The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1913-06-13
CORDIAL APPROVAL
OF BOARD OF TRADE
Of c. N. ACADEMY
RESOLUTIONS ENDORSING THE
LOCAL INSTITUTION ARE
ADOPTED.
BUSINESS men WILL BOOST IT
Enthusiastic Meeting of Leading cit
liens of Inc City Gets Behind the
Local Boys institution With pIedu.
es of Support

Columbia's Board of Trade is
squarely Behind the Columbia Militia.
ry Academy. The board both as an
organization and through its indyid
ual members is going to boost tb,N
school and make every possible eff.
fort to have in Columbia the great.
est institution cf the kind to be fovnd
in the South, ~ for that matter. in
the entire nation.
Action looking to boosting the Co.
lumbia Military Academy was taken
at an enthusiastic meeting of the
board held Oh Thursday Afternoon Al
the offices of the Maury National
Bank. The meeting was attended BY
many of the leading business men
and financiers CT the city and all were
very much il interest. All were Con.
yinced that under the present man,
agement of the lessee, Col H. c,
Weber. the school is on a better ba.
sis than it has ever been and is des.
tined to be ole of the first institu.
tons of the land.
Col. Weber was present and ad.
dressed the. board. He told the n.em.
bers of the efforts that had been
made for the school he showed let
tiers from the trustees manifesting
their interest; he also presented let.
tiers from the parents of the boys
there during the spring term com.
mending the work Of their sons in
the very, highest terms. He said
that he wanted the Board of Trade
and the busirrss men of Columbia to
get behind the school as Columbia
enterprise, to boost it and to SUPPORT
it.
After Col. Weber's speech the fol.
lowing resolution was unanimously
adopted
"The Board Ct Trade of Columbia,
being interested in the welfare OF
every institution or enterprise bring.
ing people Or revenue or renown to
our city, keeps 3 watchful eye on all
the efforts Of her citizens in such
directions.
The public here have watched
the work done at the Columbia Mill
tary Academy particularly this
spring. From our observation and
from the unanimous expression of
the patrons having students at. the
Academy, we believe that the work
this term has been more thorough
and painstaFins than ever before.
We believe thai the students attend
ing have done more real quiet, hon,
Jest work than ever in the history of
the institution
We believe the Academy is or a
firm foundation upon Which to erect
ia permanent and lasting school, to
which the pal ents Of not only this
community, but any other, can send
their boys with the assurance that
they will be thoroughly instructed,
carefully trained, and guarded
against all the evil temptations that
beset young manhood
There is at this school no ham
nor pretensa, tut frankness and hon
esty, sincerity and high character,
ability and scholarship mark its eff.
forts. Therefore, the Colombia
Board of Trade takes great pleasure
in commencing the Columbia 'Iili.
tary Academy to the parents and
guardians Of this community, md to
the entire country, giving the fullest
endorsement to the character End
management Of the school and be.
speaking a lihe,al patronage on the
absolute metits of the institution"
Every member present promised
that he would become a solicitor for
the school, that all would endoayor
to obtain the names of boys who ver.
school prospects and give then to