Camp Rondack - Rondacts Yearbook (Pottersville, NY)

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Nor do our young ones lack the skill to work with metal as you may observe here in the work of Elaine Eisen, Elaine Davidson and Arline Ereidlanderf' Our young braves do well, said the great Natibou approvingly. That is not all, continued the other, these large copper bowls, book- ends, ash-trays, candy dishes, candlesticks and desk sets have been hammered out by our older tribesmen, Muriel Helfman, Edna Kaufman and Phoebe Weinstein. This swift-footed brass deer is the Work of brave Corinne Dubois. And here you see the tribal emblems in copper and silver: this fish, the work of Helen Lewis, the leaf by Edith Engelson, the horse's head by June Saltzman. These beautiful pewter bowls are the handiwork of Freda Siegel and Julia Doelidf' I am pleased with the work of these braves, the great Wanipum Maker remarked. Are they equally skilled in the craft of leather and in the essential art of trinket-making for self-adornment? Oh judge for yourself, great Natibouf' said the tribesmen. Here is the leather desk set Betty Geller made for her father, and here the work of Selene Davidson, Felice Linder and Dorothy Urelesf' Our eldest braves. he continued, are the most skilled in the making of rings, earrings and bracelets. Brave Connie Gottlieb's ring and Bobbie Selverne's earrings can uphold the best traditions of our tribe. Then spoke the great Wampum Maker Natibou, I have seen and I return happy. Even as your tribe is skilled in play and in competition, it is advanced in the arts and crafts. You have done fine and worthy work and I am content. THE SKETCH CLUB War paint has its place in the best of Indian society, but oil and water color paints seemed to attract our braves even more. Our sketchers went 'in for artistic scalpin,g, and J Connie Reichbach, for one, returned triumphant with the head of Muriel Helfman, a line drawing indeed. Besides portrait Work and figure drawing, our talented tribesmen fixed their - ' ' knowing eye upon the scene, and, like Beverly Blickman, did some very effective landscapes. Muriel Simon made a good beginning on her boast that she'll be a fashion illustrator When she grows up. So much fun did our artists have expressing themselves that they elected to stay home to Work with Polky on a Tuesday when their fellow braves went off a-trail-blazing. And so much did they accomplish that they proudly hung their trophies in the Social Hall for all the world to see and admire.

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ARTS AND CRAFTS THE VVAMPUM MAKERS Dusk has settled among the pine trees. All is still, and Natibou, the great Wampum-Maker, has come to talk to the Chieftains of the tribe. Greeting, oh brave brothers! Natibou is saying, I have been watching with eager eyes the skill of your tribesmen on water and on field' and prairie. I have admired and praised them, and yet I come with a question on my lips. We bow to the wisdom of the great Natibou, spoke the Chieftains of the tribe. We Welcome his question. There is a tradition among us, replied Natibou, that our young shall be skilled in running like the deer, in hunting like the fox, in moving like the salmon through the waters. Yet there is also the tradition that our young shall be taught to strengthen their hands, their eyes and their minds in the skill of arts and crafts. Have the brave Chieftains forgotten this? lt is a good question, spoke the Tribal Wampum-Maker. Come and you shall see the answer. And he led him to the very last tepee on the tribal ground. I-lere is the work of our papoosesf' said the Tribal Wampum-Maker, the Woven basket made by brave Lila Altman, the lampshade to decorate the wig- Wam of Barbara Blickman, the doll-papooses of Arlene Levy and Estelle Katz.

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'rm .QI X In g f X51 ll ' I f l lllvl: Lf A .1 X , ygifilqdgllf g,ixf.- H -Q g- X , THE FOURTH OF JULY CRUISE The map of the world is speaking. Oh, no, not that dull map of your geography lessons, but a gorgeously animated map full of the most familiar faces. The Whole World seems so very excited, for Miss Audrey Weiser America has just completed a Fourth of July cruise on her 160th birthday. EDNA HAWAII: Oh, I do hope she liked that dance. Beverly and Arline and Evelyn prepared those leis especially for her! ARLINE ESKIMOLAND: Ughl Ughl Betcha my life she likum my boys! They sing fine. Ugh! Ugh! Oh come and live in Eskimoland, it's really velly nice. There's nothing cold about it except the cold and ice. Ughl We show her nice patriotic weather! Her nose get red, her ears get white, her lips get blue. LA ISABELLE FRANCE: Oo la la! So young, Miss America, for her 160th birthday! Who said ze figure doesn't lie? Ah, how I hope she like ze portrait Constance and Judy paint for her. DORIS SWITZERLAND: Oh up she went-tra la la-all out of breath. We're mountain climbers soboldl One step forward and three steps back: your foot slips and then you grab hold. Ha, hal How fast that Captain Irma Newman told his sailors to go back to level earth. SELENE NORWAY: Oh hum, I'm still sleepy from the song my little Norwegian children sang to her. Everything is upside down, now the sun is out of town. I'm still yawning. Off to bed now we must go, there to stay six months or so: tucked in till the next sunbeam, think of all that we can dream! Ho! Hum! '