regulatory and control work. All agricultural activities are closely coordinated within the depart- ment, between departments, and in the institution .is a whole. The four phases of work in agriculture enable the staff members to keep abreast of new developments in research as well as problems in the field. Thus the technical work in agriculture is correlated with the related sciences and cultural subjects. Some of the students trained in agriculture continue on in graduate study either at the University of Maryland or at some other institution. More modern facilities are being pro ided for stu- dent training. For example, during the past year a new swine barn has been constructed, and progress has been made on the new greenhouse units located near the heating plant. These facilities will provide an opportunity for broader and more effective work in the Animal Husbandry and Plant Science fields. Symons Hall