The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-08-21

Boston, Mass, August 1S.-A nation
al conference of presidents of institu-
tions for the education of the Negro
pastors, Sunday-school and church
leaders - business and professional
men interested in the mental, moral
and religious education of the Negro,
is now in session at Dyke Rock cot
tage, Clifton, and will continue three
days. by invitation of w. n. Hartshorn,
chairman of the executive committee
of the international Sunday-school as
sociation.
The conference includes in its mem
bership the president, or a prominent
representative, of each of 80 leading
institutions, as follows: Straight Uni
versity, New Orleans; Goodman Insti-
tute, Jacksonville; Claflin University,
Orangeburg, S. c.; Berea College,
Berea, Ky; Spelman Seminary, Allan
ia; Morristown Normal and Industrial
College, Morristown, Tenn; Virginia
Union University, Richmond, Va. Lin
coin Memorial University, Cumberland
Gap Tenn; Stillman Institute, Tusea-
loosa, Ala; Knoxville College, Knox
Vile Tenn; Fisk University, Nash.
vile; Shaw University, Raleigh n. G,
Talladega College, Talladega, Aia.;
Clark University, Atlanta; Benedict
College, Columbia S. c.; Morgan Col
lege, Baltimore; Hartshorn Memorial
College, Richmond, Va; Howard Uni
versity Washington, d. c.; Atlanta
University, Atlanta; Tougaloo Univer-
sity Tougaloo Miss; Cannon Theo-
logical Seminary, Atlanta Roger Will
liams University, Nashville; Florida
BaDtist Academy, jacksonville; Phil
ander Smith College, Little Rock;
Howe Bible Institute, Memphis; Allan
ia Baptist College, Atlanta; Lane Col
! lege, Jackson, Tenn; Biddle Universi-
! ty, Charlotte, N. c.; Selma University,
! Selma, Ala; Tuskegee Normal and In
dUstrial Institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
The purpose of the conference, as
stated by Mr.. Hartshorn, is:
To discover the present mental, NOR
al and religious condition of the Ne
gro: how this condition has been
reached; its practical effect upon his
daily life; what is needed; how OBJ
tai1ed; how applied; the result
TO discover if it is practical for the
International Sunday-school Associal
tion to furnish instructors to universi-
ties, colleges, seminaries and secondary
schools already established for the edu-
cation of the Negro, to teach the stu
dents practical methods in organizing,
conducting and teaching individual
Sunday-schools of the Negro churches
in the city, the town, the village and
the rural district
To discover how the management
and faculty Of these institutions regard
this plan, and what they will do to
cooperate to make it successful
Opening this morning with can ac-
quaintance hour at 10 o'clock, there
was a devotional preparation service"
conducted by Bishop w. f. Mallaiieu,
LII. D. bishop of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, Auburndale, which will
be followed by the organization of the
conference.
Three sessions will be held daily
morning, afternoon and evening-to
consider real conditions and discover
) how to meet them. The discussions
will 30 deep into the heart of the gem
eral subject 1t is planned to have
81 four phases Of the problem considered.
! with four 15-minute presentations Jof
or wage Garner; which has cost the tax
+ payer many thousands of dollars:
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