Summer Camps

Look Now to Next Summer

While last summer is still on your child’s mind, stimulate him with new and challenging ideas for next year. Give him a summer at camp to work towards and look forward to.

The right camp must be chosen carefully, with all phases of your child’s personality and development taken into consideration. Selecting a camp is not like selecting a new toy for him — a matter of “getting the same kind his playmates have.” The camp must be as carefully chosen as a school or college; for even though a child spends only two months of the year at camp, these months are among the most formative periods of his development. Impressions made at that time will last all his life, and you want to help make them wholesome ones. Camping has become an accepted part of a child’s educational process. Good camps are in demand and are filled to capacity early every year. If you are a forward-thinking parent, you will ensure an enjoyable summer for your child by doing your investigating early and making a final decision now on next summer’s camp.

A good camp will not only teach your child self-discipline, skills, and good habits but also an attitude toward life based on good sportsmanship, coöperation, self-reliance, and self-improvement. These basic qualities are present in each camp’s program. Yet the manner in which they are presented to the children differs in every single camp. Your problem is to find the camp whose program will provide the best conditions for your child’s self-expression — the group that will inspire him to accomplish things and, of course, the group to which he will most readily adjust. The two months at camp are too important to have him waste them trying to make adjustments; and, as the child cannot possibly know what camp is best for him, the adults who do know and care must decide for him.

As you will see by the announcements on this page, many camps specialize in certain activities. Perhaps your child would do best in a specialized program. Not only the size of the camp is important but also the number of children in each age group. It is important, too, that the program for each age group be segregated.

Stimulation, inspiration, challenge, and relaxation — the balancing of these four constitutes a well-run program which, if chosen wisely and early for your child, will help him grow physically and mentally during a happy two months off from school. A good camp can do all this because it is directed by professionally trained and experienced men and women. We venture to say that no matter how well trained and devoted you are, no parent can do as complete a job during one summer as a wellrun camp.

We will gladly make suggestions to you if you will write explaining in detail just what you seek for your child. Address: Educational Counselor, The Atlantic, 8 Arlington Street, Boston 16, Mass.

GIRLS

QUANSET SAILING CAMPS

Cape Cod camp for girls 5 to 18 featuring daily sailing on beautiful Pleasant Bay. Races, Tennis, Crafts, Archery, Riding included in fee. 4 age groups. Adult Sailing School June and September, 49th year. Catalog.

F. A. HAMMATT, SOUTH ORLEANS, MASSACHUSETTS

DOMINICAN CAMP FOR GIRLS

On beautiful Lake Erte. Historic Kelleys Island, Ohio, Girls 7-17, five age groups, resident chaplain, all land and water sports We stress household and other womanly activities useful for life. Exceptional rates for eight weeks, $150.00, catalog.

ADRIAN, MICHIGAN

KINIYA

On a Bay of Lake Champlain in Vermont. For girls 6-17. 36th Season. Riding for every girl every day - wonderful trails—own stable. Sailing, swimming, canoeing, water skiing, archery, riflery. dramatics. Separate division for girls under 10. Booklet.

MR. and MRS. JOHN A. WILLIAMS

CAMP KINIYA, MILTON, VERMONT

WAUKEELA CAMP

In the heart of the White Mountains, Eaton Center, N. H Riding, tennis, swimming, and other land and water sports, camping trips, crafts, dramatics, dancing. Girls 6-16, grouped by age. Counselor Training Course for girls over 16. 33rd year. Catalog.

HOPE A. ALLEN, Director

52 NISBET STREET, PROVIDENCE 6, R. I.

MEADOWBROOK RIDING CAMP

For fifty girls 7-16 on lake in Meredith, N. H. Daily riding and Stable technique under expert instruction. Horse show, overnight pack trips, all outdoor sports program. crafts and art (watercolor and oil painting).

LILAH M. PALMER,

Box 94, HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, N. Y.

FARWELL

Carefree summer for girls 6-17. on beautiful Vermont lake. Enr. 120. Schooled saddle horses. Snug log cabins. Tennis, Swimming, Canoeing, Dramatics, Crafts, Gypsy Trips. Fee includes riding.

MR. and MRS. R. DULANY FURLONG,

1623 CANTERBURY RD., RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA

CAMP NORFLEET

Milton, Vt., on Lake Champlain, 60 girls, 4 to 20. Distinguished staff for music, art, dramatics, ballet, modern dance, French. Concerts, plays. All sports, riding, canoeing. Counselor training. Trained nurse.

36 EAST 67 STREET

NEW YORK 21, RE 4-1486

BOYS

ADIRONDACK WOODCRAFT CAMPS

Fun and Adventure in the Woods. 29th year. Boys 7 to 17. Three age groups. Private lake near old Forge. Program adapted to individual. Canoe and mountain trips. Horsemanship, riflery. Inclusive fee. Resident nurse. Booklet.

WILLIAM H. ABBOTT, Director,

Box 2383, FAYETTEVILLE, N. Y.

CAMP ZAKELO

Harrison, Maine. 27th Year. Five separate divisions. Boys 6 through 16. Private and group instruction in all camp activities. Interesting trips. Modern equipped camp in beautiful natural setting. Nationwide Clientele.

ZAK ZARAKOV, 393 CLINTON ROAD

(Longwood 6-6200), BROOKLINE, MASS.

CO-EDUCATIONAL

ARNOLD WESTERN RANCH

Summer adventure and fun for boys and girls, 8-17. Four or eight weeks ranching and camping in heart of Rocky Mts. Separate living areas, carefully supervised. Pack trips Ranch activities. National enrollment. For illus. booklet, address:

MR. and MRS. CHARLES G. ARNOLD

163 E. PEARSON ST., CHICAGO, ILL.