Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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A . ,. ' , l X-if' X - RQgi1QlQ3-f'Q ,. f' 'J' xo-iff ji L l Sunday s child in swims does meet And triumphs in skillful water feat. GENERAL SWIM - Activities 'may come and activities may go but General Swim goes on forever. Eddie's all ln and all out are as much a part of Rondack as the Pine Grove or the Barn. The -JST . patrols can take much of the credit for the progress made by ' campers this summer. Katzy, Cheg, Whiz and Jeanie have lull! certainly done their part towards making green, caps red caps, and red caps blue caps. x ill Acidophilus and Alowishus, our rubber horse and ball X respectively, are familiar sights' each General period. Ruthie ' - Obler and Julie Doelid, our white caps, can always be found get on the diving-board and Thelma Savada is usually displaying her famous crawl, the center of an admiring group. General supplies amusement for everyone. Every Rondackian, from Lucille Gottlieb who sticks close to the beach to Leila Rosenzweig, who sticks close to the Blue Cap float: from Joan Samek, who ventures out as far as the end of the dock, to Virginia Rosencrans, who thinks nothing of crawling out to the Red Cap float, loves General. It is as popular with our youngest campers as it is with our oldest. No wonder-specifically speaking-General is Ron- dack's favorite period! Friday's child on Schroon Lake blue, Learns to paddle her own canoe. BOATING Schroon Lake winds like a pleasant mem- ory through the leaves of our calendar. Flick- ing the pages of our record, we note that many , of our happiest moments were spent boating and canoeing. Under the watchful eye and active megaphone of Jean Allen, our Monarcla of the Sea, assisted by the activities of that ener- getic First Lord of the Boathouse, Ruthie Litt, it didn't take our young landlubbers long to become old tars. Our beachcombers discovered a boat for every mood, it seems. ln the evening, when the lake was silvered over with calm, we were to be found relax- ing against some pillows in a sturdy green boat, or perhaps, paddling in a canoe, ever so gently, almost reluctant to disturb the peace of old Schroon. Regular boating periods, on the other hand, were always opportunities to test our skill. Especially amazing was the competence of our younger campers, like Selene Davidson, Gloria Schustek, and Claire Field. If, like Julie Doelicl, Ruth Litt, Ruth Obler, and Leila Rosenzweig. you were an experienced and tested yachter, gunnelling was your sport. Otherwise, like Evelyn Sitomer or Lillian Bader, you concentrated on the proper manner of propelling yourself around in boat or canoe. As for good boaters, Rondack can proudly say, Aren't we all?

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s ee Tuesdays child goes traveling far By bus, by motorboat and car. AUSABLE CI-IASM Grand Canyon, Jr., more familiarly known to Rondack campers as Ausable Chasm, once again became the center of attraction on Tuesday hike- days. Midst the deafening clatter of Cheg's and Rona's knitting needles and almost everybody's tongues, the two-hour trip passed quickly indeed. But Rondackians have healthy appetites even without the added stimulus of a long bus ride, so sandwiches were exchanged and eaten right there on the spot, in direct view of the picturesque Rainbow Falls. An extensive shopping orgy followed, in which everything from sodas and sundaes fof courselj to minia- ture papooses and birch-bark canoes were eagerly purchased. And then came the trip through the Chasml Traveling through the steep gorges and seeing the magnificent Elephants Head and Devil's Oven thrilled us all, and far sur- passed even the expectations of one Frances Block, Rondack camper of long standing, who was making the trip to the scenic spot for the iirst time. The Natural Post Office produced another thrill when Carol Newman succeeded in uncovering the name and address of a long-lost cousin! Shooting the rapids was the next item on the day's list of must dos and certainly topped the day off in the right way! However, all good things must end and with no casualties besides complete fatigue and total dizziness from the splendor of the sights, busward we climbed and campward we finally rode! WALKING TRIPS I qv A pair of strong legs. a pack of ambition, a delicious pic- ,' nic lunch, and Mr. Arthur lngraham as guide were all that Q R Rondack campers needed to scale any of the oh-so-high moun- gl , Tlx tain peaks which abound in these parts. In addition to the old ljgwf-' reliables, Pharaoh, Sugarloaf, and Grasshopper, a new and even f i , I W Ml ,, y harder climb was added to our list-Blue Mountain. Travelers i on Rondack's maiden voyage up Blue Mountain included the famous team of Block and Greene, Mildred NVolff, Donna Gold- W i man, and several other prominent Rondack campers. Even the A , heavy rains which fell did not daunt the intrepid pioneers in their courageous ventures, despite the fact that Jean Field and Thelma Savada did slide all the way down Pharaoh in the icky mud! And the after-trips to Schroon Village and Indian Lake Village, with their refreshing chocolate sodas and pecan sundaes served to restore to Rondackians any excess poundage lost in the strenuous climb. But the best part of all? Why, the triumphant return to camp, of course, and the excited singing of those exciting songs and cheers, composed to excite the envy of those sissy bus-hikers!