The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-03-22
Selrtt MisrrllunlI.
An Address
BY PHILEMON H. TUCK, ESQ.

THE following admirable address was
delivered by Philemon H. Tuck. Esq, a
well-known member of the Baltimore Bar
on the occasion of the dedication OF the
new Science Building of St. Johns Col
lege, which was named the Henry
Williams Woodward Hall. Mr.. Tuck,
who is a member of the Board of Visitors
and Governors of the College, presided
over the ceremonies, and accepted the
Building. The addresses on the occasion
are preserved in small volume, bcauti-
fully designed and printed. We reprint
Mr.. Tuck's graceful and appropriate re-
marks and feel sure they will be read with
much interest by his many friends in this,
his native county. ED.
Mr.. President Of the Faculty Of St.
John's College:
LADIES AND GEJTLEMEN:-We are
taught that ut is more blessed to give
than to receive" but this College has
had little or no opportunity to make
such comparison, because so far as the
records show, or memory serves, this is
the first occasion on which the College
authorities have been called together
to manifest their gratitude for gift
so generously conferred. 1t was my
good fortune to attend the dedication
ceremonies of the great Hopkins Uni
versity, when DR.. Gilman delivered
the most graceful address it had ever
been my pleasure to hear, dwelling
upon the aims and expectations OF this
new born institution of learning, and
from that time to the present he has
never failed to glorify the Hopkins
until he and his CO. workers have placed
her in the foremost rank of the univer
stiles of the world.
Annually hundreds of thousands Of
dollars are given by individuals to the
cause Of education in this country, and
the reason that St. Johns College has
received no part of these benefactions
must he that her just claims to recog-
milton are not properly understood.
The seat of our State Government
was removed in 1894 from St. Mary's
City to Annapolis, and in 1894 an act
was passed which resulted in the estab-
lishment of King Williams School for
"the propagation of the Gospel and
education of youth in good letters and
manners" as the act recites; and thus
was created by the State of Maryland
the first Public Free School on the
North American Continent, which was
placed under the patronage of the King,
and the Archbishop of Canterbury was
the Chancellor. In 1884 the Charter
Of St. Johns College was granted, and
by the Act of 1885 the property funds,
masters and students of the King Will
liam School were conveyed to this Col
lege, now claiming more than two cen
, turies of continuous life and most ex-
cellent educational work, eXemplified
! by the careers of her many illustrious
sons. In the short space of thirteen
| years from 1893, when the first class
was graduated, until 1906, the list of
students contains the names of four
Governors of Maryland, six United
| States Senators, five members Of the
House of Representatives four Judges
Of the Court of Appeals, eight Judges
Of other Courts, one Attorney General,
one United States District Attorney,
six State Senators, fifteen members of
the General Assembly Of Maryland,
besides officers of the Army and Navy,
other celebrated lawyers, divines and
men we'll known in the various walks
of 2ife
The centre of the refinement of this
country was then here, and Mr.. JUS
tice fancy, who studied law in Annap-
oils during a portion of that period, in
his delightful autobiography speaks OF
this old town as The Athens of
America" which reputation was sus-
tanned by the famous men educated at
I our College, among them Alexander
! Contee Magruder, the distinguished
! lawyer and judge; Robert IL. Colds
: borough aad John Leeds Kerr, who
represented Maryland in Congress;
John Hanson Thomas, the famous
orator who led in debate against the
matchless William Pinkney; and Rev
! erdv Johnson the trnlv GREAT aWyer