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w"'i Have Five' Sail Bouts1 WVhen campeus were quesioned about the tbing they liked best about camp, invariably, Aquatic activities and '"'ats"' * were at the top of the list. That is the reason much effort and expe.nse is being put to making these things stili. more attractive.. kOn the 'Waterfront, .thie'docks and. swimming pools are being improved,, a kick rail -and slide are being_ added f or, the non-swimme rs pool,. and addi- tional gane equipment added for other swimmers. Boating, saiIing,. andl canocing_ ill vbe high lighits-for this year's camping. 4 Three .new sail boats will make a fleet of five cat boats, just great for sailing and racing. Ten more rowvboatsI will bring the total to 20 rowboats. To the sevenl canoes now at camp, 6 newv ones are being added-a fine fleet of 13by'canoes including orie, a sailing canoGe. Best of al, twô new safe War canoes will be at camp for real teami work taining for war canoe racing. Thiese Scusanda leader. ,Think ýof althese' stay awvay from Maà-Ka-Ja-Wýat. Teach E ver y Scout to Really "Row His Boa t As recomimended by the national coinmittee on Waterfront Planning andi Safety, "ail Scouts should be taught to row a boat at the sarne time they. are taught to 5sim. "T"his, hecause in miany cases it will be the ofly op- portunity they will everhave to learn torow; WhIICII is a vital factor for the. protection ot their own lives and. the' sai,ýng of the. lives of others. This in- struction includes safety in É w 'boatq 1 ith the: understanding that the u- dent shaîl always be accompanied by the instructors.." ELrvery, Scout will have this guided opportunity at Camp Ma- Ka-Ja-Wan. C harles A. Steele Is Sea Scouts Have 0w, Special .Activities The Sea Scouts, who- are at least 15 years old, and belong to the Sea Scout ships in the counicil, have a separate unit ini camp with their own dock, sail boatjs, 'an'd training equip- ment. In this unit 16 Sea Scouts plus their officers are encamped during each of the last three periods of camp. Their interesting activities include boat building and 'repairing, sailing, water w'ork, special trips and sea- manship training. The older boys al.so have the opportunities to specialize ini any phase 'of Camp life in which they are nmost înterested. Expert Leaders',Guide- to Sco uts in Swimming The Waterfront is unider tlhe leader- ship ,f 'expert swimming and 11f e sav- ing iustructors, trained by the Ameni- can Red Cross. Four men are quali- fied Anierican Red Cross examiners, they are Fenton Hopkins, waterfront- director; Victor Joyce, assistanlt direc- tor; Frank Wichman .Jr., assistant di- Swimming Taught a Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan At camp, complete waterfront ini- struction. is provided in the fol.Iow- ing activities: Learning to swim. Swimming Menit Badge. Lif e Saving Menit Badge,. Canoeing Menit Badge. Row Boat Handling. Seamanship ;Merit 'Badge. Junior Red Cross Li.fe Saving. Senior Red Cross Life Saving. Scout Life Guard Test. War Çanoe Paddling. Diving and Speed Swimiming. An extra period eachi day is give-n to those 01(1er -Scouts wishing to spe- cialize .in 'Aquatic-work. Camp trains vour bôvs for lead- eiship ýbv putting hirn in positions of rekponsibility as leader- of tent or mess or Patrol and, through outdoor activities develops his' self-reliance. ýrs whio are -sw M- Safety -Precautions Observed *Capt. Fred C. Milis, director of Swimm-ing and Waterfront Safety for the National council, Boy Scouts of Amenica., visited Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-. Wan last surimmer rating. the water- front, its, leadership. organization, and, equipnient :as "exceillent." Practically every known safety precaution is used in. this- organization as outlined by N,ýationîal couricil atd car*ri'ed out at Camp Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan. It includes the following:. 1. A thoroungh physical examina- t ion. 2.,A Senior Red Cross Life Sav'- ing Eýxaminer in charge. 3. A trained group of Life Guards always on duty. 4. Equipped Life Boats alwày;s in r ea din e ss 5. A swiniming test for every bo Y. to assify him according to his abili- ty. 6. -Use .of the "I3uddy" systemi and swimmer's check board. vý 7. Restricted swimming areas and use of swimmers" badgesi 8.,,Life rings and buoys. 9..Water telescope and girapplixng, irons. 10. First. aid, equipment lu readi- ness. Svimmning is permitted only dur- ing regular. swimming periods under proper supervision. Swimming in pairs according to thé '"Buddy" systeni is restricted to àreas under competent Lif e Guards. There are two régular ti-rty minute swimiming' periods, at 11:15 in the morning and at 4:30 in the afternoon, Older Scouts special- izing in aquatic work have classes otiethe regular periods. Feature Water .Meets for, AilBo'y Cames One of the niost fascinating parts of the Camping, program are the two. Watercraft mfeets, so arranged that every Scout May have some n2 rt. On 1'mother's range 1 learned to cooc NIv tracking in the cellar,' For I'm~ a husky Parlor Scout, A regutar guy, you bet, And when it nains 1 don't go out,' 'You sec,. I might-get wet! Cauoe Iustructiop Is Camp develops ini the boy the fine. qualities of [our forefathers;. it changes the panipered youngster in- to an upstan ding, manly 'and vigor- ous Scout who can face wind and. weather and hardship. cheerfully. P>Fetue EVER-Y SOTA SWIMMERI Even tise ,ss-stvi masers have grea: -fan on thse beach of Ma-Ka-Ja-Wan.