The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-15
DELEGATES GLAD
THEY CAME HERE
Y, w. C. A. Convention Closes
Most Important Session in
Its History.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
Rev. Frank w. Bible Tells Of
China's People and Indus
trial Resources.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED


thanking the people. the city officials.
tho Governor. the press and the
churches for the hospitable reception
they have been given here. and assert
ing that their Ave days of conference
In Richmond have been of inestimable
value to their cause. the delegates of
the Young Women's Christian Associ-
alton brought their fourth biennial
convention to a close last night.
All of the delegates are saying how
delighted they are with the perfectly
lovely spirit OF cooperation we have
met here as one phrased 1t. and are
OVERLOOKING with praises of Richmond.
Those who had charge of the perform
ance Of the pageant are especially en-
thusiastic in their appre citation OF the
help given them by the Boy Scouts.
the theological students, and numer-
Gus others.
The business OF Yesterdays sessions
included reports and the election OF
members TO the national board IN the
morning. and addresses by three Lon
don members OF the World Committee
in the afternoon. The feature OF the
evening session was an address by the
Rev. Frank ". Bible. of Hangchow
China. on China, a New World In the
Making"
China's immense natural resources,
the Intelligence OF her people and their
simple standards Of living are TO max Q
her the great Industrial civilization OF
the future, according to Mr.. Bible.
He said that In the plains of Mongolia
there arc tens Of thousands OF acres
OF undeveloped agricultural land equal
TO the best in the Western part OF
this country.
The great asset of China is her min
eral wealth. he said. There are un-
developed coal fields which have been
estimated as adequate TO supply the
world FOR 1000 years at the present
rate Of consumption. The veins Of an
thracite are from thirty TO forty-three
feet thick. and of "A quality equal to
the best Pennsylvania product. In
connection with these great coal fields
are immense quantities or iron ore
thus duplicating the conditions which
have made. the great industrial centres
CT the United States. These mines are
worked by laborers. who receive from
. TO - cents a day.
Mr. Bible stated that the Chinese
deserve 10 rank as one of the great
intellectual peoples of all time. and
pointed out that they invented such
fundamentals In the arts and indus
tries as the compass gunpowder silk
and porcelain manufacture. while in
the building OF bridges, canals and
walls they are the greatest engineers
of the world
He emphasized the necessity for
Christian work in China saving that
the enlightenment brought by the mis-
sionaries was largely responsible for
the awakening and revolution which
China has passed through. Al present
the people are turning away from their
old religion without having fully ac-
quired the new, which leaves them
without any basis of morality
Employed officers of the Young Wo-
mems Christian Association will hold
its third biennial conference at the
Richmond Hotel The discussions will
be OF technical nature, and are not
public
Association Work Abroad.
Three women from London. members
Of the world committee of the Young
Women's Christian Associat ton. adj
dressed the afternoon session of the
convention yesterday on the work
which is being done by British wo-
men. Miss Picton- Turberville told of
the foundation OF associations in the
great cities OF India. where they are
needed. she says, far more than in any
Christian country.
ITO see fair-haired Christian girls
In dens of vice in the great Oriental
cities. surrounded by Hindoo and Mo-
hammedan men, is a challenge 10 the
she said
She described the growth OF the asso-
citation in Bombay. where she worked
personally. 1t began with three small
rooms. which sheltered thirteen Chris
tian girls, while others were constantly
turned away. Now there is a splendid
building in Bombay, worth many thous-
ands of dollars.
Work is done there among the native
Indian girls also, she says, and 1t is
greatly needed, because. while the men
are educated. the women are left in
Ignorance and superstition.
Miss Elizabeth Triton told OF the
home work of women in England
where they are organized for many
kinds of philanthropic work. unique
feature there is the homes which are
maintained for girls on the stage In
many Of the English cities.
Miss Clarissa Spencer. who is gen
eral secretary of the Worlds Young
Women's Christian Association. deliv-
cred an address on "Our Generation and
Our Vocation" She spoke of the ex-
tent of the association work, which
now has thousands of members in
thirty eight different countries.
At the morning session the report of
the commission on the training of vol
unteer workers was presented BY Mrs.
Seabury Cone Mastick, of New York
member of the national board Tho
nominating committee brought IN a list
of members OF the national board. which
was ratified:
The following are the members thus
elected: Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson,
Mrs Frederick Mead. Miss S. Fris-
sell. Mrs. r. c. Jerkinson. Mrs. John
r. Mott, Miss Annie NJ. Reynolds, Mrs
Robert NJ. Speer. Mrs. James NJ Speers,
Mrs. Augusta n. Wadsworth, Mrs. w.
w. Rockwell. Mrs. Charlton Wallace
The following were elected as aux
Hilary members: Mrs. J. H. Bangs. Mrs
C. III. Denison, Mrs. c. II. Ferry, Mrs.
John MacDowell, AIRS. F. NJ. North. Miss
Marjorie Sinclair. Miss Florence Mar
shall, Mrs. Warren II. Wilson, Mrs. Ar
thur G Stone.
The following We're appointed on a
commission to formulate a restate-
ment of the evangelical basis of stu
dent associations: Miss Theresa Wilbur
Paist. Miss Belle Bennett, Miss Henri
eta Roelofs. Miss Jnez Kinney, Miss
Clara Reed, Miss Margaret. Burton.
Miss Katherine Duffield. Miss Cecilia
Scobey. Miss Leslie blanchard. Miss
Katy Boyd George. Miss Isabel Austin,
Miss WooleY. Miss Florence Brown DR.