Chapter I: Foreword

Someone has said, "We camp to live with Nature." If living is knowing, let us then while we camp, learn to know the great out-of-doors, and at the same time take advantage of being together, and learn to live as Scouts.

It is hoped that this little book will help to solve many problems which arise when planning for and running a camp, particularly a Girl Scout camp. The material in this manual is supplementary to that in the official Handbook, "Scouting for Girls," and is intended to be used in conjunction with it.

The information given is the result of experience gained not only as a camp Director and a housekeeper, but as a co-worker with hundreds of Scouts whose needs are very real.

Credit is due Miss Emily McClure for her article on Activities, and Miss Catherine Wilkeson for her account of A Deschutes River Fishing Trip.

We are glad to have permission to reprint "Water Front Protection for Summer Camps" by Captain Fred C. Mills of the Red Cross Life Saving Corps. The Life Saving Corps is giving the Girl Scouts the most active sort of cooperation throughout the country.

Sincere appreciation and thanks are given to Dr. Louise Stevens Bryant, Educational Secretary of the National Girl Scouts, for making the charts and editing the manuscript.

CAROLINE LEWIS.

CAMPWARD HO!

CONTENTS

Foreword 7
I Planning for Camp 9
II Camp Directors and Counsellors 15
III The Camper 22
IV The Camp House 28
V General Routine from Opening to Closing Camp 40
VI Camp Records and Accounts 50
VII Equipment 64
VIII The Camp Program 93
IX General Camp Activities 98
X Hikes 127
XI Camp Health and Camp Safety 140
XII Feeding the Multitude 152
XIII A Day in Camp 174
Some Books on Camps and Camping 178
Index 183