The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1874-08-20
Randall Academy-The War of Races.

To the Editor of the Standard:
The card in the lastSTANDARD signed by VIM.
T. Newsom and four other pseudo Trustees of
Randall Academy, that is if persons who can
not write, can sign their names without MAX
ing their mark, which is the case with part of
them, in which my name is used in very
called for and unwarrantable manner, makes
it proper If not my duty to state that fully
concur in the resolution passed by the Jackson
@. NJ. for the very good reasons assigned in the
resolution and many others. The institution is
owned by. the public and the Free Win Bap-
tist denomination of which the Jackson @. M.
is part and hence its right to protest against
| bad management is clear. In addition
to this at least three of the students
from the bounds of that @. M. The power to
appoint Trust ees of course must exist some
where and for fear Board might be selected
who would prohibit persons on account of their
| complexion from attending the school this
| privilege was given to the Shiloh Q. NJ. under
certain restrictions, viz: "Nine of them shall
| be members in good standing of the Free VIII
Baptist Connection" !" leaving six to be chosen
| from those not members OF the denomination
| thereby giving all parties fair representation
| in the Board. But the Shiloh @. NJ. having
| only one hundred and dfty-two commandments
| has violated the spirit of the Constitution and
elected ten of the fifteen trustees, from its own
members. This of course aroused suspicion in
the minds of all acquainted with the circum-
stances, that something wrong was intended,
and moIe especially as the Q. M. has not been
reported in the Register for the last tdree years,
nor represented in the Yearly Meeting for the
past two, our readers can judge in regard to the
| eligibility of any member of the Shiloh Q. NJ.
| TO membership in the Board. The Constitution
says: 'The object of this Institution shall be to
! impart to all persons, of good moral character,
who will avail themselves of its facilities,
| a thorough Academic and Christian Educa-
| tion." Yet ]. T. Stewart, see notice in the
| STANDARD some time since, conveys the i'm
| preston that it is exclusively a negro school.
| The agent of any Institution of learning is
| pected to induce students to attend the school,
| this he fails to do, never to my knowledge
broughtin but one. Enough has been given to
have finished and paid for the Academy build
| ing taking the Agents own report, but the fl =
nancial management has been so poor, to say
| nothing worse, that the Institution is near
| Thousand dollars in debt and 1t will require at
least five hundred dollars to finish the building
| And what has been done and saved we owe al
most entirely to ]. c. H. Cobb and j. Stewart
| who for time consented to act financial
| committee and by their energy and business
capacity raised the enterprise out of the dust 1t
takes one-third of all contributions to pay the
Agent, whereas it has been proposed to raise
the amount and complete the building without
any expense of agency on the simple condition
that the requirements of the Constitution both
in the letter and spirit be carried out. have
many objections to the Agent that have not
time to state. 1 want nothing to do with him
or ''his character" and hence hope he will i'm
| mediately find some employment suited to his
| capacity and let the affairs of the Academy en-
| tirely alone. THOMAS f. PEDEN,
Principal of Randall Academy.