The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1917-09-07
10 THE VOTERS OF CECIL
COUNTY.

an open letter under political adj
vertisement in the papers of Cecil
County, in which he has made an UNI
justifiable and an unwarranted at
tack upon the Jacob Tome Institute,
and says that if he is elected to the
Senate of the State of Maryland, he
is sin favor of compelling the Jacob
Tome Institute by law to bear it's just
share of the burden of the expense
of the Government, under which it.
exists"
While Mr.. Crothers apparently re-
fleets upon the Management of the
School, I am quite sure that his
article is intended as an attack upon
me, being the Treasurer of the
School and his opponent for the
nomination for the State Senate from
Cecil County. I therefore call the
attention Of my friends, the voters
of Cecil County, to the following
statement:
In the session of 1898, the late
Governor Austin L. Crothers who
was then a State Senator from Cecil
County, introduced a bill exempting
the Jacob Tome Institute from tax
alton and the corporate name was
then changed to the Jacob Tome
Institute" and there has been no
change since that time in the cor
porate name. At the session OF 1900,
the Trustees presented bill pro-
viding for the taxation on all real
estate and improvements belonging
to the Institute and not being direct
ly used for educational purposes.
'.The Tome School for Boys" as Mr.,
Crothers calls it, is simply used to
designate the school on the Hill. He
has charged the Jacob Tome lnstl-
tute with having changed it's policy,
This is not true. All orphans, and
in fact all Maryland students apply
ing to the SCHOOL, have been admit
ted to their respective departments
of the school without single ex-
ception free of charge for education,
books and full equipment.
The complete enrolment for the
year 1916-1917 was as follows:
Boys. ...... 900
Girls. .l52
Total. ..011
OF the above, all the girls were free
students, and ISL boys paid no
tuition nor expenses of any kind
showing 3O3 free students being
educated at the school out of total
of Sill.
Mr.. Crothers has charged that
Maryland boys are not wanted and
that girls have been almost elimi-
mated. These figures show that he
is entirely mistaken and that his
statement is not based upon facts.
All the boys, as well girls, have an
opportunity of completing a course
in this school from which they can
graduate and are prepared to enter
any Collge or University they wish,
or are prepared to earn their livell-
hood.
He complains that these students
are not prepared to earn their liveli-
hood; whereas the free students have
access to Manual Training courses,
Commercial and all other courses,
no distinction being made. between
the free students and those who pay
Free students have secured several
scholarships in John Hopkins Uni
versity, and have also taken the
Frank Thompson Scholarship in the
Pennsylvania Railroad.
Anyone, therefore, who viii LOOK
at this matter in the full light of all
the facts, realizes that the purposes
of Mr.. Tones Will have not been
changed-"T any orphan in Port
Deposit and Cecil County and in the
State of Maryland, whether boy or
girl, has the opportunity of securing
an education that will prepare them
for the struggle throughout life
without paying one cent for their
tuition and their books"
Mr.. Crothers charged That this
school is run for profit AS matter
of fact, very dollar of its income is
being used in the education of the
boys and girls.
The Electric Light Plant, referred
to by Mr.. Crothers, was part of Mr..
Tones estate, and has always been
taxed by the County and State. The
original electric light plant was
never self-supporting and was in the
hands of a receiver when the School
took it over. The School furnishes
the current to the Electric Company
and the town of Port Deposit and the
citizens living in that immediate
vicinity are furnished with electricity
simply as an accommodation for
them, and if anyone else desires to
take over the lighting of Port De-
posit, the Jacob Tome Institute will
be only too glad to turn over its
customers to any new company.
Mr.. Crothers also charges the