The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-07-27

| getting to he a sort of suInme
'Ecoleqet In the lap of the Blu,
Ridge. boxing off north across
1 the Swannanoa to the craggy
mountains, beautiful Robert L
Lee Hall invites each year the
young people of the South to higl
studies. In place OF economics
! there is missionary survey, al
home and abroad; Bible study
and not mathematics. Christian
/ service, rather than law or medi-
cine take the foreground. First
come some five hundred young
college women, followed by like
number of college men.
The advantage of the estate of
one thousand acres Of the Blue
| Ridge Association will be made
available to the general public at
a reasonable expense during the
open season. beginning about
July 1st each year. Conference
land institute programs continue
|up to September rst and are open
Fat a nominal fee to the guests.
Six hundred guests can be com
fortably accommodated at Lee
Hall and in the twenty-six cot
tages and tents on the grounds.
Various sports challenge those
athletically inclined while the
library furnishes esrecreationfor the
more serious minds.
At the Mems Conference, June
10 rs, all colleges and schools
south of the Ohio, from Virginia
and the Carolinas west TO Texas
land Arkansas, we're invited to par
ticipate. From this territory
came the FIVE hundred students
representing one hundred and ten
institutions. The primary object
| of The conference is to fit men for
religious leadership in the institu-
tions which they attend. To this
lend alithe studies and addresses
are directed. Attention is also
given to- the claims Of various
forms Of human service Of yonna
linen going out from college
! Missionaries and board secretaries
are on hand to speak for various
foreign fields, the student volun-
teers have special group and
band together for mutual encour-
agement; and the opportunity for
christian service in the home land
is not overlooked. Every evening
there is a serious presentation by
some authority on various phases
of life work. Messages from
George Sherwood Eddy and
Fletcher S Brockman, two mis-
sionary leaders of wide reputation
and world embracing i de ais
should stir the religious thought
of any man.
The Blue Ridge student confer
ence entertained this year twenty
foreigners representing the follow
ing countries China, Japan,
Korea, Armenia, Brazil, Cuba and
Mexico.
Blue Ridge is located in the
prettiest section of our country,
known as the Land of the Sky. .
1t is sixteen miles east Of Ashville
and two miles nearer Biltmore,
Vanderbilts summer h O. IN ).
Ridgecrest. the Baptist assembly
grounds are only four miles away, ,
and Montreal, the Presbyterian
grounds, are six miles distant.
Mount Mitchell, the top of half a
continent, stretches its towering
head to an altitude of OIL feet,
and is barely visible on clear
day.
OF the charms Of the Blue Ridge
country in summer time it is hard
to speak without extravaganza.
Over the beautiful valley that lies
beneath ones eyes at the front of
Lee Hall play the enhancing com
binations of light and shadow, of
cloud and sunlight. The noun
tains wrap themselves in mist,
crown their heads with vapor,
smile in green and purple, or dis
solve in downpours of rain. Back
of The Hall the giant vertebrae of
the Alleghenies ridge the sky and
in the lirnpid air, the top seems so
near that one is constantly pant
ing up the slow trails to reach it
and get panoramic view of the
surrounding country. This year
nearly all the rhododendron buds
were frosted but the laurel was
spreading its pink tints as usual.
i The wild qrape-yines fill the cam
lyuns with the odors Of paradise,
and the marguerites starred every