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Show H. SEA CAMP AT MARION, MASS.1 H 1 tn I ho little town of Marlon, Mass.. H I 1)7 tliu uuiufllod waters of Slpplcan H linrlwr. Ik u sea camp for tho Boy H Scmits of America. Hcru under the H intrmige of old seafaring skippers, H Iwys are tniiRlit tho tricks of the H tmde of sailing rind senmanshlp. H From tho rudiments of Icnot-tyltiff, Hj r splicing, rowing and tho kindred sub- H .yets tlmt n good tmllornum must H l.noiv, Utey aro brought through an H , vxh,vistl.w training for tho Bulling H iyid tho trlulH that await them out- jflj side the snug llttlo Slpplcan harbor H In the wide expanse of tho blue wa- H icrs of IJiizznrdg bay. H 'Jhrongli the timely aid of William i II. Todd of tho Todd Shipbuilding H' corporation and Uio kindness of the H TnlMir Nautical academy, in turning H uvcr their entire school to Chief Seu- H Hatut Jiimcs A. Wilder for n summer H , Rumfi, dreams became rcatltlos. B r The "William II. Todd" Is tho first H , ,, jf a scries of camps conducted by the H nca scouts. Sea scouting Is a nation wide scheme, and the camp itself cm. H brnccg liojs from ns far south as H' , Texas, west to Chicago and north to H Slnlne. In following summers camps H will bo located at other points fa the H United States, thus providing the H' same training for boys la other H' localities. Tho high spots of the H training nro llfe-snving, under Uio H distinguished leadership of Comnio- H Oore W. 13. Longfellow, rowing and H calling, under vouched-for lender- H H The second program Is tho official H , older boy program of the Boy Scouts H of America; u scout must bo at lous H llftvcn- j ears old before Joining. It Hj Is n club run like a ship, Involving H strict dlsclpllno nnd Immediate obcdl- H enco oa ceremonies nnd general Hj snappy work; for tho perils of the H sea hecomq greatly intcnsllled If tho H crew falls to respect and proprly H obey their officers. Tho boy scout, H lien he Joins a seacoast ship, enters H Into u line of work which Is divided H Into the stages: The sloop class, for H apprentices, schooner class for or H Oln try sea ftcouts, barkentlno class for H ( a-; able sea scouts, baric class for, extra H " '' seu scouts, and lastly, the ship class H for those who have reached the top. |