Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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july July july july -luly july July ,luly .l u lb' july July july ,luly July July -luly July A ug. .-X u g Ang Aug. 4 Aug. :X u g. A ug Aug. Aug. The thermometer is seriously affected by the heat. A long morning swim calms our fevercd brows. The Dacks raise their temperatures again with a swim-meet vic- tory. Our Juniors and Freshies do their Dutch Doings, outdoing themselves and the Dutch in a captivating performance. NVhoopee ti-yi-yo, git along little campers l Bunk A goes over the hill-billies with a cowboy camplire of song, dance and contest. A-hiking we will go -by bus, canoe and motorboat. Our sturdy mountaineers dare Rondack's alps and fare forth to Pharaoh. They return from a walking strain to The Racing Strain with XVally Reid, jr. Son Juniors capture newcombe, 2-l. Rondack Seniors capture hearts at Senior L ight. RoNn,xC'l's drive makes green and brown see red in Get Out of the Red campaign. Twilight thoughtlessly interrupts baseball contest. ln the evening we put our heads together in charades. l'Ve're having a tropical heat wave. lnter baseball concludes with Rons leading. Dack Olympians out-track Rons, 28-31. Ron Seniors court victory in basketball, 19-6. Mabel and Natalies Midnight Fantasieu delights us. Little VVomen of our medium-sized Seniors is a big hit. Echoes of piratical ditties herald the coming operetta. Rons yield another water- meet to their friendly enemies. Izzy gets the lirst surprise of her life. Roslyn comes into her annual inheritance of lollypops. From the ridiculous to the sublime- music of Beethoven in the evening. By the waters of Schroon Lake the Rondack braves gather in an Indian campfire, matching brains, brawn and volubility in a variety of games. Travel broadens us as we take ourselves to Saratoga, Pharaoh, and Grasshopper Hill. A highly edifying evening with Black Beauty and Alexander Kirkland's southern accent. The Pirates practice their nefarious schemes in full morning rehearsal. Ron Inters volley the ball to a victory. Seniors prcen and primp for Senior Night. We soak ourselves in Schroon's blue waters as Rondack gets its allotment of the nation-wide heat-wave. A welcome deluge! Pirates in modern dress rehearsal. Puppet Ivan Ivanovitch wins his bride and love is triumphant in a 'Russian melodramovitch. The Pirates of Penzance invade Rondack, ruthlessly steal all honors and applause, and daringly capture the entire audience in splendid performance. Hurrah for the Pirate King, the councillors, and the all-star cast. Campers again bite the dust in a camper-councillor volleyball game. Cayuga enter- tains our sophisticated Seniors. We stay-at-homes view scenes from Mozartls life. Rondacles Amazons turn to new athletic activity: the clique of knitters and the click of needles now seen and heard everywhere. First Gag announcement brings glory to the Priscilla-Mildred-XVOHT escutcheon. Gag revelry at the Point. VVhen do we eat F -and the Pine Grove bears a strange harvest of hot-dogs, pine needles, and French crullers. ln the evening The Sweetheart of Sigma Chil' gath- ers a harvest of fraternity-pins. Second act of the great Rondack film begins with Dack Senior victory in volley-ball. Pageant rehearsal. Send the word that the boys are coming for Senior Night. Dack lnters come forward with a basketball victory. Bunk A plays hostess to Rondack's social- Dancing Daughters. The gentle rain from Heaven droppeth all morning and we pageant-rehearse in- doors. Our little Hebrew dancers win a spontaneous round of applause. Rons take a track in their stride. Rondack and Walt Wfhitman greet the peoples of the earth in brilliant spectacle of color and dance, Salut au Monde ! and Salut au Rondackf' An evening with the romantic composers. Visiting day with a vengeance. Dack Juniors punch-a-ball to victory. Seniors go The Last Mile to Schroon Lake Camp. We carry on at home with a grand Salamagundi Party. Around the clock with your next dav's program, girls, to a camplire in the jungle. Strangely mild savages entertain to the beat of tom-toms, and Gag greets Virginia, Isabel, Ruth, and Arline. Tuesclay's vagabondia-a la bus, canoe, motorboat, and horseback. VVe return, and so does Casey Jones. Ron girls, roar approval of victories in swim-meet and lnter volley-ball. We dance with ourselves in the evening. XVe see the points of Test Week. Rons do same in Senior volley-ball. 29

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'Riffemmle Glijwoli P1'e.rem'.s' EL!-x1Ni2 oixviiason Ron -as the big-eyed -lU1'llOl'-l'Cl'CSl1lC partnei' of The House of Davidson. Eonclark '33-'3if,' Campzrs C0lllIl1iffl'l'. X lests: Swnmmng l, Croquet 2, Llock holf 2. GAG Alllql NIE FlQllfDLfXNDl'lll DACK -in Little Camper, W'hat at lVow! Rowzfinrle J3.j,' Camfvznv C0m111iI'fm'. Tests: Swimming l, Croquet 2, Clock Golf 2. QIAXQUELINE ROSIQTT DACK -UIOOW Sure as a lively likable lass. Rondark '3lf,' Caimfvzrs CUIlIlllfffl'l'. Tests: Swimming l, Croquet 2, Clock Golf 2. JOAN SIQMELS DJXCK -as the clicrubic blonde of Angel-Farce. Rondack '3,1,' Camfws Committee. Tests: Croquet 2, Clock Golf l. l-ll51LEN'Ii W.'Xl,LliRSTlSlN RON -starring as A Smiling Ron Lieutenant. Rondack '32-'34,' Camfvzrs Cozzzm-ittec. Tests: Swimming l, Croquet 2, Clock Golf 2. l35XllllAR, X l'lLlCKMJXN RON --featured with two dancing eyes in l3:Llmy'fz1ce. Roviziafk '3l,1,' CQUIIIPIIX Coxzzzzzifimx Tests: Clock Golf 2, Croquet l. Z6

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Aug Aug :Xu g .-X u g .X u g. Aug. EX ug Aug .-X n g Aug. .-Xug. A u g A u g. .-X u g. Aug .Xug Aug Au g .Xug Au g Aug A u g Wie try, try again in a thoroughly testy week. XVeather man goes haywire. Mer- cury rises and we dip in an evening swim. Rons and Dacks divide the spoils-track to Dacks, Senior basketball to Rons. NVe take a hilarious trip to the moon with Claire de la Lune. Seniors come back to earth for Senior formal. Daek Senior swatters bring in the extra run and the game. Ron Volga boatmen pull in victory in novel boating meet. l'll Meet You at the Masquerade, while the Seniors have dates at Cayuga. Varsity VVeek approaches and we practice for perfect formations. Sherwood For- est comes to the Pine Grove in Bunk 4's Robin Hood camplire, and Estelle and Natalie come to Cvag. The Last Round Up of Rondack hikers, as we return from Glens Falls and canoe trip. Our Sketching Club draws the lines Wfe descend Sixteen Fathoms Deepf, Ron freshies tick off a clock golf victory. On with the dance at Senior night. We are tested and found not wanting in last day of Test XVeek. Formation prac- tice. Teams greet Varsity VVeek in stunning formations. We bow to Ron Buddha and are drawn to the Dack Magnet. A Ron-Letter Day in Senior basketball, luter volley ball and Freshie clock golf. The day is heavily contested. Dacks secure Track-meet. To the Ron victors goes the spoil of Freshie eroquet. The day's victories are Even as you and I. Senior baseball a Dack plum. The flrluitfof the Swim-meet to the Rons. Little Red Riding Hood meets the Big, Bad ol . The net results of the tennis contests are Ron victories. Connie and Phyllis double successfully. Estelle's a single triumph. After the Ball is Over, Dack Juniors have taken punchball, Ron Seniors volleyball. Play Gypsies, Dance Gypsies at Bunk 5 campiirc. A miss is as good as her smile, but Dack Senior archers don't miss. Ron Inters Shoot the Wforksn into the basket. Dack luters run home in baseball. At night Rondack's hearts beat with the Hearts of Humanity and jackie Searle. XVhen Sinners Meet -team meetings. Dack volleyball Inter victory. Rons track down meet triumph. There's a Rainbow Round Our Shouldcrsu glorifying the whole campus. Seniors face the music of Senior Night. Ron Inter archers take a bow and the doubles. Ruth Litt strings up a Dack single archery score. The Dack day of glory, with junior punchball, Inter basketball, Freshie Croquet and clock golf. They also serve who bring in Dack Senior tennis doubles. Rons hold on to Senior singles, junior archery and newcombe, and Senior volleyball, yielding only in Inter baseball. Glee Club sings for its supper at evening concert. Three Dack birthdays. and two Dack victories for birthday presents. Happy birthday to Mabel, Nat, and Fuzzy, and Hearty Dack welcome to track and Senior baseball. Senior minstrels bring us humming and strnmmin' in delightful evening performance. Wfe 'Lnote sing practice. Ron Freshies time their clock golf successfully. The most thrilling basketball game of the year linds Rons and Dack breathlessly limp, and tied. Five quarters equal one whole -Dack victory as extra basketball quarter is played. The bird on the wing is served at a merry Pine Grove chicken roast. Dack toilers of the sea win last swimming meet. The sing is over, a Ron triumph, but the melody lingers on. Ron-Dack is again Rondack at Iinal team campiire. Rons are the champions of 1934. The Staff saunters forth to Chestertown for an interlude in Paris. Tarzan has fun swinging on trees, and Mr. Orleans almost stands on his head to show us camp pictures. Yeave ho, mv lassies! All aboard the S. S. Rondack for a rollicking team party. The cry of the hour is, Lights, as we Finally see ourselves in the movies. We pack with trunk locks a-snapping and duffies a-gappingf' and we feast from soup to nuts to baked Alaska. A Nlidsummer Nightmare turns out to be the hilarious opus in three epics of our councillors' Twenty-three Skidoof' XVe take tearful leave of trunks and duffles. Off to Treasure Island. Campers get what they deserve in evenings awards. The cast cntrains. This tilm will next be seen on Broadway. 30