The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-10
MT. T. C. Young Talks About Camp Greenbrier'
 and the Birmingham Boys Who Have Enjoyed It
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

l TeleSdIeu 10 tHG ulIl ulsldHce UT other days, and the sweltering heat of
 "the good old summer time" sweeping down upon us, the first thing that the average boy think of is a cool pleasant spot where he can rest his mind and body, and enjoy real comforti
 Where shall I go?
 What shall l do with myself during the summer?
 These questions naturally present them- selves to the mind of the youngster who has spent the busy days of the winter pouring over books and bothering his brains with sundry questions which make up the boys life during school days.
 The answer in either case is an easy one, because camp life" has practical ly solved the problem.
 Time was when a boys camp was scarcely heard of, but now | We'll
 | A boys education isn't complete with out at least a half dozen years of camp life
 Infact--
 So popular has the summer camp ps- come that by most men and boys it Is now considered the ideal existence. Sleeping in tents. living on the banks of a river, swimming, fishing, rowing, shooting rapids and boat racing are enough in themselves to guarantee de- lightful summer; but add to this an ad- mirabe athletic field immediately ad- joining camp. in which have been made two ball fields, tennis courts trap-shoot- ing grounds and more than ample room and arrangement for field and track sports-throwing the hammer, putting the shot, and running and there is nothing left for the lover of athletics (and what well-balanced boy or man is not a lover of athletics to desire2
 Of the many summer camps for boys now in existence throughout the south, none stands higher or has a finer rep utation than Camp Greenbrier," situated in the beautiful Greenbrier country of West Virginia
 Camp Greenhrier' has been literally patronized by Birmingham, large num- bers of boys from the most influential and representative families going each year to enjoy it's excellent advantages.
 Every form of out-of-doors sports is offered, and in addition to the very dis ! tinct benefit derived from this part of camp life, many other things are taught at Camp Greenbrier" which every boy and man ought to know how to do, and how to do well.
 The boy who does not know how to swim is taught to swim; the boy who knows already improves in the strength and swftness of his stroke; he learns to dive, to row and handle boat in diff ficult places, to handle a gun without danger to himself or his companions, and at the trap-shoots at clay targets to shoot on the wing, he has an opportunity to | improve his game of tennis or baseball | he nd proved methods in all departments of ath- l letics
 To the parent as well as to the boy the advantages physical. mental and moral. of summer in such camp as this are obvious. The advantages of an outdoor l life, mountain air. pure water and reg rlar, systematic exercise, carefully su- pervsed need no comment
 or far more importance even than the location of a camp and it's convenience, Is the "personnel" of the faculty.
 Birmingham IS justly proud of the rep resentative she has in the person of MI. Thomas Campbell Young, the beloved and ! honored principal of the Barker school.
 There isn't a boy in Birmingham who has ever come under Mir. Young's infiu- ence who has not been the better for l 1t, who has not learned the fine, splendid principles of life whiean make for honest manhood and integrity, and who hasn't | iieiu NIT. 1ouIB III reverence ana respect. His influence Is felt far and wide ana no more popular man has ever been as- sociated with the work of the public schools than he, all of which amply fits him for the position he occupies with Camp Greenbrier' during his vacations. MT. Young is deeply interested in the summer camp work and talks very de- lightfully about it. In speaking of the arrangements for this seasons camp, which will begin on the 27th of this month, and last until the 24th of August, he says:
 Camp life has become an important factor in the boys life within the past few years. Sixteen years ago Camp Greenbrier was established and in that time I am proud to say that we have had the most representative boys, the fn- est lot of young fellows. that can be found in the United States. During that pe- riod there has never been an accident, or anything unpleasant in our camp, and this is not at all due to luck, but pre- caution, as everything is done to prevent anything that would render a summer un- pleasant"
 Who first established Camp Green brier?" I asked.
 "Dr. Walter Hullihen, now dean of the University of the South, at Sewanee," said Mir. Young Sixteen years ago he was asked to tutor number of boys. Ac-