Change of Location of Summer School and Lake Union Conference.
By P. T. Magan
THE summer school and institute which was to have been held at Gull Lake (near Battle Creek, Mich.) will not be held there, as heretofore announced. It will be held at Berrien Springs, Mich., and will begin July 10, as previously announced. The meeting of the Lake Union Conference, beginning July 10, will also be held at Berrien Springs, instead of at Gull Lake. Berrien Springs is located on the Milwaukee, Benton Harbor, and Columbus Railway. It is about sixteen miles from Benton Harbor, the great port of the southern part of Lake Michigan. It is about ten miles from Buchanan, a station on the main line of the Michigan Central Railroad. The M. B. H. & C. R. R. connect Berrien Springs with these two places. Teachers and students from the West would better take steamer at Chicago (Graham and Morton Line) for Benton Harbor. Arrived at Benton Harbor, take train on the M. B. H. & C. R. R., for Berrien Springs, or take the St. Joseph River Boat from Benton Harbor to Berrien Springs. Boats leave Chicago for Benton Harbor as follows:— | EASTBOUND |
Daily, Sundays ex. |
Daily, Sat. and Sun. ex. |
Daily |
Saturday Only |
Sunday Only |
|---|
| Leave Chicago |
9:30 am |
12:30 m |
11:30 pm |
2 pm |
10 am |
| Arrive at St. Joseph |
1:30 pm |
5:30 pm |
3:30 am |
6 “ |
2 pm |
| Arrive at Benton Harbor |
2:30 “ |
5:30 “ |
5:30 “ |
8 “ |
|
Trains leave Benton Harbor on the M. B. H. & C. R. R. as follows:— |
Daily Except Sat. & Sun. |
Sunday Only |
Sat. & Sun. Only |
Daily |
Daily Except Sunday |
|---|
| Class |
2d Class |
1st Class |
1st Class |
1st Class |
1st Class |
|
P. M. |
A. M. |
P. M. |
P. M. |
A. M. |
| Leave Benton Harbor |
1:00 |
8:00 |
7:30 |
4:00 |
7:00 |
and arrive at Berrien Springs:— The St. Joseph River Boat connects with the steamer from Chicago, which arrives at Benton Harbor at 5:30 A. M. The ride up the river is one of the most beautiful and delightful in Michigan. Trains leave Buchanan on the M. B. H. & C. R. R. as follows:— | A. M. |
P. M. |
P. M. |
A. M. |
P. M. |
|---|
| 10:00 |
5:35 |
9:00 |
9:30 |
5:00 |
and arrive at Berrien Springs at:— | 10:30 |
6:03 |
9:27 |
9:57 |
5:40 |
|---|
Those coming from Indiana can take the Big Four direct to Benton Harbor. Teachers desiring missionary rates on the railroads should apply immediately to P. T. Magan, Battle Creek, Mich. It is the desire and earnest prayer of the General Conference Committee that this institute and summer school mark a new era in our educational work. Many of our best instructors are coming from all over the country. This will be to a large degree a union summer school conducted by the General Conference, our leading colleges and academies, and the Medical Missionary Training School. When a summer school was planned by the board of Union College, the brethren had not received word that this general summer school was to be held. Elder Hoopes, president of Union College, has conferred with the General Conference Committee, and in harmony with their advice has decided not to hold a summer school at Union College, but to join hands and forces with the school at Berrien Springs. He now urges all the Western church school teachers to attend the Berrien Springs school as far as they conveniently can do so. Later a short institute for the teachers will be held at Union College. The new Missionary College will probably be established in the vicinity of Berrien Springs. Broad plans for the general educational work must be laid in order that the work be pushed forward with zeal and consecrated energy. P. T. MAGAN,
Sec. Educational Dept. of the Gen. Conf.