The leader., 1905-06-07
BLUE MOUNTAIN COLLEGE.
cIose q TerIn lOO4.,OS.

lAnNOiuhtaEy praise tha6 HnuS eX-
preston on the lips of each visitor
Ito Blue Mountain College as the
scholastic years come and 90 with
their multitudes Of visiting patrons
who throng the commencement
season. The situation was
formed and found its being at the
hands of Nature from the begin.
ming. 1t took the wise fore.
lsight and discreet judgment Of
Cen M. p. LoWrey, the distin
guished Confederate officer and
soldier, to plant at the foot Of the
Mountain, 80 years ago the
Tiny seed that has grown TO amaz-
| ing proportions under the guild
anee of his children through the
| years since he laid down his ar
NOR: The beginning was a little
rough-ceiled room "a 36, with
homemade benches, and faculty
consisting Of the founder and two
daughters, capable Of assisting
him after the close of the Civil
War.
AT the present time there are
three splendid brick buildings,
one a three-story and the others
two stories, belonging to the col
lege proper, also two commodious
frame buildings, each a two-story;
andin addition to these are four IN
dustrial hcmes where students
may keep house for themselves
and thus reduce the cost of living.
These various buildings in their
settings Of living green complete
a village home for Che schoolgirls.
tits interesting to note that every
brick in the large buildings was
manufactured out of the native
clay that helps to form the foun-
dation of the structures, and every
gallon of water was supplied BY
the four gurgling natural springs
that perpetualIy pour forth the
elixir Of life, and which are the
delight of the lily maiden as well
as the rose in the great garden Of
girls always at Blue Mountain
during the school term. Eeen-
the sand which formed the mortar
came from pocket in the noun
tain side near the main building.
The scenery round about, that
makes beautiful, interesting and
animating the life at Blue Noun
tain, is a neYer-failing source Of
qualification to the students love
of diversion. Romantic girls
climb up the mountain and recline
on " Love Rock and often in the
distance catch glimpses Of Mis-
lsissippi Academy Heights, =
where boys great school is
gathering strength to tell on lives
and future ages. Near by an inn
mense pond supplied by hydraulic
rams waters the beautiful herd of
% Jerseys and helps to furnish
ice in rigid winters to he stored
away, and freezes ice-eream, the
girls delight, in the summertime.
Fresh milk comes IN such album
dance from the Jersey farm, that
| the numerous tables in the vast
dining hall are furnished twice a
day with milk; and the butter,
three times. a day, rich and yell
low, is considered a necessity. A
chicken farm adjacent also adds to
the commodities of the well-kept
and well-furnished table. Let the
reader bear in mind that during
the past term more than 400 pu-
lpils we're enrolled and the faculty
is composed of thirty members,
including the President and Sec
retary.
The literary department is char
IaeterIzed by great tEoroughness
and has at its helm the most ex-
perienced and proficient teachers
that money can command. From
what we know of the curriculum.
of the school, we do not believe it
can be surpassed for thoroughness
of instruction and the building up
of the youthful mind as a natural
consequence.
Each pupil is thrown on her
own resources, her confidence in.
herself thus encouraged and her
mind drawn out and developed
until she feels she has mastered
what is prescribed in the course
undertaken. There is firm disci-
pline that reminds one Of charity
that suBereth long and is kind. :
It begins with the incompatible.
Lady Principal, Mrs. Modena
Lowrey Berry, and has no end.
The Living Christ is held aloft
faithfully and zeaIously along with
a living faith, as the highest ideal.
of life present or to come. The
influence of the Great Exemplar
as shown forth in the lives of
those il authority, permeates the
entire student body and there are
no family jars. Worse things
have always happened than those
at present on hand; and whether
FIRE consumes and sweeps away
the home as it has done, or disas-9
ter comes in the most rigid of
winters, as it has, there remains
the same unperturbed spirit Of
faith and hope like the dove Of
peace lowering over troubled wa
ters. Assurance, rest, security
enfold one in.tlis village form
ed by the college and its environ.
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