The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-05-10
FIRST YEARS WORK
OF Y. M. c. A. .
EXCELLENT RECORD MADE
BUSINESS MEN AND FIRMS OF
CITY PRAISED FOR GENEROSI-
TY-0UTL00K BRIGHT FOR
NEXT YEAR.
CLOSING FIRST YEARS WORK.

CLOSING FIRST YEARS WORK.
At the close of this month the local
C0lored Y. NJ. C. A. will have round.
ed out its frs, years work in the new
home located on the corner of Fourth
ave. and Cedar St, just across the
street from the street car railway
transfer station. The work has been
elementary for the most part, but
those who have watched the develop
ment of things about the Colored "Y"
are reasonably sure that a better
record could have hardly been made
under the circumstances. 1t will be
recalled that men of good judgement
ere profuse in their criticisms of the
purchase of the property which is now
the home of the Colored Association.
They predicted that it would take
about twelve months to demonstrate
that the Board of Directors, the Com
zee of Management along with the
Advisory Board had on it's hands a
white elephant without a circus"
When the Committee of Manage
! ment, along with the joint committee
made up of white and colored citizens,
net little more than year ago to
work out plans to determine the bud.
| get for the first years trial at Asso.
citation work in what was then known
as the old Duncan Hotel, little did
they think that the $S,00000 budget
which they deemed necessary to keep
the building open for the first year
would be so we'll met by the young
men themselves. There is every good
reason to believe that at the close OF
the present month an annual record
will be disclosed covering the doings
of the past year which will be ar
agreeable surprise to all friends. Of
The work.
The Committee Of Management il
IS meeting few evenings ago was
loud in its praise of the business mer
and firms who had so generousl,
shown them favors during the pas
twelve months. Among those wht
stood highest on the list was tn,
Cassetty Coal Company, Phillips-Traw
lex Co., Cain Sloan, Phillip ant
Butoff, H. j. Grimes and &C., Cron
and Jackson and Hermitage Hard
!, ware Co.
The Executive Secretary, VIM. n
ars, called the Committees al
tentio nto the fact that the Contra
: NJ G. A. and the entire employee
staff had watched while the committe
, worked away. He said further tina
, they had stood by them as big brothers
1t will be recalled that the Board @
of Directors, Immediately upon turf
ing the building over to the Committee
insisted that they would be eXpecte
, to manage tn constitution and to loo
'fter the operating expenses. 1t
) stated that the record shows that pa,
! ments amounting to more than $4,000
Of current fund money have bee
= 'urned over to the building fund a,
count. So it would seem that tn
, Committee, in measure, has prove
= worthy Of the trust imposed upo
/ them.
e A more detailed account of the year
e work will be made later. White an
! 2alored friends, who for a long tin
= have been anxious to put Nashvil
!, on record as the first Southern cit
!. to do Association work in buildir
-, commensurate with the needs of IL
# community, are proud of the int
e est which is so very manifest on Il
g part of the young men. The prospec
: the second years work are brigl
/ and plans are already under way fl
II perfesting a 1918 and 1919 prOgra
# which will to a little greater extel
II han the former year meet the nee,
e of the local young men.