@article{Skidmore:6013, recid = {6013}, title = {Skidmore Camp Song Book}, address = {1947}, pages = {24 pages, pamphlet ; 22 x 15 cm.}, note = {This song book was printed in the late-1940s as a pamphlet and was intended to be distributed to Physical Education majors attending Skidmore Camp. Its typewritten pages serve as a compilation of the tradition of song creation and competition at the camp from the 1920s through the 1940s. (The cover art of the pamphlet is a slight variation of the drawing, made by the same hand, that is taped to the inside cover of the “Skidmore Camp Song Book, 1930s-1950s.”) The importance of song to the Skidmore Camp experience can be found in the following description: “It is the last week at camp, however, which is the most thrilling. It is set aside for competition between the two camp teams, the “Picks” and the “Pies.” … There is always a great deal of friendly rivalry and enthusiasm in these contests which are not alone athletic. In fact, everyone enters into the Song Contest and the Campcraft meet with just as much fervor as is displayed in the final hockey game.” (see “Skidmore News,” October 9, 1929, p.1)}, url = {http://digitalcoll.skidmore.edu/record/6013}, }