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AT COLLEGE PHundreds Enjoy Features of the Celebration.CALVERT HALL DEDICATEDRepresentative Borland Among the Speakers — Inspection Of the Maryland Agricultural College and Experimental Station.College Park.—With' the attendance of several hundred persons from all sections of the State, Farmers’ Day was celebrated land the new dormitory, Calvert Hall, was dedicated at the Maryland Africultural College Saturday. Jointly with the celebration of Farmers’ Day and the dedication of the handsome new building, the summer meeting of the Maryland State Horticultural Society was held. A tablet in honor of Charles Benedict Calvert, through whose efforts the college was founded, was unveiled by Mrs. Charlotte Calvert Spence, wife of Thomas H. Spence, vice-president of the institution, and granddaughter of the founder.The dedicatory exercises were held In the afternoon and those who had Journeyed to the institution in the morning spent the interim visiting the various parts of the farm and the administrative and experimental buildings. Great interest was taken in the experiments being conducted, not only with vegetable life, but the great work that is being done in the prevention of diseases and the cure of diseases in farm animals.A luncheon was served at 12.30 o’clock. From then until 2 . the guests wandered about the grounds or stood on a little grassy knoll and watched the students of the Institution at drill. At 2 o’clock President H. J. Patterson called the open-air meeting to order. The first speaker was James M. Monroe, of Annapolis, who gave a detailed history of the foundation of the institution. He was followed by Henry H. Holzapfel, Jr., president of the alumni of the college, but before he had delivered a half dozen sentences it began to rain, and the audience and speakers were forced to take shelter in the main auditorium of the college. Here Mr. Holzapfel continued his address, and he made an eloquent appeal for co-education at the college. He also urged the establishment of electrical and mechanical departments at the college.Congressman William P. Borland, of Missouri, gave a talk on what the United States government is doing for the farmers of the country.The last speaker of the evening was Robert L. Graham. The benediction was given by Rev. H. V. Saunders, after which Mrs. Spence removed the Maryland State flag from in front of the new dormitory. The new building is 225 feet long, by about 50 feet deep, and Is four stories high and is composed of five separate and distinct units. There is no communication between the five units and the building is constructed of fireproof material throughout, with the exception of the doors with window frames. It is heated by steam and lighted by electricity from the generating plant on the grounds.The tablet bearing the inscription dedicating the building to the memory of Charles Benedict Calvert, first president of the board of trustees of the institution, also bears the names }f the present board of trustees.
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The Frostburg Spirit
Frostburg, Maryland, US
Thu, Jun 04, 1914
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