The Newark journal., 1919-11-06

| forgot all about cities and civilization i'll the joys of swimming boating, mountain climbing and athletics of all kinds Insrue- lion in scouting Was, of course mingled with these sports.At all of these camps the scouts had good time while gaining in llealth self reliance and everything that helps 10 prepare them for tue unseiffsh patriotic service which ts the heroic dream of every true scout in khaki.
 How far can the summer camp serve the ambl- tioHs scout who wishes 10 advance in his tests? How can the routine work of the camp be made an Interesting matter of service 10 the camp eommuntfFf On tie trail of these and many re. lated questions, several hundred camp directors are working. II k clear that the best WAY to teach camping k to let the boy actually camp The presehee CT proximity ef aH experienced camper will help hm fo learn the best way more readily and with less hazard. but the way itself k that of She apprentice rather than the book student The habit of sef-relianee and of common sense can best he developed in camp where instruction is combined with hours and days that throw the boys on their own resources.
 Must Not Be Foolnardy.
 Repeated warnings being sent oGl by Scout Executive George W. Eher of Pittsburgh. Pa. to scouts undertaking fife saving not to venture on fnolhardy ventures. nor to make useless sacrifices scouts gre likely unnecessarily to endanger their 8wn lives. It must be made clear to the scout that every person must he well able to swim if he would save others from drowning. No one will be considered a coward who is not able to swim and who refuses 10 go to the aid of another in danger. Mr. Ehler advises that every scout i'll the troop be made a swimmer.
 It is directed that each treeR iH camping where there is water enough 10 practice rightly. he di- fided into victims and reScuers The boys must he taught 10 practice each other the various sgrasps" for carrying person through the water. Especial practice should be emphasized for break -ag the "strangle hold" If the boys learn quickly they will be ready for the lesson in resuscitation.
 What a variety of experiences these scouts had The camp of the scouts from North Dana, Mass, 4vas on Lake NesSeponsett Near this lake Daniel shars eneam4ed with 2o90 men n the famous ShayS. rebellion of 11s6,s7, so that it k historic soil Here also once lived the notorious Gazier Wheeler couhterfeter, and here he had cave where he turned out spurious coin.
 What upon further exploration may develop into one af the wonder caves of Arkansas WaS dscoY- cred near GcuWood by boy scouts It is high up the rocky face of the Burnham Mountain ciiH. 1'hn entrance is small. but opens into all immense room from which tissure extends downward to il series of spacious chambers The Arsenic caves, 95 miles west. and the cave on Markham mountain. aye miles northwest. have long been points of in- ferest for visitors but this to be the mother cavern Of them all
 Forty scouts from Salt Lake City made the frn fo Wonder mountain. The trail leads up Provo onnvnn under forests of aspens, along rugged preclniccs skirtiug along clear mountain streams md through miles af alpine flowers. Camp was nnde at Emerald lake, which Is covered with ice,
 Camps at Squaw Po.nt.
 troon from New York city camped at Squaw ,ot,t n, inc Hudson river. The experience to be .n,na,nhered the longest was the trip that T. ]. Anderson. n local school teacher, took with the troon m T dark night The trail led up T hill, throueh a swamp in woods, in the field over ,voIls throlch bushes, and at last they came to sono old wine cellars Mir. Anderson then put ont the only light they had. Ghost stories ealcu, ated to make them brave in the dark and thitia- tfon into il mystic tribe followed hP to midnight. Tho troop has some very good evidence of Indian activities in the shape of Indian relics such as 40 a,rowbeads ten spcarheads. one Indian hoe, one ,naaI grinder ten Indian snkers lo tomahaWks, several nieces of alnt. and an Indians skull in very good condition
 Row scouts. digging into large mound neal u,rL Divar N D. unearthed the skulls and the sl,o,etans of three Indians. who must have been huriea there long ago. as the mound was there ,yhen the earliest pioneers came to that section af rho stote Ii is believed that further eXciVatihg w,ji yield some interesting relics or ao"fis'nat Indian days. , s. Soon, Morgan Coyte Of Troop No nnd scout George Pc,rio Of Troop No. ,. both or R'dseh'd Park N j., pitched their tent near Ne" "'''ss