The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1910-09-09
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10 DE NashvilIe Globe:

10 the Nashville Globe:
The recent article concerning our
public school is encouraging. We are
grateful for every Improvement.
Since the City Federation of Wom-
ems clubs has already begun this
general work the vicinity of Knowles
School organized and the other school
vicinities will now begin.
We shall regard this as an oppor-
tunity, indeed a privilege to fall in
line with DR.. Smiths plans and make
this the year of years, in making new
interest among all the people.
We are hoping that the authorities
will see their way clear to add physi-
cal culture also, which is so much
needed.
1t is exceedingly generous on the
part of our teachers to plan so early
to spend their summers North to bet
ter prepare themselves for the school
room, thus giving the vacation sal
aries right back to the people. I be-
lieve the teachers have always been
willing to do more than their part.
What will the patrons do? Teach
ers alone cannot carry the work to
perfection.
Owing to the location of some Of
our school buildings, paint, paper and
whitewash will not make them suit
able for the highest mental, moral
and physical development of the
children. In most of the schools the
equipments are old, worn, altogether
unsightly and must be very depress-
ing to the teachers and benumb the
finer sensibilities of the children.
Mission schools are placed in UNI
fortunate communities for the more
rapid elevation of these particular
people, but to place our public schools
in low, damp and otherwise unsani-
tary places and sometimes in cess
pools of vice and crime, where the
purest are forced to go for an educa-
ton is no less than SIN against the
innocent. Think of young women, as
teachers, being thus exposed.
One of the large %laundries of the
city is being removed to a more de-
sirable location because good people
refuse to go into the old Objectionable
community to work. Yet the place
is good enough for our high school.
Black Bottom, the old eyesore, the
very atmosphere of which is offensive
to all respectable people!
Very often adults are entirely re
sponsible for their ignorance and
poverty, but not so with the little
ones.
/ haye seen children of The other
race not yet in their teens, with
shoulders bent, eyes dull and tired
compilations sallow, the effect oil
poor food and hard labor, whom some
one might help. These unfortunate
children, with their parents, live II
homes that have not been painted
whitewashed nor otherwise renovated
in many, many years. They live there
because rent is small and it is other
wise convenient. They feel that they
could not pay any more, but If the
landlords and Christian people IL
general would see to it that these
children are given proper advanta
ges. their homes beautifed and wher
ever possible bath rooms added, th'
Inspiration would be so great tina
they would be financially equal t.
the requirements ere they knew ii
For civic and moral Improvement lie
all the people have a chance.
Many of the mothers of this cit,
are panied, grieved over some of tn
conditions that obtain in the pull
lie schools, but the fault lies with us
Our white friends are always viii
ing to help us when we show a desir
, for advancement. The privilege t
assist in these educational rallies
r etc, is going to test our interest.
, MARIA G.. KENNBY.