Why Send Your Son to an Overnight Camp?
Are you unsure about sending your son away to an [...]
What to Look for in a Boys’ Overnight Camp
With so many summer camps available today, how can you [...]
How Camps Build a Boy’s Self Confidence
Does your son suffer from low self-esteem? Today's young men [...]
Can Summer Camp Make Your Son Smarter?
Throughout his life, the development of your son’s brain is [...]
Mowglis Alumnus: Christopher Whiton (Den ’84, Bethlehem, N.H.)
Mowglis alumnus and photographer Chris Whiton (’84) has been capturing the breathtaking beauty of the White Mountains for many years—first on film, then with digital. His love of photography stemmed from his long involvement with oil painting.
The Colonel John F.P. Hill Work Weekend
In 1975, Colonel John Hill, a member of the Mowglis Board, initiated a "Trustees Work Weekend" to help Mr. Hart prepare for the opening of Camp. The weekend was enormously successful and, without exception, has since been held every year on the first weekend in June.
From Where I Sit
The following appeared as the “From Where I Sit” column in the May 12, 2016 issue of the newspaper, The Sun, serving the Lower Dauphin County in Pennsylvania, which includes the towns of Hershey and Hummelstown. The column was penned by Mr. William S. Jackson, who attended Mowglis during the summers of 1946 and 1947.
10 Tips on Becoming a Mowglis Man
Rather than simply recount the Den’s activities this year, I thought I would instead offer some advice to the younger dorms on how to make the most of Mowglis and become a true Mowglis Man.
The Summer Camp—A New Factor in Education
On May 1, 1925, the 39-year-old Alcott F. Elwell submitted to the Harvard Graduate School of Education a doctoral thesis titled “The Summer Camp—A New Factor in Education.” He had served as a Counselor at Mowglis on and off since 1905, a year prior to enrolling at Harvard as a part of the undergraduate class of 1910.
The Jungle Book – A Manual For Developing Exceptional Young Men
What does it take in today’s ever faster, ever more connected world to develop young men of strength and character? Men willing and eager to change the world for the better; to raise strong families; to sacrifice, sweat and struggle building communities that thrive while respecting and protecting the natural world we live in.