The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-05-29

Three assistant ScoutmaSterS and one
scout We're among the graduating
class of Ardmore high this year. There
were so many scouts in the eighth grade
classes it was impossible to keep tract.
of all Of them.
Plans for the opening of Camp Tur-
ner Tuesday have about all been car
ried out and an advance guard is now
in camp taking care of the equipment
until the date for the opening. Chair
man Don Cochran Of the camping com
mittee, can claim credit for his commit.
tee helping materially in putting il
over" as can Eggs" Roger, chairman
Of the finance committee. 1t Is no small
job to get such a camp ready for oc'
cupancy after a winter of standing
idle. especially with no equipment on
the ground but mess hall. Tents were
purchased, cots, bedsacks, a cook stove,
ice box, some kitchen utensils, etc. E,v-
cry detail of the camp schedule has
been worked out-in fact as soon as
the boys yet to camp and are assigned
to their tents we could tell each boy
just what he will do each day while
there-what he will eat, almost the
number of ounces of food each meal and
the number of calories, too, If he wants
to know.
To one unfamiliar with requirements
for Il boys camp it seems an easy thing
to arrange camp for so boys-"just
take em out in the woods and let 'em
sleep wherever they happen to be, get
some beans and bacon to feed them with
and turn them loose; let 'em rough it."
That's not the kind Of camping which
the boy scouts Of America as a move
ment tries to provide. A summer camp
for scouts is conducted in an effort to
build up boys mentally, morally and
physically. Good wholesome food must
be provided and must be well cooked,
comfortable beds where the boy can
really rest and recuperate from the
days activities. purposeful instruction
in worthwhile subjects must be pro-
vided; and in such a camp the element
of safety .looms large-proper santa
ton, life guards while swimming, pre-
cautions while hiking, hundreds of lit
tie details which are not necessary to
provide with a small group become i'm.
portant factors with larger group, and
if the boys are to learn to camp safely
the boy scout camp must be conducted
as a model for them to pattern their
own little individual camps after.
This year the trip from Ardmore to
camp will be made in trucks provided
by County Commissioner Joe Taylor
and George Evans, while the tents,
cots, etc, were taken up Saturday on
county truck sent in by County Com
missioner G. w. Young. Supplies and
provisions will be hauled on the scouts
own truck. the old Chalmers "a which
is becoming famous for its ability 10
plough its way through mud, rain or
any manner of hard going. In addition
| Mort Woods will make a trip each day
| to provide the camp with sweet milk,
so there will be daily transportation,
from Ardmore to Camp Turner in addi-
ton TO the private cars which will
make the run to visit the boys and see
what the scout camp is like.
Visitors will be welcome at all times
| 10 Di tltidbit, hOMtNtl, AL VII
that day all scouts will remain in or
near camp. Sunday morning a devo.
tional service will be conducted by
Scoutmaster Jess Thomson, assistant
pastor of Broadway Methodist church
The Sunday service in boy scout camp
is based on the twelfth scout law. "a
scout is reverent. He is reverent towarc
God He is faithful in his religious du-
ties, and respects the convictions ol
Others in matters of custom and rel
gion" In nearly any scout camp will b.
found Catholics, Protestants and Jews
each with a religion which is respected
by the others, and when they meet to-
gether Sunday morning for worship the
service Is conducted In q manner accept
able to each
On week days. especially between tht
hours OF nine and six. few scouts will
be found in camp-some will be alons
the stream. some in the nearby woods
studying the trees. birds, flowers. etc
Others will be off on short exploration
trips, still others on longer stroll
equipped to camp overnight at som'
distance from the main camp.
A number Of business men have vol
unteered to spend one or more days II
camp. to take their places in the cam;
program and help provide the instruc
tion ana inspiration needed to make tn,
camp a success. George G. Watson
scout executive Of Bartlesville, will b,
the active director in charge of tn
camp with Emmitt Reid. Ardmore scou
executive. as camp executive. Harr'
Beane, court OF honor instructor in ma,
making and engineering. will be II
camp the entire period: Jess Hull as
sistant scoutmastcr Of troop two. E. c
London. scoutmaster OF troop five. vii
be there part time. as will Scoutwaste
Lewis Davidson Of troop three and Johr
r. McAtee. scoutmaster OF troop six
Madison and David Dawson OF troop on
DR.. A. q. Cowles. OF the Hardy sani
tarium will be the camp physician. con
Quoting the examination tomorrow, an,