The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-06-14
BRIGHT OUTLOOK
FOR c. N. A.
ATTENDANCE NEXT YEAR PROM
Uses TO BE LARoER.-EVERY
ONE DELIGHTED WITH
THE SCHOOL.

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nifcent boys school, the Columbia Mil
itary Academy, the question naturally
arises. what is the outlook for the
next session? The answer is most
gratifying. With the exception of the
graduating class, all the cadets Will
be back except two. The parents OF
the boys who live at distance, have
already arranged in most cases for
their return, or have stated that their
boys will be back. So with this fact
as a start. it can be easily seen that
the attendance next session would nat
urally be much larger. But there is
another fact that promises well for
the school, and that is the inquiry for
catalogues. More inquiries have been
received So far than were received by
the first of August last year. They
come from nearly every state in the
union, northern as well as southern.
During the past five days one request
for catalogue has been received
every day from New York. The cata-
logues will be out in about ten days
or two weeks, and will then be mailed.
The school is being advertised in some
of the leading magazines and high
class weeklies in the country, ano
these requests for catalogues indicate
that the advertising will bring results.
The school has dormitory room for
about fifty more boarding cadets than
last session, and if the boys just IN
sist on coming to Columbia to school,
room would doubtless be made for
few more.
The closing exercises just over
formed a splendid advertisement fof
the school. The parents of two-thirds
the boarding cadets were present,
while Columbia and Maury county
turned out in force. The exercises
were exceptionally good, and the pa
rents and visitors were highly graft
fed not only with the exercises, but
with the school and the progress the
bows had made. There is something
| about a military school and military
/ discipline that brings a boy out more
rapidly than any other training. They
| learn to carry themselves well, they
learn obedience and discipline, they
learn to be systematic. 1t was gratf
fying to hear parents remark, i never
saw any one improve like my boy,
and we, who live here near the
| school have remarked on the wonder
full improvement of the home boys.
| The money derived from the school is
the smallest part of the good. II is IN
stilling a proper spirit in the young
men of the town and county, teaching
them the value of a trained mind and
high moral ideals. "Old Sawney>
used to say that Maury could raise
mules, but she couldn't raise men,
We are raising men now, men in every
sense of the word. The boys are
developing mentally, physically and
morally and the good this school is
doing and will do, will reach on and
IN and he felt wherever the home
bows and the boys who attend school
here happen to chose their walks in
life.
The War Department grades the
Columbia Military Academy "A, and
has instructed the principals and the
government officer in charge to fur.
nish the department each year the
names of the six leading graduates.
These names will be filed away, and in
case of war. when more officers Will
be needed, the Department will call
on these boys, and Will give them
Second Lieutenanships, should they
desire to serve their country. The
names of the six leading graduates OF
the present class have already been
forwarded.
There will be few changes in the
personel of the instructors next year
Col. Buck. Major Martin, Profs. X j.
Cox and f. ]. Hamilton will return.
Mr.. John Pigg, who has been secre-
tary and treasurer, will add to his
duties by giving some of the eie-
mentary instruction. Mr. kennard
Stephenson, winner>of the Scholarship
Medal this year, a Maury county boy
will also have charge of some of the
elementary classes.
Mrs. Minnie owen Haywood of Mem
phis, has accepted the position OF
House Mother and will have special
-. Ln.tg x,,ba, thpV are sick.