The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-25
WAS EvENTFUL week
AT CENTRAL Y. N. c. A,

This has been one of the biggest
weeks of the almost nine years that
the doors of the Y. NJ. c. A. building
have swung open. Crowds have
poured into the building all the week
Monday for tickets TO the Bryan lee
ture and all week long for The Sun
day meetings. Among the interest
ink events of the week were the meet
ing of the general committee of the
ItaNS, Sanftay rayepaigls Al qnoay xffs4
noon the meeting of the Virginia
Methodist Conference Sunday school
board and the district officers Thurs
day morning and afternoon, supper
to the Bible class leaders Friday even
ing. The Fellowship League Bible
study club meeting was transferred
from Thursday to Monday evening on
account of the Sunday IN ceilings. The
association cooperating in the meet
ings held in the leading factories and
SHOPS OF the city, Il n-hour'meetl ting
being held at the Richmond Structu-
raj Steel Works, the Alec Works. two
at the Standard Manufacturing Com
pans plant, one at the Miller Manu-
featuring Company, and today (noonl
at the Richmond Cedar Works
Last Monday night at the Bryan
lecture. when the Cary street doors
were opened by some one without au-
thority. about two hundred persons
were pushed into the auditorium by
the crowd without being able to hand
In their tickets or cash to the ticket
taker. Inquiries have been received
as TO where they may see the ''receiv-
ing teller He will be on day and
night duty at the association build
ing and will be glad to receive the re-
he IN "a
soldier and sailor equipment fund, un-
doubleday every patriotic citizen who
was forced into the auditorium will
want TO send In his admission fee.
Some have already asked the privilege
of sending in more. Notwithstanding
the fact that there were no reserved
seats. the admission fee being made
as low as fifty cents, a little over
81 400, was added to the soldier and
sailor equipment fund towards meet
ing tho expenditure of $4,000 in
equipment especially for tho men in
uniform. that they might have A COM
Portable place to sleep. The $1,000
will be somewhat increased by the re-
turns from those unable to get TO the
ticket-taker Monday night
The same careful preparation for
the entertainment of soldiers and sail
ors Is being made as when 500 a night
were coming. Everything will be in
shape to take care OF 500 in uniform
tonight.
The afternoon meeting at the City
Auditorium Sunday will be addressed
by Billy sunday. and there will be no
mems meeting AT the association
building.
pa1or" w. c. Summerville. re-
Gently in the officers training school.
now al Union Theological Seminary,
VIII talk to the Boys Sunday After
noon club at 2:3o O'Clock on ''christ's
Training Camp" Stanley r. Bod!ne
Will be In charge.
In keeping with the song in which
the great audiences at the auditorium
join with spirit, Brighten the Corner
Where You Are paperhangers are at
work at the association building. and
by the end OF the coming week 1t is
hoped that every one OF the ninety
two dormitory rooms will be finished
and made more homelike than ever
Under the auspices of the rooms and
library committee. the entire building
Is being frightened up.