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2018 Mowglis Call The Mowglis Call 2018 2018/2019 Mowglis Reunions November 10, 2018 ........................................................................................Boston Bowling January 19–20, 2019 .................................................................................Colorado Reunion March 16, 2019 ......................................................................................Connecticut Reunion April 5, 2019 ............................................................................................................NYC Reunion April 20, 2019 ....................................................................................................Boston Reunion May 10, 2019 ........................................................................................................Philly Reunion May 31–June 2, 2019 .........................................................Col. John Hill Work Weekend August 2–4, 2019 ..............................................................................................Crew Weekend Nick Robbins, Director ....................................... [email protected] Tommy Greenwell, Assistant Director [email protected] James Hart, Director of Alumni Relations ................. [email protected] Holly Taylor, Registrar ................................................... [email protected] Mowglis.org | facebook.com/Mowglis | instagram.com/Camp_Mowglis | Search for Camp Mowglis Cover Photo: “A View from Kaa” by Hiro Nishino (Toomai, ‘18) The Call IN THIS ISSUE Editor-in-chief: Tomo Nishino Message from the President ..................................................................................................................2 Editorial Committee: Letter from the Director ..........................................................................................................................3 Tommy Greenwell, James Hart, Meg Pack History .................................................................................................................................................5 Hurdman, Nick Robbins, Holly Taylor Cub Report ....................................................................................................................................................7 Contributors: Yearlings Report .........................................................................................................................................8 K.R. Bengtson, Adam Billingslea, Junior Staff Report .................................................................................................................................10 Sandee Brown, Beth Goehring, Jim Graff, Tommy Greenwell, Mowglis on the Trails .............................................................................................................................11 James Hart, Carter Hoekstra, Crew Week ................................................................................................................................................12 Meg Hurdman, Wayne King, Be Thankful ................................................................................................................................................16 Amanda Lyons, Andrew Mohammed, 2018 Gray Brother .................................................................................................................................17 Tomo Nishino, Axel Nunes, Andy Popinchalk, Ben Ringe, Staff Profiles ..............................................................................................................................................18 Nick Robbins, Dick Samuels Director Robbins Receives Honorary Graduates Medal .........................................................20 Photography: Grounds and Facilities ...........................................................................................................................21 Meredith Graff, Bobby Greenwell, The Jungle House Refurbishment ....................................................................................................22 Luis Ibarra, Wayne King, Martin The Crown Jewel .....................................................................................................................................23 Kraus, Tomo Nishino HEMF News ...............................................................................................................................................24 Copy Editors: Preserving Mowglis’ Past .....................................................................................................................26 Diana Beeton, Kate Burgess, Cindy Hoekstra The Incorporation of HEMF ................................................................................................................27 New Trustee Profiles ..............................................................................................................................30 Layout Design: Jen Libby The History of Mowglis .........................................................................................................................32 The Art and Legacy of Wah-pah-nah-yah ......................................................................................35 The Call is Published by the Holt-Elwell Memorial Foundation (HEMF): Return of the “Director’s Photographs” .........................................................................................38 President: James Graff The White Mountain National Forest at 100 ...............................................................................41 A Salute to Those Who Served...........................................................................................................46 Vice President: Tomo Nishino Mowglis Song Book Revised ...............................................................................................................47 Secretary: Meg Hurdman The Inner Circle Society .......................................................................................................................48 Treasurer: Roel Hoekstra 2018 Contributions ................................................................................................................................49 Trustees: The Bagheera Society ............................................................................................................................52 Erik Bernhardt, Assistant Treasurer 2018 Alumni events ...............................................................................................................................56 Eve Bould Alumnus Profile ........................................................................................................................................57 Sandee Brown Companionship, Humor, Hardship, Horrow, Beauty, Joy ........................................................58 Rob Cerwinski Meg Drazek 2018 Mowglis Census ...........................................................................................................................61 Kit Jenkins Alumni Notes ............................................................................................................................................62 Andrew Khatri Liner Notes.................................................................................................................................................64 Rich Morgan In Memory of Those Who Will Be Missed .....................................................................................65 Anabela Perozek Al Reiff Kipling Corner: If ......................................................................................................................................67 Ben Ringe Mowglis Memories .................................................................................................................................69 Reinhard Rother Object Lessons: The Graduate’s Medal ..........................................................................................71 Will Scott Bill Tweedy Caleb White Camp Mowglis / HEMF P.O. Box 9 Hebron, NH 03241 Phone: (603) 744-8095 Email: [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/groups/ CampMowglisGroup/ 1 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT JIM GRAFF boys out on early morning fishing Those memorable moments are expeditions. Under his expert made possible by you, too. You pitch guidance, the boys learned fly- in on Work Weekend to help prepare casting and lake fishing. The boat left the grounds for the summer. Your the t-dock at 5 am sharp with bleary- work in the fall helps to ensure that eyed but excited boys, returning the campus is well maintained. Your a few hours later with a catch of generous financial contributions bass and rainbow trout (and on one close the gap between tuition and the occasion, a salmon). actual cost of running the Camp and finance key projects. It is thanks to all This is what the Mowglis experience of you that Mowglis can continue to is all about: trying something new, shape the lives of young men. acquiring skills, experiencing nature, learning patience, and gaining It is gratifying to see Camp Mowglis confidence through both success and full and thriving, especially in today’s failure, all the while having fun. world in which young men need the Mowglis experience more than ever. There are many thrilling moments I encourage you to come see for To the families, alumni, and friends at Camp—summiting a mountain, yourself. Join us on Crew Weekend, a of Mowglis: felling a tree, shooting a qualifying Work Weekend, or schedule a visit to target, giving your all at Crew, Mist rises from the still,
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