NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
ECHOES FROM CAMP PROVINCE 
Province Lake, N. H. 
For the Boy Scouts of Manches- 
fer, ‘““Camp Province, 1912,’’ lives 
‘in memories of delightful experi- 
ences met with on the attractive 
hores of the beautiful Province 
Lake, N. H. Having shared these 
experiences, the writer believes the 
narration of some of them will be 
of interest to the citizens of Man- 
chester. 
Thursday, August 22, was Visitor’s 
Day. The camp welcomed visitors 
from nine a. m. until three p. m. Sum- 
“mer residents from the country- 
pide arrived early to see the Scouts 
and to inspect the camp. The Boy 
Scout movement was new to many 
but a keen interest in it was aroused 
as its origin, method, scope and de- 
velopment were described. The 
three classes of Scout work were ex- 
plained fully. The order of life in 
“camp was described and the visitors 
saw the Scouts tidying their tents, 
building their bungalow, assembled 
at dinner and quietly performing 
their several duties with the precision 
of soldiers and enjoying their recrea- 
tion period in the way natural to 
‘normal, healthy, growing boys, liv- 
ing near to Nature’s heart. Visitors 
were present from Port Tampa, Flor- 
‘ida; Washington, D. C.; Weymouth, 
Mass.; Cambridge, Mass.; Kittery, 
Maine, and Topsfield, Mass; also the 
town of South Effingham showed its 
appreciation of the camp, by send- 
| ing a large delegation to see the 
boys in camp and to learn about the 
Boy Scout movement. One _ good 
lady with the interests of the boys 
at heart, brought a generous dona- 
tion of delicious doughnuts. Later the 
boys ealled at her home and ex- 
pressed their thanks by three cheers 
in which ‘‘Doughnuts’’ were speci- 
ally emphasized. 
Saturday, August 24, was another 
“day the Scouts marked in their ecal- 
-endar. For the second time they 
erossed bats with the South Effing- 
ham baseball team—a team whose 
d whose average weight was 160 
lbs. They made up in strength what 
‘they lacked in baseball experience. 
“The Seout’s team averaged in age 
‘about 15 years, in weight about 120 
Ibs, but they tackled their proposi- 
ion with their characteristic cour- 
age, energy and grit and, by superior 
playing, led until the ninth inning, 
when with the bases full, a lucky hit 
by a man who, hitherto, had ‘been 
unable to hit the ball gave the game 
o South Effingham. Score: 11 to 10. 
The Scouts had scarcely finished 
te ‘~orteEe 
average age was about thirty years . 
cheering goodbye to the victors when 
they heard a sound that made their 
spirits most exhuberant,—the call to 
a banquet specially arranged for the 
boys by the expert cooks of South 
Effingham. A charming spread 
greeted the boys when, in marching 
order, led by Master Sherwood 
Clark, an expert drummer of the 
Cambridge, Mass, Boy Scouts, they 
arrived on the lawn before the Tay- 
lor residence. The camp yell was 
given with a vim that showed the 
ladies the gratitude of the boys for 
their kindness. The tables were 
bountifully laden with the good 
things of the countryside. The la- 
dies by their careful attention and 
splendid service saw that the boys 
were abundantly supplied with the 
best that their culinary skill could 
suggest. 
At the close of the banquet Rev. 
A. G. Warner voiced the formal 
thanks of the Scouts to the ladies for 
the enjoyable occasion and _ intro- 
duced Miss Alice Kerr of Malden, 
Mass, a charming young maiden of 
ten summers, an elocutionist of abil- 
ity, who, greatly to the delight of 
the boys, gave in her graceful man- 
ner, two selections. A hearty cheer 
for Miss Kerr, and the boys were 
again on the march for camp. 
One of the most precious experi- 
ences of the Scout in camp is the 
camp fire in the evening. Camp 
Provinee is ideally situated for this 
most important part of the daily pro- 
oram. <A large open field makes a 
fire safe except on unusually windy 
nights. and an abundance of dry 
brushwood makes preparation of the 
fire convenient and easy. The pile 
was arranged so as to be as spectacu- 
lar as possible, giving the flames all 
convenience to assume their wonted 
spectral shapes. After the pile had 
fallen, while the glow was still on 
the boys, seated on the grass, lis- 
tened to stories. The moral and 
spiritual truth brought to the boys 
in camp was from incidents person- 
ally known to the story tellers. Aft- 
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er the stories the boys joined in 
popular, patriotic, and _ religious 
songs, then returned to tents for a 
social hour to be followed by eve- 
ning prayers. 
The last camp fire made a lasting 
impression on those who participated 
in it. The day had been an eventful 
one. The erection of the bungalow 
was completed and the event cele- 
brated with an excellent chicken 
supper prepared by Mrs. Ruge and 
her assistants. The display of the 
fire was beautiful. The afterglow 
was such as to hold the soul enrap- 
tured. Stories bearing specially on 
what had been accomplished in the 
camp and furnishing incentive to live 
the life of a true Scout had been told 
by Rev. S. H. Ruge, Scout Master, 
and Rev. A. G. Warner. Then a cir- 
ele was formed around the glowing 
coals. All joined hands and sung 
‘“America,’’ ‘‘The Star Spangled 
Banner”’ and ‘‘The Seotch Highland- 
ers’ Farewell’? and then one boy 
said: ‘‘Sing ‘Nearer My God to 
Thee.’ ’’ The full moon, in its bril- 
lianey rising to its place, the sacred 
hush of that beautiful starlit night, 
deeply touched and impressed those 
twenty-two boys and their leaders 
as they stood, hand in hand, out in 
God’s Acre. After prayer by Rev. 
Warner and Rev. Ruge, all joined in 
the Lord’s Prayer. The Manchester 
Boy Seouts had broken camp in the 
light of that lovely autumnal eve- 
ning. 
But another light was there and 
it is to grow brighter and brighter 
in the formation of worthy youth 
and manhood. The theory of the 
camp has become a workable plan. 
Faith has given place to Sight. Cas- 
tles, somewhat in the air, have been 
given firmer foundations upon which 
the citizens of Manchester and the 
friends of Manchester’s boys can 
build an enduring structure that will 
be efficient in producing virtuous 
, manhood and competent citizenship. 
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