Camping For Boys

A QUERY APOSTLES OF OUTDOOR LIFE HEEDING NATURE'S CALL CHARACTER BUIL

over the hills; it is fun to sit about the open fire and spin yarns, or watch in silence the glowing embers; but the greatest fun of all is

ing the vacation time into paths of wrongdoing largely because of a lack of directed play life and a natural outlet for the expenditure

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be toughened by sun and wind, rain and cold. Nothing can take the place, for the boy, of stout physique, robust health, good blood, firm muscles, sound nerves, for these are the conditions of character and efficiency. The early teens are the most important years for the boy physically... Through the a

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great objective! It challenges the best that is in a man or boy. Camping is an experience, not an institution. It is an experience which every live, full-blooded, growing boy longs for, and happy the day of his realization. At the first sign of spring, back

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rowing loud." Boys need to get away from the schoolroom and books, and may I say the martyrdom of examinations, high marks, promotions and exhibitions! Medical examinations of school children re

son, Howard Henderson, Ernest Thompson-Seton, Frank Beard, Horace Kephart, Edward Breck, Charles Stedman Hanks, Stewart Edward White, "Nessmuck," W. C. Gray, and a hos

ously at summer hotels or amusement places, are now living during the vacation time under nature's canopy of blue with only enough covering for protection from rain and w

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one is impressed with their unanimity of purpose-that of character buil

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ay, acquire skill in sports, eat plenty of wholesome food, and sl

o become familiar with camp life in all its phases. We believe this contributes much to the upbuilding of

ngs of a real boy are satisfied"; a place "where constant association with agreeable companions and the influence of well-bred college men in a clean and healthy moral atmosphere make for noble manhood;

ce is the providing of a safe place for parents to send their boys during the summer vacation, where, un

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those underlying principles which determine character. The harder things a boy does or endures, the s

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if satisfactory results are to be obtained. A go-as-you-please or do-as-

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will make him want to be of service in helping other fellows, that consciousness of God as evidenced in His handiwork which will give him a basis of morality, enduring and reasonable