[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 46 (Thursday, April 23, 1998)]
[House]
[Page H2241]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   COMMEMORATING FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY'S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY

  (Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend an 
extraordinary community and its school. Frostburg State University in 
Frostburg, Maryland, celebrates its 100th anniversary this Sunday.
  Frostburg State University began as a community dream. Actually, it 
was the community coal miners' dream. It was a dream that all parents 
dream for their children: a better life than theirs. They knew the key 
to this dream was education.
  These concerned parents made a deal with the State legislature. The 
deal? If the coal miners could raise the money to buy the land for a 
State normal school, the General Assembly would appropriate funds for 
the buildings. These parents literally went door-to-door collecting 
money from their neighbors to keep their end of the deal. In April of 
1898, the General Assembly of Maryland appropriated the funds for 
Maryland Normal School No. 2, which was built and opened its doors to 
57 students.
  Today, Frostburg State University enrolls more than 5,000 
undergraduate and graduate students and helps tens of thousands of 
dreams come true. Congratulations, Frostburg State University.

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