The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-27


TO Friendship lodge ! would fly"
This chorus 10 lilunR tune
which, happily ntonod by glrl camp
ora, has Hct tho echoes ryIng many
| "a time during bright summer days
/ from Frcindshlp lodge through the
woods OF the y. W. G. 4. camp
southwest of the city So onco more
ON The lips uf Tulsa grade ana high
school girls and IN the thought of
the more aodntc business girls and
women as the calf OF the wild is
waited on cutiriug apriug brcozcH
and memory hnrkH back 20 Joyous
times nt tho lodge and camp.
The words of the song are now be-
inE fulfilled again aud girls are
making dying trips to the camp,
not by tho aerial route, to be sure.
but AT tho more prusaic paCo pro-
vidod by the oklahoma Union EJil-
way company. Though the camp IL
open throughout the entire year and
scarcely q week went by during the
| past winter without It's quota OF Nis-
ltora. the coming Of spring has auto
mnticnlly Increased the numhcr OF
camp visitors FOR week ends piCnics.
hikes, onc-day stay, parties in tho
lodge and all mnnnor Of outings ON
the grounds
Ready for the Rush
An is In readiness at the camp
FOR the spring rush. 4 large NcEc-
table garden has been planted. the
tennis and croduct grounds put In
shape and "A few neccs.arS repairs
made Ia the fcnco surrounding the
camp grounda, The lodge itrcp and
II rour-room cottage have survived
81 ..g H.. lff
and are being frcshcnod up aR to ~.
.erior furnishings, Even the land
scapc seems To smile at sprinp ad-
vonturcrs. FOR spring is the Y, w. g..
A. camp at It's best, with new flow
ers following showers and tho land
scapc dcCkcd in tender green
sometimes scared 10y the summer
sun.
rho Y. W. e. a. camp has come to
mean many things to many people In
It's brief history. II has found a place
In the hearts OF the girlhood and
womanhood Of Tulsa and ns slnnRily
expressed In favorlte- camp song
short girls, tan girls, fat girls,
thin
Friendship lodge takes ua all in;
We don't need money. we don't need
pearls
Anybody. everybody, Just 50 wo'rc
girls"
The fame Of the lodge has spread
and to II have come girls from Sa-
pulpa and several other nearby
towns and the camp conference held
last summer nt the lodge 10y 100 high
school Y, w girls from oklahoma
and northern Texas was so success
ful that It viii be repeated In June.
Girls Enjoy the Hikes.
Somo OF the things which make
| the memories of a trip To the camp
memorable 60 young girls are the
hikes and tramps one Of the prct-
tiest possible camp pictures is that
of blooming high school and grade
school girls "off for a hike" In their
white middics with bright ribbon
| tics, hloomcrs OF black, blue or
! Khaki rolled up nud stockings rolled
down, I'm footwear low ns 10 cut and
heel and carving or wearing big.
broad -brimmed hats. The girls have
the time OF their lives" tramping
| through tho woods. studying the
| flowers and birds and trees, frollring
within the lodge.
To the business woman holiday
AZ camp imnarts new vigor and
brings refreshmcnt Of body and
mind, She can "loat aud invite her
sotuT to hor hearts content and
takN the outdoor trips which somr-
how n seems imposs hlo 80 sandwich
I'm with a business life, Though only
matter of few miles from Tulsa,
she has that change of environment
which Is said to be the essence OF a
vacation.
To say that 1900 girls ana young
women. as tho records show. spcrt
time varying from day to several
weeks at the camp last year does not
AT all convey the fun pOpullti'y ~
tho camp. Momhcrs of the board uf
directors OF the Y. w, directly super
wise the camp and no affair ever
takes place within the lodge on the
camp grounds without the prosarce
Of an association secretary and, with
large groups. several secretnrios.
When younger girls are az the lodge
on weeks camp, mothers and faith
crs drive out To see their daughters
and sometimes stay for dinner or
suppor ON sunday. Though strictly
"a girls camp, the other sex is oc-
,asionally represented az the camp
10y men attending an evening party
I'm the lodge or an outing on the
grounds. Mon Of great Importance
Go the camp are the Tulsa business
men who I'm great part gave the
camp aud who now contribute 20 It's
upkcop, There is ono local business
man who viii not give the associl-
tion money for anything hut che
op mp
The camp is located seven and
"a half miles southwest OF Tulsa and
is about half milo from the in
torurban station al parthcnia park.
II contains 10 acres, enclosed hy a
metal fence, with stone pillars a. the
large entrance gate. II has woods on
every side, with parthonia park al
lOiuing on the NsSt "A pipturas.tta