One day each session is awaited with anticipation like no other. In first session this is United Nations Day, followed by Pow Wow Day second session. Each is held in the last week of the session, and consists of a day set aside for fierce competitions between four teams. The entire camp is divided up into these teams, which have approximately three days to plan songs, cheers, and an entrance for the opening ceremonies of the day.

The history of these days goes back to 1960. Harold borrowed and revised the idea of all-camp sports days after seeing "color wars" at other camps. However, these lasted a full week, which the old ‘H’ thought was way too long to split up the camp.

In many opening ceremonies, the staff members chosen for a team play a large part. For instance, Jim Goldstein’s van has been used in both of 1979’s days of competition; and Steve Grotz printed up 8 x 10 glossy photos of the senior, intermediate, and junior captains of the team he was on in 1978.

Pow Wow Day contains 35 events while U.N. Day has 49. This is usually due to the trend of a larger enrollment first session.

Is is tradition that the captain of a winning team return the following year, in an attempt to capture the title a second time. This has been done only twice, by John Marks (1977, 1978) and Rick Kagen (1975, 1976). Both returned for a third time, but were unsuccessful in trying.

The excitement and spirit connected with the days preceeding United Nations and Pow Wow days are unsurpassed by anything at Timberlane, which is why they are so popular with camper and staff alike.

As this paper was going to the press, teams for this session’s United Nations Day were already formulating their strategies. Although we will not be able to report the outcome, there are some facts that can be told now. For the first tie in the history of Camp Timberlane, a woman was chosen to lead a U.N. team. Nancy Hiken will be the advisor of the nation of Bermuda, against Jeff Mossler of Chad, Bill Fried of Atlantis, and Grant Linsky of the Vatican City.

The captains of Atlantis are Billy Clark, senior; Steve Rice, intermediate; and Ronnie Turk, junior. Leading Bermuda with Nancy are Andy Levin, senior; David Susman, intermediate; and Jon David, junior. For Chad it’s Brad Burde, senior; Bill Strauss, intermediate; and Mike Kanovitz, junior. Finally, with Grant are Dan Buring, senior; Steve Koby, intermediate; and Scott Robinowitz, junior.