Jefferson Barracks Citizens Military Camps - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Lemay, MO)

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THE CALL OF :FI-IE CAM-ES f L 'Z 4 5 a desire for change, for physical development, for athletic training, for greater capacity, for advance- ment as students or employees, or because they responded to the judgment of men whom they respected and to the wishes of their own parents. Whatever expectation any young man had of the benefits to be derived at camp was realized by him in ample measure. Six years have demonstrated the value of the Citizens' Military Training Camps, for which there is no better proof than the increasing desire of young men to return for a second year, coupled with the unanimous approval of parents, who wel- come their sons back from these summer camps to find them better and stronger in mind, body and - spirit. The Government stands today firm in this dehnite pol- icy of voluntary T training- physical, PUSHBALL civic and military -of young men. lt offers in the CMTC no vacation in the sense of purposeless squandering of time in idle pursuits or useless diversions, such as indifferent youth may fancy. The camp schedule is not arduous, but for every hour there is a definite aim and occupa- tion. Military drill fills the mornings with short inter- vals for rest and for the ever-welcome milk period, wisely ordained for 'those still fast-growing youths. . Afternoons are de- 7 voted to a wide variety of sports and games, in one or more of which each candidate BASKETBALL must take his part. After a long day of out-door work ,and play, men welcome eagerly the recreation of the evening hours. The Hostess House, under the direction of sympathetic andexperienced women, affords the comforts and quiet enjoyment of a home or club. Chess and checkers, billiards and card games fill many a happy hour. Dances are organized at every training cen- ter with partners furnished by committees and clubs of neighboring communities. The Liberty Theater offers moving pictures with professional and amateur 'concerts and plays. Most camps have their own CMTC band and sometimes their own orchestra and dramatic and debating clubs. y From reveille to taps the program is full of earn- est work and. wholesome recreation, inciting each BROAD JUMP Page Twenzy-two W i . Q . v vv vv vvvvv v.v.v.v.v.vmv.v.v. I 4 I

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