State Normal School - Crystal / Levana Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CRYSTAL M Ui. '15, 'lee Tlfall. :Blue Uiibge Scenes at Blue Uiibge

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CRYSTTAL DEAR CHUM: So you are really going to Blue Ridge? My dear, do you realize what is in store for you, up there in the Land of the Sky? I am enclosing a few snapshots taken there last summer. These will give you a faint idea of the beauty of the place, but just wait until you see a sunrise from High Top, or that field of daisies on Brownis Pasture, or those beautiful flowers on Rhododendron walk. The very first glimpse of Lee Hall from Black Mountain is fascinating. It seems to be just nestled there in the arms of the mountains. All the way over to Blue Ridge from Black Mountain, Lee Hall plays hide and seek with you. After about a fifteen minute drive up the side of the mountain the road curves sharply, and the whole place fairly bursts into view. Let me give you a timely hint. Don't be scared to death the first night dinner if you think the house is on fire. 4'Glory to Old Ceorgiafi or some other college trying to get in the first song yell. Oh! Yes! They yell in the dining Right after dinner a sunset service is held on the front steps of Lee Hall. at or or It will just be 6'Ha1l, Brenau, Hail, room. It is an inspiration in itself to sit there and watch the shadows on the Craggres across the valley. lt lifts you out of yourself and the world is forgotten. That is the first taste of the Blue Ridge spirit. The Conference will begin that night in the auditorium. Things are organized in a short time and the remainder of the evening is spent in Weiner or marshmallow roasts at the cottage. The next morning classes begin. lt other colleges the things to bring back to and more vital. These girls are a most type. The intimate association with these and well worth a trip to Blue Ridge. is there you learn from the girls from make your Y. W. bigger, better, broader unusual-a strong, vigorous, purposeful splendid girls is a wonderful inspiration The afternoons are given over to recreation. Everyone goes in for some kind of athletics, either hiking, or swimming, or tennis, or sometimes some of the more ambitious ones try basket-ball and volley ball. There is always a jolly bunch to go hiking-and it is such a thrill to go struggling up some of those steep mountain trails. In the evenings there are lectures, and such lectures as they are! The leading Christian men and women of the South are there to pass on to you the ideals that have made their lives what they are. You must not miss the trips to Asheville, Biltmore, Montreat, and Chimney Rock. You might accidentally get a glimpse of one of the Vanderbilts at Biltmore. The ten days will be gone before you realize it and you will be looking back on the happiest experience of your life-that of realizing that you can really be worth something in the world. By all 'means go and let me hear something of your impressions of the people and the place. YOUR Lov1Nc PAL.