MARVIN MANDEL, Governor                       3937

VETOES

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Senate Bill No. 191 — Towson State College

AN ACT concerning

Towson State College

FOR the purpose of changing the name of Towson State
College and the State Teachers College at Towson to
Towson State University, and generally relating to
Towson State College.

May 15, 1975.
Honorable Steny H. Hoyer
President of the Senate
State House
Annapolis, Maryland

Dear Mr. President:

In accordance with Article II, Section 17 of the
Maryland Constitution, I have today vetoed Senate Bill
191.

This bill changes the name of Towson State College to
Towson State University. It leaves the institution under
the control of the Board of Trustees of the State
Colleges; it does nothing to make the institution in fact
a University; it merely calls it a University.

The term "university" implies an institution with
organized colleges conducting doctoral programs, along
with associated research capabilities. It is not the
intention of the Board of Trustees to offer these
programs or to effect such a reorganization at Towson.
Nor would the achievement of true university status be
consistent with the recommendations of the Governor's
Study Commission on Structure and Governance of
Education, which will likely be considered by the General
Assembly next year.

Senate Bill 191, during the legislative process,
became linked in many respects with Senate Bill 354,
which reorganized Morgan State College as a University,
and which I have signed into law. There are, however, a
number of important distinctions between the two bills.
Senate Bill 354 did more than make a name change; it