specimens for the new museum withits modest array of bugs and beetlesof last season, and its bare shelvesawaiting more active energy in thepresent season. A strong feelingseems to pervade the camp that specimenswill collect themselves.And now we come to, the lastbuilding on the shore which is justbeyond the "Chute the Chutes," theboat house, not a new one, and whichmust in some future season be remodelledto give room for the betteraccommodation of the boys' canoesand the row boats and canoes of thecamp which tax the present buildingto its utmost capacity when they arestored in it for the winter months.Last but not least is the beautifulnew chapel of which we may be justlyproud. It is fitting that it shouldhave separate mention for it is somethingapart from the noisy, merrylife of the <strong>Camp</strong> and yet its influenceis strongly felt there. The old chapelbuilt almost entirely by the Rev.Mr. George McClean, the first chaplainof the camp, was not favorablysituated. The location of this newchapel is ideal-in the heart of theforest where tall solemn pines flecktheir brown carpet of needles withpatches of sunlight and shade andthe silent congregation of rocks onthe little hill above, carved effigiesof ages of dead-and-gone life in theforest, add a touch of mystery to thisout-door chapel where reverence forthe highest tinges our . thoughts.Where the boys and men of thecamp lose Something of the thinl!Stemporal as they fiie across the bridgeand up through the path between thepines for the simple service thatco~nts to them for the things Eternal.That the <strong>Mowglis</strong> season of <strong>1907</strong>has been such a success is due in agreat measure to those Counsellors,who have faithfully worked with thisend in view. These men have beena potent force in the <strong>Camp</strong> life of the<strong>Mowglis</strong>, and the standard of exactness,of honesty, of loyalty andof faithfulness they have set beforethe boys will not be lost upon themafter the <strong>Camp</strong> life is in the past.It was with deep regret that everymember of the <strong>Mowglis</strong> said goodbyeto Mr. Elwell the latter part ofJuly, when he was obliged to leavethe <strong>Camp</strong> because of illness at home.His influence was a strong force inthe working out of <strong>Camp</strong> ideals, andas such was felt even after he hadgone.So many friends have shown theirpersonal interest in the welfare o·fthe <strong>Mowglis</strong> this season throughtheir gifts to the <strong>Camp</strong>, it seemsfi.tting that we express our appreciationof their generosity in ourlittle magazine, and it is withhearty thanks that every memberof the <strong>Mowglis</strong> camp of <strong>1907</strong> hereexpress a grateful acknowlellgmentto Mr. Alexander Brough, Mr. WilliamThurber, Dr. Joel H. Goldthwaite,Mrs. F. Edwin Elwell, Mr.Stanley Bruce Elwell, Mrs. WilliamSaville, Dr. Charles Walker, Mrs.E. J. Elliott, and Mr. Alfred T. Fosterfor the eighteen cups presented tothe <strong>Camp</strong> this season for WaterSports, Track Events, Crew Race,5
Canoe Race, and for General Ex·cellence.We thank Mr. Alexander Broughfor his addition to our <strong>Camp</strong> library,and for the two knives given for the1st and 2d Junior Swim. Mrs.George J. Putman for the U. S. flag.Mr. Alcott F. Elwell for the plastercast of a wolf, and for the first, secondand third prizes in Photography.Mr. Charles W. Olds, Jr., for theLoyalty Banner, and Mr. W. Eu·gene Wilde for books for the Mow"glis Library.Also we 'thank ourselves,' the<strong>Mowglis</strong>, for having added to our<strong>Camp</strong> plant a pair of Fairbanksscales for weighing us, with ameasuring rod for recording ourheight.
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