Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-01-21

center for Negroes as we'll as for
whites.
Visit State College
DR.. Timothy Echols of Austin,
Texas, and made a visit on We'd
nesday night to some friends on
the campus of the Tennessee State
College Tennessee A and y. This
is one of the largest state and land
grant colleges for Negroes in the
country. The campus is situated
on hundreds of acres and is one of
the most beautiful college campuses
(or campi) in the country. Every
where one goes one sees the work
of the administrative genius of the
former president, DR.. William Hale,
who developed this institution from
third class to first class school.
New President Is Youthful
The vigor and vision of youth are
seen in the advances that are being
made under the new president, DIR.
Davis. The salaries of the teachers
have been increased and many mod
ern improvements are being made
in the physical equipment of the
school. While talking with Prof.
and Mrs. Holland who are gradu-
ates of Samuel Huston College,
Austin, Texas, we were told that
our friend, DR.. Thomas A. Poag,
was living on the campus. We went
over to DR.. Poag's cottage and
found him reading. DR.. Poag,
whom we had known in the youth
work of our conference, is the head
of the Department of the Humani-
ties. He has his Ph.D. degree in
dramatics from Ohio State Univer-
sity. He is a good representative
of the kind of teachers employed
{ at Tennessee State. His wife is on
the staff at the Mehary Medical
College. More Negro physicians
and dentists are trained at this out
standing medical college, which is
one of the professional schools OF
the Methodist Church, than in all
other medical schools in the coun-
try. The new Meharry Medical
College is now located on a campus
adjacent to Fisk University.
Couldn't Get Fisk
l was indeed sorry that time did
not permit me to visit Fisk Univer-
sity, which is one of the largest
universities for Negroes in the
country. l have just been reading
about an inter-racial fellowship
group that meets each week on the
! Fisk campus. This inter-racial fell
lowship group was started through
the suggestion of Candy Jones, as
son of the president of Fisk, DR.
Thomas Elsa Jones (white) in 1912
Students from Peabody and Scar
rift Colleges, Vanderbilt Univer-
sity (all white institutions) meet
with Fisk students in this fellow
ship. l understand that there are
other inter-racial projects on the
Fisk campus.
Three Publishing Houses
Nashville is the headquarters fol-
three Negro UNCONVENTIONAL pub,
fishing houses. l stayed at the
Bryant House on Eighth Avenue
North. Across the street is the
Sunday School publishing house Of
the African Methodist Episcopa
Church, of which DR.. E. Selby is
the secretary. The headquarters Of
the Independent Ira Bryant pub
fishing house occupies the first foo
of Bryant House. On Thursday
visited the beautiful and spacious
Morris Memorial building at thu
corner of Fourth and Cedar Streets
This is the headquarters of the pub
fishing house of the National Bap
fist Convention, U. S. A. l would
like to write longer story of thu
achievements of the Baptists as i
relates to the building and paying
for this magnificent building, thar
is possible in the space allotted fol
THIS article.
1t was after the split between
the Morris and Boyd factions o.
the Baptist that the Morris faction
was forced to build their own pub
fishing house. In 1920 DR.. Arthur
Melvin Townsend was elected Cor
responding Secretary of the Sunday
School Publishing Board. Thi!
energetic man, who was called from
the pastorate of the metropolitan
Baptist Church, Memphis, made
the plans for the Morris Memoria
building. He requested 300 pastor:
to contribute $4,000 each for the
purchase of building site. l saw
the name and picture of the late DIR
L. W. Harris, former pastor of thu
Pilgrim Baptist Church, St. Paul
on the Memorial 3OO' bronze table
in the building. l also saw tn,
name and picture of the late DR.
E. C. Mcdonald on this tablet. Thii
fve-story building and equipmen
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