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Butcher, Channa Beth – Camping Magazine, 1987
Profiles Herbert A. Sweet, founder and director of Acorn Farms Day Camp (Indiana) for 44 years. Includes reminiscences about the camp's program, staffing, food, World War II, affiliation with the American Camping Association, and camps/directors of today. (NEC)
Descriptors: Biographies, Camping, Day Camp Programs, Educational Philosophy
Fortin, Neil – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2000
Camp Tawingo (Ontario) started as a summer camp in 1961 based on the philosophy that through outdoor recreation and fun, children can learn about self, others, community, and nature. This philosophy has guided it through its growth into an independent residential outdoor center and an independent, small rural school for grades K-8, Tawingo…
Descriptors: Day Camp Programs, Educational Philosophy, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Download full textOffice of Education, United States Department of the Interior, 1939
It is now recognized that neither the Civilian Conservation Corps nor an individual camp can operate efficiently without an effective guidance program. Its results are directly reflected in the morale of the corps, the efficiency of its administration, and the amount and quality of the work accomplishments. Kirkland Sloper, adviser in Company 127,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Guidance Programs, Individual Counseling, Measurement Techniques
