GOVERNOR'S DAY PROGRAM 495

Finally, we cannot deny or discount the important relationship be-
tween education and economic expansion. A recent nationwide survey
indicated that economic development is directly linked with the avail-
ability of essential services. It is not the relative tax structure of a state
but its services that predicate large scale investment. A solid transpor-
tation network, water and sewer facilities, educational and manpower
training opportunities are the primary requisites.

In recognition of this critical link between service and development,
the State of Maryland has this year taken unprecedented action to
assure prosperity and progress. The 1967 General Assembly has au-
thorized the construction of three additional bridges across the Chesa-
peake Bay and a second tunnel beneath the Baltimore Harbor to en-
hance our transportation system. State aid to the political subdivisions
to expand and improve water and sewer service this year tripled the
efforts of any previous administration. Fiscal reform provided over
$70 million in additional State aid for education. Increased appropri-
ations enabled Maryland's State colleges and University to raise
faculty pay scales. Capital construction appropriations for Maryland's
institutions of higher education totaled more than $25 million for the
1968 fiscal year. A swimming pool and addition to the gymnasium
will be built on the St. Mary's College campus as a result.

It is clear that our investments in higher education do not benefit
the college or the student alone but both of these as well as the total
community and region and State. As St. Mary's College develops, so
shall Southern Maryland — as Southern Maryland thrives, so shall
St. Mary's College. The prospects for both are bright. The Tidewater
lands of this region, rich in soil, beauty, and history, are ripe for
commercial, industrial and residential development. But topography
alone cannot assure prosperity. The same Daniel Webster who so
eloquently defended Dartmouth College realized that education was
the ultimate resource when he said: "Knowledge is the great sun of
the firmament, life and power are scattered with all its beams. "

In its light, we must think and act. With disciplined knowledge,
we can preserve our past, capitalize upon our present, and invest in
our future. We must work toward building a St. Mary's College
campus and restoring old St. Mary's City, where the strength of
twentieth century architecture can tastefully mix and merge with
that of the seventeenth century.

This campus can be an example and inspiration for all that is
great and good in Maryland, a tangible, structural symbol of all we
value from our past — all we hope for in our future.