Overcast cool day. Arose 7:30 A.M. Dressed. Delegation Meeting . Breakfast 8:15 A.M. All meals in College dining Hall. Fine service and good eats. 250 delegates and same students. Walked around. To morning session 9-11 A.M. Open discussion conducted by Tom Blasedale on college work and methods. Dr. Dorman spoke on Hospital work in Beirut Syria. Fine. Took walk etc. Conference picture at 12 BELLS. Dinner at 12:30 M. Delegation meeting 1:15. Afternoon session 2-3 P.M. Mr. Burton St. John spoke on types of Missionary service. Good. Recreation. Took walks with fellows. Shoe shine. Play "Suppressed Desires." Banquet 6:30 P.M. College banners on wall. Great yells and songs. Wells girls snake dance. Toasts. Evening session. Miss Hoxie spoke. Delegation Meeting. To bed 11:30 P.M.
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Since I'd never heard of a snake dance, I looked it up and found it was a spirit raising dance that must have involved students snaking around the gymnasium dancing and no doubt singing cheers.
I didn't know that Beirut was ever part of Syria, but it was, at least for a time, according to the Wikipedia article on the city that included this passage:
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Since I'd never heard of a snake dance, I looked it up and found it was a spirit raising dance that must have involved students snaking around the gymnasium dancing and no doubt singing cheers.
I didn't know that Beirut was ever part of Syria, but it was, at least for a time, according to the Wikipedia article on the city that included this passage:
In 1888, Beirut was made capital of a vilayet (governorate) in Syria,[43] including the sanjaks (prefectures) Latakia, Tripoli, Beirut, Acre and Bekaa.[44] By this time, Beirut had grown into a cosmopolitan city and had close links with Europe and the United States. It also became a centre of missionary activity that spawned educational institutions, such as the American University of Beirut. Provided with water from a British company and gas from a French one, silk exports to Europe came to dominate the local economy. After French engineers established a modern harbor in 1894 and a rail link across Lebanon to Damascus and Aleppo in 1907, much of the trade was carried by French ships to Marseille. French influence in the area soon exceeded that of any other European power. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica reported a population consisting of 36,000 Muslims, 77,000 Christians, 2,500 Jews, 400 Druze and 4,100 foreigners. At the start of the 20th century, Salim Ali Salam was one of the most prominent figures in Beirut, holding numerous public positions including deputy from Beirut to the Ottoman parliament and President of the Municipality of Beirut. Given his modern way of life, the emergence of Salim Ali Salam as a public figure constituted a transformation in terms of the social development of the city.
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