Public Institutions.

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.

Baltimore Manual Labor School receives under chapter 323, 1898, 12,000
for the year 1899 and $2,000 for the year 1900. Apply to Gustav Lur-
man, President, or Joseph Merrefield, Secretary, 33 South Holliday
street.

Charlotte Hall School, St. Mary's County, receives under chapter 321,
1898, annually for two years, $5,000. Its post office is Charlotte Hall.
It is required to furnish 26 Senatorial free scholarships. Apply to
George M. Thomas, A. M. Principal.

• Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, receives under chapter 194, 1898,
for 1898, $5,000, and for 1899, $50,000. No State scholarships are
awarded in this Institution, but the University has, since its foundation,
offered a large number of free scholarships to students from Maryland,
and in addition, Marylanders can compete for twenty University Schol-
arships and twenty fellowships. There are also five "Woodyear"
scholarships open to undergraduates. Apply to T. R. Ball, registrar.

F. Knapp's English and German Institute receives under chapter 323,
1898, $1,200 for year 1899 and $1,200 for year 1900. It is required to
maintain twelve free scholarships for the training and education of
indigent mutes, and to furnish them with text-books, "appliances and
so forth," and to train and educate them, Apply to F. Knapp, princi-
pal, 831 and 853 Hollins street, Baltimore.

Maryland Academy of Sciences, corner Franklin and Cathedral streets.
Baltimore, receives $500 for the year 1899, and $500 for the year 1900.
(Chapter 323, 1898.) There are no scholarships to the Academy, as the
only requirements for admission to all but two or three expensive spe-
cialties, are a good character and interest in the subject discussed.
Apply to P. R. Uhler, president.

Maryland agricultural College, College Park, Md., receives an appropri-
ation of $9,000 for the year 1899 and $9,000 for the year 1900, (Act of
1898, chapter 323,) in addition to the endowment of ^6,142.30. By the
Act of Incorporation, chapter 97, of the Acts of 1856, the Instructor of
Chemistry at the College is required "to analyze specimens of soil that
may be submitted to him by any citizen of the State. The College is
required to receive one scholar from each Senatorial district, each of
whom is required to pay $79 per annum. Apply to Joseph R. Owens,
Registrar, College Park, Md.

Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, under chap-
ter 328, 1898, receives $8,000 for the year 1899, and $8,000 for the 1900.
It is located on Baltimore street, opposite Harrison, Baltimore. It is
required to receive one free scholar from each county in the State, and
one from each Legislative district in the city of Baltim.ore—selections
to be made by the School Commissioners in the several counties and the
city of Baltimore. Special scholarships are given through inembers of
the Baltimore City Council. Apply to George L. McCahan, Actuary,
Baltimore.

State Normal School, Baltimore, is supported by the State. It is located
on the corner of Carrollton ave. and Lafayette ave. Females are