1939

> Harold R. W. Benjamin, formerly of the University of Colorado at Boulder, becomes the third Dean of the College on Sept. 1.

> The University's Board approves a state-wide program through which the University of Maryland and the State Department of Public Welfare, under the umbrella of the Works Progress Administration, will operate a Recreation/Nursery Schools project in various regions of the state.

> The Department of Industrial Education, with the aid of Smith-Hughes Act funds, collaborates with the Maryland State Employment Service on a course in Occupational Information for its employees.