The Mowglis Call 2017 Mark Your Calendars!
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The Mowglis Call 2017 Mark Your Calendars! 2017/2018 Mowglis Reunions November 12, 2017 ...................................................................................................................NYC Climbing Event December 3, 2017 ...............................................................................................................................Boston Bowling January 13–14, 2018 ..........................................................................................................................Florida Reunion February 16, 2018 ...............................................................................................................................Boston Reunion March 17, 2018 ............................................................................................................................................. CT Reunion April 6, 2018 ................................................................................................................................................NYC Reunion May 19, 2018 ............................................................................................................................................Philly Reunion June 2–3, 2018 .......................................................................................................... Col. John Hill Work Weekend August 3–5, 2018 ..................................................................................................................................Crew Weekend For questions or to RSVP, please contact James Hart at 603-744-8095, or [email protected]. Check out www.Mowglis.org/upcoming-events. Nick Robbins, Director ....................................... [email protected] Tommy Greenwell, Assistant Director [email protected] James Hart, Director of Alumni Relations ................. 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[email protected] Mowglis.org | facebook.com/Mowglis | instagram.com/Camp_Mowglis Cover Photo: “Keep the Campfires Burning” by Tomo Nishino The Call IN THIS ISSUE Editor-in-Chief: Nick Robbins Message from the President ..................................................................................................................3 Editorial Committee: Letter from the Director ..........................................................................................................................5 Tommy Greenwell, James Hart, Pack History .................................................................................................................................................6 Meg Hurdman, Tomo Nishino, Cub Report ....................................................................................................................................................8 HollyTaylor Yearling Report ...........................................................................................................................................9 Crew Week ................................................................................................................................................11 Contributors: Bob Bengtson, Kate Burgess, Industry Report ........................................................................................................................................14 Sergio Covarrubias, Beth Goehring, How we Hire, Train and Prepare our Senior Staff ......................................................................16 Jim Graff,Tommy Greenwell, The New Hampshire Camp Director’s Association ...................................................................18 James Hart, Meg Hurdman, Staff Report ...............................................................................................................................................19 Andrew Khatri, Chris Kriesen, Staff Profiles ..............................................................................................................................................21 Amanda Lyons, Tomo Nishino, Junior Staff .................................................................................................................................................25 Max Peterson, Benjamin Ringe, Nick Robbins, Justin Rogers, Trip Summary ............................................................................................................................................26 Eric Schmidt, Will Scott, Holly Taylor Ms. Kate Burgess and “Life in the Upside-Down Ice Cream Cone” .....................................28 Mowglis Hiking Pose ..............................................................................................................................29 Photography: 2017 Gray Brother .................................................................................................................................30 Ed Cunicelli, Allie Davidge , 2017 Wolf’s Paw Recipient .................................................................................................................31 Luis Ibarra, Tomo Nishino The Mayhew Program and Mowglis ................................................................................................32 Copy Editors: New Camp Mowglis Map .....................................................................................................................33 Diana Beeton, Kate Burgess, Property Update ......................................................................................................................................34 Cindy Hoekstra Creating Camp Stories ..........................................................................................................................36 Penny Goes to Camp ..............................................................................................................................39 Layout Design: Jen Libby The Northern Range ..............................................................................................................................41 The Elwell Eagle .......................................................................................................................................45 The Call is Published by the Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation (HEMF): The Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation News ..............................................................................47 New Trustee Profiles ..............................................................................................................................49 President: Jim Graff Recognizing HEMF's Outgoing Trustees .......................................................................................50 Vice President: Tomo Nishino 2017 Events ...............................................................................................................................................51 Secretary: Meg Hurdman The Inner Circle Society .......................................................................................................................52 2017 Contributions ................................................................................................................................53 Treasurer: Roel Hoekstra Mowglis Giving... By The Numbers ...................................................................................................55 Trustees: The Bagheera Society ............................................................................................................................56 Erik Bernhardt A Remembrance: Henry Ralph “Buzz” Ringe, II (‘50) .................................................................59 Sandee Brown Meg Drazek Alumni Notes ............................................................................................................................................62 Kit Jenkins Mowglis Memories .................................................................................................................................64 Andrew Khatri Notable Alumni ........................................................................................................................................65 Rich Morgan In Memory of Those Who Will Be Missed .....................................................................................66 Ben Ringe Kipling Corner ..........................................................................................................................................70 Reinhard Rother Object Lesson: The Adirondack Pack Basket ...............................................................................71 Will Scott Camp Mowglis / HEMF P.O. Box 9 Hebron, NH 03241 Phone: (603) 744-8095 Email: [email protected] 1 Answer on page 55 On the end of Hope-to-Be that is nearest to Waingunga, there is a closed door that is never opened during the camp season. Why is this door there? 2 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JIM GRAFF was the high spirits of the Staff and and donate to help keep tuition down Campers on Crew Day. The weather and projects funded. For those of you was awful, certainly the worst in who contributed your time, energy memory. People got soaked, but and support, please accept a very spirits were not dampened. Thanks big thank you! Your contributions to Nick and his hard-working staff, are a big part of making the magic of another great summer at Mowglis is Mowglis possible. in the books. In truth, no museum display or short As the summer winds down, we note from me can capture the power are already preparing for the next of a Mowglis summer. For those of memorable summer. There is you