Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-04-16
R|CHMONOERs TO ATTEND
ARKANSAS CONVENTION
Y. W. c. A. of America TO
Meet in Seventh Bien-
\ Mai Meeting.
HOLD SESSIONS Arn1L 20 TO ~
state VIII lie Meccn for womcn
From All Parts OF Observation-Disclosures.
to Gather From Every city, To.n
and C0Gnty OF u. s.

To Gather From Every city. Town
and CoGnty OF u. s.
Arkansas will Boon become a Mecca
Tor women from all parts OF IN.
world. Delegates Will gather there
from the city. town. county and col
lege associations of every State in
tho Union for the Seventh National
biennial Convention OF the Young
Womens Christian Association OF
America. April 20 to q. Speakers
from several foreign countries are
coming to America especially to take
part in the program.
within the national convention
arc three groups: the national stu
dent assembly. the Industrial assem-
Oily and the world service council,
which Will hold sectional meetings.
The day sessions OF the convention
VIII deal with the main business of
the organization relative 10 it's ma
tionhl program, problems which con-
Germ and the hest ways to meet these
needs. The evening session will Le
devoted 10 the subject OF "Intcrna-
tionalism.'
Formal Opening April 20.
The united convention viii be form
eriy opened on the evening Of April
20. BY Mrs. Frederick Mackay pal,,.
Of Philadelphia. president OF the con.
Eention Mrs. NJ G. Thompson. prc.,-
dent OF tho Hot Springs Your.
Womcns Christian Association, is To
give the welcome from the hostess
city, followed by greetings from tho
iratcrnal delegates. Or. NJ. Ashby
Jones OF the Ponce do Leon Avcnu.
baptist Church, OF Atlanta. Ga VIII
deliver the opening insp!ratIonal ad-
dress.
general resume OF tho work Of
the Young Womcn's Christian Asso-
ciatIon. covering tho past two year.
VIII he given by Mrs. Robert r..
Specr. Of Sew York. president OF tho
national board. and Miss Mabel Graf,
~, the general secretary. in her .d
dress. Facing the Present when
VIII outline the place OF the Young
"omen's Christian Association in A
modern community life
Noted British Lecturer
a. Maudc Roydcn. i:ngland's noted
woman preacher and leader OF women.
VIII Slre series OF addresses on tn.
christian Way OF Life" This 90
tiaH women should live In every re-
lation-perSonal. social family ami
International
Miss Roydcn Is tho daughter OF Sir
IhSnlas Royden. formerly Lord Mayor
OF liverpool. She was educated nj
Cheltcnham. under Miss Doroth,a
beale. one OF tho pioneers OF higher
education for women. and a, Lady
Margaret Hall. oxford. AZ ono time.
sh" was an extension lecturer at OK
ford University. She IL the only wo-
man who has filled the pulpit OF tho
City Temple. OF London.
intcrnat!onalism. or the business
OF Peace" has been divided into thre.
snotopics-f!rst. Between Nations.
Tl1g
I'm Our Work-a-Day Life"
Introduce Enxt to wc.t
Miss Anne Lamb. an Anglo-lndian.
OF calcutta, keen student OF tn.
pacihst movement In India Will in
troducc the East to the West and in
tcrpret the business OF Peace Be
tween Nations" az seen from India s.
point OF view. Countess Helene Cob
lot dAlvieila. OF Brussels. belgium
and Judge Florence l.. Allen. of Cleyc.
land, the FIRST woman Judge OF :,
Court OF Common Pleas In the United
states. VIII interpret from tho angl.
OF their respective countries
The second phase viii bc handled
by Bishop Robert T.. Jones. OF Sc,v
orleans. aud Mrs. Luke q. Johnson,
OF Atlanta. Ga
Edward C. I.Indcman Of Creams.
boro professor OF sociology in III.
North Carolina College for Women,
community specialist, will talk on
the business OF Peace in Our Work
DAY Life"
Miss Charlotte Niven, Of London,
general secretary OF the worlds com
mittee of the Young Women's Chris
tan Association. is coming to intro
duce the resolution adopted mt the
meeting OF the worlds committee 1t
Champery. which pleads for world
peace.
Commissions Are Appointed.
Two years ago. at the Cleveland
convention. important commissions
were appointed The report and rec
concentrations OF these commissions
will be given by the chairmen II
each, as follows:
Individual membership In the ma
tional organization. Mrs. John Hanna.
OF Dallas; the problem OF leadership.
Mrs. w. ID. Mitchell OF St. Paul: the
question OF membership basis in all
departments of the association. ex-
cept student, Mrs. Donald Day, II
Syracuse. y. y. and standards for
city associations. Mrs. william 4.
Moses. Of Los Angeles.
Mrs. william Adams Brown. OF New
York. chairman OF the national III
nance division. will be acting chair
man OF the finance commission until
ono Is elected ut convention.
Mrs. Lewis II. Lapham. OF New
York. chairman OF the worlds SER
vice council. has issued n call for a
special meeting during the conven-
ton. This body Is made up OF 145 key
women OF the United States. whose
major responsibilities is cultivating
interest and support OF the world
program OF the Young women's
Christian Association.
Meets for First Time.
The national student assembly Is
meeting for the first time az a regu-
larly organized legislative body for
student policies. Miss Emily Gordon,
Of Wellesley, Will open the assembly
and preside until a national presi-
dent Is elected
The main business to como before
the assembly Will be:
The membership basis in student
association: student Industrial COON
GRAFTON: student corporation, and the
place OF the American student move
ment in the worlds student Chris
tian federation.
On the afternoon OF April "a, tho
students. assisted by Industrial dolls
gates VIII preside and have entire
charge OF the general convention.
The speakers will he: Miss Goldio
Green. of Detroit: Miss Letta Perkins,
NJ fI,l