The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-05-09
The Mary Sharp College.

III N"sh'I''e Oh tuesday night Of la
week, together with n memorial Of
Nashville committee to the Board
Trustees of Mary Sharp College. III
Nashville American heads the memoir,
with these words; "a strong present,
ton Of the case"
or course we have no censure for m
one Of the committee or any citizen ,
Nashville for desiring the removal {
this College to Nashville, but as n liit
time citizen of Winchester We do have
right to say what we shall say, to,wit
The Mary Sharp College should ncre
BE- removed. The Trustees cannot see il
TINS memorial Il single plausible rcasol
for desecrating the noble act of Mrs
Mary Sharp who gave Owe think $40,
WV for the endowment of this institu
ton at Winchester. We use this wor,
desecrate. knowing full well that i
means to divert from sacred purpos,
or appropriation. Mrs Sharp, in honor
Of whom the institution was named, die
not intend that the school should be To-
Gated in Nashville. She is dead
ana we propose to speak for her dean
dust All the memorials in the world
cannot do away with the crime Of iuqrut.
tude 1t would be to her, in her grave, if
selfish or SOrdid considerations should
operate to Jreak her mW. But If they
should, in these days Of sin and disrc.
gard OF all that cnnoblcs poor human
nature, then we risk the assertion that
the heirs Of Mrs. Sharp are entitled to
all she gave, and interest up TO date :;
and if the courts Of our country aic NOT
corrupted, any honest jury would 50 de-
cree.
But, leaving all legal technicaltics,
md all moral sentiment out Of view, We
propose to examine for moment the
p'h Of this memorial, in which various
Baptist churches Of Nashville and EDGE.
held were represented, and on which DC.
sion they appointed men us IL committee
who belong to other branches Of Chrst'S
church, Us, for instance, Col. a. S. Col.
var, who is Il Methodist Of the strictcst
lyc.
They claim that there is some serious
md veXatious litigation about the prop.
,rty. We grant it may be vexatious,
but we cannot see they are so serious.
We understand that certain sum will
md this matter, and the Home Journal
will be one of %, or one of 20, to liqui-
late this. And we would do this to
Keep the Normal here. We have strug-
ylcd, as Il good citizen should, to help
that would help our town
md county, and we think this little
lcbt of the Mary Sharp can easily be
settled.
But, some will say that the people of
Nashville and Murfrccshoro do not want
he building or ground on which the
stands. They merely want the
'ome and pre$tige-the weight and in.
lucnce Of past succcss-of the Mary
Sharp. But is not Mrs. Sharp, who
Keeps the sleep that soon must ovcr,ake
Ill of us-is she not robbed when You
axe away the name and prestige of an
which, but for her libcmlitv,
night never have existed? 1t seems 50
o our wicked heart and cold reasoning,
md we hope our faith in the common
cnsc Of the citizens of all Of Franklin
county is not misplaced when we assume
hat they will not permit the removal
# this institution. We have read that
blessings brighten as they take their
light" and it is surely apparent to all
# us that Nashville, the capital of our
State, would not desire even the name
Mary Sharp" and make such liberal
'Iltrs, and offer such royal inducements
or violation Of duty and good faith to
lead Mrs. Sharp, if the Mary Sharp
VAS not worth more to us us Il commu-
lity than we think. We tell you, every
me will covct It's reign as 4 school when
t may be impossible to get it back
again Not until you have lost Il
precious jewel do you appreciate its
value.
As to the superior advantages of
or any other place, on ac-
count of accessiblity-this is stuff
mere chaF. Winchester is just rs &c
cessible as Nashville, and most assuredly
it is farther removed from temptations
and diseases which inevitably belong to
or 90 with crowded places No man Of
sense will dispute our assertion that the
country has fewer temptations than Il
crowded city. And we go so far as to
assert that in proportion as a country
bccomcs more thickly settled crime i'm.