The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-08-03
BOYS ENJOYING
CAMP AT[AKE
COMMUNITY CAMP AT LAKEWOOD
HAS ENROLMENT OF
SEVENTEEN
UNABLE TO SECURE A PERMANENT SITE
v. v. Varney Is in Charge Assisted
by Several Public Spirited Men
Of Brookings


Seventeen Brookings boys are en-
joying life at the community boys
camp which opened last Friday at
Lake lakewood under the auspices of
the various organizations of the city
which are interested in the welfare of
the boys. The early plans for con-
structing a permanent boys camp
were abandoned because Of the i'm
practibility of securing a permanent
site at the lake. The committee in
charge secured a lease for a camp
this summer, however, and went
ahead with plans for a temporary
camp. A canvass was made to Sc
cure every boy who wanted to go and
at length a group of seventeen boys
were signed up.
V. V. Varney, Y. M. C. A. secretary
at State college. who has had wide
experience in conducting camps, is in
charge. Mrs. Wright Of the college,
is chief cook for the boys and she is
keeping them we'll fed with food "as
good as mother makes" Donald
Whitehead assisted Mr.. Varney at
the camp the first three days and.
Prof. E. B. Harding of the printing
school at State college, assisted for
two days. Other men from the city
will assist in turn until the closing
of the camp on Monday.
The boys are divided in three tents
with a leader for each tent. Homer
Wells, Albert Bjerke and Allen Far
rankop hold these responsible posi-
tions. At present the boys are e n
gagged in a baseball tournament. The
Baby Giants captained by Wells won
the first game of the series from the
Pinch Hitters captained by Albert
Bjerke.
At $50 a. m. the rising whistle is
blown followed by flag raising, set
ting up exercises and a morning dip
in the lake. Breakfast is served at
1870. The cleaning details are then
called out and the camp is cleaned
up. Baseball begins at 900 and then
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personal inspection is then conduct
ed by the camp director and the boys
are scored with points. The competi-
ton between the tents is keen for the
honors for cleanliness and the com
petition between individuals is no
less earnest.
Dinner is served at 100 D.. m.
which is followed by a rest period
until 400 o'clock. The afternoon
swim is then INDUCED in followed by
lunch at 6:15. The flag is lowered
at shutdown. The climax Of the day
m with the campfire every even
ing at 500 o'clock. The programs
are varied each evening, men come
out from town to give talks, or songs
are sung and stories told. Rev. H.
w. Fulweiler held services at the
camp Sunday afternoon. DR.. n. E.
Hansen Of State college, and DR..
Pammel, head of the botany depart
ment of Iowa State college at Ames,
gave nature talks to the boys on
Tuesday. DR.. A. T. Evans and r. B.
Breed will talk to the boys Friday
night. Prof. George H. McCarty and
ID. b. Doner are on the program
Saturday and Sunday.
The first day or two Of the camp
the boys had to get along without a
cook and without cooking utensils.
A pie tin was used for a frying pan
and OTHER makeshift utensils were
brought into service. Robert Wilson
and Robert Harding are the cham
pion eaters, they are back in line for
seconds before the last of the line
starts eating. Stewart Avery and
Billy Weaver have constructed a raft
that is the envy of the boys. The
boys were up until eleven o'clock
Monday night cleaning the innumer-
able fish they had caught during the
day.
The following boys are at the
camp:
Tent No. ALBERT Bjerke, Edward
Eldridge, Maynard Eldridge, Roland
Mcknight, Charles Bennett, Marvin
Caldwell.
Tent No. 2-Allen Farrankop, Ro-
bert Wilson, Robert Harding, Robert
Mcmillan, Arrow Thompson.
Tent No. 3-Homer Wells, Stewart
Avery, Billy Weaver, Virgil Selix,
Eugene Swartling, Clarence Brown
son. -S-
Or. L. Fl. Pammel and wife and
daughter. Miss Lois Pammel are
visiting DR.. and Mrs. N. E. Hansen
this week. DR.. Pammel is Mrs. Han
sens brother and is widely known as
the head of the Department of Bo-
tany at Iowa State College, Ames,
Iowa, for the past thirty-three years.
Last Sunday they attended the picnic
of the Ames Alumni at Lake Poin-
settle, which was largely attended
with visitors from many surrounding
counties.