Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21
BLUE RIDGE SCHOOL
OPENS UP NEW SECTION
Educational WorI, in Iiacon iiulluw
Has Accomplished Much Tor
Mountain People.
FIFTEEN MILES FROM KAiLwAr
Launched and Largely Supported by
Rtc!,momi People, Progress OF
settlement in Greene County
Proves OF Deep Interest.


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'atn""rs aud ~ monuments 10 IN" Chris
Van spirit Of its founders. II Is on"
Of III" first wedges "f Religions in.
'iu"nr" aud civiIiHng bon"nt to enter
INTO III" lonely mountain place. II has
Pr"Et" us Nhi"' an" continuing "pith
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oiuor r,iu.. pidn. IoIIo,,. ,, roti,i,,.
un .amr,,,tn"i ,py,r ,@ Y fo f 49, NOUS "us
pic had moved up from tn VALLEY ON
thc western sid. i,riu..iur ,yitb mon,
their nnri.nt Ior. ana Their kuoVl.d.,.
nf earning a livelihood IRON, tn. uround
80 here Tho school found an onst.,
footing than :. liz. onn,i ma n,d in
other quiet and solitary places II va.
~ another hollow. far removed from,
Inoou lIniIow to iIluslrp,. hu,y lnna.
forgotten were onrly teachings ana ira
diiinn Inn, "a minister asked a untiy.
u he had ever heard OF God
Never mot him" was ,ha noun
iaincer's r.plv
MA II w.,s ~ another hollow. this
ono IN Tho pa.roJ Nfn,n,aire ma, an
ancient woman informed a y.isitn- ma,
GOD had iu4; boon Ia SOC b,,.
These TWO stories ar. r.int.d merely
40 show III. need for wider ,-.lf,r.
work in mo ga, ,I.... az Tho IN,
fdcc ana tn. Ragged Mountains
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AUSTRIAN S'H""I WIZ inform "a" reader
lh"' u was '"undcH IN ls"' ~ Rev
''''rI" J. Mayo ana th"' ~ - Tn" iog'-
az "nt'oln' 81 inc Een"raI WORK car
f''h Sh ior w" phst 'f'""n years Or
.l"'' HHH'i Nl' SuP"iN'S on "i ~"
"f'''N y" Nt''' '"' IN men
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Gains
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maj Mr. Ma, Nas rjIr.d IN bt.rcc
Of m, ,nission roints nuer.d IN ,rd
hon, Snirs,- ,i,ll,,, 49,, ,i,. .
canning ground for mo nutsii. ,ynrld
iir ~ NJ, ,,.,.,l.e, ,,...,,.i,.,5 -,
wears during which ti,uc. win tn. 40
sistan.c OF 4, small staU Of s.lf.sn,ri-
u-in,. ,rori,,rs hn h,,fl, So, ~ N,is.i,,
Home settlement from when an a,,iyo
.iu.ationo, m.di.,I :,nd oy,r.cIi.,i,.
,ynr,, q carried on rhrnurhy,,i an .,..,
Of iwcn.v miles along IN. onSi.rl sl,rc
~ ,hn Rim pidrr
linus Mr. Nnvu .;,luo IN clos. rcr-
-uuaI contact with Inc pcor,l. learned
ihcir needs and .c,Iiaint.d himself
vi,h Nor bnbi,s and r,mfIy ,.Is,n,n
For the dcvcloum.nt of TINS isolated
mountain so,ijou ne believed ,-nrisii,,,
inLu-,rial cdtI.ntiuu 20 afford TIA.
means and to,ynrd this n. h,ur his
.Mor, ana askcd the holm Of others II
Was his Theory which tiin. has prov,d
10 h. correci--that Tho work should
lac done through ,.r-pnsI ,.ui.rt and
that !, should b.. 50 ;,dartcd 10 local
.onditiorls as to kc.r, ,h. bows and girls
IN their mountains by ft,irr them to-
take advautagr oC tn, wonderful nat
irnl resources Of their hins and fer.
lilo valleys
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W,.si,,r rI,,n, ,,,J ~. an oyn,ron,
pIacc IN which 10 begin the work.
several farms. acGrcgatinc about i0o
acres, were purcha Scd, and in February
400, III. work of stocking and cuuip-
ping tho school farm was begun under
the management of q graduate of tho
Iowa Stat" Agricultural College.
During tn" summer and autumn OF
The sam" Year several buildings wcT"
erected. aud on January 10, al TIA" fol-
loving year. the school began it's FIST
session. with twc,N" boarding and
twenty day scholars. TN" growth Of
The school has boon St"HfiE. The mum.
her "f the puri)s has increased, ana
iht property has hc""i. NOR" valuable
To-day the school - TRINITY established
us usefulness has I"rh proved, ana It's
iutNrc seems assured
Tn" aim of ia" S"h"" lS 4" adapt
us Work 10 inc Inh""'at" ana environ
INK need us effort - l" develop Inc
people accordin" l." III" best aud