The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1918-07-19


LOCAL "Y" DOING ITS BIT"
It is interesting to note the active
part which the local branch Y. M.
c. A. has played in the present world
war program. Beginning with the
organized effort of leading citizens
throughout the country made to secure
an officers Training Camp for Col
ored men, the local Association and
Secretary, and most of the members
of the Committee on Management,
have played CONSPICUOUS parts the
effort to win the war. The work done
by some members of the Advisors
and Managers Board have been both
of local and national scope. J. Q.
Napier, c. V Roman, and II. A.
Boyd, are among those whose services
have not been confined alone to the
local field.
Beginning with the examination Oh
the prospective officers for the Fort
Des Moines, Ia, training camp, lit.
tie more than year ago the local
wy has kept on the job. That len
nessee finally succeeded in sending
her pro rata of colored boys to the
Des Moines Officers Training Camp
was due in a large measure to the
activities of the Local Secretary anu
officers )of the Association. A Dig
farewell meeting was prepared tor the
hoys. in the colored "Y" just before
their final leaving.
The Y. M. C. A. has been headquar'
ters for the Examining Board, which
has met several hundred drafted men
during the past year 1t has also oeen
Headquarters for the Thrift Stamp
activities, headed by Hon. A. N. Johh'
son. The 1917 Colored Department
Of the Red Cross Campaign was sue
ressfully operated in the parlors anu
din;nq room of the Association. The
Association was the headquarters tor
nrenaring more than three hunuteu
lunches by the leading women VI Ino
cburches and clubs for the local ura't'
od men who left for the various Train
;no camps a few months ago. Solulers
nassing through the city are not long
ending out that their uniforms AUNT
them to full membership privileges
| in the Association.
Comnanv G., unattached, headed oy
Captain C. o. Hadley, got lts 1lsI
taste Of real Association Service our
mo their last three weeks stay IN
Nashville. During this time the ~
served 6492 meals Provided for l'l4o
baths and prepared SIT beds A num-
ber of patriotic citizens, headed py
Mr. w. d. Hawkins, secured tne co'
oneration of the Association Ill pre-
naring two hundred plate banquet
for the boys, the night before thelf
| final leave. o,,;u,,,o,
lust the other day, the Chairman
and the Secretary of the Negro WON.
MS Division of the National Counsei
of Defense addressed the following
communication to the Board Oh Maii"'
GERS of the Colored Y. M. G. A.: -,
"The Negro Woman's Division Vi
tho National Counsel of Defense have
outqrown their headquarters SO grac'
;ouslv given us by the Flreslae
School on Gay Street, and being IN
need of larger quarters for our WORK.
the committee is sending this COM
nnnnication to you, to ask you 10
grant us the privilege OF using ~ 1of
our war work, the hall on Ceuar or'
downstairs. West of the dining hal'
We are giving our time and money
free to our country's cause, but Will.
.ing to assume the responsibility ana
expense of putting the hall IN goou
condition for our use. we are aSh'
inc for il for not less than ninety days.
ond should the war continue after
that time, we would have 10 ASK loi
further time.
Respectfully yours,
Iasdames A. N. Johnson, west bos-
tick. A. M. Morgan, F. &. Dawson D.
n pierce. DR.. Matte Coleman, chair-
In spite of the Associations tinanclai
poods the committee Of management
Of its regular monthly meeting'
granted the ladies the use Oh tniS 4
SPACIOUS well-lighted, and wen locat, .aI
cd room on Cedar Street, upon the
terms asked in their letter.
# will be recalled that W. ~ san
dars. Secretary, was examined anu
had practically laid his plans LOT ell
tnring the Offfciers, Training camp
when the committeeman met ana III
formed him that leave OF absence
could not be granted for war servlce
It was their decision, and their ueci
sion alone, that prevented his enroll
ing in the Des Moines Training camp
last summer.
A few days ago, when the awful
wreck, which left scores of strange
wounded and dead, the "Y" was
; among the first with the aid of the
Local Chapter of the Red CROSS tc
throw wide its doors-t assist in car
ing for all who might come. Seven
teen men came, and were well provided
for in every way.
Tuesday night, the Association al
the behest of the State Y M. Z. A
Committee, met at the station, witf
972 Tennessee boys. Mr.. ], c. Digs
: of Louisville, KY, who lately came tt
Nashville TO take charge OF the Had
lev Bend Association Work, accom-
NAMED the boys to Camp Sherman
Literature prepared by the wal
Work counsel was distributed freel!
mong the boys at the station, an(
on the way to camp.
July 10th it is understood that th'
Association will play its part in help
ing to give the six hundred local lei
lows rousing farewell.
If service counts in efficient warfare
q the local Association is in line ant
hitting some mighty effective strokes
by way of a contribution toward thu
Huns defeat, and Americas ant
freedoms continued triumph