St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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Our Old Chapel T JOHNS CHAPEL is unique in its construction, antique in its appear- ance, and famous in its history Eew halls now standing have the dis- tinction of being the scene of such a brilliant event as was the banquet I . I ' ' . held in this old chapel in honor of Marquis LaFayette. Few also have heard the grand tones of polished eloquence which fell from the lips of the' immortal Wasliington. But these are only a few of thecherished memories of our chapel. For two centuries the maiden speeches of many of Maryland's most famous orators have been delivered within its sacred walls. Every class since 1871 has left as a token of remembrance a class shield bearing the class mottoes and the names of the graduates. The mottoes which we think as fine a collection as can be found, are as follows : - 7 '72-Gerzabo et Vincam. '73-Quod homo fecit, homo liciat. '74-Esse quam videre. '75-Em aocpaav oz,uog opthog. ' '76-Per .augusta ad augustal '77-Fit via mea vi. '78--Quo difficilius eo praeclarius. ,7Q-POSSLl1'lt quia posse videntur. ,So-Nulla dies sine linea. 'SI-Nulla vestigia retrorsum. '82-Palman qui meruit ferat. '83-Palma non sine pulvere. '84-Wie die Arbeit, so der Lohn. '85-Age quod agis. '86-Nil sine magno labore. 71-'H ievp77o'5,ue7J 77f.LeLg77 from Gquev 66021. 5 7 7 I 5 87- 90- Excelsior. 88--'Faber quisque suae fortunae. 89-Respice linem. i Nihil quod tangamus non orne- 1'1ll.lS. Q1-Ex umbra in -solem. '92--Principia non homines. '93-Qui non proticit deficit? '94-Finis opus coronat. '95-Carpe diem. '96-Perseverando. '97-To thine own self be true. '98-Numquam restrorsum. '99-In omnia paratus. 1900 -One for all and all for one. 1901-Faire mon devoir.

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Q, N4-4 1.5 A BUPTI' PC 1 kiucxh 73? 1905? L ihiwavf AV - HE following are extracts from the speech of Mr. Philip Randall Voorhees, I l ,55,.de1ivered at the one hundredth anniversary of St. Iohn's College, in which he mentions a few of the alumni of the college: Ladies cmd Ge1ztle111e11,, B1'0the1's Alzmmi and Students of St. f01m's: Wlien the com- mittee, appointed to arrange a programme of commemorative ceremonies appropriate to the centenary of St. Iohn's College, requested me, through'President Fell, to prepare and deliver before you, as part of said programme for Alumni Day, a historical sketch of the College, I felt at first no ordinary embarrassment. Nevertheless, impelled by a sense of duty, I promptly accepted the honor conferred. But, though painfully conscious then of my lack of literary qualifications, as my mind dwelt more upon the subject and the occa- sion, and as I refreshed my recollections of St. J'ohn's antecedents by the perusal of the authorities at my command, my first embarrassment was increased tenfold. I can, there- fore only pray you to bear patiently the detention which I shall impose upon you by covering with the mantle of your charity myytemerity in appearing before you in any other capacity than that of a hearer and learner. VVere it not that the task assigned to me is to do but little more than chronicle in one paper, in as orderly sequence as I may, events which have been more or less reparatively or segregatively reviewed before you at different times. I could not have assentedlto stand here in the footsteps of those Alumni, and others distinguished in letters, who have in such numbers heretofore addressed audiences such as this, nor to break silence by any words of mine, while mindful of the stirring eloquence of those who have so often urged upon the people of the State, and their representatives in General Assem- bly, the merits ofthis venerable-institution of learning and its claims to their fostering care. 33