Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL I7 active camp life to meditate aboult Him who plraced the pines on our hillside and the bl-ood in our veins. Cf course we trust in God and Heaven secu.rely. The more im- portant question is, are we truly thankful for His goodness which gives us such oppontunilties. And s-o we have seen how Pas- quaney develops the attributes of a real man. But unfortunately we cannot live by Newfound Lake throughout the yea-r, nor do we have the environment which is so 'helpful -to our character development at all times. How can we maintain the principles which have been engen- dered in us during those brief nin-e weeks? The answer is n-ot an easy one, but somehow i-t becomes much less difhcult if we keep before our ey-es the -example of Mr. Ned, t-he 1-o-yalty to -Camp Piasquaney, and remember always 'thaut if we keep the ideals for which Pasquan-ey stands, working in our lives while boxed up in the city, we will succeed in making our Camp exist from Sept-embeir to June even th-o-ugh the snow drifts over the Sleeping Porch and cold, wintry winlds whistle across ithe lake. And wh'a:t is more, we will make our record true. Plsbkfifvkvk Th-e code of service :is the- most beautiful code in all the world. Pasquanney owes 'its foundati-on to a man of service. The philosophy of Mr. NC'd', the spirit of service, p-er- ineates every infch of this insftitution. For thirty-five years the man and his creation have been carrying on. Now one sees in Pa-squaney not only a living anfd vital institutio-n, but also- an en-during monument 'to service. It stands proudly, a credit to Mr. Ned, an influence for go-od in the world, the cynosure of neigh- boring eyes. Pasquaney serves as a maker -o-f men. The ideal 'man has -a sense -of proportion and likewise an alpprecia- ti-on of the aesthetic. The- daily r-ou'tii'ne, t-he sportls, the camping parties, the-Long Walk,-alll these are conducive to the dev-elopment of a -sense of proportion. The Chapel Ta-lks and the Tree Talks suggest the ways and -means of making this dmevel-opment. The set- ting of Pasquanfey, its mountains aanldl lakes. its pin-es and birches, lead iinevitaibly to an apprelci-atfi-on of the aesthetic. No matter how unre- sponsive a boy may be, he can-not spend a 'season at Pasqu-aney with- out acquiring so-me love and re'spec't for that which is beautiful and true. Yet the most param-ounlt factor in the development of ideal men is apart from all these. It is that l'11'ClCf:111E1-bl76, tho-ugh t-angible' spirit which 'is so evident at Pasquaney. It is a spirit of gentlemanliness and u-ns'elhshne'ss. P a s q u a ne y receives' her so-ns, keeps them fo-r one season or fo-r many S-C'2US'O11'S, -and then -sends them out into the world. All of them

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I6 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL friendship is perhaps the most preci-ous thing life offers, and p-61'- haps the rarest. And s-o- whenthe ideal opportunity of spending nine wonderful weeks with boys who feel the same thlrills of plleasure or pangs of discouragement when struggling on baseball field, tennis courts or lake is offered, no one can fail to realize that Pasquan-ey is fulfilling a real purpo-se in the training of bo-ys to love their fellow men sincerely. And add-ed Ito this is our dearly beloved Mr. Ned. He is lov-e'd by every boy, and every boy is more precious than- 'a s-on to him. His whole life has been given to a task which has behind it the very essence of love. And the success with which he has been rewarded is at- tested by the myriads of lasting friendships which have lasted from fthe time they were start-e-d at Camp Pasquaney. Each year sees the re- turn -of men who have fond mem- ori-es of youthis happiest hours spent on the hill by the side of our lake. And each year als-o sees the advent of boys whose fathers are s-en-ding their sons to that place where friend- ship abounds, known as Pasquaney. Secondly, a boy should rthink with- out confusion clearly, says the poem. Stop and think. Wliy yes, of course. that is Pasquaney's motto. To think-not o-nly of number one, but -of -others and of God. There is a familiar story about a prep schoolf, boy whose ro-om co-n- tained a pennant bearing these wor-ds: I am willing to- be third, implying of course that God came first, others second, and himself third. He must have been a Pas- quaney b-o-y. For no virtue is so strongly inculcated at Pasquaney as th-ou-ghtfulness for ovthersf- to think without confusio-n clearly. A third qua-lity in a straight- sho-oting man is the habit of acting from -honest motives. In camp 'there is 'an ever-present challenge to do the right thin-g. It makes us do -o-ur duties conscientiously, it d-e- mands that we be good sports on the diamond or courts, and it deuters us fr-om -doing the petty thou-ghtless a-cts which seem to come easy to caref-ree youngsters. We act from 'ho-nest m-oetives purely. As Mr. Ned 50 aptly tolld us in his sermon on Honesty, it is ta virtue second alfone t-o Thoughtfulness and closely allied to the lattleir, because the 'thoughtful man wil-l be an honest man. Nothin-g counts- s-o- much in determining the kind o-f men we grow into as our acts, fo.r fr-o-m them spring 'habiuts and habits mak-e charactelrs. And Pasqu-aney stands for -character. So indirectly then, the s-uccess or failure of our beloved camp depends -on' whether or no-t we act from honest motives purely. And lastjly -c-omes that exhorta- tion to trust in God and Heaven se- curely. It seems -almost unneces- sary to us who h-ave gathered in that cathedral on a sunshiny morning and paused a moment fro-m our ff --f' A.-it ......-I , ' - 5 ' 05'Yll-v 4!US2hu.f.udsla--.f-n-s..sg. . - . - ,

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I3 THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL bear the stamp of Pasquaney. 501115 sful leaders, some assume a quiet place 111 the ranks, 3 feyv fail. Pasquaney is of them become succes loval to them all, even to those who fail. She receives the-ni back wfith a warm welconie and a WOTCl Of cheer and encouragement. Alma Mater. T- B- M' Plfflffifvkif l Photograph bv 5. Roots THE REV. J. MQVICKER HAIGHT At some time or other we all feel sentimental about s o m et h i n g, whether it lS really of importance in our lives or 11ot. In connection with 'fPasquaney,' we ar-e bound to get sentimental during our lives be- cause it means so much 'to any boy who has spent a summer there. Sentiment is most o-ften defined as the excitemenlt of emotion in a person. T-here' is plenty here at 'fPasquaney -to get under our skins -and get near -our hearts. The .senti- ment which we all feel for our Camp is for that reason thoroughly explainable. Wh en e v e r a b oy ithinks o-f Pasqu-aney he invariably thinks of Mr. Ned, and Mr. Ned holds ia niche in every. Pas-qu-aney boy's heart. A In the atmosphere 'abou-t our Camp 'th-ere is that which makes us love it with true feeling. The friendliness with which a new boy finds himself greeted upon his ar- rival brings from him -an immediate response. There are many places where a new boy would feel an- tagonized by the attitude which the o-ld boys show him. After a few years at Pasquaney,' a boy's senti- ment for th-e C-amp makes him realize how import-ant i-t is to- start a new boy off well. We all feel sure that if in years to co-me the old 'boys feel real sentiment for Pasquaney,' and its surround- ings, they will pass on the spirit of it, and -of Mr. Ned ito all the new boys and thus make Pasquaney,' one of fthe most nreaini-ngful 'things in their lives. W. B. M., jr. Musa. -Aa.-.rrE.11.k.o-vfsqmaznkaqxgnpqqg-gg wv--w-- - ' ' ' 4' ' 1 ' ' ' ' v-- ,An-.-.4.z.. . rw-1'-vu-om....q5.,. .,,,,.,.,., .