The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1909-05-14
THE PEOPLE ASSEMBLED
TAKE STEPS TO SECURE
NORMAL FOR OLD MAURY
go AND FETCH IT" COMMITTEE NAMED BY
BIG MASS MEETING TO DO THE
HEAVY WORK
HUNDREDS APPL AUD SPEAKERS TO EcHo-MucH
ENTHUSIASM DENOTES coLUMsIA's DETERMINATION TO WIN
col ossAL PRIzE-MoNEY AND CAMPAIGN BEGUN

Columbia must have that Middle
Tennessee Normal School, and the
duces tecum, or Go and Fetch It COM
mittee has been organized. One mem
of this committee, Prof. W. E. Bos-
tick, left Tuesday to see
the members of the State Board OF
Education, and on his return a COM
mittee of six or eight will be sent out
for a further interview. When the
State Board of Education meets in
Nashville they will be waited on by a
large, earnest and representative COM
mittee.
AS one man stated at the mass meet
ing at the court house Monday night
this Normal School question grows
larger and larger from every stand
point the more you consider it. And
the more you think of it the worse
YOU want it for Columbia. Figures
failed this speaker, Mr.. Smiser, ana
before he had gone very far he had
reached half a million dollars in the
benefits to accrue to Columbia and
Maury county and this was aside from
the educational advantages.
That mass meeting was representa-
tive. enthusiastic and meant business.
About $3.50 was raised at the meeting
for incidental expenses for the cam
paign for the school, and the hnance
committee appointed at the meeting
gave assurance that they would have
Al 600 on hand by this afternoon for
these incidental expenses. 1t was
stated that $1,000 would be sufficient
Turner Chairman.
The mass meeting was called to
order by Mayor Biddle, who stated
that the purposes of the meeting were
to organize, cooperate with the City
Board of Education, the Board OF
Mayor and Aldermen, and the County
Court of Maury county and get that
school. w. B. Turner, Esq, was unan-
imously chosen Permanent Chairman
and J. t. Mcknight, Esq, Secretary.
On taking the chair Mr.. turner
thanked the meeting for the honor
He said il was indeed an honor to be
so chosen by the citizens OF ColumDla'
and especially where such an impoT-
tant matter was up. He said thls
question was the greatest the citizens
of Maury ever had to deal with. Ihat
II looked as if the financial end OF the
matter could be taken care OF, but the
assembly on this occasion was to see
how badly Columbia wanted good
thing Mr.. Turner then discoursed
on the many good things and the ad-
vantages we already have and during
his remarks said after a man lives
here a while he can not get away
This caused considerable merrlment
and forced Mr.. Turner to beg the ques-
ton by saying that a man didn't want
TO leave here after being citizen Tor
while.
Fry Speaks.
Col John w Fry told of the advan-
tages we were Offering but said II we
have not done enough we can well
afford to do more; that from $15O,OOo
To 5000. 900 will be spent here annually
nv reason of this school. That the
town had advanced in an educational
way since the coming of the Column
bia Military Academy, and would ad-
vance more by reason OF this school;
that the Normal would not interfere
with any of our present edncauonal
institutions: that the town as an
educational center will be better than
manufacturing town, even consider
ing finances alone. Mr.. Fry said we
should meet the State Board OF Edu-
cation on their arrival here with even
larger crowd than greeted Bob ray
lor. then we should have barbecue
and other things to show our enthus-
iasm
Col. Hardy Heard.
Col. ]. c. Hardy said this was the