160 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 29

On motion of Senator Gorman,

The Joint Convention adjourned until 12 o'clock, m.,
to-morrow, January 30th, 1904.

The House resumed business.

The Speaker laid before the House the following-
REPORT OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.
ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND,

January, 1904.
To the Hon. George Y. Everhart,

Speaker of the House of Delegates of Maryland:
Sir—In accordance with custom I have the honor
respectfully to submit through you to the General As-
sembly of the State, my report of St. John's College
for the past two years, and of its present condition:

DENOMINATION.

The college is non-sectarian. Its Faculty is com-
posed of ten men of various religious denominations,
and has been selected chiefly with reference to the
scholastic attainments of the different members.

The Board of Visitors is required by the terms of
the charter to uphold this character of the institution.

STUDENTS.

During the present session of 1903-1904, there are
in attendance one hundred and sixty-five students,
classified as follows: Seniors, nineteen (19); Juniors,
twenty (20); Sophomores, thirty-four (34); Freshmen,
thirty-eight (38); Special Course, five (5); and those in
the preparatory or sub-freshmen classes, forty-eight
(48).

MILITARY DEPARTMENT.

I would call the attention of your Honorable Body
to the Military department of the college, which is in
a very efficient condition, and at present under the
direction of Major W. A. Thompson of the United
States Army (retired).

The course of Military instruction is both theoretical