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THE OOLOGIST. 



CA5IP FIUE STORIES. 



Each week the Camp is in session 

 there will !)'■ two evenings devotod to 

 camp tire stories, when the boys gather 

 round the central camp lire to listen to 

 tlie personal experiences of hunter, sol- 

 dier, ornithologist or woodman in the 

 wilds. Tlie subjects of these stories 

 will be the indians and adventures with 

 wild animals, birds, reptiles and lishes. 

 These camp lires will be a popular fea- 

 ture of entertainment and instruction 

 for the season of 1890. 



AMUSEMENT AND KECKEATION. 



All healthful games, such as base 

 bail, tennis, foot ball and athletic con- 

 t<\sts, are ennciiraged. New base ball 

 and tennis grounds will be ready for 

 the comming season. A grand regatta 

 will be held during the first week in 

 August, in which the courses in the 

 various events will be graduated to tjie 

 strength of the contestants. Suitable 

 prizes will be given to the winners. 

 There are also evening gatherings 

 around the camp tire when each one is 

 invited to contribute his share to the 

 general entertainment. Everj^ week 

 more elaborate evening entertainments 

 are gotten up with music and literary 

 exercises. Illuminations and fireworks 

 are sometimes included in the pro- 

 gramme. It is intended that the whole 

 current of life here shall be free and 

 buoyant, and every effort will be made 

 to givci every one a good time to which 

 he will look back as long as he lives. 



ACCOMMODATIONS . 



The tents are of the army wall pat- 

 tern, with substantial wood floors and 

 waterproof fly. Each tent will accom- 

 modate four persons, and" is provided 

 with straw mattresses, wash basins, a 

 tin dipper, pail and broom. Campers 

 furnish their own blankets, pillows, 

 towxds, etc. Meals are provided in spa- 

 cious dining tents, and there is also au 

 enclosed pavilion and large workshop 

 for the use of members. Other build- 

 ings will be built this season. 



FOOD. 



A variety of good wholesome food is 

 prepared by excellent cooks. Plenty of 

 fresh s^woet milk is furnished direct 

 from Slu-ewsbury farms. No pains 

 will be spai-ed to supply just what is 

 most needed by growing boys. 



C^-"' CONDITIONS OP MEMBERSHIP. 



Boys of good character, of the school 

 age from ten to eighteen, can join the 



Camp at any time during the season 

 for one Aveek or the eight weeks the 

 Camp is in session, provided Aj}]}lica- 

 tion is made in advance. The Camp is 

 as far removed as possible from being 

 a Reformatory, and no boy will be re- 

 ceived or retained who is vicious. 

 While the management desires and in- 

 tends to afford the boys all possible 

 freedom during their sta.y at the Camp, 

 some restraints are absolutelj- necess- 

 ary in a camp of boys, and members 

 are expected to submit to the mild 

 form of camp discipline, which has 

 proved so wholesome in the past. 



WHAT TO TAKE TO CAMP. 



Every boy should be provided with 

 the following articles: 



Note books, sketch book, two or 

 three heavy double or four single blan- 

 kets, a pillow, his customary summer 

 underware, three flannel shirts, plenty 

 of stockings, a suit of medium weight 

 woolen clothes, two jjairs of good 

 weight shoes, an overcoat, a rubber 

 coat, rubber boots, bathing trunks, a 

 soft felt hat for bad weather, handker- 

 chiefs, hair brush and comb, clothes 

 brush, tooth brush, shoe brush and 

 blacking, and a box containing pins, 

 needles, thread, buttons, roll of white 

 tape, indelible ink, thimble, scissors, a 

 piece of beeswax, a ball of string and a 

 package of court plaster. These arti- 

 cles are not required by the rules, but 

 will be found useful. 



APPLICATIONS. 



Blank forms of application for mem- 

 bership are supplied, and will be mailed 

 to any given address. Any one desir- 

 ing to spend a few weeks at the Camp 

 is requested to state the dates of his 

 intended arrival and depai'ture. 



If the application is for the entire 

 season, it should be so stated. All who 

 intend to join the Camp of 1890 must 

 send in their applications at once, so 

 that the number of season members 

 may he known at an early date, and a 

 correct record made of those who de 

 sire accommodations for a short time 

 only. It has been found that those 

 who make application for a week's stay 

 at Cam]), usually desii'e to stay longer 

 after a week's experience. This they 

 can do by giving notice, provided a 

 vacancy, exists for which there are no 

 previous applicants. 



Applicants for the season Avill be 

 given the pi'eference. Transients will 

 be registered in the order of applica- 

 tion. 



