Nashville Globe of Oct. 12, 1917, reported all Meharry departments open
From the archives: a front page on Meharry's opening and an A.M.E. conference coming to Nashville
NASHVILLE - The Nashville Globe's front page for Friday, Oct. 12, 1917, ran the lead headline "ALL MEHARRY DEPARTMENTS OPEN IN FULL," announcing the full opening of all departments at the Nashville medical college, according to the Library of Congress scan. The same page reported that the Tennessee conference of the A.M.E. Church, described as the state's mother conference, would convene Oct. 24 at St. John's church at Eighth Avenue and Cedar Street, opening with special religious services and the annual communion.
Source: The Nashville Globe, Oct. 12, 1917, page 1, Library of Congress Chronicling America, https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86064259/1917-10-12/ed-1/?sp=1