Arizona republican., 1899-05-13

The best Of good c0mradeSh1p always
 exists between MT. Wilson and the
 council on the one side and the boys on the other. and beyond the reasona ble
 exercise of authority no. distinctions
 mar the mingled life of the camp.
 Hardship and comfo-k, work and play
 are shared alike by all.
 The camp buildings are made sub
 stantially. but roughly of the mater ials at hand. There are spacious boat
 and storehouses along the shore: an
 office. dormi6cries and headquarters
 are located further up the bank. MT. Wilson and the council occupy the of fee and the headquarters a e designed
 as a meeting place for the rest of the camp. A well selected library, the
 natural history collection and the in-
 door dining room are all in the head
 quarters building. The daily Icutine
 at camp is regular and is varied only
 for special occasions On Sundays,
 however, the order is il. keeping with
 the day and is differen from that of
 week days. Each counselor serves in
 turn as counselor of the day and his
 authority is final.
 Each morning at 6:30 o'c-l-ick the
 counselor of the day raises the flag Op 1 the headquarters staff and sounds the reveille on the bugle from the porch. | The boys jump from their cots in the dormitC ries, swing their blankets over 1 the beams t1 air and after short l dumb-bell exercise, led by the coun- selor of the day, the entire camp,
 counselors and boys, race down to the
 lake to wash in tfhe mountain spring
 water. Then they hasten back, jump
 into tennis shoes, running brooches and light sweaters and make up their beds. Breakfast is ready promptly at '. If any of the boys are late novel penalty is inflicted. They must stand outside the dining room for five min | utes and watch the others filling in with oatmeal eggs, bacon and hot l cocoa. After that trying ordeal they
 may enter and join the the busy throng. There are four long tables in the dining rO-m, and each day four of
 the boys are chosen to wait on them. The camp cook is a big Pennsylvania negro named Lane, and he understands his business.
 After breakfast four other boys clear away the tables and, aided by two of the cOunselors, wash and wipe the dishes. Then the tables are set for the next meal. Thus is the busi- ness of the dining room conducted from one weeks end to the other
 Meanwhile the other boys go ab-Ilt their duties, working in fours under the direction of the counseIOrs. They sweep the dormitories. clean LID the C'-her buildings, go cut and cut fire wood, fill the lanterns, help the cook and do ether necessary camp chores. The duties are so arranged that each batch of four has different job every day in regular rotation. All regular work is finished by II a. m. At that hour the tre2i. of the day comes.
 The bugle sounds fer the soak" and the campers make a charge for the lake in bcdy. There they swim and dive and play for forty minues The worst punishment inflicted upon the campers for an infraction of the rules | IS to he deprived of the privilege of a
 soak fer the day. Dinner is served i at D. m-, and each camper is at Iib- | erty to spend the afterndon as he de- | sires. Some play base ball or tennis. | some explore the woods and others | seek diversion on the water in the | boats and canoes. None Of the boys | can go beyond the camp bounds with | cut the permission Of the counselor of 1 the day and only such are allowed to | use the boats as have shown their abil- | ity to make the half mila swim or who go under competent charge.
 The supper call is sounded at 6 | o'clock, and at sunset the camp gun fires a salUlla and the flag is hauled i down. At 1:3O the campfire is lighted | In the mountain side and the campers gather around it with guitars and man dolins to while away the evening. as only college boys can. with music. songs and stories. In stormy weather 'lhe campfire is built in the great fire place in headquarters. Bedtime comes at S:3O and ten minutes later every thing is supposed to be still in the dormitOries
 Among the boys who camped there -ast summer were five whose fathers are prominent busine $ men in Gin clnn@I, several from Boston New fork and Philadelphia Walter Ma nan, nephew of Captain Mahan of the Onlted States navy, was one Of the ldVorltes ot the camp. In hot weather the regulation car D costume of sweat ef' snort brooches and ligha shoes is not always worn in it's entirety. In Iact. the campers often discard their sweaters and run about as savage as thelr wild surroundings Most of the ocyS are as brown as Indians from the waist up as a consequence
 ne excursions, itramps and explor- iAg eNPedltI1n- of this little band con- '0 I14C III +oL piEaS1nS feature of l the camp Nj. Wilson leads the en- nre outfit on such 2 trip at least once III each week, and they seek new spots on each occasion. The boys usually go III decided undress and no one watching their wild antics would sun pose them to be the pampered sons of railroad directors, capitalists. stafes- men and professional men, or than the tribe contained some of the most iaslldlcus college men of the east New York Press.