The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-08-11
The lnterchurch College.


Interchurch College, is about to be
launched in this city. Connected
with this is Negro department. The
purpose of this college is to train
specialists to work for the uplift of
the people religiously, morally and
socially. This matter has been under
discussion for some time. No noise
has been made about it, and wisely so,
for many good undertaking has been
destroyed by too much publicity. But
this undertaking had to be known
some time, and, as was expected by
those who know the southern white
people best, as soon as it was made
public that the Inter-Church College
would have a department for Negroes
and that the Negro department would
be located in proximity to the white
college, for no other purpose, we pre-
sumo, than for convenience, but be that
as it may, some of our leading citizens
found cause to object to such a col
lege being located near the State Capt.
toll When one thinks of this objec-
ton, especially if he has had any
knowledge of some of the scenes that
have been enacted on Capitol Hill in
the State House, it sounds ridiculous
that those people who have lived
around there all of these years and
have been compelled to tolerate the
antics that have been carried on by
our honorable state lawmakers would
object to the location of a college that
has for it's sole purpose the training
of men and women to do Christian
service.
But such is the folly of white men.
That he is religious, no one will
doubt, and that he, at times, is ex-
tremely foolish and silly is so plain
that even the fool can see it. How
ever, it is condition, and undisput-
able one, and must be met in some
way. We do not know what steps
the managers of the Inter Church Col
lege will take in the matter. We be-
lieve, however, that the Negroes Of
Nashville would be better satisfied
with the Inter-Church College located
in a community of Negroes. In the
first place, it would be of more serv-
ice to them. In the second place,
they do not desire to be located in
a community of white people when
those white people object to their be-
ing there. 1t is not a question of
superiority in any line, but simply a |
question of common sense and self |
pride.
Negroes who have common sense
do not seek the company or social
contact of anybody to whom they are
not acceptable, and with such an in
as we have mentioned above,
it would be the height of folly to pre-
sumo that you could train Negroes to
be good Christians if they should be
daily intimidated by white people in
the vicinity of the school, There are in
this city locations that can be Sc
cured in Negro settlements that would
be much more desirable than any spot
around Capitol Hill. But, we do think,
f these leading citizens around the
Capitol object to the location of the
school on the site that has been Sc
ected, that they should purchase the
and pay in full the price
which would enable the Inter- Church
College Board to locate elsewhere with
'ut any embarrassment. We believe,
1nally, that the matter will be AMIGA
bly, adjusted and that this institution
hat promises to do so much for the
lplift of the people, will soon be
on career of usefulness.