Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-08-05
LAKE GENEVA CONFERENCE
Former Walhal1a Boy Writes Interesting Letter.
T. B. Kelley Making Good" in Chicago.

For some time l have wanted to
write to you about something which
thought some of your readers would
be somewhat interested in. Tonight,
with a temperature about 102 de-
grees and the humidity very high,
thought would be a splendid time to
write. That, we think, is very pleas
ant weather for this month. We
hope It may not continue, however.
Every year for the last % years
there have been annual meetings, or
conferences, Of the students depart
ment Of the Young Mems Christian
Association held at Lake Geneva,
Wis, and sundry other places. This
year, there were, besides the confer
ence at Lake Geneva, conferences
held at Estes Park, Colo; Columbia
Beach, Oregon Black Mountain, N.
c.; North Field, Mass, and Eagles
Mere, Penna., each conference repre-
senting from five to ten States, thus
distributing the locations of the diff
ferent conferences about or as near
the central part of the States to be
represented IS possible to obtain the
most desirable place. There were at
some one of these conferences repre-
sentatives from every State in the
Union.
For several years the Young Mems
Christian Association Of the State
Teachers College here has been
sending a representative to Lake
Geneva for two weeks. This year
was elected to represent our col
lege at the Wisconsin conference.
l left here the 18th Of June for
the majority of the Missouri men.
Missouri had only about rs men at
the conference this year, with al
most one-third as many colleges rep
resented. We left st. Louis on the
evening Of the 18th with the mer-
curry at 104 degrees. 1t was almost
suffocating. People were falling
PROSTATE on the streets on account
Of the intense heat. When we got to
Chicago the next morning the tenn
perature was down to IA degrees.
Late that evening we arrived at Lake
Geneva to find the temperature had
fallen to So degrees. We were all
seriously in need OF overcoats, but
instead l think the most Of the fell
lows had on linen suits. When we
got to camp we were given hot
supper, l never tasted better,
and rushed off to bed We slept very
comfortable indeed under three lay
ers of heavy cover.
Next morning when we were called
out at $50 O'Clock everything had
taken on an entirely different hue
from what it seemed to have when
we arrived the evening before. We
found ourselves encarped upon the
beautiful shores of Sunny Lake
Geneva" which is one Of the pret-
tiest little lakes in the country. ItI
is about ten miles long and three
miles wide. There is a park, with
walks and drive-ways all the way
any Of our South Carolina river wa
ter, and perfectly clear, and this we
took advantage Of every day as long
as we chose to do So The associa-
tion camp and main buildings being
adjacent to the lake shore, made it
all the more pleasant. The Young
Mems Christian Association College
of Chicago own this large encamp-
ment and adjourn their school to
come out to the student conference
with their large body OF students and
corps OF teachers. But am digress-
ing.
At 10 O'Clock in the forenoon the
first assembly bell rang. We all
went fling down to the large audi
torium on the lake shore to see what
the conference was going to be like.
Most of the men there this year were
new men at the conference, conse-
quently it took day or two to get
the program going along smoothly.
The conference was opened by that
wonderful man, A. j. Elliott, of Kan
kakee, ILL.,, familiary known among
college students who go to Geneva
as Dad" He has spent two weeks
OF his time at the conferences at
Geneva ever since there became
ter short, terse talk from Dad"
supplemented with a few admoni-
tons from other eminent leaders of