The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-12-24

NUMBER TO BE INCREASED.
A casual observer of conditions and
events in and about Nashville during
1909 is forced to admit that the Ne
cores of this city have caught the
spirit that actuated the city fathers
in moving up few notches,. in max
ing old Nashville with her hills, where
page upon page Of history sleeps in
the past, Greater Nashville, This
could not have been so easily accom-
plished were it not for the efforts and
action, in the very makeup of the
Negroes who are in the city in large
numbers. The death of the old year.,
1909, with, all of its achievements, /.
filled with the sorrow of hundreds, but
with the fond hope of the greater
part of 10000 Negroes in Nashville
and suburbs, will be watched by the
usual number of citizens. 1t is their
intention to hallow it as heretofore,
But review of what has been done
and what is expected in 1910 will pos
sibly inspire more individuals, COM
panies, organizations and corpora
tions to a greater work than anything
else. There is much expected in the
near future and great deal has al
ready been done this year.
Along educational lines it will
be remembered that the new
Roger Williams has burst forth
like a flower, filed with fra
GRANGE and surrounded with an at
mosphere so healthy that its perma-
nency is guaranteed. Fisk Universi-
ty has succeeded in being given a
new president who has had years of
experience and has bright future be-
fore him; Walden University, with
its Meharry Medical Colleges, seems
to be more stable and better prepared
to battle for the principles for which
1t was established; the numerous city
schools have been steadily turning out
their host of young people, who have
in turn entered some university, col
lege or taken their respective places
in their chosen vocation of life.
In the religious life great number
of churches has been lifted to high
er plane Of real establishment. Some
have been begun, some nearly COM
pleted, and others entirely built. In
the business world establishments,
business partnerships, chartered cor
porations, and a general organization
looking to the interest Of the city,
have been effected. In the finan-
cial world equally as much has been
dcne and more is expected.
The home life of Nashville has not
Jagged, as more homes have been
built during the past year than any
previous period in the history Of the
city. The taxpayers among the Ne
groes have increased 30 per cent. in
one year, hence 1910 will be ushered
in upon the Negroes of this great ed
ucational center with deal more in
store and with more plans formula
ted, all of which If carried out will ar
que greatly for the thrift, industry,
and far-sightedness Of the greatest
city in all the Southland.
Three large educational institutions,
if located here, will be helpful to
the community. One is the Normal,
Agricultural and Mechanical College,
a state institution in keeping with
the southern spirit Of education,
which win be under the exact and inn
mediate supervision of Tennessee; an
other is the rumored transfer or NOV
ing of the Turner Normal and Indus
trial College, an African Methodist
school now located at Shelbyville,
to Nashville; while the third is the
opening of the National Theological
Seminary which has been located
here by vote of the National Baptist
Convention. This possibly is brighter
because Of the improved condition Of
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