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there were numerous soda-springs of such varied flavor 

 and mineral content that the soda-water experts of the 

 camp soon held briefs for the exploitation and defense of 

 favorite springs. Nor must we omit to mention, as a bit 

 of gallantry on the part of Nature, the sudden breaking 

 out one night of a new soda-spring in the women's camp. 

 Where not a drop of moisture was visible in the evening, 

 the morning saw a rill of soda-water merrily trickling 

 down the hill. Many other generosities of Nature that 

 combined to approve the wisdom of those who selected 

 the site of Camp Olney must go unmentioned for want 

 of space. But who can forget the amphitheater where 

 nightly the monster camp-fire blazed ; where transfigured 

 by the ruddy glow a great semicircle of expectant faces 

 banked the darkness in the shadow of the pines; where 

 Otto Wedemeyer sang of " Gypsy John " and many 

 other winsome song-creations that peopled his wide reper- 

 toire; where music seemed glad to come at the call of 

 the Sherwood Quartette; where addresses, instructive 

 and entertaining, on a wide variety of topics, were deliv- 

 ered by Dr. G. K. Gilbert, of the U. S. Geological Survey, 

 Professors Lawson and J. N. Le Conte, of the University 

 of California, Prof. A. G. McAdie, of the Weather 

 Bureau, the officers of the Club, and a number of others, 

 both men and women, who contributed to these campnfire 

 entertainments. Sunday services were conducted by 

 President J. K. McLean, of Pacific Theological Seminary, 

 and by the Rev. S. C. Patterson. 



The common meals naturally became part of the social 

 apparatus of the camp. The task of satisfying healthy 

 appetites, though engrossing, left room for the discussion 

 of the day's adventures and the planning of new ones. 



