, 1880-03-03
TROUBLESOME THOMAS.

Tllc0dorc, tho MitAtclsli, Seems to lEe
Getting tnt0 IEot Water igniis in 1kc-
Enrd to tile Cincinnati College Of
Hlnsic-Ifcccnt Developments.
Sptsfat Dftpateh 10 Tie Chicago Tribune.
CINCINNATI, O., Anrrh 2.-Tllc troubles In tho
Cincinnati College Of Music, referred III Inst fail
I'll dispatches tn TiiE TittnuHE. hayo trtkcn out
nfreslit and tlla ti1lc pruinso 10 bo moro dill
rnlt nf Adjustment. Fur the past two weeks
inntteEs hive bncn approaching n crisis, Tho
Directors havo bcon secretly rngnKcd III ncgotia-
tI0nA hhiklnY to m aEitca0lo settlement, nnI
but few huvc bGcu hwAr0 thnt anything WIS
wrong. sonso ot,e possessed Of tho secret, how
eyer, hNs given II 6lRYcst1oh to newspapers
outside Of Cincinnati, md new tho wllDp story
will Cumc out. Tho tro,,hlo finds Its bnsls ln
disagreement between Theodore ThonnHt Direct"
Or, mud George Ward Nichols, President. Euch
Is determined to bo tho rial head Of tho nstt,,-
tion or nothing, and each hns hia own peculiar
notion of tho policy to be pursued. When
Thomas wont to New York In JNnlary to con-
duet tho philharmonic concerts he left behind
letter addressed 10 tho Directors, in which ho
demanded certain rnd1rnt changes In tho n,nn-
.ssetncnt; unless thbso rf1or'ns weru agreed to,
ho begged to 09Eer his Immediate resignation.
rho changes which he deemed necessary wcro
tho abolition OF tho 1ooso methods Of conduct
lnE tho college, tho requirement. Tint studcnta
hnuld nntrfeuGate for certain fixed colrHc,
and nat be allowed to cpino In md takc few
Gheap lcssoNs Ms thoy would 40 TO q private
teact1er tho establishment OF two terms your,
and whnteycr other reforms wcro necessary to
mike tho Institution rcnl college Of Jnl1so md
ilm tie rGai md untl!sp'lted hcnti. a nnnti,
with. Two weeks ngn, When ho a9utn wont tn
New York, hu loft nflOthor lcttcr resulting biz
Mlttn1ntuns aud requesting prtnlpt acti0n. II
tho changes Wcro not nude. ho aaid, he should
essl ] as fnte. The Sree;aTa Shs tson "aa1o ape
pointed a sub committee of thrco to mn
tttrc plan Of ruforu,. They reported fow
ntnor chMnges, hnt ignored tho radical ones do
1naAdctt by Thn1nna. Thorctp0n tho Director
i'ecnrlo nngry. Further curresEondcnce between
him and !irn. A.. 7. uoshorn bus not improved
tim WIS iulposspe. tiH, Thomas hns not re-
stE1lctl. and 10 all outward npFoarlllces tho Ut
fntrs Of THO College Wcro npver inDro prosperous
or harmonious. President Nichols, who hn9 given
of charge, aud who has staked hts reputation On
It's slicccsa, IL disposed to mike strong light,
lilo ls secured tho support Of tho Directors, nttl
IL strongly ntrcnchcti. lte has III his posRsrsslon
I, letter written by Mr. Lowry. Of Nnw York. a
partnsr II ClIrkstn N. Potter, and inttulnte
that Jhnmas rcal desire In to rVturn to New
fnrk. but to ron,Mtn tho nominal hentl nf tho
t'ollrRo here This ho ID using to strengthen Ills
Nsttton. t!u haa aleo, It ts understood, telc-
grnplcd to 1srah1ns, tho GcrtnA! composer, with
gtsw to Sce bis sorsfes 1 Sse 9 IL
!,pen tilo auhjeet u t6o q,larrei, @ ii's nv.
Nichols refused to sny anythiug, except
that tho rclAtluns bbtwccn him ind Mr..
Thotnaa wcrO h!r1nontn,is and Tint tlioro
wts t.o trouble In tho college: Alr. Tholnas was
nt IND S xaa sy " % e Hsse''i II
tho rupture viii 10 On tho Stny Festival cannot
| bo told Mt this stagc Ut tho proceedings.