Here are a few random articles from the
Camp Shohola "ARGUS", the camp newspaper,
from the summer of 1995.
I hope you enjoy reading them. Tom
Is Winning Important?
By Jarrett Muzi
Cabin Working Senior
BEST ARTICLE
To win or not to win, that is the question.
In all the games I have played there has
always been someone who was upset that
they lost, or way too happy when they won.
The question that comes to mind is "Is it just
a game or is it really important?" I asked
Sage Fisher-Hoffman (WS) this question and
he replied "It depends on the game at hand."
I myself think that every game no matter
what sport is important. If I lose a game that
should have been won, I get frustrated.
When I win a game on the other hand, I
always seem to hear someone say "It was
just a game."
While writing this article I thought of the
fact that almost all popular sports were
invented to prove worthiness over an
opponent by winning, and that many of them
stemmed from games practicing for battle,
in which losing is fatal.
Since winning has been so historically
important, I conferred with a select group of
Shohola athletes to find out whether fun,
sport, or victory takes precedent in our
competitions. They all agreed that winning is
the most important thing in many situations,
but that you can still have fun while striving
for victory.
This article is strictly the opinions of myself
and several interviewed athletes. It shouldn't
affect your personal approach to
competition. It all depends on your view.
Ricketts Glen
By Stephen Rudman
Cabin 5
On July 27th, 11 kids and 2 staff members
boldly went where few, if any Shoholians,
have gone before. When we got to Ricketts
Glen, Ben Jacobs tested our history
knowledge by asking us questions about The
Civil War and the 1812 War. We knew
some history facts ourselves about the
Ancient China and Jamestown. So it pretty
much came out a tie.
Next we set up camp and got our stuff and
put them in our tents. Then after 3 , 4, or
was it a 5 hour hike we got back to the
camp site and started to play Magic: The
Gathering . Soon dinner was served. We
had a scrumptious steak dinner and S'mores
for dessert. The next day we had omelets
for breakfast, broke camp, and left for the
beach. We swam in the water and played
Magic: The Gathering again and ate great
hamburgers. When we arrived at camp, no
we didn't play Magic: The Gathering , we
were inspected by the nurses. All in all, it
was a great trip.
John Deere vs Hookem Horns
By Andy Meyerson
Cabin 2
In the first half Andrew Lictman of the
Hookem Horns scored two breakaway goals
despite the great saves of Adam Slosher. In
the second half John Deere got It's first goal
by Dan Greenwald. But then, Gordon Zweig
got a goal for the Hookem Horns. So John
Deere switched and put Barry Frish in the
net who made some awesome saves and
didn't let a goal go by. Adam Slosher the
one who John Deere took out, had the
second goal and the winning goal. Andy
Meyerson scored the third and tieing goal on
a nice rebound play. John Deere won 4-3
but I think both teams tried hard and both
deserved to win.
So to recap Andy Lichtman made the first
two goals for HH. Then Dave Greenwald
scored for JD. Gordon Zweig made another
goal for HH bringing the score up to 3-1 in
HH favor. Adam Scholser scored the second
goal for JD while Andy Meyerson scored the
third goal creating a tie. Adam Scholser
made the winning goal for JD.
Photography
By Andrew Shansby
Cabin 11
Photography is one of my favorite
activities. In the class, you get to go
anywhere in camp and take black and white
pictures of anything. The first time you take
the class you learn how to focus the
camera. You later learn about light and
zoom. The next class you take pictures and
learn how to develop your photographs.
Once you develop the picture and it dries
you have a finished picture. The best
pictures get displayed in the Arts and Crafts
show at the end of the month.
Cabin 5 - The Coolest Cabin in Camp
By Tim Von Hollweg
Cabin 5
The first day of the first month I got off the
bus in the pouring rain and ran with my duffle
up to my cabin. I opened the door to a
scream of "Von Hollweg!" from Steve
Rubin. I quickly recognized Barry Frish, Alex
Davidoff, and Evan Schweitzer from last
year, but there were a few new faces. My
counselors introduced themselves as Ari and
Ike. Then David Sterling, Dan Rothenberg,
Ben Rosenblum, and Steve Rudman
introduced themselves. I knew then, we had
a good cabin.
Two weeks later Juan Pedro arrived and
we knew he was going to be tough. A few
days before, we had won the treasure hunt
which had lifted our spirits a lot. We told our
counselors we would win everything else.
Now we are in the second month and we
have no new campers so we all have
learned to live with each other pretty well.
We all know we have the coolest cabin in
camp and we are determined to make sure
everyone knows it!
The Draft
By Ben Himowitz
Cabin 7
"Hurry up, the draft is going to start soon!"
"I'm coming, I'm coming. Give me a second
will you? I've got to get my stick."
With that he grabbed his stick and ran out the
door with his friend close behind. When they
reached the top of the steps they could
already hear the sound of the people on the
hockey court warming up. As they raced
down the hill they planned out their strategy
and got themselves mentally ready for the
challenge that lay ahead. When they reached
the bottom they quickly ran on the court and
started warming up. The coaches of the four
teams looked on eagerly all with the same
hope of picking the players that will win them
the championship. The players they would
pick in "THE DRAFT"
The Draft went as planned and all the
players were picked and assigned to teams.
Why Argus?
Michael Goff
Working Senior
The name ARGUS is defined in Greek
mythology as a giant with a hundred eyes,
ordered by Hera to watch Io. When he was
killed by Hermes, his eyes were put in the tail
of a peacock.
Other dictionary definitions are: An alert
watchman, an East Indian bird resembling a
peacock, and all seeing or all knowing. "Argus
eyed" means vigilant or keenly observant.
There are a number of newspapers on college
and university campuses with the name
ARGUS. There was also a camera company
in the 1940s and 1950s with the name
ARGUS. Tom Gibson has owned one of these
35mm cameras for many years. It still works
very well and it is hanging in the lobby of
CommTech. The Camp Shohola ARGUS
dates back to 1940. Tom has an original copy
of the banquet edition in his ARGUS collection.
Before the name ARGUS was used, the name
of the Camp Shohola newspaper was "The
Lake Greeley Trail". The name of our
newspaper was probably taken from one of
the college newspapers, most likely Yale
University.
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We Remember...Already?!
"We Remember So Well" has been a feature
of the August edition os the Argus for more
than 30 years. We Remember So Well" is a
list of phrases and words that have
significance to some or all of camp life. When
the Working Seniors come around to ask you
for some contributions for "We Remember So
Well", think of something that has significance
to you and your friends or the camp in general
and give it to them, or better yet, submit it with
your article(s) (if any)*. Without further ado,
here it is:
GREEN INK! (we're tickled)... Jarrett "My
Rabbi's gonna kill me" Muzi...torrential rain
storms...The Camp Shohola cook-in with
complimentary dancing girls...Kramer- "Stupid
is as stupid dog."...Duncan's archery
adventure...woo!woo!...Justin, your laundry is
ready...Arno-the whistling fiend...the Promised
Land trip-otherwise known as cabin two's
overnight..." Which came first, The chicken or
the egg? SPLAT!...Josh Rosenfeld guesses all
the Working Seniors' codenames at the
Mystery Marathon by luck alone...Where's
Duncan? Oh, yeah, he's directing the
program!...The Adventures of the Lake
Greeley and Pine Forest boats...Philosophy
comes back to camp--"Come on guys, please
sign up, please!!"..THE editor.
Later on we actually became co-editors, in fact he has
been writing this article
since the second sentence.
Now I think I will change my writing p.o.v (point of
view) to the first person and speak as
myself, Peter Blas, co-editor of the Camp Shohola Argus
vol.56 no.1-4. All that I said above is
true, Dave getting stuck with the position, me bailing
him out and pretty much saving his sorry butt.
But really, Dave is a great editor who truly knows what
he's doing (he has been hovering over me
for a while reading this so I thought it wise to save our
friendship and start praising him). I think
that I have been writing enough for this article,
especially since my name isn't even at the top of
this article as of now (HINT HINT HINT). I think Dave
might want to work for some of the
credit he is taking so-ahh.. take it away Dave!
Having fought my way tooth and nail back to the
keyboard, I feel it necessary to give my co-(assistant
really, but co- beefs up his ego) editor credit for his
work on this first grueling issue of
everyone's favorite newspaper. We began preparation for
this issue by sending Working Seniors to
all the cabins so we could get the word out and tell
y'all to write some articles. Pete and I
personally returned five days later to see what we could
collect. We received a grand total of 4
articles, 3 cover designs, 2 puzzles, and 1 drawing. It's
a nice pattern, but not such a great Argus.
We put together what we could and I think we came out
with a pretty good issue. Now, what we
need from you, the readers, the writers and most
obviously the campers are submissions. Here is
what we need and our guidelines:
We Need:
-Poems -Stories -Art
-Puzzles -Jokes -Trivia
-Cover Designs -Articles
Article Guidelines:
-MUST be camp related
coach of the Dukes,
who also happens to have great hair, a good
personality, and a wonderful sense of humor.
AR: What's your dream as mascot ?
TD: To lead the team to victory.
AR: Where are you from?
TD: Greeley forest
Quotable Quotes:
Ike:
Steve: " Play fair, play hard."
After the game
Ike: " We played the game, and the team with the
most runs won."
Steve had no comment.
Winner Dukes, 2-0 in 6 innings. Winning pitcher Steve
Rubin. Loosing pitcher Steve Rudenstein.
History tour
By: Steve Rudman
Every Sunday there is a history tour. Here's a report
on the first one:
In the 1840's a group of people lived in a commune
near Camp Shohola for two years. Most
people there where between 15 and 27. A commune is a
place where everything is shared. This
commune owned about 7,000 acres which included a
mill.
In the 1890's the Mill burned down. This was a great
catastrophe because this Mill was one of
the first undershot mills which means that the water goes
under the wheel instead of over the top.
You can visit the mill on Toms history tour.
The tomb of the unknown soldier is known to be in
Washington D.C. but the first is right near
camp. This soldier is from the revolutionary war.
Next door is the house where the author Zane Grey
wrote his wild west stories. Isabelle
Klienert, a former Shohola cook who lives across from
camp knew him when she was a young girl.
Greeley is also the home of the real fountain of
youth. The famous water is supposed to heal all
wounds and make you live forever if you continue to drink
the water. So, next time you that Tom needs a water
bottle - be suspicious.
Don't miss Tom's next tour next Sunday.
Juggle This, Mime That
By Jordan Richardson
Cabin 6
This year two quite odd but enlightening subjects
were brought into Camp Shohola. David Le
Dieu, the Working Senior's counselor, is teaching Ropes
Course and is also sharing his talents for
juggling and pantomime. He performed at the campfire on
Sunday, July 2nd. These sixth period
extras will occur on Wednesdays (juggling) and Thursdays
(miming) in the pavilion.
The Captain Crunch Mystery
By: Matthew Sutton
Cabin 11
Why did Camp Shohola serve Cap'n Crunch cereal last
week? I wanted to find out the answer to this
intriguing question, so I set out to find
it.
First I interviewed Kit, who as everyone knows is the
BOSS, who said "It is a mistake, we don't order
sugared cereals at Camp Shohola."
Then I interviewed the head chef, Al who said, "I
thought the Kids would like it, I didn't know that
sugared
cereals are not allowed." . He ordered cereals for work
camp and decided to get Cap'n Crunch for all the
kids. Al decided what to serve at work camp but during
regular camp Kit makes the decision on what to eat
and he didn't want Cap'n Crunch to be served to the kids
because it is so sugary." After he saw the ingredients
he agreed that it contains too much sugar.
Then I interviewed Madison Smith from cabin two. He
said "Kit doesn't like Cap'n Crunch cereal because
it's too fattening and it has too much sugar,
cholesterol, and sodium in it and Kit wants to keep all
the campers healthy.
We Remember...Already?!
"We Remember So Well" has been a feature of the August
edition os the Argus for more than 30 years. We
Remember So Well" is a list of phrases and words that
have significance to some or all of camp life. When
the Working Seniors come around to ask you for some
contributions for "We Remember So Well", think of
something that has significance to you and your friends
or the camp in general and give it to them, or better
yet,
submit it with your article(s) (if any)*. Without
further ado, here it is:
"Four Argus issues?! Is Gibson crazy?!"...Nancy
stuffs forty...Plaques return for inspection
scores...Libor sings
in English...Dave's mime act brings talent to camp
fire...Lets see, Rice Krispies or Cap'n Crunch!?..
..FORE!-Wait, there goes Kramer, again..."Great, the game
gets rained out and my sheets shrink!"...Madison's tug 0
war
entanglement..."Gered the dance is over, Gered?-oh!
Never mind"...Friedel's skill with the mic...Kit, the
universal-translator...Jon's easy(?) to remember
biddy-passwords..."What happened to your hat?"...Cheese
on a Hot Dog again and again and again...Arno uses Ari as
a rag-doll...The Working Seniors get to muster
early!?... Lacrosse! ...So that's what a Left-Handed
Smoke Shifter looks like!...Greg and Duncan, otherwise
known as Lar and Ry!
Kayaking
By: Joseph Miller
Splash! The water rides up your bow and slaps you in
your face as you get thrown around the river and once
again you are reminded why you like Kayaking so much. The
water vs. you, in a battle of wills. Your paddle
thrusts you forward pushing you through a tremendous
wave, only to be knocked over sideways by the next one.
A hard stoke of your paddle and a quick flick of your
hips - you're back up again ready for the next
formidable obstacle.
This year there will be three long trips and many
day-long trips for all levels. There will be an ocean
trip to
Fire Island New York for four days during the third
week. The fourth week offers Kayaking on the Big Y
which will also be rafted.
I asked a few people from cabin 14 what they liked
best about Kayaking: "I love challenging myself on the
rivers" said David Gottfried and Daniel Lichtman liked
"Dancing with the river"
Kayaking is taught by Alex, Simon, Jorge, Gerardo,
Javier and Pepito, some of the best Kayakers around.