The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1904-09-09

Jacob Tome, keen fnancier that he
was, insisted that all improvements and
| running expenses should be paid from
| the interest on the endowment, and
| that the endowment itself should not be
touched. A member of the Board of
| Trustees told the writer that consld-
cradle part OF the endowment was used
in building the magnificent buildings
and laying out the grounds, thus CUT
| ting off its earning power forever. All
have noticed the pride of ownership
| unconsciously shown by certain MEM
bers OF the Board for the beautiful hill,
but it is yet to be seen that equal pride
is taken by them in young man or
woman trained in the art OF earning an
honest livelihood at the Jacob Tome
Institute Already, members of the
Board and the Director talk of the ne
cessity of the money from tuition, paid
by the boarders, to keep things going.
Under the same management another
decade or less will see 'the greatest
fund ever left for secondary education"
wasted, lost, and the great work
planned by the Founders will be but a
memory. Then the guardians of the
FIVE classes OF bene6ciaries will wonder
why they slept so long.
Negation g. How can they afford
to do it?" said university president,
referring to the costly advertisements
in the leading magazines and the mag
nifcent prospectus filled with photo
gravures, costing more than half dol
lar each to produce and mailed at a
cost of about seven cents. by the
mal-administration of sacred trust"
was the solemnly truthful reply. The
Trustees and Director have often said
to citizens of Port Deposit that the
Boarding School was an investment of
funds, and would yield splendid profit
on the outlay. Yet in their advertise
ments to catch boarding students they
have said that the cost OF attending the
Institute was but small part of the
outlay on the part of the Institute for
the benfit of the boarder The fact
of bad faith and double-dealing is clear
ly shown from the following extract
from circular widely distributed
among wealthy people: ''The Jacob
Tome Institute is intended to appeal to
the widest public. Although founded
by private individual and administered
by Trustees appointed by him, no eff
fort is made to conduct the Institute
for profit. Ii it were taxed to its full
capacity for GOO boys, the tuition fees
could never be expected to pay more
than small part of its expenses. The
present charge for boarders is $500 a
year, covering tuition, board, room,
laundry, heat, light, textbooks and sup
plies. For residents of Maryland there
the wishes of the Founder, who was
anxious to help in special way the
boys of his own State"
Could there be falser statement OF
truth, more deceptive presentation of
facts, and more despicable spirit OF
double-dealing than is shown in the
foregoing quotation? The Institute
was not intended for the widest public.
(See Exhibit Al The Trustees have
always claimed to home people that
the Boarding School was conducted for
profit, and the Director at the June
meeting of the Alumni told them that
the returns from tuition from the
Boarding School was paying off the ex-
penditures for its construction. The
third sentence quoted above is doubt
less true, but it is only told to the
wealthy patron. The opposite is
claimed at Port Deposit But worst
of all is the statement that Jacob Tome
wished a rebate of $Ioo to students of
Maryland. The Charter expressly
states, "and to do all other things
necessary and proper for the thorough
and practical education, but not for
the boarding, ETC."
"You have great Boys Boarding
School at Tome" said Principal Upde-
graft of the Girls Latin School of Bal
timore to the writer of this study, when
they met at the Association of Colleges
and Preparatory Schools of the Middle
States and Maryland, at the meeting
at Johns Hopkins University at Balti-
more in 1908. "No, not a great Boys
Boarding School," was the reply, but
complete system of education from
the Kindergarten to the completion of
the High School," With look OF in
credulity Principal Updegraff said,
why, l was on the same sleeper with
your Director, DR.. Harris, from Balti-
more to Atlanta, and he spoke only of
Boarding School" And it is so in
all parts of the United States.
This incident is given to illustrate
the feeling Of the Director of the Jacob
Tome Institute, and shared by major
ity of the Board of Trustees and ma
jority of the Faculty toward the 'ben-
evolent'' purposes Of the Institute. and
their efforts to completely change its
Dlan and ends