Category: Canadian Camping Magazine
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Canadian Camping (December 1950) – The Art of Story Telling
This is an excerpt from an article in the December 1950 issue of Canadian Camping Magazine. The Art of Storytelling Mary S. Edgar – Director, Glen Bernard Camp Last summer a group of counselors-in-training were gathered by the fireside in my cabin, for a talk on “The Art of Story Telling”. It was the end…
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Canadian Camping (February 1953) – Camping Standards in Ontario
This is an excerpt from Canadian Camping magazine from February 1953: Camping Standards in Ontario R.K.Cleaverdon, Director, Camp Kandalore; Chairman: Standards Committee, Ontario Camping Association Camp directors across Canada will be watching with interest Ontario’s proposed developments in the field of camp standards. At the October executive meeting of the Ontario Camping Association a sub-committee…
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Canadian Camping (February 1949) – Putting First Things First in Camping
This is an excerpt from Canadian Camping magazine, February 1949. Putting First Things First in Camping Wilbur K. Howard, Boys’ Work Secretary Ontario Religious Education Council, Toronto A successful camp depends upon the discovery of what is the first in camping and then upon putting it first. This sounds trite but it’s right. A little…
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Canadian Camping (June 1956) – Something Happens Amid Laughter and Song
This is an excerpt from a Canadian Camping magazine, June 1956. Something Happens Amid Laughter and Song Carolyn M. Schmidt, Institute of Child Study, Toronto As if by magic, summer days flash by and soon it is time to return home. The counsellor watches these same children leave, their camping days over for another year…
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Canadian Camping (June 1956) – The Unknown Gentleman
This article is from the June 1956 edition of Canadian Camping magazine. The Unknown Gentleman By Bruno Morawetz Director, Camp Ponacka In my daily drive to the University I am faced with the difficult task of entering the long line of traffic pressing south on Toronto’s busy Avenue Road. My plight is made more difficult…