The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-13
Great Crowd Greets
Presidents Daughter
at ST. Paul's.
SEVEN THOUSAND
HEARD HER TALK
Overflow Meeting Held at
Seventh Street Christian, Wo-
men Standing Long in Rain
in Effort to Gain Admit
tance.-Had to Speak
Twice.

Nearly 1000 people crowded ST.
Paufs and Seventh Street Christian
Church last night, and hundreds were
turned away by the police. when Miss
Jessie Woodrow Wilson. the Presidents
daughter, and Miss Elizabeth Dodge. a
leading association worker in New
York. addressed the evening session Of
the Young Women's Christian Associa-
ton. Crowds beseEed the doors iof St.
Paufs with such persistence after the
floor and galleries had been filed to
capacity that six officers were required
TO clear tho asles and keep order at
The entrance. s@n
Both of the Young women spoke at
the two churches, so that as many as
possible might hear, Miss Wilson
Means TO the College Girl" and Miss
Dodge on What the Association Means
to the City Girl
Thousands See Pageant
During the afternoon the activities
OF the association and the spirit of
CO operation, which is its vital prin-
ciple, we're vividly portrayed In the
pageant entitled The Ministering Of
the Gift" which wa.s given in the
Horse Show BuildihC. Six hundred
young women In striking costumes,
symbolical OF the association In the
'ciitEt, inc city, tne country and IN
foreign lands, told the story of it's
cause in song and poem and pantomime.
cussca at tae morning 10 s"se sessions. Eas uis the
feature address being that of Mrs.
X. II. Passmore. Of Minneapolis. who re-
Gently toured the country in the inter
es: OF the association. raising tens of
thousands OF dollars in All of the prin-
cipal cities. She preached the doctrine
OF enthusiasm and told the workers to
realize that they were comforting a
privilege on those who gave.
Miss Wilson. VINO is a member of
the student committee OF the national
board OF the association, held her au-
dicnce from the first by her evident
earncstness. and by the charm of her
voice and personality.
Miss Wilson's Address.
Because the Young Women's Chris
tian Association gives the college girl
Il purpose in life and education. which
is only too often lacking without it,
Miss Wilson urged that the associa-
ton work il indispensable. and that it
should he introduced in all colleges
whore IL has not yet been established.
Education is useless unless IL has
a purpose, and is closely related to
life" said Miss Wilson. The average
college girl is utterly lacking in high
purpose. one girl at college told me
that she wanted to learn just enough
TO he able 10 talk To the boys enter
tainingly, and not enough to frghten
them. She had a purpose. such as il
was, and she accomplished IT. An
other one told me that she chose her
courses according to what floor OF the
building. they were on. | don't know
whether she could be said to have
had purpose or not
But the association gives real
purpose TO its members, and relates
m
common purpose. The girl who goes
to college and does nothing but study,
denying the community spirit. Is just
as badly mistaken as the one who
fritters away her time.
Gives Them Common Purpose.
Some girls say that they are already
Christians and that therefore. the as
sociation has no message for them:
but being a passive Christian is not
enough. we have lots of them in all
walks of life. What we need is active
Christians"
Miss Wilson then told how the
Young Womens Christian Association
gives the girls common purpose and
weaves thread of significance into
all of their activities. The most i'm
portant factor, she says, is the world
vision. which comes OF belonging to
an international organization, and
being one of so many gathered together
for n common cause
Then. too" she said. the associa-
ton gives immediate opportunities for
work. Many lines of social endeaVor
are carried on by college girls One
of the newest and most far-reachinc
is the rural work which the college
girls are doing in the summer. Those
who live in the country or spend the
summer there hold classes for sewing
some other sort of work, and each
one holds an association rally In her
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