Franklin's paper the Denver star., 1912-12-28
FOR GREAT
RELIGIOUS WORK
Permanent Home For MetOka
and GaIeda Glasses.
MEANING OF THE MOVEMENT.

Topic-Energy of Henry Allen Boyd.
Nashville, Tenn.-This historic city
and educational center is to come into
the limelight even more brilliantly than
ever before as a religious denomina
tonal center, where all races and
creeds may truly call it Jerusalem" II
the plan adopted by the executive com
mittee of the National Metoka and Ga
leda organized class movement, which
held its meeting at the National Baptist
publishing house, Tuesday, Dec. "a
are carried out.
The entire matter, as agreed upon by
the executive committee, is practicable
and feasible, and for that reason the
city as whole will gain much in the
elimination of the plans now under
way. 1t is calculated that the pro
posed new movement will bring lar
ger influence upon the Sunday school
forces and benefit Nashville from the
organized Sunday school class point of
view as no other denominational move
ment of recent years has done.
According to the idea of thecommittee,
the central organization, or the head
quarters of the Metoka and Galeda
classes of the United States, is to be
made at Nashville Offices are to be
opened and paraphernalia will be made
and kept on hand and periodicals for
the classes sent out; in fact, bee
hive of workers will be the ultimate
aim of the central organization.
Among the first steps taken were an
agreement for cooperation between the
executive committee and the local work
ers, the drafting of plans for this cen
tral organizat ton, and the opening of
regular correspondence with every
organized class throughout the United
States.
The National Baptist Union Review
has pledged its support in giving space
to whatever the central organization
may prepare for publication, thus act
ing as lever for this movement. Edi
tor Crenshaw, who was present and
spoke at length. declared that the ma
terial and opportunity for furtherihg
such plans as had been outlined by
the committee, was to be found within
reach of Nashville, almost under the
shadow of the publishing board.
The organized clubs movement was
started at the Sunday school congress
at Meridian. Miss, two years ago and
is perhaps the first distincdvely Negro
organization of classes in any of The
denominations of the race. The selec-
ton of the unique name. "Metoka."
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Fellowship" is designated for the
mems classes. The word "Galeda' Is
Hebrew. which translated means the
heap of witnesses and is the name of
the class for young ladies.
The secretary of the Sunday school
congress, Henry A. Boyd, stated that
all schools were eligible to representa-
ton by classes and that he expected
classes to be organized in every one Of
the 10000 schools which are now mem
bers of the Sunday school congress.
The superintendent of the teacher
training course, DR.. Plus. stated that
in three or four years this organization
would have a membership of 100000
throughout the United States.
1t was stated that after the holiday
season plans would be completed and
made public for the publication Of
Metoka and Galeda magazine In the
interest of the organized classes, sup
porting them in every way to bring
the classes up to the standard that Las
been set for them. This magazine.
with the support of 1000 classes al
ready organized will have the largest
circulation at birth of any religious
journal that has been published in
Nashville.
1t Is stated on good authority that
these classes will rally as unit to the
support of this magazine. At present
the paraphernalia for the classes con-
sists of charters. pennants, buttons.
pins, badges, constitutions and bylaws,
watch fobs. invitation cards and
charts.
At the central organization, which
will maintain ella borate headquarters.
will be the Offices Of the superintend
ent of the teacher training course, the
Sunday school colporteurs, missionaries
and, In fact, the entire national eYecu-
tive committee, with national officers.
will be logically headquartered here,
giving to Nashville another mammoth
department connected with the ma
tional Baptist publishing board that
will equal II not surpass the magnifi
cent strides already made in leading
other cities of the United States for
denominati tional endeavor.
Anniversary of the Dorcas Society.