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will always find something that will be interesting to show 

 to your friends when you come home. 

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WHEN you are all packed up and ready to go, plan 

 to make the camp a success, for you will have to 

 play a part. 



Perhaps you are going to a camp all built up, or you 

 may go with a troop and build your own. It makes no 

 difference which. It will be your duty to obey the camp 

 rules. Do not bother about the other fellow. Let the one 

 in charge discover the shirker. 



The best care should be taken to select a site that has 

 good surface and air drainage. Low, flat meadows look 

 inviting, but are not always the most comfortable on hot, 

 sultry days and nights, while on rainy days the surface 

 often becomes slushy. The early evening dew, and the 

 dampness remaining for a long period in the morning, 

 caused me to avoid meadow sites long ago. 



Remember that the other fellows have all the rights in 

 camp that you have. Do not forget to respect them, as 

 you want yours respected. Play your part in camp like 

 a man. Never shirk, for each one will have duties to 

 perform. Some of these may not always be pleasant, 

 and it is up to you, the same as it is to the other fellow, 

 to cheerfully perform all camp duties. 



I am going to tell you something that may be good to 

 know. It is only on a camping trip that you get to know 

 the other fellow and that he gets to know you. Too often 



you will make of them. Several suits of underwear as 

 well as a bathing suit, should be included, however. 



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r ET us for the time being forget the above and talk 

 '-' of what you are going to do. 



Swimming sure; and all other camp pleasures you will 

 have ; but you want to learn a lot about trees, birds, in- 

 sects, flowers and the wild animal life that will be a part 

 of the camp population. 



First, buy a well-bound notebook. Write with ink on 

 the front inside cover : 



Your name and address. 



1921 Camp, located at 



Arrived (give date) 



Left (give date) 



At the top of the first page write Trees ; on page twenty. 

 Birds ; page forty, Insects ; page sixty. Wild Animal Life ; 

 page eighty. Wild Flowers ; and so on. 



As you become acquainted with a new tree, write all 

 about it in your notebook. Color of bark, rough or 

 smooth, kind of leaves or needles, where it grew, near 

 water or if on a mountain top. If you do not know, find 

 out if acorns grow on the willow, maple, beech or oak 

 tree. 



Find out if the robins, martins, or cat birds like to fly 

 above the water. Why? Study the habits of the birds 

 and what they eat. 



It will be interesting to find out if the lily prefers to 



Solan L. Parkes: 



Great benefit to forest protection in Pennsylvania has come from the organization and 

 operation of the Forest Guide movement. Thpre are now approximately 11,000 Forest Guides 

 in Pennsylvania. They have measured up fully to their pledge to help protect the forests of 

 the State from fire. The Department has had not only their interest, but very substantial 

 assistance in keeping fire out of the woods and in extinguishing those fires which have oc- 

 curred. It has remained for the organized youth of the State to display the interest, enthu- 

 siasm and efifort in forest protection required to put an end to forest fires, and the spirit of the 

 Guides has been contagious in the home, on the streets, and in the woods. We value their co- 

 operation highly. R. Y. STUART, 



Deputy Commissioner of Forestry for Pennsylvania. 



it develops that someone spoils a camp by not playing the 

 game the fifty-fifty way. As a camp director, I never 

 wasted time to teach a shirker what was what. It was 

 of more concern to me to see that the greater number 

 were happy. It never pays to jolly a grouch. It does 

 Ijay to keep the greater number in good spirits. 



Cleanliness must be the first camp law. Unsanitary 

 conditions bring disease, discomfort and ill temper. 

 Camps should be policed at regular intervals. 



Your food should be of the best and receive the most 

 careful attention. It should be selected with care and 

 proper storage provided. 



I did not mention your outer garments, for this may 

 depend on your purse, the length of your stay, or the use 



grow in dry, hard soil, or where it is damp, or in water. 



Follow animal tracks. Study their habits. Find out 

 what they eat. Which sleep by day and which by night? 



There is a lot to learn. 



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T HAVE always found that campers want to be busy. 

 We built a road into a camp, in fact, a good auto road. 

 We built a rustic fence along the lower edge. We se- 

 lected trees with broken tops, some that were dead, others 

 where there was over-crowding, and we took the poorest 

 always, for this work. 



Result ^The Guides learned how roads should be 



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