Day Shelmire from Dallas, TX was a camper at Mondamin for 6 summers and on staff for 4. His three boys (Wesley, William, and Thomas) have all been campers and counselors as well.
Recently, Day wrote to us with the following reflection:
“I was so fortunate to have been a camper in the last couple of years of Chief as director. He had a strong philosophy that he imparted constantly and even the youngest of us understood it at some level:
‘A leader is a person with a magnet in his heart and a compass in his head.’”
‘Education can occur on a log with a boy on one end and a man on the other.’
Chief was not just a camp director, he was a philosopher, an educator, a lamp lighter. He taught me that the true reward comes with hard work, a lesson that I learned at camp and have applied throughout my life. He combined the “whats” with the “whys.” “We do it this way to achieve this result.” I can still remember some of these things, and other things I don’t consciously remember are now just part of who I am.”
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