Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-19
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The Harrisburg Y. M. C. A. camp
near Liverpool, which breaks up to-
day, has been so successful that it
will be continued next year on a
much larger scale and there is
much talk of establishing this sea-
son near Harrisburg, a camp for
older boys who worked during the
daytime and who would like to get
ing in camp at night, taking supper
and breakfast there while going to
work during the day as usual. If
this Is carried out two weeks will be
set aside for the purpose and two
weeks more will be devoted to
similar camp for men. The season
is far advanced and it may. be found
impossible to find a proper site and
make the necessary arrangements
this summer, but next year the camp
will open early for boys and close
late for men. All those who attend
ed the Liverpool camp were delight
ed with it and ]. William Bowman,
chairman of the Boys Work Com
mittee of the Y. M. C. A, after whom
the camp was named will be leader
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ing summer.
The camp site at Liverpool is
beautifully located and ample for
this years campers and the Liver
pool people are hospitable and gen.
erous. The campers like Liverpool
and Liverpool likes the campers, but
those at the head of the project feel
that next years camp should be
nearer Harrisburg. within reach of
the trolleys. if possible, in order
that those who do not possess auto
mobiles and who have boys in the
camp may go to see them occasion
ally during the week,
The Y. M. C. A. Is fortunate in
having two such men as Arch Dins-
more, boys work secretary, and
Physical Director Miller to lead the
camp movement. They are thor
oughly experienced campers and
good out doors men in every way.
They know how to look after both
the pleasure and the welfare of the
lads in their care and while eXer-
cising strict discipline have the con-
fidence of their young charges and
/ their affection and respect. Miller
leads the lads in all manner of
physical exercises tending to make
them stronger and better able to
care for themselves under any cir
cumstances and Mr.. Dinsmore keeps
them in order and looks after the
camp arrangements. He also is the
camp fire leader and has taught the
boys a lot of stunts" they will not
soon forget. Chief of these is the
| little Indian prayer song which the
boys sing in Indian language as they
stand hand in hand in big circle
l.. G,-A tef hAf~ he
bugIe sounds taps. Another favorite
stunt" is the giant sneeze, in which
the lads unite, by the %lission of
certain given sounds, noise that
sounds like one of the old time
giants of our boyhood fairy tales
sneezing his head off.
The whole camp has been run
by military rule. From bugle call at
rising hour to late evening the lads
arc kept under the watchful eye of
the disciplinarians, although they
are given ample time in which to
| have good times in the water, on the
water and in the woods in whatso-
ever way they like best. The only
time they have been entrusted to
look out for themselves entirely oc-
CURED the other night when as a
test of courage the management an
nounced that any boys who desired
might go two by two into the woods
and spend the night with their blan-
kets in the open. A majority of
the lads responded and all returned
in the morning reporting that they
had never slept better in their lives.
The management was highly pleased
with this good showing. All the lads
who return next year will be ac-
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camp signifying their second year
and every boy who comes back to-
day is enthusiastic about next year.
And now will come the big Boys
Scout camp along the creek in Cum
| berland county, where during Au-
gust several hundred boys will be
! constantly in camp. This also is
the first camp of its kind in the his
/ tory of the city and Scout Executive
| Virgin says it is going to be one OF
the most popular institutions in the
whole year of Scouting; institution
is the word, he declares, for 1T too
is to be an annual affair. A full
carnp equipment is being purchased
from the general fund raised by the
Rotary Club campaign a year ago
| and the boys will be under the very
best leadership and will have every
care in camp they could expect at
home. 1t is a question whether or
not there will be room in camp for
all who will desire to come, but q
big tentage is being prepared TO
meet the demand.
There have been fewer butterflies
fluttering around the parks and gar
dens and the fields of Harrisburg
this year than known for a long
time. Even the pretty brown
'milkweed" butterfly has been few
in numbers and as for the Ajax and
the "swallowtails" they have been
mighty scarce. The luna and other
moths which used to bat their heads
against electric light globes have
not been seen to any extent. Men
who observe such insects say that
the weather conditions have pre-
vented the usual number getting
very far away and that many OF
the young have been so weak that
they fell easy prey to enemies. About
the only butterflies that seem to be
as abundant as usual are the pest
known as the cabbage, the familiar
white or yellow butterfly that costs
us so much money.