The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-08-20

At the VEN last moment the expect
ed happens and an oyer-zealOus re-
porter on a Nashville newspaper
comes forward with a story 10 the
effect that the Normal school should
be located on the old Peabody site.
This advocate Of his own proposition
points out that the removed OF Pea
body TO a site in close proximity" 10
Vanderbilt viii leave a vacuum in
South Nashville, in close proximity" to
Black Bottom, and therefore in every
way desirable and nice. This same
reporter paints a gloomy picture of
the boarding house keepers who will
be out of employment with the re-
moval of Peabody.
From the time the General Assem-
oily passed the bill providing for the
location of a normal school in
Middle Tennessee down to the present
Nashville has very wisely and pru-
dentyl kept out of the race for the
location of the Normal And it is
reasonably sure that the latest out
break is not significant and that it !
will not have the support of the sub |
stantial citizens OF Nashville. The r
last legislature, by the votes OF mem. Q
bers who were not interested in the t
growth and development Of Nashville, 8
put who were deeply interested in the
cause of education and were too a
to oppose an appropria- Ii
ion in every way worthy, voted $780, Of
100 for the location Of the George Pea Of
'ody School for Teachers at Nash hi
lille. Without this appropriation it i'd
1ould have been impossible for Pea tr
ody to have secured the $1,000 900 ly
as one of the provisions VI
nder which the bequest was granted or
y the trustees was that the state hi
Mould appropriate one-quarter of tn
illion dollars for the purchase of Bi
te and the construction of buildings. tn
his appropriation goes into a school lib
at educates the youth of the entire pu
and not alone the sons and dig
lighters Of Tennessee. Only a COZ
nall percentage of the graduates Of by
'abody, according to the statement as
Chancellor Porter. teach in the sio
hools of Tennessee. They are the
avn to other states by superior in
cements. For this reason Tennes.
? taxes herself more for the glory
Nashville than for the practical ! lou
1efits that will accrue And it is .ot'
to Nashville to be HANDS OFF in as
present contest :dv
)ne of the best arguments yet adj f t.
iced for the location of the Normal tie
small town is that the pupils Cove
be welcomed into the homes of aw
best people. The small town is isin
king in that exclusiveness that t W
the city. Students OF a viii
NAL school are recognized for their ion;
tn and not their wealth, and are " t
ended many social courtesies. AS. stat,
alton and environment are educa. emf
al factors that must be reckoned Ut {
!, for after all they are the real If
hers. Classic old Columbia, the he
e of the best and most hospitable md
lie in Tennessee, would contribute ntoX
e to the real education of Normal upper
ol pupils than Nashville could, is
her superior temptations and her hat
'ior hospitality. This is an argu- his
that will carry weight with the PAPER
ing board, and that should bring aw
school to this city. state
ID so far as the Peabody boarding If thu
es are concerned, it is the plain ng
of Peabody to care for them if out Ii
are in need of help. That stu. laily
J could board as cheaply in Co lie |
la as in Nashville is too obvious 1ewsI
lerit discussion. Is there any nibitit
n why they could not? from
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