The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1881-03-23
The Winchester Normal.

next quarterly term O1 our county
Court, (ApriD an effort would be made
TO have extended the lease of the build
inc occupied by the Winchester Nor
NAL" and we want to say to the Magis
tratcs that they would do well to cxteno
the lease Nearly, perhaps all, Of the
Magistrates are subscribers to the Home
journal, and we believe they know US
too well, personally, to think We would
be actuated by any desire in conflict
with the prosperity and future glory OF
our county. Hence it is we say: Vote
for long extension of the lease-long
enough to secure a continuance, for one
generation at least, Of the present splcn.
did standing Of the Normal" and the
bright prospect Of its continuation when
the able Professors now in charge have
been resolved back to the dust we all
came from and will certainly go to.
There is not room enough in the build
inc nor to accommodate the pupils, and
any effort upon the part Of Prof. Terrill
or his associates, or friends Of the school
would be like inviting to feast when
the table was empty In fact, we have
been told that Prof Tcrrill has received
many letters asking him to other places
for educational purposes. But he has
shown his admiration for our section of
country by investing largely in real cs-
tate, and by drafting largely upon his
own pocket in order to carry out the
seeming aim of his life-educaiion.
And, it seems to us, the members Of the
County Court will fall below the stand
ard Of common sense if they fail to 50
act in this matter us to secure the SER
vices Of such men as Prof. Tcrrill and
his associates, euen fore life. And if you
refuse, Magistrates, to extend the lease,
what will your building be worth? Are
you sure that you can get such success
for it again as it is now? And what is
its chief value =? Not its brick and Local
ton, but the fact that it is building
full Of students, And, large as it is, it
is not large enough for the demand Of
pupils.
Now, we ARE not paid for writing
thus. We write solely for the good Of
our people here in Franklin county.
Editors do IL tremendous amount Of
writing for which they get no pay, and,
too often, they are said to be Thought
up" For more than twenty-five years
We have had to submit to such ACCUSE
tons, hence our epidermis is inyulnera-
blc to such arrows.
Unfortunately this misconsiruction
smacks of political squabblcs, and We
arc undyingly opposed to any such allie
cations against us. The Home Journal,
under our management, in the main, for
more than % years, has never descend
ed from the landmark Of honesty and
equal and exact justice to all man
kind" We have never been bought.
We have made enough money by hold
ing fast to the standard Of truth and
honesty. If not, how could we have
kept our paper alive for these % years
or so1 Therefore, our Magistrates will
not, We hope, disbelievc what we say is
for our interest as community. En-
tend the lease, and additions will be put
to the building that will make it an or
nament and honor to Franklin county.
We are equally enthusiastic as 10 the
Mary Sharp College. 1t is an institu-
ton that has become historic. 1t is our
pride and pleasure, when far away from
home, to say we live in the county
where the Mary Sharp College is To-
Gated, of which Il. G. Graves is the
President. And it is ugly manners,
and bad policy, that any partizanship
should exist in regard to our schools.
As for oursclf, we are as much of Il
friend to one school as the other, and we
never could see any sense in aiding to
bring about anything more than an hon
est rivalry between institutions which
make up, tom ensemble, the prosperity
Of Winchester and Franklin county.
The Home journal is friend to each,
and it is time that there should be per-
feet harmony between these schools and
the friends of these schools. The Mary
sharp deserves all that the grandest
College in the United States deserves
and so does the Normal. And it be-
hoovcs the people of our county to en-
courage both these institutions, and to
discourage everything that savors of
anything less noble than an honest