THE PLAN.

A plan for the foundation of a Normal, or Training School for
teachers in the Primary Schools and Academies, and the office of
a Superintendant of the Public Schools, in the State of Maryland,
at St. John's College, Annapolis:

1st. There shall be at St. John's College, a department of in-
structions, to be entitled, the department for the training of teachers
for the Primary Schools and Academies, throughout the State.

2nd. This department shall be accessible to all applicants fur-
nished with the certificates hereinafter prescribed.

3rd. All persons admitted to this department, shall be entitled
to all the privileges of the College for which they may be quali-
fied, and to additional instructions in reference to their future
vocation, as in the History, Geography, Constitution, Laws and
Customs of the United States, and more particularly of their own
State, and also as to the best modes of teaching and discipline,
and the qualities and habitudes most becoming in teachers.

4th. Each applicant shall bring a certificate from the Orphans'
Court of the county in which he may reside, or from the Orphans'
Court of the city of Baltimore, if he be a resident thereof, that
he is a meet subject for the enjoyment of the privileges of said
department.

5th. Each applicant shall also bring a certificate from his
father or guardian, or from the Orphans' Court, countersigned
by himself, that it is his purpose to devote himself for a period of
not less than five years to the office of instruction in the Public
Schools in the State of Maryland.

6th. For an annuity from the State of eight thousand dollars,
the College of St. John's will afford forty-four scholarships, two
for each of the counties in the State, and-two for the city of Bal-
timore. *

7th. These scholarships shall be divided into two classes.
Those admitted into the first class shall be entitled to their board,
including room-rent, chamber and bed furniture, lights, fuel and
washing, and to tuition in all, and every branch taught in the
college, including the German, French and Spanish Languages,
and books and stationery. Those admitted into the second class