4 20 5655 https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/239b4fd6ff36641396d50c037cffa7fd.pdf 51c756d0fecc52016d96277d8fcf6ffd PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from William Plumer to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from William Plumer to Hector Humphreys. 5 July 1821. Plumer responds to Humphreys's request for a copy of the first constitution of New Hampshire, and he provides information about the history of the New Hamphsire constitution. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Epping, New Hampshire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1821-07-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource New Hampshire Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Plumer, William, Jr., 1789-1854 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_001 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from William Plumer to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from William Plumer to Hector Humphreys. 5 July 1821. Plumer responds to Humphreys's request for a copy of the first constitution of New Hampshire, and he provides information about the history of the New Hamphsire constitution. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Plumer, William, Jr., 1789-1854 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Epping, New Hampshire Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1821-07-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource New Hampshire Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_001 Hector Humphreys New Hampshire https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/6aacf030c4381fbab3cdd2943fe35302.pdf 38b5a67f921339e2a5cb8b273922d8a6 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 6 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from Orlando Hutton to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letters from Orlando Hutton to Hector Humphreys. 10 January 1822-5 May 1836. Hutton, a father at a seminary, writes about his life at seminary, including classes, students, and administration. He also mentions Hector Humphreys's success as president at St. John's College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hutton, O. (Orlando) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822-01-10 1836-05-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) Theology Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hector Humphreys Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_002 Christianity Hector Humphreys St. John's College https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/2617b2d2c60658d2db75d29f3ca3776d.pdf b540b3e9176a268b99f43f6c7963710c PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 5 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from James G. Percival to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letters from James G. Percival to Hector Humphreys. 22 November 1822-10 February 1835. Percival was a poet and scholar, and he writes to Humphreys about his economic state. A note from Humphreys is written on the back of one of the letters. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Percival, James Gates, 1795-1856 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Boston, MA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1822-11-22 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 1835-02-10 Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Poetry Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_003 Hector Humphreys Poetry https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/c14124dbfcd516d0ca57b08adceb9157.pdf cbbe9e688c663bc4493868d3c0919109 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 6 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from George W. Doane to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from George W. Doane to Hector Humphreys. 8 October 1826-2 April 1829. Doane writes to Humphreys about finding housing for a student. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Doane, George Washington, 1799-1859 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Boston, MA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1826-10-08 1829-04-02 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Christianity Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_004 Christianity Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/02d11cbeb781df01f788d9cab9855c94.pdf add2cef7998a4c9f4a80fbaf75ae6656 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C. E. Leverett to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from C. E. Leverett to Hector Humphreys. 16 July 1830. Leverett is a student of Humphreys at Washington College, and he writes that he cannot attend commencement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leverett, C. E. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth, NH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1830-07-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Commencement Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_005 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from C. E. Leverett to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from C. E. Leverett to Hector Humphreys. 16 July 1830. Leverett is a student of Humphreys at Washington College (now Trinity College), and he writes that he cannot attend commencement. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Leverett, C. E. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Portsmouth, NH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1830-07-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Trinity College Subject The topic of the resource Commencement Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_005 Commencement Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/59af6b137a26df1a233269afb2bdc7aa.pdf a8e3c2ff42c8002a99749823ea0fd32b PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from Adeline C. Griswold to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from Adeline C. Griswold to Hector Humphreys. 24 August 1830. Griswold is Humphreys's niece, and she writes for Humphreys's mother, who wishes that Humphreys would visit. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Griswold, Adeline C. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1830-08-24 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Family Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Hector Humphreys Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_006 Family Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/1822cad0e9238f2b21ae9eab85d06ec4.pdf 259fc7c481798d4dabaf69ca74101ca5 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 94 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hints to Farmers, On the Analysis of Soil and Manure Description An account of the resource Hints to Farmers, On the Analysis of Soil and Manure. 1831. A scientific manual written and illustrated by Hector Humphreys to assist agriculturalists. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Agriculture Chemistry Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_014 Agriculture Chemistry Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/9fe59de91c7b55dfe8dc46a343d84a1b.pdf 23e2eeac78184b2f944c68025244889e PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from A. R. Morison to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource A. R. Morison to Hector Humphreys. 19 March 1831. Morison praises Humphreys, and he seeks to find housing for a student. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Morison, A. R. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Queenstown, MD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831-03-19 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_007 Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/7db1f4b89ffe444c0a8caec1d48a7cdd.pdf 456bd72fe407f3c010989fec48058c09 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 6 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from C. S. Ives to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letters from C. S. Ives to Hector Humphreys. 1 July 1831-2 May 1834. Ives describes his life at seminary. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ives, Caleb S. (Caleb Smith), 1798-1849 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New York Demopolis, AL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831-07-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 1834-05-02 Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Seminary Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_008 Hector Humphreys Seminary https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/1f0c09dc8b3d4c83f482b4bfa32f1eb4.pdf 8de6ffa190c2406488fbbf749bc1e523 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 21 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource "How Shall A Man Be Just with God" Description An account of the resource "How shall a man be just with God." circa 1831-1857. A sermon written by Hector Humphreys based off of the book of Job. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831-1857 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Christianity Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_015 Christianity Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/16017743e10ca6248d93778eec0b1432.jpg 7b38e47e928b35c1aca8aca63c93a433 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Image Collection—Annapolis Description An account of the resource The Greenfield Library Image Collection houses over 5,000 photographs, postcards, drawings, and other graphic materials. The images in the collection document the history, academic, and community life of St. John’s College. To learn more about the Greenfield Library's archives use policy or to obtain high-resolution images, please see the <a title="Image Collection Use Policy" href="http://www.sjc.edu/academic-programs/libraries/greenfield-library/policies/#photographicarchivepolicy" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Library’s Image Collection Use Policy</a>. Click on <a title="Photographic Archives" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=7">Items in the Image Collection—Annapolis Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available St. John's College Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context imagecollectionannapolis Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 20.5 x 25.5 cm. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJC-P-2171 Title A name given to the resource Admissions Flyer for St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland Description An account of the resource 1 photographic copy : b&w Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1831-1857 [circa] Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Unknown Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Type The nature or genre of the resource Still Image Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this photograph. https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/62bf6ffe339fa40ac689a30f1e5b541f.pdf e3c88e929843bd00edba916f86b1c3d0 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from I. H. Parker to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter I. H. Parker to Hector Humphreys. 16 January 1832. Parker dispels a rumor about one of his colleagues. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Parker, I. H. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Hartford, CT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832-01-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Christianity Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_009 Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/56982ae6077953a41cdad24d86d92da7.pdf 316a12dd49f62156bbf577c13ae3f733 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 6 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from Denison Olmsted to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letters from Denison Olmsted to Hector Humphreys. 24 January 1832-18 March 1832. Olmsted was a professor at Yale, and he corresponded with Humphreys about scientific apparatus in Europe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Olmsted, Denison, 1791-1859 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant New Haven, CT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1832-01-24 1832-03-18 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Scientific apparatus and instruments St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) Yale University Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_010 Hector Humphreys Presidents https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/95067d1a7bf30edfeefc27f9038a54d5.pdf d0bbed5e4d25bb240dc0037198b5371d PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 3 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from [Miss Mercer?] to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letter from [Miss Mercer?] to Hector Humphreys. 9 March 1833. [Miss Mercer?] writes to Humphreys about a Mr. Blanchard wishing to know the origins of a report. He also congratulates Humphreys's on his success at St. John's College. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1833-03-09 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_011 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Miss Mercer Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. John's College History Collection Description An account of the resource Abstract The scope of the materials in this collection is focused on St. John’s College, Annapolis, particularly related to its functions, activities, and perceptions of St. John’s College in the news media. Records include items such as correspondence with public figures, planning notes for public activities, newspaper clippings about the College, essays and published materials, along with some assorted ephemera. While the bulk of the materials are from the 20th century, some items date back into the 18th and 19th century. Because of the breadth of time covered by the collection, many important cultural and educational milestones are represented in the materials. It is also worth noting that the St. John’s College Santa Fe campus is occasionally mentioned in these records, though it is not the focus of the collection. Arrangement Items are arranged in series by type of record (such as Correspondence) or subject matter (such as 275th Anniversary). Related Material Almost all of the materials pertaining to the history of St. John’s College prior to 1900 are housed at the Maryland State Archives. For permission to access to these collections see the Director of the St. John’s College Greenfield Library. The St. John’s College archives collections also include materials related to: commencement; admissions; Dr. Richard Weigle; Hector Humphrey; other college officials, etc. These materials are housed in separate collections but may also be useful to consult. <a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/files/original/FindingAidforHistoryCollection.docx">Original Finding Aid</a> (created by Megan Craynon) Click on <a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=27">Items in the St. John's College History Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craynon, Megan Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795-2008 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource English French Russian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Finding Aid Descriptive document containing detailed information about a specific collection of papers or records within an archive. Inventory <table><thead><tr><td> Folder # </td> <td> Author </td> <td> Title/Description </td> <td> Date(s) </td> <td> Medium </td> <td> Notes </td> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> 14-1 </td> <td> </td> <td> National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans Part II: Israel Putnam, Andrew Jackson, Miss Sedgwick </td> <td> 1833 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-1 </td> <td> </td> <td> National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans Part VI: Anthony Wayne, Edward Livingston, John Trumball </td> <td> 1833 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-2 </td> <td> </td> <td> Handwritten notes on John Alexander </td> <td> n.d. </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-3 </td> <td> </td> <td> Curriculum Vitae—Clarence Wilson Stryker, Professor Emeritus of History </td> <td> 1946 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-4 </td> <td> Fooks, Herbert C. </td> <td> “O Hallowed Ground of Old St. John’s” </td> <td> 1946 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> poem </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-5 </td> <td> Shaw, John </td> <td> “Sonnet to an Old Tree Near St. John’s College Annapolis” </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> Reproduction of p. 128, Poems by John Shaw, published 1810, graduate of St. John’s 1796 </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-6 </td> <td> </td> <td> “Ode to St. John’s College” </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> Poem </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-6 </td> <td> </td> <td> “St. John’s College March” </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> Poem </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-7 </td> <td> Gooks, Herbert C. </td> <td> “The fight for St. John’s” </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> Poem </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-8 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College Resources Campaign </td> <td> </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Pamphlet; includes letter appeal from John S. Kieffer, President of St. John’s College </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-9 </td> <td> Torovsky, Adolph </td> <td> St. John’s College March </td> <td> 1911 </td> <td> Copy </td> <td> Musical piece </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-10 </td> <td> </td> <td> Dance card </td> <td> 1921 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> Includes letter from donor </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-11 </td> <td> </td> <td> Impressions of Annapolis and her Historic College as seen by the Metropolitan Press </td> <td> 1924 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Pamphlet </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-12 </td> <td> Starr, Elizabeth Ellen; L’Engle, F.W. </td> <td> Ode to St. John’s College </td> <td> c. 1897 </td> <td> Copy </td> <td> Musical piece </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-13 </td> <td> </td> <td> Garnett’s University School, Ellicott City, Maryland </td> <td> c. 1880 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Brochure </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-14 </td> <td> Darkey, William </td> <td> St. John’s College News-Letter </td> <td> 9/15/1943 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Two copies </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-15 </td> <td> </td> <td> Town Topics </td> <td> 5/23/1970 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Audio tape reel </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-16 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s student beer drinking ID </td> <td> 1983 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Four copies </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-17 </td> <td> </td> <td> Collection of items from the St. John’s College Charter Bicentennial, 1784-1984 </td> <td> 1984 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Includes invitations, calendars, etc. </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-18 </td> <td> </td> <td> Historical Sketch of St. John’s College </td> <td> n.d. </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 14-19 </td> <td> </td> <td> “St. John’s College in Annapolis” </td> <td> </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Two copies </td> </tr></tbody></table> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. John's College History Collection Ephemera Description An account of the resource The Ephemera series contains non-traditional records. Examples include a dance card from a College event and poetry written about St. John’s College. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1833-1984 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Box 14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kerr, David Kerr, John Leeds McDowell, John Maynadeir, Henry Meiklejohn, Alexander Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Fell, Thomas Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982 Weigle, Richard Daniel, 1912- Alexander, John D. Brann, Eva T. H. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. John's College Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Finding aid https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/3189958a911d6ef6f9ed3d1a1ce9105d.pdf 108a0c2f8dc3f5e09d1cbf440b7ef17b PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hector Humphreys Papers Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource The Hector Humphreys papers include letters, sermons, a commencement speech, and a manual for farmers. Series I contains letters written to Humphreys between 1821-1856. Correspondents include students and colleagues from Yale and Washington College, religious colleagues, and a letter from his niece, Adeline C. Griswold. Humphreys also corresponded with Denison Olmsted, a professor at Yale, about a scientific apparatus, demonstrating Humphreys's interest in science and his search for materials to improve St. John's science program. Series II contains Humphreys's sermons, an 1852 St. John's College commencement speech, and a manual for farmers on the chemistry of soil and manure. All items are hand-written and bound, and illustrations of soldiers or other men are pasted on the front cover of the sermons and commencement speech. The sermons were given in churches around Annapolis and Eastport such as St. Anne's Episcopal Church, All Hallows Church, St. Margaret's Church, and the Naval Academy. For more information about this collection, see the <a href="https://sjc.libraryhost.com/repositories/2/resources/16">finding aid</a>. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 4 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters from George C. Shepard to Hector Humphreys Description An account of the resource Letters from George C. Shepard to Hector Humphreys. 21 October 1834. Shepard congratulates Humphreys on his success as president of St. John's College and discusses the state of the government. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shepard, George, 1801-1868 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Baltimore, MD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1834-10-21 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource PDF Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Hector Humphreys papers Subject The topic of the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Baltimore (Md.) Christianity St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Humphreys, Hector, 1797-1857 Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context HUM_001_012 Baltimore Christianity Hector Humphreys https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/8df75368ff8aee8317b698ab4609dfcc.pdf f4e27c629bc287e1425faeb15a20319a PDF Text Text .... Trustees .. .. NT ER. �AN ACCOUNT OF THE CEREMON Y OF LAYING THE CORNER STONE OF THE NEW BUILDING, AT ST. JOHN'S COLLEG E, PERFORMED BY THE Hon. JOHN STEPHEN, Judge of the Court of Appeals WITH AN ADDRESS DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION, BY .JOHN .JOHNSON, Esq., one of the Visitors and Governors JUNE 18TH, 1635. WITH A HISTORICAL NOTICE OF THE INSTITUTION, A CATALOGUE OF THE OFFICERS AND STUDENTS, AND .A. COPY OJ' THE SUBSCRIPTIONS MADE TO THE FUNDS ANNAPOLIS Published by request of the Board of Trustees JEREMIAH HUGHES, PRINTER �E. ORI GIN OF ST. JOH N'S COL LEG ide THE first act of Assembly in Mar ylan d, to provding for foun for Collegiate Education, passed in 178 2, requ ired , was a Seminary on the Eastern Sho re. It be raised ld shou by the char ter, that a sum of money £50 0 for to l eqna by contribution, for its endowment, s were year five each county on the Eastern Sho re; and. In an . itic,n cond allowed for the performance of this at ted prin , king erta account of the progress of the und , a1ly hatic emp d, urge Phil adel phia in 1784, it was D GOO hy e, mad be t that ''las ting pro1Jisions mus n of PA• EDU CA TIO N,fo r trai ning up a successio for LIB NEs; D1v1 and ES TRJO Ts, LAW GIV ERS , SAG re her fair ER TY will not dei~n to dwell, but whe by her side; companion KNOWLEDGE flourishes ered, but nor can GOVERNMENT be duly administ , VrnT uE, w~ere the principles of REL IGIO N, JusT ICE ENC E SCI CON for CE, DIEN SonRrnTY and OBE people of SAK E, are uph eld. " Thi s appeal to the . In less the Eastern Sho re, was not made in vainsubscribed e than.five months, upwards of £10 ,000 wer that Sho re; on ties coun ous vari the in for the College, to put the and measures wer e immediately adopted list of the Sem inar y inh> operation. An accu rate count, ~c." subscribers, is pres erve d in the above "./l.c sense of its w'.1ich exhibits, in a strik ing manner, the shington Tfla importance then felt by the people. , and own Colle!fe was accordingly opened at Chestert erconf the held its first Annual Commencement, for at rch Chu ring of Degrees, May 16th , 1783, in the aPhil of D. that place. The Rev. W. Smi th, D. son having delphia, pres ided on the occa~ion, and his �4 the been !ho ugh t ,vo rth, y of Th e Dfirst honour, spoke the valedictory oration egree of Bac hel or of trt s, was con ferr ed on fiv men, Alumni oft he ollege. Copies of the e gen~Je ~tory and salu tato ry or~ti_ons: are p1·eserved in v;~ed1 _e a ove ",llccount &c " ~n rnd1cate tha t the were of unco'mm. i,nterest and effect I exercises 4, the College on 178 ay, •.. nfM Gen W was l,onoured with a v,s1 t rom , who ToN be I.NG ASH • 13 th of er ..:ame a memb e oa rd of Tru stee s ai d •IS enrolled among th cent of its ; t l Th e College Ed'fie most munifi ns. was l60 feet in len gth ,a trhoree stories in hei gh/a bee ove the b ~ !se me nl, and con tain ed rooms ior more than 100 St uae • was nts. Per h aps 1t to an . err or, ere ct one b ·1d· of tl~ese dimensions, t~t ea, f of following the i:u atg l ? of sep ara te Halls pa o1 a smaller num ber each o different par ts of th; College grounds. In cod n e of this arra nge ;en t,hw hen the bui ldin g :;~ t~~I e some yea rs sin ce , e w ole was red uce d to ru·ms. A ? err or of more conse e wa_s committed by forming the Universitlj of if.uen~ and rn two Bra nch es one on the Eastern a~d one ar,11 tl~e We ste rn Sho re' !n_the preamble to the cha rt on • '' ashington C II of er it is ~tated tha t ''th • ~i a17 J_ la~dable und er~ ah: hat h been reta rde d ry mcz den ts of a p bl' nat ure , but chiFjiy b th gre _u g zc fi.rin di.fficulty ot'. a ~'h oree if at 'J situ atio n on eit"tter u. th • iSem a for te, Sta _zsh ' ~biar,1/ of uni ver sal learningo' 'Vmc mig ht b if • enefit and c _~f ::• youth of bothe;ho'J,~tha ~;11wa~ dete;:i.:~"::~•e~ t circumstances ze inh abi tan ts of each Sh ese sho t' fet't be uld . nce ore ;1 • o con• fi sui t· the. ir own co nvenze fre ely and g din ~un n :;: ;w i'lg a College or Sem h::t1/I ng rni lea al <;r gen if for themselves, und er p ,; law of:' n : sanctio 'd • er haps the re wer e co 11 s1 cra twn 'J • t hat p · d s m operation at ex /r1 0 , ren der ing suc h a course necessary or are we r pe ient, of which res :ot now sensible. Inteligen~ men on both Sho er, ver y generalJy, question the pol icy of tha~ a:: ::vgem ent , and app ear tyg;::~ e been far bet ter to to be convinced tha t it would hav Sta te at some one con cen trat e the pat ron age of the establishment of a the for point favourably situ ate d, n, nuw so fre que ntly Sta te University. Th is opinio the people of Ma ryex pressed in eve ry qua rter , b) effect in the Annual land, is P.mbodied wit h gre at the Hon. JoH N B • Rep ort to the Leg isla ture , by ted to visit St. Joh n's MoRRls, of the com mit tee app ni;i 3. College, De cem ber session, 183 College is dee me d n's "T he pro spe rity of St. Joh t the you th from tha a sub jec t of gre at imp ort anc e, so ns of the Sta te, isio div at eve ry portion of the two gre assurance of ed und gro l may convene wit h the wel education, and at the being able to a1.:.quire a libe ral riot ic anticipations of same time, consummate the pat ion bet wee n the two the cha rter ; ''th at the connex by uniformity in shores, will be gre atly increased the adv anc em ent of mannf:!rs and join t efforts for no way can this paLit era tur e." It is believed in d as by sustaining rental aspiration be so well rea lize rnin g at the sea t Lea on a liberal scale a Sem ina ry of chi ld are con ven ed, and ent par e her n-w of Leg isla tio me re511latio ns for the one to aid in devisrng wholeso oth er to acq uire the the welfare of So cie ty- the in the reg uhr coursP. prin cip les of knowledge, wh ich n und er the favoraof events is to be put in requisitio nne rs" and ear ly ma ble auspices of "un ifo rmi ty of associations." not be chosen to Language more felicitous could neous sentiments of utt er wh at must be the sponta who knows the story eve ry true friend of the Sta te, St. John's, like . of this unf ortu nat e institution sub jec t to calamity Washi11g/0'1, College , has been ten ce, almost simuland adv ers ity -ca lled into exis l action by a wis e tan eou sly , and set into successfu , it seems to hav e gov ern me nt and a liberal peo ple strike the m bot h, uld been fate d tha t the paralysis sho manent vigour and per the in atta before eith er could ma ture d institutions. efficiency tha t belong to well �6 e name is "l'he same wor thy agen t, whose venerabl ton College, enrolled in the earl y Hecords of Washing nt and estabtook the most active part in the endowme versity. A lishment of this second bran ch of the Uni , for the him list of the subscriptions obta ined by the books on benefit of St. John 's CoJJege, is pres erve d equal to was of the Board of Trus tees . The amount ch on bran r othe that which had been obtained for the two sum ch whi of , the Eastern Sho re; i. e. £10 ,000 and tor Rec ''the by thousand pounds wer e subs crib ed subsc:rip Visit01·s of the .11.nnapolis Scho ol." This Ann athe of tors Visi tion secu red to the Rec tor and tors Visi two g intin appo polis School, the priv ileg e of also e ileg priv a ege; Coll and Governors of St. John 's in the same exte nde d to tbe othe r class of subscribers, £10 00 each for r erno Gov and tor ratio, viz: -on e Visi Thi s corsubs crib ed and secu red for the College. Wil liam 's poration was originally called ''Ki ng s, the balScho ol," and possessed considerable fund convey to St. ance of which, 1t was proposed, also, to pleted. The John 's College, after it should be com to coup le the Rec tor and Visitors, how ever , proposed tion, that in following condition with thei r subscrip Visitors and case of a vacancy in thei r number of enin g, out happ Governors, ''to fill up the vacancy so th £10 00 wor be l of such citizens of Annapolis as shal not apwas n tatio curr ent money each ," Thi s limi ernors, Gov and prov ed or acee pted , "the Visi tors prin the izn wit! rty, not thinki:ng themselves at libe ded, foun is ege Coll the ciples of equ ality upo n 'Which conbe l shal ncy vaca that the choice to fill up such this from And lis." apo .fine d to the citiz ens of .llnn ool, Sch the of tors Visi proposition the Rec tor and s11hscription unanimously agre ed to rece de. The ir Visitors ancl two and e, mad of £20 00, was ther efor e Boa rd. the to rned retu and Gover11ors were elected 7 chosen by subscribers, The original. members, were the foll owr ng:WJL LIA ~ WCELsrGgE¥;r ' D. D. THO MA S J. NIC HOL AS CARROLL, Esq. JOH N H . STO NE, Esq. WIL LIA M BEA NES , Esq. RIC HAR D RID GEL Y, Esq. SAM UEL CHA SE, Ellq. JOHN THO MA S, Esq. THO MA S STO NE, Bsq: N ' Es q. ALE XAN DER C. HANSO THOMAS JEN NIN GS, Esq. b the Visitors and en d \ver e the following-: me1:11bers {bn The othe rcons titut e t e oar , Governors to JA~ IES BRI CE, JOH N ALL EN THOMAS, GUS TAV US R BROWN, EDW ARD GAN TT, CLE MEN T HIL L, RIC HAR D SPR IGG , CHA RLE S CAR ROL L, of C. JER EM IAH T. CHA SE, CHA RLE S WA LLA CE, os h JOH N CAR ROL L, D. D. 1,; t . Feb held h Boa rd was • fled before A. C. The first mee tmg oft e Cou rt, by 178 6. The members wer e fq~~e1 General thei r beof ion arat Hanson, one of the J ~d.ges o decl two oaths the ng taki d a repe atin g and_ s?bscr1b~n.~ Laws of and n utio ti Can h10n lief in the Chr1s.t1an Rehg ons e t by of fidelity reqm red h B ard proc eede d to this State. . ~·ng the ColJege. On the 1st of Mar ch 178 6 t i .llnnanolis and t1sd er for es!a fix upon a place prop . r e , ts wer 1 wer e .nomrna e give n . ballo Two places on Y latte r plac e. Upper Mar l borough; wheia1;:~efor the term s of the to , rdin for the former, and two. of four lot a of •of acco is, Thi s election of Annapol possess1 f the ed use o the for d base . secu r the Cha rter, with pure , in the city acre s of land r ~r �8 the public, and conveyed, in 1744, by Stephen Bord- . Iy, Esq. to Thomas Blad~n, Esq. t~en Governor of Maryland. 1 his lot has smce remarneJ the property of the College, and is the scite on which the present buildings stand. . . On the 10th of March 1786, it was resolved to finish the building, then standing on the ground, for the purposes of the College, and to add wings on the· North and South ends, according to a plan furn ished by Mr. Joseph Clarke. This plan was never executed, and is probably lost. The following gentleme n composed the Building Committee. ALEXANDER CONTEE H ANSO K , NIC HOLAS CA RRO LL , RICH ARD RI DGEL Y, Esquires. DR. JoHN McDoWELL was the first officer chosen to preside over the College as Professor of Mathe~atics; and he was afterwards promoted to the station of Principal, which office he discharged with great ability for many years. The 11th day of Nov. 1789 was selected for the occasion of opening the Institution, and the Rev. Dr. Smith was requested to attend· as Principal of the College, pro tempore, and to deliver a sermon. The dedication was performed with much solemnity, all the public bodies being in attendance, and forming a long procession from the State House to the College Hall. In addition to the sermon by Dr. Smith} an oration, by Mr. Higginbottom, Professor of Ancient Languages, was delivered on the advantages of classical education. And from the account published by the authority of the Trustees, it is evident that the high reputation of this College, for its classical course, has been owing, in a great measure, to the thorough discipline which was then provided, and which has been preserved to the present time. The Trustees proceeded to the appointment of other Professors, as the increase of their funds gave them the necessary means; and in 1792 the sum of EJ7·5 was expended for the purchase, in Loadon, of 9 ihe requisite Philosophical apparatus. Most of the articles are still found in the College, thou_gh $ome important ones, among which was a th~odolite, have been lost, At this period there were six l'rofessors and Teachers, constantly employed in the College; ~nd, for ~nany years, its reputntion was such that. a. long succession of distinguished scholars took then• ., deg rees at its annual Con1me nc'ements, On Friday, N ov. 2 2d 1805 (a day or singular fatality and ill -omen to education in Maryland,~ lea~e was granted in the Ho.use of Delegates to br_mg 1 . ''an act to withdrn:µJ the funds f rom f,flashington and St. John's Cqtleges." The strongest possiblf!: influence whi-ch the enemies· of ,the College could command was concentrated; and brought to bear upon it; but so firm were .;:he convictions of the impolicy and injustice of the a0t, then felt, that a majority pf but eight members, unde}• all the exciteme nt of the ticcasion , could be zll'evaile'd on to take the fatal step. "{his decision was not had in the House of Delegates till thy 1st of Ja111rary, 1806. And a strong indication of the dispassionate judgment of the Honse~ on this important matter, is founi;l in the vote subsequently taken at the s~me s~ssion: upon a r esolution introduced to restor~ S 1600 per annum from the funds which had been withdrawn, for the p urpose of enabling _the Trustees to continue the institution. The question was t~ken upan this resolution on the '27th· Jan. 1806, and was lost by only a· sing1e vote. In consequence of this a,ction on part of the Gov~ ernmer;it, tht:: Visitors arid Governors were under the r!ecessity of passing the following resolufion on tho. 12tQ of May 1806. . "Wherea~, by virtue of an act of the Legislature of ldaryland, at their last session, the donationfrom the State to St . .John's College of £1750 per, 9nnum,. wilt,cease am/ determine on thtJ 1§.t day of J,une next, therefore,-Resolved, that the , Principal, Vice Principal, Professors and M aste.rs of said College, be discontinued on tile 10th day of Au,'.: ~ • I �• 11 10 gust, ne:i:t." Such provisions we1·e made, howev:1, at the same time, as the funds would allow for the mamtenance of a respectable school; but its character as a College was lost. Yet the Visitors and Gover~ors hav_e never abandoned the hope under the rnostpressrng period of their necessity, of ultimately fulfilling the designs of its founders. They have, accordingly, appealed to the Legislature, at several periods, for a restoration to the enjoyment of their rights, and the justice of their claim has been repeatedly acknowledged; and acts of partial indemnity have been passed in theit• favour. In 1811 an act was passed, appropriating 81000 per annum on the same terms, with similar sums granted to other county Seminaries. In 1821 a lottery was also granted, v,hich added ~20,000 to the permanent funds. Finally, in 1833, an act of compromise was passed, by whic-h 82000 per annum, in addition to former grants, were secured to the College forever, which the Visitors and Governors accepted in full of their legal and equitable claims; and the deed of release, required by the act, was executed and entered upon the records of the court of appeals. By the same act, ten of the highest ofti• cers of the State Government were introduced into the Board of Trustees. These measures have gone far to restore to the College the confidence of the people of Maryland, and the consequent increase of patronage, has required the addition of another building for the accommodation of students. It was accordingly resolved, Feb. 15, 1835, to solicit funds, by subscription, for this purpose and for the general improvement of the library and apparatus. Upwards of deven thousand dollars have been already subscribed, and a commodious edifice, 80 feet by 40, 3 stories in height above the basement, has been commenced, and will be completed by the ensuing spring~ The foundation walls are built of stone, in the most substantial manner, furnishing one large and convenient public room, in the basement story, in addition to a kitchen, ct:llars, &c. of sufficient size for a public establishment. The walls above the basement, are of brick, with partitions of the same material, and will contain twenty-five sepa1·ate rooms, for the accommodation of fifty Students, besides rooms for the family of a· Professor of the College. The Corner Stone was cut from a single block of granite, in the form of an Octagon, four feet across, corresponding with the form and dimensions of the angular buttresses. The ceremony of laying the Corner Stone, was preceded by Prayer, by the Rev. Dr. Humphreys, the President of the Coilege. The following inscrip• tion, enclosed in a sealed gla1s vase, was deposited in a mcta\\ic box, undt•r the stone: "This corner stone wits laid on Thursday, the 18th day of June, A. D., 1835, by the Hon. John iStephen, Presiding Judge in the Court of Appeals, the Rev. Hector Humphreys~ D. D. President of St. John's College, and John Johnson, Esq. one of the Visitors and Governors, being present and assisting; His Excellency .11.ndrew Jaclrson, being President of the United States; His Excellency James Thomas, being Governor of Maryland, and the Hon. John S. Martin, Thomas Veazey, Geol'ge C. Washington, .Nathaniel F. Pftilliams, and Gwinn Harris, being the :Executive Council; and Dr. Dennis Claude, being Mayor of Annapolis. Ramsa.1/ Waters, John Johnson, Building Committee. Nicholas Brewer, Jr. R. C. Long, Architect, Elijah Welts, Builder." ! After the ceremony was performed, the following remarks were m&.de by the presiding Judge, standing on the Corner Stone. "The object of erecting the Edifice, of which the corner stone has just been laid, is one of vital importance to the future happmess, prosperity and welfare �12 ~r .that community of which we are members. fier~ likewise, is to be laid the corner stone of that mteliectual cultivation, which is to develope the powers of the youthful mind, and enable it to gather w~alth from those treasures of antiquity, which have outh~ed the wreck of Empires, and s?rvived the a!l-moulderrng hand of time. J;Iere the rising generat10n are te ac~ guire the rudiments of s~ience,_ aud to ~e taught thostl elemental principles of learmng, which elsewh~re, :µnder pigher auspices, are to be foster~d and cherished and receive additional culturP, until they expand in(o full growth and maturity. To the mind ~f the Patriot, the spectacle which the _ceremony of this day has exhibited, must bring a tram of thought, o~ t~e roost gratifying and consoling character. Withm these walls, the first lessons of that wisdom are to be taught, which is to guide and control the f~ture ~estinies of this rising Republic, to sway the dehberat1?ns of its Rulers, and elevate its character to that high ~egree of splendour,· d!gnity and ~enown, to whi~h, under the benignant smiles of Provi9ence, and a virtuous and enlightened administration of its affair&, it ~eems to be tt:nding with a step as certain as fate, aud :.ureas the advance of time itself. To the friend and Jover of his country, 'no human interest can present stronger claims to patronage and support, than the cause of science arid literature; by their lights ar.d influence, the mind is invigorated, the taste refine~, and the heart warmed with noble and elevated sentiments. But above all, in a Government founded, as ou1·'s is, upon the virtue and intellig~nce of ~he pe_ople, a gen6ral diffusion of knowledge is essential to its prosperity and permanent existence. May we not then, indulge the pleasing, the delightfol hope, that from within these w . dls, the lights ot science will go forth and pervade every corner of our land, illumine the mind() of the rising generation, and impart to posterity those blessings which learning and virtue never fail to bestow. ADDRESS BY JOHN JOHNSON, Esq. l)ELIVERED IN THE HALL OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE~ June 18th, 1835. The occasion which calls us together is one which ~u]dresst>s itself mo,,t powerfully to the best aftections of the human heart. We are engaged in providing means tor the education of the rising generation. In supplying that aliment for the minds of those who are to fill the places now occupied_ by us, without ;Vhich the glorious institutions transmitted by our fore1athers to ourselves, would be but a barren and unprofitable inheritance. In vain did the Heroes of the Revolution toil and bleed to free us from the galling yoke of Colonial servitude. In vain did the warm currents of their lives best blood, 8tream over the fields, whose ab~ndance we now enjoy, if we, their sons do not furnish the future owners of all these blessings, with a full knowledge of their inappreciable value: . ~t may be truly said, that the eyes of the whole c1 v1hzed world are anxiously directed to the career of youthful America. The friends of freedom regard her progress with exulting anticipations it is true, but with hopes sometimes overcast with gloomy forebodings of the future. The advocates of despotic authority, dreading the influence which her bright example may extrt over those who have so long been the victims of that authority, watch every indication of degeneraCY, eagerly longing for _the moment, when. the spectacle of bleedin~ and dismembered America may be a warning to ~woid, rather than an example to follow. ,!\nd shall we not employ all the means placed by a �14 gracious .i.Jrov1oence within our reach, to fulfill the hopes of our friends, and disappoint the expect ations of our enemies? Shall we preter mit any effort~ which may sustain, in all their purity , the be<1utiful fabric of Repub lican Institutions, purcha sed with the blood of our glorious ancestors, from a nation whose valor until then, had never been successfully resisted? and how is this priceless treasu re to be preser ved-th ese inestimable institutions upheld and defend ed, but by teachin g their full value to those to whose keepin g they must ere long be confided? There is no way in which this can be done, unless education is diffused widely among the people . To apprec iate a blessing, its worth must be known, and it can only be known , by assiduously cultiva ting the mi.nds of those upon whom the impression is to be made. A glorious destiny awaits Repub lican Ameri ca if she is faithful to the principles which led to her indepe ndence . She has already taken the lead of the older nations of Europe in the science of Government. The votaries of freedom there, pant in vain for the high prize which descen ded to us from our venera ted forefa thers- oppressed and borne down as they are with the barbar rous institutions, of barbarous and benigh ted ages; institutions interw oven with the very web of their social systems, and which cannot be overth rown, or even essentially modified, withou t dange r to the fabricks themselves; ages must roll away before the same perfec tion in Gover nment is attaine d there, as exists with us-no ne disput e our superiority in every thing which relates to political organization. It is admitted and unquestionable, and if we can likewise outstri p other nations in the cultiva tion of the sciences and the lessons of practic al wisdom, we shall prove ourselves deserv ing of the blessings we enjoy. It is not to be expec ted, or perhap s desire d, that the same high finish and elegant polish in literature, shall be acquir ed in this countr y, as is to be fount! in the higher grades of Europ ean society; There the great accumulation and concentration of wealth, in 15 the hands of a few, enable them to dedica te thcil whole lives to the cultiva tion of those arts which serve rather to adorn than benefit niank ind-w ith us, this can never be the case. 1 he genius of OUl'institutions is alike opposed to the monopoly of \~e.alth or_kno:V· ledge. They were framed 111 a sp1_r1t of d1ffus1 vc philan thropy , and \vhilst the law provides that we.llth shall not accumulate for ages, the avenues to knowledge are thrown open alike to all. The great object is to enlighten the mass. The int_elligence_of a nation consists in the aggreg ate of the wisdom of its people , and not in possessing a few dazzling ~uminaries, whos_e brilliJncy but deepen s the surrounclrng gloom. It ~s not meant that the minds of all can be equally cultivated. Societ y is a chain of dependencies, and some are invited to the discha rge of duties, which rtquir e higher attainments than are necessary. to the parts which others are called on to play. Whilst therefo re, the streng th and durabi lity of the Government, and the happiness and indepe ndence of ~he ~eople, arc essentially promo ted by the spread of rntelhgence and education 2 it is of the highes t importance that means should be liberal ly provid ed, for the more elaborate instruc tion of those who may be regard ed as the especial conser vators of the institutions of the countr y, and upon whose success in the great strugg le for mental superi ority, th@ fame of the nation must necessarily rest. For this reason, it is the duty of all who cheris h the honor and welfare of the State, not only to furnish abund antly the means of improvement to the mass of the community, to enable them to ap• precia te truly, the happiness of their condit!on, and to choose discre etly, those to whom the machi nery of Government shall be confided, but it is also their imperativ e obligation to supply semina~•ies, _where the most perfec t cultur e, of which the mmd is capabl e, may be afforded. In propor tion as these are multiplied, and society is filled with a class of men, eminently qualified for �16 the discharge of its most important duties, the danger of selecting unfaithful or incompetent trustees of the public we]fa!'e, is diminished. The conduct and qualifications of every candidate for the popular suffrage, will be vigilantly and searchingly examined, and it wiH rarely happen, that ignorance will escape detection, or presumprion fail of its rebuke. And should the various States of this happy country, ri val each oth e1· in the cat1se of education, with the same zeal which they now display in improving thei r physical condition, in opening avenues to wealth, and adding new impulses to commer<?e, a degree of pros• perity may be attained, which the imagination of the wildest visionary has not yet conceived. Every motive to exertion, which can actuate the human heart, :must exist in a nation like this. Witlt us, there are no privileged orders1 Lorn t-o fill the high places in the State. No sense of conventional inferiority, presses upon the mind here, deadening its energies, and smothering its virtuous aspirations, The highest posts in the State; posts, the possession of which; might thrill with a palpitating gladness, the bosom of the loftiest monarch of the world, are accessible to the humblest iudividual. The staridard of merit in this nation of 1:epublicans, is virtue, intelligence, integrity and devot10n to the public welfare. These are qualifications which depend aot, on blood, on wealth, or adventitious influences of any kind. The son of the humblest peasant within the wide borders of our almo~t li1~itless territory, 01: !he offspring of the poorest artisan 1n our numerous C1t1es, may by his merit alone rise to a height of true glory, whose elevation would r;nder giddy the head of the proudest potentate of Europe. He may be placed at the head of a nation of freemen, whvse selection of him for such a trust stamps him with ~ perpetual and glorious immortalit/ With these motives to stimulate to exertion, who can set bou~ds to Am:erican genius, if proper appliances· are furnished for its careful cultivation. 17 In most of the States of the confederacy, ~his momentous subject is engaging much of _the pubhc attP.?· tion, and large sums have been contr1bu~ed by pubhc and private munificence, for the promotion of ed~ca• tion. In Maryland, a fatal lethargy for ~ long time, seems to have brooded over the public mrnd. In all the other elements of greatness, sufficient activity has been manifested, especially within the compass of the last few ye11rs. Efforts have been made, and are now making, to attract within our borders, by stupen~ous works of internal improvement, the rnexhaustible riches of the western world. The lofty Alleghanies are to be pierced o~ scaled, and a tide of commerce and wealth poured rnto our lap from fields and vallies, which it was supposed we;e separated by impassable barriers. T!iese are achievements to which Maryland enterpr1ze, and Maryland treasure are freely devoted, and if successful as can scarceli be doubted, will reflect imperishabl~ honor upon those who devised, and ~hose. who executed them. But whilst we are pressmg vigorously on the heels, if not ontstrippin~ ou_r sister States in the race of physical and commercial 1mpr?vement, it is not to be disguised, that we are far bc_hrnd _m~st of them ' in furnishino-b the means of educat10,1 w1th1,1 Ve have not yet among us, any our own borders. great State lnstitu~i~n, affor<l~ng adequate facilit~es to our y,mth, of acqmrrng the higher branches of intellectual improvement. In consequ_en?e of the.absence of a liberally endowed and flour1shmg seminary of learning, our youth are compelled to resort ~o o_ther States, where feelings and prjnciples may be 1mbibe_d in opposition to the best interests of the land of their birth. It is natural to the human heart, to feel a strong yearning of affection for the spot_ where the light ?f wisdom first beamed upon_ the mm?·. The pla~~s m which we abode "when hfe was m its sprmg, and which are associated with our freshest recollections-: 3 �IS where the capacities of the mind were first unfolded a1!d the Jessons of virtue and wisdom originally in: ~tilled, ~re alw~ys remembered, even to the dying hour, with fe elings of gratitude and love. Would it not be wise then to tie the sons of Maryland by these golden cords of affection to the land of t~e~r birth, a~d not exp?se them to the perils of a .divided alleg1a?ce? I_t 1s far from the purpose of lhis _ad~ress to excite sentiments of hostili ty, or even of md1fference, to the welfare of our sister States. ~Te all constitute one great family, banded toge1her in the holy brotherhood of affection and mutual interests -Jiving un~er one common government; pursuing the same objects, and Jinked together by a thousand recollecti?ns of mutual dangers ·and mutual support, ~ha~ed with, a?d afforded to each other. The prosperity .o~ each Is the prosperity of the whole, and may the brilliancy of the constellation never be dimmed by the obscuratio n of a solitary star-on the contrarv' PU; earnest w~sh is~ that they may grow brighter, a~d bri~hter, until then· rays shall illuminate the farthest ends o_f the earth: A ll that is urged is, that it is the true d1c~ate of wisdom to bind the sons of Maryland to her s01l, by every sympathy which can penetrate to the recesses of t he human heart. They should be ,t aught_to regard the_land of their birth, as the land by which every blessmg they enjoy has been bestowed and to_whose glory and advancement, they are bound ~o dedicate the best e~ergies of their nature. They ..hould not be permitted to reflect, that whilst they ~re Mary~anders, by the _accideut of birth, they owe to other S~atcs all f~r w?1ch life is worth preserving; 1he educati?n of t heir mrnds, that moral culture which ~nsures. their resp~ct amo~g men, and those religious 1mpressions, on whwh their hopes for eternity are reposed. In additj?n to these inducements, which are surely of so?1e _weight~ the effort now making to establish a !)qur1shrng s~m;nary of learning in Maryland is re- 19 commended by considerations of the truest economy. . The amount annually expended by our young men, who are sent abroad for their education, must necessaril y far exceed the interest of the sum, which would be required to build up a college at home, adequate for every purpose. Independently of \Vhich, what is carried abroad is lost, or only returned rn attachmen ts severed from home; whilst what is expended at home is promotive of the pnblic good, by being more widely diffused . It cannot be doubted, that 8100,000 spent abroad impoverishes the State more than five times t hat su :U spent among ourselves-whilst the first is so much taken from the general mass, never to be restored ; the latter after performing a round of circulation, giving employment to the \lOor, and food to th_e ind ustrious. is returnect to the sources from whence 1t was contrib'uted, by a thousand channels. Why education has been so long neglected in Maryland it is difficult to conceive. A-. early as the year 1784 the attention of the State authorities was called to this subjec t, in order as the preamble t? the charter of Wushington College declares "to raise up, and perpetuate a succession of able and honest men, for dis charging the v.irious offices and duties of the commu11ity, both civil and religious, with usefulness and r eputatio n," and in 1784 an annual donation of £1250 was granted to this College, to be applied to the payment of the salaries of the principal, professors and tutors. In the same year 1784, an act was passed for founding a College on the western shore, and constituting the same, together with Washington College on the.eastern shore, one university, by the name of '.'the Universi ty of Maryland." This institution was in orporated by the name of the Visitors and Govern• ors of St. John's College, and for the purpose of providing a "permanent fund for the further encourage• ment and establishment of the said College," the sum of £ 1750 was ''annually and for ever thereafter given and granted, as a donation by the public, to the US" �20 'lf_thc_ saicl College on the western shore," to be applied rn the same manner as the donatiou to Washington C~lle 9e, "for. the liberal education of youth in the prmc1ples of virtue, knowledge, and useful literature." Thus it will be seen, that our ancestors, those who fought t_he b_attles_ of the Hevolution, and bequeathed us the rich_ inheritance _of freedom, were fully sensible of the mcalculable importance of education and coun_ted not price, in the means of furnishing it. They had Just emerged from the dangers of a bloody and f~arful contes}; and "frighted peace had hardly found time to ]?ant, after the ferocity of the struggle. The music of the martial trumpet, and "the earth9uake shout of victory," had scarcely ceased to ring m the1~ cars, when ~he paramount importance of education arrested their attention and in the circumstanc.e~ in which they were plac~d, the most liberal prov1si_on ~as ma~~ for it. For not only did the St~te, rn its political capacity, grant the donation which has been mentioned, but contributions to the ~m~u~t of upwards of £10,000, were furnished by md1v1duals, for the same elevated and benevolent purpose. . Among these contributors, beside a list of name:-:! "'.h1ch any age or nation might be proud to exh1b1t, 1s to be found that of Washington himself, the man, who had not only "filled the measure of his C()Untry's glory,'' but who had raised the standard of h~~amty, throughout the limits of the civilized world. ' ' 1th _the means thus supplied, St. John's College was estabhshed, and pursued for many years a career of usefulness and honor, dispensing the bles;ings of educat10~ upon hundreds of her sons, and bidding fair to raise the reputation of the State, which founded and foste_red her, to an equal height at least with any ' of her sisters. In 1805, less enlightened and liberal counsels appear to have prevailed, and the funds which had been perpetu~lly dedicated to the support of this institution, were withdrawn. It is not our purpose to speak 21 harshly of the proceedings of that day. It is enough to say, that they fell heavily upon the hearts of those, to whom the interests of education were dear, and that the brightening beams of St. John's were shorn of their lustre. The University, within whose walls had been educated many of the most illustrious men of the age, who had sent forth from her venerable shades, a number of the States, most distinguished ornaments, was doomed for a season, to sicken and languish, from the indifference of the parent, who had engaged by every sanction, to nurture her to the last. But may we not indulge the hope, that these days of neglect are past? That the minds of our fellow citizens are fully awakened to the vjtal importance of building up, and sustaining here at home, a high seminary of learning, commensurate with the progress of society, and the dignity and honor of the State. The Legislature of 1832, influenced by enlightened counsels, and stimulated by a sense of justice, restored a portion of the funds withdrawn in 1805, and incorporated in the Board of Trustees, several of the chief ufficers of the State, thus clearly impressing upon it, the characteristics of a State institution. From that auspicious moment, the progress of the College has been rapidly onward. The Board of Trustees had previously @ngag'ed the services of a gentleman in the capacity of Principal, eminently qualified for the duties of such a station. To the advantages of much experience, deep and various learning, a character of the most elevated cast, he adds a · zeal and devotion which knows no flagging, and a perseverance and assiduity which has never faltered. Under his guidance, with the growing interest manifested by the community for our welfare, the full realization of our hopes can hardly be doubted. · Occupying a position in the confederacy, eminently favorable to the development of her resources, Maryland cannot fail to become one of its most conspicuous · members, if she is faithful to her own best interests. No apathy on the subject of these interests has been' �22 displayed, save only with respect to education. In opening channtls of communication with the distant and fr uitful west, gigantic efforts have been, and arc being made, and mil lions of t1·easure unhesitatingly expended. T o ascertain what hidden treasures lie buried in the bowels of the land, and contribute our portion to the cause of science, liberal provision has been made, and we have the proud consciousness of knowing, th at with reference to the latter objects, we have taken the decided lead. The benefictal results of these wise measures, are already most sensibly felt. The spirit of commerce, which had begun to droop beneath the incubus of inactivity, 1s now buoya~t with reno vated life, and whitening every ocean with h er wings. The farn1er pursues his meritorious occupation, wit h the well founded assurn11ce of being amply r em unerate<l for his toil, and the industrious artiza ns of our towns and villages, partake largely of the general prosperity. In the midst of this reioicing, this ac t ual fruition of abundant causes of pr~sent gratulation, and prospects for the future most cheering to the hea r t of the philanthropist; it is our happiness to kn ow, that the hopes of the friends of St. Joh n's are once more reviviug. In addition to the recent bounty of the State, already adverted to, and the steps which ha ve been taken towards placing her in the footing of a State institution, a considerable accession of fu nds has been derived, from the voluntary contribution of i ndividuals. With the means thus acquired, the Ed ifice, the corner stone of which has just been laid, is to be erected. The object of the building is, to acco mm odate with board, students from a· distance, whose paren ts or guardians may wish to exclude them fro m the city. The want of such an appenda&'e to the College, has been Jong felt; and ~hen fimshed, we confidently hope, will infuse new vigour i_nto !ts r~vi ving energies. The appeal however which 1s berng made to the public liberality has been hut partially r esponded to. ' 23 T o place the institution upon the lofty ground, which i t deserves to occupy, to ena~le it to f~lfil the h opes of its friends, and to a~compl~sh the high J?Ur • poses of the patriotic generat10n which founded it, a far more generous supply of means is ~ndispeosab)y necessar y. That they will not be furlllshe~, we_w~ll not believe- Maryland can, and will maintain w1thm her bosom one high seminary of learn_ing, where her sons may drink freely, of those '.ountnrns _of trot~, of wisdom and of virtue, so essential tf) their happrness and pro'motive of her aggrandisement. _Why should not th e pu re and elevating lessons of ph~l?sophy, the profoun d recesses of science, the beaut~fu\ and cap tivating graces of Grecian and H.omart literature, be as effectually incukated, explored, and un_folde? here, as el sew here? The libel, that the ''gemu~ sickens, and the fancy dies" in A 111erica, has long srnce been ex ploded. The p1·oductions of our st~tesmeu, and our orators, our poets, and_ our men of ~cience, arc b0rne across the broad Atlantic, to be admired_, wond_ercd at, and imitated, by those who taunted us rn our _infancy. The profound argument, the deep discuss10n, th e clear perc eption of the duties of gover~m_ent,. the flashing wit, the withe:in_g sa:cnsm, the brilliant _ima• gination, which have d1st111gu1shed our c~ngress10nal debates, not only demonstr;lte that gemus does not languish in America, b~t that she has f?und new worshippers here, to krndle her _flames rnto a ret brigh ter effulgence. Wl~at _Ame_rican does not i~el h is bosom swell with patnot1c pn<le, when he hears the p raises of her sons wafted back from tlie shores of E urope? What has become now of th_c ~neer, '~w~o :-ea<l s an American hook?" Where, w1tl~m the hnnts of the wide world, are such accurate news of (?o· vern ment ente rtained? Where so pure a morality inculcated, and such rapid advances in ~II that ca~ adorn and elevate humanity, made, as m youth~ul America. The nations of Europe, though c~nturies pefore us in the order of time, :tre nearly distanced �26 24 in the race of prosperity. In reforming their political constitutions, in tearing down the cumbrous ma~hi~er~ of remote ages, and substituting in their place, I?stitutions better adapted to the progress of civilization. In ab0lishing complications which oppress, and supplying simplicity which relieves; in destroying de_spotism and establishing freedom, the example of this west_ern Republic is exerting a mighty ard most salutary influence. In all these important requisites of human. happiness, the space between us and them, can har~ly be measured by comparison. We are young, vigorous and free, full of present e;njoyment and radiant with hopes of the future. They old f~eble, and enslaved, Jiving under institutions cr:1mb~ hog be~eath the hand ~f time, and heaving to their foundat10ns under the billows of popular discontent. Th_e same shores which received the pilgrim fathers, flymg from shackles forged for their consciences, are now t~e. refuge ~o~ the oppressed of every clime. The victim of political m,urpation, he who is made to contribute from his scanty means to support a church whose creed carries no consolation to his bosom; th; !over ~f freedom, and _the slave of tyranny; the starv1ng Irish, and the exiled Pole, all seek and find an asyl?m on the shores of happy America. With these motives to warm our hearts with gratitude towards our creator, should we not strain every nerve tor the fulfilment of his holy precepts? And why should not on_e great Temple to learning be erected here on ~his spo~, associated as it is, with some of the :Uost rnterestrng events in our history? 'Twas here the father o[ his ~ountry resigned that sword, which had waved m trrnmph over the fields, on which the batt~es of inde_pendence ha~ been fought. 'Twas here he bade adieu to au~hor1ty, suppressing, if he ever felt them, the promptrngs of ambition, and presenting to the world a spectacle of sublimity, which never has been eqq.alled, and never can b~ excelled. If education is to be fostered in Maryland as its importance demands, no location more favo.rable for its cultivation could be selected than this. The building now existing,_ and th~t in the course of con• struction are seated m a plam of great extent and unrivalled beauty. The climate of the place is un• surpassed for salubrity, and whilst the moral co~taminntion incident to the vicinity of a large Town, 1s not to be dreaded, the presence of the seat of Government is full of advantages. Every thing conspires to render St. John's a favo• rite of the State. It was built up by the purchasers of our freedom, whilst the storms of the revoluti~n, were yet rocking the battlements of the Repuhhc. It has enrolled among its alumni some of the brightest ornaments of the nation, and continued its usefulness to the last, though frowned.upon a~d discouraged ~y the parent which cre~ted 1t. . It i~ endeared by its origin; venerable for Its age; 11lustr1ous for the great minds nurtured within it:i walls, and entitled to our gratitude for yet striving to do good. Let us then hope, as we do hope, that the days of its discouragement are past, and that from the walls now about to rise, a race of virtuous and enlightened men may he sent, who shall add new lustre to their country's glory, until the bright star of the Republic shall scatter the rays of liberty to the uttermost ends of the _Earth. No maxim is more universally admitted than that wealth and knowledge are mighty elements of power. That nation which is possessed of these, in the largest abundance, not onlyholds her own liberties impregnable to the _assaults of o~hers, but the fate of others is generally i!l her kee~rng._ Extensive territory, and a teeming popula~1~n if ~es• titute of these resources, so far from givmg vigor to a Government, invite aggression and encourage rapacity. Points accessible to attack are generally plUltiplied in proportion to territorial extent; and the dangers of internal dissentiou are increased by the ex:4 �26 istence of a dei,se, if unenlightened, populatio n. Iq every nation spre ad over a large exte nt of surface, thr.re must, by the unalterable laws of natu re, exis t geographical distinctions, whic h wisdom and patr iotism can alone appease. If these are wanting, not only 'Yill actual diversities of inter est impel to disunion, ~nd ensure weakqess, but inte rests only seemingly ~onflicting, will be ia:flamed by the designin g into irreconcilable differences. Wha t was it, but the sound good sense of thf' Ame rica n people, the love of coun try and jts laws, which result from understan ding thei r ~'Xce11ence, which saved these Unit ed Stat es ftom dismemberment, duri ng the rece nt violent poli ~gitations. It was said, and no doubt believed, tical by the pe~ple_ of ~n imp~ rtan t division of the coun try, that thei r r~ghts a~d mter ests were sacrificed to enri ch pthe r sections, less favored by natu re than them selves. The y were told that the bounties whic h Prov iden ce had showereq upon them with a prodigal libe ralit y, ~ere wr~sted from thei r enjoyment by a tyra nnic al ~ourse of legislation. Eve ry avenue by whic h the ~urnan hear t can be appr oach ed, was assa iled with maddening an~ soul stirr ing appeals. The ir thei r interei:;ts, thei r feelings of Stat e prid e, honor, the natural in~ignation of a gallant people at oppr essio n, ~ere all m turn addr esse d by the eloquent victims of ~ . fearful delus~~n. It is impossible to cont emp late with out shud deri ng, the consequences whic h mig ht have rei;µltetl fr~m th~se ~auses, if the peop le of these Unit ed Stat es haq not felt, and known, the value of pheir gove mme nt. The Halls of Congress would in vain hay~ rung wjth the eloquent voices of our unfiV!U~d oratorll. Tpe ir warnings, thei r invo cations, the~r deep s~ga~ity, thei r solemn adjuratio ns, and th!11' beseeching appeals, would have been all, all in yam, and the same fields on which Green and How ~r.d had fought for thei r coun try's inde pend pught have been crimsoned with American bloo ence , d shed ~y A~~ ri~a n han~s. ' 27 nd how is 1t that the English nation, for so many centuries, has maintained liel' ascendancy amo ng !he nations of Europe? Her terri tory and popu lation compared with many of them, ~ould, b~t for othe r causes plac e her far below them 1a the scale of grea tness. 'The se causes are, her superior weal th and knowledge. By thei r means: s~e has not on!y and maintained herself on a footing of equa pla~ed lity, w1t.h the most powerful of th_em all,_ but has been ~nal>le_d to interpose her prot ectrn g reg1~, to sa~~ them rn thei r extr eme st danger. The warlike spm t of ~ran_ce, blown into an intx ting uish able flame, by the whir lwm d of the Revolution, and guid ed and cont:entrated by the matchless genius of N~poleon, threatened the world with universal conquest. One _after a?~t her, nations of Euro pe yielded to his domuuon . ~he . I he Alps and the 1-yrene~s, presen~ed no _obstacle to the victorious march of his conquerrng leg10ns, and deat h and desolation follo\'Ved resistance to his will. Italy , the seat of th~ once prou d mistress of t_he_ wo:l d, Spain, unmindful of the glory which ?nee d1st1 ~gmshed her atnong the nations, Aust:ia, Prus ~ia, a?d Russia with theil· countlesg armies and imperial scep tr;s, had all quailed before the eagles of invincible Fran ce. In this full care er of conquest, however, ther e was one spot to which thei r victorivus pinions could neve r reach, and that was the land of our forefathers· that island anchored in the deep, who se wealth and whose knowledge bid defiance to thei r flight. Not only did she preserve_ her own sh?res, unprofaned by a hostile foot, thougo ever y nat10n of Euro pe, at one time, was leagued for her overthro w,. but I?ersevered in the struggle, until the star ot the victo r pale d before her bann er, and "the arbitP.r of othe rs' fates, became a supp liant for his ?Wn." _And thes e mig hty efforts were made, and this sple~d1d consummation accomplished, by the potent engrnes of wealth and knowledge, for ''no towers or bulwarks along the stee p," ever were deemed necessary to tht safety of England. �28 Whilst however, the power which reswlts from i!ea]th, ex_erts a treme~dous _influence upon the destmy of _nations, tha~ which arises from superior knowledge, .1~ far more hkely to ensure thei1· happiness and tranquility. The acquisition of the former not un• freq~ent1y brings with it, luxuries which vitiate the pubhc morals, and vices that contaminate the ver) sour~es of pub]i~ vir!ue; whilst the latter expels cor• ruphon, where 1t existed before, and purifies, as with :fire, the foulness which preceded it. In seeking therefore,. to better our condition, to promote ou: own happ~ness, and a~vance the power of the nation, let us not !n the pursuf~ of riches:, overlook the paramount ~la1ms of ed~cation; but rather, let us be doubly desirous to acquire th~ latter, that the vast energies of the former may be directed to better and holiel' purposes. SUBSCR iPTIONS MADS 1'0 THJ_,; FU N.U • The subscription mentioned in the prefatory re• marks, was made in three, equal, annual, instalments. It wa·s carried through the several counties on the Western Shore. and the amount obtained, was· ten thousand pounds. In 1821 , at a meeting of the Alumni, in the Senate Chamber, at Annapolis, a plan of subscription was drawn up, a condition being inserted that the whole should be void, unless the sum of ten thousand dollars should be obtained. Severa\ names were subscribed upon the spot, but no agent was appointed; the requisite sum was not obtained, and the subscrip• tion paper has been lost. The only record of it t~at remains, is the payment of the following sum, which was discharged by the donor, though not required to do so by the terms~ 8200. Isaac McKim, for the plan a exhibit s The following resolution in the now and 1834, in same object, undertake n courie of prosecution. Resolved, by the Visitors and Governors of St. John's College, that the Principal be authorised and requested to collect subscriptions, payable to the Visitors and Governors, to be applied by them, in the erection of suitable buildings, for the accommodation of students, and for improving and extending the Library and Philosophical Apparatus of the College, and that the Treasure r be authorised to pay to the Prinitipal, the expenses he may incur, in carrying ,to effect this resolution. Resolved, by the Visitors and Governors of St; John's College, that the Governor of this State, His Excellency JAMES THoMAs, and the Hon. BENJAMIN S. FoRREST, and the Hon. THOMAS WRIGHT, 3d. �31 members of this Board, be a committee to co-operate· with the Principal, in making all suitable preparations to carry into effect the resolution of the Board, to coUect subscriptions for the benefit of this institution: St. John's College, Feb. 15th, 1834. COPY OF THE SUBSCRIPTIO N. We, the subscribers, hereby agree to pay to the Visitors and Governors of St. John's College, at Annapolis, Maryland, or order, th'e sums of money opposite our names, respectively, in two equal instalments, to be applied in carrying into effect the foregoing resolutions: provided, however, that this subscription shall be void, unless at least ten thousand dollars shall be subscribed, as aforesaid; and on the completion o{ said subscription, the first instalment above mentioned, shall become due, and the other instalment, twelve months thereafter. Sept. 9, 1834. James Thomas; William Hughlett; Robe1·t W. Bowie, Wm. H. Marriott, ~lexancler C. Magruder, Henry Maynadier, H. H. Harwood, George Mackubin, Dennis Claude, Ramsay Waters, John Johnson, Nicholas Brewer, Jr. Alexander Randall, Thomas S. Alexander, George "\\'ells, Brice J. Worthington, Richard Harwood, of Thos. Richard I. Jones, Thomas Oliver, J. I. Cohen, Jr. Walter Farnandis, $500 ' 300 .250 250 •· 200 200' 200 200 20() .200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 200 lbO Hector Humphreys, Robert W. Kent, Dauiel Clarke, Gabriel Duvall, Fielder Cross, William D. Bowie, John H. Sothoron, William Reeder, Robert Ghiselin, Samuel Mayn11rd, Thomas Franklin, R. M. Chase, Thomas S. Culbreth, Hyde Ray, James Iglehart, Swann ~ Iglehart, George F. Worthington, George G. B~ewer, John B. Moms, Andrew McLaughlin, IJ.'homas B. Dorsey, William G. Tilghman, Charles Goldsborough, John C. Henry, Joseph E. Muse, Henry Page, G. C. Washington, Benjamin S. Forrest, J. Nevitt Steele, Allen Thomas, Charles W. Dorsey, R. G. Stockett, R. W. Dorsey, Larkin Dorsey, John C. Weems, Chas. S. W. Dorsey, Daniel !v.l urray, John H. Alexander, Gwinn Harris, N. F. Williams, '!'homas Sappington, Thomas Snowden, George Brown, F. S. Key, $100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 JOO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 llJO 100 JOO JOO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 �82 v·rga Maxcy, Joseph Todhunte r Thos. H. Carroll, , .Jonathan Ellicott & Sons, Francis Thomas, John S. Sellman, Robert H. Goldsborough E. 8. Winder, ' Andrew Skinner J:is. B. Steele ' Brice J. Gold;borough Thomas Hayward ' William W. Eccle~ton Chas. J. Kilgour, ' J. H. W ilkiuson 'l'humas E. Sudl~r J. Hughes, ' R. I. Cowman, John Randall, George McNeir Basil Shephard ,, R..J. Crabb, Thomas Duckett, Jo~n. H. Waring, W Ilham Ghiselin J. G. Chapman, ' Leonard Iglehart, Wm. D. Merrick, Charles H. Steele Wm. T. Goldsbo:ough H. W. Evans, ' Nathan R. Smith Daniel Randall 2 James Wilson ' David Baruum' James Carroll J' Wm. Denny, R. Potts, John Tyler, Benry K, Randall Thomas J. Dorse'tt John Iglehart, , A~n Iglehart, ft1chard Marriott, 33 $100 100 100 100 100 100 50 bO 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 pO 50 60 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 The names of future subscribers will be embraced in the next Annual Report of the College, to the Legislature, It is proposed to collect at least thirty thousand dollars, for the above objects. The present buildings, when completed, will be insufficient for the purposes of the College. The old building contains all the necessary public rooms for such an establishment, being 80 feet in length, by 60 feet in width, and three stories high, above the basement. But a separate building is required, for the exclusive accommodation of the GRAMMA R ScnooL. And, should the number of students increase, according to present prospects, a third CoLLEGE EDIFICE will J)ecome necessary, at no distant period. tiO 50 s �BOA RD OF VISI TOR S AND GOV ERN O,!IS OF ST. JOH N'S CO LLE GE . His Excellency JAME S THOM AS, ex-officio Presid ent. Hon. ,, JOHN BUCHANAN. JOHN STEP HEN . " STEV ENSO N ARCH ER. " THOMAS B. DORSEY. " EZEK IEL F. CHAM BERS . " C. ASA SPEN CE. " THEODORIC IlLAND. " JOHN G. CHAPMAN. " WILLIAM J . .BLAKISTONE. " JOSE PH KEN T. " RO.BERT W. BOW IE. ALEX AND ER C. MAG RUD ER, Esq. SAM UEL RIDOUT, Esq. JAME S .BOYLE, Esq. NICHOLAS BREW ER, Esq. HEN RY MAY NAD IER, Esq. WILL IAM H. MAR RIOT T, Esq. THO. MASH . CARROLL, Esq. THOMAS S. ALEX AND ER, Esq. JOHN N. WAT KINS , Esq. THO.MAS FRAN KLIN , Esq. RAM SAY WAT ERS, Esq. DR. DENN IS CLAU DE, Esq. NICHOLAS BREW ER, JR. Eiq. JERE MIAH HUG HES, Esq. GIDEON WHI TE, Esq. ALEX AND ER RAN DALL , Esq. JOSE PH H. NICHOLSON, Esq. JOHN JOHNSON, Esq. TRE ASU RER , GEOR GE ~1ACKUBIN, Esq. SECR ETAR Y. GEOR GE WELLS, E;11. FA CU LT Y. Rev. HEC TOR HUMPHREYS, D. D., PRESIDENT AND PROFESSOR OF MORAL SCIEN CE. JULIUS T. DUCATEL, M. D., PROFE SSOR OF CHEM ISTRY , JIIINER ALOGY , AND GEOLO GY. EDW ARD SP ARKS, 1\1. D., PROFE SSOR OF .ANCIE NT LANGU AGES, THOMAS E. SUDLER, A. .M., :ilRO.F.ESiOR OF IIIATH EMAT ICS AND CIVIL ESGIN EERfl' \'O. WILLIAM B. LEAR Y, A. M., PROFE SSOR OF GRAlll MAR. CHA RLES T. FLUSSER, Esq., PROFE SSOR OF .l\ICIDE RN LANG UAGE S. �37 JUNIO R CLASS RESIDEN CE, NAMES, CATAL OGUE OF THE STUDE N1'S OF ST. JOHN 'S COLL EGE. 1835. • George B. Dunkel, John Buchanan Hall, John W. Martin, Joseph Trapnell, Trueman Tyler, • CLASS GRADUATED, FEBRUARY 21st, 1835. NAlllES. RESIDEN CE, THOMAS HOLME HAGNER, A. B. ABRAM CLAUDE, A. B. EDWIN BOYLE, A. B. RICH.A.RD SMtTH CULBRETH, A. B. RICHARD CREAGH MACKUBIN, A. B. RICHARD WEEMS, English Diploma, Washington City. .llnnapolis. .llnnapolis, Caroline County. .llnnapolis. .llnne Jlrundel Co, • SENIO R CLASS . NAlllES. Thomas Granger, George Grundy , William R. Hayward, Joshua D. Johnson George F. Johnson', George Edward Musa, William I. Reder John H. Reeder ' ' . Henry W. Thomas Franklin Weems ' gton, Nicholas B. Worthin St. J\fary's County, Charles County. Baltimore City. Washington County. Cambridge, Frederick. Prince George's County . John M. Bt·ome, Frederic k S. Brown, SOPHO MORE CLASS . RESIDEN CE. NAMES, William Tell Claude, Marius Duvall, Jlnnapolis. Do lJavid Edgar, Thomas Iglehart, Charles N. Mackuhin, Jlnne Jlrimdel Comity. Baltimore City. .flnnapolis. Do Baltimore County. William C. Thompson, Edward Worthington, • RESIDEN CE. FRESH MAN CLASS. Queen .llnne's County. Baltimo re City. Cambri.dge Frederick. .fl,mapolis, Cambridge. Baltimore City. no St. Mctry's County. Ellcridge. .llnne .flrundel County, NAMJ,:S, RESIDEN CE. .llrmapolis. John M. Brewer, Do Philip Culbreth, . Elkridge Cale Iii Dorsey, Do "William H. G. Dorsey, Do John Thomas B. Dor11ey, .llnnapolis. John W. Duval!, Calt•ert County. Thomas C. Gantt, Somerset County. Benjamin Gray, �38 39 Reverdy Ghisclin, Jeremiah L. Hughes, Richard II ughl ett, Thomas R. Kent, Absa'om Ridgely, William C, Tuck, Prince George's County. .!lrmapolis. Talbot County. .!Jnne .!lrnndel County, .linnapolis, Brice J. Worthington, .!lnne .llrundel County. Do B. Thos. B. W orthin 0o-ton. D<J • PARTIAL STUDENTS. NAMES, R E SIDE N CE. WiJli11m R. Goodman Edwin E. Pratt, .llnnapolis. Queen Jlnne's County. .llnne .llrundet County, ' Samuel Ridout, • STUDENTS IN THE NAJIIES. GRAMMAR SCHOOL. RESIDENCE, George Barrott, John Basil, Robert Bowie, Lewellin Boyle, Jeremiah T. Chase J0hn Clayton, 1-lenry Duvall, ' Richard R. Gaither , Alexander H. Gambrill Benjamin H. Hall, Dennis D. Hart Benjamin Harwood, George S. Ilumphrevs, John T. E. Hyde, ' Washingto,1 City. Jlnnapolis. Prince George's County, .linnapc,l is. Do Do Do Do Do Jlnne .lirundel County. .!lnnapolis. Jlnne .lirundtl Count y, .IJ,mcipolis . Do Edward G, Maynard, Walter McNeir, George McNeir, Amiapolis. Do Nicholas Holland, James McNeir, Washington City. Annapolis, George Miller, Edward C. Mills, Thomas McParlin, Henry M. Murray, Horatio S. Ridout, Samuel Ricrout, Richard Ridgely, Allred G. Ridgely, William Ridgely, Richard H. Schwarar, Francis H. Stockett, John T. Taylor, ;)ennis C. Thompson, James C Welch, Do Do Jlnne .flrundel County. Jlnnapol is. Do Jlnne Jlrundel County, Jlnnapolis. Do Do Do Do Anne .llrundel County. .finnapolis. Do Levin Winder, James M. Winder, Charles F. Worthington, Do Easton. Do .finne .11.rundel County; Nathan Moore, John G, Gamble, Baltimore City. Weelaunee, Florida. ~dam Smith, Allan Quynn, Baltimore City. .finnapolis. �41 SOPHOMORE CLA.SS. FIRST TERM, f0.URSE ~F STUDIES, EXPENSBS, &c! Juvenal, ( Leverett's.) Homer'& Iii ad, (Robinson's.} Plane Geometry, (Legendre's.) SECOND TERM, Pl:tEPARATORY STU;DIES, VIZ: ;English G:rammar; Geography; Arithmetick; Latin Gram'Q ~ar; C?rderms~ lEsop's Fables; Eras ,, us; C~sar's Com~ men~anes, '!r _Sallu~t; Eclogues, and first six books of th~ 1En_e1d, of V1rg1l; Cicero's Orations; Mair's Introduction, or L aun Tutor; Greek Grammar; Greek Delectus; and Jacob's Greek Reader, and Prosody. • Pupils not intending to enter College will als b • t h E 1· h ' , o e rece1v• e d m o t e , ng 1~ Departm~nt, and will pursue such ·t ~ranches of Education, embraced in the course as Jheir particular views. ' ' iµay sui Cicero de Oratore, or Quintilian. Grreca Majora, (Odyssey and Hesiod.) Solid Geometry, (Legendre's.) THIRD TERM. Rhetorick and Belles Lettres.-(Whateley.) Grreca Majora.-(Tragedians.) Logarithms; Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: Exercises in original Compositidn and Elocution, during the year. • JUNIOR CLASS. P O ~ L E G I ~ 'I' E COU R s E . FRESHMAN CLAS$. · FIRST .T ERM. ,olsom's Livy. Prreca Majora-(Xenophon Herodotus Thucyd' d J preek and Roman 'Antiquiti;s, History, ~nd Myth~l!;y. SECOND TERM. 1Jorace, (~des.) 'firgil's Georgicks. 1rreca MaJ?ra, (Lysias, Demosthenes Isocrates ) _ gebra, with Arithmetic revised. ' • • FIRST TERM, Grreca Majora. (Minor Poets.) Applications of Trigonometry to the Mensuration of Heights . and Distances, Navigation, Surveying, Levelling, 4-'c. Moral Philosophy. Abercrombie's Intellectual Powers. SECOND TERM , Tacitus.-(History.) Conick Sections. Chemistry, with Lectures. (Turner's.) G , A TH!RD TEJ.UI. Hora~,,, (Satires and Epistles.) GAlrreca ~ajora, (Xenophon's Memorabilia Plato ) gebra completed. ' • raus!at!ons, Them~s, and Declamations du~ing the y~ar,. 'f THIRD TERM. Tacitus-(Manners of the Germans, and Life of Agricola.) Natural Philosophy, with Lectures. (Olmsted's:) Elements of Criticism, with Lectures on the Frne Arts.. (Karnes') Debates, Compositions, and Declamations, during the year• 6 �42 43 SENIOR CLASS. EXPENSE S. FIRST TERM. Natural l?hilosophy, finished, with Lectures. (Olmsted's.) Horace, De Arte Poetica; with Lecturns on Taste, and a Revision of Latin. J,qgic, and Philosophy of the Mind. (Whateley's.) SECOND TERM. Astronomy-wi th Lectures. (Cambridge.) Political Economy-with Lectures. (Say's.) ~vidences of Christianity and Natural Theology. (Paley's.) THIRD TERM. Laws of Natwns-Consti tution, and Civil and PDlitical History ot the United States. (Kent.) Butter's Analogy. Civil Engineering-(c onstruction of Machines, Bridges, Roads, Canals, &c.) Mineralogy and Geology. (Shepard's.) ))ec:amat1ons of Original Pieces, Extemporaneou s Debates, • and Exercises in Criticism, during the year. The study of the Modern Languages, shall be so arranged ~snot materially to interfere with the College course. The officers of instruction, will endeavor to make the horough as possible; and in no case will course of study as t_ a Scholar be allowed to pass, to an advanced standin"', till he _shall _have sustained all the previous examinations, to the ~atisfasllon of the Faculty. Full Courses of Lectures are delivered to th€' classes on (;hemistry, Mineralogy and Geology, and on Natural Philosophy and Astronomy. . The State Cabinet of Minerals, collected by the Geolo~ gist of Mary Ian~, is deposited in the College, anJ may be us~d, together with the College Cabinet, which ot !!self is quite respectable, in illustrating the Lectures on Miner.1logy ~nd ~eology. The College Bills are payable quarterly, in advance, as ol lows, viz: $24 per annum. English Department, do. 40 do. Preparatory Classes, do. Freshman and Sophomore Classes, 40 do, do. 50 do. Senior and Junior Classes, The above Bills include all extras. No Commons are established; but board may be had in . private families, for $120 per annum. Parents and Guardians are requested to place all momes intended for the use of the students, in the hand~ of ~ne ?f th p ofessors who will exercise a parental discret10n, 10 th:ir ~isburse~1ent; and lhe following ~aw o~ the ~late, passed December session, 1834, is published for the rntor• mation of all persons concerned. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General .lissembly of .Jl,faryland, That no person or persobn~ shall ~'!Ve cre?htt tot atnhy e Student of St. John's College, emg a mrn~r, wit ou consent, in writing, of his Parent or Guarclian, or ?f such Officer or Officers of the College, as may be authorised by the government thereof, to act in such cases, except for . ,, washing or medical aid, Sec. 2. .find be it enacted, I hat if any_ person or person$ shall give credit to any minor as afotesa1d, c~ntrary to the provisions of this act, he or they shall fo~fe1t and pay to the Treasurer of the H' estern Shore of this State, a sum not Jess than tv,enty, nor more than three hundre~ doll~rs, according to the nature of the offence, and at tl!e d1scret1on of the Court of Anoe Arundel Countr, which may be recovered in any proper nction, before said Court. Sec. 3. .!lnd be it enacted, That it s~all be the duty of the Attorney General of this State, or _his Deputy, on the complaint of any of the Officers aforesaid, to prosecute for all violations of this act. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Speeches, presentations, and other lectures Description An account of the resource Speeches, presentations, and other lectures given at St. John's College. These include convocation addresses delivered in both Annapolis, MD and Santa Fe, NM. Click on <a title="Speeches, presentations, and other lectures" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=15">Items in the Speeches, presentations, and other lectures Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context speechespresentationsotherlectures Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource An Account of the Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone of the New Building, at St. John's College, Performed by the Hon. John Stephen, Judge of the Court of Appeals, with an Address Delivered on the Occasion, by John Johnson, Esq., One of the Visitors and Governors, June 18th, 1835, with a Historical Notice of the Institution, a Catalogue of the Officers and Students, and a Copy of the Subscriptions Made to the Funds Description An account of the resource An Account of the Ceremony of Laying the Corner Stone of the New Building, at St. John's College, Performed by the Hon. John Stephen, Judge of the Court of Appeals, with an Address Delivered on the Occasion, by John Johnson, Esq., One of the Visitors and Governors, June 18th, 1835, with a Historical Notice of the Institution, a Catalogue of the Officers and Students, and a Copy of the Subscriptions Made to the Funds. The pamphlet was published by the Board of Trustees and printed by Jeremiah Hughes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. John's College (Annapolis, Md.) 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Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Subject The topic of the resource Cornerstone laying College trustees College students Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LD_4811_A249_S14 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Stephen, John, -1844 Johnson, John, 1798-1856 Humphreys Hall https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/sjcdigitalarchives/original/87fa2a1c22391696219c3afd42debee9.pdf 20c0067e39aaa4ddcc5a1331fb9e47b1 PDF Text Text ; A DD TO T H l.: ALUl\1NI AND GRADU r- OF A?\l> TO T H C FR I EN D S OF EDUCATTO IN l\'.[ARYLAND. DV DECTOR IIUl\IPHREYS, D. D. l"RES I Dll:NT .AND P ROF.Esso n OF ll10 Il.A l. SCI EN C!t, DELIVE R E D AFTE R THE AXNlJAL C O lll lUENCE IUENT IN FEBRU.llRY, 1S35. AXNAPOLIS : Printe d nt t h e r equ est ot Cho Vhltora n n tl G ovc1 ·nor11 oC t h o CollclifO, J E REl\HAII H UG HES, Pnu~n:n. �,~ A D D R E S S, &c. It is easy, for a few moments of misapplied force, to overthrow the labours of centuries. No monument of genius or p1·oductirm of industry, is so permanent or glo1·ious, thnt a very little effort, in an evil hour, will not sap its foundations and lay it in the dust. Tacitus says, "ut corpora L ente augescunt, cito ea:stinguuntur sic inge1iia studiaque, facilius op/1rcsseris quam revocm•eris." In the violent deaths of the most illustrious men of the empire, he was painfully con- trasting th e power to destroy, with the capacity to produce. They were stricken, like stars from their spheres of light; nnd no creative power of genius could ever present the same combination again. No similar series of devoted years, can replace tlie individual, h ero, or statesman, 01· philanthropist, who is lost. The time~ and occasions whi~h called him fo1·th, went with the exalted being, whom they produced; and they never can return. Instances of this fatality occur in every age, in one form 01· in another, to make man mourn over the wrecks of hjs best hopes. Over tl1e grave of such a man as Hamilton, for example, in the promise that other sons may arise, our country fin<ls no solace for the blow that struck from her cmh,race, one of tJ1e noblest forms of humanity. "Soles -0cci<lere ac red ire possu nt, Nobis, cum Eemel occidit lux brC>vis, N ox est .perp()tua una dormiendu." But it is not my purpose to speak of any in<lividual however illustrious, who may have fallen by an untimely fate. The event, with which we are concerned, aimed at no single victim, but struck the principle and system of their whole life and being. :Fifty years have now elapsed since an assembly of illustrious >nen <lelibe1:ated .and acted upon this spot .with a vjew, . �4 11 tht} 1hen1'<.h rutatr, " to lrflin up rmr/ /H'1'/J('/t1alf a 111mrnrm f/f able ar/(j lwnral mrn, for di1cltflr !(inf{ t/1, t•r1riwr nffiru of lift, /i(Jfh ri1 rmr/ rrlil(iou1, ·il 1r1th utr/11/111 o an4 rr/mfatiim "-nn obj eel ~ hic: h ha al~a n 110 11 "promotrr/ rmr/ rnrwrc11.(rt/ '11/ the rriv·tf lll~'/ l1rtl rrg1datrrl Statrrt.'' · 'J'lu·y kucw that t/11 pov. • I' ,rul )l!'rlllllll l !I CI' ur • Hf' pt1hlic, ilrp<'nd1 ·d mote:"" the mol'!ll and intellectual, than the physical rne!'Kk•; 1111<l tlwy 11ow that the pO'lition of their Stat.1. wu favourllhlc for the higheat rank in the M:alc of political <l'u ti11ction. They were, nlw, aware of 1 tl1c influence w he exerted upon the world. nt large, liy tl1e ex pcrimcnt of our rcpuhlicnn i Mtil11tio11~. They l1 1Jomr• glinipw rif tl1 c fc11 rf1 rapidity with n1l il which the tide or population would fill 11 land ot free· 1lom. A111l ordinary prudenc", 1111ggi·stccl the need o( prll'p<:ctivc nrr11ngcn1 e11l1 for ~lte l!lCIHll l r~1ornl Cl!l· lure of n p<:o pl1·, wlro shou ld ~pr111g rnlo licmg while everything wn§ to lw pr<:parcd for their reception. Tl11:y lost n11 time, in provuling the mOM direct rncnns l for it1 M'C'>rn pli~hm c nt. Upwa rd ~ of half ,1 century lta.11 paa.-.ecl away; we stnnd upon the ground whic h they tlwn occupied. It isoul'll to nsk, lo whntextent th<:ir expcct.atiou~ have hcen realized; and it is obvi· OU8 to reply, th11t every anticipation or advancement in wcaltfl nud population, hns hc more than fulfilled. :cn The growth of the Union hall exceeded alike the alnrmn or tyrant~, nncl the hope11 of pntrioL'!; hut the means of cducntiou lrnve NO'I' hecn multiplied in the 113M r1 roportio11, / T/1c ir1crc·nl!ing dcmnud contemC 111ntcd /iy tltcil' provident ;1111'/">11c11, /ms 110/ been rm p· plied; tlu.: inH litutiou wl11ch they plllritc<l, !ins 11ot gtown with tlH· growth of tile Jlcpul1Jic-it hns 110 / 11trengtlu:11ed with ill! ,.lrcngtl1. What thnt growlh would lravc beer: jf the axe Imel not IJecn laid to ils rtJ(Jt, we cnrwot <l clcrmirrr. Om: Lhi11g is cc:rlnin: it can 111;vcr lie rcN tor·cd- tltc vigor nud perm1111 cucc of the rnouarcl1 of the fo rest arc d11c to tl1c scri ci. of ycara iu which he g1 to tlu.: istntion lie wns to oc·cw cupy on tile cvcrl1t11li11~ hills. Tl111L <libti11clio11 might .) have been au.aiocd by ST. loH 1''~ can no more Le ~ueitioncd, than th-tt it 11• lx<:u aUamul hy otiltr 111stit11tioof1 j>lft nt• d 111 tlw l>JU.l ~11· pic 1ou~ pti ind, hut nol tm1cl1f'd i,, tlu Ul fll{• ~·m rc.l l pov. <1. 1t> d• r.• tiny 11•(1f 11m11ly folfillt•l iu >l' pt i1111 ti" pn ioJ, tlt.r· i ng 1A h id1 a.<.uect •iou vf 1 11>t; M l.vlar" \\<.11l fc vm ita haJlb, \lohu 1111\ C n1Jl L<.<.11"'H"Jl:i.'~d.111 our ('111 111try, for re1p<.:<'lal1ilit) and u~fulhl u. ·1 111. name· ~fl h<l!I' who h;n•c 1foti11gui,hc.d thii J>Uto<l CJI its hi,tilr~. n1 cil not be rcpu1tcd. Thry lta\c n<•l all h1.;rn g.ithc1ul to their fotheri. Thl\' ltan 111ni H<l to \\1l1111, in the fate of their almn u;attr, ant>.( ni plificati1J11 of thl relative facilit\ , with v. lucli uio.:11 huihl nm! 1k11lrO) the loWCnl of thei r 0\\ II llrcni;th. 'J ht College might ha\'C hcCllmr, ere Lhi•. nil that it fo1111d•·1. 1h.f.ignc.d, or th4t thc.ir •uCCl"'iO"' < ·oolil ha\ c 1 .k-i.in:d Th(; causl'1 of tho fJihJrc nc1 <l 11ol now be -crutiui:z.ell. Jt i11 or liulc eon~1p1ecr('C; from IAh:lt 11u ~lrttr the UC· 6lro~·1.;r c11mc; \\Ill thcr h1 w:u from \\ ithout, or \vhethcr he 'praug up fro111 the 'cry hu11..,chohl. Jn e1tbcr C\ cut, \\ C t-hl)u)d be remimlc<l or the fatal power '' ith whic It man is i1\Ukil; and it '' r 11 ltl he 1 eq1111Jly our dut), to II> j11i' i1;c to the <lead, v. liile v. e discharge our obli;ption· L thr )i,·i11g. il It woul<l lie gratifyi11g tn <li•co\C I' a dill'• rent rx· plnnation or so111 eacL. 11oy. k dgc:d facts in H ga rt.l to Ed· ucalion in Maryland , \\ hich arc not \'CIY nattering lo the pri<lc of the :Slate. But it i~ not lo IJ1; r.up po:;cd that n <lepcndc11ce 11 pon the institutions uf other State~, would have liccn sull'crcd, if a ;_;rnc rd ~eminar~ of tbc highest rnn k had been m:iturcd \\ ithin her own uountls. '1 he records of St. Joh11 \ 'how that no rnch <.J i,position existed hc:fnrc ~he fell 1,1.tlcr the hla~t of a<l\"Cr · sily. Jn that period ~h e <.d ucalc(l con~idcral>le numbers from adjoining ::itatcs. But the conscquc1iccs of the fatal crrur,ha\ e 11nfo'.di:d and extended themselves down tu the present times. lcur a Ferics of years after that period, no ae('Ount can be rendered of this seminary, other than that which applies to the schools \\ilh which ~he wnssurrounde<l. They became prodlJcli rc nurscrils for the Colleges of other �. 6 States; the power of conferring degrees was not indeed uken away; but it was made of no effect, by the immediate reduc tion of the standard of its scholarship, whi ch followed the confiscation of its funds The worthlessn ess of this power, unaccompanied by adequate means for its supp01·t, is almost annually exemplified in the College c harters, which arc g ranted to nil suc h as nsk them, provided they p etition for nothing but th e pnrc hment on whic h the nets are: written. And this process may go on till every acre of our territory shall he covered over with them; and it will only be made so mucb the more certain, that the testimonials of literary distinction will be sought elsewhere. Nor have the Colleges of other States been slow to avail themse\ves or the advantages thus afforded-they wisely extended their courses of education by collecting all that wns necessary, at whatever cost. When legislative aid failed, private munificence supplied the d efi ciency. Every year increased the dis parity bet ween the domesti c and the foreign Institutions; and that, pnrtly, at our own cost. N ot content with the privilege of educating the youth of a d estitute state, i t was made th e ground of a claim for the more direct aid of money, 11s well as or men. Thousands have t hus gone out of Maryland, to fill up; as it WQ the re, measure of he r bounty. Distan ce has been no barrie11 to h er diffusive liberali ty towards others. It has gone Leyond th e Alleghnnies, to .iid in making her dependance more permanent and e xtensive. Jn short, it J1as radiated from her, to g ild the temples of scie nce in all lands but he r own; and that, when the cry, "come over a11d help us," hns been mo re loudly :-aised in behalf of her own territory, than for those where h er bounty has been la vishecJ. Most of th e old States made ample provision in eal'ly times, and ceased not, to 11dd whntevcr became necessary, by the advance of tJi e ?OpuJation, anu the extension O scif ence. In all of th e ne w States the most abundant J>rovision has been secur ed from th e a mils of the public lands. In the mean tim e, th e cause in Maryland Jrns been kept alive by hope. Future generations Ill'() 7 t.o r ealize something, ~hen the claims against the General Oove mmcnt shall ultimately be settled. Thus has M aryland allowed others to do, in her behalf, what she could have done muc h better for hn~elf . J ealous as she is, of every other right, this part of her sovereignty has lost its value. Though no office of imperial power is of a higher style, than that which wreathes the laurels of science around the brows of the d eserving, she con cede~ it to oth e~. And yet she retains the form s and the names. How does this contrast with h er usual sensiuility? Every inc h of her domain she would guard with a monarc h's power; the ten·thousandth fraction of her p opulation ~he would "gra pple, as " ith hooks of steel;" but, content with knowing that th ey arc h ers, she allows them to owe what nllc.giance th ey list, in th e more elevated empire of letters. It is well worth all our attention to mark by wfiat means this allegiance has been p erpetuated. The mnjority of Teachers in Maryland, both private and public,are graduates of Colleges in other States. They exercise an imperceptible, and p erhaps inrnluntary influence in favour of their own institutions. This jg .a natural anu unavoidable result-and thus a College is rich, in the attachme nts of her alumni. · In every clime, their hearts turn to her walls wi th aspirations for her prosperity; and as opportunities olfer, they de• light in offices for her good. It is proper it should b e so. B u t would it not, a t the same time, be p ro- per tliat Maryland!hould avail herseif of the benefits of these salutary ties? If the d emand for teache rs were supplied fro..1m our own ranks, this powerful moral influence would operate for her good. And what is of the utmost ~onsequence to t he cause of education, the p eople at large would be conciliated, as their private inter P.sts would b e p romoted. If t he elasses of our own population were made to furnish the men of this honorable and responsible employment, it would alone, g-0 far to concentrate the now dispersed energies of the State. And ifnothin5 shall be d one for an object so desirable, where is the present sys- �tem to encl? I it one of tho e cnscs Lhnt will provide for it elf? That experiment hns been tried, an<l the re ult hn been whnt it C\' CI' must be, where men nrc bound to rely upo11 their own resoure:cs; the opulent nn<l powerful reap the ndvantnge. There is but one mode by which success may be rendered certain. It i to n.dopt the very mensures, by whic h others hn,·e profited; to collect from private sources \vhat is needful to gi\·e effect to the public appropriations.The cn\lowment ma\le by the Government is not suOlcient to support a College; and the deficiency ~rnst be mndr up by those who feel interest enough, to mduce their co-opcmtio11. It is impossible to retrace a ~ inglc step tlrnt 1111 been Jo t, l>y any oth~r means than the opening of nn institution of the _lughcst order. l\'fcn of ·wealth will neith er pl1tcc t heir _ons nt a College, for education, nor will they cmpluy its gr~ duntc ns teachers, unless it sustains nn cle.vnted • tandnrd of scholarship. Our citizens Jo,·c thc1r State muc~1; hut they lo,·c their sons more; nnd th:y cnnnot_ be expected to take nn education at home, if a su perior one can be outained nbroa<l. \Vhen I spcnk of nn allcgian~e pai~ to others, therefore 1 mean nothing but what 1s obnous to every refJcc{iug mfrJ<J. Ancl every assemhlnge of the sons .of Mnrylnncl, graduates of collc!:?es in other tntes, will bear me witness on nll occns1ons \\hen_they meet ~t commencement fc~tirnls to rc,·frc thc_hter~ry n _so~1ntfons of thcil' early days, that exultnt1on, rn tins I ccct for thcirn.1th •c t.1 tc, is not one o~ t/Jc elements of tli ; en tertainment. Indeed no exercise the su·er of tlie tnte can b~ mor e suitable 01• o" ' Premc pti tfii· which bids he1· ons to Le grateJiul . g IOrJOUS Jail ' • · • l\if 1 • r r the O fJportuni tics •ofd<l1 trnct1on. nry0 to 1~e1, 11 f 1 • brnnc1 o_ 1 Janel has not effectuall y excrc1 c . t us 1 1er "t1 · N or doc she manifest nny present de've . I. prer () g.. . termination to do so, but it is prcci.'-~1y 1or t us re~son tliu t I place my reliance .upon private _enterpr~zc. l\faryland did orrcc exercise the power, m the c1 ea· tion of the oi<l U11ivc1-sity; but the dca_d letters o~,thc statute Look Jong stood as the "nommes umbra' of o r 9 the wisdom of a departed generation. The new Uni· versity has been as little successful, for the purposes in view. Indeed the lntter is a pure us urp1tion of the nnme Qf the former. But the literary sceptre is still n mere "brutumfulmen," in the royal hand. It is idle to contend about n name. It is enough that the system framed l>y our forefath ers is preserved. The charter of St. John's, has l'ectivcd new Yitality and vigour from the legiti mate source of power. Not a sy llabic or letter of the wisdom it contained in '84 has bel~n lost. The voice of authority· has only spoken to l>i<l its provisions, again, to take effect; and she has appointed her own ministers, to see that her will shall be obeyed. In short, the legislation of the last tvvo ytars hns conferred upon St. John' s, more of the character of n Stale Institution, than wns possessed by the old University. The way then is properly opened for theconcentmtion of private munificence. The College has been re -adopted by the State, on terms which engnge her high est oflicers to watch over its interests and extend its influence. The importance of this measure is evident, from the superior character of those Colleges in other States, which nre placed under the inspection and patronage of their res pective Governments. It so happens that the f01n· principal Seminaries of the Union are thus organized, Harvard College, e. g. is the Stnte College of l\1assnchusetts. Its number of alumni is nearly six thousand. Yale stands in the same relation to Connecticut. The Governor, Lieutenant Governor nn<.l six of the State Senators,n:re of the Board of T1 ustecs: an<l nnmml reports are made of its condition to the Legi. lnture. She numbers about five thousand alumni; a body of men who hnve recently nllded S 110,000 to her funds. Union College, and Nassau Hall are in the sa me relation to New York and 1'i ew Jersey. In point of numbers, these two Colleges stand next to Yale and Harvard. That the eminence of those institutions is due to their State character, alone, \s a position which I do not as ume. 2 �10 Yet lhere nre oLviou~ J'ensons for !>c lieving that J1as bcl'n owing to th is fen tu re; since oth<'r C mue1i in the sn me States, wW1 faculties of equo.J nbili~11 eges, Jenr11ing , do not nttrnct the sa me numbers of stu~e~~u 8 • I t is n;, t u ra l to su ppose lhut n State College . . t a n· on. T h JS not so Jrn!Jlc as others, to become sec . . " ey r egard ed mo r e as common g 1oun d 1or nil uenom·arc tions. L oca l Ins titu tjons, w h i..: f1 a1·e u nd er the ~:n ticular patronage of n sect, cannot be expected to <1~ :ive much sul?port from ot her s~urC'~s. And yet, it 1s a pe~fect r ig ht of any denomrnat1on of christinns to endow, and place u n_df'r th e ~xc!usive care of pro~ fessors of t h eir own fo1t~, I ns t1tul1o ns for their own benefit. It is perhaps wise to do so; for such semi. ncu·ies a rc r.ow sHpporte~ ? Y most denomina tions as th eir nurserie~ for t l1e mrni try. Still, suc h ins titutions are not nc111 pte<l to th e gene ral wants of the com. 1nunity, un le~s t h e principle be adopted to make them ns numerous :is t h e 11nm cs of c11ristians; which would be to nbandon all th e ndvantages of concentrntecl cf. fort. T he succ~ssfu l operation of sec ta rian institutions in a State.s o far th.en, from s uperceding, l\.'ou ld mther 1 ·eq11ire the establ1shu1ent of at least one S tate College, not go,•erned by pl"ivate interests. I t is reasonal•le to ex pect, t hnt such a CoJlcge, onl y, can attract general patronage. In t his respect, the organization of St. Joh n's leaves nothi ng to be desired. It was fou nded by men of th e v:irious c hristia11 crec<ls, who ~a\'C it n c harter, decidedly chri tian, but Catho. lie. No individual can sit in her Board of "l rustees who <lots not ex press his uoqualified belief in the christi1rn r eligion. A nd the pvinciple is carried to its proper extent in the government of th e College. It is e<]ua ll y removed from both extremes. An<l che presence i n the Hoard of Trustee.i;, of so la rge a por. tion of pul> licancl poJiticnJmen togcrl1erwith its r esponsibil ity to the Legisla ture, secures the college from th e influence of sectirianism. I reiterate, t/Jen, tlJllt the system of our forefotl1ers is p1 ·eserved. A nd a better system could not be d evised for a college, of tlJe most extensive scnle. It is on!J 11 required then, lo give this system the neccssar.IJ en · /argemcnt . If we were to l>egin, de novo, to frnme the bes t system wh ich the wit of mnu can furnish , w e should end p r ecisely u p on t his sch eme. It has n e ver needed nny t h ing but fun ds, additional funds, to g i ve it s uccessfu l nc tion. Not only h ns n good found ation been laid, !Jut it hos bee n r ig h tly laid. The failure h ns r esu lted fro m withh olding the s u p plies 1·cc1uirc d for t he su p erstruc turc. 7Y1-at these n ecessary su/1/1lies can be ohlainccl f ront the liberality of our citizens , is t h e n e xt p o int w h i c h comes und er our considcrntion. And on t h is branch of t h e su bjec t, I a m h nppy to quote the ~trong lno gungc of n most 1 ·esp ectablc com mittee nppointe<l lnst year, to vi~it t h e college, on the p art o f t h e L eg isla· turc. In adver ti ng to this moue of obtaining fun<l io~ the committee r emark, ''I t is an ex/Jcdient resorted 4 to hy many .ftow·ishi11g Seminaries of leaming in distant States, to which our own ci tiz ens !tave liberal(lf contributcd,whilst t!te unpret ending characte1· of this Institution ltas sllrun!t from resorting to so fa· milia,. a11d f(;g itimale a mnt!e of obtaining assistance -a.and seem~· to !tave laboured u.ru/er the belief, that the rej;eal or 1·evocation of legislative endowments, at tlte same time annulled the 1·ig!tt to collect inr/ividuat subscriptio11s; Th.e autltority anq /Jo/icy of suclt a measure, m·e urged 011 t!te consideration of th e Visi· tors anr/ Governors, mu/ earnestly commcndccl to th e p ublic."*' Un<ler this im pulse, we have oo mmenced onr appenl. \Ve have belicvc<l that the existing s tate of education in M aryland cannot be allowed to re mai n unc h a nged . The peo ple w ill be jus t and true to their vital inter ests, ns they hnvc been generous nntl libc1 ·ul to those of oth ers. T he nnturnl r esults of leaving powerful and active neighbo urs. to mnk e the most of their opportunities have been su ffi ciently developed. 'T he College, therefore, con fide ntly ap peals to the p atrons of learning, and hopes for so me portion of the bounty to whic h none can present a l'tr onger claim. • Report by tho Bon. John B . .Mori is. �12 Our expccloti o11s thus for lanvc nol !Jccn c.Ji • S hould uniform success nttend our ~PP 0 1 11.t. every pnrt of our Stntc, tl1c end in view borts, in nncl /lnnlly nccomplishcd- nruJ l1nvc wo not r·e c fully grounds to look fo 1· such co opcrntion? It 1 nMr~nblc ·.,. /• "" Ulll\'C I' sn JI y c one~ dccl ~ l IHit sometmn[: must be done. A · ou r r e ply 111, either prop ose somcthino- h ltc r nd . . fl .I . J . n , or c n11t rn 1our rn .ucncc w1l t ours. t is th onghl rcnsonnbJo thnt the cllort shou ld he mode ltcre, because, so much hns a lready been done lo our hnnds. Anti it c-11 11 rn1 • . I . d . sc no dou bt, 111 ~ 1c !'1in. of n rcfJ ccling, well informed mnn, ~hnc the rnst1t11t1on has laboured so long, without ell'cctrng more. It shou ld rntlt cr exc ite nclm irntion thnt she has clone so muc l1 . The causes t hnt have op. erntcd .to prc':ent greater success, are not unfrequc ntly mnmfested m human nllnirs; nn d they work wHh uncontroulitble powc,., even w li e re we see m to be the mas ters of our fate. There is n conditi on of the mind ~n~ er sudden cnlnmity, in whi ch it is os l1opelessly indisposed to net, as .the ph ysicn l energies nre, under th.e stroke of p~ rnly~lfl; The d cprci;sio11 of th e public mrnd, and the 111uc t1v1ty of tl1e puhlic will, in rcgul'd to cducntion, wns th<: consequence of the overthrow of the old University. In th e long repose which fol Jowcd,thcrc wns n perfec t consciousness of the in c ubus wl1ich pressed on the bosom of th e Stnte . And occasional efforts were mncJ c. to throw it off. Inade qua te efforts however, nlwnys mc r ense, rather th1n nll cvinte the burden. They i11vn1·iably ncld to t he fears of the wenk and th e fui11tness of t he timid . Hu t there is ~o th ing. impr~ct i cab lc in the present sc he me. It i:1 t mdectl 1mposs1ble no•u to r estore what hns been irre. trievnl>ly lost. The strong feeling nncl su pport of those who should have been alumni of St. John's, have been transferred elsewhere, The blank of the barren years never can be fill ed. Jt is a moral waste of those nssoeiations th nt cling nrouncl the wnlls of time honoured nod well cherished institutions, which no vain i·e15.r~ts, or pious ~tlices cnn repair. But the impossi· b1 of r ecovering ~h ese, shou ld stimulate us the more laly to ]>rcvent further loss. .E,•c1·y yea r udds imm ensura· c<I. wilt , f. 13 bly to t he sncrHlce. And it is in our power: prop e r • ry t111pporte<l l>y the publ io fav our, to bring these snori Occs to n perpclunl c ntl . Su rely th e n every p or· t ion of M ur yla11cJ w ill le nd its oid in a cJes ig n, wh ic h so nenrly conect'lls nil, n11d whe re t here is so mu~ h r cnson to ho po for su cccsq, I t ii; h nlf of the ente rprise to hnvc made n just ucgi1111ing. B ul we hnvc d one more. Th ~ clements o f n r csp cc tuhl e College, for n limi ted number of pupils, nrc now assembled. Th e most pressing 11cc <l i s t hnl of tli e p r ope r bui ldi ngs to rceei vo tho n111 c la lurgor 11111n1Jcrs w ho in t h e cvc 11t of their being o pe ned wou ld resort to he r Hnlls. It is nssurncd t hnt no College c nn fl ou rish here, or elsewhere, un less the pupils r esitlc wit h t he o ffi cers and Pro fessors, w hose duty nn<l i11 tc rcst it is, to M\' C the m from evil, ns w e ll Ds to open t h e fo un tnins o f knowleugc. I n m con fid e nt there fo r e, when this matter is understood, tha t the p eo ple of M a r y lnnd will afford us this indis pensab le r equisite for ou r prosperity nn d th ci: r own sa fety . I nm unwilling to s uppose Lhnt such nn nppcnl cari s uffe r n cold r·c pulse. It is impossibl e for me to clouut, thut L wor k o f soli c itation hc which I hnve so fur prosecuted, with plensu r e nnd s u ccess, wi ll find n cordinl welGome fro m evu·y inte lligent mind, and every generous hen r t. The p roposed method of obtaining funds, is no t only the most certain, but th e mos t cqititablc, o r nl )east, the most e:r:/.Jcdient. Not thnt inju stic e would be committed, iii ns has been d one ·in :iorno oth e r States, the whole n ecessary nmount were to b e n ppro· printed from th e public T1·ensury . It wou ld ue ns rensonn.l>le to affirm nn inequa li ty in the d egrees of rrotect1on cxte11clcc1 l>y l11c U o vcrnmcnt to th e various classes in socie ty . The influ ence o f educat ion i s diffusive ns the lig ht. I t may be mo r e c o ncc ntr;tcd in some places t han in others, but no one is more dee ply iutcrested, t han nnoth e r, in its univel'sa l ci l'c u Jation. Still, the r e is n belief, that s c: minnri es o f learni ng do uot operate equally, in fav our o f nil c lass es. And it w? uld ~e. well t o 1·emove eve n t his a pparent gl'oon d o{ hostility lo t he ca use o f Educa tion- �14 nn<l nothing would do this mare effi t . ec ually th- . tn ·b u.t ums m ade by the wealthy Porti<m ""l4fl eoJ1. 0 munity, ror t he pu r pose of placing a Con~ 1~ ':OT11· th.e r each of others, as well as their own ge "''thin tn butors, t hemselves, would be no IOSc. S~~h con~ J~ opulent, would participate in ad~ ~hale the which t hey ar e no w excluded . lo Olh tages from · er i ns t 1t u b. on wou Id be opened for t heir ace0 Word ~~ •n h· h · mmodauon w ic IS ."?w too remote, or too expeosi~c. for tbc1: means. I hus both would be benefitted. Tb . d. d e preju1c~ an errors, tnoreo..•er, which prevail on this subj ect, wou ld h: dispelled. T he people would not he slow to perceive t he equity of this kind of codov.-m en.ts, ~owe\'er unwil!iog they may now be, to admit the JU st1ce of th e p ublic bounty. AJI interests would then, be comrined. T here would be DO deficiency o f means to carry out tbe provident designs of ou r ancestors. T hei r noble system would be completed , a nd its blessings would extend to thousand! and tens of thousands of the generations yet to come. I t is proper I should embrace this occ~$ioo, to do justice to th e valuable schools, of a high order, which are s uppor ted by p ublic a ppropriations. T he policy that establ ished these, was undoubtedly good; yet it was butpartfri.ll!J good, so long as it stopped short of endowing, at feast one general institution, of the high est rank, to p er form for them all, the office that has been so long enjoyed by the Colleges of other States, and to r ender them among other benefits in return, an a.Jeq uate supply of teache~, ~en ~rom the m~ri torious sons of the State. " 1tlnn their appropnate sphere, these ~chools arc in~truments. of incalculable good. They gwe a substnnt u1\ education to v~ nomb ers of in valuable men . Yet the fact is unt/upulet/1 sti ll, that theg nre the nururiQ, from tch.irh /he, Colleges in ot~er States are _li~tra~Ly ~upplie4. ~or is i t of any avail, to say that d tSttnct.Jon IS ofcen obtained by such as seek no higher opportunities than th ey can afford. H ow many distinguished indivi<luaJs have sprung from th e emerg~~cies in which they were placed; and from the exc1tl;ig causes which in every 0 �16 17 ed to repel h er claims, or thwart her purposes. It is then, in one r;hort h our of triumph, thnt a favo urite son r ep ays n thousand fol<l, the costliest nurture that nerved his nrm for the conflict. And can a State rationally expect the highest <levotion of her sons, if sh e mnkes not i;uch provision, ns will kindle their 1 1ridc for the land of their birth! If she sends them to oth er nurses, in the yenrs of their tenderest susceptibility, what cnn s h e expect, oth er than a weakening of theit· native, characteristic enthusiasm. No people on enrth are more strongly incited to the hig hest cultivntion of the intelled. As n whole p eople, tlie union of these States has relations to sustain townr<ls otht:r portions of the world; which t ask the powers of the mind to the utmost of its exe1 ·tion. And wh:it shall we say of thc.m ns in<li\•idual sovereignti<>s bound, indeed, by n solemn c.:onfederncy, but governed by peculiar interaits; powerful ai: the kingdoms of the old world. and like them, liable to be summoned to trials of their strength? ] )owe not p ercei \'e that all of these p owerful Hepublics have everything to promise themselves, fro'll the encouragement they may ex te nd to education; and everythini; to fear from n relative neglect? And are we not aware thnl Mary· land hns rensons, eminently urgent, to draw from art and science whatever aids she may for the protection or her t erritory, or the increase of her power? The emulation which she ought to feel, to open wide, fo r the :>ccess of her citizens, nil those resources of w ealth, which her p owerful ri\•als are striving to unlock, cannot, for a moment, Joi;e sight of the advantages w hich a nation derives from the diffusion of knowledge. It is her fortune, and it may be h er fate, to embrace in her territory an extensive "~'l· The largest avenue to the very h eart of the Union is in h er keeping? She cannot he insensible to the benefits, or to the dangers of this charge. Whether this last golden prize of freedom, OUR UNION is to be preserved, or to be shivered into the fragments which our e nemies would delight to see i;cnttered among the wrecks of past ages, Maryland must n ot ignobly rest: Nor hn~ she thus slumbered, over h er forl unc or her fate!The magnificent public works, now in pro5 rcss, which nrc alike promotive of the nrts of peace, nnd pre pnra • "I . \ .. ~.· atory for the exigencies of wnr, evince a Cl..lmm'!ndnble degree of that wakeful foresight, to whic h nations, as well as individuals, owe their honour and their power. She has but to go on in these grand high ways, which nature has marked as with lines of ligh~ to nnd from her commercial Emporium, as a common centre; she has but to complete what she has so ju· diciously begun, and her high d estiny will be fulfilled. And will she sleep over t he all impor tant machinery of education, to which, Labove all other means, she must look to bear her onward to t his goal of h er h.ighest hopes? On this point, is there nothing to be desired? Ifshe relics on such practical and scientific skill, as some few of her sons may bring from dis · tant States, or from foreign kingdoms, will sh e accomplish all that her destiny evidently invites! Is she not aware, that education is the life and soul of all these improvemehts, in the moral and physical conditions of men! Science must d evise th e plans; and sci· ence must carry them into execution. L ook a t t he kingdoms, whic h have made themselves powerful by a proper use of their natural advantages, and the lesson is everywh ere the same. Science is the source of nll h uman p ower, over the secr et agencies of nature. She ascends into the skies; and sh e penetrates into the earth. Siu~ makes her p aths throug h the trackle.~s ocean, as well asover th e rugged con tiner.t. Whatever can add to the comfort and safety, or expand the intelligence and happiness of men, comes <lirectly or indirectly, from th at slee pless s pirit, i n which she is ever cngage<l, "ashing questions of na ture." And, from the clays of D~co11, to the prescn t, it wou\<l seem that mere magnitutle of dangers, 0 1· of diOicultics, has only added to her activity. T ake any single instance of English enterpl'ise, that you may choose, and the lesson will be uniformly the same, namely, that a State which aims t\t th e pt·e-eminencc i n commct·ce, in ngriculLlll·e, 01· in arts, must, first of 3 �I ~IL J'IO'• r her encou~~m.C'nt into the lap of. ~cicnce. ~t C'lf th:i.t d:i..~1cnl country, there 1 n spot, s 011 the hich h:id pro,-ffi the- s r:we ol thousnnds of ~nterpri Ur-3\\ n tC'I her ~hl1rcs by the magic of hct' ll~ but sn:\tt.'hro aw by unseen dnnge~. more aw:1y ful th~n the e~·ll:i. and Chnrybdis orthe.' nncit-nt., be· c~u.~ no • ' in~ li~t was hf'ld out. to \\'":\I'll the un· C"On.~ious mari~er"of his inevitnblc futc. Evc.-ry effort to muntain the ntce~'\rY beacon, on this µt'ril\lus spot. hau . ignally flile<l. • Ptttious li\'es hnd been ~ctificcd in vain, for this humane purpo c.-. The whole ~ience of Englnnd. n century l\g'Oi wns.brought into ttqu~ition: aml. it ' ""as. nt last. nccom pli~hcu . In the midst oi the \\ ild wn. te :ind \\ nr or the wnters, fsr rrom the rtD.Ch of \nod, ll ti:: ~, O r the fatnl \'C pilph~ tlle ~tar of the tempestuous ocean; and it. light is fed by a human h:ind. " here it would seem none would p~ume to ,·cnture hut the Fi:i.t of Omnipotence! \'CJ.!"$ :ind years h:1,·e \'O\led :tWn~: sin~e it was first l..indlffi U\ the torl'h or !'ClCnee: but l( . hme on, in the tl:trkest -ni~ht of the oce~n whi rl winds. :ind the heut of the C'\h~ustffi !'3.ilor leaps for joy, as he catches its flic-kerin g my. an<l blesses bi God th:it m:in is s\lle<l " ith nc\ t to Cl'('llti,·c F.wer! I hll\ t' purposd) tnken n ~~, winch seems to have pl'CSCnted a problem, n century '\.ince, to show. that life, as well ns property. de1lCnds upon the orthnary skill of the engineer. 'fhl' mt'l"t' i1mount of properly, thus s:n eJ bv :i sin~le elfort. " ould more th:u1 sunice to endow th~ ~·hool, llr A cntirr couutrr. But whn t n is this. com1\.1rt·d \\ ith thl' liH~ of men? \\'c might mention in. tnnecs nf n chnnctrr more purely cie11tific, in " hich the Ji, cs of thou.ands nud tms or thous:tnd~ hl \'C been srl3.~, in tht' COOl(ll !:S or 3. few ye:u-s, by the encoungemcnl5 hdu out U) thi s:sme intdli~nl eountrv. ' llut take ·the most recent. mere hu.iness enterpri c, and the conclusion is the S3rne. Take. e. g. the T unnel, that is now constructing under the Thames. ~n~ mC"n. 19 nun your eye over the mnp of thnt greatest comnier· cinl emporium of the world, and yuu sec nt n glance the cau c which require<l the ncloption of:l method so extraor<linnry. Up to the middle of the 18th: eentu~ ry only the Lon<lon Bridge wns open for the p~ge or the multitudes, which must daily cross that ital ri\•cr of the resources of Englnnd. But the first succe ful step wns immr.<linlcly followed by others or equnl mngnitude; and six of those costly structures nre now open in the proper limits of London. Ano· pinion or their imporlnnce mny be fo1·mctl from the returns of the two principal. Upwnr<ls of 5000 vehicles of ''nrious descriptions, and about 70,000 foot passenger:-, besides horses, nre sni<l to cross the Lon· don Bridge in a single dny. At the Blnc.k Frinrs llridge, there cross daily :1bout 4000 vehicles, n11d upwards of60,000 foot p:issengcrs. l\lillions and millions of pounds sterling were ex pencletl lo apen tltcsc avenues, so indispensal>lc to the action of the great he:irt of the British Empire. But this brings us to tire problem of the further contcmphlted facility required by the l>usiness of this untiring people. The harbour of the city, ends at the London Bridge. All the other Bridges nre al>ore thi!' point; and l>elow it the surfoce of the Thnmes is eo,·ere<l l>y the commerce of the world. Yct, here the necessity is the most pressing, fur n !Jron<l nnd open avenue, between the twd shores. T o know tha.t it wns all impo"ttant to the busine~ of the people, wns to ~ecidc. that it must be done. lt is not needful to dc:tn1l how 1 must he <lone; t or to n:imt: the able .Engineers who were succcssi,·cly hnfllctl, and gave it up in dcspnir. It is cnongh thnt it is virtunll y achieved, :rnd tllltt science has won the victory over the obstacles of nnture. l nslnncrs like these ought not to oe lost opon the intclligcnrc of nny enter.prising ~late; since, in pl'oportion ns f.tciliti~s arc given to the healthful growth of the commercmt metropolis or a country, which is, as it were, the very heart of its being, they ndd vigour and activity to the remotest members or the whole body, in which, its lile blood circulates. How impolitic then, for a pow· �-· 20 t to forego the nd\•:rnt.ngcs which :\rise frorn crful 5l~v:'tion of the highci;t l>nmches of knowledge? the cu l. I h l n oultivntion, wilhoul" nc ,, er own pcop ~ cannot be brought, n<l.cquntcly _ understnn~. nod um venally to to npprcefote the . cunncut propriety of. pursuing those ,•nsl rnternnl nuprovcmcnts, upon winch the full <lcvclopmc nt of her resources depends: a. cu\tiVtltion moreover, without which. it is impossible for nny one people, t>crfectly to avnil themselves of the scientific discoveries nnd im~rovements of every other people under heaven. W c must cultivate science lnrgcly nt home, to cnnble ourselves to import, nod trnnsplanc, nnd make vroductivc, the science of other climes. It requires veltran~ even to follow up, nnd r<'ndcr avnilable, the very victories which fame h:lS proclnhn· cd to tlle scientific world. And in this a.11pect of the & ubjcct, it is cheering to remember, that Maryland /1a1 taken mensurcs to bring into her bosom, the discoveries and avails of that science, which, (gratia T err re Matris) ought to have been earliest, but isactu· nlly reaching perfection latest ot all, I mean Geology. It is not needful now, to detail the advantages of this underbking I mn3 be allowed to remark, however, in passing, that no similar expenditure promises renown or benefit to Maryland, proportioned to that of the gcologicnl nod topographic;il survey, in which, this State hns given the lead to some of her sister Statef'I, that had nntit'ipated her in the gencrnl cause of cducntion, but whic h will not, I am confldent, be slow to imilntc this judicious exercise of her !lower. Y ct obvious ns these facts and principles nrc, there nrc men who wnge n relentless wn.r nguinst the only .N.ation.al Institution, from which the Union hns de· r ived signal ndvnntngc! lf tbnt fails, the Stntcs must rely entirt!ly on thems elves. And upon whom should a sovereign State depend, but upon her own sons, reared by her own cnre, and devoted to her own scr· vice?* A strong voice comes down from our fore- --::J.li. A loxamkr E sq. En~iuccr oflho Stille Survey, u a gro.Juato ol Sl. J olm'•· · 21 pect It tells us .that res be oriward· . ~ out' wtc rests, nod urge~ us if r egard or ir the dcsolntio~s mcroor1 . CS' ,1 05 to rc11 3 to leave thcu· for thClr \ should 1tllPclt tells us that tbnt pntriot.- fl\tllcf'St. not cnoug ~cncrntionsi foreboding orncn le of tiuertY1 of fortn~~nisbcd~ is _t ':nd that thb~· tc ~~to <lusd g t work u nefl\tlng, ·s \iruto in our ncnrCS isn\ is destlc tor science,'· ns like these, within 0 as well as '~ considcrauo~te of V1n<H~'"' cstic edMoved ~e vowerfU~ :cd largely forw1~:n we turn ncighboorpa.st, has prov1 is decisive. d look townrd few rcn~and }1er succ~ ern bordey a~ nearer than ucnuon, f oto our sou ' -' insutuuon ·dcrable ves r d aenorai y conSl r. our eJ we iin n0 o rt from an State ,nth<: cnstcrtl~\lat dra.WS sup~twten t/ICSC /WOpk t(cnl to l.'l'ln~etonf, ur citizen~· ~undantl!J C(J11l1 s 'fhe oruon o o. 1erritor!/1 I ig/1est c as • 1 s ~titut•oris lies aa Colttgc of the ~·ou1cl of thems<;. vctl the !l'ese and ~U~~ch an Instituu;tJo/m's, cannot ~e the~t" ~! t/lefohu~b~~~~ o{han.by tfiis stat~~c. present p" l'l.. e ·ragly a • i ? d t ~ the wonts . . 0 01 ust now s nrr1e ou.,, . d Prov1s10 plans bc,e;i l~nvc been s~pphde . and of the rising gel~ od wou increasing cm lost Exnmp be rondc for the is no time to be E ~ouragcmen~ rations. Theree us to ndvancc.S ~is t11c invnr1cveryw\1ere urg we rocecd. uc . o we hear or ·11 accumulate as ? Bo~· often d 5UCh Institu· Wl rd f terpr1SC• to nble rcwn o cots of entire fort~nes may be, for oble bequcs ~c their means then \\ h however amp ·u cxttnsion to meet tlOftS1 W lC '. CS require a raJll • 0· vidual• is p OS-' resent um • 'llK • th e p . r the future! 1nany an in 1 dispos1uon lO' . lar the o~~~~~lth, who has no PA~~u what disposi~o~ 1 scssc . ftcr his deal'· . d n.s tltat w\uc1., make of it, a l1 occur to ~ nob\~ nun ' it had ceas~::~td~~~~ur: uicrul, ~n l>erbctu~!~n~~~e these the cd to be so in possc~aon: ~ the Union have been most flourishing 1;~;nar1:~1 ~biogs fall into the hand~ erpetuatcd. ~n t lUS, erfora.n the part n\lotte ~i those who st.rive nobl1 t.? ;he emphatic assurance\\\tm b-y l'rov1dencc. t is su~~~th~leavc bVi~d~isdom {~~c;;~~' "Bad �22 thnl fo him 'Oho hath, more shall be 1ri1•e11 , and he shall nave abtmdancc. And I nm constrnined to say thnt were n rich c-stnte _in ~arylnnd to be tl~uc; dispostd of, at the present period, 1t would be quite as liable to fall to some wealthy institution a broad , ns to minister to the wants o( n need y one at home. All these ad· vantages will continue to be dis persed. until some system of more concentrnted a ctiJn ~ shall be elfcctually adopted. N eithe r the r ich nor the poor, are content with the existin~ state of e<lucation. The inte· r ests of both, will be promoted by s.nch nn enlargcment of St. John's, ns sh all make her walls ncce. ble to the ~i one, and acceptable to the othc.r . And, is there not some more hcllrt·stirring view of the subject, in reserve, wh'icla will rouse my hearers, to ac tion! \Ve h :ive examined t he case of tho e who leave the A cade mies and resort to foreign College ~, to complete their cducation. L et me as'k then, in one word, wh at is the gwernl situation of those, who remain inactive at h ome, after their c our· e in the Aca_. del!Jics, is terminated? Ge ner ally speaking, it is ap· preh ended that mere neglect of talent, is not the worst of the evil. If e mployment be not afforded, they are liable to sink into dissipation and vice. 'J he d angers of a youth of talents, are multiplied. His path is b eset by tempte rs, who mak e him tlieir leader' in iniquity. He is not compelled to resort to busin ess; he is not inc lined to sh ut himself u p alone, to' p ursue the pleasures of lear ning. lluin is almost the anevitable consequence. R ow many n youth, thus situated, coul<l be saved, if, i nstead of being left at large, at this period, he we re subjectecl for nn acldi· tional fo ur yea rs, to the r estraints of Colle~e discipli ne, an<l engaged in the invigorating exe rcises and plfrsuits of science? The min<l would acquire more strength and capacity; the habits would become fixed. The youth would be better pre pared to act on his own t esponsibility. He would not enter life too soon. The prevailing inclin1tion for quitting study, nt too early an age, would no longer be entertained. Indeed, this "/ery evil, has directly resulted from the want of~ 23 general institution of the highest rank, to r eceive this clns.11 of young men, and to occupy them usefully, between the ages of 16 and 20 , in consequence of which, they have eith er ueen left to themselves, or hn"c, prematurely , swarmed into the so called "learned profess-ions." Ancl , what earthly purpose can be secured by committing an unfledged sciolist under the sound of a professional name, to the patronage o f the public! The most natural r esult will be, to leave him, ordinarily, an easy victim to mortification, inac tivity and ruin. It is to no p-Urpose to quote e'ltam1 1lcs of professional distinction; in men who have rniscd themselves without the advantages of a regular education. Such professional ch ar acters are always known to lament the limited extent of their opportunitic5; nr.<l, howe ver distinguish ed th ey may h ave become, they arc conscious that a h:tter education would have enhanced their own satisfaction and su ccess. In short, they nre proverbial illustrations of the lines of the Homan Censor: "Summos \lOSSCl viros el magnn oxempla d11luros, Vervecum in p:ilrin, cr.issoquc sub 11crc ntlSCi." It has become fashionable for the young to enter the professions, while they ought to be entering College; and it is not surprising that the common sense of the people, shock ed at the r esults, regards all e ducation ns futile and p erhaps pernicious. I will not trespass furth er on t he attention of the audience. It has been my wish to unfold some of the more important bearings of the subj e~ t, by a plain matter or fnct statement, for those vitally intcrest~<l. I appeal to the judgment of every individual, w h eth er the statement does not contain the t ruth; I ask, is tlicre not ample ancl urgent cause for t he aid of every friend o{ the best interests of the State? The central position of St. John's, favours the proposed concentration of elfort. That its founders placed the College here, evinces their sense, moreover , of the value nn<l necessity of the supervision of the Government. T he amount of iibc1·nli~y solicited from any individu11\, does not exceed what is ordinarily extended by �24 tJie opulent, almost every year, to mere local charities Yet, the present is n State object, nnd the good to b · drrivctl i~ universnl and in~alculable. I t will be the snving of immense sums of money to our citizen!. I~ will co~fcr upon thousands; to w~om it must otherwise be d~nied, th£• ~encfit of a pubhc educntion. It will rcolrum from m1scmployment and corruption untold numbers of those whose hands will hold th~ future destinies of the Republic. It will preserve the clc. ~ated st?nding or. the liberal professions, by prevent. mg the rntroduction of n multitude of hnlf-cducat((\ men. It will conduce, every way, to the honournnd Wt!lfare of the Stnte~ by an augmentation of her mo1·11 power and p olitical influence. It will opernte on the whole mnss o_f the p~ople, by the more nm~le and more appropriate provlSlon of teachers for their chil· dren. I t will creat e nn independence of feeling nnd of action, that cnn spring from nothing short of the supply of our intellectual wants, from our domestic r esources The people \\·ill become more enlightened ~n~ united, more enterprising and prosperous; nnd, 1t is not too much to add, the happier and the more free. I appeal, therefore, to your Judgments, to your interests, to your patriotism and to every good and generous ft eling, that may move you to take de· lig ht in promoting the welfnre of the present and future generations, for such portion of patronage and support, as may seem required by this ancient and deserving seminary of the Stnte. YOUNG GENTLEMEN', GRADUATES OF ST. J OHN'S: the remarks which I have made, afford an occasion for a parting word to you. It is your fortune to go out from our College, at a period of no common inter· est. All the noble incentives and enthusiastic sen· timents that enter in to the origin ofa great in3titution, and disting uish its early history, from all succeeding p eriods, must now operate on you. We arc engaged in an cnterprize which is worthy of the best exertions of every friend of education, and every lover of his country. Whcu once accomplished, it will be re· 25 rncmbcred nnd celebrated in nftcr times, ns a new era in the history of the College, propitious to tho glory of the Hepublic. You nrc more deeply conscious than those who may come after you, of the difficulties to be surmounted, the necessities to be supplied, the prejudices to be overcome, the cliscourngements to be endured, nn<l the opposition, of whatever kin<l, to lie encountered, to con duct tliis enterprize to a successful te:-mination. You participate in nil the motives nml feelings that urge the friends of your Alma Mater, to pt•ess on with the good work. You cnnnot £nil to cherish these feelings and obey these impulses, when you leave these walls and e nter those busy scenes, that will 11emintl yott at every stepJ of the nurture you have receivc<l nt her hands . To incentives like these, the ea rly Graduates of S t. John's owed much of th eir distinction. It was their fortune to feel the original impulse, communicated by the moral energies that brought the institutior. into being. \'ou cannot stand, on the sl\me elevation that inspired them, with lofty purposes. But the only difference between you is, that you occupy a position a little lower down in the valley of time. You have every motive that could stimulate them, to stam p on the primitive days of its history, the undying traits of thei1· own cl1aracter. It will be your part, and that of the p upils now in tl~e keepi ng of your Alma Mater, to make this second epoch conspicuous, for the virtues and talents with woich it niny be emblazoned. Let this thought arouse every power of your souls, to sleepless1 tireless action. It matte.rs not, in what capacity you l'nay be called to net, for the benefit of men. In every honourable! employment, your success will 'Promote her interests. no less than your own. She hns watched over you with parental solicitude, in the critical years of her gunrdianship; nnd she will now follow you with fervent aspirations, for your usefulness, nnd <lislinction. In every great nnd good action -you may perform, she will feel herself elevated; and she will exult in the npprobation of your fellow-men. 4 �27 26 Jt is not possible fo r th e paren ts whose pl'ayers have gone up to Go<l fo r you, \\'hi{c you were absent from their firesides, to feel for you, a Ji ,·efic r t hri ll o f i n· terest. You,. clerntion will !Jccorn e h er c hie f j oyrour dcg r:J<.lJ tion (if <lisappoin t ni c nl must come,) wi lj !Jc her keenest sor row! 'Weigh well, then, t he resp onsibility of y our relations. Whcu some fifty years s hall ha~·e r olled ~may, it m:iy 11nppen that one of your number, more fated thnn the rest, s hall look arou nd h im to read the r ecord of your deeds, in the re mcmb1 ncc of a n impartial ·a pe~plc. Ruma n foresig ht ca nnot p ene tra te t he ve il which conceals t he c hanges that must pass o\·e r these shores before such a Slll' vcy shall oe made. The present s.tates ·~ay be oulitcratc<l, and other kingdoms com e rnto bcrng, before the last of yeur n urn b cr shaJI Le foicl in the d ~rst. . B ut, co1uc w hat c hnnges may, the seats of lc~rrung, i t may be hopc<l, will sta nd u nchanged, but rn the more freque nt aad full affections of th eir sons, with whic h t hey \\ i 11 have been hallowed! The cause of L ette rs, is the ca use of H umanity :ind of GocJ.' . I ts consecrated templ es, togethc1 with · t hose of r ehg io11, a rc saved, \\ hi:n t he political fabric of a country is shaken into ruin ! " Tould that we might feel some pro phetic p romise. that th e in<l id<lual of y~u, \\ho shall thus ,·j~it, fol' the Ja~t time, these acadcnuc shades, linll frn<l you r names wrillen 011 those pnges of lier r·e.rords, wher~) ou r Alu1a M ater del ights to rcn<l the lustory of tlic cmi11cnt indi vidual:. \\ ho Iia \·c gone before.: J ou i 11 Ll1i.: r.1cc of J1011ou r. Tllis is not th e time to ul'ge t/1e higher sanctions of God antl of Eternity . If the occa~1o n allo\Yed, I w~uld show tlut you a1 ur·gcd, not only by c vc ry·c t11111g that cnn c1.gt1£:,·e you n/Icctions as sr;ns, as c itizens and ns p/1ilan tl1ropists, out as probationers for a sta te of unending ha ppi!1cs.~, to sustain a 1'eminarr.• destined to ad \'ii nee the :;;pm t11nl as \rel J as the tem poml j 11 ce- rests ofn~cn. T he faith we p rofess nnd the hopes that we cl1cr1sl1, come frJm tlrnt same cliYine rnlumc that inrites and inrokes the lights of Jcnrui ng and pt1lloso· ph y, no less than the spirit of meekness and submis· sion, to she<l upon its pages adlli tiona\ proofs that the w~1y of lwli11css must be sought by the oracles of i ts wisdom. Here we discover what is needful! to re· !11ove the fears of supersti tion, to quiet the alarms of ig norance, and to d isarm the terrors of den th. Whatever is r~qufred to purify the heart, to gui<lc the unclerstanding, to govcl'll the moral feelings, in i;hort to prepare the s piri t fo l' t he society or angels, is unfolded rn the sound mol'ality and <\ llk kcning fai th of this re vealed word: and from i t, we <\ c1 ,•e \.he on\y well •i g rounded assurance, thnt this world is <l<'stinecl to become the unclistur bccl resid ence of happiness and. v eace! These arc th e sentiments and principles that IJlac ed you in our care; nn<l '' i th these yon should rejoin the expecting fricu<ls, whose flcnr ts arc t\\1''11\ing with the liveliest emo t ions to receive you. Think then of the parents who m·c cntitlc<l to the wnrmt st g ratitude of your whole lives fOr the opportunities you have received. Thi nk of you r country, whose honnour is hand e<l dl)\vn from succession to succession of her sons. Think of the world and of the poli tic al and moral r egeneration it must \nulergo before the angels of p eace, of huma~1ity, an<l of religion, shall enjoy an unrnterrupted flig ht ove r cart h"s utmost bounds. Think not that you are too insigni ficant to be take11 into the account on this grand ~cal e of benevolence. A single seed planted in scnson by a patri.ot or a. christian hand, may overs pread t he earth. In one word, think of th e goo<l and g reat men who have gone before you from these vcncrnblc walls. Catc h t he voice that comes <lown to you in the strong tones or . ' ' l h e . WlSll ~m nod J1h1lanthropy, Sllnl"'YlOI\ them inueed ll' to your imaginations, nm\ question lhr.m of the l abours th.at th e!J have finished in piet y and 11cace~ and they will chee r you o n by the c harms of virtue and t h e promises ot Hcligio11. Spiri ts of Smith nnd ]Jan.son, of Claggett, antl Cc ttroll, if i n P arall il'c you can yet behold the c hiltl of your early prayers and p atriot hopes, now st rcng lhr ning into mnnhood may �28 the thought fire the bosoms of these youth with the fervour of your tried virtues, in the cnuse ofintelli~nce and freedom: and prepare them too for shrines m. the hearts of their countrymen, and for stations with . the spirits of just men made perfect, in the oARl) OF V I S IT ORS n AND GOVERNOR S or. JOHN'S COLLEGE. sT. manSions of the blessed! N oT&. The Rev. Dr. S~nm, mention1>d in the closing paragraph, was made ~he first President of St. J ohn's, for the purpose of installing its first officers, on which occasiOll, he preached an lnaugur.11 se rmon. He nfierwnrds \Vent through the State, with the first subscription to its. funds. Dr. CL.AGGET, was one of the first Bishops of the Eptscopnl C hurch; and Chancellor HANSON, and the v~oenibla CAnll.OLL, wf're among the earliest and most efficient members of the Boanl of T rustee . · l\f .AS, ox-officio PrcsiJont. Al\1.ES THO 1rs Exccllcnr.y J N BUCllAN.AN;. N • Ilon. J Olh l\l D MAR I I . " WILLIA . ARCHER. " STEVENSONDORSlBY. .. · ·rHoMAS 8 · STEPHEN. .. JOHN F CHAMBERS " EZEKIEL . BL•ND ORIC " . THEOD ·IAPl\lAN. " JOHN G. Cl 13LAK ISTON E . " ., WILLIAM J. T 'EPH KENnoWIE . ,. JO~ . " ROBERT W. MAGRUDER, E sq , ALEXAND~~O~T, Esq. SAMUEL R RWOOD,ofThos. E sq. RICHARD HA JAMES BOYLE, E sq. E s DREW ER, sq. N ICIIO~A lAYNADIER, E sq. Esq. HEN~~~~ H. MAHHIOTT, CARROLL, E~q. THOMA::· ALEXANDER,Esq WILL 1 1 6~~~ ~. \V ATKINS, E sq. l~RANKLIN, E sq . AY WATERS,Esq. RAMDSENN IS CL AUDE, Esq. DR 'r . OLl\S DREWER, JI' · E ~q. ' · NICll ES E 'I JERE.l\IlAII HUGil ~ , s . ;.HOM AS GIDEON WHITE, Esq. ALEXANDEgRANDALL, E sq. JOSEPH H . NICH OLSON , E sq. J OUN JOH NSON, 1':sq . Tn :i.: As u n E n, GEORGE MACKUillN, E sc1. SE O RETAllY, GEORGE WELLS, E~41. �31 CLASS GRADUATED, F EBRt'ARY RC.~IDi:l\"CD. lfAH E5. --- 21st, 1835. TPasliington City. .lltmapolis. ,.\DRAM CLAUDE, A. B. ./lnnapolis. f,owr .s BonE, A. B. Caroline County• IhcRARO SMITH C uLBRETU, A. B. .flnnopolis. lhcnAllD CaEAGD MAcrwurN, A. B . fuolfA S H oLME HAGNER, A. B. • SENIOR CLASS. R ESIDCl\"C r:. lr.UIES. TIJOMAS PRorcsson OP E . SUDLER llf4Tll&MATtcs . • .. "' ..... 41\"D CIVU. WILLIAM n· l'D.OFcuon LE ARV m: Esc11n:.1tar«c . • A. M . o r cnA.11u1An. Thomas Granger, George Grundy, Richard Hay1vard, J oshua D. J ohnson, George F. J ohnson, George Edward Afuse, William J . Reeder, J ohn H. Reeder, H enry W. Thom:is, F ranklin Weems, Nicholas B. Worthington, Queen .ll1111e's County. Ballimore City. Cambridge. F1edtrick., .IJnnapolis. Cambridge. Baltimore Cily. Do St .•Mary's County. Elkridge. llm1 .IJrundel County • t • JUNIOR CLASS. I r t John M. Brome, Frederick S. Browo, John Buchanan Hall, John W. Martin, Truman T yler, St. 3/ary's Oounty. Charles County. Washington Couruy. Can1 bridge. P rince Georgt:'1 Comlly. j �33 s'fuoc~ TS 32 .-----;.:::11-;;:- NAlU:S. Dorchutcr C ouu.ly ,/Jnnapolis. arius Duvall · Do. .!J" 1ie .11.rundd Cbunty. J ames Iliggin~ T homas Jgleh:rt Do. Philip L ansdale ' Harford County Charles N. Mac,lrnb· .flnnapolis. W illiam H • T h ~mpsoo, m, • Do. NA)IES. n ESID.C.'\" C &. .Btmapolis. J ohn \V . Dut"ail Do Caloert Coumy. S~rsel County. p . nnnce George 's Counly .,nnapoli1. • T albot County. 0 .IJNm .!Jnmdel Annapolis. '""Y· R everdy GhisP/~ . in, • -i eremiah L • JJ ug l1es J R1eh"'d H ughlett T hemas R . Kent , Absalom Rid le • ' T~cf' c Bnce J . W o rthin , to J':t Tb 's. B· W onh~ o, , 1ngtoo .amu Do .flrundel Do County.· • PART IAL STUDENT S. NA)I.C:S. G. Boggs, Samuel Ridout William R · G~ uian, .l]mwpoli~ • Jeremiah ·r. Chase, Do J)o J ohn eta~ to n, Do Do Du Hcnt y Duvall, ftichat<l R. Gaither, j\\C~anllcr n. G;-irobri\\, John T · ~. .IJmie JJrimcleL Cou11l1J· c. 1l)·de, J )O Loockerman, Do E d\\'atd G . Maynnt<l, Walter Md~ eir, George Mc°Neir, Do T homas C. Gantt ' .Benja min Gray ' p ,·;11ce Gcorgo's County. Lc,,·cllin Bo) I<', 'l'o\\'\i\) Johr. M . Brr.wer Philip Culbreth ' ~oho ~IJnno.polis· Robert J3o" ie , 1Jn11cipol is . Beujatnin H . H a\\, Jj11nC .flrLmdcl Cott1ll1/• Dennis Hart, .RmtCtpO ti s. Bet.)aroin Harwood, George s. n11rnphrc5~, Do FRESHMAN CLASS. C. sco oo[, . ----~cNcr.. j ohn Dnsil, George S. Atl..-ioson W illiam Tell Cla d ' 11.f • u e, lVHli•m GR.\M ~H~n. ~------George 13:iri o\t, W ashi n gton City. SOPHO MORE CLASS. 1• -rue 1?' R£SfD £ NCE. Baltimore City. .ll11i ne ilrun del \,;01.mt y. rt. .lltinapolis. - Do .- Do colJRSE OF STUDIES, y,xPENSES, & ·c. - 1.'11.Et>AR-\'l'Olt'i s T UDt.ES, viz: ];ngli ,h G romnm ; Geogra 11hY; 1 rith m• lick; Lalin Gram\ "Esop'J F ables; Erasmus;. C:em'• Com· mar; Corderius; J mentaries, or Sallust; Eclogues, and six books o! the iEnei1 of Yirgil; Cicero'> Orolions; Mair's lntroUuction , o r I Lahn T utor; Greek Gran,ma r , Gred• D e\cctus; and J acob'• ~rst recei~- Greek Reader, an<l l)rosod y. Pupi\3 not intending lo enter College, will also be ed into the English Depart ment, and "iII pursue sueb bra ncl• es o! E ducnl ion. embraced m the course a• may suit their particular views. 5 ' �36 JUNIOR CLASS. FIRST TElUf. 34 COLLEGIATE COURSE. FRESHMAN CLASS. FlaST TE&H. F olsoru's Livy. Grreca Majorn-(Xenoeho.n, Herodotus, Thucydidu.) Greek nnd Romao Aot1qu1tics, History, and M)tbology. SECOND TERM. H orace, (O<les.) Virgil's Gcorgicks. Grreca .Majoro, (Lysins, Demosthenes I ~c~tc·s.) Algebra, with A rllhmetic revised. ' TIIIRD TElllll. ~l ·ora. ( Minor Poet~.) the Mens uration of IlcigbtJ; or:cca I .11~1s of 1;rigo?om.etry ;urveying, Levelling , &c. N 1v 1g at1on, . , 1)lcallO APlnd Distances, ' (Abercrombie s.) 11 pbtlosophy. Motnl a&ooND TERM· (History.) Tacitus.- · s . '· Secuon .. t res comci. - SOPHOMORE CLASS. PJRST TEIUIJ , J U'\""Cnal, ( Le\'eretl's ) Ho'Jlel 's Ilia<l, (Robinson's.) Plane G eomelry, (LcgencJre's.J SE COND T E RM. Cicero de Oralore, or Quintilian. Grrecn Majora (Od) s~cy and Hes iod.) Solid Geometry, (Lrgt:ndrt:',;·) TJIIRD T t.: Il)f, Rh1:lorick and Belles Lellres.-( Whateley.) Gr::cca l\lajora.- (T ragedi'lns.) . L ogarith ms; Pl?n.e and _ Sphcn~al Tr1gonomclr.>'.. .r.xcrc i; cs in ong rnnl ( ompos1t;o11 nn<.l E locu1 1on, during the .par. ('f ur oer's. J . try WI • ) s and Life of Agrico 1 a. of the German 1 (Olmsted's) .1 s-(~faoners 'th Lectures. the Fine Arts.Tac• ul Pbilo&op~1Y.' w1 with Lectures on Natura ts of Crit1c1scn, d . ·og the year. Etemen 1 ations ur1 (Kames') 't"oos and Dec am Debates, Compos1 i , GhellltS Horace, (Satires nnd Epistles.) Grreca Majorn, (Xenophon's .Memorabilia, Plato.) Algebra comp leted. . Traaslntions, Themes, and Declamations during lhe year. . ' th Lee u ' 1'JJJRD TERM· SENIOR CLASS. d' ~ Ohnste >0., (. · hcd with Leclltres. and a tural Philosophy, fi.n•s wi'th Lectures on Taste, FIRST TERM• ...r !"n D Arte Poeuca, ; ol Latin. M' d (Whateley's.) R~v1s1od Philosophy of the r in • Logic, an Horne~,. s&COXD T ERM• ( Cnmb1 idge.) ) • 11i Lectures. (Say's A;.tronomy- w• vilh Lectures. ' • (Paley's.J Political Econom.Y~' . and Natural Theology. Evidences of Chnsunn1ty TU!RD T E RM . . aa<l Ch·il and Politica-1 . Consuluhon, la1vs of NationsU-.t cl States. (Kent.) H is tory of the ot e . Bu1ler':1 Annlogt· ( tructioo of l\1achin es, Brtdges, Civil Engineering- cons Roads, Canals, &c.) (She ard's.) Miocralorry and G~o~ogy.p· pEx!emporaneous Debates, '7 f OrJtYtnnl 11?ces, Declan1at1 o . e. 't' . n during she year. ons. and Exercises in 0 rr 1c1s1 ' �37 of lhc Cou1t of Anno Arundel county; whicli mny bd rccoverct! in nny proper notion before snid Court. Sec. S. •'911d be i t t11 actcd, Thnt it shnll be tho duty of tho Attorney 0<.'ncrnl of thill Stntc, or hie Dnputy, on the ('(llllplnint or nny of tho o mcors nforcsnid, to proucculc for nil v1 olntions of lhis not. 110 11 The stuJ ) I llu~ Motleru L angua ge~. abftll be so arrnngcd, u not m:ttcri11ll) to intrrfrrt with the College course. T he offi c e r~ of instruction, \\ ill endtn\'Or to mnkc the c<1un:e of ~ tu.iy ns t A orous;h ns possihlr; nntl in 110 onsc will 11 Scholar he nllowcd to p nss, to nn 11clr nnccd stnndmg, till he shnll hnn • sustained all the ineT1ous C.'<nminntions, to the Slltisfuction of the Fnculty. F ull Courses of Lectures are delircrecl to thr chwcs on Chcmistr, , Mineralogy and Geology; and on Naturnl Phi)osopb,· aud Astronomy. T he Stntc Cnbmel of l\l incrals, collected b) 1hc Gcolo. gist of Maryland, is d<"pos1ted in the Collrgc, nnt! DlQ\" be 11sed, together " ith the College Cabinet, l\"hich of itse)f 1 s qu\te respectnble, in illuslrnting the Lr ctures on Minel'1l]og-y and Geology. • E XP ENSES. T he College Bills n re pa)able quarterly, in follows, ·d-1: E oglish Dcp11rtruent, 4 Preparlltory Clsst-u, 40 F reshmen nnd ~ opbomorc Clnsse-, 40 Senior and J unior ClossC'5 1 50 adnince, os per do. do. do. o.nnuni do. do. do. T he nboYo Dills include nil t ztms. No Co mmons arr rst11bli~he<l; but bonrtl may be hnd in p ri\"ate fa mi lie$, fo1 "1 :20 ptr nnnum. PuC'nts nod Gua rdinns uc rt't'.JUC.'-le1l to plact nll monic3 intended for the n•c C'll the students. 111 thr h11ntl~ ol one of the P rof1. or:-, " ho "ill t'~c rcisc a p1rent11l J1~crc11on, in their disbursement; nnJ the following Lai\ of lhe Stnte, pas..~cd Dt-cen bl.'r H'.'-IOn, 1SS4, is puhlrsbctl for lire inform3tion of all pt r-or " C< 11rerncd. Section J. b e .zl rnntltd liy tl1c GrnrNtl .1sm nbly oj -~fa ryland, T hnt no person or pen.on:. :.hull ~"ilrc crt•drt lo nny S tudenl of St. J ohn':; Collt·i:e, b1•in~ n mrnor, w1tliout tire consen:, in w1iting, of hi;; Pnrcnt or Guart!inn, or of such Officer or Office·• ot the Col11'~l\ as mar he nutliori:.rd by the goY ernnwnt thereof, to act m sudi cases, lXLept for l\ ashing fir mt dicnl ~id . Sec. 2 • .ilild be il rnadeJ, T hat if any person or persons shall g~Ye credit to nny minor as aforesaid, contrnry to the prot'isions of this :ict, l.c or they shall forfeit and pa) lo the T reasurer of the \\'rstrrn 'hore of thiq t'tatc, n ~u m not less 1han t\\ enty, nor more than three hundred dollars, :iccordiog to the nature of the offence, and nt the c l.&cn:- T he plnn of the subscription mentioned in th? ~cl<lrcBlf, origrnatcd in tho followi ng resolutions, nnd is s11b10111cd, to · gethcMvith n list of the sums nlrt•ndy obtniocd. , R#olvccl, by lhc Visitor11 nnd G?''r rnors of St. J ohn 11 College, tlrnt lhc P1 incipnl uc nut hor1~e~l 11 ncl rr·q~1c~t ccl to collect subscri ptio n ~, pnynhlo to t h ~ V1 sitorq. nml <J o, c1~1o r11, to bo npplic1l hy them, in the rrc•chon of suit.nl>lo b~111l111gs , for thl' occommoll ntion of etudcntil, 1111d for 1mprov111g n11J xtondiog tho librnry nm! pl1 ilosophi~nl Appnrntus of the .College, nnd lhnt tho T rcnsurcr be nu~horiscd. to pny lo ~he Princ ipnl, tho expenses he mny incur, Ill cnrry11lR 111lo cncct this Tcsolution. Resolved, by the Visitors nm\ ~o~·crnors . of L~ t. J ohn's s C0 ltcrrc l thnl the Governor. of th1c; Stntc, I I 1I.! ••xi:cllo11cy b l 1' . n hc J A 11, Rs TnoatAs , . n<l 1 li on. J ENJ A1111N IJl, '0 1rn F.sT , . f I. 1 tl the H on. 'l' 110 MAS \V 1twn·r Sd. mcm lH' rs .o It 1 s Gil • h ' . . Ilonrd, be a committee to ro·Opcrnto with t . c r111?1pa , 111 m nkin~ nll suitable preparntions, to carry rnto cOcct the resolution of the Bonrd 1 to collect trnl>scriplions for the lie· nefit of this I 11stit11tio11 S t. J ohn's Colkgc Feb. 15th 1834. Co1•Y Ol" Tnt: Sunsc n1M'10N. We tho subscribers, hereby nw C'e to pny to th~ Visito rs nnd Go\'crnors of S t. J ohn'i1 College, nt . J\nnnpolis, l\l aryJnnil, or order, the sums of money opposite our n n1~1cs, res· wcti\'ely, in two <'<1unl i11srnl111t•n1s1• to be npplred, in cnrry1 ing into effect 1he fo rrgoing lll'sol11t1o n~; prov1dctl, ho wc ,·cr , thl\t this eubscription 11lrnll he void, 11nl1·s-. n~ ll'n ~ t ll•n thousnn1 dollurs, sh.11! ho R11hqcr1hcd n ~ nforl'Sn u.1 nnd o n \ ; tho eompl1 1011 ol snill i;ulisciiption, the fi rR 111 R h~l11w nl' •1 t ubo1c \llC'ntion1•d, ~ 1t11 ll bl'C't>mc cl ue, nnd the other 111stalmr11t, twelvt' months thcrcn l't1'l, Sept. 9th 1834. J nmcs T homn!I, $500 Willinm l lu1,;hlr tt, 300 Hobert W. Uni' io 250 Wm. IL ~I n rri oll, 250 Alt'~ andc r C. ;\fngrmlcr, 200 HC'nry Mn) nnll in, 200 c 1-1. H. llnrwootl, 200 .. C:rorgc i\I nckubin, 200 .. �89 ll<l11M• ClnuM lh11111\ $'.WO . Wl\l :, !lOO • 1WO • J oh11 J ohnt'ou • N1uholn" 1110,~r J i. A h-xn111lrr 1\nntltill ' l'I 1 M1 n~ :S. Al cxnmla1 ' I 200 ~00 •• Oc•Mt;'-' W <'llit • lh i 1•1• J • W 01 tl1111gton U1d1ud ll nrn ouJ ol'' 'l'h ll ll• 1 nul I. J om•s os. ' I' Il l'l lllll 'I OlivN ' ll1dnr ll uil>pl:l'('y& ' Hober\ W . l{<' nl \)tin\d ~11\IK(' • 1oc, • 100 . 100 100 100 •. 100 • J ohn 11. Suthorou, I \\1\\i1 nl11M•hi; •1t ~nmu1·I Mllynnrci· 100 • 100 • 'J' homa'I .... rnnkhu • r 100 • R M. Chnsc, ' 'i h mu.u1 S. C ulbreth ~\\:\Ill\ !ZOO• 200 ... 1(10 • n. llytlo Hny J l\lll('I lgl;hnrt i?OO • 100 . 100. I Ollbrid n u,rili F1dJur C ron , \\' I IIl l\lll Ho witJ ' \\ 1\ ltt\11\ \lc•t't\('t 1?00 • lWO . S?OO • ' :1111l l gl;b1rt Ocor-gn I". \\ o rtliinSton Geo~u G. n rowcr , J ohn ll. Morru1 ' !'mlrc•w Mc-Loughlin, . j homns n. l)prscy Cluarks Oo\d,,boro~gh J ohn C . lf cnry , J osl'ph g, l\lu~'0 1 ll cnry l':igc, 0. C. W nshington Benj. S.Forrest ' J . Nc,·itt Steel~, Allen Thornftll ChnTlcs W . D~rscy R. G. Stockett, ' R. \\'. Dorsey Larkiu Dorsey' J ohn C. W ccm; Chas. S . W . D~"-"Y Daoitl Murray, ' 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 JOO • • • • • • • • 100. 100 • JOO • 100 . 100. 100. 100. t OO· 100 . 100 I 100 • 100· ioo· 100· 100 • J ohn 11 . Aloxontlcr G wiun Jlnrr\111 ' N. F . Wltllam• , 1'homM Sopplnglon, lloborl JJ. Gol<laLorough, ];, S. Win<lor, Andrew Sl"nncr, J 118. t l OO\ JOO .. 100 · 100>60. liO • 60 • (,0 • 60 • U. S toclc, nrico J . G oldsborough, 'fhomOS }l oywnrJ, W ilham W. Ecclo11ton, ChnB. J. J{ilgoor, J . ll. Wilkiuion, '}'hoe. E . Sue.lier, J . Hughes, Jl. J. CowLnnn, J ohn Hnndnll, Geo. McNcir, J)nsil Shephard, uO t>O Chnr\cs H. S teele, The bolonco of the subscription, will be • • , • ()0 50 50 50 50 }l. J. Crnbb, 'l'homns Ducl<cll, J ohn U . Wnrin~, Willio1n Ghiselrn, J . G. Chopman, Lconnr<l I glehart, W in. D. Merrick, • 60 60 60 c;O oO 60 60 50 : 60 50 50 published in a future Edition. to collect nl least tlairty t1i.0u1ancl dollar•, It is proposed for the purposes here epceificc.I; nnd it is proper to sta to that tho builcling11 contemplated, nre }Ill. A L Ano Y. Cox.LEOJ ATE E o rvrcE. 2<l. /t.. ~pAc1ouR GitAMllfA n Sonoox.. It is designed thnl these buildings !lhnll be of the most npllrovc<l conslruction. 'l'hc plnn.t fowe been prepared, nnd wi l bo cnrricd into execution ns soon ns the necessary funds shnll be obtained. 1.'ho principal building is intended tor tho aceommodotion of Studonte with board, lodging, ~c. Jndlvidunls willing to lent.I their aid to the objcctR of this 1ubscrip1 io11, ore r equeete<l to oommunicntc, by letter, with tho Hev. 11 . IJ u MJ>llllE\'li 1 Annapolis, nuthorising him to add their nomes to the nboYe list, in either o ( the deuomi . nations thnt 1hey mny designate; or, in cue ony check or ordc1 slinll be tror.Fmitll'd, 10 mnk e it poynblc to "tlie · --- �40 John'• rollegt, Mnrylarnl.,, All such sub. Treasurer O>f St . . ·11 b I k scri tions and contributmos w1 e proper y _ ·nowlcdgc<l ac by Vi siTORS A~D. Gon:n~oRs, and faithfully approriateJ lo t he above ob~ects. . p Associations of ind1nduals wbo mas feel the 1mpor lnncc of the undertaking, and \\ i~h lo co·O_Peralc! by the ~ onntion :11£ of smnller sum~, :ire requested lo u m le ti.cir respective contributions, nnd forward the m lo lhe same address, for the Treasurer. T he hope is also ('nlerlaioe<l, that indi, idunls of great \nalth may b e williog to imitate the larger donations nod bequests, which nre n o t unfrequently b estowed up?n similar Institutions in t1thcr ~ tntes, to found Profc~sorslnps; to en. dow L ibraries; or to crcd College I!all..~, lo be n:nucu by the respecth·e donors a!' permanc1.t mcm<>rials ol their mu. l odin<luals \\ho hz.ve th e ability may thus grali· 11\ficcncc. fy a laudable desire l? perpctuai,c thc~r names, al t_he same time that they may CllJO)' the sa11.;fact1 of know mg, lh11t on their \!eoelacuons will promolc tlie interests of sc11rnc<' 1 hu . mnnit'y, and religion, ~o the laiest PoSlerity. ~Copies of this Address will be sent to all the Alumni of the College, who a re especially reques~ed. to promote tht? objE:Ct, both by t~cir. individual su~scnpllons, and. by their efforts 10 obtain aid from the fne.1ds o{ Education, throughout the Stnle. En1 u.TA Pago S, lino 40, for ldters read Wtn ... " ., • ., ·11, "nom.UU1,, ., "no:nuua. ~<?wing to the great hurry of tlie moment nl \Vhich the foregoing form was printed, lhe nnmcs ol the following Students in lbe Grammar School were inadverlcn1 ly omitted. NAMCS. J ames McNcir, George Miller, Edward C. Mills, Henry M. Murray, J ames Reany, Horatio S. Ridout, Samuel Ridout, Richard R idgley, William Ridgely, Alfred G . R idgely, JI ESI D ENCE. Jlnnapolis. Do Jlnnc .!lrundel (oun ty. .!lmiopoFs. Richard H . S ch wnrar, Francis H. Stockett, John T. Taylor, Deonis C. Thompson, James c. Wetch, Edward WilEams, Levin W1nder, J ames M. Winde_, r Charlea F. Wortl11ogton, Ballimorc Cily. .Rnm .Brundtl County. .llnnupolis. Do Do Do Do .llm1e JJrundct County. .llnnapolis. no Do .flrme .llrundtl County. Easton. Do .0.nne .Arundel County. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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The College Archives holds programs and/or addresses for the following years: <ul> <li>1796</li> <li>1835-1836</li> <li>1842</li> <li>1852</li> <li>1856-1857</li> <li>1870</li> <li>1878</li> <li>1880</li> <li>1890</li> <li>1893</li> <li>1895</li> <li>1897</li> <li>1907</li> <li>1910-1918</li> <li>1920-1924</li> <li>1928-1929</li> <li>1932</li> <li>1936-1937</li> <li>1939-1945</li> <li>1947-present </li> </ul> Click on <a title="Commencement Programs and Addresses" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=18&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the Commencement Programs and Addresses Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context commencementprograms Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 41 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Description An account of the resource Address to the Alumni and Graduates of St. John's College, and to the Friends of Education in Maryland. By Hector Humphreys, D. D., President and Professor of Moral Science, Delivered After the Annual Commencement in February, 1835. Printed at the request of the Visitors and Governors of the College. 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ANNAPOLIS: .Printed at the request of the Visitors and Governors of the Colkge~ JONAS GREEN, fn!N'l'EI\, -,s �February 23d, 1836, ta meeting of the Alumni of St. John's College, held this day, following resolution was unanimously' adopted: ,-Resolved, Tbat 'William Pinkney, Johri II. Culbreth, John G. otid, Jr., Thomas II.'Hagner, and George Grundy, be a Commit. to present to the Hon. Robert H. Goldsborough the thanks o:: -the Alumni of St. Jo[m's College, for the eloquent, interesting, an& instructive Address, deliverc,d oefore them at the recent Commence. nicnt of the College; and to request of him a copy for publication, we' ANNAPOLIS, February 24, 1836. \Ve have the honour to transmit to you the enclosed Resolution, passed at a meeting of the Alumni, held in this City ov the 23d instant. In discharging this duty, permit us to express tlw jiratificat10n it will afford us to receive for publication a copy of tlu, interesting and appropriate Address delivered by you on the 22d o~ February lust, in favour of the Institution, to which we are so mucb l,ndebted, and on which we look with g~atitude and affectionate in. -' 1Vith.scritiments of sincere regard, Your Obedient Servants, WILLIAl\1 PINKNEY. JOHN H. CULBRETH, JOHN G. PROUD, JR. c THOS. II. HAGNER, GEORGE GRUNDY, l J Committee. \vM. PrnaNEY, J. II. CuLBRETn, J. G. PJtouD, JR., Tuo.uAs H. '" HAGNER, and GEORGE GRUNDY, Esquires. «'.h:NTLEMEN: I have had the honour this morning to receive yout· .polite and courteous communication of the 24th, enveloping a re .. 'solution of the Alumni of St. John's .College, expressing, in moet ,gratifying terms, their approbation of my recent exerti<)ns in obe:dience to their commands-and requesting a copy of my Address 'for ·publication. I ·yield to the request from a disposition to gratify my Brothers, he Alumni," in any thing in my power-and as early as I can _ veniently arrange it for publication, it shall be presented to you. ·1 beg you to present me with feelings of cordial respect and goo'' to "The Alumni," and accept, Gentlemen, my gratitude ur personal kindness and attention • .:~':".\.Vith sentiments of fraternal regard, believe me, ,;. · 'Very faithfully, yours, ~ , . . ROB. H. GOLDSBOROVGlf'.. )V,asm-'GTON, February 2G, 1836. rm: �A.DD RES§. J.l'Iy Brothers, tiie .Alumni, and my most respected Audience: As long as gratitude shall be regarded as a virtue-as long as the offices of filial affection shall be esteemed among men-so long it will be beautiful to behold the Alumni of this venerated Institution, agsembling within her portals, to pay the just tribute of their devotion at J1er Al tars. . It is a pious pilgrimage, my Brothers, which illust~ates . your feelings in the great cause of Science, and will stand . in all time to come as evidence to prove, thq.t, in your opi. i.nion, Education is one of the grand Pedestals on which the columns must rest that are to sustain the essential principles, and r~gulate the practice, of our well constructed, popular Representative Government. The other . P.edestal (too important to be omitted) is that pure and substantial morality which flo\vs from Revealed Religion.· On these two rocks we found our hope and faith-and as the columns of knowledge and of virtue rise, we fancy that we already see.the magnificent arch of promise spri11ging ..... from either capital, as the cheering prognosncs of our · country's future .weal. · It is now almost forty years since the class to which I was attached, w::s sent !orth from <his Institution into the world, cloth'ed in all its honours-and surelj, since that time, she has p.assed through a great varid.v of fortune.~ About the year '89, in the p<1st century, her Professors first began to assemble around her-and in '94, next after, her first honours were conferred upon her· first Alumni. But no sooner had she begun to send forth her foster sons, than a loul and fatal plot was faid for lier destruction. It was the working of bad ambition upon the untaught credulity of an unsuspecting people. The object was an ephcrnenl popularity, never worth a groat-the me,.ns 1vcrc to perish the hopes of t!.e newly founded Temple of �6 Science, whose beams would have cast around too much light for the machinations of her ruthless destroyers.Thus we witnessed, for years, a contest between the vota. ries of Science, who' desired to diffuse Learnipg and Knowledge among mankind-and the political electioneerers of the day, whose ends were self, and whose in. struments were whatever would bend, and could be made conducive to their purpose. . It was in this state of things that, now. and then, one or two of her eldest offspring came m to.her assistancehut her family was then too young, its members were too fe,~ to give her much aid-and Jhey,. who did go, had to :resist all the allurements and influences that were exerted, to induce them to commit the atrocious act of matricide. ·Yes, the humble man before you1 when first entrusted with the high responsi?ility of a popular Delegate in 1804-5, was called to decide upon the question of the life or death of his venerated Alma Mate1-and he too '"as ·invited to receive.the gleaming faulchion from their hand,;, and to plunge it into that bosom on which he had been nurtured with so much tenderness and care, and from whence he . h~d imbibed the elements of every thing that had caused him to be looked upon in life. But he could not do it-could .. not, did I say? He dare not do it""'."""he dare not prove false to his "soul's and mind's integrity"-he could not stand in the face of Heaven and of man, and perpetrate a~ act, • t~at would have marke_d him as an ingrate, and pointed him out as .one who desired to dry up and deny to ?thers that fountain of pleasant waters, at which he nad himself been refreshed. No, I desire to thank God that he could not-but that he stood out with others, undismayed and successful in her defence. That was her last rescu:-at . the renewed onset in the following· year, the Temple fell -he did' not witness that fall. · The dreariness of a Gotluc night ensued-but the Vi. sitors and qovernors of St. John's, alwa~·s faithful and Unt1~ing in their duty, never lost sight of h~r resuscitation; and m the progress of years, as better opinions and more enlightened councils prevailed, St, John's &rose agrrin, re. Vlved and restored by a sense of justice, stimulated by re .. ;-;.'.- . _ . ·mol:se and a sense of duty-and here we are this day to rejoice in the result, and to witness this gra~d exhibiuon that has beeu brought abput by the faithful perseverance of her Visitors, the enlightened liberality of our L·,twgivers, and the assiduity and skill of her accomplished . Professors. : . : '. . . My Brothers, the scenes of this day throw back our re. collections to times and incidents, too intimately blended .with cur happiness, to be obliterated from our m.emory. They were the scenes and incidents of youth, whe~ unpres. sions are deep and durable-a truth never to be forgotten bv Parents Guardians, and Preceptors •. Every occur,r~nce of to day is associated with recollections ot our own ·time-nor can the eye light upon any thing around that . does not revive some pleasing irnpres~ion. In every chamber-in every apartment-:-near every pillar in this ancient .. Hall we see, or thrnk we see, the companions of our early life, or the forms" of those venerable men under whose care we grew up. These reminiscences are' delightfol, and you must indulge me fo_r a moment. Remembe~· our favourite, our admired President _.:11cDowell-a man illu.s. trious for his virtues! Whilst our hearts throb, can he evt:r cease t~ hold a chief seat there? . Cail to mind his chas. tened purity of life-his profound :tnd varied learningh1s refined moduty-his simple, unostentatious, but digni. fied nmnnera--his paternal care---his love of ju8tice - throucrhout his whole officiai life thctt 'W't8 d1stinguish0d by diligl·nce, w'sd,,m and firmness-he lived here for _\'l':tl"S admired, confided in, and beloved by a!/; nor was there found one obduratP as not to do him honour. There was our worthy Profossor Hig.~inbr;tham too, as generous as he was c,lassical-who, like Minerva spring • in" from her fath<·r's brain all armed, c:1me from the urnte~ul bosom of Old Trinity, equipt in µ11 the armour o: classic lore. If he had faults, he had e!lduring and vv ·r. shadowing virtues also-but in the depac·t men ts of Ethics and th<' Classics he hc<d no defects. I :do not dis<;:ern in . all this assemblucre the counfrrnnce 'fa single illt'mbrl" I ' . of the old Profrss"r's favounte class, t.hat lw called his tent!! kgi1)ll, uud rn which he used to prlue himself. The so I:'} • 0 i •. �8 brilliant Legatus* ~vho led the corps has long since been no more. He was a native of this city,arrd in all the virtues of the heart, and in all the embellishments of miw.J; he had no superior. · There ·was also our Professor lHagrath, the Bushy of his day, whose very frawn, was law, but who.Sf' djligenec and disr1pline could make a scholar of any thing. ·Nor let me forget our Priestly, for I mµst not run this reminiscence too fi,r, "ho was. recalled from the then ·western wilderness to this Institution, at the immediate instance of our endear<'d and venerable Visitor, the ac. complished scholart of West River. '.ro Priestlv we owed much for his taste in Greek Liter:iture, and for his skill in · the graces of fine reading and public speaking. J remcm- ber with delight his clubs and his societies, and we never can forget his ardour and enthusiasm. . . . But where are all thct:<e Ikn:efactors now? They·lrnve sunk in tl!e years behind us, whilst we are moving down the stream. of time, like them to sink also ~ere many years are told. . In contemplating thc;se· of our own time, if it is a me. lancholy, it may be a salutary warning, to sec how fe'.V -tlre left. \Ve, of that day, are not at a time of life to turn from these awful admonitions to. obliterate them' in a .. H.m of )easures." I. hcpe we are clothed with more hu~iilitv 11nd r;;signation, and that we are ruther preparing to fall in the cninmess ?f philosophy, and in the fortitude inspired bv tho nure Chrisforn hope. · · . ·.Such is the tendency of reflection., my .Brothers ' uoon .. "' ' 1 meeting you after our long separation. But I must forbear - I ~ee around me other8 who merit and command my at. tention--;-for th0se I must leave }'ou to enter, before them, upon a more exwnded field of remark, more immediately appli::;,b!e to the great interests of public .Education thr1)ughuut the ·.State. Standing as 1 do in the most respectful relationship to the R<~]JrL'::;entdin.:s of the Scvc~·~ignty of i\bn !:.u:.<l, I I D1. John Sha-~, of Annc:.po1is.'" t )Ir. Jo-:1n T~;..8itl~s. :.t- • . rejoice to meet them here on such a_n _o~casion, _and I coh• · gratulate you Gent~emen on th~ e~h1b1tion of this mo:m~g, which cheers us with the convict10n, that we have, m the . very heart of our State, a Seminary of Learning that has . to.day imparted, and will hereafter annuall;: _contribute augmenting power, and· strength, and duralnhty, to the Republic. No more auspicious scene could engage the · Executive and Legislative attention-nor can there be one more. worthy to attract the admiration of a refined audi· · ence. The strongest evidence of the improved condition of society is seen in an extended patronage to Learningnot more by the munificence of. endowments, than by giv,ing encouragements to its exhibitions a?d efforts by . punctual and courteous attendance. ·Such stimulants operate on all-they animate the exertions of Professorsthey. kindle a noble ambition in the youthful mind, and ··give a taste and character to.the times, that dispose all to an elevated and liberalized course. · In a Government founded upon, and moved by popuiar opinion, that opinion to be safe must be enlighte~ed-nor is there any other foundation on which a Representative Democracy can securely rest, than upon sound Learning and sound Morals. An opinion is prevalent, that native talents, with but .. · little culture, often render men capable of efficient services, and an inference is thence deduced against the necessity of education. That instances ?f this sort have occurred, cannot be denied, but they- are few and very rare, and cannot serve as any rule for our dependence. They . are rather exceptions. to rule, and ought to be classed ·among those singular and remarkable events, which arise without rule, and can lead to no decision. Great men, without education, are not more frequent than great ·~e chanics without an apprenticeship-both would have been ·much greater had they been better taught. · It is educ<ttion that forms the mind and gives it the sound direction-it trains, it feeds, it strength'ens the fa. culties-and whilst it forbids the growth of those weeds, prejwlicrs, false opinions, and bad ?a?its, that never .f~il to. •title and distort a better growth, it implants the spmt oi ·o �ii :1 c e:iquiry-and the habit of study. 'l;Iwse, together w{th the-_ elements of science, constitute the ground work of the . grnduate, and are, altogether, the foundation on which he is to build up his future usefolness and greatness. .. From every observation that I have _been able to inake, and f~om all the sourcesofintelligenceto which I have had access, I am perfectly satisfied, that the "[nost prevailing and deep rooted popular sentiment in Maryland is directed to the promotion of general education. As the General _Assenibly of the State have, for· some years past, wisely directed their attention to this important subject, l can in no better manner discharge my portion of the tribute of the . general admiration for their design, than by a few practi. cal remarks in relation to it. . · ·- · . . '' .. This sentiment in behalf,-.. of b: aencr~l educatio~ ' I.~~ -. aware, is for the most part particularly direc.ted t_o Primary Institutions fo~ the instruction of youth universally-but . that sentiment is but tho germ of a ~tronger grov\th that is to produce still richer and more 'vholesome fruit. No occasion could be more fit than the present, to combat an error that. has grown up, in rf'gard to the relationships that the different grades of institutions for education bear to each other-it belongs to the day and to the times arid may not be unworthy of the attention of that most re~pec. table bodv of men that I have the honour to address. · · This ~rror consi"ts in the opinion, that Acaderni~s a~d Colleges are exclusively beneficial to the wc:.i.Hhy-ihat they, who in ordinary life look no further than to a com· mon English education· to enable their children,_ when grow•n up, to transact their usualbusiness concerns, have _no interest in such institutions-and therefore •. that it · ought to be left to the wealthy alone to support them. In all this, I think, I see much and fatal error. · In all public institutions of whatev,ei· kind or na:ure they ··may be, by far the greater portion of their expense must . be borne by the "·ealthy in all communities. This is ne-cessarily the case, and may be in some degree a set off against any supposed inequalitv of advantarre. But the point I desir:e to establish is thi~, that there nothing s<J is . tikel.!J lo give rise to, o; so well calculated' lo promote the e~ist. ence of Primary Schools, as Colleges and Academies. . • The student~ that go out from these latter institutions into the· world, settle in various parts of a State, and whilst th~y arc themselves striking examples of the ad. vantage;i of a high grade of education, they become, in effect, rnis~ionaries to propagr.te a· sentiment in behalf of· the nrious systems that are adapted to the different condit10ns of men. Besides, the Primary Schools are of no avail unless they are filled by teachers who are competent as· to lertrning, and fit as to character-an incompetent teacher being little else than an encourager of idleness, and if he be not a man of good morals, he ·becomes the corrupter ot the morals of vouth . \}'hat, let me ask, is our' own ~xperience in reg:u<l. to the schools ulready established amongst u~, few as they are m number? Do we not often find mur;h difficulty in , procuring teachers? And arc not many of our schools badly supplied? And of those teuchers who are co.rnpetent, arc they not almost all natives of other States, who hr.vc. been educated in their Colleges and Academics? Or fo. _reigf!ers, who have come to us from distant climes where they were educated? This. shows, at once, that it is to Coll,.;;;es and Academies, at, home and abroc:d, thnt vou . 1nust look for .competent teachers for our Primai:y Scho,o!F; and the questwn presents itseit: whether it is better ta rear . those h~rtchers up for ourseh·cs, in our own instituticr:s, w.Q.ere their character and· competency can bn bettc 1• known-or to trust to procuring them, where we mav, and ~ncur the risk that we must be liable to from strange~s and u:npostors? Colleges and Academies are the only r;ursencs for such tcnchers as n·e wtrnt, and must have, for o;1r Primnry Schools, to render ~hem fit for the purposes tot which they w~r~ designed-and the mutual relationships between the d1frcrent grades ot Semim.ries of learr:ing i~ _ found, by the experience of well taught Primary Schoob fitting boys for AcademicJ, :;pd Academies fitting them. for Collew;-and this relationship being reversed, by Colleges prcpanng young me,n for teachers in Acadernit s. and hot'i Acadcffi--.:s and CollegPs uniting m preparing a· grcC<tc¥ �12 .lumber ~f' te~chers to fin the. greater demand of tl~e ~Pri •. mary Schools. Such is the natural and inevitable progress- of the :,.ystem, and ~he o~dei: it becomes the .more the mutual and sustaining action of the system will be ~eveloped. · .. . . .-• · 'What an increased number of our· youths m every branch of life, with a good system of Primary Schoolr; directed by cornpetent teachers, would'glow with ardent desire, and become fitted to move on a~other step! And · as kMwledge begets the desire for mo_re knowl~dge, many of that number would still pant on to take a higher step. Thus by such organization of Primacy Schools, talent becomes unfolded, and an opportunity js giv.en to rescue from obscurity the. sons of many a man in the land, '!ho would otherwise be· doomed to live ·unseen and _die un. known, and enable them to enter into competition on the · great theatre of life, for all th~ prizes of fa~e~of_fortune, · and of station. This is not rriere theory, it ~s history~ and every man who will take the time anct trouble to fook into .the subject, in other parts of our country, or abroad, where Umveniities, and Colleges1 and Academies are amply provided, will see, that the first step t3:ke.n by a ~arge portion ot the numer~~s Graduates upon Ieav~!lg tlreu re, spective institutions, rs, to become tea.chers m the s).1b~l ._ tern or Primary Sch0ols, where they have an opportumty of revising and improving their course of learning, and of gaining a little outfit in life from their salaries. The pro- gres1:1 of these. keeps up the regular d~mand for successors, · wlulst the higher institutions, by their graduates, furmsh the supply. If this is not the experience in our own· State, it is because the system has not been adopted long enough to produce the effect~for there is no other sqm·ce from which teachers can be procured that are fit to take · ~are of the Primary Schools. · , The course of instruction proper to be adopted in these schools will also show the necessity for such _teachers~ , An ordinary English education, as generally und~rstood, consists in reac!ing, writing, and cyphering. This to be sure is a !!Cant system, but it is good as far ns it goes; and p: Illa! be all, wit~ our _f resent deficiency of rnstructors! an f8 • . that can 'be effected at this time-but it !~very insufliCiell.F in itself for the iinporfant purposes of priinary educatiOn, ·and if'destined to ,be limited to this alone, it would scarcelf ·he worthy ~f the patron. ge of the General Assembly of the State. Fur I can conceive of no adequate course of instruction in Primary Schools, that omits Geography, the , clements of Astronomy, and the lower ·branches of the , J'vfathematic1:1-and these are easily taught, nor will it add much, ifat all, fif the necessary expense of adequate teachers, nor w1ll 1t cqnsume a particle more of the time ofthe scholar than ought to be given up by every· Parent. We may say of Astronomy, \vithout the slightest .profanity of thought, that, like ·the Gospel, it is a Beaven descended guide in our pathways upon Earth. Whilst th<-> 'lower liranches of the ·Mathematics, so intimately/M:IVolved as , they are in all hi.unan pursuits, become indidpensably useful in all the trades and vocations. in lif,,,'and at the same 'time train the mii4a to thmk and to ...fuson. . . It will iiot-it cann~l . be rati,.;(a]Iy urged in opposition , -to this, that the children uf,..hle ·poor c~nnot avail ther:n11elves of these advantage~/. Tha~ man_ must be.pou~ in ne;irt indeed, who, wJi,.,l a school is provided for bun wnhjn his reach by t~f"inunificence of t~e S_tate and the c_on. tribut10ns of th, more wealthy around him, does not make use of it ·for 'the support and advantage· of his child.Should ..u6h an instance be found; it. would . be no argumepJ- 'against the system. but a melancholy example of · -j"bdurate folly and unfeeling indifference. · , · ;/ ·There are others of the slime active and laborious das. 'ses of men, wh() are dilige~t and, industrious to hoard up -u ea Ith to distribute airiong · their' children-Yes, "man ·peaps up riches but cannot tell who will enjoy them." .A general system ·or sound education }vould so'On ·direct . that wealth into a wiser and more parental course, by enl'iehmg their minds with knowleage and ~heir hearts witk moral sentiment-Better to enter into life without '.riches ·than w1th 0 ut· education-1\. gre.ater C!).lamity cannot betal a youth, tlian to start him intp life, abour:ding in worlrily possessions but poor in counsel-his riches are :rure to' be. ~me a poison to his health~ and ~he SJ'Oiler of his good . ~. I �i4 Jlame and happiness-and, in his own irregularities, 'rw;. lives but as the source' of contagion to others. That father acts wisest and most affectionatdy, who studies to fill his son's heart with good principles, and to store his mind with rhe elements of sound learning; even if he has not a doilar to give him-his hopes for riches will still be best-:his chances for worldly fame and Heavenly treasure will· be surest. Let me then be understood to sav-That whilst Prima,. ~y Schools are i~di pensably neces~ary to the welfare of the great body of the people, the higher. Semim•ries are as essential t~ support them, by supplyrng them with the pro. ;pee kino of teachern. For, I repeat it, without such teaeh. -ers }re11r Primary Schools become useless-nay, worthies~ ~for ah 'lChools are useful only in proportion to the sou!ldness of thei~ B) stem and the fitness. of their teachers--,-. and how tan y<>,_have fit teachns unless they are fitly taught-and how b>n they bt> t<;ught, . withqut the higher .Seminanes suited for '"'eir instruclion? ' . · Can we picture to ourse-"'es more lamentable, ce1tainly not a more preposterous scentc, than the future hopes of a little community collected. togt."'1er at a little Country ,sehool, and placed under the superint"ldance of a misernble pedagogue, wholly incapable ofteachin?, because ignoI«rnt of what ,ought to be taught-wastmg his o»., and his little disciples precious time in sluggish ·indolence ''l,d actual idlrness, perhaps often indulging in degrading immer..,Jities -frustrating the public design, and the parent's fond il..ti. cipations, and blasting the prospects of a rising genPratioa7 This scene is tuken from hfe, and what aggravates it the more, is that it is too frequently to be found in eve. part of our ow:n GOUntry. And can it be otherwise, if scho<,ls are. multiplied in proportion to the popul«r demand for them" without hav:ing Serninaries to supply them with proper ttl,achers7 It admits of no doubt, in my mind, thut the gradation of ~chools is a mutually dependent, auxiliary, and concatenated "ystem, which is ,es~entially necessary to the whol· bo. dy oft he People of th ·State, and to rh'" preservrtiun of ch< ir - ].epublican Institutions-and ihat a good systeni.ol Pri.,. a n :mary Schools, ac·cording' to the munificent desi"'ns anti judicious intention of the General Assembly, can"'no more be sus ained without the aid of Colleges and Academies · to turnish them with teachers, than that Mills can be made to operate rn the different parts of the country, to supply the wants of the people, without workshops and compett;nt m·chanics to construct the machrne1y and to apportion and apply the adequate propelling power. The whole cSystem must be kept up as containing within itself its 01vn . ~onservati ve principles, and we· Il},.\lSt persevere with pa: .hence and fortitude until the plan gets fully rnto operation, when it will preserve itself oy its own powers. It.will then become a self moving J\lachinc, which, by the beauti. ·folly b:1.lanced combination of its elasticities and gravities will be rendered happily unaffected Dy all external pres. sure. · · When. that event sl~all be brought about-(and it is aa much within ordinary human reach as any other prosppc. tive event)-we shall see the Temples of Liberty and of Learning founded upon rocks where they will neither tot • ..ter nor fall-and we shall enjoy· the consoling reflectio11, that we shall havP. adopted the true means to render our· "successors more enlightened and more capable of discharcr. ing all those duties of a free Peopl~, when they shall d~ volve on them, that are now discharged by ourselves. An era will there be evolved when the true Sovereign Power will maintain its rightful ascendency by the possession of its nghtfol strength and vigor-and it ;will be enabled by its · own mtelligence to withstand the seduct10ns of corrup- · ti on, by d1scrimmating bet\reen the artifices of professions and the genuineness of real patriotism. The designs of political affiliation will be frowned down by the improve<_[ sagacity of the Sovereign Power, and merit, and worth, and probity, will command and receive that confidence that will a ward to them the meed of high places throughout the }apd, . · But if in the inscrutable events of the future, the Sis. ter F<tte shall ciip the thread of life 'ere this h ppier destiny to our counfry shall arrive-you will, at least, have had the del1ghtml anticipatior. in view, and you will have �,., •.,.,.mw'&W¥W"'' 0 "¥'"' ,•,'%%'•'~,~·mr'>'ze-·"-arr·~··p z, """'"'~·-·'·•·~~·v·•~, ' I • eDJoyed the heartfelt satisfaction, that, as yom Fathei.;8 achievod the lndt:pendence of your Country, and. built ymi up a Government that the admiration and experience of the world have pronounced, •·the best hope of mankind," _ you, on your part, have gratefully and faithtully laid the foundation of that system, which if zealously cherished and sedulot1:;ly promoted, is capable, under Providence, of giving. jt durability in all time to come. ;i; . Before I, enter upon my allotted duty to the Graduates -Of the day, I must-ask to be mdulged with a short' expos. tulatory address to the Younger Students of the Institu. tion. Y~m arc now, my young Fnends, however unconscious you may be of it, at the most interesting and critical periOd of your lives. Buoyant in spirits and reckless of the foture, your desires are bounded by an humble discharge of your. collegiate duties, and the enjoyment of your athletic exer. -cises and sports. This is a very proper disposition of your time, provided you take care that a full portion of it be given to your studies. · But it is not enough that you .merely acquit yourselves well at your recitations, ycu must !ltudy each subject deeply, and impress tf1e who!\; mat. ~er 011 Y9\lf mind fo1· aHei· use-and as your memories no,w way be made as reten!lve ot what you learn, as the pil. lars of marble are of the letters cut into rhem, you must devote yourselves to the charms of the classics, and to u thorough element< ry knowledge of the varibus sciences taught at this Institution; as tht ornaments and ground,work of your future proficiency . As the impressions made here will last you through life, and be among the most vivid in old uge, it becomes ycu to imbibe none but what are good, and to separnte your:selves from every thmg that·is unbecoming and immoral. \Vhere youth is adorned ;;;ith decorum, old age will be crowned with honour-and the delight of looking buck upon "a well sp.ent lite"*. is next to look_ing forward with hope to future bliss. R<,•mr'mbcr, and often rdl ct upon the counsel of tl10s(;; friends to whom you r~e most dear;i> ._,>... ..,..,.., '....,-.,_,,,_ _m-.---·~---,,,.--·~---~ W h _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _j _ _ ~ ~ ~~~ t1 whose every wish for you is most anxious, ancl who clesire nothincr but your welfare. If you do not profit by yom' time spent h~re, it will be an ungrateful return for their affectionnte km<lne.ss-and uto be ungrateful"* is to be ca~ pable of every crime. . To your Professors you should be mindful to shew an unhes(tatincr and willing respect, as nothing marks the - ~haracter of a student more strongly than the sentiment -0f re~pcct he cherishes for those who have the c_ar~ of his instruction. To entertain fear towards a tutor is ignoble, and creates a suspicion of defect of character in the stu. dent. N<Jr is there any need of it. An ingenuous youth is above all the servility of fear. Faithtul in all his du. ties-correct in all his deportment-punctual-obedient td all the laws, he stands superior to reproach and even beyond 8uspicion. He endears himself to hi::l Professorsand if he happens to err, it is either forgotten or lost sight of m the midst of his numerous merits--or if chided, it ·will be done w1th that p~,rental tenderness, that makes him more and more confide in .the Professor as his friend • Do not regard the hours spent in, College as restraints upon y.rnr time and pleasures, but as an arrangement and 11_:~tem which wise and good men have found mo"t conducive to make wise and good men of youths. The ,ob. j'cct is to make you devoted to learning, and to fire your young minds with the noble ambition to e::rc~I. The College course i8, m some degree, life in .'l'.Ulllature; where you constitute a little community, am! all the finer pas. sions and sentiments and competitions are brought mto act10n. R"nk, 'Honour, and Far.1e are all before you, and are the noble prizes to be cop!en?ed fo;. These are worthy of your diligence ·and exertion, and none can be ob. tained without study and labour. You have everv iP"entive that Youth ought to have, to rouse you to the ;,.,,st energetic exert10n; and I unite with .your friends in encouraging you to action, and in wishing that you ma,> avail yourselves of the many and great ad-~ vantages ;iround you. "Vita bene act&.'t. ,, "4Ui me ingratum, omnia dixit.'' '2* �18 f9 Young. Gentlemen; GraduatesThe gralitymg duiy IS assigned to me Jo hid you wel. come upon your arrival at the great portal Iit~,, an<l althouglr -persomilly a stranger to most of you, yet regard. ing you as our younger brothers, descended in the same maternal lrne; I no congratulate you most sincerely upon the manner in. which you have. passed through your colJe. giate course; which hits been meritedly crowned with the honours of this day. This is your first public reward in liie-and a noble reward it- 1s: Conferred by a body of men who ho:d the pr<)udest distinct10ns iri society:__pro. sented by the hand of your learned President, \vhose enviable lifo has been successfully spent in Holy Offices, in Science, and in the instruction of Youth; and witnessed by the constituted authorities of the State and a brill:ant assemblage of lettered and refined citiz.;ns-you are to. consider, that the recept10n of such . honours, under such circumstances, implies a pledge on yom . pnrt, that your future lives shall correspond with the gJories of this day. Nor must you forget this day so memorable in the Ame. rican calendar: The coincidence is imspicious, that the · day un which you ar0 honourably ushered into lite, shoi1ld be the A'lniversary of the Nativity the great Founder of the Re1•1blic-a man on whom all eulogy has exhaust~ ed i'tself with.mt ~caching its object-whose fame is as durable as the trranite rocks of our country_:_as lofty as · the summit of he, mountains, and us extended as the earth and the seas. Emancipated from Ccillegiate -rul~ and released from your att_endance ".here, I re~on1mend it to you, Young Gen. tlemen, not to throw yourschws into the vortex of fashion. abfe p!easun·s that rn·ay intoxic<-te and beguile you from your course, but return to the adent embraces of your impatient friends, who are mpre anxi->us than ever to re. c•·ive you, cgvered as you arc wifh ht.11ours, to add the tribute of their tl"nderest caresses and smik;i to your· other ·rewards. Nor l iter too long in these cncha.tlng scenes of filial and parental d:il!iance, b_ut entei »t LlJCe upon your allotted courst:, whilst the h«bit of study a'ld the force of discipline are unimpaired. There cannot he a of of greater error th:rn to invite a young Graduate to relax and t~ refrpsn h_imself with an indulgenct: in the pleast1NS of h1gt1 i1fo, J.fter what are called his long and labonvu~ du,1es at CoUege. It is rn truth aorhing eise, than. to in. v.1te him to di vest h!:mmlf of good lrnb1ts for th" chance of "cqmriug bCJ.d ones. To such alluring requests turn a de.,f ear: your good lnb1ts have belm the meami of gain. ing for you the hunm1r6 of to day, and if pres ·rved .and p"ra vered in, they will gian you m:rny more. Lose not an .hour, Young Gc>ntlumer,-let the goal you have arnved at to day, be die starting point. ot_ to.ruorrow on tire course · of lifo, d.ud W,;Sfo not tire; precious moments of preparation in inglorious ease. To a 1mnd familiarized wit!i clasSI? Iiteniture rinl1 scl!mLific research, hvw insipid .must be . the houri! of indolen<"e or the indulg<·nce in frivolous plea. sures!. Th_c dtffarPnce b.-tween mteHecrual joys and pas- ' sionato i-ndu!genc1es is marked, in th<! extreme; and he who places his h,tppiness upon t:ie first, bec.omes elevated above tho strifos, the mortifications, and most ot the vicii'sit1.;des in tras world-he achieves tht· triumph of Phihsophy over the gros~'er p cssions, and entrenches himself in a fortress that n'sists the caprices of fortune and ot mt·n. Wh t!< ver may be your litture expectatipns in life, it is all importrnt, and I earnestly recommend it t0 you to en. gage in some Professwn. It will employ your earlier years most usefully, and will give you rank and conse. qu,,nce in thu world. rr·you are already wealthy, how . cnn you employ time better th'rn in· gaimng distrnctwn in this w,1y? It not, it is all important to y.ou as the mPans ofg ·ining fame and nch1:s. Adopt a profession-as occupatwn for your arlier years, wh,.ther you need it or not in a pecunnry point ot view, and by thr1Jwing yoursdvcs upon your own rPsources and self.rrliance, you wril gain . indepenl.enc(' ·A !I professions ar·e honourable, if honour. ably pur~u<•d, but any trade or profass10., is prefornb.'e to droi'prng. iogl<.nuus1y into th<: political C(IUfse, ht-fore you are prepared for it, and th<'re playmg s~. cophants to pow. ~ er, or cuurteou~ men di can ts for the dolings of patronage. In a popular Government. the induc<'ments held ou· to talented and well educated Young Men, prematurely to . ' ', �21 2-0 r: I onter into political life, are almost irresistililc-Yet srtc1i a course is by no means to be desired for them-Many ha:e fallen.victims to this false step-'-more have suffc1ed by It. To sustain political life with eclat, as much preparalion and la.bour is necessary, as in any of the learned profes. s.ions-and the course of study for it is as profound, as extenced, and more varied, than for any other pursuit; It is to a riper period in life that political employment shGUid be deferred-Jn the meantime, prepare yourselves to SUS• tain the hiuh character of an American Statesman, by de. votinrr you;selves to History, Ancient and Modern-to th<) elem:~ts of Law in all its various branches-to the profound productions of profound men. Cultivate and pursue all Sciences whose ground work you have laid hereand study well the History and Nature of the Constitution -and Government ol your own Country-weigh well the vi<ews of the able men of all partiei;, and reg«rding men as fru.il and changeable, addict y"uunielves to principles that arP unchangeable and imperishable. If in your future and more advanced life, you shall be ca1l~d into the political field, and must there divide atuong the clifferent opinions of the day-tak(: care tu (1iYide. on the ground of principle alone, and to it giv~ in yr:ur ~ohe. sion. Upon such ground you can· exult with your Coun· trv in success, and stand undism;;yed in defeat. "rt is to be lamented that already, in our country, the pursuit of political office a~d emolument has become profrssional-but, as a profess10n, lt must always be of an ab. jcct chrtrncter. The ~acnfict·s of honour and of pri~,ci~ ple, too often ma~e to it, are .degr~dmg--~nd the tenure_~' olnce and of statwn, so acquired, is as frail as it is prosutmed. Public st<~tion is certarnly an objt ct\\ 01th} of the hcurnurable ambition of any man-but it must be gain"~ by merit, not sued for '~ith sclfvility-office should be fi;lrd with a vie\V exclusively to the public intt-restand we!tare, not to g;nn proselytes or to reward frivouriks. · As publ_ic oiscu.-<sion:>ublimti an. 'l'o do tins, m: , "sou nilisf give yourselves up intensely to the pursuif--Sru.::. «tly the ancient modelo that are examples of all excellence ':and miprove your Classical learning and taste-The~ ,. with. ample. stores of varied scrnnce, you will be prepar«d .to wield this all-conquering power. But taKe care to oisti.nguish well between true Oratory and its cuunte1foit, the . flippant fluency and flimsy declamation which pass for it. _guar~ against that diluted substitute, introduced by tile · Sophists in the decline of Grecian grandeur, and which is .so prevalent in our own times. We hear of natural Ora. :· .t~rs-there are such-we find them both in sav«ge anu in etvihzo>d lifo-f?ut the admiration they extort is rather ;i. , tribute of foeling to a prodigy. How would Logan com. ·pare with Tully-or even our Patrick Henry with the Orn; tor ~f Athens? It would be as well to compare the soft mur. :ri:urmg.of the gentle rivulet with the wild roarings of the .mountam cataract-The one glides forth frum a sino-le :. fountain, whil:st the latter i:s the unite>d and iiripntuous gt~s\l fro~ a thousand fountains. The sentiment should be deep. :~_unpressed and widely extended, that real Oratory can ,exist no where but rn umon with gener J literature audits ~ttendant refinements. It charms with the music of its tones and the graces and exprGSsiveness of its action. The .stores of learning feed it-taste modulates and embe]. :}ishes i_t___:and the study of mankind marks out the points ,-~f assail~nce,, and directs its power-it i.i indeed that happy combmatwn of letters anG of taste-of action and of passion-(lf logic and illustration', that forces the mind to ,,;bow down with the subrmssion ot conviction, and makes Cg.ptive all the feelings. · It is to the c<tliiinn~ent of this noblest of arts that I now _inv~te your umw:diate and ardem attention, as being in it. ,,!lelf the greatest and mo"t usdul accomplishment, tlicci 0.-..n ...he pos&ess'·d in a popul~r /.\'>V•crnmcnt. ;,:·But there: is a tUrth<:r "ubjec!, Y uung Gentlemen, of a ·g..rilver ca~t, tlrnt l have nc,t ye;. prC's•·ntcd to your vie\>-, ,the on1:~~ston uf "" hicb, on such :.n cicc _,sion, n1i~h1 bv ~·Ju ... dered unparGon"blc by tho e <•Wtl:l "cov<::t0u;; of fiv1;,,,,;,; bu~ c �'C -·= f :·fame."'ll:._It is important .however that you should eie~atc yuur thoughts from the contemplation of the world th<1t we arc· in, to the consi-ieration of that to which we are destined to gu-We all te.el that there is within us a "spark of e]e. mental fire," that is unquenchable, whose rnysterits are un. folded by the Book of Knowledge anri of Life. To thltt Book I commend vou-let it be your con:;tant companion -"turn it with a; evemng and with a ri10rning lrnnd''t--, In it you will find that which will temper all excl--~s1•s in prosperity, and soothe you with its cons0Litiom1 "when the sighs are many and tlw heart faint,"-It contain~ too the ";,- 1tmd direction," of faith that dispels all the gloums of the Sepulchre, and op, ns upon- us the radiance of an Eter.. nal Day. Dwell on th-is Sacred Volume with all the in~ terest of devotion, and make yourselves intimate with_ the doctrines of "Eternal Trtith. "--They lead to all ha ppin.:ss in life, and whilst they diffuse a lustre over the characte\' 'that nothing can tarmsh-they implant a delightfol hope! a sustaining fortitude, a biissfol peace, that the world can. not_reach. Piety in man is that_. which gives him all his ·resemblancce to the Great Prototype, t-he glorious "Herald of Glad Tidings," upon e&rth-It is the gift from Divinity that diffuses his charities and benevolence far· and wide, and bmds him to the "Throne eternal in the Heavens"~ ln Youth it is an ornament-in Age a comfort-in both a treasure-and in that awful and eternal Dav, when all Naiurc shall become a wreck, am! human grandeur is no more~ it will be the only title to the ."Promised AH," thrqugh "\Vh1ch alone we can be led into the real!ns of "nerer fad. is ing joy." I bid you an affectionate farewell,-Young Gentlemen-~ I met you with gladness in the morning--1 part with yon at noon with all the foelings of an eldu· for his younger Brothers. "Remember the pkdges you have given to.duy, and in whatever ::;1tuation you may be hereafter ph:ced, nm·er-qever forget your Duty to your -God, or to your C.mmry. )WARD OF_ VISITORS AND GOVERNO.ijS OF- ST._ ~OIIN'S COLLEGE. . '~is Excellency THO\iAS W. VEAZY ffi- . . _ , ex.o c10 Pres1cfe"nl· lion. JOHN BUCHANAN. ,. , " JOHN STEPHEN. " STEVENSON ARCHER. "" THOMAS B DORSEY. " EZEKIEL F. CHAl\IBERS. ·r. ASA SPENCE. . '' THEODOR!CK BLAND. " JOHN G. CHAPJ1AN. " - BENjA1\HN L. GANTT. -i_, JOSEPH KENT. _ " ROBERT w. BOWIE. ALEX_ANDER C. MAGRUDER, E;·. SA,WUEL RIDOUT. Esq. W JA:\1.ES BOYLE. Esq. NICHOLAS BREWER . E sq. HENRY MAYNADIER Esq WILLIAM H. MARRIOTT - E. sq,THOMAS II. CARROLL. Esq. _ THOMAS S. ALEXANDER E ' Jo·dN N. WATlffN8 Eeq, , -sg . . ._ THOMAS FRANKLIN ' E,sq, • RA,\1,L<\ Y \VA TER;:;, Esq. . D~. JJENN[;,; CLAUDE. NlCiJOLA8 BRE\VER, J It E , •sq. JEl{ENfL-\H HUGHE;:;, E q. ALE;CANVERRANDALL. Esq. JCJ'>Et'1i IL NICHOLSON E .. JOH.'i JOHN;:;o_N- Esq. . , sq., DAVID HOFFMAN, Esq. * "Prretcr laudem nullius avaris" ~t "Nocturna versccte manu, versate diuma." TREASURER, UEORGB iVlACKUBIN , E s~ _ . Sk:CHETAHY, QEOiWE W.ELL'" E·- . w, ~,.9-~. " �·C;i.TALOGU.E. CLASS GRADUATED, FACULTY. GEORGE GRUNDY, Rev. HECTOR HU11PHREYS, D. D. A. B. A. B. R. HAYWARD; A. B. D. JonNsoN, A. B. GEORGE JOHNSON, A. B. 'VILLIAM NT AND prOFESSOR OF MORAL' SCIENC)".. ~__:rnEBIDE.1. JosuuA GEORGE EDWARD MusE, JULIUS T. DUCATEL, M. D. • l'ROFESBOR OF, CHE:ifISTRY, MI,NERALOGY,.AND GEOLOG,_¥. . ' ' EDWARD.SPARKS, M. D. 0. A. B. A. B . JOHN H. REEDER, A. B. HENRY \VILLIAM THOMAS, A. B. FRANKLIN WEEMS, A. B. WILLIAM 22<l, 183G. RESIDENCE • NAMES. .TuoMAS GRANGER, ~ FEs1uanir REEDER, Nicnor..As B1t1qE \VoRTiiDiGTON,. A. B. -·Queen-Anne's County. ·Baltimore City. Cambridge. Frederick. Annapolis. Cambridge. Baltimore City ..· Do. St. Mary's County. Elkridge. Anne-Arundel County• .__ l;'ROFES~.OR. OF AN,CIENT LANGUAGES· SENIOR CLASS. THO:YIAS E: SUDLER, A. M. J:fOFESSOR O>'. :ifATHE:ifATJCS AND CIVIL ENGINEER!Ni . RESIDENCE. John lVI. Brome', Frederick S. Brown, John W. Martin, .Joseph Trapnell, Trueman Tyler, ·.WILLIAM B. LEARY, A. M, l'ROFESSOR. OF GRAMMAR.. St. "~fary's County. Charles County. Cambridg;. Frederick. Prince.George's County. OHARLES T. FLUSSER, Esq.1'JtoFESSOR OF MODER.N I,ANGUAGES: JUNIOR CLASS. HENRY ELWELL, A. M. NAMES. . '1J>.OFESSO!!. OF !>NGL!Sl{ LITERATURJ?. William Tell Claude, Marius Duvall, ;JJenry H.Goldsborough, 3 " RES!DEXCE, · Annapolis; Do. ·Easton. �.... i - Thomas Iglehart, Charles N. Mackubin, "William H. Thompson, Edward W orthin gt on, Anne.Arundel County,, Annapolis. Do. Baltimore County. 27 ... PARTIAL STUDENTS. .... NA.'d'.ES. RESIDENCE. SOPHOMORE CLASS. NAMES. RES~DENCE, John M. Brewer, Philip Culbreth, Caleb Dorsey, William H. G. Dorsey, John Thomas B. Dorsey, Thomas C. Gantt, Benjamin Gray, Reverdy Ghiselin, Jeremiah L. Hughes, Richard Hughlett, 'George Reeder, 'William C. Tuck, . Brice J. "\Vortlungton, B. Thomas B. Worthington. Annapolis. Do. Elkridge .. . Do. Do. Calvert County. Somerset County. Prince.George's County,· Annapolis. Easton. Baltimore City. Annapolis. _Anne.Arundel County, ·Do. FRESHMAN CL4ss, NAMES, Robert Bowie, John G. Gamble, William Giddings, 'Pinkney Hammond, Benjamin, Harwood, George S. Humphreys, Townly Loockerman, Edward Maynard, Francis H. Stockett, James E. Welch, llESI,DENCE, Prince.George's County. Weelaunee, Flori,,da. Annapolis. Anne-Arundel County. . Annapolis. Do. Do. Anne.Arundel County. Annapolis. · . John W. Duvall, · William R. Goodman, Thomas R. Kent, William Reany, . Samuel Ridout, Norman B. Scott, Henry Webster, · William "\Vebster, Edward Williams, Annapolis. Do. ~nne.Arundel County. Balt11nore City. Anne-Arundel County. Frederick County. Baltimore 'County. Do. Annapolis. STUDENTS IN THE GRAM.ll-IAR SCHOOL. NAMES, RESIDENCE. George Barrett, John Basil, Richard Bowie, Robert Bowie, 2d. Lewellin Boy!e, 'William .Brohawn, ~icholas Brewer, 3d. Jeremiah T. Chase, John Clayton, Henry Duvall, James S. Franklin, Richard R. Gaither, · Alexander H. Gambrill, . George E. Gambrill, 'William Goodwin, James Gray; Benjamin H. Hall, " ~John ,T. H:dl, Dennis D. Hart, Charles Holland, Joseph Hutton, John T. E. Hyde, Washington City. Annapolis. Prince.George's County. Do.· Do. Dorchester County. Annapolit;. Do. Do. Do. Do. Do. . Do. Do. Do. Somerset County. Anne.Arundel CauJitlj. Annapolis. ~·Do. Do. Do. .Do. �Wwtf ·~·..·.· '.' ~,-_, 29 Annapoli3 George W. Hyde, Alfred J orn•s, .,. Matthias Linthicum, "\Valtor ··J\'IcNeir, ·George.i\IcNeir, James McNefr, George Miller, ·Edward C. Mills, Thomas 'l\foPurlin, •Jlenry'l\larray, Samue.l 'Ridout, Hor.itio'S. ·Ridout, Theodore Revell, Alfred G. Ridgely, Richard H. Schwrar, John A. Smith, . iohn. S. Stockett, John T; Taylor, .. Montgomery Th';:'llas, James Thomas, ~.. -Joh11 'Thomas, Dennis C ..Thompson, Levin 'Winder;_ ·JJ.amcs· l\L"Windcr, CharJes F .. ·worthington, Do. "Do. •' FRESH1llAN YEAR. Do. Do.: FIRST TERM, J?o. Folsom•s Livy. ' ·;;.Do. Anne-'Arwulel Counl!J'· Annapolis. Do. Grreca .>Ljora. (Xenophon, Herodotus, and Thucidydes.) Arithmetic revised, and Algebra begun. · . · Greek and Roman Antiquities,.History, and Mythology. SECOND TERl\I. Do. A-;ne-A1·undel County'. ·Annapolis. bo. Do. Baltimore. ,Anne-Arundel County.. , .'.Annapalts. -A~ne-Arnntlel County . Do. ·-IJo .. Annapo11~· 'Horace, (Odes and Epodes,) Grreca Majora,. (Lysias, Demosthenes, Isocrates, and Xenophon's Memorabilia.) Algebra fimshed. Writing of Latin Verse.s. THIRD TERM. . \ Horace, (Satires and Epistles.) Grreca Majora, (Plato, Aristotle, Lortgi~us, &c.) Plane Geometry begun. (Legendre.) Translations, Themes, and Selected Declamations dui-ing the year. Easton. Do. ~1nne-Arundd Cv11nty. .c SOPH01lWRE YEAR . ;xitST TERM. . ' ·COURSE OF STUDIES.- Juvenal. (Leverett'a.) Homer's Iliarl. (Robinson's.) Plane Geometry finished. SECOND TERl\I. ·PREPAR1tTORY YEARS. ~.nglish Gr~mmar; Ancient and l\Iodern_Ge~gr2pliy; A1:itlm:ie~c; Book-Keeping; Outlmcs of History; Latm Grammar; Corder'.us; JEsop's Fables; Ilistoriao Su.cr::n; Viri Romre; Cresar's Commentanes; Sallust; Ovid; Virgil; Cicero's Oro.tions; Muir's Introdnction, or the Latin Tutor; Gre~k Grammar; Greek _Delectus; Jacob's Greek Reader, and Latin Prosody. Exercises in RJading, Writing and Spelling, bo kept up throughout this course. to Cicero de Oratore, or Quintilian. Gne'ca Ilfajora. (Odyssey, Hesiod, and Apollonius Rhodius.) · Solid Geometry. Porter's Analysis of Rhetorical Delivery. . THIRD TERM,. /< ,........-- Grreca l\fajora, (Tragedians.) . Loguithms, and Plane and Spherical TrigooJmetry. : Gambrnr's Moral Evidence, anci Paley's -~fora! Phi'Iosophy. .Exercise~ in Original Composition ~11d Elocution aurm~ the year. - 3* ' / �' ( ~ -· . "'~-f. : '::;_'~ /, ~ 30 31 JUNIOR YE,AR. FntST TERM. •" · ••. .,;~r 'L Grreca i\Iajora. (Bucolic and Lyric Poets.) Apphcatfons of Trigonometry to the Mensuration of Heighh :mtl .Dist<tnces, and Navigation. I1ci(.:Abercrombio's Intellectual Powers. . . · >;_~},_ Do. Philosophy ~f the Moral Feelings. · SECOND TERM. Tacitus. (History.) Surveymg· and Conic Sections. Logic and Rhetoric. (Whateley's.) chemistry, with Lectures. (Turner's.) ' : - . TIIJRD TERM·. - \.;>-· .-~~-~-,,,~- - ·- - Tacitus. (Manners of the Germans; and Life of Agricola.) N:.tural Plulosophy, with Lectures. (Olmsted's.) ''-"' : Elements of Criticism. (Karnes'.) :~ Debates, Compositions, and Selected Declamations, during the year. ,--SENIOR. YEAR. .. .. Butler's Analogy. Civil Engin~uring-(constructlon of IVfachines, Bridges, Roads, Can"ls, &c.) and Dr.J.1ving. ,v _ • Mi113r:i.lo,;y und (laology. ·· · · D,,<J!a>nt.Ions of Originill Compositions, Extemporaneous Debate'!', . and Ex.,rcises~i~ Criticism during the ye.tr . The l.\fo,lern Langaages are pursued tlnoughout the course as an addition.ii R<3citation, and are required to be so arranged, as not toiuterfore materi,Jly with the regu!..r Studi~s. · Full courses of Lectures are deliverad to the classes on Chemis. try-, Mrnuralogy ;md Geohigy; on N ..tural i'hilosoplly· and. Astrono~ my, .md on Pays1ology. ,;The State Cabmet or' Minerals, collected by the Geologist of ]\fa. ry!d.nd, is d2posited in the Coll~ge, in the same Hall witll the Col. lege Ccbiuet, o.nd nuy be used in illustrating the Lecturps on Minor<.tiogy ,md G,;ology. ·" The Officer~ of Instruction will endeavour to make the course of study as th~r_ough .is possiiib; and ii, no ca•e will a Scholar be al·- lowed to pass to .ui adv,anced .standing, till shall have sustained all the _previous exanlin~tions to the S'<tisfact10n of the Filculty, · Students not candidates for a Degree, may be admitted to pursue suciI studies emhr;,.ccd ·in tha course. as m<1.y suit ihcir p~rticti1.1r views, .J.nd ,.,u; l'"-Y the iiamo Ta.tes of tuition as the classes to whi<;h they m.:.y be att,;ched. . ·~ · ne' FIRST TERM, Natural Philosophy finished, \vith Lectures. (Olmsted's.). Horace, De Arte Poetica, with Lectures on Taste-Revision of Greek and Lc,tin, with Lectures 0!1 Greek and _Roman Literature. Paley's N;it_ural Theology, or . Roget's :Animal and Vegetable Physiology. EXPEi."i§_ES, &c. - The Bills for .~uition are pityable ql).arterly, in advance, as vii. "~W?, rot, IN THE GRAJlfl'IIAR SCHOOL. SECOND TERM. Astron~my,_ ~ith Lectures. Political Eci>h<imy, with Lectures. (Say's.) Evidences of Chrktianity. (Chalmers') · . s.,lections from the S~tu.i.guint and""the Greek Testament. -~, . ~l~D TERM. ·Laws of N~tions-Constitutio11....::L>:riJ a11d Political ~istory.of tT=e United States. (Ke11t.) ·· English Department, • Classical· Depn,rtment, I $24 per annum. 32 de. ·do. • IN COLLEGE. Freshman ·and Sophomore Classe~, $40 per annum. Junior and Senior Classes, . 50 '10. do . N'l extra charges are nude for the privilege of the Library, fo~ .: ~ctureli, for Room ~ent, or Fuel for the Public Roe~; all wh.ich .. �t' ', ., I ~--· .. . . '\ , , 82 .. ' ·expenses are borne by the Trustees, and are considered as included in the. above bills. Boarding may l/e had in private families, or in Commons, at $120 per annum. The Commons are kept by Professor ELWELL, in a. building provided expressly for this. purpose; andfrom his high cha. racter and long expei·ience in managing establishments of this sort, Parents and Guardians niay 'be well assured that every attention will be paid to the pupils who __ may be confided to his .care. They Will not be allowed to· leave the College 'premises without permission first' obtained of the Professor; and they will be required to re. main in their rooms in the College, ·at study, after tile appointed· hours in the evening. .· .-·--- _ ·-Parents and Guardians are requested "t'o place all monies intended . for the use of the ·students, in the hands of one of ·the· Professors,. . _ who wi_ll exercise a parental. discretion in their disbursement; and . the following La~ of the State, passed December ~ession 1834, is published for the information of all persons concerned. Section L Be it enacted by the General Assembly of l1laryland, That no person or ·persons shall give credit to any Student of St. John's College~ being a minor, without the consent, in writing, of .his Parent or Guardian. or of sucli Officer or Officers of the Col. ·lege, as may be authodsed by the government thereof, to act in such cases, except for was~ing or medical aid. _. Sec. 2. And be it _enacted, That. if auy person or persons shall _give credit to any nnnor as .ateresaid, contl"ary to the provisions of this act, he or they shall forfeit .and pay to the Treasurer of tho 'Vestern Shore of this State, a sum not less ~han twenty, nor more than three hundred dollars, according to the- nature of the offence, and at the.discretion of the Court of Anne.Arundef county; which_ may he_rccovered in any proper action before said Court. Sec. 3. And be it enacted, That it shall be the duty of the Attor. ney.General 'of this State, or his Deputy, on the com,plaint· of any of the Officers afor-esaid, to prosecute for all violations of this act. V A:CATIONS~ The regular _Vacations are as foliows: 1st. From the last "Wednesday in July to the first Mondoy in September. 2d. From the 23d of December to the ht of January; and'3d .. From Good Frid•J to the Monday week following. _-\~:,:,_ 88 ti' ~ -·-:.(~:-:' ..:. ·. T SUBSCRIPTIONS MADE TO THE FUNDS. •. ( • r_;· "rn 1821, at~ meeting of the Alumni,~"and ·Friends of th~ ~ol lone in· the Senate Chamber, at Annapolis, a plan o~ subscr1pt10n w~s 'drawn up, a condition being inserted that .th~ whole shou~d _be void, =less the .sum of ten thousand dolfors should· be obtamed. ·Seyeral names were subscribed upon the spot; but"no·agent w~s ~P pointed; the requisite sum was not .:ibtalned, :and the su~scr'.pt10n paper has been Io.St. The only r~cord of th~t remams, 1s the paymenb:if the following sum, which was discharg_ed: by the douo~, ·though.not required to do so by the terms: :· ~ .•.· · · . '-:Isaac l\foKim, . · - :· '.c · Y~$200 , , ' ·_.The fotlowing resolutions exhibit a plan for the s~me obJe~t, im, ·, alertaken·in 1834,_ and now in the course'-0f prosecution. . Resolved, by the Visitors. and ·Governors of"St. "Jolm's'Oolleg_e, ·· . · That the~Principal be authorised and requested tO' coU~ct !llbscnptions, payable to the_ Visitors and Governors, to: be·.a_pph~d by them . in tho erection of suit,,ble buildings for the aceommodat10n_ of St~ dents, and for i.mproving anc) exten,ding the Library ·a~d Pluloso~hi. _ c~I App;iratus of the College, arid that tho Ti:easur~r.' be au~hor:sed. .to pay to the Principal, the expenses he may mcut"m· e:i_rrymg mto 11ffect 'his resolution. · · ·' · -· , -- : ~Resolved, by the Visitors and Governors 9f:st. !oh n's· Ool:ege, · · That His Excellency JAMES THOMAS, and the Hon. BENJAMIN S.. ··FORREST, and the Hon. THoniAs iVRIGHT, 3d. ~embers of this Boar.d, ~- 'be a committ~e to co.operate with the Principal, in making all amt. able preparations to carry into effect the res_olution of the Board, to .collect subscriptions for the benefit of ,this institution.. . · St. Jal.n's College, Feb. 15th, 183,i. · · . · ·. !t · ·copy OF THE SUBSCRIPTION. the subscribers, hereby agree to, pay to the Visitors and Go. -verno;s of St. John'~ College, at Annapolis, "J\Iaryland, or order, the sums of money opposite our names, resppctiv~ly, in t\\·o equal instalment;, to be applied in carrying into effect the foregoin~ resolutions: provided, however, that this subscription shalL be v01d, u_nless at least ten thousand dollars slfall be subscribed, as aforesaid; and on the completion of said subscription, the "first instalme11t h.bove·mentioned, shall become due, and the other instalme_i:t twelve months thereafter. . ' :,.-c; , Sept. 9, 1831: " '6 _, �!) 35 34 "-·'~-, James Thomas, William Hughlett, Robert W. Bowie, ~'William H . .Marriott, . Alexander C. l\:Cugruder, Henry Ma,Ynadier, H. H. Harwood, George Mackubin, Dennis .Claude, Ramsay Waters, John Johnson, Nicholas Brnwer, Jr. Alexander Randal!, ·Thomas S. Alexander, George 'Wells, Brice J. \Vorthington, Richard Harwood, of Thos. Richard I. Jones, Thomas Oliver, J. I. Cohen, Jr. \Valter Farnandis, Hector Humphreys, Robert \V. Kont; Daniel Clarire, Gabriel Duva]J, . Fielder Cross, William D. Bowi9, John H. Sothoron, \Villiam Reeder, Robert Ghiselin, Samuel.Maynard, Thomas Franklin, R. M. Chase, Thomas Culbreth, Hyde Ray, James Iglehart, Sw~nn & Iglehart, George F. Worthington, George G. Brnwer, John B. Morrfs, Andrew McLaughlin, Thomas B. Dorsey, $500 fo\-~" 300 1'50 .250 • 200 200 200 200 T . 200 !JOO 200 200 200 200 200 200 ~'200 .. ·200 200 . 200 < 150 100 100 ioo 100 '100 IGO .100 . 10.0 100 100 100 ~00 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 181) ::-:: < ·William G. Tilghman, Charles Goldsborough, John C. Henry, Joseph E. Muse, Henry Page, G C. Washington, Benjamin S. Forrest, ·r. Novitt Steele, Alien Thomas, Charles \V. Dorsey, R. G. Stockett, " R. W. Dorsey, • Larkin Dorsey, John C, Weems, Chas. S. W. Dorsey, Daniel Murray, · John If:. Alexander, Gwinn Harris, 'N. F. Williams, · Tho111as .Sappington, Thomas Snowden, George Brown, F. S. Key, · Virgil .M~xcy, Joseph Todhunter, · Thos. H. Carroll, ' Jonathan E1l1cott & Sons, Francis Thomas, John S. Sellman, Charles Carroll, Franklin Anderson, D.ivid Hoffman, John P. Paca:, Robert H. Goldsborough, E. S. Wmder, Andrew Skinner, Jas. B. Steele, ·Brice J. Goldsborough, Thomas Hayward, William W. Eccleston, Chua. J. Kilgour,. J; H. \Vilkinsoo, ' Thomae E. Sudler, $100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 ?' lOO 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 IOQ 100 100 100 100 loo 100 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 56 .. �36 -J. Hughes, R. J. Cowmrm, John Rand;tl], George McNeir, Basil Shephard, R. J. Crabb, Thomas Duckett, John H. >Varing, ·wmiam Ghiselin, J;' G. Clrnpman, :Deonan! Iglehart, ·wm. D. Merrick, Charles H. Steele, '\Vp.1. T. Goldsborough;II. '\V. Evans, -Nithan R. Smith, -Daniel Randall, Jiimes '\V1lson, David Barnum, · James Carroll, '\Vm. Denny, R. Potts, John Tyler, < Henry K. Randall, Thomas J, Dorsett, John Igl~hart, " ~ Ann Iglehart, Richard M~rriott, Julius T. Ducatel, George Gordon Belt, Samuel Jones, Jr, Jacob Albert, Benj:1min C. Howard, John Tilghman, Richard Earle, ·tu:r The sum of Ten -$50 50 50 }O 50 '50 50 5050- 5050 5()-' 50 50 50 50 50 5050 50 50 50 ,5() 50' 50 50 . 50' 50 50 50 50 50 50 ,-·/ ·50 50 Thousanif, Dollars, according to the conditions aforesaid, was subscribed, and the fact was an. nounced to Subscribers by the Newspapers, on the.18th of April, 1835, u:lzen the first Instalment became due. - TJze Se. cond Instalment, accordingly, became due on the 18th of .April, ..v 1836. . - . sc - 2. 5 I I I J � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Commencement Programs and Addresses Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Description An account of the resource Addresses given at commencement and programs of events related to, and including, the annual commencement ceremonies at St. John's College. Includes both the undergraduate and Graduate Institute commencements. The College Archives holds programs and/or addresses for the following years: <ul> <li>1796</li> <li>1835-1836</li> <li>1842</li> <li>1852</li> <li>1856-1857</li> <li>1870</li> <li>1878</li> <li>1880</li> <li>1890</li> <li>1893</li> <li>1895</li> <li>1897</li> <li>1907</li> <li>1910-1918</li> <li>1920-1924</li> <li>1928-1929</li> <li>1932</li> <li>1936-1937</li> <li>1939-1945</li> <li>1947-present </li> </ul> Click on <a title="Commencement Programs and Addresses" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=18&sort_field=Dublin+Core%2CDate&sort_dir=d">Items in the Commencement Programs and Addresses Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context commencementprograms Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data paper Page numeration Number of pages in the original item. 36 pages Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Commencement Address, 1836 Description An account of the resource Address delivered before the alumni of St. John's College. At the annual commencement on the 22nd February, 1836, by the Hon. Robert H. Goldsborough, in the presence of the Visitors and Governors of the College--the Governor, and the Executive Council of the State--the two Houses of the General Assembly--and a large concourse of citizens, in the College Hall, Annapolis. Printed at the request of the Visitors and Governors of the College. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Goldsborough, Robert Henry Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Jonas Green, Printer Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1836-02-23 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Commencement Address-Commencement Address-Hon. Robert H. Goldborough-1836 Commencement Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. John's College History Collection Description An account of the resource Abstract The scope of the materials in this collection is focused on St. John’s College, Annapolis, particularly related to its functions, activities, and perceptions of St. John’s College in the news media. Records include items such as correspondence with public figures, planning notes for public activities, newspaper clippings about the College, essays and published materials, along with some assorted ephemera. While the bulk of the materials are from the 20th century, some items date back into the 18th and 19th century. Because of the breadth of time covered by the collection, many important cultural and educational milestones are represented in the materials. It is also worth noting that the St. John’s College Santa Fe campus is occasionally mentioned in these records, though it is not the focus of the collection. Arrangement Items are arranged in series by type of record (such as Correspondence) or subject matter (such as 275th Anniversary). Related Material Almost all of the materials pertaining to the history of St. John’s College prior to 1900 are housed at the Maryland State Archives. For permission to access to these collections see the Director of the St. John’s College Greenfield Library. The St. John’s College archives collections also include materials related to: commencement; admissions; Dr. Richard Weigle; Hector Humphrey; other college officials, etc. These materials are housed in separate collections but may also be useful to consult. <a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/files/original/FindingAidforHistoryCollection.docx">Original Finding Aid</a> (created by Megan Craynon) Click on <a title="History Collection Finding Aid" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=27">Items in the St. John's College History Collection</a> to view and sort all items in the collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Craynon, Megan Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1795-2008 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource English French Russian Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource St. John's College Greenfield Library Finding Aid Descriptive document containing detailed information about a specific collection of papers or records within an archive. Inventory <table><thead><tr><td> Folder # </td> <td> Author </td> <td> Title/Description </td> <td> Date(s) </td> <td> Medium </td> <td> Notes </td> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> 10-1 </td> <td> </td> <td> French homework notebook </td> <td> 1840 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-2 </td> <td> </td> <td> Report Card from James Welling to Dr. Claud </td> <td> 1868 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Contains thank you letter to donor </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-3 </td> <td> </td> <td> Proclamation of the Class of 1895 </td> <td> 1892 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-4 </td> <td> </td> <td> Syllabus of a Course of Lectures, Department of University Extension of St. John’s College </td> <td> 1897 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-5 </td> <td> </td> <td> Syllabus of a course of lectures </td> <td> 1907 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-6 </td> <td> </td> <td> Course card for Joseph Arthur, Latin Scientific, first term </td> <td> 1911 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Also contains post card of McDowell Hall; letter from Janet H. Smith, donor </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-7 </td> <td> </td> <td> Syllabus of a course of lectures </td> <td> 1911 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-8 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College Registration Card </td> <td> 1916 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-9 </td> <td> </td> <td> Handbook of St. John’s College </td> <td> 1930-1931 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Property of D. Gordon, pres. St. John’s College </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-10 </td> <td> </td> <td> Memorandum to Students re: advising </td> <td> 1934 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-11 </td> <td> </td> <td> Courses of Instruction, 1935-1936 </td> <td> 1935 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-12 </td> <td> </td> <td> Admissions Statistics 1936-1937 </td> <td> 1936 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-13 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College in Annapolis: Background of the New Program </td> <td> 1937 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-14 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s Plan for Adult Education, Baltimore Seminar III Reading List </td> <td> 1941 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-15 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s Plan for Adult Education </td> <td> 1941 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-16 </td> <td> </td> <td> Bulletin on Reading schedules </td> <td> 1941 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-17 </td> <td> </td> <td> The Adult School of St. John’s College, Annapolis </td> <td> 1942 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-18 </td> <td> </td> <td> Order of Worship, St. John’s College </td> <td> 1942 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-19 </td> <td> </td> <td> Program of the Adult School, St. John’s College </td> <td> 1942 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-20 </td> <td> </td> <td> Great Books Seminar in Europe </td> <td> 1960 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-21 </td> <td> </td> <td> The New Program at St. John’s College </td> <td> 07/1937 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> Supplement to the Bulletin </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-22 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD: Summer School </td> <td> 1951 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-23 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD: Adult Education, 1951-1952 </td> <td> 1951 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-24 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College: The Summer School </td> <td> 1952 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-25 </td> <td> </td> <td> Adult Education Porgram, 1952-1953 </td> <td> 1952 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-26 </td> <td> </td> <td> Record of St. John’s Graduates, 1937-1952 </td> <td> 7/5/1952 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-27 </td> <td> </td> <td> Registration Procures </td> <td> 1953 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-28 </td> <td> </td> <td> Great Books Seminar-in-Europe, Summer of 1953 </td> <td> 1953 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-29 </td> <td> </td> <td> St. John’s College: The Summer College, July 6th thru August 15th, 1953 </td> <td> 1953 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-30 </td> <td> </td> <td> Extra Curricular Activities St. John’s College </td> <td> 1962 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-31 </td> <td> </td> <td> John S. Keiffer, Dean, to all Juniors—Enabling Exam </td> <td> 6/2/1964 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-32 </td> <td> </td> <td> Class schedules-Fall </td> <td> 1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-33 </td> <td> </td> <td> Lecture and Concert Schedule for 1973-1974 </td> <td> 1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-34 </td> <td> </td> <td> Schedule for Opening Week and reading list </td> <td> 1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-35 </td> <td> </td> <td> Teaching Slate-Fall </td> <td> 1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-36 </td> <td> </td> <td> Memorandum to Juniors from E. Zuckerman re: Senior Oral Enabling Exam </td> <td> 5/1/1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-37 </td> <td> </td> <td> New Registrar, Appointed </td> <td> 5/30/1973 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-38 </td> <td> </td> <td> 1973 Summer Session for Freshman in Annapolis </td> <td> 1972 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-39 </td> <td> </td> <td> Teaching Slate – 1st Semester </td> <td> 1974-1975 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-40 </td> <td> </td> <td> Schedule of Opening Week and Reading List </td> <td> 9/1974 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-41 </td> <td> </td> <td> Senior Oral Examination Schedule </td> <td> 9/1974 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-42 </td> <td> </td> <td> Invitation to Parent’s Orientation </td> <td> 9/6/1974 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-43 </td> <td> </td> <td> List of Registered Students </td> <td> 9/12/1974 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-44 </td> <td> </td> <td> Schedule for the Opening of St. John’s </td> <td> 1977 </td> <td> Original </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-45 </td> <td> </td> <td> Placement Reports, Senior Class </td> <td> 1976 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr><tr><td> 10-46 </td> <td> </td> <td> Class profiles, Freshman </td> <td> 1973-1979 </td> <td> Original, photocopy </td> <td> </td> </tr></tbody></table> Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource St. John's College History Collection Academic Program (Box 1 of 2) Description An account of the resource Materials in this series relate directly to the academic work of St. John’s College. Examples include French workbooks, report cards, layouts of the program of study, and similar documents. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1840-1997 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource St. John's College owns the rights to this publication. Type The nature or genre of the resource text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource paper Language A language of the resource English French Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Box 10 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kerr, David Kerr, John Leeds McDowell, John Maynadeir, Henry Meiklejohn, Alexander Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 Fell, Thomas Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982 Weigle, Richard Daniel, 1912- Alexander, John D. Brann, Eva T. H. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource St. John's College Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Annapolis, MD Finding aid