Letter from the editor

Volume 62 - Number 2 - Friday, August 17, 2001
Letter from the editor
Gabe Canan-Zucker

...Dear Argus Readers,
In the English language there are over 200,000 words, and there is no possible combination of them that can describe my experiences over the years here at Shohola so I won't even try to find one. I am writing to you now on my last week as a camper and there is no other way to describe how I feel than pain. This is the end of my fourth year at Shohola and more importantly it is the end of a part of my life that has been the backbone of my childhood.

When I was first given the chance to be the editor of the "Argus" I wasn't sure what to expect and now I'm not sure that I would have accepted if I knew the amount of work and labor that went in to putting the "Argus" together. I never could have put this together if didn't have the help of many others (I would like to especially like to thank Tom Gibson, Madison Smith, Sam Carlin, Jordan Holtzman-Conston, Marilyn Barger and many others for their support). It was very hard for me to expect quality to writing material from the 10-12 year olds, and even harder to get writing out of 13-15 year olds. I still however did try to be somewhat creative in designing the "Argus" by requesting from some of the Hispanic campers to write in Spanish, I was unable however to follow out most of my ideas. Yet when I think about it the Argus isn't about writing as much as it's about memories. When I take out an old copy of the Argus sometimes just reading the names of the people in my cabin can bring me back here, to Shohola.

The word "Argus" has Greek origins meaning 'all seeing' or 'all knowing', which is truly what the Argus is. The Argus is the eyes of all the Shohola campers compiled into the longest running camp newspaper in Pike County. It is said that the strongest memory is weaker than the faintest ink which is why Shohola started in the Argus of 1940 and in each issue since, are some of the best memories of all the campers in that session.

As the end of my Shohola life draws closer I can only advise the rest of the campers here to cherish every moment that they have here at Shohola because you never truly know what you have until you lose it.

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