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TO THE ALUMNI OF
ST. tTOHN'S COLLEGE,
ANNAPOLIS,
MARYLAND,
-ON-
COMMENCEMENT
DAY,
:f"'CT'NE 3 0 t h , l.SSO,
-BY-
JAMES M. GARNETT, M.A., LL.D.,
Principal of ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
Published by request of the Soci ety of the Alumni.
ANNAPOLIS:
L. F . COLTON &
co.,
1880.
PRINTERS.
�ADDRESS.
Before bidding good-bye to the youngest Alumni, I desire, in view of the present circumstances of the College,
to say a few words to the older Alumni, and to put the
situation plainly before them, for now more than ever is
their a~sistance needed in assuring the future of their
Alma Mater.
If time permitted, it would be interesting to review the
history of collegiate education in the State, and to note
the efforts made to procure, and still more to retain, State
support for it, although it is a history of repeated failures
and but partial success.· I shall, however, allude but
briefly to the attempts made to establish a college in
Maryland before this time-honored institution was chartered,* and shall narrate its history in as few words as
possible.
The first legislative action of which we have record
with regard to education was that taken by the General
Assembly convened in the city of St. Mary's in 1671,
when an Act was passed by the Upper House £or ".found-:
ing and erecting a school or college for the. education of
youth in learning and virtue." This was returned by the
Lower House with certain amendments providing for differences in religious views existing among th.e people,
which amendments were not acceptable to the Upper
*Th e historical facts r elating to education in Maryland previous to the charter
of St. John's Colleg<o (1784) were taken originally from a manuscript document
on file in the U. S. Bureau of Education, and were included in an address on
"The Past and Present of Edu cation in Maryland," delivered by the pre~ent
writer before the Maryland State Teachers' Assoeiation, at Hagerstown, Aug.
27, 1873, and in "A. Brief Historical Sketch" prefixed to the Catalogue of Graduates and Alumni of St. J;ohn's College, published in 1874. The facts relating to
the history of the College have been frequently published, ana especia.lly in two
appeals to the people of Maryland by the Visitors and Governors of the College,
one publishe<l ii::t August, 1868, and the other in November, 1870, and in the
Reports of the Principal of the College to the General Assembly of 1868 and to
that of 1878.
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House, and thus ended the first well-meant effort for the
establighment of a school or college in the Province of
Maryland.
Passing over the message of Gov. Nicholson of 1694,
and th!3 Act of 1696, we come to the establishment under
that Act of the King Williarn School, noted. as the Alma
Mater of many distinguished men, and especially of the
celebrated lawyer and statesman, William Pinkney. This
~chool was opened in 1701 and eighty-five years later was
mcorporated with St. John's Oollege. The next importan.t record relating to collegiate education is ~ paper,
sa1d to be still in the Ex~cutive Department, entitled "Proposals for founding a. College at Annapolis,"
and dated 1732, whieh was read in the Upper House and
recommended to the consideration of the Lower House of
A,ssemhly. The author of the paper laments "the great
want of some well-ni?gulated seminary for the propagation
of polite and useful learning , in this large and. growing
-colony," and urges the project "that gentlemen may be
under no necessity of sending their sons at great expense
to Europe for education," and that native teachers may
'be educated, "it not being worth the while of men of
genius te come from England to teach for the precarious
stipends provided.''
The plan was a very liberal and comprehensive one, at
a , time too when Harvard College in Massachusetts, and
\Villiam and Mary College in Virginia, were the only collegiate institutions in this country ; but the General Assembly seems to have neglected to perfect the requisite
legislation, and so this second attempt to establish a college in Maryland failed.
We do mt find the project of establishing a colleae
revived untill763, when a Report to the General Asse;ibly says:
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"Your committee are of opinion that the house in the
City of .Annapolis which was intended for the Governor
<>f this Province, be completely finished and used for the
·college proposed to be established." This house is the
building in which we are now assembled, begun in 1746
and intended for Gov. Bladen, but from remaining long
'unfinished known to local history as "Bladen's Folly."
The expenses 'of the college were to be defrayed out of
the Public Treasury, and among other estimated resources
were a tax on licenses and a tax on bachelors-from 5 to
20 shillings apiece. The Report was adopted and an Act
passed in the Lower House, but it failed in the Upper
House, and we are told that, after a lengthy and acrimonious discussion, with several messages from one House to
the other without producing harmony of sentiment, the
AsRembly was finally prorogued, and so this third effort
met with the fate of its predecessors.
But the intention of establishing a college at Annapolis was not abandoned, for we have a letter, dated Oct. 4,
1773, from William Eddis, Surveyor of Customs at Annapolis, to a friend in England, stating that "the Legislature bas determined to found a college for the education
of youth in ev,ery liberal an~ useful br:;tnch of scienc~,
which will precmde the necess1ty of crossmg the Atlantic
for the completion of a classical and polite education,"
and that it had been determined to finish the building on
the banks of the Severn formerly designed for the Gover·
nor's mansion, and to apply it to the purposes of collegiate educatioJl. ·
The Revolutionary War interfered with the immediate
fulfillment of this wis~ plan, but in 1782 ·washington
College, at Chestertown, was chartered, the Pr~amble to
the Act stating "that previous attempts had failed because
.of the difficulty of fixing a sibation on either shore of
€qual convenience to youth of both shores, and it was
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therefore desirable that the inhabitants of each shore
should consult their own convenience in founding a college
for th~mselv~s:" This Act was soon followed by that of
1784, contammg the charter of St. John's College, and
t~e two colleges were declared one university under the
title o~ "The l!niv.e rsity of Maryland,'' but this provision
was never earned mto effect and was afterwards repealed.
After repe~ted a~.tempts and failures,, we see two colleges
at l~st established m the State and provision made by the
Legislature for. their s~pport. Would that this provision
~ad bee~ ?ontmued With the same liberality with which
1t ';as ~ngrnally granted! The history of collegiate education .m Maryland might then have been very different,
and this appeal to the Alumni of St. John's College would
have been unnecessary.
The ~barter of this College is a most comprehensive one.
It provides that the College "shall be founded and maintained forever upon a most liberal plan, for the benefit of
yout? of every religious denomination, who shall be freely
admitted to equal privileges and advantages of education
an~ to all. the .literary honors of the College, according to
th~Ir. ment, ';;thout requiring or enforcing a~y civil or
rehgwus .test.
Oould any legal provision be wider, or
appeal With surer confidence to all classes of citizens ?
More.over, the subscriptions already obtained were made
the L~sis for e~tendi~g legislative support, and authority
_was giVen for mcreasmg them by appointing, in the charter, the Rev. Mr. John Carroll, the R'jv, William Smith
and P~trick .Allison, clergymen respectively of the Roman
Ca~~o~IC, Episcop~l ~nd Presbyterian churches, ,;agents for
sohc1tmg and receivmg subscriptiG>ns and contributions for
~he said intended College and Seminary of universallearnmg of any per~o~ or persons, bodies politic and corporate,
who may be w11lmg to promote so go?d a design;" and it
was further enacted that "to provide a permanent fund for
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the further encouragement and establishment of the said
College, the sum of 1750£ current money be annually
and forever hereafter given and granted by the public for
the use of the said College.'' .
The sum of $32,000 was obtained by subscription fro!:fi
about two hundred imd fifty citizens of the State, among
whom we find the names of Carroll, Chase, Stone, Martin,
Dgle, Howard, Harrison, Paca, Clagett, Plater, ;Bowie,
Barnes, Key, Henry, Weems, Gantt, Magruder, Chapman
and others.
The first meeting of the Board of Visitors and Governors was held Feb. 28th, 1786, and on the following day
Annapolis was selected as the place for the location of the
College, Annapolis and Upper Marlboro' being the only
places voted for, and thus this building and four acres of
land attached were obtained as a donation from' the State
under the terms of the charter. On the 11th of November, 1789, the College was opened with imposing ceremonies of dedication and all due solemnity, and we are told
that "all the public bodies were in attendance and formed
a long procession from the State House to the College
H all." The first commencement took place in 1793 and
from that time until 1806 we have lists of graduates for
almost every year. Among the students during this period
are found those who were afterwards members of the U, S.
Senate and Hous.e of Representatives, Governors of th'e
State, members of the Executive Council, Judges of the
Court of Appeals, Circuit and other State Courts, and not
·only s0ns of Maryland, but of her sister States also.
How then was this career of prosperity interrupted ? ·
By the violation ·of plighted faith on the part of the State.
By an Act passed J auuary 1, 1806, by a majority of eight,
the State's donation was withdrawn, and a resolution immediately introduced to restore :1 portion of tile annuity
fail ed by one vote. Whatever were the causes which led
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to this action of the Legislature, Francis S. Key, in hi&
oration before the Alumni, Feb. 22, 1827, referring to it
says : "l undertake, however, to deny that there has been
any fair expression of the sense of the people of Maryland
upon the subject. At the unfortunate _reriod to which I
refer, when the brightest ornament Df the State was cast.
away from her protection, it was not the voice of the
people but the strife of party by which it fell."-"As the '
people at large seldom saw it o~ heard of it, and a grea;t
proportion of them, from their situation, felt no immediateinterest in its continuance, it was thought that the saving:
of the funds could be called economy, and that the many
who were to be flattered would be pleased with the destruction of what appeared to be only for the benefit of th€7
few."-"Each party caught at the advantage to be gained
by the apparent popularity of the measme, and the reaL
interests and honor of the Btate were sacrificed by each."
Might we not say that history repeats itself after the lapse
of three-quarters of a century?
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In consequence of this action of the Legislature the
College was temporarily suspended, and there is a blarak
in its list of graduates until 1810, when the oldest living:
alumnus of the College received his degree, the vene.rable
Dr. John Ridout, who still lives to exert his influence in
·behalf of the College as a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors. In 1811 oae thousand dollars of the
annuity were restored, but the College €Ontinued to languish until 1821, when a lottery granted by Act of Legislature added $20,000 to its funds. In the next year the·
names of graduates reappear, one of whom was the Hon.
Alex. Randall, Chairman of the Executive Committee,
w_ ose unceasing devotion to the interests of tbe College is
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continually illustrated by his earnest efforts to. promote its.
welfare.
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In the year 1832, in response to an urgent memorial of
the Board of Visitors and Governors, reciting briefly the
history of the College, and calling the attention of the
General Assembly to the decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States in the case of Dartmouth College, in
which the Acts of the New Hampshire Legislature w~re
declared to· be "repugnant to the Constitution of the U nitedt
States and so not valid,"-the Legislature restored two·
thousand dollars more of the annuity but coupled it with
the condition that this should be received "in full satisfaction of all legal and equitable. claims the College might
have or be supposed to have against the State." ~he
arrearages of the College annuity amoun.ted at tha.t time·
to over $100,000, and in order to obtam any assistance·
at all from the Sta.te the College was required to relinquish
this amount and accept the meagre sum of three thousand
dollars per annum in full of all legal and equita?le dai~s.
Here was might vs. right. There is no question t~at If,.
at any time between 1819, when t~e Dartmouth College
decision was rendered, and 1832, smt had been brought,.
the full amount. of the arrearages might have been recovered but in defence of the Board of Visitors and Gover'
nors it may be said that "they believed their rights were·
entirely in the power of the State and without any means.
of being enforced " so "the deed of release was executed
and E:ntered upon ' the records of the Court of Appeals. " ·
The resolution restoring two thousand dollars of t}1e
annuity provided that the Governor of the State, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Delegates, ana
Judges of the Court of Appeals, should be ex officio members of the Board of Visitors and Governors, and a c0m- ··
mittee was appointed to visit the College, which reported;
at the December Session, 1833, as follows:
"The prosperity of St. J ohn's College is deemed a subject of great importance, so that the youth from every
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portion of the two great divisions of the State may convene with the well-grounded assurance of being able to
acquire a liberal education and at the same time consummate the patriotic anticipations of the charter." "It is
believed in no way can this [object] be so well realized as
by sustaining on a liberal scale a seminary of learning at
the seat of legislation." The committee recommend raising money by subscription, which was undertaken, and
through the exertions of the late Rev. Dr. Hector Humphreys, Principal of the College, the sum of $11,000 was
·collected, which was applied in the erection of Humphreys
Hall. The corner-stone of this building was laid on the
18th of June, 1835, by the presiding Judge of the Court
of Appeals, and an address was delivered by Chancellor
Johnson. On this subscription list we find the names of
Bowie, Thomas, Magruder, Mackubin, Brewer, Randall,
Alexander, Chase, Dorsey, Goldsborough, Murray, Key,
Carroll, Merrick and others. It was the whole State
which joined in contributing to the support of St. J ohn'q
College and increasing the facilities for educating the sons
·of Maryland within her own borders. From this time on
the College continued to graduate students until the beginnecessarily closed.
ning of the late war when its doors were •
But the Board of Visitors and Governors could not rest
satisfied with the arbitrary settlement made with the State
-in 1832, by which advantage was taken of their unfortunate condition to legalize apparently the supposed illegal
Act of 1805, and consid.eringtoo that, under the terms of
the charter itself, their predecessors had transcended their
powers* and had no right to give the release required,•:The sixteenth section of the charter, which was relied on to sustain this view,
reads as follows:
"But in case at any time hereafter, through oversight or otherwise throu gh
misapprehensions and mistalcen constructions of the powers, liberties and franchises, in this charter or act of incorporation granted or intended to be gt·anted,
a n y ordinance should be made by the said Corporation of Visitors and Governors
or any matters. don e a nd transacted by the CorporatiOn contrary to the tenor
thereof, it is e;,:tcted that, although all such ordinances, acts and 'doings shall, in
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of justice, the General Assembly appropriated to the support of the College the sum of $12,000 annYally for five·
years from June 1, 1868-a sum which. with the former
$3,000, did not equal the interest on· the amount claimed
as. d~e to the College-and in consequence of this appropnatwn the appeal was abandoned.
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This, :hen, is the history of the appropriation of $12,000: which was reluctantly renewed for six years by the
Legislature of 1872, and still more reluctantly for two
years by that of 1878, and which the recent Legislature
re:used to con~inue _any longer. This was the appropriation upon whiCh, With the $3,000 already mentioned, the·
College was dependent for support, and in return for which,.
when first received, the Visitors and Governors established
o.ne hundred and fifty scholarships for tuition, a:ssigning
s1~ t~ each Senatorial District in the State. This appropnahon, moreover, was not connected with the subsequent.
appropriation of $10,000 by the Legislature of 1 872:~
reduced to $5,200 by that of 1878, for furnishing board\
to two stude:pts (now one student), from each SenatoriaL
District on condition that they teach two years within the·
State, except in se far as the latter appropriation applied'
to students who held scholarships for tuition under the
former appropriation.
Whatever may have influenced the action of the lateLegislature, it iB not now pertinent to inquire. Doubtless
a false idea of economy influenced some, and perhaps personal motives influenced others, but if we look around andi
inquire what other States are doing for their institutions
of learning, we shall find that liberal appropriations are
made from the State Treasury for their support. Some
even go so far as to impose a special tax on the assessed
value of property ·n the State for their leading college or
university. It is not considered economy to restrict these
institutions, and force those who desire a collegiate educa-
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tion to take their money out of the State which theywould willingly spend within it, but it is found profitable·
even to attract students from other States.
But, there is no use crying over the past, and the question is, what are you going to do about it? The Collegeis shut up now to rely upon its present small appropriation.
and the exertions of its Board of Visitors, its Faculty andi
its Alumni, but with harmony of action between these three
bodies, much may be accomplished. 'l'he recent action of
the Faculty of the University of Missouri may furnish an
example worthy of imitation, who, at the request of the·
Board of Curators, "promised hearty co-operation in the
effort to build up and make known the State University,"
distributed awong themselves the several Congressional
Districts of the State, and agreed to visit them and present
the claims of the University. The future Faculty of this
College may well apportion the Congressional Districts
and visit them to present the wants and claims of the·
College-to speak publicly in its behalf, if the opportunity
presents; if not, to make known privately its condition:
and necessities, and try to enlist the interest and support
of the people of the State-to induce them to imitate·
their ancestors by liberal subscriptions, or at least to send
their sons to be educated here.
It is well to rewember that, with the numerous and.
well equipped colleges of adjoining States, with the·
wealthy instit ution in the City of Baltimore, strong in.
the nur~ber .and ability of its instructors, and in the
appliances for . instruction, and giving · both collegiate
and university education-many students may not re~
main here long enough to obtain degrees. I t is manifest that the system of board and tuition scholarshipshas for some years furnishect the majority of the graduates,.
and, if not repealed, will continue to furnish a few each
year, but while the State is perfectly able to maintain it.
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:·as a system of prizes for the best scholars from the schools
·1n each Senatorial District, strong objections have been
:.made to it, and another Legislature may repeal it too.
It is an unfortunate thing for a literary institution to be
· dependent upon the caprices of any legislative body.
But it is well to remember also that thorough preparation
'for higher instruction is very much needed in the State.
.Even for our great University, instruction extending at
least through the Sophomore year of an• ordinary college
:is required, and there is no reason why the preparatory and
:}ower collegiate classes of this College should not be filled to
o verflowing. An institution furnishing such preparation
is a great desideratum. There is room for it, and a wide
field of usefulness is open before it. The higher instruction corresponding to the course of the Junior and Senior
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years should be retained'· for those who preferred to remain
:here and obtain their degrees-for local circumstances,
.Jamily ties, and ~he schol$-rship system (as long as it lasts,)
·will furnish some-but the course should be modified to
. suit the number and labors of the Faculty employed. Moreover, the retention of this course will furnish a stimulus
. ,to the lower classes, and will pr2serve the scholastic tradition, always strong in an old institution of learning.
. Sentiment and rrwerence for the past is not to be disTegarded, for it has a powerful effect upon the future.
But to bri.ng the College before the people, the present
l 1elp of the Alumni _s needed. Each Alumnus can be a ceni
..tre of influence in his neighborhood or in his county. He ~-can visit the men of means and get subscriptions. I
.notice that one object of_ the Society of the Alumni of
Georgetown College, specified in its Constitution, is ''to
seek to obtain donations and endowments, and to secure
for the College the most favorable legislation," and why
. should not that be an object of the Society of Alumni of
.t his College? The older A.l)lmni can give their money and
their sons. It is a notable fact that nearly all the tuition.
money the College receives comes from Annapolis, and
the bulk of that from Alumni of the College. Theyounger Alumni, of whom a goodly number has been
turned out in the last thirteen years, and who owe all the
education they. have to this College, can give their time
and their energies in its behalf, can make known its ad.~
vantages and induce others to support it. Cast your eyes
around this hall and witness the seventy-five names in,..
scribed on these shields of its graduates during the past
ten years. These names are the silent representatives of
numbers of others who completed here their collegiate
education and left without reaching graduation.
The young Alumni of the College are scattered through
every county in the State, and if they will go to
work in their counties and work persistently, I believe
that at least a thousand dollars could be easily 1~aised
in each county and much more in the City of Baltimore~
I cannot believe that the appropriation would have
failed if all the Alumni, both old and young, had used
the influence they possessed wi~h the Delegates from
their counties. The Alumni as a body have never felt
called upon before to go to work . in earnest and lend
their aid in building up the College. It is true, meeting~
have been held on Commencement Day, speeches made~
and committees appointed to seU:d out circulars which met
no response, but this is not work.
A Board of Visitors and a Faculty cannot do every ~
thing. If the former discharge faithfully the duties of
supervision and watch scrupulously ovel' the finances, and
the latter fulfill efficiently the duties of administration and
instruction with which they are charged, they are accom.plishing the objects for which they are appointed. ':l_1he
reputation of a College must, after all, rest upon the fidelity and efficiency with which these duties are discharged ~
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•upon the exce~lence of its nnt~rnal administration and the
thoroughness of ite1 instructivn. If the Faculty fulfill these
·duties satisfactorily, it is as much as can ordinarily he
·e xpected of them, hut in an emergency, such as has now
arisen here, .they must labor more diligent] y outside of the
<College, and in this they must be helped ·by the Alumni
who have affection for their Alma Mater and will work ener:getically to increase her means and facilities for instruction.
The suggestions made, if approved, can be acted upon,
:and your own wisdom can arrange the necessary details
·for carrying them into effect. But the point to be kept
·in view is to bring the College more prominently before
the people as a place of education for the whole State, to
·interest them in it, and evincing your own interest in a
practical manner will inevitably awaken the interest of
others. If people see that the Alumni and friends of the
·College, ncvw in its time of need, make no effort in its behalf, they will naturally fetl no interest in it and will
•send their sons to more favored institutions. But if a
strong and combined effort by Visitors, Faculty and
Alumni is made to obtain money and students for the
·College, it must tell, and the failure of the appropriation
may not be such a severe blow after all, and will not be,
·if it awakens this renewed interest on the part of friends
- nd Alumni, and results in putting the College on a firmer
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basis. The men tu,r ned out hy a college are the best
testimony to its value and to the quality of its work-not
·all, for unfortunately aH do mot take advantage of the
opportunities presented to the·m -but if those who do and
who hold the imprim11.,iur of •
the ·eollege for work faithfully done, take their stand along side of other men in
active life, in the ·church, on the be• ch, at the bar, in the
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.sick-room, school-.roo:m, ·counting-room or work-shop, .a nd
hold their own amo:mg the first, the world will ask no better tes~imony dio .tJ:~<e 'tr.aini!{g th~y .hav.e received.
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Therefore, my young friends, t(} you I would address . a
~few parting words. Yoa ihlave lahore~ through. your three,
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five years course and have JUSt receiVed the relOur, or
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ward of your labors. But that diploma. is wort ess 1 :
·does not represent this ·diligent labor, this power of .a~~hthis training of the mind to intellectual acqUisition
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which must go with you through hfe. Tms It IS, an ~o
< meagre attainments in any branch of knowledge whiCh
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you may have made • that must gauge the value of your
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ains w1ilst here. If you can use your mm s so as o
get from them their best work, if you can turn them at
to any mental effort and show some
result of
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while prizing highly the pG>wer to gain know e ge, .o evelop thought, and to benefit mankind by the .exercise of
:thought, forget not that more important ~xerCise of your
moral na t ure, Which you heard so forCibly presented 1a
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iew evenings since, and -rhich must go on unconscious y
·whether yon will or no-the development o~ characte:.
Of this more certain'l y than of me.ntal. acq~uem,~nts IS
our motto strictly true-"nulla d~es sme _hnea.
unconsciously made often develop mto consciOus
.acts of good or evil. Guard well then the avenues of th.e
heart and leave no way open for the entrance of e~Il
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Strength of character will be your best aid
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·to success in life. Self-reliaRce is rrecessary, but there .Is
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Power hiaher than serf. T;Jue latte;r is wea Ill Itse al)
is alway: an index of weaknes~ of char~cter. Let r~al
•strength of character ibe your aullil., and m whatev~r Clr..cumstances you are placed, r eed your Alma M~ter s adh
monition, "quit yourselves like men, be strong, . and rest
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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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. <br /><br />The College Archives holds programs and/or addresses for the following years:<br />
<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 <strong><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></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
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commencementprograms
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paper
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17 pages
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Commencement Address, 1880
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Address to the Alumni of St. John's College, Annapolis, Maryland, on Commencement Day, June 30th, 1880, by James M. Garnett, M.A., LL.D., Principal of St. John's College. Published by request of the Society of the Alumni.
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Garnett, James M. (James Mercer), 1840-1916
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L. F. Colton & Co., Printers
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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1880-06-30
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
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text
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pdf
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English
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CommencementAddress1880
Commencement
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