St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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, . v. SI. jolzrfs College. T. JOHN'S COLLEGE, at Annapolis, the Alma Mater of so many of Maryland's most noted and honored sons, is charmingly situated on the banks of the Severn River, a few miles' from the Chesapeake Bay. Nothing in the country surpasses the picturesque beauty of its situation. Facing College Avenue are McDowell Hall, the cen- tral building, with Pinkney Hall, named after William Pinkney, a distinguished alumnus, and the residence of the president and vice-president on the left, and Hum- phreys Hall and two buildings which professors occupy on the right. The campus, which slopes toward the avenue, embraces about twenty acres. The front lawn is shaded by large, handsome maples, lindens, poplars and other trees. Nearly in front of Pinkney Halliis a gigantic poplar tree, fresh-looking and green, with ivy climbing up around its old boughs, which is supposed to be older than even the ancient city of Annapolis. The first treaty with the Indians is said to have been signed under its shade. Nearly every side of Pinkney Hall is covered with ivy, and the same vine is making its way over the other buildings, which gives them a venerable and digni- fied appearance. McDowell Hall, the central building, is four stories high, and in it are recitation rooms and offices. On the first floor is a large graduation hall, with a gallery above, upon which are hung shields with Latin and other inscriptions, giving the names of the members of each graduating class. A curious old belfry sur- mounts the structure, and a common cord, by which the bell is rung, passes through the various floors. Every- thing about the old house carries one back to days long past. Even after this lapse of time can be seen places in the old hall filled in with bricks where the pillars were to be put out and from which porches were to project. On the south side the places left for the pillars were never filled in. Near the eaves are blocks of wood inserted in

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X 5I't: ,. 4,1 ,.QlW,,' . .gf . A N We Ztculty. 'I-! Z Z H'-lc!- THOMAS FELL, A. M., PH. D., LL. D ......... President. Professor of Moral Sciences and Ancient Languages. JAMES W. CAIN, A. M ........ Graduate of Yale University. B. VERNON CISSEL, B. Sc ..... Graduate of St. fohn's College. Professor of Political and Social Sciences. Professor of Chemistry and P-hysics. JOHN L. CREW, A. M ....... G,adua,e of gh jaym-s College. FRANCIS E. DANIELS, A. M ..... Graduate of St.Iohn's College. professor of Mathematics. Professor of Meghanical Einginfering and Drawing, otany an 10 ogy. , EDWIN D. PUSEY, A. M ...... Graduate of St. Iohn's College. , , , , Professor of German and Assistant Professor of-Latin. FREDERICK F. BRIGGS, A. s. Graduate Unwerstty of Mtehtgan. Professor of English, History and English Language. ARISTOGUITON M' SOHO' A' M ' ,' ' ' REV. W. T. S. DEAVOR, PH. D. . . Graduate of Alleghany College. . . . . . . . . . . Graduate of Royal Gyntnasmm of Sym- Assistant Professor of Mathematics and English. Professor of Greek and French. JOHN B. WHITE, A. M ........ Graduate of Geneva College. ELLWOOD W. EVANS .... Graduate of U. S .- Military Academy. Assistant professor of Greek' fFirst Lieutenant Eighth United States Cavalryj Professor of Military Science and Tactics, and Lecturer ' REGINALD H. .RIDGLEY, B. S .... Graduate of St. .lohn's College. ' on International and Constitutional Law. Assistant Professor of Botany and Biology. 19

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McDOWELL HALL.