European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday May 4, 1977 x Jar Betsy Coltrell Leiti stretches or a tire trying to Cross the Gorge and Rodger Llo Gle. Seemingly losing balance. Struggles to pass the tortuous twister. Outdoors project gets students out of classroom Story photos by ii\hhi.m1ton Bureau chief "yuk1 Jik at Insi " "1 Ain t Dom that again " Ali " it s very simple when there s no girl in the Way a wow. I Hope in nil in the Peanut were just a Lew of the comments made by Junior High school students from Ali at a unique Camp at Malm. Germany recent lytilt1 Camp in the rolling Rocky Hills be tween i and the French Border. Was u spin off of an old British educational project called hold outward hound according to Fred Killian. The school s Prin outward hound was a concept to gel students out of the classroom and into a different kind of learning experience outdoors he Camp Dahn. The eighth and ninth Grade students were spill into groups ird by four teacher instructors and four Stu Dent instructors. As groups they planned and cooked their own meals and studied the environment and ecology of the Dahn breathe students also went through several ordeals designed to build self Confidence and show the value of teamwork four students Jeff Denny and Kent Spicer take a close look at u tadpole the found in Pond. Events the Gorge tension Triangle twister and Rappel my tested the students sell Confidence. In the Gorge event the student group Lead to work As a team to Cross a make be Lieve Gorge the Bottom covered with make believe Peanut butter by swinging on rubber tires suspended from ropes. Once across the group had to re Cross the Gorge carrying with them a log that signified an injured person. If one student fell. The whole group had to Start Over. There were plenty of of. Shoots h Ard at tin tension Triangle. A rope was Taitl Strung to tween three Trees and each student Hail to walk it while balancing by a tied in Are of the Trees a fall carried a penalty As at the Gorge. The twister was a horizontal rope ladder with wooden rungs a student had to Cross the ladder Wii Luitt falling off into a Para Ehilt. Strung beneath. Few made it be cause the ladder had a Nasty habit of Tim my upside Down just at the wrong moment a tape Ling from the top of a 50-foot Rock Cliff was the most fun for Many of the 13 and 14-year-old students for some reason the girls had lets trouble taking the first step Over the Edge than the boys. The students also went orienteering and scrambling was a fast paced Tuke Over a j a mile course through the lulls. Along the Way. The teenagers exam ined rocks Rock formations plants and wild Aii ecology study of a local Pond and an ails and crafts class rounded out the Day tune a ii cities in the evenings movies Aid file discussions were held and the in Iho roughly tired students gladly climbed Init their sleeping bags store Chain profits Down couk1nk. Germany luf i the department store Chain. Kauf Hof will pay a 20 per cent dividend for the seventh straight year the firm announced in spite of a drop of $11 5 million in profits Ini 7 r
