Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-25
PLANS BIG CAMPAIGN
Local Y. M. C. A. to Give One
Week to Work.
FRED B. SMITH IN CHARGE
Program to Be Formally Opened Next
Friday Evening
WITH SUPPER AND CONFERENCE
Meetings to Be Held Daily in Differ
emit Sections of the
District.
WITH SUPPER AND CONFERENCE

BEGINNING with next Friday, November
80, and continuing until Thursday, Decem-
Der 6, the Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton of this city will conduct what is
planned to be the greatest religious CAM
paign ever conducted in Washington, ex-
ceiling even previous ones under the aus
pices of the local association. Fred B.
Smith, the noted Y. NJ. c. A. speaker. who
not long ago returned from a successful
tour of the world, will conduct the series of
meetings Donald Chalmers. basso, will
sing and will have charge of the musical
features of each meeting. Other prominent
Y NJ c.. A. workers from American cities
will assist the local staff of secretaries and
officers at various stages of the campaign.
Mr. r. A. Waite. jr.. of New York city,
has been here for the past two days in con-
ference with the local authorities in ar
ranging the program for the campaign,
which is to be carried out under the guild
ance of the religious work committee OF
the board of association directors. Com
missioner H. b. +. Mcfarland is the chair
man of that committee and his assistants
are Miles NJ. Shand. Hugh I. Thsl1t,
Charles F. Nesbit, John B. Sleman, jr., W.
H II. Smith and M. w. Baldwin. H. M.
Arnold, the religious work director, Will
work with Mr.. Smith.
The exercises will be formally opened at
6 o'clock pm. Friday, when supper and
conference will be held in the banquet room
of the Y. M. c. A. building, 1856 G street
northwest The dinner will be followed, at
s o'clock by Il big meeting in the gym
nasium of the association building, 10 WHICH
invitations will be sent out
Saturday Program
Saturday will be busy day for the lead
ers of the campaign AT $50 O'Clock IN.
there will be a boys rally, in the boys
building. At noon Mr.. Smith and his party
will Join the men at mess at the marine
barracks, and he will make a brief address,
At G O'Clock is scheduled a meeting of the
high school boys committee. including two
representative boys from each of the high
schools of the city. During the evening
lobby of the association building.
Sunday is expected to develop one OF the
notable features of the campaign Dig
meeting in the Belasco Theater at $50 p
M being the most important speciai
musical program will be included IN the
service AT $50 am. there will be a meet.
ing of the dormtory men in the LOBBY OF
the association building. AT $50 CLOCK
there will be a meeting held in the FIRST
CONGREGATIONAL Church, at which MI FREQ
r Smith will be the speaker
Monday at noon there Will be conferences
with the ministers of the city. AT 4:5o
o. clock a theater meeting for women VIII De
held, and in the evening there VIII De
meeting in a church, in either Anacostla OF
Mount Pleasant Tuesdays schedule for
Mr.. Smith opens at u O'Clock. with his at
tendance at several shop meetings, Whlcn
are being started under the auspices OF the
local association. AS these are regarded as
of great Importance, Mr.. Smith Will give
them special attention. At 4:3O clock Mr.
Smith will speak before an audience at the
Howard University. The Northeast Iem-
pie will be the scene of the evening as
semblage.