Some Reasons Why

A Period at Summer Camp Will Pay Dividends to Your Son

• Because superficial city life often kills the best that is in a boy. In camp, he can taste once again the simple life of his sturdy forefathers.
• Because it will provide some wholesome change–new scenery–new things to do and think about–new faces, friends, experiences, obligations, and activities.
• Because camping undoubtedly sends the boy back to school keener mentally, stronger physically, socially, and morally.
• Because a boy has in his blood the “wanderlust”, a compelling instinct. Organized camping is a safe outlet.
• Because it will give first hand contact with nature, birds and butterflies; flowers and trees; streams and hills; and the animals of the woods. All of these experiences help to teach the life story.
• Because he will have ample opportunity to sit by the flower that “blossoms by night”, the campfire. Here in quiet, with mind eager and receptive, the great lessons are impressed.
• Because it will be a chance to freely mingle and form acquaintances with other boys and men of good character and high ideals.
• Because the boy finds that in his association with the delicate wild flowers, the solitude of the woods, the companionship of the birds, and the miracle of the stars, he is in close contact with God. He cannot help but feel a greater responsibility to his Creator. The boy who goes camping finds Him everywhere.
• Because the most powerful stimulation, the strongest reactions, are the result of quiet, unhurried thought and convictions.

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(Reprinted from the 1926 Camp Leader’s Guide)