The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1913-11-15

- 49, hA0t bAL1C III UlZLOIy
two religious organizations in th'
South,the one white and the othel
colored. are to unite in an educa
tlonal project for the Negroes
Lit Is an event that marks the be
ginning Of a new era in the atti.
tuoe OF the two races toward each
other.
Sutton 4. Griggs, educational
secretary of the National Baptist
Convention, has issued the follow
ing statement concerning the
movement to daily papers Of cities
directly concerned:
To the Public:
The Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, white, through resolution
unanimously adopted at its reot: (
session held at st. Louis, Mo-,
in May 1913, has rendered its aid,
moral and financial, to the Nation
al Baptist Convention, coIored,
for the purpose of insuring the
successful launching of Nation
al Theological Seminary to en-
gage in the work of furnishing a
better prepared ministry to lead
the Negro people.
The representatives chosen by
the Southern Baptist Convention
to confer with representatives of
the National Baptist Convention
have recommended that the
Southern Baptist Convention do
nate fifty thousand dollars as the
initial contribution of the white
Baptists of the South toward the
founding and equipment of the
school.
rs the purpose of those au-
|thofized to act in the matter I'd
locate the school in one of the
following five cities: Memphis,
Tenn; Birmingham, Ala; Allan
ia, Ca; Nashville, Tenn; or
Louisville, KY. It is hoped that
the philanthropic citizens of the
cities named will make offers for
a site for the school. and tender
such other help as their generosi-
ty may dictate. The character of
the offers made will have a bear
ing on the final decision as to the
location of the school.
There are strong reasons Justl-
flying activity on the. part of citi-
zens to secure the selection of their
city as the home of the proposed
school.
1 Beginning with the business
side of the matter, attention is
called to the fact that the con-
struction and equipment of build
ing, calling for material and la
Dor, and later the feeding and
clothing Of teachers and students.
the business transactions of the
thousands who shall have occasion
to visit the city because of the
presence of the school, will mean
ultimately the increase of bust
ness done-in the city to the ex-
tent of hundreds of thousands Of
| dollars.
2 The experience of Other
cities having Negro institution:
of a high order is that sucr
schools help to raise the standard
of living, improve the genera
tone of the life of the race, ane
greatly reduce the need OF police
activity in the regions affected.
3 A vital need where there i
mixec population rs sympathy
and understanding between The
races. The. cooperation of the
two races in the operation of The
school will furnish point of con
tact that will be a standing in
| fuence for peace and good will
4 The foregoing are inclden
tai benefits. The cause itself fol
F, which the school is founded il
great. Only through high mora
purpose can the Negro race hoit
its own In American civilization
1t is to be the mission of thi!
school to furnish to the Negro
race a ministry and a leadership
Irooted and grounded in the prln
ciples of righteousness, able. =
life and word, to lead their PEG
pie upward At the present tl.h'
the Negro minister seems to b
| the largest hope of the world fl
the effective leadership of hi
lpeople. There has been but llttf
room left for the Negro 20 acquir
dssl.nvlion in the political ii. sss