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and both together furnish proof of the increasing usefulness of the College. "Causes and proce ses lie hidden from the public gaze," but building and other material equipments strike the eyes of all observers. But Western Maryland College points with pride to her educated sons and daughters as the most enduring proof of her merit, and of her right to seek public patronage. Over four hundred graduated students stand as monuments of the fostering care and of the faithful service of this Institution. Wherever these INrEHIOR OF LIB RAllY. make history in the various lines of business or in the learned professions, West- ern Maryland College is making history. Success mayor .maynot be 'tl~e criterion of merit, and rank conferred by Act of Parliament may be doubted, but among all peoples and at all times the workman is known by his work. The College, whose history I have briefly sketched, stands on its own merit and asks to be judged simply by its own work. 33