Maryland. In 1812, the General Assembly passed an act enabling
the College of Medicine to enlarge its curriculum and changed its
name to the University of Maryland. Subsequently, faculties of law
(1823), dentistry (1882), nursing (1889), and pharmacy (1904) were
added. The Maryland State College was founded as the Maryland
Agricultural College, a private institution at College Park, in 1856.
This school became the beneficiary of the Land-Grant Act of 1862.
In 1914, the State assumed complete control of the school and in 1916
a new charter, which renamed the school as the Maryland State Col-
lege, was granted by the State Legislature. The General Assembly
consolidated the University of Maryland and the Maryland State
College in 1920 and gave the name University of Maryland to the
new school.

The University is under the administration of a Board of Regents
consisting of eleven members appointed by the Governor for a term
of nine years. The Board appoints the President of the University
who also serves as chief administrative officer of the Board (Code
1947 Supp., Art. 77, sec. 235). The Board of Regents has the power
within the limits prescribed by law to issue revenue bonds for the
purpose of erecting dormitories and other student housing facilities,
student union buildings (at College Park and Baltimore) and a com-
bination physical education and auditorium building. Such bonds are
to be issued directly by the Regents. The payment of the principal
and interest of the bonds are to be met from revenue realized from
the use of the buildings (Acts 1951, Ch. 264).

The main campus of the University is located at College Park. In-
struction is given here in the undergraduate and graduate courses of
the College of Agriculture, College of Military Science and Tactics,
College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business and Public Admin-
istration, College of Engineering and Aeronautical Sciences, College
of Home Economics and the College of Physical Education, Recrea-
tion and Health. Also located at College Park are the Graduate
School, the Summer School and the offices of the College of Special
and Continuation Studies.

Professional Schools

The professional schools of the University of Maryland comprising
the schools of Dentistry, Law, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy, to-
gether with University Hospital, are located in Baltimore at Lombard
and Greene Streets. The College of Special and Continuation Studies
also offers courses here.
Maryland State College—Division of the University of Maryland

John T. Williams, Ed.D., President

Princess Anne Telephone: Princess Anne 780

The Maryland State College, Division of the University of Mary-
land, (formerly Princess Anne College) is the Land-Grant college of
Maryland for Negroes. Courses leading to a bachelor's degree are
offered in agriculture, home economics, industrial and mechanic arts
and the liberal arts and sciences.

State Board of Agriculture

The Board of Regents of the University of Maryland acts as the
State Board of Agriculture. As such, it has the authority to enforce
the laws of the State relating to agriculture, to pass such regulatory
measures as it deems necessary and to administer the State and Fed-
eral funds made available for agricultural purposes (Code 1939, Art.
2A, secs. 1-15).