Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1868-08-13
ST. JOHNS COLLEGE,
ANNAPOLIS, June lst, 1868.

81. JOHN . COLlIEGE,
ANNAPOLIS, June LIST, 1868.
To the Board of School Commissioners
of Charles County.
GENTLEMEN Il am directed by the Board of
Visitors and Governors of st. Johns College
to invite your attention to the subjoined ordi-
nance, adopted by them on the 4th of February,
1868, in the hope of promoting the cause OF
education in Maryland, by placing the advan-
tages of St. Johns College within the reach of
deserving youth, in all parts Of the State alike.
The ordinance is as follows:
ssBe it ordained by the Board of Visitors and
Governors of St. Johns College, and it is here
by established for the encouragement of good
conduct and scholarly attachments in the in
corporated academies and in the public and
private schools in the State of Maryland, sub
ject to the following conditions, to wit:
"1st. Each Scholarship shall entitle the hold
er in whose name it may be issued, to exemp-
ton from the payment of room-rent and tut
ton fees in any department of st. Johns
College.
st2d. Each Senatorial District of the State
shall be entitled to six of said Scholarships in
St. Johns College, the same to be filled by the
School Commissioners of said District having
regard to the objects above indicated; and in
case more than six shall be nominated from any
one of said Districts the Faculty shall select
therefrom the six best qualified to enter the
College. All scholars thus selected shall be
required to conform to the rules and regula-
lions of St. Johns College. Whenever any
| vacancy shall occur in said Scholarships, the
same shall be reported by the Principal to the
Board of School Commissioners of the District
in which said vacancy may have have occurred.
"3d In addition to furnishing tuition and
| room-rent, the College authorities will supply
board in the College commons, including fuel,
lights, washing and textbooks, to any one
who shall pay not exceeding one hundred and
seventy-fve dollars per annum; or If, as is
probable, board can be secured in private fam
flies, or in clubs, at lower rate scholars will
be permitted, upon the application of the pa
rents guardians or patrons of said scholars, to
avail themselves of that privilege"
| 1t is believed that the benefcent object OF this
ordinance is too apparent to require enforce
.aant Alneid and the Xiissitags and Gp;
that yon will cordially cooperate with them, in
the administration of its provisions, by giving,
through your local newspapers and otherwise,
the widest possible publicity to the measures
thus taken for the encouragement of good
conduct and scholarly attachments in the incor.
porated academies, and in the public and pri.
vate schools of the State of Maryland As il
is the design of the Board, in establishing these
Scholarships, to make them the prizes of an
honorable ambition, 1 need not say that to re-
ceive an education on this foundation, will be,
in ITSELF badge of distinction and an evidence
OF merit. AS such, it is open to all, and the
duty of making nominations is reposed in your
hands, because it is believed that you can exer-
else this discretion most judiciously, from your
personal knowledge of the circumstances under
which each nomination shall be made.
The very inconsiderable expense at which a
liberal education can be secured, under the pro-
visions of this ordinance will not fail to attract
your attention, and it is proper to say that the
Board have been able to make this great re-
duction only in consideration of the endow-
ment which the College is now receiving from
the State.
have to add that St. Johns College COM
prises, in its scheme of education, not only a
College properly so called, but also Prepare
tory Department, which corresponds to High
School, and pupils will be assigned to classes
in each, according to their proficiency.
Again invoking your Jealous cooperation to
give the greatest possible efficiency to the edu-
cational measures above indicated, I am, gen.
tlemen,
Your obt servant,
JAMES c. YELLING,
Principal st. Johns College.
N. B.-Under the provisions of the foregoing
ordinance, vacancy now exists for the nomi-
nation of six pupils from the county of Charles,
and you are respectfully requested to report to
me, at the earliest possible day, the names and
post Office address of the candidates who pro-
pose, on your recommendation, to avail them
selves of these Scholarships.
Our scholastic year begins on the lived
nesday in October, and ends on the last We'd
nesday in July. Yours, &c.
J. G. YELLING.
N% Applicants for the above Scholarships
are requested to file their applications with the
Secretary of the Board, on or before TUESDAY
the 9Th SEPTEMBER next, at which time the
Board of School Commissioners will meet to
recommend candidates, who propose to avail
themselves of these Scholarships.
BY order of the Board,
GEO. NJ. LLOYD, Secretary.
Aug. l3, 1868-2t