The Winchester home journal. [volume] (Winchester, Tenn.) 1857-1858, 1858-02-13
WINCHESTER:
SATURDAY MORN G, FEBRUARY 10
The Southern University.

saying that it 81 has no disposition to
get mixed up with the ill.natured
newspaper controversy being carried
on about it," and adds, that elf the
Institution were designed as Roman
Catholic Monastry, wherein to breed
ascetics, Sewance would be the very
place for it,"
Now, amt that philosophy! To
talk about young men becoming ascot
ics where fourteen or fifteen hundred
are likely to be together all the time,
and in immediate railroad connection
with the whole world, besides being
surrounded by hundreds of good cit
liens, and a country just suitable to
inspire the youthful mind with love
for study. Such an objection against
Sewance is futile, and we are surprised
that any one should use it.
The Post also says:
of not too late, let us hope that the
Bishops will reconsider the matter;
that they may abandon Scwanee, and
seek some other location. some gentle
eminence-no rugged and inaccessible
height--where the water gushes pure
and sparkling from its green slopeing
base, and the gales that play along
the surrounding valleys are laden with
health; where the student may occa-
sionalIy be brought at least in sight
of the stirring scenes OF life, and learn
that there are some other things be-
longing to mans duty besides preach
ing and praying and modification Of
the flesh, and where his weary eye, as
he lifts it from the wcll-porcd page,
may be relieved by a glimpse of the
blooming gardens and fields, rich with
the fruits Of his fcllow-man's toll"
Now. just such a spot as the Post
desires is to be found at Sewanee. It's
as accessible as any we know of, and
furnishes building material at hand.
1t has many springs, Of different kinds
of water, some Of which pour out
from 200 to 5000 gallons per hour; and
as to it's healthlulness, it stands in bold
superiority to uny place in the whole
South, aye. in the whole world, so far
as we know. This is no eXagcration,
and in view of the fact chat our coun-
try is subject to fevers and malarial
influences, it exhibited wise fore
thought in the Bishops to select point
where so large a number Of students
might be thrown together without fear
Of an epidemic entering their midst.
Besides, we might add, as q fact
known to every person in Franklin
county, that were cholera, or any other
contagious disease to appear among
our people, the inviting scenery and
elevated position OF Cumberland noun
tain would be their universal resort.
And as to a relief for the weary eye
of the student" as he lifts it from
the well.pored page" we think the
scenery Of Sewanee far superior to
the blooming gardans' to which the
Post so particularly alIudes. Where
are those "blooming gardens" to be
found? At Lookout at Ben Lomond,
or any of the proposed sites? Are
blooming gardens" alone adequate
to relieve the wearied eyes of young
men? We think their objects will be
to study and learn; and can it be pos
sible that so large number may not
find amusement sufficient among them
selves without the aid of "blooming
gardens" But, for arguments sake,
suppose as recluse from study, they
should desire to engage in the delight
ful sport Of hunting, where could be |
found better place than the country
around Sewanee, teeming with game ?
And as to blooming gardens" one
can stand upon the plateau of the
mountain at Sewanee and behold all
the "blooming gardens" for so miles
around And now, by way of end |
ing, we would ask whether or not it
is appropriate, or even sensible, in a
man to call an institution monastry
TO breed ascetics," when it contains
fifteen or sixteen hundred pupils, sit.
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