The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-10-07

which h,arS his rlme. and has served
~ Treasurer of the Institute since it's
founders driiih. The Institute rcorcn"d
for the scholastic year last Thursday.
with an Increased attendance. repre- sent
ing all sections of the Union. Mr.. Hop
kinS' clos" connection with the great and
growing school and hi Jealous regard
fer its welfare. lend an added value to
hi ,nEccIton II its scope and aims rs
expressed at the dedication pf Memorial
Hall in May. 1898, in the following
hitherto unpublished remarks. in which
lie ,i,t.larcd The mission of its faculty
t. be LUt only ITO cultivate the mind
the understanding ana genius. hui TO
warm the heart and guide the soul" In
pr, .Nntiug the group OF elegant and
thoroughly equipped buildings Mr.. Hop
!iimN said:
While tn" citizens Of the State oi
Maryland are most Fortunate. and should
be proud. 0f having within her hCr,!.l>'
such IN educational Institution, in whica
and to which they have, by the very act
Of incorporation. the preference over
citizens of any other State in this Tn
ion. y,t. just aS education has enabled
thr human intellect to overcome barriers
which may obStruct its steady advance
merit; to originate theories aId to make.
discoveries. which, in their practical oIe
Grafton have benefited mankind. 50 cam
Ect an Institution based upon the broad
lines this one is, be limited in its en-
rolmcnt Of Students by State boundar-
les, and deprive the privileged ones of
that emulation aroused by contact with
| the deserving. StudiouS and ambitious,
no matter where he may come from,
| while all work together with a common
| Iurlosc fer Il common object. He who
! th.,;ts fer kypw!rtlgr. may enter here
| and drink "t the fountains Vf irarnin.
50 carefully prepared. guarded and main
| tanned
| The cause of secondary education re-
| crivrh II recognition. and had formed
| fer it. Il substantial basis upon which
to build. when Mr.. Jacob Tome incCr-
Ip!atcd and endowed this Institute, in
>>l,h n manner. rs has been surpassed
by fuw individuals within these United
| States: and this ste Wa, chosen allt!
these buildings, erected in advancing and
enlar@ing his conception of an cducation-
nj Institution. to DO the greatest good
| to the greatest number.
! The duties of the Trustees Of this In
| Stitutr. somewhat nominal during the
Founders life time. while he was per.
fcctiE- the admins tlation of his schOo
and ahdin" t. its endowment, were by
his, death brought home to them. with
n full measure of responsibility and u
realization of the lhilanthropic purposes
| Of the Founder and the vastneSS Of tn,
| undertaking, To perfectly fulfill them.
This site WAS not chosen and theSt
| buildings were not erected, 50 that th0s,
who projected. designed and phannet
tn, m. might build monuments of then
genius. but rather that the natural seen
| cry ;Irl architectural beauty here dia
p.ay4d. might instil into the hearts o
both Instructors and students such III
inspiration ms would aid them in thci
requirement Of correct ideals and sub
Stantinl Knowledge and quicken thei.
ambition to excel in the course OF study
here offered and chosen.
The transformation in the short tim'
Of two years. Of fields Of growing grain
indicative of peaceful and agricul
tural .lfe, into n seat of learning. wher,
the ingenuity of man has We'd with ma
turs, to make an attractive and pernian