[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 169 (Thursday, October 19, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6656-S6657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 SENATE RESOLUTION 300--RECOGNIZING THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF McDANIEL 
                                COLLEGE

  Mr. CARDIN (for himself and Mr. Van Hollen) submitted the following 
resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 300

       Whereas, on October 21, 2017, McDaniel College, formerly 
     Western Maryland College (referred to in this preamble as the 
     ``College''), located in Westminster, Maryland, will 
     celebrate the 150th anniversary of the first academic year of 
     the College;
       Whereas the College was the first coeducational college 
     founded south of the Mason-Dixon line and one of the first 
     coeducational colleges in the United States;
       Whereas the founder of the College, Fayette Buell, a 
     Westminster teacher, purchased approximately 8 acres of land 
     shortly after the Civil War in 1866 to build the College;
       Whereas the College was named Western Maryland College at 
     the suggestion of John Smith, President of Western Maryland 
     Railroad;

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       Whereas the first academic year of the College began on 
     September 4, 1867, with 5 teachers and 37 male and female 
     students enrolled in 8 areas of study;
       Whereas the State of Maryland approved the charter of the 
     College on March 30, 1868;
       Whereas the first graduating class of the College honored 7 
     men and women on June 15, 1871;
       Whereas, in 1919, the Department of War authorized the 
     Reserve Officers' Training Corps at the College, which 
     continues as one of the oldest Reserve Officers' Training 
     Corps programs in the United States;
       Whereas, in 1923, the first earned master's degree was 
     offered at the College for Master of Arts;
       Whereas, in January 1975, the College formally 
     disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church and firmly 
     established an identity as an independent private college of 
     the liberal arts and sciences;
       Whereas, in 1980, the College received a Phi Beta Kappa 
     charter, making it only the fourth college in Maryland to 
     house a chapter of that prestigious national collegiate honor 
     society;
       Whereas, in 1994, the College opened its first branch 
     campus in Budapest, Hungary, which has awarded more than 200 
     students from over 20 countries baccalaureate degrees and has 
     welcomed more than 400 students from the Westminster campus 
     who have studied abroad there;
       Whereas, in 1996, the College was among 40 institutions 
     included in the seminal guide book Colleges That Change 
     Lives, and has continued to be included in each subsequent 
     edition of that book;
       Whereas, on July 1, 2002, Western Maryland College changed 
     its name to McDaniel College, honoring William Roberts 
     McDaniel, alumnus of the class of 1880, professor, Secretary 
     of the Faculty, Vice President, Treasurer, Acting President, 
     and member of the Board of Trustees of the College;
       Whereas, as of October 2017, the College serves 
     approximately 1,600 undergraduate students and 1,400 graduate 
     students in more than 70 undergraduate programs of study 
     (including dual and student-designed majors) and 25 highly 
     regarded graduate programs, and prepares those students with 
     the skills needed to compete and succeed in a changing world;
       Whereas, in 2017, the College features 72 buildings on a 
     160-acre campus;
       Whereas the College continues to rank among the top liberal 
     arts colleges in the United States and to be recognized for a 
     commitment to access;
       Whereas the College awards greater than 90 percent of 
     students some type of financial assistance, including 
     institutional grants and scholarships and Federal and State 
     aid;
       Whereas the more than 28,000 alumni of the College reside 
     in all 50 States, the District of Columbia, and 75 countries;
       Whereas the College has a tradition of producing top 
     educators, with 3 alumnae of the College being named Maryland 
     Teachers of the Year since 2010; and
       Whereas the College continues to be committed to enhancing 
     academic and experiential learning opportunities for students 
     at the College, many of whom are the first in their families 
     to attend an institution of higher education, and producing 
     empowered critical thinkers who are well-prepared for jobs 
     and service that strengthen the State of Maryland and the 
     United States: Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) congratulates McDaniel College on the 150th anniversary 
     of the founding of the College;
       (2) recognizes the achievements of the administrators, 
     professors, students, and various staff who have contributed 
     to the success of McDaniel College; and
       (3) respectfully requests that the Secretary of the Senate 
     transmit an enrolled copy of this resolution to--
       (A) the president of McDaniel College; and
       (B) the provost and vice president for academic affairs of 
     McDaniel College.

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