Southern standard., 1853-09-24


horty that the Principal of one school At Aberdeen
has about six orseven thousand dollars invested in
school buildings and vet pays handsome rent for the
building erected by public subscription. The two
Principals of the other school, have some Is or sixteen
thousand dollars invested in buildings, instruments
and apparatus and they derive benefit in interest
on this capital aside from that growing out ofthe prof
its oftheir school. The Principal at Charlottesville
pays rent his school building, and rents house for
his family. 1t is likely that the Principal at Pickcns-
vile pays rent for his school rooms How do Misses
Morse and Love live and pay schoolroom rent? 1t is
disreputable to this community that they should re-
ceve the labor these ladies' for nothing, for how
they make anything and pay rent when the Principal
of the Columbus Female Institute demands as con-
dton of his reopenng his school, the buildings free of
rent, as understand. There some of the dynas-
tic management who violent opposers of the free
rent system. 1t is left for Columbus, the boasted city
of intelligence and refinement to stand as monument
to away the energetic and enterprsing man, for
here ehas to overcome local discord produced by
want of public spirit that rises above immedi
ate individual interest.
Practical men who look to time the expander of
all human enterprises, will readily see that the policy
of the Trustees is commended neither by wisdom
the mere business maxims adopted by women in well
ordered kitchens 1t better to be laughed at than
ned better to have wife like Martiafs Mamurra,
who cheapens every thing, and buys nothing, than to
be mpoverishedby whose vanity will purchase ev-
cry thing, but whose pride will cheaper nothing 1t
is vain to say that the Trustees have not cheapened
the Institute buildings They have rendered the chan
ces for future good renting less by having made them
free, and their pride will resist any change now that
their weakness has been exposed, and that if they
yielded and demanded rent, it might be said to have
been produced by pressure from the ''impudent"
and Ignorant" and that the canale victorious
Mr.. Editor, thank you for your courtesy, and re-
gret that you have had to bear of the spleen Of
the Trustees and their friends for admitting these
munications to appear inyour papers have heard
you accused with having prepared them for the press
have only to repeat what have previously said that
if any of the Trustees aggreved, they find
who the writer is without difficulty he intends to
nfict injustice, and is ready by explanation to
remove all candid msapprehensions. shall trouble
you no more Mr.. Editor. STOCKHOLDER.
The editor of the STANDARD has little use for
Stockholders sympathy. While he holds a pen he
fears not the "spleen" ofthe Trustees, he thinks
himself able to vindicate his in the premises.
That he has been mixed up in this matter he knows,
and that injustice has been done him. he suspects, but
he is liberal enough to forget the suspicious of exasp
Grated feelings in the belief that an hour of calmness
is at hand, and those who may have wronged are gen.
erous enough to set themselves right. Stockholders