Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-11
STUDENTS CONFERENCE
At BLUE RIDGE, N. c.
Richmond Y. W. c. 4. Will Send
Many Representatives Next
Month.
CHANCE FOR FINE VACATION
Work Will BE Light. So AZ Not to
Overburden Those Who Will Take
Advantage of Trip for Annual
Summer Outing

High UP in the Blue RidEe Mountains.
three miles above the little village OF
Black Mountain. " G. stands the i'm
posing Robert f. Lee Confidence. Hail.
owner Jointly by the Missionary F,du-
cation Conference. the You're; Mems
thrtStian Association and the Young
Women's Christian Association Here
dGrirS the past week more :han $40
young women students from colleges
OF ten Southern States have been as
sembling Tor the annual Southern Stu
dents Conference of the Young
Women's Christian Association. Here
also the latter part of July will come
more than 200 women and girls for
the annual conference of representa-
ti"es from the city associations of
the South These two gatherings are n
part Of a system of annual confer
ences held at various points in the
United States, by which the national
board of the Young Women's Christian
Association seeks TO promote the
progress of it's work for girls and 10
solve the practical problems that daily
confront the secretaries both In city
and student associations.
The situation of Blue Ridge is ideal
for a summer conference, combining
as Il does all the requisites for
healthful. happy vacation. with at
mosphcre and surroundings that in
themselves are an inspiration to noble
cndeavOr..
AMPLE RECREATION
FACILITIES AVAILABLE
From the p0rtico Of Robert F. Lee
Hail on clear day one may catch
View of six mountain ranges and with
in easy access by automobile or train
are Asheviile. Biltnore and Montreal.
= beautifully clear swimming pool,
ample tennis courts and innumerable
mountain climbs and ramhles afford
recreation under the careful super
vision OF "a trained director of sports
The conference program includes
Bible study. mission study, membership
councils and short talks By the leaders.
The program for the city conference
is purposeiy made very light, so that
business girls who take the "trip for
their only vacation period may not be
overburdened with study.
Leaders for the two conferences in
Guide such eminent names as Rev. Ry-
land knight. d. d. of Clarksville,
Tenn: Rev. D. Clay Lilly. field secre-
tary for the Laynan's Missionary
Movement, both of whom have held
burn, Of the national board staff. Miss
Anna V. Rice, Of the national board:
Miss Katharine II. Halves and Miss
Amy Smith. of the South Atlantic field
committee Rev w. Russell Bowie, n.
u, OF ST. Pauis Episcopal Church.
Richmond. and Miss Caroline Dow.
Miss Blanche Geary and Miss Helen
Davis, national secretaries OF the Young
Womens Christian Association.
The Richmond contingent at the city
conference will he made up OF about
twenty-five delegates, who will leave
FOR Blue Ridge in a special car on July
20.
Among the Richmond people who ex-
| pect to attend the conference are Mr.
and Mrs 5. II. Halves. Mrs. John D
BurreN. Mrs. John Burrcl, Jr., Miss
Katharine II. Halves, Miss Marietta
Smith. Mrs. j. T Crockford. Mrs. J.
Taylor Robinson, Miss Elizabeth Rich
ardson. Mrs z. T Alvey. Miss Lucy
Mason. Miss Winifred Crenshaw, Miss
Katie Mayer, Miss Sadie Barker Miss
Nerna jackson. Miss Slavery. Miss Nora
Patterson. Miss Lorena Mason. Miss
Mary HnXter. Miss Archie Berkeley
Miss Nellie Chester, Miss Isben Dun
ford. Miss .Althea EEgleston. Miss Muck
OILS. Miss Alice Welsh. Miss May Holmes
Miss Catherine Cross. Miss Minnie
Byers, Miss Sara DeHart. Misses Eileen
and MORA McCauslaDd