The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-01-28
CONVENTION CLOSES.
THE AIMS AND METHODS OF THE
Y. w. G. A.
Miss q. x. Price, General Secretary, Ex-
plains the MSthods of the
Association.

A large audience filled the First M
E. church yesterday morning to hea
Miss E. X. Price, general secretary o
the international committee of the Y
W. @. A.
After the religious services. Mrs
Matbus introduced Miss Price whose
subject was The Young Women's Chris
tian Assosiation. Its Aims and Meth
DDS.
She is graceful, easy speaker, Of
most charming presence. whose hearers
were delighted with her eloquencs and
earnestness.
She said: "The association which l
have the honor 20 represent had its ORR
gin in the year 1872 in a little prayer
meeting in the state OF Illinois. where
were met together six very homesick
college girls. Soon associations began
10 spring up in other colleges.
Eight years ago the international
committee was organized by women
vino lived in and near Chicago who
aud Canada. The work is now estab-
AtohoN OFCi lhtkc POttiod VI sAS5o
countries. In college associations there
are 10, 600; in city associations there are
$4,000 members. The international
committee in charge OF this work has isa
corps OF secretaries. some in its Office at
headquarters, young women who give
all their time and energy and are en-
tirely consecrated to this work in all
they think and do.
Tha PQntfin DnIffaa haz
charge of the work in the large tsrritory
along this coast.
There are two classes OF membsrs-
the active and the associate.
The active mem bership embraces all
members of evangelical churches. All
other women, OF whatever religious be-
lief, or OF no belief at all, may become
associate members, with all the privi-
leges of the association save voting and
holding Office.
No church is able to take upon itself
this work, but in it the young women
all stand together and forget sectarian
differences.
Socially, we try to show that there
can be an absolutely jolly and attract
i've and yet absolutely pure social life.
Intellectually, We have clasaes for all
degrees of advancement, and especially
try to bring women into ayenuea of aslf-
helpfulness.
Last. but not least. comes the dis.
tinctly spiritual department..
In the afternoon there was at she same
church q mass meeting for young
women which was largely attended.
The secretary oil the association, Miss
Morse, presided. Mrs. Chaplin ad.
dressed the audience, the subject OF her
sllocution being that there is always
some good work TO he done by each
young girl. She developed this idea
and made il thoroughly plain and easy
for her hearers.
The board OF managers extended an
invitation to the young women present
to meet Miss E. X. Price, the general
secretary OF the International commit
tee, at her home, 1929 West Seventh
street, tomorrow at 7 p. m.
The closing meeting was held at the
First Baptist church laat evening, Miss
E. X. Price being the speaker of the
evening, whose address was divided into
two themes, The Worlds Young
Women'e Christian Association and The
Student Volunteer Movement.
The eloquent. practical wordr of Miss
Price were listened to with rapt atten-
ton. and will certainly do much to
further the cause she advocates.
The exercises closed with farewell
meeting conducted by Miss Emma
Reeder, coast secretary Of the Y. w.
@. A.