Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-01-23
PRESIDENT FELL SPEAKS.
ONE OF A LARGE GATHERING
IN BALTIMORE.
Makes Interesting Address At Mass Meet
ing of The Maryland Uni
yersity Alumni.

Under the auspices OF the mass
meeting committee an interesting
meeting was held last night in Balti-
more at Germania Maennerchor Hall
| by the alumni of the University of
Maryland. The meeting was to boom
| the centennial celebration of the
University, which is TO be held in
June, and great enthusiasm was
manifested and many generous contri-
buttons were received. fl
The program arranged by the COM
mittee for the meeting last night was
one calculated to arouse enthusiasm,
as glowing accounts we're heard of the
work that the institution had done
since its foundation, one hundred
| years ago. Each of the speakers, rep
resenting the different departments of
| the University, recited the progress
and present status of the department
which he represented and predicted
an even greater career for the institu-
ton in the one hundred years to come.
Mayor Timanus, of Baltimore, made
address and other speakers were DIR.
Fell, president of st. Johns College; /;
DIR. III. II. Biedeler, DIR. j. c. Hem
meter, the Hon. John p. Poe, DIR. j. 5.
Gorgas. Some of those present from
Annapolis, besides DIR. Fell, were
Dr. Charles b. Henkel, DIR. J. b. Ell
gin, DIR. Louis B. Henkel and from
the county were DIR. Harry u. CAN'T,
of Millersville ;Dr. Charles III. BROOKE,
of Brooklyn, and DR.. b. II. Davidson,
of Davidsonville.
Or. Fell talked upon the Depart
ment of Arts and Science as Repre-
sented by st. Johns College," He
said in part:
1T is suggested in the program
that | should speak about the Depart
ment OF Arts and Sciences as repre-
sented by St. Johns College. In
my minds eye | go back to 1886
more than two hundred years ago =
and see the old colonial school, King
William's 5, on State House Hill, in
Annapolis, which was the first free
public school in America. | menta al
| ly review the many eminent men who
were educated there, and who gave
| honor and distinction TO their state
and country.
IA century elapses, and ] pass on
to the time wnen it was urged by the
/ citizens of Annapolis, in 1854, that
i King William 5 School, although n
classical institution, was inadequate
to meet the educational demands of
the age. and when the charter now
possessed by st. Johns was framed-a
charter which designated the college
as the Maryland University in en-
| bryo. Another quarter of century
goes by, and in 1907 medical
| school was established in the City OF
Baltimore, very largely due to the
efforts and activities of graduates of
| st. Johns College.
Five years later, in 1912, with this
school as its base, there sprang. IL
NAV be said. cut OF 81. JOINS Col
lege a rs-v I1iNciSity OF MAryland,
instituted Us tua state in the City of
Baltimore, whose centennial is to be
celebrated in May. tt is needless
to recount the honors and dignities
won in the succeeding years by the
sons of these segregated schools and
| colleges; suffice it to say that the list
| is one of which we have every reason
TO be proud. and that il extends
| throughout another century, until, in
| 1907. we find st. Johns once more
assuming her rightful position by her
sons in Baltimore, and adding to them
/ the 'luster and prestige which she
has been accumulating for a period
OF more than two hundred years.
Faculties. students, plans must
| all be united, so that without rivalry
or needless repetition all our forces
| may .be combined TO advance the
| projects in view.
Nor should we rest contented with
| what has already been done. There
should be many colleges grouped I'M
der the aegis of true university,
and it is not necessary for any mem
ber of the group to lose its individ-
uality. We must have our school OF
/ Technology. our school of music OF
/ school of-fne arts, and all these we