The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-11-22
BIG MEETING
MONDAY NIGHT
GET TOGETHER FOR COMMUNITY
UPLIFT KEYNOTE DISCUSSION
North End Neighborhood Union Max
ing Great Headway-People See
The Need of Such Institution
Branch of City Union or Ur-
ban Conditions.

Last Monday night an enInusldSt-
ic gathering of the residents OF the
third ward and adjoining blocks,
who have formed themselves into
the North End Neighborhood Union,
tas held at Pleasant Green Baptist
Church. Some of the oldest and
leading residents of the district
were present, and some who were
prevented from attending sent mes
sages of regret. 1t is not often that
a meeting for a new movement has
such a unanimous feeling and opin-
ion for matters Of community bet
terment and mutual protection as
that expressed at this meeting.
Father Coombs, Rector of the Holy
Trinity Church, who lives in this
district, made some remarks that
we're well received by thise present.
Editor Hart, of the Globe" made
strong talk on the need of further
getting together and standing like
men and women shoulder to shoul-
der in working for those needs
which made for the uplift of our
common life and the thing in which
we need protection and mutual help.
Prof Hardy L. Keith added a
strong line Of argument to the same
and effect.
AS a result of the meeting a de-
clsion W asmade to carry cam
paign of community betterment
throughout the district and to rally
1.-THE entire community to mass
netting to be help at Pleasant
Green Baptist Church on Monday
might, December 16, at 8 o'clock. A
committee was appointed to work
out the plans for this meeting and
to make a house to house canvass
10 explain the purposes Of the or.
ganization to the residents of the
neighborhood This committee will
meet next Monday night and begin
its work.
The North End Neighborhood
Union is a branch Of the Nashville
League on Conditions among Ne
groes which was organized last
January to bring together the col
ored people and their white friends
throughout the city in city for.
ward movement for social and
civic betterment. The plan Of the
league is to organize neighborhood
unions in all sections of the city and
bind these together by delegate
members from these unions in the
Executive Council or the central
body. Already the league has taken
steps to organize in other neighbor
hoods besides the north end. It has
started a kindergarten for the dis
trict around the corner of Eighteenth
avenue and Cedar street, where the
kindergarten Is located. It is be
ginning an effort for helping the
juvenile delinquents and going to the
juvinile court besides these cltyward
organizations of neighborhood
unions.
The Nashville league Is a branch
of the National League on Urban
Conditions among Negroes which Is
developing similar work in the CT
ties of the country where suitable
numbers of\colored people reside
The National body has its headkuar
ters at PSI Fourth avenue, New
York City and is now becoming in
oorporated under the laws of the
State of New York with a charter tC
carry on its activities throughout
1.-The United States.
The League has In its employ
about twelve social workers who
are experts in the various problems
confronting colored people in cities
Two of these experts are visiting the
different cities of the country from
time to time and assisting in the
development of this work.
The League also has an education
al feature of its work for the secur
ing and training of Negro youth for
work as social experts in meeting
the conditions in cities. In this ed
ucational work it has affiliated with
Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn;
Atlanta Baptist College, Atlanta,
Ca, and Talladega College, Tallade
ga, Ala. Last year two graduates
were provided with fellowships and
had training at the New Yors
School of Philanthropy and Colum
bia University, and both of these
1 young people are now at work In
two different cities. This year, two
or three college graduates are being
ha