The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-27
CAMPAIGN IS ON
F0RNEW MEMBERS
Twelve Teams Working Like
Beavers to Get 1900 in
-Four Days.
INSPECT NEW QUARTERS
Crowds Visit Y. M. c. A. Home,
and Admire Fine Equip
ment Put There.
| NsPECT NEW QUARTERS
Crowds Visit Y. M. c. A. Home,

Managers OF the Richmond Young
Mems Christian Association want
every man in town to stop by and look
over what they call the finest club
house in the South Those In charge
of the campaign for members believe
that If the men of Richmond will take
the time to come and see what tho Y.
NJ c. A. has to offer that 1t Will not
be a difficult matter to get the 1900
additional members desired.
The campaign started yesterday
with an amount of enthusiasm an6
energy that is seldom exhibited.
Twelve teams, divided into the Reds
and Blues. are working with the ut
most friendly rivalry, and each is de-
termined to get more than the num-
Der that would make an even break
between the teams.
At noon yesterday the two battalions
of workers met in the dining-room of
the new Y. NJ. G. a. building for the
first luncheon of the campaign. Sixty
had something to say to arouse en-,
thusiasm When the roll was called
and the results ascertained 1t was
found that within the very short time
tho teams had been in the field 40 new
members had been enrolled.
The campaign will continue until
Friday noon, when the last luncheon
will be served, and the results counted.
There is absolute confidence that the
number of members desired will have
been received by that time.
Magnificent Building.
The new building was crowded yes
terday afternoon with visitors, who
marveled at the completeness of the
equipment Of the Y. NJ. c.. a Not only
the general plan and appointment OF
the place, but the manner in which
the most minute details have been
worked out for convenience. utility
and comfort.
To begin with, the visitsr is shown
through the basement which is taken
UP with enginerooms, baths and
lockers. The swimming-pool. sixty by
twenty feet. with depth grading from
of the kind ever seen in Richmond,
and probably the best in any like
building in the South. The pool is
lined throughout with thing and the
water in it can be made any tempera-
ture from boiling to stone cold.
In section divided from tho pool
is the shower and tub-room. and next
to that Is the business mems section,
which is entirely separated from the
big pool and the baths for the young
divided, SO that business men may have
almost absolute privacy.
Complete Gymnasium.
Tho gymnasium Is the finest of Its
kind in this section. All the apparatus
which should be in a modern gymna-
SUM is there, and in the gallery is
d saucer running track of twenty-four
laps to the mile. A smaller gymna-
SUM has also been installed for the
use Of special classes when the larger
room is in use
The boys department is especially
attractive including lounging room.
reading rooms and club-rooms. 1t is
proposed to give the boys quarters to
themselves and let them be entirely
separate from the men.
The furniture is being installed in
the dormitories and it is expected that
the dodgers will be able to move into
their quarters by the 1st of May. The
rooms are furnished with first-class
mahogany and oak furniture.
Tennis Enthusiastic.
The Y. NJ. c. a. management has
inspired two teams. captained by the
most energetic workers in the asso-
citation, with the greatest enthusiasm
in their work of gaining members. and
the campaign started with a rush that
bids fair to bring in more than the
as business proposition the member
will get more for his money than he
would If he spent it in any other way,
besides the moral benefits TO be
gained.
The Lynchburg y NJ C. A. started
with new building, not nearly so
great or as we'll appointed as that in
Richmond, and when the institution
opened there We're 1000 members on
the books. There is no reason" said
one of the workers yesterday, why
the Richmond branch should not start
with Just as many members. And we
are going to get them"