This was his fifth year at the camp; and he was to be a "senior," one of the older campers.
Quite often the only replacements for the staff were the older campers and sometimes this was thirteen-year-old boys.
An area designated "up top" was reserved for older campers.
"The oldest camper this session is 92," said Peter Malinow, director of the camp and a social worker.
But with campers old enough to be her parents or grandparents, "I'm really just a listener."
Tribal War was a weekly early evening activity for all but the oldest campers.
The oldest camper has been 60, the youngest 6.
During the year of 1950, the Enchanted Forest became a unit for the oldest regular campers.
There are two 4-day winter camp sessions for older campers (12 to 17 years old) over long weekend breaks from school in the winter.
You linger too long with some of those older campers, you could easily lose a half a day.