Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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CAMPFIRE Mona'ay's child loves Campfires light, Its Indian lore and tribal rite. By the quiet Schroon Lake waters, By the peaceful council-fire, Sat two teams. the Ron, the Dack, Sat two teams in peace and silence, Swore an oath of sportsmanship For the coming summer season. X There by Schroon Lake's silvered waters Met four tribes in utter silence. K Chippewa-thus named the sky tribe, Wa-wa-te-see for the fire-fly, Onondaga for the sun, And Oneida for the bluebird. There they met and sang their songs. Met again in peace and reverence, Offered up their tribal prayers, Prayed the winds to bring them blessings, Prayed to lightning and to thunder. Met once more and spoke their legends, Told how out of total darkness, The tribes of which they then were members Took their names, their evolutions. Met again in festive mood, Challenged each in competitions, Testing strength, and testing skill, Peting thus their first full moon. Assembled there another evening, Dancing to the tom-tom beating, Showed to all their tribal dances, Offered dance up to the moon. Met there for the final campnre, Offered tribal sacrinces. Offered that which they held dearest, Smoked the council pipe of peace, Symbol of eternal friendship.

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-1? ea , If our calendar of memories, 1935, resembles a brightly colored picture book, We must thank those busy fingers in the Arts and Crafts Bunk. All along the margins of our record are bright splashes of color and cleverly fashioned objects. As we turn the pages-slowly, to miss none of these lovely decorations-We are reminded how popular a material sponge proved to be, from Irma Newman's amusing Indian doll, and Frankie Richman's delightful sponge landscape to Mildred Wolff, who started the rage for sponge sandals. Here's Dotty Rann's mosaic make-up box, and there, on the next page those gorgeous glinting copper placques that Frankie M, Wolfsie and Shirley Greene made. These expressive masks which Leila and Percy experimented with stare vividly out at us, surrounded by June's confetti dish, Glo and Ronnie's leather purses, and the initialed bracelets of Gloria Schustek and Claire Field. Tlhis charming bit of color is Edyth Bleetstein's little rag doll, and next to it are the landscapes of our live-year-old artists. These more finished designs on our calendar are the work of Rondack's young Rembrandts, the talented members of the Sketch Club. Guided by Randy's sympathetic criticism, they adorned both the calendar and their bunk walls with charcoal drawings from life, lithographs on newspad, and clay models. It's Art for Arts and Crafts' Sake at Rondackl