2226 JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

WHEREAS, the Maryland Commission on Higher Education,
the so-called Marbury Commission, in its report issued as of
February 1, 1947, has recommended the discontinuance of the
Frostburg State Teachers' College; and

WHEREAS, the Frostburg State Teachers' College has a long
and scholarly record as an integral part of the program of
public education in Maryland; and

WHEREAS, the proposal to discontinue established and sub-
stantial school facilities raises a serious question of con-
sistency, it being advanced at a time when much consideration
is being given to a general program of junior college educa-
tion as a part of the public school system; and

WHEREAS, the State Teachers' College at Frostburg is the
only public educational institution in Western Maryland offer-
ing scholastic opportunities above the High School level; now,
therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That this
means be used to express the disapproval of this legislative
body to any proposal to discontinue the Frostburg State
Teachers' College; and be it further

Resolved, That this body herewith registers its protest
against any educational policy which would abandon the use
of a valuable educational plant and leave one great section
of the State without the educational opportunities it long has
enjoyed and utilized.

Approved April 16, 1947.

NO. 7.
(House Joint Resolution 6)

A Joint Resolution petitioning the Secretary of the Interior
to sell at a nominal consideration to the Mayor and City
Council of Cumberland the land and improvements owned
by the United States within the corporate limits of Cum-
berland, which formerly were owned by the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal Company.

WHEREAS, the Department of the Interior, Division of Public
Parks, is the owner of several .tracts and parcels of ground