The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-01-15

Of a great number of little things,
brought together at the right time anu
pose to raise In this COMMITTEES VIII
not be composed of few large glfts,
but of large number of comparatively
small contributions br9 n e,t tfg n,ana
We are going to raise sbo,ooo OF t .ne
fund by the efforts of this commlttee;
l know 1t is going to- be victory, anu
s sist." assured . N''' :
Chairman's Address.
Mr.. Stills then introduced MI. Joseph
Bryan, chairman of the citizens commit
tee who was enthusiastically received.
Mr. Bryan opened his remarks with trl
butte to the young men OF this age ana
to. the young men present , -, Ar.
The idea of most men," said Mr..
Bryan, Seems to be merely to make
money. with no provision as to how to
spend it. 1t is the business of this com
mittee to explore the hidden money-bags
of this city and get the money. we
as the men of forty years ago, who, In a
good cause. faced battery. We should
not be bashful in asking any man for
money for so good an object. Nothing in
ten years of the history of Richmond has
so appealed to me as this movement You
young men must become the lion In his
den. the Douglas in his hall and not In
trembling, crlnging way either. You may
get the cold shoulder--I hope you will get
nothing worse The new building Is a
necessity of Richmond. This movement
will engage the sympathies and enlarge
the public spirit of. the people of Rich
mond. have feeling of defiance In the
matter>-the money has got to come. We
Will make this town so hot they will be
ashamed not to give it..
y letter of regret from Mr.. John p
Branch was read, expressing his inability
on account Of sickness to attend and his
entire sympathy with the movement.
Need for New Building.
Mr.. S. *. Mckee, secretary of the Rich
mohd association, spoke the inade-
4uacy Of the present quarters. Mr.. Me-
kee said:
The Richmond building is now TWEEN
ty years old. 1t was once one of tho
adapted to association needs of to- day.
There is no room for social work. To-.
night forty boys in one educational
class are working in one small room.
should be It's boys department. We
have only three hundred enrolled, and
can take no more. Those we have
are shunted about the building and
are actually turned out entirely at GER
tain hours to make room for the men,.
Last Saturday there were forty-flve
boys in one Bible study class. The
are, more boys Of sixteen years Of ago
in the reformatories OF the country
than in its sunday-sc schools. The very
Dogs LOT WHOM we SnOulu De QOlnS tuc
most we cannot touch. No secretary
of the association has private room
to which man can go to talk of his
troubles and difficulties. Let us take
our text not from the book of "Reso-
lutions." but from the book of Acts"
Mr.. Charles s. Ward, international
secretary of the Y. NJ G. A.. was the
next speaker. Mr.. Ward said in part:
TN my first experience in raising
money for the association l wore. out
more shoe-leather on the first six thou
sand dollars than on the last six mil
lion. The kind of men who take hold
of an enterprise of this character arc
the men who will be the principal citi-
2ens of Richmond not far hence. Those
the association in all parts Of the coun-
try are known to-day as the leaders
of It's business enterprise. He who
takes n hand In this work at per
reward. In all the campaigns have
conducted I have never known the
young men to fall behind the mark I
have set for them.
AS goes the young mems business COM
mittee, so goes the campaign. Once the
Y. NJ. c. A. was one OF the least known
of the institutions in Baltimore Now
it is one of their show-cards. While the
citizens committee will raise the largest
amount Of money, the young business
men will furnish the enthusiasm and
Inspiration of the campaign"
What Baltimore Did.
Mr.. j. Harry Tresoe. who was chairman
of the young business mems committee
which participated In the recent Baltimore
campaign, when funds We're raised for a
half million dollar building, was intro
duced. Mr.. Tregoe's committee was COM
posed of hustlers, and eclipsed all records
Of similar committees, obtaining nearly
SHE. 900, or about one-quarter of the total
/ amount. Mr. Tresoe was the first presi-
dent of the Baltimore Travellers ana
Merchants Association, and has been
connected In some capacity during the
mast two years with almost every orgahi'
zationN in Baltimore that has had as It's
aim some public movement. lie Is also
/ vice president of large shoe company
/ and former president of the National
/ Credit Association Of Baltimore, IN ms
speech last night he said in part:
! "l'wice / have been proud to come to
| Richmond-the second time tonight, the
| first when was married. Some men VIII
| ask ssou why should | be interested In
the Y. NJ C. A. movement? Why should
/ be asked to take a definite or active
part in this building campaign? When
| approached to take the part of leader
Of the Baltimore campaign. ] had been
4 Il member of the association only two
! months. | realized the Importance of
| the move to our city, and my work has
converted me to the Y, NJ. c. A.. not az
Il sentiment, but MS an absolute neces-
! sity,"
/ Mr., 1'regoe continued In striking man
! ner with regard to the large number Of
Immigrants foching to our cities, the