Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-05-28
RIVERSIDE CADETS PLAN MILITARY CAMP AT
NORFOLK, VA, ON GOVERNMENT RESERVATION
Recreation and Instruction Store for Boys of Riverside
Summer School and Camp
Two Weeks viii Be Spent on Will
loughby Bay
Special Trips to Washington and Other
Points of Interest

! a real military camp on government
ground is one of the pleasures that
the summer students at Riverside Mil
itary Academy at Gainesville Ga. are
looking forward to with the utmost
eagerness this summer. The cadets
will go to Norfolk Va. for two weeks.
and viii enCamp on the United States
government reservation on Willoughhv
BAY near the Chesapeake The site
chosen is only a short distance from
the Ocean View hotel and within easy
! reach of Washington city In addition
to the advantages offered by the gov
eminent reservation on the bay, the
boys will enjoy several short trips
about the neighhorhood one will be
to Washington where they will see
many things that viii be Of educational
value as well as Of keen personal in
terest 10 the boys
The two weeks camp trip viii not
add to the usual expenses of the sum
mer school session, and for that rea-
son large number Will avail them
selves of the opportunity to camp at
Norfolk
The Riverside boys are healthy,
happy hearted specimens Of boyhOod,
and their zest in outdoor sports and in
the military obserVances of the school
is that of the normal boy The camp
which reach the natural interests of
the boys and it is because of the In
sight which the superintendent and the
directors have into the natures and
hearts of the boys that Riverside Is be-
coming such a popular place not only
with the parents. who find satisfaction
in the fine training given their sons but
with the boys too
The Boys Enthusiasm.
The latter appreciate the appeal
which is made to their latent manhood
and the recognition of their best quail
ties helps them to develop the stronger
traits of their nature
Riverside is essentially boys school,
not merely a place Of instruction where
| teachers give commands and expound
books. II is a school n which each
student feels a personal interest, a per
sopal responsibility as il were. for the
success of his institution
THE accounts for the almost uni
formly good behavior of the boys when
they are not under the surveillance Of
their teachers
Siversde's Plan.
The plan of Riverside has been TO
have as few rules as possible in order to
maintain discipline and to put the ques =
ton of behavior up to the boys as a
| matter of principle Such rules as the
] SCDOoi D9S loTiluiHttQ are OF 4 UlSlltlCl
| type and are worthy of the considera :
| tion Of parents who have sons to edu-
cate
For instance the main rules which
arr to be enforced are given to the boys
in the form Of a pledge to sign The
question Of honor thus becomes a part
of the observance Of the rules and il is
/ easy enough to cultivate q strong prin
ciple of honor If the right methods are
employed
Each cadet is expected 10 sign the
! following pledge
~ pledge my honor as a gentleman
that so long as | am cadet i'm the
/ Riverside summer school and camp
! viii observe the following rules
Il will not be absent from the post
! without the proper permission.
Il will not drink nor have in my pos
session an intoXiCsnt Of any kind
Il viii not engage in game OF
chance. nor have in my possession dice
or cards
| Il viii not have any concealed weap-
ous IN my possession
| These are the main rules which The
boys must follow for physical safety
and moral uprightness. and the other
| rules are few and simple Every cadel
is expected TO be attentive to duty
punctusl IN attendance and thorough IN
4 his work IN order te secure permits
sion Re leave TOWN the cadets must
.eru~e this uewN .t,n in Nri-iu9 from
parents cr guar1ians
Cigarette smoking and the use Of