The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-05-17

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Camp located just outside of Wa
tertown is referred to as the
Camp of Character" That reason
is definitely tied up in the now
famous and well-known slogan OF
the camp High Grade Christian
Leadership"
The committees of laymen,
staunch, substantial Waterbury
citizens interested in the youth OF
our city, men who have been
charged with the planning of the
camp year after year, feel that
leadership Is the most important
consideration in the building Of a
good camp.
During the lean years Of the de-
preston when it seemed necessary
to cut down and economic, the
Y Camp committee boldly decided
to increase it's leadership budget.
During the past year the COM
mittee has been experimenting
with the new philosophy OF deal
ing with boys in small groups. The
Waterbury Y Camp is experiment.
ing and pioneering in an effort to
bring the leader closer to the boy
and to supply q staff of mature,
trained college men, capable of
helping q boy participate in the
planning Of his camp program.
Staff and Leaders
In order to work out this plan
so that leaders have time to help
boys create their own daily pro-
gram, as compared with the old
supervising type of camp where
one worn, harrassed, overworked,
athletic director or nature super
visor as the case may have been,
took group after group of boys and
put them through their class pro-
grams, in an impersonal machine
like style a camp needs q
large staff Of leaders.
Forty-eight counselors will man
the z Camp during the coming
season Of 1895. Twenty-Five of
this stan are college men. Several
Of these men are graduate students
ali Of them are carefully
checked up before they are en-
gagged for the summer. The staff
Is composed OF men interested in
boys. These counselors are in
many cases planning to continue in
boys work or social work. With
an approach to their Job based on
these interests rather than a flnan-
cial reason for working the re-
suits in character growth and
Christian values are more certain.
The camp will be under the direc-
ton OF Bill Briggs, city boys work
secretary for the YMCA's in Wa.
terbury, who returns to the direc.
tors position for his eighth sue
cessive season. During his admin-
istration the camp has grown
from a small village Of a few tents
to a weli-equipped, modern camp
which now includes II tents, q
large dining hail, seven other per-
manent buildings including an In
Urinary, excellent athletics fields,
waterfront equipment including
fifty-six boats, diving towers, floats,
WATERSHEDS and q sandy bathing
beach.
Smith Assistant
The associate camp director for
his fourth season will be Christie
pher Smith, son of the general
secretary Of the YMCA. Herbert s.
Smith, a graduate Of Springfield
College who is now doing graduate
work at Columbia. Chris Is popu-I
lar with scores Of boys, q capable
camp man of many
and a good executive.
Closely associated with these
two directors will be the three
sectional directors OF the Junior,
and Senior Camps. Nor
ris Paine, a senior at Dartmouth,
returns for his ninth season in
charge Of the Sill year old boys.
Kately, a Springfield Col
lege graduate, returns as director
OF the 1914 year old camp and
for his ninth season with the Y
camp, Arthur Mahoney takes the
Of the Senior camp
across the lake, for boys 1920
years old. At is from Louisiana
state.
william Dillane OF Purdue UNI
versity with years experience in
the Y camp, will return to once
more capably discharge his duties
as director of the waterfront. I'm
der his direction parents and COM
mittee men alike have a feeling of
security because iof his strict, sys-
regard for safety in this
important department.
Camp Chefs
The most important department
in camp, the Kitchen and dining
room, has been capably handled by
tibet two famous Y camp chefs
the most popular men in camp, the
most beloved heroes of the sum-
mer, Peter Nichols who is at pres
emit head chef at the Yale Divinity
School and Joseph Ionnides of
Rutgers University. Peter Nichols
spent thirteen years as head chef
Ut Mt Herman School for Boys. He
was also head chef at the Chill.
irens' Community Center in New
Haven and ut Commons-the Yale
Dining Hail.
In our nature director, John
Lewis, OF Rutgers University the
z camp has a young man. OF sterl-
lng character, intense in his Chris
Ian convictions and enthusiastic
IN his intereat in boys. Associated
with John Lewis will be David 4.
Stanley Of Princeton University,
nature director, and Fred
srick r. Winnans also OF Prince
ION University, Junior nature di-
rector.
Emmett O. Miller OF Purdue. q |