Talk:Camp Timanous

The language of this article is very praiseful and should be rephrased to be of a more encyclopedic fashion. - CrazyRussian talk/contribs/email 15:50, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Fair point. I will look at it. However, what may sound like praise may also be well-worded accuracy. The facts presented are all correct and can be sourced via the website www.timanous.com or through narratives. 23:17, 7 May 2006 by Crogle94

Removed NPOV tag. Here is some text that may be put back into the article with a cited source:

An extraordinary 90% of campers return. 40% of all campers and counselors are second-generation Timanous. Many counselors have more than a decade of service; some have more than 40 years. This is due to camp loyalty, close friendships, and belief in the values the camp promotes.

PRRfan 23:59, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

i go to this camp, i would like to know who wrote this i am an old camper and would like to get in touch with the creator if this article. jtlax217

It certainly seems like a fair appraisal of Timanous, having spent three summers there myself in the 1960's, and having a son attending this summer. --JimGettys (talk) 02:08, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Delete?

This page was recently marked as a contender for deletion. I disagree and I would like to hear from the interested party. However, since they have not made any comments in the talk section about their reasoning, I will preemptively defend this entry's viability.

This article concerns a 100-year-old summer camp, with a rich heritage as one of the first and leading summer camps in the US. Its stability, track record, thousands of alumni, consistent success, and role in shaping modern New England camping are all assured. The founders, Luther Gulick and his wife, are children's physical education innovators and used Timanous as a template for their work (please see Luther Halsey Gulick's entry for more on his contributions to basketball, the Campfire Girls program and physical education). Camp Timanous's unchanging values, consistent ownership and staffing, rich generational tradition, and small size all make it an abberation in a growing age of homogenous, do-it-all camps. This is a unique enterprise and deserves inclusion in wikipedia.

As a 2nd generation Timanous alumni, who spent 6 summers on Panther Pond, I can confirm the accuracy of the descriptions. The loyalty, traditions, and bonds run deep. In comparison, my college fraternity was a complete joke in that regard. I would be happy to provide any addittional info. CRR, Timanous 1990-1995

Citations

There is a dearth of documents or resources on the internet which relate to a couple of important sections, namely the Notable Alumni. However, the names of the figures so cited are found in several camp yearbooks.

Digging through The Timanous Story will no doubt pull up other interesting alumni. --JimGettys (talk) 01:52, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

Content and Citations

It has come to my attention that there are enough people seeing this page that have information to contribute. Please continue to develop this page and cite any/all available resources in order to best document the content. Crogle94 21:08, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I just added a reference to the recently published (2010) "The Timanous Story" by Dave Suitor and Jake Congleton, and corrected the date on the building of Timanous Hall to that book (I knew it was older, as I remember being in it in the 1960's). I haven't gone looking for other things that the book may clarify. --JimGettys (talk) 01:51, 20 July 2010 (UTC)