Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

ana Lie DOyS a. LA4A 4NAAAo SA- 80
at $50 o'clock they rush to the lake
for a short dip and the dining hall
walters respond tos walters call at
o'clock. The boys are assigned 20
TX. p" a day at a time so that all
get a chance at 1t and when the nun
CRY youngsters troop into the dining
hall at IT'S the walters are kept nusy
filling up the food receptacles wnicn
are as speedily emptied by the raven
GUS campers.
At breakfast singing and various
announcements keep the boys inter-
ested when they are not SLOWING
away the food, and after breakfast
they repair to their quarters Wnere
they tidy up and they clean up apou.
the grounds. After an inspection OF
the quarters the club period begins
at 9.15 at which time the various
instructors take the members OF their
groups out for an hour of school In
the subjects that the boys may have
elected. Among the classes offered
are life saving under Ken Smltn'
boating and canoeing under CnIton
Fields; baseball and tennis under
Malcolm Dana, director of athletics;
manual training under George b.
Jacobs, Jr., radio under Leon Brown
Of Waterville; beginners swimming
under Donald Hewett; and first aid
under Harold Dow.
Plenty of Recreation
The next forty minutes is a Tree
period and this is followed at II
o'clock by a swim. The lifeguards
60 in at l1.4O and at 1915 dinner is
served. The store and library are
open for a short time at one o'clock
and a rest period Of one hour Is CIV
en- at 100. Athletics and boating oc-
cupy the period from 2.30 to 4.3o at
which time swimming Is again en-
joyed. Supper is at $50. and various
games and boating take up the time
from six o'clock to 7.30. The evening
program is then enjoyed by the boys,
tattoo blows at $50 and at O'CLOCK
taps sounds for lights out.
The new manual training building,
which will be completely equipped
with modern wood working machln-
cry will soon be ready for use ana
the boys are very much Interested
in the opportunities thus anordeo.
Mr.. Brown who gives an Interesting
course in radio has organized class
in archery which although just start
ed is proving very popular and the
boys are getting so that they can
come pretty close to the mark.
The camp program at 1880 Is un-
der the direction of Raymond 5.
Grant. Bows Work Secretary at the
Augusta Y. NJ. C. A. and George
Halves of Colby College. who is in
charge of dramatics at the camp,
stages minstrel shows. plays and
other events of that nature which
prove of great interest to the young
sters. The "Y" camp is one place
where there are no shirkers. NO
matter what a boy is asked to do,
he does it. Perhaps he never sang a
bit in his life but if he is asked to do
so he gets right up on his feet and
tries.
The camp is shortly to have a
complete hydrant system installed for
fire duty, with both gasoline and
electric pumps, which will give a
big flow of water when necessary.
The sewer accommodations have
been much improved and the entire
place will compare most favorably
with any of the private camps at
which the fees are much greater.
The Faculty
The members of the faculty of the
camp are, Jefferson c. Smith, State
Secretary for Maine, Camp Director;
Arthur \. Head, Associate State Di-
rector, Director of Education; Lind
say j. March, Principal FoXcroft
Academy, Director of Activities;
Kenneth J. Smith, Colby College,
1926. Director of Acquatics; Malcolm
B. Dana. Carleton College, Director
of Athletics; Donald B. Hewitt, Bow
doin College, Director of Religious
: Work; George &. Halves, Colby Col
lege, Director of Dramatics; Roy L.
Smith. Colby College, 1928, Director
of Music and Canteen; Raymond S.
Grant, Boys Secretary, Augusta. Di-
rector Of Social Work; George B. ia
cobs, Jr.. Teacher Madison High
School, Director of Manual Training;
Clifton Fields of Springfield College,
Director of Boating and Canoeing;
Harold Dow of Springfield College,
/ Instructor in First Aid; Leon Brown
/ of Waterville, Instructor in radio and
Archery. and DIR. Warren B. Sanborn
of Augusta, Camp Physician.