https://www.kiakimamuseum.org/files/original/afd3d0fc6ff74fb114288063400eefe6.pdf bbb6bfee9fe95756510c4f33a98897de PDF Text Text MemPhts, Ienn' Xeeember 9, 1953 Ixecutive 3oard Chickasavr Council, 3oy Scouts of ameriea,, InC., Menphls, fennessee Attentiont Mr. Charles M. Cbump, President BPuRI Lf Slr0irtt Gentlenens ilpon the recommendation -C-At$PIiIG.9UivlviIT[IE of the Carnping Committee of Chickasaw Cou:rci1, 3oy . Charles M. Orurtr>, President Of the Council, by Ietter d.ated. July ?, 1953, appointed a Special Caurping Committee to meke an overall st1-,{y of canping in Chickasan Council. Bhose apoointed to the Comr.Scouts of Ai,reriea, Inc., ittee !,rere! lvressl's. fr. Irlrin, Jr., Mf AJ-van J. Millen F. fate, Jr. , F. Joe PhiI Enerickr Flanagan, l-arne11, Henry S. I)inkelqpiel, FJrd Robert S. Shepherd- [ate, as Cheirrnan. In hi s letter appointing thi s Comrnittee, lvlr. Crunip brought to the Connitteets attention that the Counctl rras at Hard;r, :irka.nsa.s, site at Camp now operating Kamo Currier at Xudora, rvlississippi, Cemetery Rld.ge, Sardis, and' Ilississlppi, all for r,rhite Kia Kima also had a. ca-mp Scouts and that I\*lerr o,fennessee State Park, as well as a camp site ln the Negro area belol the d.am at Sar*is Lake, v,ere being used for liegro Scouts. i'{r. Crump reCanyp quested that the Committee specla.1l;r concern ll 1. Program at all of our 2. Long range plan 3. $pe of type of 4. itself r^rith the follor,rintj problemsl camps. for our camping progrs"I[. this ln minci, ca.rnping at Kia Kima, and., bearing improvements needed' the id"equate camping facili ti es for idegro Sco uts, includ^ing the queJt:.on a.s to whether a permanent carp site should. be rurchased..rr Sirst of all, the Comrdttee prepared, a questionnaire for use in obtaining the opinions of various Scouters and Scouts relative to camping in the Council. Shis ouestionnaire, a copy of to all Scoutmasters, Assl lorer,id.visors, Iistrict r,rrhich is attached as:xhibit stant Scoutnasters, -iqrloren Commi J.dvi ssioners and Neighborhood rlArlr lr.,a.s first sors, ,'ssistant Commi sent trxIt- ssirners. Various members of the Co.iltttee then to^k these questionnaires to repres- entative froops in the foui' d"istricts and. had the Scouts fill out the ouestion- na.ire r",ith exception of questions which were not considered answerable "cung Scouts. b;r �- 2fhe results of these questionna.ires vrere then ta,bulated. for the use of the Coni,li tt ee. iiiext, the Committee intervie,,^red. Mr. r'/. [hurman Gordon I'{orri J. Ibashure, Assistant Scout Executive, ai1d. s, Scout Jxecutive, ivir. ivlr. Harley 3. Xrb, Regional Scout Xxecutive. Ihere r,^ra,s a"I so nade avall-abI e ious rsports on camping r,,.rhieh to 15s Q6nin:ittee bJ'Scnut hearlouarters va-r- had been ms.d.e ln the past ]/ears, chures or pamphlets prepared by the Na.tional Council setting a,s well as bro- forth recommended. practices on canping, T,iis Conmittee has had. ten separate meetin5s to consider these natters. ,r,lthough a recommendatton might be follolr that set forth in one sentence, it consid^erable thought was not given recommend.ations lr€16 does not to such recommend.ation. Some the result of several hours of deliberatiOn. The recommendations in lhig report are based. on the actual rvishes of the majorit;,- of the Scouters and Scouts FS expressed. in the questionnaires. fhis report v,111 be d.ivid^ed. into trno Darts. Ihe first part 1,,i11 concern itself r.rith overall camping probLens for vrhite Scouts, afld. the second lart r,riIl concerrl j.tself rdth the overall carirping problei,ts for Negro Scouts. .aIso, tlie report r^aIl d.eal first with camping at Kanp Kia Kima i-'.:rd next with crmping at lased. on Camp Currier. its find.ings and stuc,y, the Committee makes the follorrling recom- mend.ati ons: IsrS-iJJ-EIdn (I) sumlller -iiamn Kia l(ima should. continue to be the Council operated 1on:: term ca,mp. (a) fhe basis of camping should be the permanent iroop Unit and/or the provisional froop llnlt, that ;reater attention should. be given b), the staff to the in&ividual Scout in a provisional Unit, and. any Scout ( 3) [his riomnittee strongl"',, qhould. be encouraged to staor in recommends camp for a greater period" than tr,'Jo r^reeks. �- 3- J ( +) members ,r.11 provisiona.I Scorrtmasters should. be trained. ad.ult leaclers of the p€rnanent camtc -\ ;., p]e,:oned. program (/ 5) ind,ivid.ua^Ls opening *', are staff. promoting cffiP, both for the units and. for the not in a unit, should be earried. out in the spring prior to the of camp. Ihis (a) rrtho should. lnclud.e: gigantic ral1y should be eond.ucted. b;r the 0rder of the ilrrovr to stimula.te desire in boys and. Units to attend. caqr; (b) ,, brochure describing the camp and. its program should. be sent to the parents of a.Il Scouts in the Council; (c) Visitation to the [roops, wlth the shouliL be macl.e showing by the llistrict Carnping Committees of and" movies of K.K.K., the llistrict 0rder of Arrol.ri (a) Feature stories and pictr:res of K.I'i.lt. should. be run in the local newspapcr s' (6) Since it is recognizr:d. that botter, older sta.ff leadership is the Comrnlttee suggests the following (a) 81, encouragrng Scouts Io;,.alty and. to method. needed, of obtaining such leadershrp: stag, a longcr period than one l,ieek, a Iove for the cam, rriLl be instil]ed. in the boy and v,riII bring him back year after year and. make hin vp,nt to become a sta.ff member. (b) .{r caJnp emblem avra,rd, sueh ea,rned" each year as a sash, r'r}:ich can be as a progressive emblem, sho''tld. be esta.t'lished., and vride publiclty shouJ-d. ( c) be given t'n:en in the Courrcil to the r,,d.nners the staff is happy, the carpers of these 6.re happlr; &t\rards. thereforc, leisure time should be provid"ed. so that the staff can have some social activitles. ( ?) Since the survey has established. that the Scouters and Scouts prefer a mixed program the Cornmittec strongly recosrnends of of Scouting instructions 6:ril ga"mes, that the professional staff givo grcater atteution to fun in Scouting, includ,ing the use of promote active overwhelming ma.iority participation in wide games. vrid.e ganoes, ild p1.rn and �-a (A) Since the survey indicates that the nresent raaterfront activities be are one of the l:est features at camp, the Comrolttee reconmends that they continued a,nd. enlarged. (g) 1;ue to the ing of the river channel, layout of the of froop s!.^rilnming sr,/imming, should be regulatetl so as und.er the lay-out rive]t r,rhich is not true (fO) I;ays should. be devised to anc. of the overcror^rded con6.itions ind.lviduals to be paid. in (ff ) i, swimming and. (12) method, should in atca, as well as the it mand"atorlr iviemphis and. be dcvlsed for sched'uling to al]ovr for the ma:cimun use of at the present rnalce a,dva.nce. swlmming area an6 shallor^u exlre the time. for all fees for froops not at camp' diting the proeessing of the health qualiflcaticns for incoming Units' An ad.equate handicre.ft program, includ.ing a, trained hand:icraft in- structor, should be developed. and emphasized' (13) ihere should. be a trainin6 progran cond.ucted w K.K.:(. staf f for the Unit lea,ders before theJr bring their Units to ca:lp' (f+) Ihe staff members should" refrain from smotr:ing in the prescnce of the bolrsrrrdshould-bepernitted'tosrnokeonlyinrestrictedareas' (I5) fhere should be centra.l mess ha1l feed.ing r'ri'th the right in a Troop or post to carp at a permancntl;r established. canip site or at a cagp site food' r^fuich has been issued' aoprovcd. by the camp }irector, and there to prepare bJ' the Camp Comni ssary. (fO) ii kitchen, coiami.ssary anil mess hall to accomnodate 250 persons shortd be erected. (1?) 1f a new mess hiill is burlt, the old mcss hafl shou'Id' not be clebuilding' strolrp6 but should. be d.iverted- for use as a cr';''ft ernd' stori''ge (IB) Iacilities for Scoutmastersr families at canrP a1,e not recommended at the present time. (rg) A nevr well to take care of 250 persons shoi'ld' be d'ri11ed'' for (eO1 ,,dditional closed shower facilities, as weLl' as a hot showcr ho spi tal , shoulrl' be installed'' the �-u- (Zf) iidditional latrine fa.cilities (ZZ) [he present pernanent camp E she,:.1-d be provi&od for. sites are ad-equate for tho nrcsent cary) permanent attenrla,nce. In the event of increased registra,tion, additioneJ- sites should. bc d.cveloped. (eg) The lodejes in the camp rectanglc (:+; []re professiona.l staff shoulcl be used' canry) for hcusing only' shouLd.'orovide cquipnent and' facillties for d"iscretion softball, volley ball, horsehoes, ping;:orrg, etc., to be used' at ttre of Unit leaders. c/0'{P_-AmtsLrB Currier should continuc to be opcrated" as a Unit caiirp exclusively' Il is recommendcd. that Camp Curyier should. not bc operated as a Council operated (f) Camp l-ong-term summer calnp. ( e) The d.ining hall and. kitchen, boats, ctc., should. alw4rg be availa'ble of Units vhich d.esire to hi',ve long'terin ( six days or more) camps' Units shculd not be allovred to r-rse the d'ining haI1 and' lcitchcn for cooking in the and eating on weckend. or short-ti:rin Cglllpsr Ihc;r 556":1 d' cook and eat for use opcni (3) The present council polic;r rcgulating the use of Institution-ownod lodgcs should' be maintained, that is' (u)T}relnstitutionm4]/ccntinuetouseitslod'geforalryroved.Scoutforce and ing purposes in accnrd"iince r.dth the rulcs nni-1 reg;ulatinns nor'r in Canp Currier' hereafter adopted. for the improvcment, crcvelopnterrt, and control of (b) The lodge at all tiines shall be insured against fire loss in a"n amouxt to give tire best s6vl 5sb]e protectioiL' 3'nd rertth a reputable insurance cnmpa:nr.Thispo).ic},sha}lcontalnlosscla,usepayabletot.relnstitiltion A copy of such policy and./or to the Council as their intercsts Ina)r appear. is to be d.eliverec. to the council. In event such policy ls not rencued" at tine it lapses, the Cerrncil mali renelr/ the se'mc' notifying the Institution of in full' action takcn; if the Institutinn fails to rcllay the ccuncil such to the Council' r,rithin 90 days, thc Institution rights in thc lod'ge shall pa'ss �- b- (c) In the e,vcnt tiie Institution fails to maintain the lodr:-e in a state of rcpair satisfactory to the Camping Comralttee of the Council after 90 days rrritten notice from the Committee to the Institution pointing out the items ncedin; repairs, the lnstitutionts rights ln the 1od€e shall pass to the Counctl. ( d) In tho cvent the lnstitutionr s 3oy Scout and/or Xxplorcr Scout Chartcr lapse, four months after the last of such Chartors lapscs, the Council shal1 ha.ve the months right to usc and, tf after the last of 1od.5o shal1 pass of its Cha-rter Instituticn amount of necessat"Jr, to repair the lod.ge. such Charters lapses, the to thc Council. ShouLd. fvrelve lnstitutionls rifihts ln the t}:e Institution receivc a reneual vrithin such tuclvc mr:nths, the lodgo shalL revcrt to the upon the Institutionrs reimbursing thc Council in fulI for ncccssarJr rqpa.irs made (a) In collaberation vdtn $r the Council during the tlvelve month t,he Cairp the period.' Dircctor, [rcops shotild be given the op,:ortunitj, to develop and. mark cantp sites not to cxeecd, 150::150 feet. fhese sites ai"e to be tent sites lril1 on13r, havc preference on the use to attcnd. camp ancl no pcrrianent installati-ons. [hcse froops of these sitcs on the vrcekcncls that thc;r 1,vj.stl shall retain this privilcgc subject to a rcvicv thc tilae of their annua] Chartcr ( nith of spccia} lyood-craft contcst, weckend. etc., ycar at revier,,r. 5) rls substantiated" by thc survcy, thc majority of a pro{,ran each activities, such as, and., accord.ingly, ncrit Sco"u'rters $.ould welcomc badgc tliis Connittce itlstructions, recon.lcnds that the professiona"l ste.lf provide such a pi'ogram. (6) Since thc activitics, the ( a,cti surve;r indicatcs Conmittee reco:iuicnd.s thc ap::rovpJ of the prcscnt watcrfront that t}:cy bc continucd and enlarged. ?) fhe la.ke slroulcl- bc clcancd up and maclc morc suitablc for r,ratcrfront viti cs. (a) nue h the oxpand.cd froop caropin; activities rccommcndcd by this Connittce, this Cor.rmittce fccls that thc proscnt alloca.tion of space of the original 20 acres to the frainin.g matol:'tr'o acres actually boing Committec shoul-d. be confincd. usecl b;- to thcqpproxi- tire fraining Committcc and shor.1d' be �-7uith thc understand.iraS that as thc nced.s of thc fraining co:itiirittce grow, provision shaLl be madc to onlar..e tiiis !,Teo.. 'until st'.ch tlmc as t}:c Tra'ining marlicd, com:ittcc nccds e. greatcr area, on a pcrnanent basj-s, thc aprrroximatcly 18 ecres rcmaining me;. be uscd. fcr temperar;r eamping only sn6- should' not bc pcrr'ii'ncirtly assigncd. to prtJ' Unit' (g) lhc prescnt pro..graJl to climinate poison iry should bc continuccl. (ro) nne coii,mittce strong\, rccomr,rcnd.s that drini;i"ng water facilitics ex;land-cd. to a.11 areas r:f the calnp. (11) Sincc the Council lir ,lil ,1 now ovrns a tra,ctor, thc ad.ditionll lrorl be carricd. on to improvc thc Co:,rmittee rccolll..lcncls tile't rcac-is a,t camp. (lZ) [hu present plans ta ccluip the ca.rap vrith fi::o-fighting shou].d. bc bc equiprncnt c:;tcnd.od. c i,il, s$. thc Coinmlttcc recomiircnds tho.t thc Council continuc its $1.00 a )rcaf'leasc rsroon thc canp site at Cc:netcry iiid6c, Sardis Laitc, lviississlppi, for u=g in moting Scnlor Scouting. fhc Cornnittcc docs not provcmcnts be crectcd on rccoraiaond. that argr cepltal im- this propcrty within thc nci'r future. Itisrcspcctfuliyrcconncrrcicdthatacon.-y'ofthecerpingpfo}ram,as finallJ, ad.oitted. 14r thc Council, be distributed. tc t]:'c Unit lcad'crs in orclcr to prcvcnt raisrurdcrstandin€; as to drat is a,ctr:.:Il-' thc Councill s polic/ on various phascs of crraPing. Thc Co.-unittcc rccognizcs thc c1i{ficulQr vrhich r,rill bc entailcd- iu puiting thcsc rcco,iu,rciicl"ations into cffcct, and it, thcrcforcr IcsFcctfully sugScsts to the f:lccutivc 3oard. that a snnl1 Spccir'l Co::rmittcc bc cstatblishcd' to ii'plcmcnt thcsc rccoi,t icnd-ations. ;i. suplllciircntal Scouts camping problcins rcport d.caling r^dt.i thc ovcrr.ll rrriil bc subreitted. vrithin tirc ncar future' Rcspcctfulli' submi ttcd', 3. jo c I'I;r.nag-an Rc bcrt Ir. f rq'in, Jr. lJvan *'. fatc, Jr. Phil Slcri clc J. rtillcn ll{xrncll Hcnry S. DinkclsPi el S. Srcphcrd. Tatc, Chainlan S?ECL,-L Cti''iFI *rG CQiii'll It:I for iiir-gro � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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July ?, 1953, appointed a Special Caurping Committee to meke an overall st1-,{y of canping in Chickasan Council. Bhose apoointed to the Comr.- ittee !,rere! lvressl's. AJ-van F. fate, Jr. , F. Joe Flanagan, PhiI Enerickr Robert fr. Irlrin, Jr., J. Millen l-arne11, Henry S. I)inkelqpiel, FJrd S. Shepherd- [ate, as Cheirrnan. In hi s letter appointing thi s Comrnittee, lvlr. Crunip brought to the Connitteets attention that the Counctl rras now operating Kamo Kia Kima at Hard;r, :irka.nsa.s, Camp Currier at Xudora, rvlississippi, and' also had a. ca-mp site at Cemetery Rld.ge, Sardis, Ilississlppi, all for r,rhite Scouts and that Canyp I\*lerr o,fennessee State Park, as well as a camp site ln the Negro area belol the d.am at Sar*is Lake, v,ere being used for liegro Scouts. i'{r. Crump requested that the Committee specla.1l;r concern itself r^rith the follor,rintj problemsl ll 1. Program at all of our camps. 2. Long range plan for our camping progrs"I[. 3. $pe of ca.rnping at Kia Kima, and., bearing this ln minci, the type of improvements needed' 4. id"equate camping facili ti es for idegro Sco uts, includ^ing the queJt:.on a.s to whether a permanent carp site should. be rurchased..rr Sirst of all, the Comrdttee prepared, a questionnaire for use in obtaining the opinions of various Scouters and Scouts relative to camping in the Council. Shis ouestionnaire, a copy of r,rrhich is attached as:xhibit rlArlr lr.,a.s first sent to all Scoutmasters, Assl stant Scoutnasters, -iqrloren J.dvi sors, ,'ssistant trxItlorer, id.visors, Iistrict Commi ssioners and Neighborhood Commi ssirners. Various members of the Co.iltttee then to^k these questionnaires to representative froops in the foui' d"istricts and. had the Scouts fill out the ouestionna. ire r",ith exception of questions which were not considered answerable b;r "cung Scouts. - 2- fhe results of these questionna.ires vrere then ta,bulated. for the use of the Coni,li tt ee. iiiext, the Committee intervie,,^red. Mr. r'/. Gordon I'{orri s, Scout Jxecutive, ivir. [hurman J. Ibashure, Assistant Scout Executive, ai1d. ivlr. Harley 3. Xrb, Regional Scout Xxecutive. Ihere r,^ra,s a"I so nade avall-abI e to 15s Q6nin:ittee bJ'Scnut hearlouarters va-rious rsports on camping r,,.rhieh had been ms.d.e ln the past ]/ears, a,s well as brochures or pamphlets prepared by the Na.tional Council setting forth recommended. practices on canping, T,iis Conmittee has had. ten separate meetin5s to consider these natters. ,r,lthough a recommendatton might be set forth in one sentence, it does not follolr that consid^erable thought was not given to such recommend.ation. Some recommend.ations lr€16 the result of several hours of deliberatiOn. The recommendations in lhig report are based. on the actual rvishes of the majorit;,- of the Scouters and Scouts FS expressed. in the questionnaires. fhis report v,111 be d.ivid^ed. into trno Darts. Ihe first part 1,,i11 concern itself r.rith overall camping probLens for vrhite Scouts, afld. the second lart r,riIl concerrl j.tself rdth the overall carirping problei,ts for Negro Scouts. .aIso, tlie report r^aIl d.eal first with camping at Kanp Kia Kima i-'.:rd next with crmping at Camp Currier. lased. on its find.ings and stuc,y, the Committee makes the follorrling recommend. ati ons: IsrS-iJJ-EIdn (I) -iiamn Kia l(ima should. continue to be the Council operated 1on:: term sumlller ca,mp. (a) fhe basis of camping should be the permanent iroop Unit and/or the provisional froop llnlt, ( 3) [his riomnittee strongl"',, recommends that ;reater attention should. be given b), the staff to the in&ividual Scout in a provisional Unit, and. any Scout qhould. be encouraged to staor in camp for a greater period" than tr,'Jo r^reeks. - 3- ( +) ,r.11 provisiona.I Scorrtmasters should. be trained. ad.ult leaclers rrtho are members of the p€rnanent camtc staff. (/ 5-\) ;., p]e,:oned. program promoting cffiP, both for the units and. for the ind,ivid.ua^Ls not in a unit, should be earried. out in the spring prior to the opening of camp. Ihis should. lnclud.e: (a) *', gigantic ral1y should be eond.ucted. b;r the 0rder of the ilrrovr to stimula.te desire in boys and. Units to attend. caqr; (b) ,, brochure describing the camp and. its program should. be sent to the parents of a.Il Scouts in the Council; (c) Visitation to the [roops, wlth the showing of movies of K.K.K., shouliL be macl.e by the llistrict Carnping Committees and" the llistrict 0rder of Arrol.ri (a) Feature stories and pictr:res of K.I'i.lt. should. be run in the local newspapcr s' (6) Since it is recognizr:d. that botter, older sta.ff leadership is needed, the Comrnlttee suggests the following method. of obtaining such leadershrp: (a) 81, encouragrng Scouts to stag, a longcr period than one l,ieek, a Io;,.alty and. Iove for the cam, rriLl be instil]ed. in the boy and v,riII bring him back year after year and. make hin vp,nt to become a sta.ff member. (b) .{r caJnp emblem avra,rd, sueh as a sash, r'r}:ich can be ea,rned" each year as a progressive emblem, sho''tld. be esta.t'lished., and vride publiclty shouJ-d. be given in the Courrcil to the r,,d.nners of these &t\rards. ( c) t'n:en the staff is happy, the carpers 6.re happlr; thereforc, leisure time should be provid"ed. so that the staff can have some social activitles. ( ?) Since the survey has established. that the overwhelming ma.iority of Scouters and Scouts prefer a mixed program of Scouting instructions 6:ril ga"mes, the Cornmittec strongly recosrnends that the professional staff givo grcater atteution to fun in Scouting, includ,ing the use of vrid.e ganoes, ild p1.rn and promote active participation in wide games. J -a (A) Since the survey indicates that the nresent raaterfront activities are one of the l:est features at camp, the Comrolttee reconmends that they be continued a,nd. enlarged. (g) 1;ue to the overcror^rded con6.itions of the swlmming area an6 shallor^u ing of the river channel, layout of the s!.^rilnming atca, as well as the sched'uling of froop sr,/imming, should be regulatetl so as to al]ovr for the ma:cimun use of the rive]t r,rhich is not true und.er the lay-out at the present time. (fO) I;ays should. be devised to rnalce it mand"atorlr for all fees for froops anc. ind.lviduals to be paid. in a,dva.nce. in iviemphis and. not at camp' (ff ) i, method, should be dcvlsed for exlre diting the proeessing of the swimming and. health qualiflcaticns for incoming Units' (12) An ad.equate handicre.ft program, includ.ing a, trained hand:icraft instructor, should be developed. and emphasized' (13) ihere should. be a trainin6 progran cond.ucted w K.K.:(. staf f for the Unit lea,ders before theJr bring their Units to ca:lp' (f+) Ihe staff members should" refrain from smotr:ing in the prescnce of the bolrsrrrdshould-bepernitted'tosrnokeonlyinrestrictedareas' (I5) fhere should be centra.l mess ha1l feed.ing r'ri'th the right in a Troop or post to carp at a permancntl;r established. canip site or at a cagp site aoprovcd. by the camp }irector, and there to prepare food' r^fuich has been issued' bJ' the Camp Comni ssary. (fO) ii kitchen, coiami.ssary anil mess hall to accomnodate 250 persons shortd be erected. (1?) 1f a new mess hiill is burlt, the old mcss hafl shou'Id' not be clestrolrp6 but should. be d.iverted- for use as a cr';''ft ernd' stori''ge building' (IB) Iacilities for Scoutmastersr families at canrP a1,e not recommended at the present time. (rg) A nevr well to take care of 250 persons shoi'ld' be d'ri11ed'' (eO1 ,,dditional closed shower facilities, as weLl' as a hot showcr for the ho spi tal , shoulrl' be installed'' E -u- (Zf) iidditional latrine fa.cilities she,:.1-d be provi&od for. (ZZ) [he present pernanent camp sites are ad-equate for tho nrcsent cary) attenrla,nce. In the event of increased registra,tion, additioneJ- permanent canry) sites should. bc d.cveloped. (eg) The lodejes in the camp rectanglc shoulcl be used' for hcusing only' (:+; []re professiona.l staff shouLd.'orovide cquipnent and' facillties for softball, volley ball, horsehoes, ping;:orrg, etc., to be used' at ttre d"iscretion of Unit leaders. c/0'{P_-AmtsLrB (f) Camp Currier should continuc to be opcrated" as a Unit caiirp exclusively' Il is recommendcd. that Camp Curyier should. not bc operated as a Council operated l-ong-term summer calnp. ( e) The d.ining hall and. kitchen, boats, ctc., should. alw4rg be availa'ble for use of Units vhich d.esire to hi',ve long'terin ( six days or more) camps' Units shculd not be allovred to r-rse the d'ining haI1 and' lcitchcn for cooking and eating on weckend. or short-ti:rin Cglllpsr Ihc;r 556":1 d' cook and eat in the opcni (3) The present council polic;r rcgulating the use of Institution-ownod lodgcs should' be maintained, that is' (u)T}relnstitutionm4]/ccntinuetouseitslod'geforalryroved.Scouting purposes in accnrd"iince r.dth the rulcs nni-1 reg;ulatinns nor'r in force and hereafter adopted. for the improvcment, crcvelopnterrt, and control of Canp Currier' (b) The lodge at all tiines shall be insured against fire loss in a"n amouxt to give tire best s6vl 5sb]e protectioiL' 3'nd rertth a reputable insurance cnmpa:nr.Thispo).ic},sha}lcontalnlosscla,usepayabletot.relnstitiltion and./or to the Council as their intercsts Ina)r appear. A copy of such policy is to be d.eliverec. to the council. In event such policy ls not rencued" at tine it lapses, the Cerrncil mali renelr/ the se'mc' notifying the Institution of such action takcn; if the Institutinn fails to rcllay the ccuncil in full' r,rithin 90 days, thc Institution rights in thc lod'ge shall pa'ss to the Council' - b- (c) In the e,vcnt tiie Institution fails to maintain the lodr:-e in a state of rcpair satisfactory to the Camping Comralttee of the Council after 90 days rrritten notice from the Committee to the Institution pointing out the items ncedin; repairs, the lnstitutionts rights ln the 1od€e shall pass to the Counctl. ( d) In tho cvent the lnstitutionr s 3oy Scout and/or Xxplorcr Scout Chartcr lapse, four months after the last of such Chartors lapscs, the Council shal1 ha.ve the right to usc and, tf necessat"Jr, to repair the lod.ge. fvrelve months after the last of such Charters lapses, the lnstitutionls rifihts ln the 1od.5o shal1 pass to thc Council. ShouLd. t}:e Institution receivc a reneual of its Cha-rter vrithin such tuclvc mr:nths, the lodgo shalL revcrt to the Instituticn upon the Institutionrs reimbursing thc Council in fulI for the amount of ncccssarJr rqpa.irs made $r the Council during the tlvelve month period.' (a) In collaberation vdtn t,he Cairp Dircctor, [rcops shotild be given the op,:ortunitj, to develop and. mark cantp sites not to cxeecd, 150::150 feet. fhese sites ai"e to be tent sites on13r, nith no pcrrianent installati-ons. [hcse froops lril1 havc preference on the use of these sitcs on the vrcekcncls that thc;r 1,vj.stl to attcnd. camp ancl shall retain this privilcgc subject to a rcvicv each ycar at thc tilae of their annua] Chartcr revier,,r. ( 5) rls substantiated" by thc survcy, thc majority of Sco"u'rters $.ould welcomc a pro{,ran of spccia} weckend. activities, such as, ncrit badgc itlstructions, lyood-craft contcst, etc., and., accord.ingly, tliis Connittce recon.lcnds that the professiona"l ste.lf provide such a pi'ogram. (6) Since thc surve;r indicatcs thc ap::rovpJ of the prcscnt watcrfront activitics, the Conmittee reco:iuicnd.s that t}:cy bc continucd and enlarged. ( ?) fhe la.ke slroulcl- bc clcancd up and maclc morc suitablc for r,ratcrfront a,cti viti cs. (a) nue h the oxpand.cd froop caropin; activities rccommcndcd by this Connittce, this Cor.rmittce fccls that thc proscnt alloca.tion of space of the original 20 acres to the frainin.g Committec shoul-d. be confincd. to thcqpproximatol:' tr'o acres actually boing usecl b;- tire fraining Committcc and shor.1d' be -7- marlicd, uith thc understand.iraS that as thc nced.s of thc fraining co:itiirittce grow, provision shaLl be madc to onlar..e tiiis !,Teo.. 'until st'.ch tlmc as t}:c Tra'ining com:ittcc nccds e. greatcr area, on a pcrnanent basj-s, thc aprrroximatcly 18 ecres rcmaining me;. be uscd. fcr temperar;r eamping only sn6- should' not bc pcrr'ii'ncirtly assigncd. to prtJ' Unit' (g) lhc prescnt pro..graJl to climinate poison iry should bc continuccl. (ro) nne coii,mittce strong\, rccomr,rcnd.s that drini;i"ng water facilitics bc ex;land-cd. to a.11 areas r:f the calnp. (11) Sincc the Council now ovrns a tra,ctor, thc Co:,rmittee rccolll..lcncls tile't ad.ditionll lrorl be carricd. on to improvc thc rcac-is a,t camp. (lZ) [hu present plans ta ccluip the ca.rap vrith fi::o-fighting equiprncnt shou].d. bc c:;tcnd.od. c i,il, s$. thc Coinmlttcc recomiircnds tho.t thc Council continuc its $1.00 a )rcaf'leasc on thc canp site at Cc:netcry iiid6c, Sardis Laitc, lviississlppi, for u=g in rsromoting Scnlor Scouting. fhc Cornnittcc docs not rccoraiaond. that argr cepltal improvcmcnts be crectcd on this propcrty within thc nci'r future. Itisrcspcctfuliyrcconncrrcicdthatacon.-y'ofthecerpingpfo}ram,as finallJ, ad.oitted. 14r thc Council, be distributed. tc t]:'c Unit lcad'crs in orclcr to prcvcnt raisrurdcrstandin€; as to drat is a,ctr:.:Il-' thc Councill s polic/ on various phascs of crraPing. Thc Co.-unittcc rccognizcs thc c1i{ficulQr vrhich r,rill bc entailcd- iu puiting thcsc rcco,iu,rciicl"ations into cffcct, and it, thcrcforcr IcsFcctfully sugScsts to the f:lccutivc 3oard. that a snnl1 Spccir'l Co::rmittcc bc cstatblishcd' to ii'plcmcnt thcsc rccoi,t icnd-ations. ;i. suplllciircntal rcport d.caling r^dt.i thc ovcrr.ll camping problcins for iiir-gro Scouts rrriil bc subreitted. vrithin tirc ncar future' Rcspcctfulli' submi ttcd', lJvan *'. fatc, Jr. Phil Slcri clc J. rtillcn ll{xrncll 3. jo c I'I;r.nag-an Rc bcrt Ir. f rq'in, Jr. Hcnry S. DinkclsPi el S. Srcphcrd. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953 Title A name given to the resource 1953 Report of Special Camping Committee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Chickasaw Council, BSA Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Andrew Schrack Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Dalstrom Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Licensed for use by the Kia Kima Alumni Association in this historical display. https://www.memphis.edu/libraries/special-collections/ Committee Report