Boys' Camp Planned
THE DARTMOUTH-AT-MOOSILAUKE organization is thinking of offering the younger fellows a chance at the Ravine Camp this summer! A real introduction to vigorous outdoor life without any of the flossy or regimented routine of just another boy's camp is the aim. The woods lore of our pioneer forefathers and the cunning of the Redman combined with the tricks of the modern trail guide and timber cruiser can give a boy what he needs to know so he can live in the wilds in comfort and love it. With men like Otto Schniebs and the Outing Club Cabin and Trailers on the Moosilauke Preserve we can train boys through the school of practical experience in all the crafts of the forests and mountains till, with perfect understanding, comes the love of Nature which endures for a lifetime. Life on the trails gives daily experience in shelter building, woods cooking, game spotting, map sketching, compass plotting, mountain climbing, trail blazing, and all the practical things a good woodsman should know. We can make every boy a life member of the fraternity of the out-of-doors.
No frills to this camp and no fads. It will be opened about July 1 and the period will be ten weeks. Cost $3OO per boy with no extra charges. Limit is ten boys of the right stuff, age 10-13 inclusive. This is a small number but such a group can be thoroughly trained and carefully super- vised. There will be no intricate merit system, no badges or medals, but individual ual instruction and guidance. No classes but learning through doing. We want to develop boys who will love this North Country and when they get to College will use it because they know how.
Peggy Sayre will be the hostess or camp mother and Ford Sayre '33 will help plan and supervise every activity. The program will not be too hard and there will be oceans of fun learning how to live in the woods from experts.
There is a fine swimming hole made by damming the pure sparkling Baker River as it comes down from the recesses of Jobildunk. Plenty of good wholesome food and sleep; not one moment's delay after you hit the pillow.
Here's what one of our rural poets says about Moosilauke: "A preserve of primeval wilderness, the undisturbed mountains and forests of our forefathers, only four hours from Boston and a mile and one half from the state road."
If you are interested, write Dartmouthat-Moosilauke, attention D. P. Hatch Jr. '2B, or Natt Emerson 'OO. Send the names of any Dartmouth fathers who might want this kind of solid, careful training for their boys. Perhaps it's just what they have been looking for and never found.
