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Soon we had a good fire roaring. As night began to fall, we settled down to eat supper. Knobby cooked a chicken that morning, so all we had to do was throw it in the fire and wait. After we had eaten the chicken, we ate our tin- ned supply of peaches and fruit salad and the roasted mar- shmallows and drank hot chocolate. After saving a few logs for the morning, we threw the ramainder onto the fire. Getting into our sleeping bags, we prepared for sleep. That night, a north-west wind blew up, bringing with it very cold temperatures. Nevertheless, our fine shelter and roaring fire kept all of us warm throughout the entire night. G.L. STUDENT PRACTICUM - E.R. II, NORTHERN CAMPUS. This spring for the first time the boys taking the Instructor Training Course spent one week at the Northern Campus putting the year ' s theory into practice. Myself and Mr. O ' Leary were in charge of the programme. From all viewpoints it was a success: the weather was superb and the boys were eager to participate and either learn new skills or demonstrate what they already knew. Competition was keen as only nine of the nineteen boys will be selected for the instructor corps in Grade 12. The boys soon became aware of the future responsibility that they will be taking on in the coming year. The following areas were taught and demonstrated during the time: practical geology studies as they applied to the Lake Temagami area; singles canoeing (unveiling the mastery of the ' c ' stroke and a minimum of four fancy strokes plus water safety and canoe maintenance); basic northern survival involving snares, skinning and curing of animals caught, reflector baking and fire cooking, tripping organization, shelter building, axe-manship, orienteering, ropes and knots, and general camp- craft; practical demonstration of first aid by the means of mock accidents; organization and run- ning of the northern campus in- cluding baking of breads and pastries, the preparation and cooking of all meals, main- tenance and repair of buildings and boats. I feel that, although the time was short, these boys gained valuable knowledge and a greater insight into the Outward Bound philosophy. Above all, it is the ability and willingness to get along with one ' s fellows under these stress conditions which proves a boy ' s worth in the programme. I would like to thank all those who participated in the programme during that week for their thoughtfulness, co- operation and understanding. With the nine boys being selec- ted for next year ' s instructors we should have the best results ever; I have full confidence that they will do an excellent job. C.W. Noble(director)
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Of the four weeks spent at Nor- thward Bound, the incident that is most memorable is our group solo, which happened in the last week of the winter session. In the group solo we were sent out to find shelter and warm ourselves for twenty-four hours, without our instructors. The site we picked was the mid- dle of Witches ' Point. We set out at 10:30, having been un- necessarily reminded to be back for lunch and arrived at the site at 12:00. Once we had rested, we set about our pre- arranged duties. I was called upon to collect firewood enough to fuel two fires, (one for lunch, and one for dinner) as well as wood for the reflector. Fred Reid and Segundo Mariz began to dig a pit in the snow drifts, while Paul Manifould and Michael Kent collected pine boughs for the floor of the pit. All went well for an hour, then Fred and Segundo began to have trouble digging. Unfortunately, our site was direc; tly on top of a small evergreen forest, with the result that digging, which at best was like shovelling ■ sugar with a sieve, now became next to impossible. Utilizing the axe, we cleared the pit and then everyone set to work to clear the debris left on the ground. When we finished, we were standing on a trench four feet deep and ten feet square. Satisfied, we sat down to eat lunch. I made the reflector and began to cook our soup and sardines. One hour later, we began again. As I mentioned before, our site was on top of a thatch of evergreen trees. Anyone who ventured forth without snowshoes would immediately vanish up to shoulder height. This was extremely annoying for Fred, who is rather small, as he vanished completely. When Knobby and Rob visited later on, they too discovered this problem, with the result that we spent some time digging them out of the snow. Once they had left we set to work, involving the fi J f -x - cutting of eight poles, which were placed so as to make a sturdy frame for our tents. More firewood was cut and we unravelled the tents. I heard what sounded like a thun- derclap, and after climbing out of the pit and looking towards Rab- bit Nose, I saw a large fog en- velop the island. A few minutes later, a violent wind began to whip through the trees above us. It was then that I saw that what I had thought to be a fog bank, was actually an absolute barrage of snow barreling down on our unsuspecting little band. I jumped back into the pit, shouting at people to take cover. Seconds after, we were inun- dated by a wall of snow that doused the fire and covered us and our belongings in a matter of minutes. We quickly threw everything (including ourselves) into the hastily assembled tents. In twenty minutes the storm had passed, leaving no sign of its coming save a two inch covering of snow over everything. We shook the snow off the tents and then put them up properly. The firewood was soaked so we cut some more.
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