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_The Balti presided over by Dr NC

Brooks, was the pioneer institution in Maryland for the higher education of wo had a prosperous existence; but finally was obliged to close its doors in June, 1890, on account of the withdrawal of the grant foriven by the State

Besides this institution there was no successful attee for fee of Baltimore_ was chartered in 1884[52] It was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church, in honor of the centenary of its organized existence in this country, and is ”denos, adjoining the First Methodist Church, have been erected on St Paul Street Much of the iven by the present President, the Rev JF Goucher, DD, and, largely through his influence, was it able to open its doors to students on Septerant no degrees, save to those thoroughly fitted to receive therowth under the care of WH

Hopkins, PhD, its first President, was great in numbers and endowment and the prospects are now fair for this Balti similar institutions

CONCLUSION

To a superficial observer from a distance, it soan with the foundation of the Johns Hopkins University, a sketch of which follows from the pen of its honored President Our study into the history of education in the State, however, has shown us that Maryland, instead of being one of the latest of the United States to conceive the University idea, was, in fact, one of the very earliest, and that her institutions have a history of which they need not be ashah their work has not been so widely known as so, in many cases, has not been followed by the full development of noontide

The patient labors of William Smith, of Hector Humphreys, of Francis Asbury, of John Dubois, and of many others, have been far froained valuable experience for their successors, and wherein they succeeded, they helped to instil ”into the minds and hearts of the citizens, the principles of science and good morals”

FOOTNOTES:

[Footnote 1: _Md Archives_; asses, 1666-1676, pp

262-264]

[Footnote 2: Scharf, _Hist of Md_, II, p 510]

[Footnote 3: Sharpe, _Correspondence_, Vol II, pp 523-5 and 545]

[Footnote 4: Scharf, _Hist, of Md_, II, p511]

[Footnote 5: Eddis, _Letters from Maryland_, 1769-1776]

[Footnote 6: MS sketch of Prof Rowland Watts]

[Footnote 7: Act of 1784, ch 37]

[Footnote 8: Act of 1805, ch 85 The appropriation had already been diminished by Act of 1798, ch 107]

[Footnote 9: _Centennial of St John's_ Address of PR Voorhees, Esq]

[Footnote 10: Resolutions of 1832, No 41]

[Footnote 11: MS Sketch of Dr EF Cordell]

[Footnote 12: Act of 1807, ch 53]

[Footnote 13: Act of 1807, ch 111]

[Footnote 14: Act of 1812, ch 159]

[Footnote 15: _Records of Univ of Md_, Vol A]

[Footnote 16: In 1815 he was succeeded by the Rt Rev James Kemp, DD]