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limits, has no college worthy of her character, her population
or her wealth; and hence she has lost to her people the hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars which her liberal and enlight-
ened citizens have contributed to colleges out of the State and
which might have been contributed to St. John's if it had
not been deprived of the means of being worthy of their en-
dowments.

This is only one of the losses our people have sustained.
Maryland now sends abroad about two hundred of her sons to
seek in colleges out of the State, the means of education that
should be afforded them within her borders; here is a'loss of
at least one hundred thousand dollars yearly to the expendi-
tures within the State; what this State has lost since she de-
prived St. John's of the means of educating her sons, might
be estimated at millions of dollars.

The selection by the United States, of Annapolis, as the
permanent location for its Naval Academy, is itself the strong-
est argument in favor of the location of the State College here.
This very selection affords peculiar advantages to St. John's
in the patronage that the academy will extend to it, and the in-
ducements afforded to persons whose sons are connected with
the academy to send here for the education of their children.

Thus these two institutions may be the means of extending
the population and wealth of the capital of the State. Large
towps in the Eastern States, have been built up and supported
almost entirely by the patronage of their colleges.

In this connection, we respectfully add a few words in rela-
tion to Annapolis. This city has certainly derived more ad-
vantage from St. John's than any other part of the State; but
that will always be the case with the city or town within or
near to which the college may be located. But it is known
that the influence of Annapolis, has always been exerted to
extend the benefits of this college to the whole State by the
expenditure of its means in the erection of boarding houses,
&c., on the college premises, which were especially for the
benefit of students living out of the city.

It is due also to the citizens of Annapolis, to state that of
the money contributed for the founding of this college in
1784, (i. e. thirty-two thousand dollars,) the citizens of Anna-
polis and of Anne Arundel county, and the "Rector and Vis-
itors of Annapolis schools" contributed nearly one-half, and of
the donations for the erection of the "blue building," (Hum-
phrey Hall,) Annapolis alone contributed nearly one-third of
the amount, and with this county, contributed more than one
third thereof.

A few words in conclusion as to the plans and prospects of
St. Jobn's College.