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1 ti I II l. 1 •! THE CAMP LOG 1936 Published by THE STUDENTS OF THE NEW YORK STATE COLLEGE OF FORESTRY SUMMER CAMP 1936 . "LITTLE MAN" To Warren Guinup, friend, advisor and leader of Summer Campers for the past nine years, we respectfully dedicate the 1936 Camp Log. C. C. DELAVAN HE development of Summer Camp under the direction of Professor C. C. Delavan stands as a lasting tribute to his unceasing efforts and devotion to his work. From a small woods camp, he has developed a permanent camp, well balanced with work, recreation and fellowship, and adequately equipped for the comfortable care of over one hundred men. The new mess hall is an example of Director Delavan's untiring efforts to make Barber's Point not a work camp but a place where a student will be able to learn, in addition to factual knowledge, to live and work with other men. The efforts of the students who have attended camp in the past have not been in vain. Artistic cabins, efficient classroom and administration buildings, and modem facilities of comfort and sanitation all bespeak the many hours of labor that have been expended in making Barber's Point a better and more cheerful place for the classes to come. To Professor Delavan must go our praise for the efficient management and administration which has made all this possible. Worry, untiring effort, and . ceaseless toil, things which we cannot perceive, all went into the magnificent structure which has been erected on the shore of Sucker Brook Flow. All this with but one thought in mind, one guiding principle—to make Summer Camp a better place for future generations of Foresters. THE CAMP LOG STAFF Editor-in-Chief JAMES L. WENBAN Managing Editor WALTER A. RICHARDSON Business Manager * WILLIAM H. SEITZ, JR. lt Associate Editors CHARLES E. WILLIAMS GEORGE K. GREMINGER CONRAD E. HERMSTED Photography Editors WILLIAM C. MacADAM JOHN STUDENY Humor Editor Art Editor EARL L. STONE ROBERT B. WILLIAMS Ass't Business Manager Sports Editor JACOB S. ULMER ' ‘ EARL KENDALL Junior Representative GEORGE W. SWENSON TABLE OF CONTENTS Classes Orientation............................................................................................................................... 13 Dendrology ............................................................................................................................. 15 Foresters _ Ecology....................................................................................................... 19 Silviculture................................................. 21 Surveying................................................................................................................................. 23 Mensuration............................................................ 27 Newcomb Night Life......................... •.................................................................................. 29 Industrialists Silviculture............................................................................................................................... 37 Utilization................................................................................................................................. 39 The Paper and Pulp Trip.................................................................................................... 41 Mensuration............................................................................................................................. 42 Surveying...................................................................... 43 Humor and Reflections The First Job............................................................................................................................„.46 Looking Back........................................................................................................................... 47 Confessions of an Instructor................................................................................................ 49 The Demon Forester.............................................................................................................. 50 The Kitchen Kabinet............................................................................i............................... 51 Among Those Present.......................................................................................................... 55 In Memoriam.......................................................................................................................... 58 The Flesh Pots........................................................................................................................ 59 The Law of the Lake............................................................................................................ 61 The Big Parade...................................................................................................................... 62 Summer Camp— 1976............................................................................................................ 63 Sports The Regatta and Field Meet............................................................................................... 67 The Second Field Meet........................................................................................................ 69 Baseball................................................................................................................................... 70 Second Game........................................................................................................................ 70 Third Game............................................................................................................................ 71 Our Advertisers SUMMER CAMP GROUP OF ‘36 1st Row, left to right: R. Gould, C. Williams, L. Russell, P. Schaffrath, E. Anuswith, A. Buhl, F. Cook, J. Gossner, Professor Delavan, F. Fowler, R. Foulds, G. Bowen, F. Coveil, W. Richardson. 2nd Row: J. Wenban, H. Phinney, N. Tripp, W. MacAdam, H. Reed, E. Cullinan, W. Sexton, G. Fox, A. Kratina, I. Woodruff, C. Dengrove, W. Seitz, C. Hermstead, I. Studeny. 3rd Row: J. Kilgore, Bruno, Evo, W. Lambert, J. Egan, Dick Witchely, Si Lawson, Paul Criss, "Herb” Phelps, Rodney, R. Cron, L. Gysel, Prof. Farrissee, R. Pitman, A. Miller. 4th Row: W. Kennedy, J. Keetch, H. Madison, G. Renner, E. Kendall, A. Klayman, R. Ryan, M. Schmid, E. Boyle, R. Mullens, W. Piasecki, S. Grober, N. Croom, G. Greminger, W. Frank, B. Bigelow, D. Howlett, J. Hyde, 1. Feldman, G. Lake, J. Rouse. 5th Row: S. McCain, P. Bogdanoff, K. Wooden, W. Ryan, F. Carello, A. Duke, G. Swenson, R. Loweth, F. Capello, W. Lloyd, J. Martin, S. Coutant, C. Speers, P. Randall, R. Williams, J. Smith, A. Rudolph, L. Robinette, J. Ulmer, D. Scott, Warren Guinup. 6th Row: L. Espenas, J. Dodd, M. Hirsch, C. Keller, G. Holrock, F. Hughes, C. DiCarlo, R. Kohl, E. Stone, L. Whitney, B. Pearson, E. Fiske, R. Kelly, G. Nelson, C. Stanley, A. Connell. Top: C. Rapp. F o re w o rd OR two years we looked forward to the ten weeks that we would spend at the New York F State College of Forestry Summer Camp on the shores of Cranberry Lake. Some of us looked for ward with dread, some with joy, but the majority of us with anxious anticipation. Now that the Camp is over we can look ahead to other objectives with the knowledge that our lives and background have been greatly enriched by the summer spent on Barber's Point. The lasting memories of those ten weeks—the new friendships made and the old ones strengthened—the gain in knowledge of our profes sion—can never be taken from us. This, the Camp Log of 1936, represents an effort on our part to present to each of you the highlights of that glorious summer. Our sincere wish is that it may serve not only as an introduction to camp life for some and recall colorful and pleasing memo ries for others, but also as a future reminder of the ten weeks of fellowship and work for those who experienced the Summer Camp of '36. THE EDITOR CAMP LOG SCENERY Page 12 COLLEGE of FORESTRY CAMP LOG ORIENTATION // /—s RIENTATION? Huh, a snap course." "What f ] a cinch, nothing but a stroll through the woods." V y "What a pipe." These were the exclamations that issued from the mouths of the Babes in the Woods (Summer Campers) when the Orientation trip was announced. But little did we know the snares and pitfalls that beset our path on the way to the elusive Cat Mountain. As we started out, lunches tucked inside shirts or neatly tied in red ban danas and draped from behind, compass needles floated and pencils scraped as the exact routes that were to be followed were marked out on the maps. "See that esker? All you have to do is find that and there you are." "Be sure to notice through what different kinds of timber and over what kinds of country you pass. Remember, you're supposed to see things on this trip." Really, those were our instructor's very words. ■ • The first group, led by that old time guide, Smith, started out in such a hurry that the fellows dipped dust in their hind pockets going around the curves in Chair Rock Trail. But as the sun grew hotter and the flies grew - thicker, the pace grew slower. Suddenly it stopped altogether. As out of place as a firecracker in a morgue, was the next inquiry that Smith injected into that peaceful group. "Where are we?" he calmly asked. "Why we're in the woods," replied some merry wag. Maps were hastily dragged from pockets and compasses hurriedly unslung from around necks in an attempt to locate our position. "All you have to do is follow the telephone line,"