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him home. [Illustration: Raising the Flag--Camp Kineo.] CHAPTER VII--THE DAY'S PROGRAM A MORNING PRAYER REQUISITES OF A CAMPER 7.00, "REVEILLE" 7.15, THE DIP 7.30, BREAKFAST 8.30, CAMP DUTIES 9.30 TO 11, EDUCATIONAL RECREATION 11, "BLANKETS IN" 11.30, SWIMMING TIME 12, NOON INSPECTION 12.30, DINNER 12.45 TO 2, "SIESTA" 2 TO 4.30, SPORTS 4.30, PREPARATION FOR THE NIGHT 5, GENERAL INSPECTION 5.45, "COLORS" 6, SUPPER 6.45, MEDITATION AND STUDY 7.15, CAMPUS GAMES 8, CAMP FIRE AND ENTERTAINMENT 8.45, "TATTOO" AND HYMN 9, "TAPS" AND "GOOD NIGHT" A Morning Prayer The day returns and brings in the petty round of irritating concerns and duties. Help us to play the man, help us to perform them with laughter and kind faces. Let cheerfulness abound with industry. Give us to go blithely on our business all the day. Bring us to our resting beds weary and content and undishonored, and grant us in the end the gift of sleep. --Robert Louis Stevenson. Requisites All the major habits of life are formed during the teen period of life. If camping teaches a boy anything it teaches him the habit of being systematic. The day's program should be built upon a platform calculated not only to keep the camp running smoothly, but to develop within the boy and man those qualities requisite for a good camper, viz., truth, sincerity, self-control, courage, energy, skill, mental capacity, justice, patriotism, stamina, efficiency, executive power, consideration, kindliness, cheerfulness, self-reliance, good temper, good manners, tact, promptness, obedience, helpfulness, and cooperation. Camping has as good an effect on a boy's character as it has upon his health. It teaches him to be self-reliant, to look after his own wants, and not to be abnormally self-centered. It is marvellous how much more tidy and considerate a boy becomes after he has had a season in camp, looking after himself and his own belongings, as well as sharing in keeping his tent neat and clean, and having his part in the day's work. From "reveille" at 7 A.M. to "taps" at 9 P.M. the day's program should be definitely planned. In order to make this chapter of practical value the different periods of the day and its activities will be described very fully and enough suggestions given to make the day purposeful, educational,
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