
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, February 17, 1991                   TAG: 9102160014
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-11   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: MOUNTAIN LAKE                                LENGTH: Short

SYMPOSIUM ON HUMANITIES SCHEDULED

"The Transcendental Spirit: Fronting the Essentials," the 1991 Virginia Humanities Conference symposium, will be held April 12-13 at Mountain Lake Resort.

The symposium has three concurrent sessions throughout the weekend, featuring presentations by 20 college and university faculty. The keynote speaker is Robert D. Richardson Jr., a specialist in American transcendentalism.

Sessions begin April 12 at 9:30 a.m. The keynote address is at 11 a.m. "The Night Thoreau Spent In Jail," will be presented by Playmakers, Inc. that evening. Saturday, the symposium continues with sessions from 9 a.m. to noon.

Registration is $35. Organizers recommend registration be made six weeks before the symposium by sending checks payable to Virginia Humanities Conference to: Peggy Dalton, New River Community College, P.O. Drawer 1127, Dublin, Va. 24084.

Housing arrangements can be made at Mountain Lake Resort and should also be done six weeks in advance by calling 1-800-346-3334 and mentioning the conference.

For symposium information of a detailed schedule, call Lewis Martin, 674-3600, extension 356.

by CNB