The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-29
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IL a New Members showed Up to =
Total Reaching tho Number
RID of 047.
CAMPAIGN A GREAT SUCCESS
BY Tonight List VIII Go Beyond
Thousand-Chevrolet Team Went
TO Front Again As High Team
Yesterday.

Rounding out the Attn lap of the
big seven day membership campaign
the twenty-five teams OF the Railroad
Young Mems Christian Association
added 1O1 new names to the assocla-
ton roster yesterday, bringing the
total for the Ave days to 947, still some
ahead of the national record The
workers are sweeping the city on the
next to the last lap. and tomorrow
nfrht vii see vast change in the
standings Just how many members
will be added before the campaign
closes Is problematical, owing to the
fact that some OF the teams are hold
ing back for the last night in an ef-
fort to win the contest
DR.. Douglas Freeman, one of the
beet-known lecturers and newspaper
writer's of the city. spoke to the meet
Ing, last night giving the teams the
strongest and most eloquent address
they have yet heard. urging them on
TO greater efforts In behalf of the
Y. NJ c. A. and the city at large
"You have accomplished what you set
out to do. that is you have brought
In the 100 members you originally in
tended. Give those seven hundred
TO the Y NJ c. A. The next 700 you
must get for yourselves. The hrst
wv was jucIely iohSfliN anu SON
md any man who can accomplish
things in his routine, but now comes
the test of what real men you are, for
the men who do the greatest things
are the mefI. who can cling TO an
abandoned hope Just little longer
than other men think they can, Hold
on like bulldogs and you will get what
you are after"
DR.. Freeman In Happy Vein
We w. G
little apprehensive over the results or
the campaign. for he had never seen
greater nerve in his lie than that dis
played by the two hundred and hfty
workers who were taking part. and
he feared that two hundred and hfty
good men would be lost TO the city by
thu rush of publishers seeking ex-
celient book agents,
He said that he was interested IN
the great railroads of the country Tor
three reasons: First. because of the
great industrial army which they en-
p1oyed: secondly. because of the nu-
merous men, widows and orphans who
had their money invested by the mil
lions OF dollars in the great enter
prises, and thirdly, because he wanted
to see that great Industrial army turned
TO an army OF true Christians. each
engineer an evangelist. spreading the
word Oh zoo ana SaCH HFauttk Nv II Yea
con of truth reaching out into the
darkness of ain.
DR. Freeman was given a tremendous
ovation at the conclusion, such as few
speakers have been accorded.
Standing Of Teams.
The results of the days work by
teams follows; socomobile. 10; white
~ Packard. s; Jeffrey, 2; Pierce Arrow.
Z, Cadillac. 4. Stanley. /: REQ not re-
ported; Maxwell. l: Peerless 3: Nation
nj, o: Hupmobile. l, Premier. 4: Metz.
1. Hudson, /: Renauit. j. Ford, q:
American o. Chalmers, 0. Stevens Dur
yea. 4: Dodge. /; Overland, ,, Buick,
O; studehaker. 2. Haynes. 4; Alec. not
reported: King. I; Chandler, 10. Chew
rolet, 20.
The Chevrolet team. of the American
Locomotive Works. again went to the
front as high team for the day, with
total Of 20, while the Locomobile
and Chandler tied for second place
with - each Division +. OF the
American Locomotive Works, also cap
eured the banner