um ▁at ▁ ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁College ▁Ann apolis , ▁Maryland , ▁which ▁continues ▁to ▁the ▁present ▁day . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 6 , ▁Bar r ▁res igned ▁the ▁presiden cy ▁of ▁that ▁institution ▁" with ▁the ▁heart y ▁good ▁wishes ▁of ▁the ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees " ▁to ▁found ▁a ▁new ▁college . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁Glen ▁Edward ▁A very , ▁Bar r ▁thought ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁had ▁grown ▁too ▁large ▁and ▁fe ared ▁that ▁its ▁land ▁was ▁about ▁to ▁be ▁seized ▁by ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Navy ▁for ▁its ▁own ▁a cademy . ▁The ▁first ▁such ▁threat ▁had ▁been ▁made ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 0 ; ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁was ▁saved ▁only ▁by ▁the ▁direct ▁inter vention ▁of ▁President ▁Ro ose vel t ▁and ▁Secretary ▁of ▁the ▁Navy ▁Frank ▁Kno x . ▁A ▁ 1 9 4 6 ▁newspaper ▁story ▁says ▁that ▁" the ▁college ' s ▁Dam oc les ▁sword ▁again ▁threatened ▁to ▁drop ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁by ▁which ▁time ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁had ▁lost ▁its ▁two ▁greatest ▁friends ▁in ▁the ▁government ." ▁The ▁college ' s ▁board ▁of ▁trust ees ▁was ▁unable ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁definite ▁answer ▁from ▁Congress , ▁then ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁Federal ▁land - t aking , ▁on ▁whether ▁St . ▁John ' s ▁land ▁would ▁be ▁taken , ▁and ▁Bar r ▁wanted ▁to ▁secure ▁" a ▁home ▁free ▁of ▁the ▁end less ▁men ace ▁of ▁ev iction ." ▁