The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-12-23
Mary Sharp College.

glad to announce that some Mathew
Vasser, Peabody or Vanderbilt, has
given the Mary Sharp the assistance
spoken Of. 1t deserves a large endow.
ment, and if there are monied persons
who wish TO do good with their super
luous wealth, here is a chance for
them. To be brief about the matter,
we believe that the merits of The Mary
Sharp are not surpassed by any college
in America, and its many friends ought
to labor for its endowment. The cor
respondent writes rs follows:
Editor Baptist Il have just finished
reading the article on commandments,
in a late issue, and some expressions
in that part Of it relating to Mary
Sharp College struck me with peculiar
force.
Your correspondent says: l, at is
the female University Of Tennessee,
and might add, Of the Southwest, for
the students from Alabama, Mississippi,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, nun
Der as many as those from Tennessee
2. He says, ''The College is famous
for the extent and thoroughness of its
course"
3. go have a diploma from the
Mary Sharp College means something"
4. Further on your correspondent
talks Of the South western University
Baptist, J at Jackson, Tenn, and after
awarding the faculty there much whom
| doubt not, deserve praise for what
they have accomplished there, this, the
first year of its existence he says:
"The time will come when We shall
have all made u Centennial contribu-
tons, and we have u full endowment,
that the University will have as many
as twenty professors, or more"
But though the Mary Sharp is an &C
knowledgcd university for the daugh-
tiers of the same denomination, your
correspondent does not even hint at an
endowment for that institution to which
lie awards his most unqualified appro.
baton. In fact, in all that | have read
of the Mary Sharp, have never seen
the question sprung Of al endowment
for it. And yet why does not u col
lcge for girls and young women, who
are to be the wives OF literally educated
men, need all the appliances of eGuca-
ton. skillful professors. Libraries aud
apparatus, charts, minerals, and all
else that can fully illustrate the princi-
pies Of science, as much as one for
young men?
And the Mary Sharp has toiled on
patiently and determinedly, a quarter
of a century, dependent on the labor
of its teachers, ouiy, for all it does, for
all its c%onvenlenGes and assistance in
the way Of apparatus, charts, globes,
books, etc, not q dime CT el.traneous
help, but all from the unremitting toll
and sacrifice, mostly Of its lifelong
president.
/ venture to say that no institution
anywhere has ver accomplished Il
greater amount of good, real true
good, than the Mary Sharp College;
and yet no saysa word Of an "endow-
ment fund" for it, Ali praise the edu
cation this institution gives to its pu
pills, but the bundle of iagots has been
borne on, unaided. No Jupiter has
yet put forth 50 much as his little fin
Ger IN case the hurlpn.
In the North, in England, and on the
Continent, schools for girls and young
women are muniicently endowed, but
in this country who thinks Of giving
anything to a college for girls?
o, for some Mathew Vasser to come
to the aid of the Mary Sharp-for some
Miss Teltair to assist with her praise
worthy muniticence. There al be no
cause more worthy of assistance, mon
eyed assistance, than q truly good
school for oul daughters, for the edu-
cation of women underlies that Of
man.
Where are all the friends of this hon
ored institution? Are there not some
Of them casting about for a worthy OBJ
Jet for their benelactions? Do not
a college that is truly educating
the women of this our W dear South
land, but confer on it a portion cfyour -,
spare funds, and have the qualification {
Of assisting to endow the first school
for the daughters Of the South"
Where, too. are all the graduates of
the College itself? Is there not some
one of them, or rather are there not
many, who will not delight TO set on !
foot some plan thGt shall result in ms
full an endowment for the Mary Sharp
College as the University at Jackson
expects, needs and will have?
Is it just that the advantages which
many car bestow, in the appliances OF
knowledge and science, should be con
fined to the one sex alone?
Would that the answer, NO" might
come in some tangible form, as a nu-
cleus OF an increasing fund, which
shall eliminate in q full endowment of
a college which really trains and de.
velops the mental powers OF girls, by a
thorough system of intellectual cul
ture ffF
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