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1892.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 749
order of the two Houses to visit St. John's College,
and report upon the condition of that institution, res-
pectfully report, that in pursuance of that order, we
did, on the afternoon of 25th of February, visit St.
John's College, and after meeting the faculty in the
President's room to listen to a statement of the finan-
cial condition of the institution, thoroughly examined
the buildings in the College grounds, visited the dor-
mitories, class-rooms, laboratory, armory, library, &c.
Your committee is of the opinion, that as St. John's
College has a strong equitable claim against the State,
because Maryland, in the recent past, appropriated to
the use of the State the revenues of the College, and
considering the splendid work that the institution is
doing, the appropriation asked ought to be given for the
needs of the work so well performed by the faculty with
the meagre assistance now received. Your committee
calls especial attention to the fact, that St. John's is
the only College in the State from which students are
received into the Johns Hopkins University with-
out an examination. That statement alone will illus-
trate the high standard of the system of education in
the College. Furthermore, as St. John's College is
the representative College in this State, and the third
established in point of time in this country, it ought
to be supported with unstinted hands. The College
is in absolute need of the proper appliances to carry
on its ordinary work. The faculty ask for an appro-
priation of $12,000 a year, for six years, to be used to
pay the debt of the College, to increase the salaries of
the Professors and Tutors, and to assist in making
many extremely needful improvements to the build-
ings. We need only call attention in this connection
to the utter inadequacy of the library accommoda-
tions. Valuable books belonging to the school ever
since it was King William's school, are piled up one
on the other, simply for want of space in which to
place them. Unless assistance is given, the useful-
ness of the College must be impaired, and perhaps
compel the closing of the institution. The existence
of the College is at stake, and the State, in view of
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