St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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lQlll:.Ql!FllNlll. HoN. ALEXANDER RANDALL, B. A., M. A. cLAss ,22. I Hon. Alexander Randall, the ninth son of John and Deborrah CKnappD Randall, was born in Annapolis, Mary- land, in 1803, and died in his native city in 1881. He was graduated from St. John's College in 1822. He practiced his profession as a lawyer for over fifty-seven years in the courts of Maryland and the District of Columbia. From 1833 till 1840 he was Auditor of the Court of Chancery. In 1841 he was elected to the 27th Congress by the Whig voters of Baltimore city and Anne Arundel County. He Was sent, in 1851, as a delegate from the latter county to meet in convention and form a new constitution for the State of Maryland. He there introduced a number of important measures, and was for a time president pro fem. of the convention. From 1864 till 1867 Mr. Randall was Attorney-General of Maryland. In 1877 he was elected President of the Farmers' National Bank of Annapolis, which position he held until his death. He was in early life elected a Trust John's College, and thereafter served in that ever extending to his afma zmzfn his active support. HoN. XVILLIAB1 HALLA11 TI.'CK. B. A.. X CLASS '27. Hon. W'illiam H. Tuck was born in An: the 2oth of November, ISOQ. and attended S College, graduating in 1827. Having selected profession, he entered upon his career in Blarlii- Georges County, and soon after was electef' of the House of Delegates from that coming following year he was re-elected and selected th Speaker of the House. Under the 1o11stitu:i-sz by the convention of Igjl. to which he was .1 Mr. Tuck was elected judge of the Court of A from the Second District. At the expiration of he resumed the practice of his profession in tit

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On the 26th of june, 1889, the college celebrated the rooth anniversary of its existence under the title of St. -l'ohn's College. Many of the old students returned for the occasion, and friends who had not met for years exchanged the heartiest greeting. Owing to the large assemblage of visitors a tent was erected on the campus, in the shade of the famous old poplar tree, where the literary features of the programme were carried out. At IO o'clock, in imitation of the ceremony observed at the founding of the College in 1789, the Board of Visi- tors and Governors, the faculty, headed by Dr. Fell, wearing his academic gown and hood, and alumni, formed in procession at the State House, and, escorted by the battalion of College cadets in uniform, under command of Lieutenant jamar, U. S. A., marched to the tent on the campus. On the platform, erected under the ancient poplar tree, among many others, were seated Governor jackson, who was ex-Qfjicio president of the Board of Visitors, Rev. Drs. C. K. Nelson, john M. Leavitt and Williaiii H. Hopkins, former principals of the college: President Fell, Dr. Abram Claude, Maj. Sprigg Harwood, Capt. john Mullan, Messrs. Frank H. Stockett, Nicholas Brewer, J. Schaaff Stockett, Philemon H. Tuck, john S. Wirt, Dr. T. Barton Brune, and Dr. james D. lglehart, Rev. Dr. Gilando Hutton, and Philip R. Voorhees. An historical sketch of the college was read by the latter gentleman, after which followed a centennial ode by Rev. J. M. Leavitt, D. D., and an address by the Rev. Leighton Parks, D. D., of Boston, an. alumnus of the college. After the benediction had been pronounced by Rev. C. K. Nelson, D. D., the commemorative tree was planted on the college campus by Mrs. jackson, wife of Governor jackson. At the close of the ceremony an artillery salute of twelve guns was fired in honor of the event by the college corps. Toward the close of 1891 the Board of Visitors authorized President Fell to initiate a movement for the formation of an endowment fund. In furtherance of this project an open letter was sent to each alumnus, inviting them to subscribe a sum of SI0,000 3 which has been responded to by them in a gratifying manner. Contribu- tions have also been received from others interested in the welfare of this venerable institution, so that a fair beginning has been made toward placing it upon a sounder financial basis than it has hitherto enjoyed. President Fell, in his last report submitted to the Board of Visitors, says that the number of students on the roll for the present session, 1895-96, amounts to 174, and that in all the literary departments of the college able and progressive work is being accomplished. A more prosperous era appears, therefore, to have dawned upon this the third oldest college of the United States, and that in spite of the numberless vicissitudes which have marked its career it can claim to be ranked among the leading educational institutions of the land,

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Annapolis. From 1864 to 1866 he was judge of the Second judicial Circuit. During the sessions of 1872 and 1874, judge Tuck was State Senator from Anne Arundel. He died on the evening of the 17th of March, 1884, in the city of his birth, Where the greater part of his life had been spent. W1L1.11111 HAIQXVOOIJ, B. A., M. A. CLASS,27. William Harwood was born December 24th, 1809, and from an early age, when he entered St. john's Col- lege as a student, his name is closely interwoven with tl1e history of this institution. He graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1827, obtaining first honors in his class. After leaving college, he studied law i11 the ofhce of Alexander Magruder, and was admitted to the bar. He was appointed a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St. john's College in 1873, acting as Hon- orary Secretary for that body until 1886. He died in 1894, after having for some time enjoyed the honor of being tl1e oldest living alumnus. N1c11o1.As Biaicwicn, B. A., M. A. craxss '46. Nicholas Brewer, a li11eal descendant of john Brewer, who emigrated to tl1e Province of Maryland in 1649, was I born at Aimapolis, Maryland, I2tll July, 1828. He was graduated from St. Iohn's College in 18.16, and, having studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1851. From 1851 to 1861 he was Auditor of the Fifth judicial Circuit. In 1855 he was Mayor of Annapolis. In 1861 he received the appointment of Clerk in the Treasury Department of the United States. He held the position of State Law Reporter ofthe Court of Appeals of Maryland from 1862 to 1869. In 1884 and 1886 he represented A1111e Arundel County in tl1e State Senate. Since 1858 Mr. Brewer has been a member of the Board of Visitors and Governors of St- johns College, being at the present time Secretary of that body. P1111.111 R.1Nn.xL1. XIOORHICICS, B. A., M. A. CLASS,55. Descended from distinguished ancestry, related to tl1e families which have made his State famous, Mr. Philip R. Voorhees was born October 11tl1, 1835, in Annapolis, Md. After careful preparations by private tutors, Mr. Voorhees e11tered St. John's College, gradu- ating in 1855. He then studied law in tl1e office of his uncle, the Hon. Alexander Randall, then Attorney-Gen- eral of Maryland. Having afterwards completed a prac- tical course in mechanical and marine engineering, and being successful in a competitive examination, Mr. Voor- hees was appointed in 1861 an ofhcer in the Engineer Corps of the Navy. After active service throughout tl1e war, he cruised to the South Seas, in the sloop-of-war