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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



Saturday morning, illustrated by the 

 work the boys have been doing and by 

 the mounted specimens. The bird col- 

 lection contains ninety-one varieties all 

 but a few of which are summer resi- 

 dents and all taken locally. 



"A series of stereopticon lantern 

 slides illustrates bird life as it appears 

 about camp. An ornithological chart 

 of the species and number of indivi- 

 duals of birds observed each day is 

 kept. A Record Book is filled by the 

 boys' field observations entered under 

 the proper heading according to the 

 classification of the form of life obser- 

 ved, so that it becomes easy and pleas- 

 ant for them to learn what branch and 

 group a given form belongs in. 



"Due to the increasing approach to 

 completeness of the camp museum col- 

 lection, individual collections by the 

 boys have been encouraged. 



"Special trips on land and water are 

 taken by the naturalist with small 

 groups of the boys, all having the 

 chance to go once or much oftener if 

 they desire. 



"The boys are instructed in the pre- 

 serving and proper identification and 

 labelling of the specimens of whatever 

 sort which thev collect. 



"They are encouraged to the 

 thorough study of a limited subject or 

 foim of life both in the field and from 

 the best authorities. This work is em- 

 bodied in an essay at the end of the 

 summer. There is an excellent natural 

 history library provided by the camp 

 and at hand in the museum. 



"Photography is encouraged and the 

 best results are turned in for preserva- 

 tion from year to year or made into 

 lantern slides. 



"There are three prizes offered by 

 the camp, simple bronze medals for 

 Research, Essay and Photography re- 

 spectively. The Research medal is 

 given to that boy who receives the 

 greatest number of points to be gained 

 by adding new specimens to the camp 

 collection, by forming a collection of 

 his own, by the number of accurate 

 and valuable observations entered in 

 the Record Book, and by any further 

 special work in the field or museum. 



"Weather phenomena are noted and 

 daily recorded as outlined by the Uni- 

 ted States Department of Agriculture, 

 Weather Bureau, for Voluntary Obser- 

 vers' Meteorological Record. 



'The work is the greatest pleasure 

 and most interesting, and particularly 



INTERIOR OF "DANA HALL"— ONE OF THE THREE SLEEPING DORMITORIES CONNECTED 



BY WIDE PIAZZAS. 



