The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-02

hat the boys shall at least pay their railway
fares. Summer outings are offered free
as reward for good behavior among the
boys at the college settlements and other
institut ions in the cities, big and little.
In some camps the same set of good boy
have I he outing almost every year. Some.
how there does not seem to be any plaoh
in the agreeable scheme OF things for bal
boys, and summer camps, like churche
and other public institutions. tend 10 de-
generate into mere responsibility.
University employment agencies agree
that one Of the hardest jobs for any under
graduate is to act as leader in a summer
camp for boys. Many who try it once
never banker after the job again. and some
could never again get such a place. IT. Is
harder to find an undergraduate cook than
an undergraduate leader for camp work,
but some fellows who have tried both jobs
would rather he cook than leader.
One of the hard tasks of the leader is to
make the new boys feel at home. A city
bred DO V who has never been in camp le
almost always desperately homesick for
the first few days. Some have TO be sent
no me at the end of twenty-four hours;
others sneak away after the first night In
c&rnp and take the earliest train for town.
As dusk comes on the new boy. no matter
how chipper he may have been upon his
arrival at camp. begins TO he uneasy. He
misses the cheerful lights of his tene meut
house street and the merry slut of boots
on the pavement as the restless crowd
moves VI and down. MANY n BIG boy. Of
~ or II il found wakeful and sobbing on his
first night in amp
What the town bred boy fears at night IN
the country lie could hardly say, but by dav
lac has entirely definite fears that no country
I,N ,,p gyunnDfbtyn with Ha iN nFtrr1
afraid Of the cattle at pasture in the felus.
A group of boys camping in the open unr
night on the slope OF a New Hampshire
mountain drove the cattle far away at dusk
lest they raid the camp at night.
Al the mention Of deer the town bred boy
often cautiously inquiries whether thsy are
dangerous. In fact any wild animal biggcr,
than a rabbit Gcoms 10 have terror for the
bow when he first tries camp life.
The boys do not like 20 walk alone in th"
woods or fields. and Il good many Of them
would rather visit thc railway station than
do almost anything else. The sight "i
human beings gives them comfort, Even
boys who have camped many seasons own
that night in the country h spooily rather
than pleasant.
III Is part Of tho leaders business TO teach
the new town boy respect md consideration
, for such wild creatures a. lie does not fear
/ Some boys have learned ~ school that u Is
wrong 10 throw stones Al birds and squirrels,
but most boys new to camping have the in
] EiilCl Ol tUt lUIlltT, E'll blle u lsle llluVN
/ they looked forward 10 IL the JOY Of stoninS
! birds and beasts.
II X part az the leaders business also 90
teach III" luds RESPECT for other peoples
property. Every bay wants 10 sldE tho
! white biY,hp-. to carry % green ppples. 'n
raid hoIIy patuh,- IhuNr vasi sfrctchns
Of field and forest without n single COP t.
sny one nay seem IA Invitation 10 lirensc ami
tho Larnrcr ~ cuwlrde ho.. and ciin beard
lon!E just the caricaturc conc to hfe