The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-09-27
His Friends Out in Force but
Testimony Against is Corro-
borative of That Already
Offered
DR.. MCDANIEL COMES
IN FOR CRITICISM
Letter Derogatory of Mckees
Personality and Suggesting
That His Retirement Would
Benefit Association is Cause
Of Caustic Comment

After a session OF more than four
hours In the dining-room or the
Young Mems Christian association last
night, during which time they were
severely arraigned by various mem
bers Of the committee OF FIVE repre-
senting the signers Of the round robin
Detition. and during the course Oh
which several OF them Offered TO ten
der their designations If their man
sgement of the affairs Of the associa-
ton was not satisfactory, the board OF
directors of the association last night
adjourned to meet sometime early
next week when a report will be pre-
pared and will be published.
The meeting last night brought
forth the friends Of General Secre-
cary Mckee IN force. and was almost
as complete victory Tor ann ana
the board as the first meeting held
some ten days ago was for the signers
az the petition. Many of those who
had been asked by the committee OF
| Ave to appear before the board failed
10 do 60 and others were unable 10
state specific instances of what theN
considered bad policy on the part OF
the association.
Several who had testified nj the
the Investigation was not following
the course which they expected when
they signed the petition.
Has Driven People Away.
On, OF tfr-- tst. nh, several addition
II signers Of the round robin appeared
! and gave testimony tending TO snow
that while they did not have per
eonal animostty against the general
eecretary they did feel that his per
sonality failed To attract many into
The association, IN fact, was sufficient
70 keen a number out Of the Y M. e
A.. and that they considered a change
Imperative II the good work OF the
association was to so on
Criticism was also offered against
the board for failing To make per-
eorai friends of the members ana
FOR their methods Of seeking to get
at the bottom Of the affair used III
the previous meeting. This atttnde
II was held had frightened the young
er members OF the round robin. ana
had considerably weakened their tes-
ttmony. Additional stress was iaid on
the fact that the spirit OF such pro
kedure was not IN accord with thar
In which the investigation should be
conducted, and that II had brought
korth public criticism against the
members of the board.
throughout the meeting there
eeemSd to prevail two or three ma =
Dor opinions; namely. that much OF
khe sentiment against the Young Mems
Christian association had been aroused
NJ the newspaper accounts Of the first
meeting, and the publicity accorded
The Investigation. supposed to have
been furnished the press by the com
kufttee. Second, that a more demo-
cratic plan Of eiecting the members
hf the board OF directors should pre-
han. and that younger men and those
more actively engaged in the associa-
hon work should he given place
bn the board.
Can IL Yelled Attack.
That the entire matter was but
NOiled attack on the part of GER
kain clique against the administra-
bon because OF dissatisfaction on their
bart at not being able to voice their
opinions. and to take hand in the
direction OF affairs. was the opinion
expressed by some.
One thing to which all agreed was
that the present investigation should
be concluded at the earliest possible
moment. and settled for all time. as
1t was doing the association harm
from which II would be unable to
recover within a. great while.
Considerable pickering was engaged
In during the session. and frequent
requests from Mr.. Umlauf and others,
both on the board and In the audience
proper. were necessary TO prevent I'M
pleasant personalities. Much of the
testimony was prevalent to the ques-
ton. and great deal of 1t was but
repetition of what had been said at
the first meeting Friends of the gen
cral secretary were in the majority,
and their evidence in the minds OF
the board seemingly outwcighcd by
a great deal that offered by the CON-
mittee Of five.
Among q number of letters read
during the sessioa, both for and
against the policy of the Y. NJ. c. A..
was one written by Rev. George W.
Mcdaniel. ID. D.. of the First Baptist
church. which gives at some length
the personalities which he refused to
state from the pulpit in recent SER
mon commenting upon statement
made by one of the board during the
first public meeting Statements Of
fered by s. w. Meek were 10 the eff
feet that he had heard harsher things
said against the pastor of the First
Baptist church than the preacher had
said aga inst General Secretary Mckee.
and that they had been said within
the last thirty DAYS, "A strong man"
stated Mr.. Meek "is subject to criti-
cism, and this criticism generally en-
anates from light sources"
President Duke introduced state
mcnt as regards the figures noted to
the effect that the dormitories brought
in y considerable part of the receipts
Of the association. He stated that
they were not profitable as be-
lieved. "The figures show" he stated,
shat while the dormitories brought
into the treasury of the Y, NJ c. A.
90 cents per square foot of floor space,
the remainder OF the building brought
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the request to the newspaper mon that