The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1911-07-28

Inc trustees OF turner Normal
College met Tuesday in midsummer
meeting in Bethel A. NJ E. Church,
on Tenth avenue, South. The meet
ing was called to order by Bishop
H. B. Parks, of Chicago. In chosen
words he reviewed the educational
work of the African Methodist Church
in Tennessee since 1908. It was clear
ly shown by the statement that
greater strides have been made for
education by the African Methodists
in Tennessee during the last four
years than has been done during the
history of Turner Normal College.
The reports from the various districts
were very good, and total between
$9,500.00 and $4,000.00. The Bishop
expressed himself as being highly en-
couraged from the showing made by
the conferences, and expressed hope
that by fall $5,O00.00 will have been
raised for the school. The meeting
as whole was very harmonious.
The matter as to the location of
Turner Normal was left in a tenta-
tive state. 1t will be remembered
that report was made some time ago
that the school had been moved to
Nashville, and it did seem for a while
that such was the case, but a compli-
cation arose that made such a thing
impossible now. There have always
been two factions on this question:
some have favored the present loca-
tion, but it seems that a majority OF
the ministers favor a change 1t was
evident from the expressions of the
several speakers on last Tuesday that
the question of location is not yet
settled by any means, and it is be-
lieyed by many that the school will
yet be moved from its present home.
A committee was appointed at the
meeting on Tuesday composed of rep
resentatives from the four confer
ences ir Connection with DR.. ]. A.
Jones, the president, to look into the
case more fully. The committee is
composed of the following trustees:
DR.. ]. A. Jones, President of Turner
Normal; Rev, S. l.. Howard, of the
Tennessee Conference; Rev c. H.
Shelto, of the West Tennessee Con-
ference; Rev j. H. Smith, of the
East Tennessee Conference; and Rev.
G. w. Porter, of the Central Tennes-
see Conference. These gentlemen will
take up the matter and sift it
thoroughly, and in their investigation
they also will determine whether or
not the trustees have the power to
erect a new building at Shelbyville
under the present charter.
The people throughout the state
and especially the members of the
African Methodist Church, are deep
ly interested in the outcome of the
school, One trustee was heard to ad-
vance the idea that in his judgment,
it will be fair to the people to give
them chance to vote on a location.
He suggested that each conference
name site if they so desire, and that
the people as whole, that is the
members of the African Methodist
denomination take a vote in their re-
spective churches on the sites select
ed, and the one receiving the majority
of votes be declared the permanent
location of the school The argu-
ment was raised that such a plan
would have a two-fold effect. First,
the people would be allowed to do
that which is their right; since the
support of the institution must come
from the people, they ought to have
some sayso about the same. Fur
thermore, the fact was advanced that
such a campaign would show the peo-
pie from one end of the state to the
other the need of such an institution
as Turner. and would educate them