The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-12-11

For more than ten days a rumor
has been afloat in Nashville, especial
ly In Baptist circles, to the effect that
Rev. ID. S. Klugh, D. D., Secretary of
the Educational Board Of the National
Baptist Convention, has issued a
statement in which he moves his Of
flee as educational secretary and the
Educational Board, from Nashville to
Princeton. Diligent inquiry mong
some of the leading Baptists, both
National and State, seems to confirm
this rumor. This is the very first
move of its kind in which the Bap-
lists have attempted to go so far
north or east to establish the head
quarters of any of their boards. The
convention proper has erected officers
from as far east as Providence, R. l.,
but they have never had any of their
boards to establish and open offices in
the East. The claim appears to have
been based on the fact that 1t was too
far from the center OF their large
membership. The opinion is that this
move on the part of DR.. Klugh in
breaking away from Nashville. a reli-
gious, educational ana publishing
center, to go to New Jersey, where
1t is said that no help and no sympa-
thy can be had for this work and
where nothing can be accomplished in
an educational way. ws not author
lied by the educational board, nor
by the National Baptist Convention,
according to information coming di
rect from the chairman of the educa.
tional board. AS the National Bap.
tist Convention during the year OF
1906, at its Memphis session, unani
mously voted to locate Theological
Seminary in this city. The action
was supposed to have been taken in
favor of Nashville on account of its
many advantages and in order to ac
cept proposition from the Home
Mission Board of New York whereby
they would get certain amount O
money if they themselves would
raise a certain amount. While moth
ing has been done towards the erect
ing or establishing of the school tha
is so badly needed by the Baptists o
the State which would give this de
nomination more educaeed ministers
the action Of DR.. Klugh is a distinc
loss to the denomination as we'll as Il
the state of Tennessee if it is sus
tanned by the board or Dy the conver
ton. Just what will be done in tn
matter is not known. 1t is certain
that Nashville affords superior advar
tage, and this is being taken advantage
of by other denominations especiall
ring this past year by the estat
lishment of the different branches an,
different Offices in the city. Certain
ly they are able to take in the supe
rior religious and educational SUI
roundings offered by Nashville. TIL
people have evidenced all along a dc
sire to help foster every movemen
for education that may be begun b,
the state or by any of the denomina
tions. On last Monday at the Baptis
Ministers Conference a motion wa
passed which puts the city minister
down as giving their full support t
the Educational Board in its contem
plated campaign, which was outline,
some time ago in the interest of tn
work under way by the Educationa
; Board, It was not generally know
that DR.. Klugh had taken such action
1t now develops that the chairman O
the Educational Board who is, by tn
way, a Tennessean, ii the person n
Rev, T. j. Searcy D. !, of Memphis
was not conferred WI by the sec
retary and did not consent 10 the re