The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-08
Y.W.C. A. CONVENES
HERE TOMORROW
Pastor of Fifth Avenue Baptist
Church Will Speak on
Religion"
DELEGATES ARRIVE TO-DAY
Miss Grace Fl. Dodge. of New
York, Entcrtains Delegates at
Dinner Tonight.

The fourth biennial convcntlon OF
the Young Women's Christian Assoc'a-
tion VIII be formally called to order
by Mrs. c. j. Buchanan. OF Indiana
polls. first vice president OF the asso-
citation. at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow at
tcrnoon at st. Pauls Episcopal
Church. In the absence OF Mrs. Var
rem Olney. OF Berkeley. CAL who IS
president of the national association,
Mrs. buchanan will preside. She is
president OF tho association In Indian
apolis. and well known as nat'onai
worker.
An address OF greeting to tina dele
gates will be made by Miss kateherine
IL Halves. president of the associa-
ton here. and Mrs. Buchanan will re-
spond- The scripture reading ana
prayer will be by the Rev. w Russell
Bowie, rector Of ST. Paurs Church.
Rev. Cornelius Woelfkin, ID. D.. pas
tor OF the Fifth Avenue i3aptis,
Church, New York. who will make the
principal address or ''Religton." is
known as one of the most effective
speakers In his denomination. lie was
formerly president Of the Rochester
Theological Seminary, and before that.
pastor OF the Green Avenue Baptist
Church. in Brooklyn.
Addrcrn by Graham Taylor.
The principal address at the ever
ing meeting tomorrow, will be by
professor Graham Taylor. president u
the Chicago school OF Civics and Ihii-
anthropy. who will speak on The re
spo visibility OF Christian workers COR
tao Bettermcnt or Social Conditions.
Professor Taylor Is one OF the EDITORS
OF the survey the leading organ OF
social workers, and Is authority
on social settlement work. The scrip
ture reading and prayer at the even
ing meeting. VIII DO by Row. ". j.
Young. -. D., pastor Of tho Centen-
AIRY Methodist Church.
All Preparations for the convention
have now been completed by u com
Brooks. OF New York. Convention
headquarters havo been established In
the Sunday school rooms Of ST. Paul u
church A~E1-T .:SrEe j. = R'UegI .2f-iH.
formation for the benefit OF the dele
gates. and also u branch OF the United
states post office
Here, too. has been established the
book room ana exhibit OF the Young
Wom"1s Christian Association Books
h'd - uphlets on social and religious
subjects arc for sale there. ana the
work and problems OF the association
are strikingly set forth In Il serics OF
charts hung upon the wall
Some OF the delegates. more than
1000 OF whom are expected, reached tie
CITY last night, among them Miss NIL
dred Rutherford. of Athens. Georgia.
snn is one OF the most prominent So
CHAT workers and association members
ia the South, and is 10 be one II the
hostesses OF the convention.
Miss Grace II. Dodge. Of New York.
president OF the national board, and
most OF the other members oc the
national board are expected nero to.
day ... o"'
Miss Dodge tn Give Dinner.
~ $50 o'clock tonight Miss Dodge
viii give a dinner at the Jefferson
Hotel TO about 200 delegates and friends
OF the association. Many women Of
prominence viii speak. including Miss
Mildred rutherford Miss Jessie Field
Miss Bertha Condo, Mrs. Beverly B
Nunford and others.
Miss Dodge. who ~ comparatively
little known to the general public be
cause OF her strict avoidance OF pub
Itcity. is really the dominant fgure
Of the convention. She is the original
organizer OF the National Young Wo-
mems Christian Association. and also
OF the New York Club for Working
Girls and the Travellers Aid Sooiey
Her chief part In the convention will
he the prescnta ton of the biennial re