Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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C,AmmA LPHA C,AmmA Senior Nanette Chankin Isabel Horowitz ...... Carol Lewis .... Harriette Slote ..., OFFICERS OF GAG ..,....Praetor,....,.. .,...-Sub-Praetor........ ....,,.Scr1be........,. ......EXchequer...... Junior Claire Field ......Beatrice Wasser ....,..Beatrice James Dorothy Ureles RED LETTER DAYS Gamma Alpha Gamma NOTES ON A CAMPER'S CALENDAR 'Alf the day I got my third star was a red-letter date, the day I made Gag must have been a violent scarlet on this summer's calendar. How hard I tried for those three stars! Without being a goody-good, I did so much Want the third star that would make me eligible for Gag! From the moment I heard that Gag Was the highest camp honor-that being a Gagger meant you were outstanding in Character, Athletics, Camper- ship-I wanted to be a Gagger. It wasn't very easy. It meant lots of self-control, keeping my temper, trying to be helpful, but it was certainly worth it! I've put a red circle on my calendar around that particular campfire night! I know I stopped breathing in excitement when Mr. Chankin yanked me up, as a new Gagger-and I didn't start again until, with tears in my eyes, I heard the Gag sing to me 'Gamma Alpha Gamma Girls!' That was surely the reddest red-letter day of the summer! GAG OUTING Gag on a spree! For a brief half-hour, Gamma Alpha Gamma-that select society of Rondack's finest-forgot its dignity and its responsibility as example- setters and threw itself into the business of demolishing every crumb of that feast of feasts! Potato-chips, mustard-smothered hotfdogs, nuts and brownies vanished in rapid succession as they ate and ate and ate-too busy even to talk. Speculation ran high as Thelma and Jean debated the nature of the sur- prise which Nlr. Chankin had described so very mysteriously. Both were proven wrong, however, as the main event of the evening was brought on-chocolate- covered ice cream on sticks! lt was with full stomachs and hearts that the Gaggers inally went down to their bunks and beds, ready to be dignined once more.

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Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug. Aug. Aug Aug Aug Darkies descend on Rondack in melodious Negro Night. Light descends on Cayuga in the form of Rondack Seniors. Formation and re-formation as we still practice. Daddy Long Legs turns out to be Jean Field and the Investment in Judy yields great interest. Last point announces close of Test Week. Last formation practice heralds approach of Varsity Week. Seniors off at last to Schroon Lake Camp, where they are completely Submerged. The light of a brilliant sun, a Dack Torch and a Ron Lantern shine upon Formations, as Varsity Week is formally opened. The Rons give a cheer as they score in formations, 59-41, in sub-Senior and Senior basketball, Dacks retrieve Freshie contests in clock golf and Croquet. The busy Bees have it as Gag announcements reveal the choice of Beverly Blickman, Lil Bader, Edythe Bleetstein, Lois Bliss. and Ruth Obler. Chickens come home to roast, and ice-cream surprise fails to leave us cold in Pine Grove feast. Dacks march victoriously around campus from Senior baseball, Inter basketball, sub-Senior and Inter archery singles to Senior tennis doubles. Rons salvage tennis singles. The Girl of My Dreams jumps one hurdle after another. Sweet Music as we Sing practice. Dacks net Senior tennis singles and doubles triumphs, as well as Senior archery singles. Ron sub-Seniors take archery doubles, In the evening a cloud-burst, and campus resembles Great Lakes. Felice's pillows keep slipping and Our Gang has a hilarious time at Movie Ball. Ron baseball lnters and Senior archers win. Dack sub-Seniors go and do likewise in baseball. Life is a Song just before Team Sing. More practice. Dack Juniors put punch in triumphant punchball game. Varsity track meet, full of events, is an eventful Dack victory. We make sacrifices at final tribe campfire, where 'Tm going to sit down and write myself a letter. We meet for the last time. Rons take Varsity boating. Varsity swimming to Dacks. The Nineties in a lively performance, turn out to be very Gay, There's many a slip -but in close game with Estelle VJiecler, Jeanne Tannenbaum wins the Tennis Cup. Team Sing ends in a Dack musical score:-1935 ends as a Dack season. The best of friends we'll be. Ron-Dack Reunion at campfire. Shake out your duffles as packing starts. We spend a snappy day with the photographer, in a race against rain, In the evening. anyway, we are Young and Beautiful. Team Party turns out to be a regular three-ring circus. Last call for Gag! Ruth. Leila, Muriel, Barbara, Doris, and Betty make the grade. Pack up your troubles, and your trunks, tool We gain consider! able weight at farewell banquet, and stay with our merry-making councillors From Beginning to End. The Old Lady Shows Her Medals, and the young ladies of Ron- dack receive theirs, as awards are made. What, already? Seems as if we just got here! Farewell, dear duffles and Rondack. We shall all meet again!

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