Education: Zakelo's Tragedy

When school lets out in June many a small boy is packed away to a summer camp where he is instructed in woodcraft, coached at baseball, taught to swim, dive, sail, paddle. Particularly attractive to small boys and their parents are camps run by celebrated college athletes. Sturdy footballers inspire parents with confidence, moppets with hero-worship. At the end of the summer, the small boys have had a good time and the athletes have made money. The camp business is pleasant, constructive, lucrative.

Last Spring no camp could have had prospects more pleasing than Camp...

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