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Editorial 



Blue mountains, bluer lakes, beautiful forests, dashing streams, 

 squdgy, overgrown swamps, rocky heights, — all these formed the 

 environment of the second Nature-lore school for camp council- 

 ors last June. Mrs. Gulick was to have had us at Camp Aloha 

 but at the last moment was obliged to turn us over to her neighbor, 

 Miss Coyle at Camp Ke Ora, and no one could have been a more 

 sypathetic, helpful and efficient hostess than she proved to be. 



The pupils who gathered there were the kind that one loves 

 to teach ; they were eager, ready for anything, and had a true appre- 

 ciation of the value of nature-study in camp life. Many of them 

 had already worked in camps and were keen to get hold of methods 

 that would make nature-lore an integral part of camp life. 



There were lectures in the early morning in the recreation 

 hall and a bluebird took this opportunity to demonstrate her 

 originality by building her nest in brazen robin fashion on the 

 top of a post of the porch before our very own eyes. The days 

 were given to hikes, each one for a special study of trees, birds, 

 plants and especially of the geology as recorded in the mountains, 

 valleys and cliffs and interpreted by our inspiring leader. At 

 odd moments we invented tree games, bird games and every 

 other kinds of an out -door game that we could think of; and we 

 had our suppers anywhere in the landscape that we chose and 

 had them cooked over as many different kinds of fires as our 

 cam.p craft leader was master of and that is saying much; and 

 at night we studied the stars and then sought our woodland 

 shacks which were filled with the brooding spirit of slumber. 

 Such restful nights they were, even though once in a while an 

 importunate whip-poor-will took a fancy to serenade us. It 

 was as a whole a most interesting week, helpful and inspiring 

 alike to teachers and pupils. 



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