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additional space was provided by erecting at a cost of even thousand dollars a wing at present known as Owings' Hall, after the capable and beloved pre- ceptress who devoted the prime of her life to the interests of. this Institution. In 1882, through the great faith and patient efforts of the president, another building made necessary by the increasing popularity of the school was com- pleted and most appropriately called Ward Hall. By this time the widely increas- ing usefulness of the College had caused it to make such an impression on the PROF. SIMPSON'S RESIDENCE. State of Maryland that in 1878 the Legislature established twenty-six free scholar- ships. Dr. Thomas H. Lewis was made president of the College in J 886, and his first efforts were devoted to bringing the school out from under the financial embarrassment which was greatly obstructing its usefulness. Under his skillful, management the debt which had been in existence from the foundation of the- College was "wiped out to the last cent before the close of the year 1889." 211