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March, 1947 THE ECHO ?AGE FIVE Plans Announced For Children's Programs At Camp Sapphire; Coaching School, Band Camp And Choral School In June Open ★ ★ ★ IJ- X ^ ERE’S GOOD NEWS for athletically-i n c 1 i n e d Voungsters in and around Brevard: I*® Camp Sapphire Coaching School be held again this year with «rest and activities expected to ^*ceed last year’s highly-successful j ool. This announcement comes Jack Alexander, athletic di- ^tor, who directed last summer’s !®P and will be in charge again year. The opening date has set for Monday, June 9th. The school is one of the big Wures of the busy calendar at Sapphire. The school is ^^ored by our companies and held without cost to the boys, “oys between the ages of 7- whose parents are employees companies are invited to will be held three days p .^*‘y~-Monday, Wednesday, and p ‘°ay—from 9:30 a. m. to 12:30 continue for six Win • July 21st. Buses ills morn- tj,® there will be no cost for py. Importation. A map will be si,, “.mhed in next month’s ECHO "'ing the route of the bus. It 100 EXPECTED is anticipated that 100 boys enrolled in the Camp this •ast since 45 received certificates summer in the first session sho who attend regularly and ® good attitude will again *ve certificates, teach school is to ^he youngsters the rules iti ‘“ndamentals of all sports ing . '^ion to actually participat- coy them. Last summer, sports Soffk the sessions included bovjn^ ’ baseball, touch football, flgL wrestling, basketball, shuf- ^'‘d, and volleyball. J New ACTIVITIES a to give the youngsters tivjfj funded program of ac- arti’ *^ew features will camp routine this u instance, Jack Mor- W fi! well-known to all of his drawings in THE basj ’ will give the boys some ijig drawing instructions in draw- stfif ° that if any of the young- hayg inclined in art, they will fiile opportunity to learn the is 3j. this field. Bob Bolt, who the i®*Pert on farming, will teach some fundamentals of atid saf Swimming instructions '''Ortj.j/fty precautions which were ^aujp hile features of the first Cliart *^^ again be included. MtJi j, Russell, who assisted Ln ? school last year, will be ^Sain this summer. The of the staff will be an- • month’s ECHO. Unij, tion to the fine staff he **''1te ^ Alexander expects to ^*‘0™ nearby ^**®®ial ^P®*®Ps to speak on their All g of activity. '^usta parents who expect to enroll their youngsters in the school are asKed to contact Jack Aiexanaer at the library, extension 219. It is important that he knows just as soon as possiDle the ap proximate number that is expect ed to attend so that the necessary arrangements can be made. Band Will Train At Camp Sapphire The Ecusta band will train at Camp Saphire this summer. The school will open immediately fol lowing the closing of the public schools, the dates to be announced later, and will close August 3rd. The camp will be in sesion three days each week, Monday, Wednes day, and Friday, and the daily ac tivities will begin between 9:00 and 10:00 a. m. and will close be tween 4:30 and 5 o’clock in the afternoon. Approximately 60 are expected to enroll in the school. The supervision and training of the band campers will be by members of our own music staff here at Ecusta and faculty mem bers of the Transylvania Music- School Camp. The program of study will in clude band instrument instruction, private instruction, group instruc tion and full band rehearsal, his tory of music and theory, elemen tary harmony, music appreciation, and field drill. The program will be tempered with recreation, and field drill. The program will be tempered with recreational ac tivities such as swimming and gen eral camp sports. Transportation Provided With a full day’s schedule on tap, band campers will eat lunch at the Ecusta Cafeteria and will be transported to and from the cafeteria by bus. Transportation will also be provided to and from the camp morning and evening. Furhter details of the bus sche dule, etc., will be announced in next month’s Echo. The band will give regular con certs at Camp Sapphire during the summer season, it was pointed out by Director John Eversman. Students with Ecusta’s music project are accepted on the basis of their performances in musical aptitude tests, given at intervals during the year. School records, citizenship, and cooperative atti tude are taken into consideration before accepting any student. Students in the project are re quired to do a specified amount of individual practice and study. This will be the second year the members of the music Project have participated in a summer camp program which is offered by the Company as a special re ward for satisfactory work during the year. Girls’ Choral School, Recreation Program One of the many fine features scheduled for Camp Sapphire this coming season is the Girls’ Choral School and Recreation Program which will begin June 10th, ac cording to present plans. All girls between the ages of 9 and 16 whose parents are con nected with our companies are invited to participate in this school. The group will meet on Tuesday and Thursday. The camp will be in session from June 10 to August 3. The school is a new undertak ing and special effort will be put forth to make it part of an enjoy able and profitable summer for our employees’ children. There will be a variety of music courses offered, including choral training, group singing, history of music, theory, studies of musicians, and of musical compositions. In ad dition to the musical and choral training, the girls will also engage in nature studies and similar ac tivities. The recreation periods will in clude such favorites as softball, basketball, tennis, shuffleboard, and dpdgeball. Basic instructions in drawing and sketching will be given to the girls who are inclined in that field. There will be a free bus to transport the girls to and from the camp. The schedule of the bus will be announced later. MARSE GRANT IS (Continued From Page One) Eversman will be in a better posi tion to devote more time to the iieids of recreation and music while Mr. Grant will concentrate nis efforts on The Echo. Mr. Grant is a graduate of High Point College where he was edi tor of the college weekly news paper and publicity director for the college. During the past few years, in addition to his personnel work, he has been associated with several North Carolina newspa pers. His experience combined with his keen interest in people figured prominently in his selec tion as editor of The Echo and gives him a good background for his duties here. While a resident of Gastonia, Grant was active in civic and church life. He was associate Sun day School superintendent and a member of the board of deacons of the East Baptist church. His wife is the former Marian Gibbs, of Greensboro. The Grants have one child, Wanda Susan, age 22 months. Scenes Like This To Be Repeated This Summer i , .-SSX Two future boxers in action while an interested groups looks on—that pretty well sums up the photograph above, taken last summer at Camp Sapphire during the Coaching School. Jack Alexan- der, athletic director, is shown instructing the boys. Scenes like this wiU be repeated many times at the camp this summer, with the announcement that Coaching School wiU be held again this year.
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