Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-21
Maryyille Schools.

EDITORS CHRONICLE Each town, Sec
tion, settlement or locality seeks supre-
macy over others of their like. Not only
these particular kind of natural divisions
among our people, but it is true in Nation
al, State and individual affairs. Other
cities and towns in East Tennessee now
can but acknowledge Knoxville as the
great metropolis of our little Switzerland
but each man claims some peculiar ad-
above all others is the one having the best
facilities for strengthening, moralizing
and refining the mind, preparing the chill
dren of the present day to be the coming
men and women of the country. Mary
vile can scarcely be excelled in this respect.
For these prepared to take up the branches
of education above the primary, Maryville
College, with her magnificent buildings,
affords opportunities rarely equaled. To
the grandeur of these edifices may be added
the beautiful site on which they are 10
Gated, together with an able and efficient
prOfessorship, in whose hands parents may
have no fears in trusting the training Of
their children when they become young
men and women, and ready to enter for
collegiate course. .'A-t
For the primary branches New Provi-
dence Normal School can not be excelled
anywhere. This school is held in the
buildings of New Providence Lodge, F.
and A. M, under the management and
control of Prof. S. H. Sharp, ripe scholar,
an efficient teacher and true friend to
the educational cause. For some two or
three years Prof. Sharp has been receiving
opening his school last year committee
was agreed upon between himself and the
trustees of the school to apply the same to
the children who were unable to do any.
thing for themselves. So the poor children
in reach of the school were hunted up by
Prof. Sharp and his associates, the Trus-
tees and this Committee, until there is not
known to be any white family in the town
of Maryville or its suburbs, having child
rem of suitable ages, but that was repre-
sented in some school during the past
scholastic year and by means of the aid
thus received thirty-fiye poor children re.
charge. Prof. Sharp has managed so far,
to make his school non-sectarian and non
political teaching after the manner of
true philanthropist.
The Normal school for the cOlOred peO-
pie, under the charge of Prof. w. p. Hast
ings, is also superior school for its field.
Large and commodious buildings will
soon be completed for this institution.
The main building is larger than Mary
vile College, and perhaps Its equal IN
grandeur, but unfortunately the site is at a
place where near the whole of one story
will be concealed on one side by the slope
of the hill on the side of which 1t is located.
This school is especially adapted to the
cOlored race; and although it has been but
few years since its beginning. it has al
ready done much, and has a bright and
shining future before it, sufficient to
strengthen and inyigorate its managers to
grand and glorious triumph. tfs
There is also an other school for the col
ored people, under the charge of Mrs.
Stearns, which has been complete success
in training the children attending it; the
preceptress being an active, earnest and
vigilant teacher. The school has fair
promises before it.
The foregoing are mentioned because
they are public and permanent schools.
Several others of private character,
though efficient in their operations, are kept
up during the winter months. w.
Maryville, June II, 1873.