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000006008 245__ $$aPick banner
000006008 264_1 $$cca. 1950s
000006008 269__ $$a1950
000006008 300__ $$a1 banner : Embroidered felt ; 61 x 84 cm.
000006008 336__ $$athree-dimensional form
000006008 500__ $$aAttendees at Skidmore Camp were divided into two teams – “Picks” and “Pies.” This banner of the Pick team would have been displayed during competitions at Skidmore Camp (see “Skidmore Camp, 1922-1929,” pp.16 recto and 25 recto; “Skidmore Camp, 1930-1945,” pp.7 verso and 20 recto for examples). “The camp season concluded with a fast and furious three-day competition between the rival teams, in every line of sport in which they had engaged while there. The Picks and the Pies even subjected themselves to a plus and minus test in hockey and soccer!” (see "Skidmore Alumnae Bulletin," October, 1926, p.7)
000006008 542__ $$fIN COPYRIGHT
000006008 542__ $$uhttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
000006008 590__ $$aBegun in 1922, Skidmore Camp was first mentioned as “870. Camp Craft” under the Health and Physical Education course listings of the 1922-1923 catalogue with the following description: “Work done at Camp Mesacosa on Efner Lake, Corinth, New York, during the first three weeks in September, and covers hockey, soccer, riding, swimming, camp management, overnight walking and canoe trips. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors in the Health and Physical Education Department, and in other departments on invitation. Total enrollment limited to 40.” <BR><BR>Participants were divided into two teams – “Picks” and “Pies” – and each team had its own captain, banner, colors, songs and mascot – “Picks” (colors: green and white) used the symbol of a pickaxe and “Pies” (colors: orange and blue) the Greek letter pi. (Though the exact origin of these names is unclear, the choices may have had something to do with their similarity as drawn symbols – see “Skidmore Camp, 1930-1945,” p.14 recto – and as time progressed, various spellings arose in both the captions in the albums and in publications of the college, including “Pie’s,” “Pis,” “Pi’s,” “Pick’s,” “Pics” and “Pic’s.”) The teams competed against one another in various sports and activities, such as soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, tennis, canoeing, swimming, riding and singing.  <BR><BR>From 1922-early-1940s, camp was held at Camp Mesacosa on Efner Lake in Corinth; during the war years, 1942-1944, camp was held on campus at least once; in 1945 and 1946, camp was held on Long Island, in Peconic and Pinecrest Dunes respectively; and from 1947 onwards, camp was held at Pine Log on Lake Luzerne. Skidmore Camp had a long life at the college. Indeed, camp did not disappear from the curriculum for Physical Education majors until the 1968-1969 catalogue, at which time it was replaced with “203, 204. Sports Workshop,” which was held for two weeks at the end of freshman and sophomore years. (Note: the “Pick” and “Pi” symbols lived on though – see “Skidmore Physical Education,” June, 1970, p.14.)
000006008 786__ $$tDepartment of Physical Education Records ; Identifier: SCA-026
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000006008 980__ $$aScrapbook and Memorabilia Collections, Skidmore Camp