Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-02-13
FACULTY named FOR
the SUMNER CAMP
FLANS OF THH CAMP OUTLINED I'm THE
AUGUSTA CHRONICLE EDUCATORS
ARE PROMINENT.

Augusta Chronicle containing infor-
nation concerning the complete fac
ulty which will be in charge of Camp
Jackson. will be read with interest
In Western Carolina:
superintendent Lawtor B. Evans
OF the public school system of Au-
! gusta; Professors Jordan H. Sanford,
J. I. Spears, W. D. Sanford, of this
city, and Prof. c. H. Bruce. superin-
ltendent of the public school system
Of Macon Ga, and a former Angus
tan, have organized into e board of
directors for the purpose of opening
a summer camp-school for boys in
the mountains of North Carolina, the
Land of the Sky.
The summer school is to be To-
Gated at Sylvia, N. c., and is to be
open for those boys between the ages
of 10 to 20 years who have condit-
ions hanging over them from their
last years term, as we'll as ambiti-
Gus Students 1t is also to aid young
men who feel that they need furth-
er information long the line of their
!. study. The opening day of the school
will be July 1st and it will close
I August 26th, thereby givins the
$ scholar almost two full months of
: study, together with an invaluable
amount of training in the way of
5 athletics.
6 The School will be known as
:. Camp jackson" For the, boy who
u desires to become a leader n athlet-
les or his studies, these two months
q work while his comrades are taking
e their vacations, will put him in the
t best of athletic as well as mental
e conditions, and he will be enabled to
/ led the class from the beginning of
q the next scholastic year.
n THE camp will be located in
picturesque little valley amid the
mountains, where trout abound in
the numberless streams and brooks
+ that purl and Groom their ways to
L the lowlands beneath. Supports aqua
tic and otherwise can be enjoyed to
10 the hearts content, as there is an
u excellent track for field sports as
we'll as spacious ponds of the clear
L. est of crystal water in abundance.
III Then, too, the climatic conditions
IN are of the finest. The atmosphere
IA pure and free, as invigorating, ex-
u hilerating and animates the boys
L. with a spirit fit for both study and
ee sport. After all the study periods
lie will be short. but to the point, and
eo it will be like taking two months
We vacation in the mountains inStea(
of at the seashOre or some Othe
lot place not half so delightful. Th'
ny finest material for professors in
ldt athletics as well as in study will b
engaged, as the faculty of the schoo
and sports and athletics of all kind
will be feature of the Summe
II school.
\. Professor Jordan H. SanfOr
known and admired by all who know
-ha him, will be the head of the facult
- in both departments. The reputatio
De Professor Sanford has made in thi
ern city in both the line of sports an
the academic studies will assure him 9
&C. a large number of pupils during th
~ summer at his new summer school
eb- Floyd Bryson and sister Mi
M; m of Franklin are the guests
uet Mrs. Theo. Buchanan of this city.
" The Eastern Star, of Sylvia, ente
D tanned Mrs. Geo. Bidwell of Fran
w. lin. N. C. Grand Worthy Matron,
' the western district of the Easte
Star.