The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-06-04
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ii. class n al he Southland Draw
ing rs patronage from number Of
states i commands 4 home and
abroad r1at prestige which assures
success. The explanation Is 20 b
found in the capable manner IN which
the school has been conducted. IN the
cooperation o. ne citizens Of Colum-
oia- and IL he need for an educational
institution he curriculum q which
embraces military training
HARDY & Edgerton leased the school
with the understanding that they were
10 have the option Of subsequent
lease provided their contract with the
trustees vas faithfully observed It
IN needless 70 say that the trustees
signed this agreement with but one
purpose in viev-the establishment
Of a school that would be an impoT-
tant factor in the educational advance
ment Of Tennessee. that would meet
all the requirements Of a high class
institution Of learning and that would
reflect credit upon themselves. Co
lumbia Military Academy, with it's two
hundred students. stands today as an
Affirmative answer TO the question,
has the contract been carried out?
Within one year the present lease
expires. In order to permit the prin-
cipaIs to erect an additional dormi-
tory, and 70 make other improvements
upon the grounds, it is necessary that
the lease should be renewed. To get
the proper financial backing the pr1n-
cipals must have the assurance that
they viii not be dispossessed. Until
this assurance is given no expenditure
would be wise or possible.
The Herald is but voicing the senti-
ment Of this community in asserting
that a failure upon the part Of the
Board of trustees to renew the lease
would be an act of gross injustice. and
that any attempt to injure the school
By the circulation Of false rumors
would be an act Of cowardice.
When Hardy & Edgerton came
TO Columbia they did so with
a full understanding Of the
difficulties which they must sur
mount. No boys school had been
conducted here for gen.
srations. Eminent educators had tried
he experiment and failed. The out
ook was not promising. With these
circumstances staring
hem in the face Hardy & Edgerton
vent TO work with confidence and
mercy, and now after fopr years Of
.easeless labor have the satisfaction
# knowing that they have succeeded.
n devoting some Of the best years OF
heir lives to the work they did so
With their eyes turned TO the future.
they did not expect immediate re-
yard, no more than does the lawyer,
MUSICIAN or other professional man
vho builds slowly the foundation upon
which future success must rest. The
Inherent sense of justice that is Pc
uliar to all genuine Americans in
-seK guarantees to them the fruits
I their labors.
Aside from the calls of justice the
5elfare of Columbia and Maury coun-.
7 must be considered. To experiment
nth new principals would be criminal
rere those principals to fail. 1t would
lean that the hardy sons of Maury
ould not longer be educated at home.
would mean for many H them no
ducation at all farther than that fur.
ished by the lower schools. 1t il
ould mean the lowering of intellec- 4
ial standards, the numbering Of as n
Irations, the retrogressing Of the n
Immunity as whole. AND WHY Il
RY THE EXPERIMENT WHEN Ii
HERE IS NO SENSE OR JUSTICE Ii
! IT? p
The circulation OF rumors .
hich purported to represent Ii
lie views Of the majority of v
e Board of Trustees, and which "
dictated an unwillingness upon the o.
art of the trustees to again lease the u
.hool to Hardy & Edgerton, caused "
me alarm here and is responsible 3
r a committee Of twenty-five repre- p'
ntative citizens appearing before the d.
1ard of Trustees at Nashville. ca
The committee that appeared before ca
e trustees was truly representative u
all that is best in this community. g
hey were actuated by no Interior mo- pi
yes and had no personal ends to sub III
rye. They were broad-minded men Inn ie
led with spirit Of progress and a de- "
rmination to see justice done. Pleas