Farm Youth Learn To 

 Swim at own 4'H Camp 



AT Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see loi.ated alont; the Kanka- 

 kee river north of Kankakee farm boys and girls are 

 learning the pleasures of vacationing at a forest camp. 

 Under the guidance of farm and home advisers, and 

 others, these young campers learn to enjoy swimming 

 and woodcrafts during their three-day stay at the -i-H camp. 



Camp leaders have wisely drawn u|X)n the Indian lore that 

 surrounds Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see. once an Indian camp site, 

 to instill an out-of-door spirit to their camp. The voung camp- 

 ers are divided into tribes when they arrive and the tribes are 

 given names of the great Illini familv: Kaskaskia. Michigamie. 

 Peoria, or Tamaroa. 



These musical Indian names, a camp set in beautiful hard- 

 wood and evergreen trees, sleeping in tents along a river with a 

 booming waterfall, all make a deep impression on the young 

 farm boys and girls, many of whom are spending their first 

 night away from home. 



More than all the other plea.sures, the farm kids seem to like 



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Top. Members of 4-H clubs in northern Illinois agree swimming 

 hole at Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see near Konlcaicee is most pop- 

 ular spot during hot summer days while Softball, bottom, is 

 most enjoyable game. 



Tent serves as dining hall at 4-H memorial camp on Allerton 

 estate near Monticello. Camp was dedicated and opened in 



July. 



tile water most, and many learn to swim during their \ isit to the 

 cam]\ Chuck Yale, Lee County farm adviser and president of 

 the camp, estimates that 250 youngsters will be taught to swim 

 there this summer. 



Here is a typical day at Shaw-waw-nas-see. Campers are 

 awakened at (r.}iO in time for a morning dip before the flag- 

 raising ceremony. Alter breakfast and tent inspection, they 

 join their tribes for lessons on nature lore, fun for 4-H'ers, 

 handicraft, and swimming. 



In the afternoon, they are offered a choice of such studies as 

 photography, tumbling, music, or first aid. Later they again 

 divide into tribes for swimming and sports. 



Supper is followed by a flag-lowering ceremony, vespers, 

 folk dancing, and a presentation of the Indian history of Camp 

 Shaw-waw-nas-see. At 10 o'clock lights are turned out. 



Camp Shaw-waw-nas-see is one of four summer camps being 

 built as a part ot a state-wide i-H camp training program. The 

 state program is being developed as a living memorial to -i-H 

 members who lost their lives in World War II. When all four 

 are completed, a camp will be within reasonable distance of 

 ever)- -1-H member in Illinois. 



A .second i-H camp, built on the 250-acre site given by 

 Robert Allerton, opened to campers this summer. It is located 

 in east central Illinois near Monticello in Piatt County. 



Another camp will be built on a 100-acre site on West Frank- 

 fort City Lake in Franklin county and will serve 28 counties in 

 southern Illinois. A fourth camp is to be built at Jacksonville 

 for Western Illinois. 



PICK FIRST STUDENTS TO RECEIVE MEDICAL LOANS 



JOSEPH DAY, 26. Hamburg: Burton 

 E. Bagby, 3'>, Mounds; and L. C. 

 Fiene, 21, Sparta, have been chosen 

 to receive student loan funds to finish 

 their medical educations. The loan fund 

 is sponsored jointly by the Illinois Agri- 

 cultural Association and the Illinois Med- 

 ical Society. 



Under provisions of the loan fund, 

 those selected must promise to practice 

 at least five years after their internship 

 in a community of 5000 or less. Appli- 

 cants for the loans must have finished 

 their pre-medical work with good grades 



and have the endorsement of their county 

 Farm Bureau ami local medical society. 



A fourth pre-medical student is to be 

 selected for the loan funds because other 

 applications received failed to meet re- 

 quirements. Those wishing further in- 

 formation should write to I. E. Parett, 

 Secretary of General Services, Illinois 

 Agricultural Association, 43 East Ohio. 

 Chicago n. 111. 



Day is a veteran and a native of Cal- 

 houn county where he plans to return to 

 practice. He attended St. Louis University 

 and plans to enter the University of 



Illinois medical school in the fall. 



Bagby is married and the father of 

 three children. He plans to return to 

 Pulaski county to practice. He is a veteran 

 and has been accepted to enroll as a 

 student at Loyola medical school in 

 Chicago. He received his pre-medical 

 work at Memphis State College. 



L. C. Fiene comes from Randolph 

 county but will return to Washington 

 county to practice. He has been a stu- 

 dent at Southern Illinois University and 

 plans to enter the University of Illinois 

 medical school in the fall. 



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