The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-04-26
.BOST|CK RET|RES :
FROM HEAD HOWARD
INSTITUTE SOON
ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT
BE CANDIDATE FOR ANoTH.
Err TERM.
TWENTY YEARS AT The HELM
One of the Leading Educators Of
This County viii It Is Understood,
Locate Elsewhere-His Enviable
Record as an Educator.

LoCdte ElseWnere-1iS EnvldDIe
Record as an Educator.
Prof. James A. Bostick, for twenty.
one years one of the leading educa.
tors Of this county, and all that time
located at Mt Pleasant, will not
again seek election as the principal
of Howard Institute. In a lengthy
letter to the board of education, in
which refers with pardonable pride
! to the career of the school under his
direction, Prof Bostick announces
that he will not ask for the place
again.
Prof Bostick, it is understood, will
after the end of the session locate
elsewhere. Just what his plans for
the future are he has not announced.
But during his residence in this
county he has been a big factor in
all movements of progress and ad-
vancement. He has been active in
church, school and civic affairs and
has left lasting impression upon the
community. 1t is with genuine re-
gret that news of leaving the school
has been received by patrons and
former pupils, and the public gener-
ally.
In his letter, Prof. Bostick says:
The Board of Education of Howard
Institute, Mt. Pleasant, Tenn:
Gentlemen:-I hereby announce to
you that l shall not be an applicant
for the principalship of Howard Insti-
tote for another year. In doing so,
/ wish to express to you my sincere
thanks and high appreciation for the
cooperation and support you have
gwen me in the management OF the
school. For the past twenty-one years
Howard Institute has been under the
same administration and has enjoyed
peace. prosperity and success. This
institution has sent out many hun
dred young men and women who
have taken high rank, both in the
social and business world.
Not only, the commercial and bust
ness world have drawn largely from
the alumni Of this school, but it has
furnished its quota of the profession
III world. The ministry, the law, the
medical and the teaching profession
:.re all we'll and ably represented by
the alumni of Howard Institute.
Even in Maury county alone, eigh-
teen Of the active teachers this year
are former students of Howard Insti-
tlte. The school at present Is in q
most prosperous condition, with as
fine 3 student body as we ever had
the enrolment for the year being
one hundred and eighty-seven.
Those Of our students now in col
ieges and universities are measuring
up to the full requirements and their
work is eminently satisfactory to
those institutions in which they are
studying. It has been the policy OF
this school from the beginning to do
thorough work, and by SO doing,
Howard Institute has been pu, in
toucE with, and has correlated with
the best colleges and universities In
the South, to which institutions our
students are admitted on certificate
signed by the principal.
l shall ever refer with pride to the
work done while at the head of How
ard Institute, AMI shall ever be glad
TO know that l have taught and help
ed sc many young men and women
to state Of usefulness in life, where
they can best honor God through
their service to humanity. To the
| founders of Howard Institute, this
community owes an everlasting debt
| of gratitude. 1t has ever been my
purpose to erect to their memory a
colossal monument In the character
of students sent out from this school.
In retiring from this school / have
this reques; to make; choose wisely
my successor, and then stand by him
as Loyalty AS you have by me.
With very best wishes for the coz
tinued success of Howard Institute,
an, Very truly,
j. A. Bostick.