Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-06-28
THE Y. w. G. A. CONFERENCE.
Session ut Asheville Was One Of In
tcrcst and Inspiration.

Possibly some readers of The Cou-
rier may be interested in an account
of the recent Y. w. G. A. Conference
held at Asheville, n. C. Those who
were fortunate enough to be present
would gladly share their privileges
with their friends.
The National Board of the Young
Women's Christian Association, To-
Gated in New York city, plans for ten
summer conferences to be held in
different parts Of the United States.
Thus the young women of the East
meet at Silver Bay. on Lake George;
those Of the West at Cascade, Colo;
those Of the South at Asheville.
While designed especially for men,
bers Of student and city associations,
the Asheville conference welcomes all
Southern women who desire it's in
structton and inspiration. This year
there were delegates from most of
the South Carolina schools for girls
Winthrop, Converse, the colleges
in Columbia, Chicora, Coker, Due
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was special welcome this year, too,
for the delegates from the mill vii
lage associations in South Carolina.
The Olympia, CRANKY and Mona yhan
mills were we'll represented.
The mornings were spent in b;hle
study, mission study, and the discus
sion Of present-day problems Of
Christian work in college, city and
mill village.
OF the five courses in the Bible we
chose one in the Minor Prophets,
faught by Prof. Vance, of Lane Sem
mary, Cincinnati. OF the five
coures In mission study we selected
one in Home Missions, taught by
Prof. Trawick, Of Nashville, Tenn.
Other popular classes were those in
the social teachings Of Jesus (given
by Prof. Cunningham, Of Vanderbilt
University, and in the uplift of
China, (given by Miss Honsinger, of
China). The study was systematic,
earnest and delightful. The discus
sions were at once spiritual and prac-
tical. No Christian worker could
fail to find in them both suggestion
and inspiration.
The afternoons were for rest and
recreation. The latter included a re-
ception on the lawn, given by Miss
Rutherford, Of Lucy Cobb Institute
the hostess Of the conference), a
long car ride over Asheville, an af-
ternoon Of "stunts" given by the
various associations. Advantageous
rates and excellent teams were s.-
cured for conference members who
wished to take some of the lovely
drives around Asheville. Several
parties drove over Biltmore, visiting
the model dairy and enjoying the
wonderful landscape gardening of
the estate. Some felt that the drive
to Mount Meadows offered as beauti-
full scenery as is to be found in the
United States
Platform addresses filed the even
1ngs. Those which we enjoyed most
were given by DR.. James l. Vance, of
Nashville, and Robert e. Speer, of
New York. The latter is possibly
the ablest spiritual orator (if one
may be allowed the phrase) in this
country. The Sunday sermons were
given by Rev. Ryland Knight (Bap-
tist), Of Richmond, Va, and DR.. Ira
Landri;h (Methodist), of Belmont
College. Bishop Gailor, of Tennes-
see, was, unfortunately, hindered
from being present.
The spirit of the conference was
notably sane, earnest, practical,
cheerful and unselfsh. No young
woman could live in it through the
nine days Of the conference without
strong STRINGS Of the higher life
within her. We wish all our girls
might have attended. We trust that
the Piedmont section may have many
representatives next year and in the
following years. Cora Strong.
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