The Mail-Journal, Volume 5, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 9 August 1967 — Page 4

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AT EASE — Our photographer caught this group taking a break between classes at Smith-Walbridge camp last week. • • •

Cheerleaders, Golfers And Drum Majors Trained At Smith-Walbridge

In spite of what you might think of drum majors, majorettes and high school cheerleaders, they are made, not bom. They become these leaders through long hours of practice and diligent attention to the complicated gymnastics of the profession. Anyone harboring the slightest dotiX of this need only spend a

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Most of the 357 young adults in the camp were high school juniors and seniors, about 50 per cent of whom V • •

■ short while at one of the nation's leading camps for young people who aspire in these professions. Such a camp is located right here in the heart of the lake area, known as Smith-Walbridge and operated under the professional, watchful eye of Merl Smith. Opened in 1949 The camp was started by Merl Smith in 1149 on a 52 acre tract of > land on Bonar lake, across the road least from the well groomed Maxwelton golf course. Smith is a native of Mishawaka. Working with Smith was George Walbridge, a native .of Benton Harbor, Mich. In 1961 Walbridge became a partner in the growing and expanding enterprise which is nowattended by students from each of the 50 states. The land has three standard football size, drill fields, six dormitor- ■ ies. a dining hall, a recreation hall j -— where one finds the canteen and

had never held a baton prior to attending the camp. Mail-Journal staff photos. • • e

i sols drink machine, play area, a landscaped swimming area and a new teachers’ quarters. Students at the camp live a Sparten life with an ample, but scaled down diet. According to Mr. Smith one of the main factors in the success of the camp is the competitive spirit and program outlined for the students. “They compete,” he said, “from early morning until late in the evening.” He thinks it a real thrill to watch campers show up on Sunday who are timid and unsure of their ability as leaders and have them leave on Saturday as different people. Everyone at the camp gets a chance at command. Different Camps Each year several different camps are held at Smith-Walbridge. They include the midwest cheerleading camp, twirling camp, majorette camp, drum major camp and band camp. Plus tlx? national junior golf camp. The midwest cheerleader camps were held during the month of June with each camp lasting five days. The students learned new yells, footwork routines, pompons, tumblings. about pep clubs and pep rallies, songs and chants and perhaps the most important of all crowd phychology. This year’s camp was under the capable direction of “Mr. Cheerleader” LAwrence Herkimer, who for 16 years has personally trained

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of the Lakeland cheerleaders have attended the camp. The twirling camp, majorette camp and drum major camp are held in July and the first of August. The drum major camp closed on Friday. A total of 357 were in attendance at the five-day camp where the boys learn the rudements of maneuvers and develop the qualities of leadership, showmanship. marching fundamentals, field charting, signaling and conducting. Upon completion of the week at camp and the completion of an examination they are given a firstclass certification. For the most part, students are high school juniors and seniors. Fifty per cent of whom have never had a baton in their hands before attending the camp. Students of previous years who have received first-class rank act as leaders at the camp. This week band students are at the camp with a concert being scheduled for Friday evening on the grounds. Hie band camp lasts six day’s. Golf The fourth annual national junior golf camp was held in July with some students attending both weeks of the camp. Those attending the golf camp have an opportunity to play on each of the three popular lake area golf courses — Wawasee, Maxwelton and South Shore, under expert instruction. Mr. Smith reported parents occassionally accompany their children to the area and play golf during the week their children are at camp. Golfers are between the ages of eight and 21. Approximately one professional instructor is on hand for each 25 campers. Floyd Hamblen is director of the camp this year. He is presently employed as superintendent of greens at South Westway Park, Indianapolis.

Canada's Expo 67 Is Picturesque

By JERI SEELY During a recent visit to Canada’s Expo 67 this reporter found a picturesque fairy-land of buildings which are hard' to describe. The buildings come in all shapes and sizes, from the United State’s geodesic “bubble” to the imaginative building of the Canadian Pulp and Paper company which looked like a forest of green pine trees. The theme of Expo 67 is Man and His World and each country’s pavilion offers items of interest to the exhibition’s visitors. We were, however, a bit disappointed that the pomp and splendor of the New- York Worlds Fair was gone. There were no exhotic displays as found there, but rather displays of man. the way he lives, works and plays. The two fairs can not be compared as they are as

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SQUAD TWO—Squad two at SmithWalbridge last week was known as Smitty and the Red Barons. They halted practice long enough last Thursday afternoon to strike this

different as night is from day, as winter is from summer. Two of the most interesting displays in our opinion were those of the Netherlands and the state of Maine. In the middle of the Netherlands’ pavilion we walked up a flight of stairs, rounded a corner and came face to face with a Dutch ; windmill and a friendly. Dutch house with tulips in full bloom. The Netherlands pavilion stands on lie St. > Helene and overlooks the St. Lawrence Seaw-ay. The cocoon-like structure of the pavilion consists of 35 miles of tubular aluminum. The second pavilion which “took our eye” was that of the state of Maine, here was a traditional and colonial building that housed the exhibition of the state. A turn-table held settings of the camping, fishing and hunting areas of the state. Transparent Bubble The United States’ exhibit, entitled Creative America, was designed to illustrate technological and esthetic inventiveness in the USA — while listed by many as a disappointment, it compares with many of the other themes and exhibits from other countries and follows the Man and His World theme of the Expo.' The huge transparent geodesic “bubble” contains a multi-level system of exhibit platforms inter- j connected by escalators and walk-'

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drum majors and drum majorettes from all over the United States. A total of 357 campers were on

pose for our Mail-Journal photographer. From left are Steve Allen and Keith Adams, both of West Lafayet-

ways. The btdbble is 20 stories high and has a spherical diameter of 250 feet. It is truly a landmark of the Expo as it stands near the entrance to the Metro, Montreal’s new subway, and is one of the first buildings many see when entering the Expo grounds.

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hand last week for instructions. This is band week with a concert set for Friday on the grounds.

te; Jeff Heck of Mt. Prospect, 111.; Valonne Wessels of Arlington, Iowa; Brian Deuby of Detroit; and Larry MacDonald of Ferndale, Mich.

Across the LeMoyne channel from the United States’ pavilion is the one of the Soviet Union. It is one oi the largest on the grounds. In Cosmo Hall one finds Soviet space technology on display. The irregular cubic form of the Swiss pavilion brings an air of ori-

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Concert At Smith-Walbridge The Smith-Walbridge band camp will present its 16th annual concert on Friday, Aug. 11, at 6:45 p.m. Two senior high school bands will be featured on the program. One will be directed by Dr. John Colbert, director of the Butler university marching band, and the other by Professor Jack Evans, former director of the Ohio State university marching band and presently Serving as head of the brass department. t A junior high school band directed by Richard Norris, director of the DeKalb high school band, will also perform. The concert will be held at the Smith-Walbridge camp. The admission is free of change and the public is to attend.

ginality, simplicity and intimacy. It has two main levels with the ground floor being grass and the upper floor being done in red cedar wood. The Scandinavian countries have chosen to exhibit their wares in one pavilion with the theme Man in Unity. The pavilion is set on columns in the center of a garden of sculpture. Another state with a pavilion at the Expo is New York. Upon entering the pavilion one rides a carrousel which features carvings showing activities which happen in the Empire state. Upon leaving the carrousel you enter the theater where several movies are shown about life in the state. The pavilion of the Federal Republic of Germany looks at first glance as if it were covered by a gigantic fish net. Its roof, supported by eight steel masts, of which the highest soars 120 feet into the sky, is made ot a steel net lined with a plastic skin. Transportation around the Expo is as varied as its buildings. There is the Metro; the Expo-Express, the Minirail and various floating crafts. As one could not begin to see the Expo in a day, neither can a reporter tell about it in one short article. It has to be seen to be appreciated.