The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-06-30

The proposition to move Turner
Normal College from Shelbyville to
Nashville has caused no little stir
throughout the entire state. for the
reason that the institution lis the
property of the A. M. e. Church in
Tennessee.
There are those who believe that
the school could thrive better in the
city of colleges and universities than
it can in a town the size of Shelby
willie. 1t was argued by certain mem
bers of the Trustee Board at it's last
meeting that the Africans Methodists
of Nashville would see to it that the,
school in a few years could compare
favorably With the other great schools
in the city. 1t, was also argued that
the African Methodists throughout
the state would doubtless take pride
in the fact that they had school
in the city of schools, and would be-
come inspired to do more than ever
to build UP a first-class institution
that would in the course of time take
rank with Fisk University and all the
rest. Upon this representation the
few trustees who were present voted
to move the school to Nashville and
locate 1T about midway between Fisk
University and the Negro State Nor
NAL, and there contend for a division
of honors.
No sooner had the publication been
made than storm of protest arose
among the members of the church ev-
erywhere, besides many members of the
Trustee Board who were not present
They failed to see it as the trustees
did who were present. They contend
that .t would be suicidal to pull UP
now after so many years in Shelby
Vile, and go and locate under the
shadow of Fisk with it's fifty years OF
advantage and thousands of dollars OF
backing, or in such close proxim
ity to the Negro Normal with the
whole State of Tennessee behind It.
Speaking of the case, President Jones
said to q Globe representative:
Il have always opposed a change
from Shclbyville, and was actuated to
vote with the trustees to move only
upon tho glowing representation OF
affoirs as given in by the Nashville
ministers. After seeing the property
observing it's location with reference
to the other schools mentioned above
and most of ALL having been Uniformed
of the storm of opposition ON the par
of the members of the church
throughout the state, | again entered
my protest, and have gone on record
as opposing the change"
Grant that every A. M r. church
i'm Nashville would double what they
have been accustomed to doing, they
would be powerless to sustain the
school without the hearty co-Opera
ton of the rest of the state, We
have gone to the agents of the prop
erty and informed them of our mis-
take, and offered to forfeit~a reasona
BILE damage, besides the loss of thu
bonus already paid in. They did no
seem inclined to consider our propO
sition. 1ney want to sell the prop
erty.
The people of Shelbyville of boil
races have risen up as one man, ant
offered us such inducements as viii
enable us to accomplish what we have
so much desired, the erection of {
handsome brick building for a Girls
Dormitory modern in all its parts.
It lis our aim to erect the new build
ing this summer and fall on the cam
pus in Shelbyville, and move into !
before the first term, if the board o
trustees can be induced to rescin'
their actor.
It is in this state of things that tn
destiny of Turner Normal hangs
What the trustees will do is entirel
problematical and cannot be deter
mined until after the meeting in Al