Campward Ho! Part 1

Campward Ho!

by Unknown.

CAMPWARD HO!

A MANUAL FOR GIRL SCOUT CAMPS

DESIGNED TO COVER THE NEEDS OF THOSE UNDERTAKING TO ORGANIZE AND DIRECT LARGE, SELF-SUPPORTING CAMPS FOR GIRLS

[Ill.u.s.tration: Girl Scouts 1920]

GIRL SCOUTS INCORPORATED

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 189 LEXINGTON AVENUE NEW YORK CITY

Copyrighted, 1920 by Girl Scouts, Incorporated

McGRAW PHILLIPS PRINTING CO., INC.

NEW YORK

_When that Aprille with his schowres swoote The drought of March hath perced to the roote, And bathud every veyne in swich licour, Of which vertue engendred is the flour; Whan Zephirus eek with his swete breeth Enspirud hath in every holte and heeth The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne Hath in the Ram his halfe cours i-ronne, And smale fowles maken melodie, That slepen all the night with open yhe, So priketh hem nature in here corages: Thanne longen folk to gon on pilgrimages._ _Chaucer_

GIRL SCOUTS

_Motto_ "BE PREPARED"

_Slogan_ "DO A GOOD TURN DAILY"

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PROMISE

On My Honor, I Will Try: To do my duty to G.o.d and my Country To help other people at all times To obey the Scout Laws

LAWS

I A Girl Scout's Honor is to be Trusted II A Girl Scout is Loyal III A Girl Scout's Duty is to be Useful and to Help Others IV A Girl Scout is a Friend to All, and a Sister to Every Other Girl Scout V A Girl Scout is Courteous VI A Girl Scout is a Friend to Animals VII A Girl Scout Obeys Orders VIII A Girl Scout is Cheerful IX A Girl Scout is Thrifty X A Girl Scout is Clean in Thought, Word and Deed

FOREWORD

Someone has said, "We camp to live with Nature." If living is knowing, let us then while we camp, learn to know the great out-of-doors, and at the same time take advantage of being together, and learn to live as Scouts.

It is hoped that this little book will help to solve many problems which arise when planning for and running a camp, particularly a Girl Scout camp. The material in this manual is supplementary to that in the official Handbook, "Scouting for Girls," and is intended to be used in conjunction with it.

The information given is the result of experience gained not only as a camp Director and a housekeeper, but as a co-worker with hundreds of Scouts whose needs are very real.

Credit is due Miss Emily McClure for her article on Activities, and Miss Catherine Wilkeson for her account of A Deschutes River Fis.h.i.+ng Trip.

We are glad to have permission to reprint "Water Front Protection for Summer Camps" by Captain Fred C. Mills of the Red Cross Life Saving Corps. The Life Saving Corps is giving the Girl Scouts the most active sort of cooperation throughout the country.

Sincere appreciation and thanks are given to Dr. Louise Stevens Bryant, Educational Secretary of the National Girl Scouts, for making the charts and editing the ma.n.u.script.

CAROLINE LEWIS.

CAMPWARD HO!

CONTENTS

Foreword 7 I Planning for Camp 9 II Camp Directors and Counsellors 15 III The Camper 22 IV The Camp House 28 V General Routine from Opening to Closing Camp 40 VI Camp Records and Accounts 50 VII Equipment 64 VIII The Camp Program 93 IX General Camp Activities 98 X Hikes 127 XI Camp Health and Camp Safety 140 XII Feeding the Mult.i.tude 152 XIII A Day in Camp 174 Some Books on Camps and Camping 178 Index 183

I

PLANNING FOR CAMP

_There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is a rapture on the lonely sh.o.r.e, There is society, where none intrudes By the deep Sea, and music in its roar: I love not Man the less, but Nature more, From these our interviews, in which I steal From all I may be or have been before, To mingle with the Universe, and feel What I can ne'er express, yet cannot all conceal_ --_Lord Byron_

Planning for a camp is a matter of hours of thought and pipe dreaming, every item receiving its due amount of consideration, first in general terms, then in detail, until the whole scheme is so well formulated and all needs so well recognized and provided for that the actual camp comes into existence quite easily and successfully.

It is much more economical and satisfactory to change an idea than a building, and it behooves us all to learn the trick as soon as possible.

Start to think in the winter; the fall is even better. Begin at the beginning and let no step of the way be slighted.

Shall we have a camp, and where shall it be, are the first questions that come to mind. Of course have it, even though it be for a small group only, and very simple as to equipment. The benefits derived by body, mind and soul cannot be over-estimated. The joy of finding and seeing for the first time the things that can only be found and seen in the open, living away from stilted civilization, flings open a door which rarely closes again for any length of time. Most people, and especially children, are not so far away from nature but that love and appreciation of it can be easily awakened by its beauty of color, form and sound, or its prodigality which cannot be rivalled. Then to realize that all humanity is a part of this great system is to love all living things, to know they are good, and that it is fear which calls forth their antagonism, as has been proved time and time again. If such things as these can be learned by living in the open, have we not sufficient reason for providing the means to the end? Someone has said that "cutting the camp out of the Scout year is like leaving the yeast out of the bread."

[Ill.u.s.tration: BETWEEN WOOD AND FIELD. Arrangement of wall tents with flys, set up with stakes.]

A well ordered camp is built and run on the same lines as a well ordered house, as regards fundamentals. Whether it is made to accommodate a small group or an army, all who gather in it must have certain dominant needs provided for. They must eat, sleep, work, play, keep themselves and their surroundings clean, and live the group life. How these needs are met depends on the individual who makes and executes the plans. One knows how to make his camp comfortable, practical and hospitable wherever it is, and regardless of materials used, meeting all of his daily needs, while another, glorying in simplicity _for a while_, does without comforts which could easily be obtained. Still another casts off all law and order, to say nothing of many necessities, during his stay in the open.