APOLOGY: This year I am going to write a Homeletter at the end of the first four days of camp. There are numerous matters to be discussed. This issue will not be typical of those to follow as there is a maximum of explanation and a minimum of news items.

BILLS: You will find enclosed the bill for the camp fee. You will note that this is divided into two halves because some boys are here a month only, while others will decide later how long they will stay. The vast majority are here, of course, for eight weeks. The short term rate is $55 per week, making the first four weeks $220. The second four weeks for boys who have been here the first half is $180. Tutoring is at the rate of $100 the subject or 2.50 the hour. This, incidentally, is less that it was twenty—five years ago when the camp was established.

INCIDENTALS: There are no extra charges. Personal expenses of a reasonable nature are charged to the boy’s account. An itemized bill for these expenses will be rendered at the close of camp.

CORRECTION: As a bookkeeper, I am an excellent camp director. Therefore, please have no hesitation in calling to my attention any errors in the bill. Such suggestion will be received as a help and not as a criticism.

REPORTS: You would normally get a report covering the camp week. The councilors hand these in to Head Councilor Chandlee by Sunday morning at the latest. He goes over them carefully and hands them to me. I go over them, making comments where I feel like it. The teachers in the summer school also hand in weekly reports which are likewise inspected and annotated by the Director.

NUMBERS: We have seventy—nine boys in camp at present. I already have a half dozen registrations for places in the second half of camp. There are others pending. We have beds in the tents and seats at table for eighty-five boys. While we would not refuse a boy as long as we had a place, the present number is very satisfactory because it allows some leeway in keeping the proper age groups together.