Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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Canoe Trip Hiiiith a hop, skip, and jump, the camera takes us right to the middle of Schroon Lake! I.et's hurry and catch up with those green canoes ahead. I-low rapidly they glide through the sun-fleckecl water! Can it he that the paddlers are inspired by the thoaght of sizzling steaks and toothsome corn? And the tomatoes! lt's now evident that even Ruth Landesman's elliorts to grill them cannot improve their spicculence. Shall we lounge around in the sunlight with some of these more indolent campers, or dash over to NYatson's ice-cream emporium? lkell, lct's l- see them shove od' anyway, as merry and sun-tanned a group of girls as this camera has seen. Lerreif N ' W What is that bus just ahead of us? Why, look who's there! Ron- dack's very youngest oil for a sur- prise trip! Hm, they seem to know all about it. just listen to Syrille Litt. I know what the Letter N is! lt's made of trees, isn't it, Greenie? Let's follow them. , , This is beautiful country, the perfect spot for a picnic lunch and a game of Indians, and look at those fifty million daisies and black-eyed susans! Sydel has an arrnful already! Some of that tall fragrant grass is almost as high as Harriett Farber! Vifhat if that surprise they keep talking about on the way hack to the bus? VVell, well, there it is. Two tables spread with delicious ice- cream and cookies. .frzmragar just look at all the Hags, folks! Wonder what convention is being held here? Let's eat lunch with Rondack and find out. Well, if Phyllis must try that mineral water, she must. Boy, oh, boy, let's get a close-up of that face shels making! Those girls will have to hurry if they want to get sodas, cheese, crackers and magazines. !'Shirley, Frankie, Lucille and Beulah seem to be having great fun taking pictures. Let's get a few good shots of the group. Well, they are , hurrying back fast. Oho, it's a ques- tion of getting a good seat in the bus! lVhat is Lucille saying? 'W'asn,t it swell being in Saratoga with the Spanish-American Wvar Veterans? I hope they had as good a time as we did'f' ' 46

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fBzmz, Fire, fBzm2 ,A Serial Flicker in Eight Epirooief Episode 1 of 'Burn, Fire, Burn' linds Beulah Davidson as David strumming on her harp to the tune of 'Little David, Play on Your Harpf Jeanne Tannenbaum as Goliath prepares for battle and Camp Rondacl-: as a whole sighs contentedly and prepares to enjoy this and the following campfire episodes of a most enjoyable serial. Episode 2 starts with the Ron and .Daclc Teams marching in and viewing with bated breaths the pinning of names to the totem poles. lVIabel's and Ruth's messages are heard and old campers sing team and camp songs while the new campers begin to understand, revere, and love Rondack traditions. Episode 3 goes from the sublime to the ridiculous as Bunk A holds a cowboy camphre of dances by Ruth Landesrnan and original songs of camp life. The cow- boy games prove highly diverting. Episode 4 takes us to the land of the Redman where with great solemnity songs, poems, and stories are told by Bunk B. Then Rondack goes to bed to dream of tepces, Indian blankets, and feather head-dresses. Episode 5 transports Camp Rondack to the jungle to the beat of tom-toms and the droning of Vachel Lindsay's 'The Congof A jungle story is told and American games are played. Episode 6 shows Robin Hood and his Merry Men in Lincoln Green telling stories, playing new games and singing songs that are strangely familiar to modern, American Camp Rondack. The next episode brings to the 'Rondack campfire the ragle-taggle gypsies. We hear old gypsy songs and legends and forecasts of Rondack destinies. The last episode of 'Burn, Fire, Burn' marks the close of team competitions. The totem poles are burned and the hatchet is buried. Soft voices sing 'Rondack The Camp We Love' around the last camphre of 193sl. 48