Camp Pasquaney - Annual Yearbook (Hebron, NH)

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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.,. .,,,,.,.,., .

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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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THE PASQUANEY ANNUAL I9 THE CAMPING PARTIES Photograph bv 5. Roots NEAR BELLE. ISLAND CAMP FIRE fAs told by the frying panj VVhat luck! Here I am placed right on top -of 'the b-ox so that I can- see what is going on about ine. Phil Geiger Ctihe blustering loaf- ing C. 0. IQ is seated aft the back of the boat uttering queer gu'tte-ral noises. And I can recognize the other niernbers of -our party-a-l-l on the way to- Crescent Qtranslated Mosquitoj Beach. There is Thrush lVIort'on, Qthe Kentucky Brute j, and Walt Jenifer, Quhe who sleepsuy, the afore-inenftio-ned C. 0. I., Pihil', Geiger, and Casey,' C-oopw Caslelr, Jack Patterson, Wor't-li Matthai, Swopie Sw-ope, Billie VV'i1ngard, Tommy Hart, Jack Ro-use, and Fran Smith. We arrived without mishap, the tefnts were pitched and the fireplace was rearranged. They left ine by the commissary tent while a f-ew of the more 'courageous ones took a frigid soak. They then had their