The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-03-08

with Mr.. Nichols or without; Win tne
present stockholders and Directors or with
out; but it is somewhat perplexed by the
turning course of things. The College,
while a public benefit is also a
business corporation at the risk and under
the control of the stockholders; but pubic
fame is essential to 1t, and its general af-
fairs are necessarily made public. The Di-
,rectors can not justly complain that the
public think Mr. Thomas more vital to the
college than Mr.. Nichols, for he founded it
upon Mr.. Thomas. Mr.. Nichols invented
the College, but the essential part OF the
invention was Thomas. He can not reason
ably expect the public to change so quickly
as they are now asked to, and to accept
that Nichols 10, vital, but Thomas OF
no account We regard as unwise the
making of any one man essential to the
life of great institution ola public nature
The Directors have now to undo this as to
Mr.. Thomas, and they appear to be re.
peating the mistake by making the life OF
the college depend on Mr.. Nichols. We
hope they will survive the shock of the
smashing the idol on which they built, and
will not shift to another foundation as brit
tie, and that the college will 60 onward
and upward as they say they anticipate
from this dellverance.
INTERVIEW WITH Mr.. LAWRENCE MAX
WELL, JR.
Mr.. Lawrence Maxwell, OF the law firm
of King, Thompson & Maxwell, who has
been reported as having circulated sub
scription in the Courthouse on Saturday,
and to have secured subscriptions to sixty
shares of stock, was seen this morning by
STAR reporter and said that the above
statement was true; and, moreover, thai
of the original $31 900 of stock subscrip
tions only forty per cent. had been paid in.
He said that from the feeling among the
| friends of Mr.. Thomas, no doubt existed in
his mind that sufficient further sun
could be raised in short time to reorgan
ize the college in the interest of MIR. Thorn
as retention.
| He said he thought that the feeling ir
the community was Enthusiastically that Mr.
Thomas is the College of Musicand that hi:
resignation means the. resignation of the
present able corps of teachers as we'll anC
the practical abolition of the institution
He secuted the idea of Mr.. Thomas wishing
to leave Cincinnati; said that he had fittet
up his home at large expense with inlait
woods and objects of taste, has his childreI
here at school and is generally settled tt
stay. Mr.. Brown, of the Board of Trade
be and other friends of MIR. Thomas will
proceed energetically to the raising OF tn
necessary sum to place the College on
solid footing and to so reorganize it tina
Mr.. Thomas resignation can be withdrawn
He added that the letter sent by tn
Committee to Mr.. Thomas, which led t
the latter's resignation, was not in an
manner an answer to Mr. Thomas state
grievances, but was rather intended fo
publication in the newspapers and
place the most favorable side of th
Boards action before the public.
Mr.. Maxwell is entirely confident tha
Mr.. Thomas will yet be re aimed at th
head of the College of Music.
ALADY SAYS A WORD.
To the Editor of the Star:
!. Will you allow a lady to say word
the Nichols-Thomas College of Music col
troversy. The especial point I desire
note is that Mr.. Thomas is not "a hal
person to get along with" as the Nicho
| faction assert and as they have made eve
Mr.. Springer believe. That Mr.. Spring,
has been imposed upon in this particul'
/ is very clear to all who have any come
ton with the College. Certainly M
Thomas has too much respect for NJ
Springer to act discourteously to him.
Mr.. Springer's information must, ther
fore, come from others, and, as he has bee
intimately associated with Mr.. Nichols,
is natural to put him down as Mr.. Sprin
: er's authority on this matter, especially
he mentions conversation on this vel
subject in which he told Mr.. Nichols tn
. he believed his (Nichols') conduct with M
Thomas had improved him. The testimor
of those about the College is without exec
ton that Mr.. Thomas is in no sense di
, courteous or hard to get along with. /
his hands strangers and acquaintances wi
icome to him are alike treated with kin
ness.
Only the other day heard lady r
mark: Ibid you ever see any one lii
, him?1 No matter how poorly dressed
,, girl may be or how poor voice she ms
! have, Mr.. Thomas treats her with as mu(
!, consideration as if she were the wealthie
lady or the most eminent prima dom
in the land" In fact the only people wi
: find fault with Mr.. Thomas are those wi
;, expect to be toadied to, and are disa
: pointed to find themselves treated just
, other people are. A LADY.