Evening star., 1960-06-19
CAMP COUNSELORS-
Continued From Pose I

at nominal sum- about 200 older teens who guide the
younger through the pes of outdoors and at the
time try to teach them community living and
something about Sportsmanship.
Knowing when they're selected that they're the
of the crop, the counselors look forward to
of pleasant training in the art of leadership
That's why do it, to learn something more about
leading Others" says 17yearold youth headed this
month for Camp Charles Herbert Grimm, Va
Camp Grimm, located on the shores of Indian Creek
near Kimarnock, Va provides the perfect setting for
some TOO Northern Virginia boys every summer Owned
and operated by the Alexandria Police Association Of
fers camp facilities covering 90 acres.
Typical of such Washington area camps, and coun-
seors-includng those annually by the local YMCA
and the Boy Scouts-s the Metropolitan Police Boys Club
establishment Lookout Mountain the Maryland
side of the Potomac River.
Covering $50 acres, the MPBC calls it Camp Ernest
w. Brown At am Thursday, 80 young men just Sc
lected this years Camp Brown counselors will head
the riverside site to lay the ground work for the
arrival of the first contingent of youngsters who
are slated to arrive next week The COSTS of course will
be by contributions made to MPBCs annual boys
camp drive by the Washington area public,
So rewardng have past teen counselors found their
job of teaching the younger boys swimming, boating,
fishing painting woodcraftS baseball football, tennis
and most any other activity boy likes to indulge In
that many of them return year after year.
One YOUTH Will Diver 2O has been in attendance
at Camp Brown for eight summers running. He is now
group include Richard George 20, graduate of Cham
berlan Vocational High, five years; Charles Dodd II,
senior Chamberlain four years. Raymond j. Clark Jr
Falls Church, Va, two years. and new men Ch1ord Z.
Gates r 10, of Mount Vernon High, Fairfax, Va Ed
ward Farmer 49, Tom Mccartney IT, and Roscoe FerucK
IT, all of Anacostia High D. c. Their jumping on point
for the camp is a small town called Scotland, Md,
Before the boys are picked officials point out, they
must pass an intelligence test well as physical ex-
animation These usually held during the last two
weeks of May
IF their attitudes toward youngsters in general are
not exactly right they haven't got chance OF becoming
counselors" spokesman Dealing many times
with underprivleged children, counselor must know
bit about child psychology" the spokesman adds
But the counselor must be athlete, too. He at
least to SWIM he must know how to serve
as a bona de feguard he must know the fundamentals
of boating and he must know something of the rules
pertaining to such major sports baseball football and
tennis
A typical day at Camp Brown finds the counselor
getting up about 7:3O There is one counselor per
cabin He it first that each youngster makes his
properly brushes his teeth washes his ears and puts
away nightShrt The youngsters must also clean the
cabin itself.
At am, everyone eats The scene is a large mess
hall where effort is made to teach good table man.
ners At TO- all return to their respective cabins for
cabin inspection Then it's time to play. For the coun-
seors it's the time to guide and teach.
From about 1890 until noon particular coun-
selor may-for several dayS-teach swimming He then
will switch with second counselor and instruct group
of youngsters-again several daysn the safeguards
to be taken while boating The job rotation continues
throughout particular group Of youngsters stay at the
camp-usually two to four weeks
From to 2 D. m the counselor has hour to him.
self He may read Sleep write letters and in general do
as he pleases From to pm, he's back at his job
seeing that browns or that a city-bred youth