Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-11

HE7ESM1NNV returned from Camp Penn, Harlan, Ia,
tS4AAS&y yesterday with the band playing and its
colors flying bravely. To the last men,
Der OF the 500 lads who marched with such firm steps
through the streets they had enjoyed themselves
another successful camp had been registered in the
annals of the High school.
Fun and work had been mixed in judicous guam
titles for six most strenuous days for each of those
healthy boys, and they had accepted good and bad
with equal cheerfulness and through to the
finish with many a small point of character impressed
on each one. In those six days sturdy citizenship
learned in smaller and greater degree by each
Of the 500 soldiers.
Camp Penn named after Lieutenant julius Penn
the first commandant OF the High school cadets who
served in 1894, situated College Heights a
beautiful stretch of ground the hills just south
west of the residence district OF Harlan, Ia Here
with the spirit that makes true Americans and that
has developed the great west of today the school
Of Omaha laid out their camp and lived for week,
meeting their problems of every kind and governing
themselves and their actions after the rules of United
Ntes military service
Many questions asked by scofers, and indeed
by many parents, until their boy has attended one
camp, AZ to the purpose OF sending the High school
lads away from home and out IN all manner of
weather to live and drill for week in camp of their
and left to practically govern themselves. And
the answers are many as the queries boy at
the age of development of the high school youth is
dynamo of energy and at the same time full of most
mischievous and rather adventuresome spirit He
wants to find out for himself, and his ideas as to
method and manner generally direct than
thoughtful In the High school camp each boy learns
after he has completed camp, generally before,
that he is of many and must not disregard the
happiness nor the property of the whole OF single
member of his fellow He learns discipline by
forced obedience to the strict rules Of the camp.
and most of all, he and enjoys the process OF
governing and being governed by his equals Six
days of camp life has given each cadet in the regi
ment the rudimentary principles to what soldiers
OF Uncle Sam are expected to be encampments,
Coming nearer to home the life is undeniably
healthy vacation for each lad, and he Is under most
strict care
Each Of the nine companies puts in all the time
possible preparing for the annual competitive drill
70 be held this week, the winner OF which has the
right to carry the nag next year The three battal-
IONS consisting of three companies are also strain
ing every nerve learning and practicng drill move
ments to compete for the Helen Davidson cup. Not
only the competitive drill. but the general behavior
OF the battlon through the year. counts in the win
ming of the Davidson cup presented last year by Dr.
w NJ Davidson superintendent Of the Omaha schools
Lieutenant w. N Haskell. eommandant of the
cadets and In direct charge of the lads camp,
. camping with them for the third and last this
sprnR and he showed that his work in the two
former camp weeks had not been in vain. Com
nandant Haskell leaves for the Philippines eGs sum
ner War department orders having sent EsS eoEA-
pGhy there.
'T think that We have the most successful camp