The Last Whistle 2022

From the Editor

It’s November up here in Westport, and as I type this and complete the finishing touches on the 84th Last Whistle, the most spectacular and picturesque Fall I have ever experienced is coming to a close. After six or so weeks of mild to warm temperatures, and the most vividly colorful leaves you can imagine, the trees in Westport are now bare, we are greeted in the mornings with frost and a winter chill, and the first snowfall is imminent. While nearly three months have passed since the last cannon blast, the final dimming of the lights at the end of Hymn Sing, the closing choruses of cheers and songs in Beckman, and everyone packed up their cars to go home, the summer still feels like it just happened yesterday. I hope that you, like me, are holding onto those memories and that they have brought you joy at random moments throughout the fall and continue to do so until we are all back together again on the shores of Lake Champlain in June. This summer, like the 137 others before it, was wild and fluorescent, and hopefully the 184 pages of this book can capture, in at least a small way, that beautiful, intoxicating energy.

With this being my fifth Last Whistle as Editor, I really took the time to think through what makes a good Last Whistle. There is a lot of thought that goes into it, but it can basically be distilled down to “how do I consolidate an entire magical Dudley summer into 175ish pages, and do so in a way that is both satisfying to those who receive the book that year at Christmas, as well as those who pick the book up o of shelf 30 years from now.” This year, in an e ort to find some common thread that makes each Last Whistle special (and a “well-justified” procrastination activity) I decided to take the time to go through every single book and figure out what I could learn from, and incorporate into, this one. This was an exercise that far exceeded what I was expecting to come of it. In this time, I discovered a lot. Camp has simultaneously noticeably changed, growing steadily and strongly through the years, adapting along with the ever-changing world … while also not changing at all. I know this might be a bit of a contradiction, but in pouring through nearly a century’s worth of Dedications, From the Editors, Chapel Talks, and photos, it is remarkable how many of the great things, from decades ago, are still happening today (down to looking at photos from the 70s and being like, “I took those exact same shots this summer, albeit a little higher res with some di erent haircuts and clothes”). My biggest takeaway, however, was the impact of the written word. While the photos were a blast to go through, I feel like I got the best picture of a given summer, and especially those that happened decades before I was born, from reading. Reading a Dedication to those who couldn’t come to camp that summer because they were serving their country in World War II, or a Moon Landing inspired Dedication that was given to “anyone who is and can remain sensitive to the world in which he lives” in the Summer of 1969, did an incredibly e ective job at placing me in that moment in time.

So, in making this 84th Last Whistle in 2022, I decided to change things up a bit, in a way that is both heavily inspired by older Whistles, while also adapting that to modern times. Thanks to digital photography and computers, this book, as you’ve become used to in recent years, includes a ton of pictures in a quantity unfathomable back in 1969, or even 2009, but it was important to me to really focus on what was written and said this summer. So, instead of the customary 2-4 Chapel Talks, there are 10. This is, in part, due to the Leaders doing an exceptionally good job with them this summer (like actually, awesome job, you made my life very di cult even limiting it to 10), but also by placing them amongst the photos in the week in which they occurred, I felt it created a better narrative of this summer. I would also point you to Ryan Kelley’s wonderful reading from Final Council Ring, which was an excellent way to finish o another “best-ever” summer, while also o ering great advice for how to carry Dudley with us during the year. I hope all of you take the time to read the words all throughout this book and take them to heart. And then, even more so, I hope when you Cubbies

are my age, you can pick this book up, and it will take you right back to your first Summer in Westport on the shores of Lake Champlain. Before I get to thanking the incredible list of people who helped me in the process of creating this book, I want to leave you with one last thing, also from that 1969 Last Whistle. We live in an exceptionally trying, di cult, and complicated time, and it is in times like these where Dudley, and its people, have the opportunity to shine the brightest. From the 1969 Last Whistle Dedication, “it is the sensitivity of youth that the Last Whistle Sta applaud. In the carefree idleness of a summer afternoon they have seen a symbol of a warring world. Their reaction places life above unnecessary death and this is human. We hope that as boys grow into men they maintain this admirable characteristic for it serves as a simple guide for soothing the wounds of a nation and a world in turmoil.”

And now for some thank yous, because while the Last Whistle is a largely solo endeavor, it would not have been possible without an incredible support system. First, to the Leaders. Thank you for all that you do; without your leadership, the content to fill this book with would not exist. You are all integral to the magic that is Camp Dudley, and the hard work you put into each and every day makes sure every camper that walks through the gates has an unmatched and unforgettable experience. To the D-Heads, thank you for all that you do as the “leaders of the leaders,” but a personal thank you for all the help you provided me and the Pubs team during the Summer, and stretching into the Fall. Additionally, thank you to Henry for being a Pubs liaison this summer, and special thanks for your help wrangling the last of those Cabin Photo ID Sheets. Matt, thank you for your continued Leadership and Stewardship of this place we all cherish, your continued commitment to ensuring that the Dudley experience lives on in a rapidly changing world, and for entrusting me to do another one of these books. Evan, thank you for your help along the way with proofreading, discussions about Chapel Talks, and confirming all the small details from the Summer. Jamie, thank you for your patience and support as I worked my way through this. Dawn, thank you once again for all of your help, both during the Summer and this Fall, with pulling lists and rosters, and helping me to brainstorm how to modernize the cabin photo identification process. Anita, in addition to everything you already do, you thoroughly proofread the book that is dedicated in your honor. This comes as no surprise, but I am deeply appreciative, and I know it is important to you to make sure the book looks good and that everyone’s name is spelled correctly so that no person has the feeling of being forgotten or looked over. True to what got her this dedication in the first place, Anita went above and beyond to help me to make this book to be the best that it can be. We all still don’t say it to you enough, but thank you.

And finally, thank you to the Publications Team. This behemoth of a project would not have been doable without you. Brendan, Kirsten, and Endy, you have all done at least one Last Whistle and are among the few that know how much work goes into it. Your support, both as friends and contributors, made it possible. Peter, welcome aboard. You have an amazing talent with a camera, and the second half of this book was made all the better thanks to your contributions. I’m excited to see what the future holds for you. Plus, you took some great pictures of the Pubs team itself, and that is a rare thing! Wilson, while you are not an ocial member of the team, I have to give you an honorary shoutout for taking one of the most incredible photos I have seen in all of my years of being at this Camp and doing this job. That Adirondack sunrise panorama (see the inner back cover photo collage) is something else, bravo. Endy, while we miss having you for the full summer, the weeks you spend with us, and the work you put in when you’re here, are immensely valuable, but even more importantly, it’s just great having you around. The team, and Camp, are incredibly lucky that you choose to spend your vacation time from your “real job” with us. Brendan, you continue to be an incredible mentor, the best boss, and most importantly a great friend. Doing this job with you for the last decade, navigating this rapidly changing world, has been a true, genuine pleasure, and I was so happy to have you back this summer, walking club and all, after your summer away starting a family. Be sure to pass on a special thanks to Olivia and Finn for sharing you with us. Kirsten, I will never be able to properly articulate how great it was to have you back this summer. My summer, and everyone else’s, whether they know it or not, was made all the better by having you around. From your dedication to capturing every divisional event, rain or shine, to your complete lack of hesitation to jump in and help, even if it wasn’t our program area; you consistently go above and beyond what was needed or expected of you. And on top of all of that, I couldn’t ask for a better friend and partner in this amazing job. Thank you.

AND, thank you to all of you reading this. Campers, Aides, JLs, ALs, Leaders, and Sta , without you, we wouldn’t have anything to photograph, and this Last Whistle would not exist. You are all part of the intricate web that made this “best-ever” Dudley Summer the truly special and unforgettable experience that it was, and for that, THANK YOU!!! - #18801

The Last Whistle 2022

Last Whistle Sta

Dedication Sta

FIRST HALF Week One

Chapel Talk | Aicher Hearon

Chapel Talk | Henry Bransford

Chapel Talk | Charlie Haskell Week Two

Chapel Talk | Sullivan O’Hara

Chapel Talk | Matt Johnson Week Three

Cabin Photos Cubs Plebes Juniors Seniors

SECOND HALF Week Four

Chapel Talk | Kevin Cianciolo Week Five

Chapel Talk | Na’Sah Dabbs

Chapel Talk | Sam MacKenzie Week Six

Chapel Talk | Zach Whelan Chapel Talk | Walker Coyle

Cabin Photos Cubs Plebes Juniors Seniors

Tiger Lily Award

OFF-CAMPUS Hikes NOLS Spain Germany Roster

Editor & Chief Photographer Drew Rider #18801

Photographers & Publications Team Kirsten Anastasio, Brendan Loughman, Drew Rider, Peter McLean & Endy Perry

Contributing Photographers

Wilson Skinner, Henry Bransford, Doug Hinton, Dave Nelson, Ibby Maruca, Dave Langston, Sam Luke, Mark O’Brien, Peter McClearn, Joe Lagore, Cat McCucheon, Bob McKeown, Aicher Hearon, NOLS 2022, Germany 2022, Spain 2022, and special thanks to everyone else who contributed photos this summer!

DEDICATION

#22830 A nita J ohnson

Presented on August 13, 2022 by #18801 Drew Rider

Good evening. At the beginning of the summer, I gave a pre-season chapel talk in which I discussed the incredible and transformative experience of spending the last year living at Dudley and in Westport, NY, year round for the first time. In this chapel talk, I shared about how, while so much of Dudley is about the friends we make, the lessons we learn, the fun we have, and the growth we experience — all things encompassed by the phrase “more than a place,” — it turns out, the place itself is incredibly special all year long. Once the summer has come to a close and that last car has pulled out of the gates, Dudley, and the broader north country, continues to provide an abundant amount of opportunities for learning and growth. But tonight, I want to return to that phrase “more than a place” and more specifically the people and the community of Camp Dudley.

As I stand here having literally just wrapped up the final slideshow with Kirsten, which we are excited to share with you all shortly, I am coming o of an uncountable amount of hours staring at thousands upon thousands of photos of another incredible Dudley summer. With that comes a lot of reflection, as things come to a close, about what has made it so unique and special.

The routines of a Dudley summer do not vary much year to year; the schedule and the cadence of everything largely stays the same. We wake up in the morning, have three meals a day, partake in the endless activities camp has to o er — playing in team sports, cooling o in the lake on a hot day, watching or starring in a show, and many of the special events (like Final Council Ring and that incredible Mellowfest last night) will happen again next year. But every summer is unique in its own way, and that is due to one thing, the people, and more importantly, the community. Look around, this group will never be together in this combination ever again. While some will sadly not be able to return next summer, most of us will be here, but it will never be this exact group. That is important to take in and appreciate. It is these individuals, in this specific combination of roughly 400 or so people, working and having fun together that made this summer what it was. Community and its people are at the core of what Camp Dudley is.

And while there are many people here that are integral to making each summer the “best ever,” there is one person that stands at the front of the pack, and only one Last Whistle dedication recipient.

Awarded at the end of every summer, The Last Whistle Dedication is one of the highest honors one can receive at Camp Dudley. Presented to a member of our community who shows a devotion and love towards others, and this place we all cherish, and who has an unwavering commitment to living by the motto, The Other Fellow First.

Last summer, in keeping with the weirdness and spontaneity of our first summer back in a world with COVID, we switched things up with the dedication and told you all who it was right at the beginning. I really liked that. Writing and then coming up here and trying to fully embody the impact of an individual, in only a few minutes, is a lot easier when you don’t have to try to also keep people guessing. So, let’s do that again.

This year’s dedicee is an individual who checks all of the boxes of what it means to be an outstanding member of the Dudley community, who lives a life fully guided by The Other Fellow First, and whose incredible impact on each and every one of our lives cannot even come close to being summarized in a few minutes of a dedication speech, but I’m going to try to do my best.

So, with that, please join me in honoring the recipient of the 2022 Last Whistle dedication, a remarkable woman, a friend to all, who needs no introduction, camper number 22830, Anita Johnson.

Anita has been a member of the Dudley community for just over a decade. Born and raised just down the road in Crown Point, where she still lives today with her family, and fellow Dudley community members, her husband Jamie, our head of facilities, and her two sons Christopher and Jack, both of whom are valued members of our kitchen crew this summer, with Jack also being a camper in the Juniors first half. Additionally, Anita’s mother Brenda joined us for the first time this summer as our head nurse over in the infirmary, and she too calls Crown Point home.

Anita’s whole family is here, and that speaks to the role community plays in her life, and more importantly, the massive role she plays in the communities she is a part of. Dudley and its community are so important to her that it is essential that she shares it with her family.

In preparing to write this speech, I sat down with Jamie, as I always do with a few of those closest to the person receiving the Last Whistle dedication, to gather some facts and anecdotes about Anita to help build out the speech. For some context, this is the fifth Last Whistle and dedication I have done, so I have had a good amount of

these sit downs over the years. They are usually great, very informative, but given the busyness of everyone’s schedules at camp, they are relatively brief, say like 10 minutes tops. In a testament to who Anita is, with no real prompts, Jamie spoke nearly non-stop about her, in the most glowing way imaginable, for 30 minutes, to the point where I reluctantly had to cut it short so we did not miss dinner. I could have sat there listening for another hour. He shared both fun and serious stories from their decades together, Jamie and Anita met when they were kids, as well as all of the things that encompass who Anita is. While I would love to share all of what he said with you, because literally every word of it is worth hearing, I will do my best to distill it down to the key points. Here is some of what I gathered.

For much of her teenage, young adult, and adult life, Anita worked in the service industry, developing a long and successful career working at restaurants. She loved this because it allowed her to develop relationships with lots of people, working her absolute hardest to make sure everyone was having the best, most enjoyable experience possible, knowing that that was the key to developing a community of people that would want to return over and over again.

But, when Christopher and Jack came along and entered the world, Anita felt it was time to find a line of work that had a schedule that was more conducive to allowing her to be the incredible, and highly present mother she is. So, Anita left the restaurant business, and got a job at the local bank. In this new role, however, something was missing. Community.

When the opportunity arose to come work in the o ce at Camp Dudley in 2012, Anita saw a chance to reignite what had been missing in her life after leaving the restaurant industry. She was correct, and we could not be luckier to have brought her on board.

In speaking with our director, Matt Storey, about the dedication, without being prompted, he echoed much of what Jamie said about who Anita is as a person, and her important role as a member of this community and the year-round team. Matt emphasized how Anita, without ever being asked, always steps up when she is needed, typically being the first to volunteer when there is something that needs to be done, all with a high level of excitement and eagerness, and an attitude of “this needs to be fixed or addressed, let’s just go do it.” This comes from a place of genuine love and a sentiment that working and being here is so much more than “just a job,” all of this fueled by a strong desire to make sure that Dudley is the best version of itself that it can possibly be. Whether it be leadership development, taking charge of hiring summer sta for the kitchen and maintenance, enrolling all campers, interfacing daily with parents, overnights in the infirmary, helping leaders with homesick kids, or countless other things, Anita is a jack of all trades, and she will not hesitate to jump in to something if the need arises.

Most recently, Anita returned to her roots in food service and took it upon herself to be the year-round lead on managing the Dudley kitchen, going so far as to even prepare meals and help in the dish room at some points earlier this summer, not because she wanted to, but because she wanted what was best for camp and knew that she had the skills and knowledge to make it work.

Anita makes sure she knows everyone in every community she is a part of, but especially here. In every part of her life, Anita knows names, peoples’ stories, life situations both past and present, and genuinely takes it upon herself to build a full picture of who someone is so that she can best serve as a positive force in their life the way they need it most. People know this about her, and it is why so many people in the communities she is a part of, want her in their life. We have all witnessed Anita and her connection with people here at Dudley, but as someone who has attended events with her

outside of Camp, I can attest to the fact, from first hand experience, that she is the exact same way out in the “real world.” When Anita is at a place with a lot of people, every single person wants to come up and talk to her, and it is truly a delight to watch her thrive as she makes genuine connections with people and brightens up their lives.

The same is the case here. Most, if not all, of your parents make a point to see and talk to Anita when they are on campus, and if they can’t do that, I can safely say they are at least doing it over the phone. Anita inspires trust, and parents know, after talking to her, that their children, the most important people in their lives, are in good hands when they are here, in large part because of the faith they have in Anita.

On a personal note, at the beginning of this I mentioned how I spent the last year living up here at camp. I am not from here, and until this point, had not spent much time at camp and in Westport outside of the summer. But, after spending the majority of my life in the densely packed suburbs of Southern Connecticut, when I found myself living for a full year deep in upstate New York, it was Anita who stepped in to make sure I felt comfortable, welcome, safe, and like I belonged here. Living in a rural part of the country, especially during the long and cold winters, comes with its challenges, but Anita was always there as someone to talk to, a source for advice and suggestions, a delicious home cooked meal at her house, and most importantly, a friend, who just so happens to be quite fun to hang out with.

Like she is with everyone here in the summer, and broadly in her life, she wanted to make sure I felt welcome, like I had a home here, and that I was having the best experience possible and like I was a part of this new community for me. She made sure I knew, through actions more than words, that there was always someone there for me, through both good and bad times, if and when I needed it. She would do the exact same for all of you.

This is who Anita is.

Every summer, I have fun hearing people guess who the Last Whistle dedication is going to go to. Everyone always has their opinions on who it should be, and many try to get me to tell them who it is, to which I always just shrug and say, that person would be a great choice, but you’ll just have to wait and see. We have the benefit of being a part of such an incredible community filled with the best people, of which many are deserving of this high honor. In my head, when they are wrong about who it is, I always think, not this year, but maybe next year. This summer, something happened for this first time in all my time doing these books. The first guess of every single person, again, every. single. person., was Anita. I got countless, “it’s Anita, right?” “it has to be Anita,” and one, “oh come on, just tell me, I know it’s Anita, who else could it possibly be, if not her?”

Anita, none of us thanks you anywhere close to enough for all the tremendous hard work you do to ensure that we all have the best summer of our lives and an unmatched experience here. I am honored to call you a friend, it is inspiring to see all that you do on a daily basis, and without you, this incredible, best ever summer would not have been possible. So, on behalf of the entire Camp Dudley community, and by presenting you with this dedication, THANK YOU.

Now, would you all please stand and join me in another round of applause to congratulate the recipient of The 2022 Last Whistle Dedication, our friend and one of the most integral members of our community, camper number 22830, Anita Johnson.

DUDLEY STAFF

Director Matt Storey

Assistant Director

Evan George

Chief Fincancial O cer

Jesse Smith

Database & Operations Manager | Dawn Gay Development Director

Dave “Lang Fu” Langston

Publications

Kirsten Anastasio, Brendan Loughman & Drew Rider Interns: Peter McLean & Endy Perry

Kitchen Crew

O ce Erica Anderson, Anita Johnson, McKenna Munson, Morgan Sadowski & Jesse Smith

Farm to Plate Ellie Storey

Anna Anderson, Reagan Baker, Tasha Chavez, Helen Cooney, Jacob Cutting, Sarah Dubrey, Maggie Frechette, Alexis Gibbs, Izzy Giovazzino, Christopher Johnson, Haylie Jordan, Amelia Kazlo, Megan Kimball, Jake Ladeau, Abby LaMotte, Darcie Lee, Jilly Mckiernan, Olivia Mero, Jennifer Miller, Maddie Munson, Addy Nephew, Chasity O’Connor, Rae Patenaude, Reese Pertak, Celia Peters, Laurel Peters, Harrison Rich, Mike Rollins, Riley Rollins, Ada Rukat, Celia Rutter, Elisha Sanders, Caleb Sprague, Andie Spring, Cameron Waldorf, Mike Webb & Alec Young

Maintenance

A-Hut

Year-Round: Jamie Johnson, Wilbur Long, Ben Sudduth & John Tomkins Summer: Roger Bigelow, Devin Borden, Ethan Evens, Devon Gemmell, Devin Harrison, Noah Jacques, Spencer Jensen, Will McDonough, Richard Sargent, Art Spring & Isaac Visser

Tom Bisselle, Ben Cady, Miles Chapman, Blair Dils, Taylor Gough, Mike Hueglin, Ryan Kelley, Pete Kotz, Ned McCann, Luis McGuigan, Bob McKeown, Chris Peisch, Grace Reynolds, Abbey Schwoebel, Kyle Shieh, Ted Smith, Craig Sosebee, Carter Storey & Jack Tornga

Witherbee

Amanda Hinge, Sam Luke, Diana McGuigan George, Dan Lipin, Abby Mero, Kyle Munshower, Hudson Stephens & Grey Todd

Hike Hut

Malcolm Brown, Mason Fuller, Will McClellan, Geo Price, Cris Ramirez, Jake Rutter, George Shaw, Kyle Shieh, Gavin Spilling & Jaiden Widdall

Hymn Sing & Spirituality Kutako Komeheke & Domanick Walker

Boat House

Katharine Appleyard, Marcus Chio , Freddy Hayes, Bill McCutcheon, Cat McCutcheon & Sydney Zoehrer

Swim Point

Skylar Bisselle, Jem Bullock, Eden Goralczyk, Ainsley McKeown, Beaven Rutter, Hannah Schwoebel, Thea Shaw, Jess Storey & Rachel Storey

D-Heads Cubs: Doug Hinton & Henry Bransford | Plebes: Will Napper & Charlie Haskell Juniors: Aicher Hearon & Eli Korngiebel | Seniors: Austin Carmody, Harry Lee & Ahmed Wise

Brodie

Anthony Fatato, Alethea Goralczyk, Dave Nelson, Melissa Place & Adam Puncochar

THE 2022 LEADERS

- CubsDoug Hinton (Co D-Head) Henry Bransford (Co D-Head)

Liam Anton Na’Sah Dabbs Sean Gilbert Chris Kaufmann PJ Kotz

Liam Mulvihill Dominic Pelosi Quinn Plumb Henry Russell George Spence Ford Young Zach Whelan

- PlebesWill Napper (D-Head) Charlie Haskell (Asst. D-Head)

Harris Anton Martín Bello Will Burke Will Elliott Matt Johnson Ethan Jones Michael Katz Langston Lamitie Oscar Lasa Killian Obermeir Will Onubogu DeWitt Renwick Perry Rodgers Wilson Skinner Calvin Stuart

- JuniorsAicher Hearon (D-Head) Eli Korngiebel (Asst. D-Head)

Landon Alpaugh Ryan Barry Ethan Carmody Peter Elliott Jack Grills Ryan Hart Peter McClearn Travon Owens Wilson Skinner Crosby Smith Ned Smith

- SeniorsAustin Carmody (D-Head) Harry Lee & Ahmed Wise (Asst. D-Heads)

Silas Bullock Kevin Cianciolo Walker Coyle Elliot Flagg Barrett Grant Pieter Harten Sam MacKenzie Tom McCutchan Sullivan O’Hara Jackson Reydel Jack Ryan

WEEK ONE

A icher H earon

Hello Camp Dudley! My name is Aicher Hearon, I am the Junior D-Head, I am in Upper Suter, sup boys, and I, pretty simply, am quite stoked to give you all the first chapel talk of the summer. For those of you who are new here, every morning except Sunday, this one being the only exception, a leader will talk to the dining hall about something that is important to them. Right now, a lot of you new guys might have no idea what’s going on. You just woke up in a cabin with strange green interiors, and in the past 24 hours, you have encountered loads of people screaming things that I’m sure do not make any sense to you at all.

Dudley is a place of organized chaos. Some of it isn’t even that organized. This being my 11th summer, I have the privilege of saying that the day to day chaos of this place feels more comforting than anything else, but I understand that to many, it might just seem overwhelming. To address this, I am going to rely on one of the greatest songs of my generation, and one of the greatest opening lines to any song I have ever heard:

“Do you ever feel like a plastic bag floating through the wind?”

I urge you all not to underestimate the wisdom that Katy Perry pours into her 2011 Billboard Hot 100 chart-toppinging song.

Ask yourselves again, “Do you ever feel like a plastic bag floating through the wind?”

I myself feel like a plastic bag floating through the wind pretty often. However, when I’m at camp, I feel like I’m surrounded by 300 other plastic bags flying with an intense velocity carried by winds with the speed of a hurricane. The 300 plastic bags through some means of physics I cannot explain, are also making it easier for me to soar higher and faster. In other words, I would not be able to feel the way I do at this place without the simultaneous e ort and acceptance of the people around me.

Take this scenario. A few of the plastic bags decide they’re done soaring through the wind and want to return to simply floating. Their reluctance to embrace the people around them causes them to crash into other

I have just interpreted a line of Katy Perry’s song in a way she probably didn’t intend for, just to say that the thing that makes Dudley special is the continuous buyin to the weirdest of things. Buying into these things will at first seem weird, but in the end will actually encourage the people around you to be more themselves, you will then benefit because you yourself will find it easier to act without the thought of the repercussions it might have on your so-called image.

Yesterday I climbed out of a tree and growled for 20 minutes while rubbing dirt on my friends’ faces, and I feel more like myself than I have in a while. If I said that sentence anywhere else it would make absolutely no sense. Embrace the chaos within you, and in the end you will find yourself. Katy says it better than I do.

You just gotta ignite the light, and let it shine, Just own the night, like the Fourth of July, ‘Cause baby, you’re a rework, Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth, Make ‘em go, “Oh, oh, oh”, as you shoot across the sky, Baby, you’re a rework, Come on, let your colors burst, Make ‘em go, “Oh, oh, oh”, You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe.

Thank you.

plastic bags, and eventually the momentum of the group stops. Then all the bags crash down, and an ecological disaster happens, and fish start eating plastic in Lake Champlain.

H enry B ransford

Monday, June 27, 2022

I love myself.

I love my past self, my present self, and the person I am becoming.

But trust me, this is not always easy. I’m Henry Bransford, the leader of Danielson cabin and also Cub D-Head. Raise your hand if you have a snapchat account. For Evan and others who may be unfamiliar with the app, there is a feature called snap memories which curates a collection of saved snap chats you’ve sent in the past. Each day, the app gives you a “one year ago today” memory that cumulates all of the snapchats you’ve ever sent on that date. As an early snapchat adopter and proud old guy, I often get 4, 5, and even 6 “year ago memories.” Although these memories are usually fun to see and share with friends, I got a rather unsettling snap memory about a week ago. I was confronted with a minute long video from June 15th, 2016, of me, deep in my vlogger era, walking around downtown Minneapolis with my high school friends. I’ve never cringed harder as I watched my 16-year-old, acne riddled, well fed, mouth full of braces, voice cracking self, make horribly cringey jokes that failed to land.

I was close to throwing my phone o the Danielson porch as the “6 year ago today” snap memory looped over and over. Putting myself back in the shoes of 16-year-old Henry, I recalled my then deep insecurities and lack of direction. As I sat in silence on the Danielson porch, I tried to identify the root of these emotions and the visceral reaction I had to this short video. My moment of introspection culminated in a real a-ha question I asked myself: “do I wish that cringey 16-year-old never existed?” After some soul searching, I arrived at no. No, I don’t wish I was a cool, easy-going kid with swooshy hair and nice teeth - no dig to those here who fit that description - but that was part of my journey. It was good for the plot, and I wouldn’t be the man I am today without a little adversity. A lot of life and

character development has ensued within the past 6 years. Looking back at that snapchat video, I remember not loving myself nearly as much as I should have. I wish I could go back and give my past self a hug and tell him it’s all going to work out. Going forward, I’m going to work on keeping this experience in mind. In moments when I feel unsure of myself, I’m going to remember that it’s all part of the journey. I’m sure 40-year-old me will one day reminisce on my 22-year-old self.

Although it’s impossible to know the person you will eventually become, you are in the best place possible to at least aim in the direction you’d like to go. Spending my summers immersed in a culture founded on community, character, stewardship, and leadership has steered me in a direction that I know 16-year-old me would be proud of. As you enjoy all that camp has to o er, think about the type of person you’d like to become. Pay attention to the incredible roster of leadership and sta around you. They may be a little further on their journey, but they’re all here to help you become your best self-possible, so take notes while you’re watching these roll models in action. Few places want to see you win quite like Camp Dudley.

If you can’t love yourself, how in the heck can you love anybody else?

C harlie H askell Wednesday June

29, 2022

How many of you have ever told a lie? If you didn’t raise your hand just now, then there’s one. We’ve all done it. Probably more than once. So, why did you do it? Who did you lie to? Was it serious, or something small? I myself have certainly told lies before. To my parents, to my teachers, to my friends, to my siblings, to random people on the street who ask me if I have the time to talk about a cause they’re promoting at the moment. I’d like to think that most of the lies I’ve told were small. But I know that some of them were not.

Now, I have another question for you. How many of you have said the words “I’m okay” or “I’m fine” or “I’m good” when someone has asked how you were doing, and in reality you were not okay or fine or good at that moment. Right? Me too. And, you know what, that’s fine. There’s this weird notion where we feel like we have to be doing good all the time, since obviously, everyone else is. But did you see how many people raised their hands just now? Like I said, we’re all guilty of it. But that doesn’t make lying acceptable. So, I’m hoping you don’t take this as that one chapel talk where some guy encouraged you to lie, cause that’s really not what I’m going for here.

Coming back to that question of “how are you doing?” It’s kind of a loaded question when you really think about it. And we’re almost conditioned to respond in these types of ways; these surface level responses that don’t actually mean anything. What does it mean to be doing good? My good almost definitely looks di erent from yours. Now, if someone answered that question bluntly and honestly, most people would probably be taken aback. They wouldn’t know what to do because in that situation, that’s the last thing that we expect: for people to be honest.

I believe this conditioning stems from two lies that we’re raised to tell. The first, to others so we can fit in and appear to be happy, successful, and confident in ourselves. The second, comes from the first, and from the belief that this outward appearance is fundamental to our own happiness, our own sense of comfort with ourselves. Personally, I feel like the biggest lies I’ve told are to myself. Lies I often wanted to believe. Forcing a fake smile or a laugh, pu ng out my chest when all I wanted to do was sink away. For years I thought these things to be negatives about me, and I wished more than anything that I could change them. To be completely honest I felt like a fraud. It was like my emotions were invalidating each other; if I felt confident in one moment, it didn’t matter so long as I ended up feeling down about myself in another. Ultimately it was the negative feelings that I thought to be true, to be my real self.

But a few years ago I had the thought that if you’re feeling

something, maybe you’re supposed to be feeling it, and it doesn’t have to be so terrible. For me, last summer is what really cemented that in my mind. I felt down about myself, questioned myself at every turn. It felt like I’d flip from being anxious to feeling like the king of the world more often than I knew I could.

When I felt these negative feelings, I wouldn’t always open up about it, and when I did it was never to the extent that I needed. Emotions are weird. They’re tricky, they’re confusing, they’re frustrating, they’re fleeting; but they’re beautiful in their own chaotic way. Like a Cubbie doing Bolo on their first day of camp, or someone with stage fright conquering their fears and taking in the Wednesday Night Show. It’s okay if you have a tough time. You’re allowed to struggle. But, take it from me, lying to yourself about it, and consequently to others, is not a healthy way to deal with that.

Now here comes the classic part of the Chapel Talk where I preach to you about how amazing Dudley is. But, that’s because it is. You will simply never find another place like this where you won’t have to lie for the sake of your or someone else’s comfort. For me, accepting that I was allowed to feel this way and that I didn’t need to project the opposite of what I was feeling because I was worried about how I’d be perceived was made possible because of the brothers I’ve met here. The support and love that I’ve found by not lying to myself about who I was. I promise, it’s there for you too, but you may need to stop lying to yourself first about how you don’t need it.

To end, I’d like to quote a few previous Chapel Talks. As Aicher eloquently said, be the plastic bag you know you can be. There’s no other place where you’ll be able to. Or, like Eli said that I said, you get from camp what you put into it. So, I challenge you to try putting all of yourself into it; there’s a chance you’ll get all of yourself back, or maybe even a little more. And who knows, you might be surprised by what you get.

Jack Shepro

Oliver Smith

Joey Portocarrero

Joey Knysh

Jack Wilson

Nate Grishman

Sully O’Hara

Ethan Carmody

Peter McClearn

Zach Whelan

Nate Smith

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#26142 Dr. Catherine Sanderson | July 3, 2022

WEEK TWO

S ullivan O’H ara Monday,

July 4, 2022

Good morning, my name is Sullivan O’Hara and I am the leader in Cornell Cabin. Today is the 4th of July. This is a day that I love. That being said, I will not be talking about this great nation today. I will be speaking on something that has been closer to the forefront of my mind recently. The importance of acknowledging when you really aren’t doing ok, and how to go about getting help.

I attend a Catholic university and as such our dorms are single-gender. The men’s dorms participate in a football league where the university outfits us with full pads and hires a team of high school referees so we can play full tackle 1 on 1 football on Sunday afternoon. It is absolutely electric. One Sunday I was playing defensive end for my team, and it was third and long. My D-tackle stunted out leaving the middle wide open for me. I rushed through the gap, grabbed the opposing quarterback, and threw him to the ground.

As I was coming down I felt what I can only describe as the feeling of rubber bands snapping in my right knee. I tried to stand up and walk, but crumpled, and two of my teammates helped me o . I assured them that it was just a charlie horse and that I would be fine in a few minutes. After an examination from the trainer and MRI confirmation, I was informed that I had completely torn both my MCL and ACL. I was absolutely devastated. I am an active person and injuring my knee hindered me in every aspect of my life. I began to feel useless and burdensome to those around me. But, I knew I had to press on, and I knew that as long as I got surgery and did my PT I would get better. I had surgery in late December and started PT immediately. Things were improving. I was re-gaining flexibility and strength. Things continued to improve. Until they didn’t.

This summer I switched to my home PT o ce. Long story short, my new PT thought that there was remaining unhealed damage from surgery. I called my surgeon who disagreed with this opinion. Then a third doctor told me something different. I didn’t have any idea what to do or who to believe. These were three medical professionals all disagreeing on what was wrong and what to do. I say this not to draw pity of any kind, but simply to explain that I was overwhelmed. Before I could figure out what was wrong with my knee or how to fix it, I had to leave for pre-season here at camp. This only exacerbated the issue. Dudley is a busy place and I was scrambling to find time to get in touch with my doctor. I was very truly struggling, yet I was not able to admit this to myself or anyone else. Whenever I was asked how I was doing or how my knee felt I would generally reply with “I’m fine, it is what it is”

However, just before opening day, I realized that this was sim-

ply not the case. I had been slowly starting to figure out how very not ok I was, and on opening day I finally admitted to myself that I needed to talk about this with somebody. I texted two people about it that night. The first was my girlfriend. The second was to Harry Lee asking him to talk. We sat on the back steps of Beckman, right over there, and I unloaded on him, crying the whole time. Harry was a great friend to me that night. He listened to me, and he made sure that I knew he was there for me. He also asked me if I wanted to speak to a professional about what was going on. I decided to accept Harry’s o er, and just like that, the very next day I had nearly an hour long conversation with someone who has real training and experience with mental health.

As much as I would like to say that both my mental state and the physical health of my knee are now in tip-top shape, I would be lying if I did. The truth is, I still get overwhelmed, and I still haven’t gotten an answer on what is going on with my knee. What I got was a connection to a support network. There are two things I hope you take away from this speech. Firstly, I simply want everyone here at camp to be aware that there is a very real and professionally trained mental health support system available to you. Secondly, I want to stress the importance of being honest with yourself. I get how hard it can be to tell other people how you are really doing, so start small. Be honest with yourself. If I had acknowledged how I was doing earlier I would have saved myself a lot of anguish.

M att J ohnson

Tuesday, July 5, 2022

I was only at camp for 3 days last year, and it wasn’t because I was homesick. If any of you remember seeing an ambulance come through camp last year at the start of the session, or maybe you met a cool leader in the first couple days who suddenly disappeared from camp and you were wondering, “Man where did that guy go?” That would’ve been me.

About halfway through preseason, I started getting headaches everyday that were fairly intense, and every now and then they were accompanied by blurry vision. We all went o the assumption they were migraines, and I would take ibuprofen everyday. By Monday, however, the ibuprofen stopped working and I spent the PM activity block in the infirmary on the phone with my parents, trying to figure out how to fix the headaches and how I’d be a leader when I spent part of each day on the floor in pain. While I was on that phone call, I started getting emotional because of the stress I was facing, when I dropped a word mid sentence. And then another. And then added the wrong word. My parents quickly realized something was wrong, and thought I was having a stroke. My mom called the front o ce asking them to call an ambulance and get to me in the back of the infirmary, while my dad tried to test how much I could speak. It was like something was disconnected, and I knew what I wanted to say but couldn’t get it out.

The next several hours were a blur, and I was fading in and out of consciousness. My vision was blurred, but I could make out Matt, Peggy, Sudsy, and a bunch of other people rushing into the infirmary and getting me on a stretcher. I remember at one point the EMTs tipped up the stretcher to put me in the ambulance, and I saw Doug and Henry Bransford standing there looking, understandably, very nervous. For some reason I felt compelled to try and tell them, “I think I’m ok guys, I just can’t really talk right now.” What came out instead was something like “I... ca... mm.. marshmallow.” So I remember I gave up because I thought they probably got the point anyway.

I was taken to the local Elizabethtown hospital, where they did a CAT scan and saw something in my head, so they then put me in a helicopter over Lake Champlain to Burlington where they could do an MRI at the UVM medical center. While I was at Etown, they tried asking me some questions like “can you tell us what month it is“ and apparently I said “I’m sorry I can’t.” They also asked me when my birthday was, to which I said “2001.” I was in fact, born in 2002. Leaders know from WFA training that that’s all a pretty bad sign.

I found out the next morning after being put on steroids, which temporarily fix you up really well, that I had a brain tumor about the size of a large marble in the center of my head, and it had been stopping spinal fluid from draining out of one of my ventricles. So basically my head was filling up with fluid until all the

pressure a ected my vision and eventually my speech. A few days later, they did brain surgery to poke a hole so the fluid could drain out and to try and get a biopsy of the tumor. Long story short, I spent half a year at home after my surgery in July getting chemotherapy in the fall to shrink the tumor, followed by proton radiation in the winter which finished it o . My last day of radiation was December 29th, 2021, and I spent New Year’s eve celebrating the start of 2022 and being cancer free.

So what are some takeaways from my crazy 2021?

1: Just like we heard on Sunday in chapel, mindset is a powerful thing that can completely transform your experience. I put a lot of my focus on the funny stories or fun moments during my treatment semester, and it had such a profound e ect on how I enjoyed and remember those months that I often genuinely look back on them with nostalgia. I always say now that I wouldn’t wish this on anyone else, and sure wouldn’t do it again, but I’m very glad it happened. I also made the most of my free time in between hospital visits diving into songwriting about my experience, as well as learning to write music for film, which is the profession I’m trying to go into.

2: Life isn’t guaranteed. And that’s a scary thought, but also a beautiful one. Because it’s easy to take our time for granted or feel invincible. So do your best to try and stop to appreciate even the little moments. I had a week midway through chemo where my optic nerves temporarily swelled back up and the doctors weren’t sure why, and in the days I was waiting for a diagnostic spinal tap I was really scared. I spent the night before my spinal tap, on the floor in the kitchen praying that I’d be ok and get a good diagnosis. Because I realized there was still so much I wanted to do. But now that I’m past it, I feel fortunate to have had an experience where now I have moments at least once a month where I’ve looked around and thought, “I’m so happy I’m still alive to experience this right now.”

So now, any time I see a shooting star or toss a coin in a fountain, ever since, I’ve only had one wish now that I make every time. And that’s to live a long, happy, healthy life.

ALL IN THE TIMING: AN EVE WITH IVES

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#12787 Rev. Gordon McClellan | July 10, 2022

WEEK THREE

Oliver

Diana McGuigan George

Cormac Kelly

Jack Wells

Will Burke

Nate Grishman

Ethan Jones

Amanda Hinge

Jack Benedict

Dylan Kirsch

Ahmed Wise

Kirsten Anastasio

Sam Luke

Beau Berquist

Dillon Weibel

Calvin Stuart

Teddy Kavanagh

Mark O’Brien

Ronan McGurn

Liam Haire

Nate Smith

Joey Portocarrero

Hayden Sylvester

Will Newman

JW Glynn

Oliver Smith

John Dunlap

Jack Wilson

Teddy Fritzinger

Sam Zaruba

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#16625 Father Justin Bolger | July 16, 2022

CUBS

- First Half -

C-U-B-B-I-E-S, cubbies cubbies are the best. But why are cubbies the best? Well aside from having the best cabins, the best cheers, and the best traditions... there is something undeniably special about being a cubbie. Real quick, raise your hand if you have been a cub. We all remember that deeply exciting, I might throw up feeling, when you stepped on campus for the first time. For most, this is the longest you have ever been away from your friends and family. Cub year is truly a boys to young men experience. For the first time in your life you have had to figure stu out on your own.

What happens if you don’t brush your teeth for two weeks? How do you react when you lose a soccer championship? What about your homelife have you perhaps taken for granted? I am so incredibly proud of how each and every one of you navigated the waters of early self-su ciency. After this incredible three weeks, you leave tomorrow a more mature and well-rounded version of yourself. And what a three weeks it has been! Starting with the customary Bolo introduction to Camp Dudley, I feel like I blinked and teleported to this podium. Between now and then: we evolved in the Pokémon Ganza, sent Zach back home in Revolutionary war, refinanced our mortgages after Cubbie Casino, and became friends with Mr. Ding-a-ling at Cubbie Ice Cream. This summer was a movie and it was a pleasure being your co-producer.

But none of it would have been possible without our incredible cast and crew. I’d first like to thank the Witherbee sta for ushering in a new generation of young talent and technicians. Thank you for accommodating our impromptu karaoke nights and lending your equipment. And big shoutout to Drew and Kirsten upstairs for all the work you do capturing all of the memories of the summer in photos and video. Next, I’d like to give a huge thank you to the all-star o ce sta . Dawn, Anita, Morgan, Erica, Jesse, Matt, Evan and the rest of the crew MAKE Dudley happen – few realize how much they really do need Anita. Thank you for all you do. Finally, the infirmary.

Raise your hand if you have visited the infirmary this summer. The infirmary sta have worked tirelessly, 24/7, to keep our community safe and healthy. We are so deeply grateful for all your hard work this session. Thank you so much for everything you do.

Cubbie leaders... where do I begin. PJ, George, Quinn, Kau man, Dom, Zach, Russell, Na’Sah, Gibby, and our fallen soldier Anton who sadly cannot be here tonight, made it all happen. I am so proud of all you have accomplished this session. Cubbies, look at your leaders, they made it happen. Thank you for going above and beyond all session long — you guys killed it.

Danielson cabin, love you boys. Thanks for your great work Mark and Hank — couldn’t have done it without you.

Now I’d like to introduce the ying to my yang. The Ricky to my bobby, the biden to my kamala, the Jackson to my Coca-Cola. Douglass Hinton it is such a pleasure working with you. I have never met a more hardworking, intelligent, and kind person. Our days o give me separation anxiety and I wouldn’t want to do this with anyone else. Everything from your work ethic and sense of humor makes you the awesome D-head we all know and love. Love you man, lets get ready to run it back for season two of Doug and Henry’s podcast.

Written & Read by #22033 Henry Bransford at First Half Final Banquet

Adirondack

Leader: Doug Hinton (Co D-Head) | Penn State University, 2022

Arden Silva-Baroody

Leader: George Spence | University of Richmond, 2025

Danielson

Gavin Hernandez

Jaden Mero

Teddy Murray

Leader: Henry Bransford (Co D-Head) | Montana State University, 2022

Leader: Sean Gilbert | Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2025

Hardart

Leader: PJ Kotz | Plymouth State University, 2024

Leaders: Chris Kaufmann | Clemson University, 2025 & Dominic Pelosi | University College London, 2023

Watson Leaders: Liam Anton | University of Arizona, 2025 & Na’Sah Dabbs | Boston College, 2025

PLEBES

- First Half -

Plebes. What an incredible summer we’ve had. As the largest division, you guys took Dudley by storm. We began our journey down at the Boat House, where all of us washed away the stench of the Cub, and became Plebes. Now I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the BoHo. From making sure our boys are having safe fun on the water, to housing an entire cabin directly above you, the Boat House will always be an integral part of the division.

After our initiation, Plebes began plebeing all over campus. We took to the wilds of Stacy Brook, weaving our way over the Brook and past old abandoned cars on our way to the Pinnacle, leaving empty bags of grapes in our wake. We ventured out to North Point, feasting at the divisional cookout and mass Vesper. Whether it was playing Duck, Duck, Griddy on Main Campus, replacing every word of a popular song with “Plebe,” or finding some v-i-c-t-o-r-y on the sports fields, everywhere we looked Plebes were making the most of their summer, and having fun doing it. We carried that fun over into storming the beaches - and the Leaders’ fort - during D-Day, as well as the world’s greatest festival, Tropican.

I’d like to now thank those that helped run the Archery Glen this summer. Because of your work, Cubs and Plebes are able to take part in an extremely rewarding and fun individual activity during their Choice Times, hopefully fostering a love of the sport that will continue beyond this campus. The Plebes would also like to extend a huge thank you to the A-Hut. KotzE, Blair, Ben, Taylor, Hueglin, everyone that helped ref or line fields; one of the biggest pillars of Dudley is able to stand because of the work you put in every single day.

Plebes, it has been one of the greatest honors of my life getting to be your Division Head. You were just as varied as your Leaders - whether you’re the strong silent type like DeWitt, a master of creativity like Welliot, or loud and crazy like me. We laughed together, cried together, and cheered together. We are so proud of you, and we hope you continue to spread your positive energy into the wider world. To the Aides, JLs, and ALs, please stand. The jobs you do are often not easy, and when you did your job we were so thankful for your help in the day-to-day operations of running a cabin, coaching, and running Ganzas.

Now, please stand when I call your name. To Onubogu, Burke, Welliot, Cal, Dewitt, Matt, Skinner, Martin, Langston, Perry, Katz, and Ethan, you guys absolutely killed it. At first we weren’t sure how this division was going to look, given our range of personalities and massive base of first-year Leaders. But over time we became comfortable with our di erences, truly embracing the melting pot that is the Plebes. Cal, Dewitt, and Skinner - we love you guys. You’re leaving us in one way or another, and when you do come back you may not be in the same division, but just know that you will always be welcome as Plebe Leaders.

And last, but certainly not least, Charlie Haskell. How to even express the love and admiration I have for you? I can’t even call you my better half, you are my necessary half. Where I am loud and unobservant, you are thoughtful and perceptive. Where I am rowdy and emotional, you are calm and steady. None of the wonderful things that happened this half in the Plebes could have happened without you. You’re a great Leader, a great D-Head, but most importantly, an even better friend. Thank you, Haskell.

Written & Read by #22524 Will Napper at First Half Final Banquet

Avery Leaders: Langston Lamitie | SUNY Oneonta, 2025 & Perry Rodgers | St. Lawrence University, 2025

Amherst Leader: Matt Johnson | Middlebury College, 2024

Huron Leader: Will Burke | Villanova University, 2025

Martín Bello | University of the West of England Bristol, 2024

Lincoln Perez (A) 2. Michael Katz (L) 3. Mac Munro (JL) 4. Audie Workswright 5. Hayden Plotnick

Joey Portocarrero

Jesse Maltby 8. Liam Haverstick 9. Henry Longley

Henry Stuart

Max Steen (JL)

Ross

Leader: Wilson Skinner | Tufts University, 2025

Princeton

Leader: Michael Katz | Northeastern University, 2024

Leader: Ethan Jones | UT Austin, 2025

JUNIORS

- First Half -

Hey Juniors! DELTA!!! DELTA! DELTA!

Dang. You guys are awesome. The Juniors are often referred to as the showcase division. I don’t need to provide a ton of evidence as to why that is the case, but what I will say is that it is not simply because it is your third year at camp. It is because of the character you possess. I have been incredibly fortunate to follow you as a group of campers through the years. I remember a lot of you as cubbies. Many more of you I got to know last year in the plebes, and when I learned that this summer I would continue my trek through the Dudley divisions with you all, I was, quite simply, super duper stoked.

We have had an incredible summer. We were initiated into the upper fields by the spirit of the yum-yum tree, a strange fellow indeed who hopefully did not stain too many opening day shirts. We battled it out in both cabin and team games, leaving it all on the fields. We celebrated our country’s birthday by stopping the assassination of JFK, only to turn our back on him and elect our own fearless Peter McClearn as president. You found the buried treasure as teenage mutant ninja pirates, you almost found the gabagool, and you untzed your hearts out at club Yunior in a way that would have any club in Ibiza quaking in their boots. Not only this, but we also confirmed ourselves as true pioneers of the wilderness, making our marks on Gothics, Whiteface, Dix, Giant, Marcy, and many other ADK high peaks.

Of course, none of this would have been possible without the help of the incredible sta manning the various program areas around camp. To Jamie and the maintenance team, you work tirelessly to keep Camp looking as beautiful as it does often without thanks or recognition. Thank you so much for keeping Dudley looking and operating like the place it is. To Jem, Jess, and the whole entire swim point sta , thank you for working endless hours in the baking sun to ensure that we can safely enjoy the wonderful lake we have at our disposal. To Kyle and Jamie, thank you for introducing us to the rifle range this year and guiding our marksmen in a safe manner.

To the ALs, JLs, and Aides in the Juniors, thank you for being the backbone of both the division and camp. In my eyes, you are all worth millions of service hours and

air purifiers. Camp simply would not function without you and that is the simple truth. To Thomas and Press, thank you for running the cabin. I could not do my job without you two.

To my lizards, Hart, McClearn, Pelliot, Travon, Crosby, Barry, Ned, Landon, Grills, and Ethan, you guys are the reason this division operates at the high octane level that it does. Thank you for being there for me as both a person and a division head. You all make it easy to be excited about the job I get to do every day, even if I don’t say it enough. I truly love and appreciate you all.

To everyone in this crowd, if there has ever been a moment when you thought to yourself, wow, what an intelligent, appropriate, necessary, and great thing Aicher just did, I can assure you it was all Eli. To my right hand man, when you walked into Mrs. Smith’s homeroom as a new 3rd grader in my class, I hardly could have imagined that this is where we’d end up. You make up for my many shortcomings in every single way, and your intelligence and capability to connect with people are things that I find myself marveling at day after day. I love working with you and cannot wait to continue to do so. Let’s give these kids some bronze buttons.

Written & Read by #22255 Aicher Hearon at First Half Final Banquet

Beal

1. Teddy Kavanagh (AL) 2. Graham Russell 3. Tommy Kendall 4. Reid Davis 5. Eli Korngiebel (L) 6. Owen Steib 7. Ian Henry 8. Will Ru a (A)

Leader: Ryan Hart | Binghampton University, 2024

Leader: Eli Korngiebel (Asst. D-Head) | New York University, 2024

Clark

Leader: Peter Elliott | Syracuse University, 2025

Leader: Ethan Carmody | Colgate University, 2024

Leaders: Travon Owens | Northwest Community College, 2021 & Crosby Smith | Middlebury College, 2025

Leader: Jack Grills | Southern Methodist University, 2025

Lower Suter

Leader: Peter McClearn | Middlebury College, 2025

Leader: Ryan Barry | College of the Holy Cross, 2025

Wesleyan

Leaders: Landon Alpaugh | Colby College, 2025 & Ned Smith | Bucknell University, 2025

SENIORS

- First Half -

Seniors! What a fantastic summer. I am feeling a mix of emotions right now. I am feeling very happy to look back at such a successful and positive session, and I am also feeling sad that it’s over. But if I had to choose one single word to describe how I’m feeling, it would be lucky. I am and we are so so lucky. Lucky to spend this time, in this place, with these people. Lucky to form special Dudley bonds and friendships that can’t be found or even understood anywhere else. And lucky to return to the real world as better versions of ourselves.

We packed a whole lot into these 3 weeks. It feels like months ago that we met on the upper fields for our running of the bases extravaganza on that first night. A summer at Dudley strangely has really long days but very short weeks. Highlights from these short weeks include getting all painted up for Red vs. White Capture the Flag, celebrating America’s birthday and searching for the “National Treasure,” testing loyalties and using our di erent strengths to survive the “Hunger Games.” We came together as a division for council rings, and senior movie night. We played our hearts out on the sports field and of course, we took advantage of the Adirondacks with a variety of di erent trips (Shout-out Boys to Men). We are so lucky to have the opportunities that Dudley presented to us this summer, and I personally feel so lucky to be a part of this division. This group is very special to me, and I will never forget what we did here this summer.

I need to thank a lot of people for making this summer possible. But most importantly, thank you to all the sta members running the di erent program areas. Camp Dudley would not be what it is without our caring sta who work to let us have fun each day. Specifically, the Seniors want to thank the Hike-Hut and all who are involved with our outdoors programming. It was a joy to return to more traditional 3 day trips after a few years o , and the positive experiences that our boys had out in the Adirondacks are thanks to you guys. We also need to give a huge shout out to our arts department, from Brodie Hill to Witherbee Hall, you guys played a pivotal role for us all this summer. Many of our seniors look forward to a relaxing choice time of bracelet making, clay molding, drawing, and even nail painting. Thank you to everyone in Brodie for giving us a space to explore and unwind. And to the sta members of Witherbee, thank you for creating opportunities for us to get out of our

comfort zone, and get on stage to express ourselves either in the fun and silly WNS or the more calculated and rehearsed SNS. Thank you for taking the time to help our boys feel prepared and excited to stand up in front of the camp and try something new. Last but not least, a big thank you to the k-crew for your hard work this summer.

Seniors, we are lucky for so many reasons. And I know that you will agree with me when I acknowledge just how lucky we are to be cared for by the leaders in the senior division. This group of leaders is a family. The way that they worked together to facilitate exciting, new activities for us each day was a pleasure to witness. Leaders, I’d like you all to stand up. Ahmed, Sam, Sully, Walker, Kevin, Tom, Silas, Barrett, and Jack I can not tell you with words how much I love and appreciate you all. You are here for all of the right reasons. I am so very lucky to spend this summer with you. Seniors, before you leave, please give your leaders a hug and tell them a highlight or two from your summer. These guys worked so hard for you.

Harry. I love you man. I have so much fun working with you. We compliment each other perfectly and you make me a better leader. I am lucky to build this relationship with you, and I am so thankful we get to run it back next session. You are essential to the success that we had this summer.

Lastly, thank you to all the boys in Allegheny. You are a fantastic group. Thank you for bearing with me as I tried to figure out this role. Sam... I am lucky to have co-led a cabin with you. I put my trust in you, and you delivered tenfold. I have the utmost respect for your leadership. You inspire me. Thank you Sam.

As I said earlier, I’m feeling a very confusing mix of emotions today. But I know I am lucky to feel this way, and I am grateful. I’d like to end with a quote by my favorite childhood character, Whinne the Pooh. “How lucky are we to have something, that makes saying goodbye so hard.” - A.A. Milne

Written & Read by #22172 Austin Carmody at First Half Final Banquet

Allegheny

Colgate

Leader: Sam MacKenzie | Northeastern University, 2026

Leader: Austin Carmody (D-Head) | University of Miami, 2021

Cornell Leader: Sullivan O’Hara | University of Notre Dame, 2024

Lawrence Leader: Tom McCutchan | Ludwig Maximilian University, 2024

Kevin Cianciolo | University of Vermont, 2025 & Walker Coyle | Middlebury College, 2025

Willelyn

Leader: Jack Ryan | The University of Georgia, 2025

Leader: Ahmed Wise | Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2024

Jack Noonan

Leader: Harry Lee (Asst. D-Head) | CU Boulder, 2024

WEEK FOUR

K evin C ianciolo

Saturday, July 30, 2022

Good morning Camp Dudley. My name is Kevin Canciolo and I am a Co-Leader in Hamilton Cabin. When I was growing up, I had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with my mom. Specifically, we found a great connection and a common passion for birdwatching. We would spend many days going out to nature trails, parks, or even our backyard, identifying and fine tuning our birding skills. It was a challenge to identify and classify a bird by just a short, maybe even a half second glance. Looking for the plumage, di erent flight patterns, or even listening to their calls without seeing them. It was di cult and challenging, but this is why I enjoyed it.

As a young kid, I struggled with my confidence and birding really helped with this. Being able to correctly identify a bird and show o to the older community of birders really allowed me to gain a greater sense of self identity. I often walked out of the birding trips standing a little taller than when I walked in. Spending this time with my mom outside and birding really fostered my love for the outdoors and to be quite frank, really molded me into the person I am today.

Throughout my years of high school and middle school, my friends would constantly poke fun at me for this passion of mine. The thought that I spent my free time outside with my mother looking at birds to them, was a humorous joke, and they often used this to try to get under my skin. It was constant chirps from my peers. Yes, it was all in good fun, but it really caused me to suppress my love for the activity. I would keep it to myself... not really sharing it with anyone and whenever I would see a bird out in public that I knew or was interested to talk about, I would stay silent, and not say anything. This not only a ected my self confidence, but it also caused me to spend less of this memorable, priceless time with my mom as I fell into the mindset that it was “not cool” and that I could never be seen doing the activity.

I withheld doing something that made me who I am, just because of what other people thought or said about it.

When I first came to Camp Dudley, I still held onto this mindset that I adopted regarding my passion. I did not say anything. I held back this information and I did not explain to others what I loved. I was scared of what would happen if I did, and I was nervous that I would fall into the same cycle at home of being made fun of and picked on. After my years as a camper, I realized that here at camp, people embrace each other for what makes each and every person di erent. The camp community praises each person for their di erences and celebrates uniqueness.

I urge you all to embrace what makes you di erent and own it. Be yourself, because here at camp, you are surrounded by the best community on the planet. We are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to try new things, meet new people and more importantly, get to know yourself. Find what you love and run with it, own it.

The Scribbler

Written By

Kyle Munshower

Jack Grills

Jaiden Widdall

Ryan Hart

Harry Lee

Jem Bullock

Zack Rodgers

George Sullivan

Carter Hawes

Kirsten Anastasio

Evan George

AJ Gunera

Fischer Hogan

Elliot Flagg

Directed by

A manda Hinge

Doug Hinton

Eli Korngiebel

Langston Lamitie

Sam Harris

Henry Egan

Colby Hamel

Diana McGuigan George

Charlie Sullivan

Jack Garfein

Colby Hamel

Ethan Carmody

Peter McClearn

#20751 Ryan Kelley | July 31, 2022

N a ’S ah D abbs

Monday August 1, 2022

Good morning everyone, my name is Na’Sah Dabbs, and I am the leader in Watson Cabin this summer. Moments Make Memories. Now I know that statement seems very obvious, but have you ever taken a second to actually think about that? Have you ever thought about how one single moment could be so miniscule yet will a ect everything that will happen afterward? Let me tell you a story. Back in my cub year, I was on the worst team in the division and after losing our 4th or 5th straight game, I walked into Beckman pretty bummed. I sat at ADK table with my head down and I didn’t say a word to anyone. My leader, who was known as Monkey Man, noticed this and decided to call out my name from across the table. I looked up and he began to just stare directly in my eyes with a straight face. After a few seconds he hit me with a “blaaaahhhhhhh” and I immediately burst out into laughter. From that moment on, my mood completely flipped and I spent the rest of my day with a huge smile on my face as if I was the happiest kid on earth. Monkey Man, in a single moment, rescued my day from the state of dread it was in and made it enjoyable. But the power of that singular moment stretches way farther than just that day. In fact that moment is the reason I am speaking to you right now. Towards the end of the session that year, Ryan Kelley, who was my AL at the time, asked me in a conversation, “do you ever want to become a leader”. I remember answering yes with no hesitation for the simple reason that as a 10-year-old. I really wanted that super cool leader blanket that I could drape at the bottom of my leader bunk — because all leaders totally get their own leader bunk and there is no way that would change by the time I became a leader. But a few years later at the next steps meeting during my senior year Evan George had posed that question again, but this time I needed a real answer. I had to actually ask myself if I actually wanted to become a leader or not.

I began to think about all the leaders I had and tried

to figure out what it meant to be a Dudley leader. I attempted to figure out what appealed to me about taking the next steps at Dudley. That is when that memory of Monkey Man resurfaced in my brain and that became my reason. I wanted to be that positive light, the bright spot in the darkness, the sun behind the clouds, the small spark that started the flame, a person that’s able to make someone’s day just a little bit better, just as Monkey Man had done for me.

Now I’m standing in front of you all as a leader, giving a chapel talk, reminiscing on the 8 years I’ve been a part of the amazing Dudley family. It’s so crazy how that tiny moment of a weird old guy making a funny face at me has led to all this. I challenge you all to pay attention to the little things as in my story; it was the tiniest thing that made all the di erence. We have 2 weeks left at camp. We have 2 weeks left to create Dudley moments with such an amazing community. So I also challenge you all to make the most of the time you have left here. Whether you spend that time doing something you’ve never done before, making a new friend, or doing something you love, just make sure that you give it 110% because who knows, maybe you’ll have that moment that changes the entire trajectory of your life and creates memories that’ll last a lifetime.

S am M ac K enzie

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Hello and good morning. My name is Sam MacKenzie, and I’m the leader in Colgate Cabin. This morning I have a story to share and two points to make, but before all that, let me set the scene. I was very independent as a kid. I rarely, if ever, asked my mom to help me with my homework. I never had an older brother or father to teach me how to shave my face or throw a baseball. In school, I would forgo meeting with my teachers and do my best with little preparation. I spent countless hours in my basement attempting to learn a snapshot with slow progress. I trudged through life, one experience at a time, trying my best and generally succeeding. Because of this upbringing, I became accustomed to keeping my struggles to myself and constantly forging my way through any problems that arose. But sometimes, I alone, wasn’t enough.

Point One: Ask For Help Before It’s Too Late - My senior year of high school was jostled pretty badly by covid, a familiar story for many of you. Being at a boarding school that sought the coveted “Covid bubble,” I wasn’t allowed to visit my friends in other dorms, the school canceled sports, and I felt incredibly isolated. The early sunsets and limited outdoor time of the winter term meant that the toll of separation hit me even harder. However, all of those details were crammed into the back of my head by the realization that with our new covid-inspired class schedule, I now only had ten weeks to complete my AP Computer Science course, one-third of the time that the class usually lasted. Now, a twenty-hour project would be due in a week, rather than the generous two weeks of previous years.

After years of hurdling barriers in my way, I finally met my goliath. I was tasked with coding a brick-breaker-esque game with several variables thrown in. I couldn’t do it. The ball was phasing through the bricks, mocking me as I tried everything in my repertoire to get the physics to behave. For the first time in a very long time, I encountered a task too tall to conquer. In this situation, the sensible thing to do would have been to ask a classmate for help or set up a meeting with my teacher to discuss the issue. I did neither of those things. Instead, I popped over to ol’ reliable google and found someone else’s solution to the problem. Ask for help before it’s too late.

Point Two: It’s Never Too Late to Ask For Help - About a week later, as the grading process was reaching its final stage, I received an email from my teacher asking to meet with me as soon as possible. He informed me that I would receive an AHC (academic honor committee) on my record for cheating on an assignment and would have to send a letter to each college I applied to so I could explain the situation. With the shards of my glass house strewn about the ground around me, I called my advisor. Over the next hour, I explained the situation to her through a heavy flow of tears, caused both by fear and anxiety about the situation but also caused by the relief I felt after getting all of this o my back. Having someone there for me to listen and counsel my next decision uncorked the bottle of emotions I had been hauling with me my entire life.

Over the next few weeks, with the help of my mother, advisor, coaches, and peers, I navigated the situation and saw the light at the end of the tunnel. I still ended up at one of my dream schools, and now this whole fiasco has been reduced to an intrinsically valuable learning experience in my past. It’s never too late to ask for help. Now I would like you to look around at those sitting with you at your table, those within your division, and think about all the sta members whose job is to ensure that you are cared for at Camp Dudley. All these people are here to listen to you and help you through any struggles you may be facing. And please remember, ask for help before it’s too late, and know that it’s never too late to ask for help.

Sideways

Stories From Wayside School

Wyatt Groves

Ty Bierman

Jeremy Todd Charlie Sullivan

Carter Hawes

Peter McLean

Grey Todd Amanda Hinge Max Ardrey

Teddy Grunow

Will Elliott

Directed by Grey Todd

Matt Johnson

Mason Fuller Diana McGuigan George

#11904 John Ulin | August 7, 2022

WEEK SIX

Z ach W helan

Tuesday, August 9, 2022

Good morning, I’m Zach Whelan, the leader in Owasco Cabin. We’re gonna start with a quick quiz. One - What is the life expectancy of the world today? So, how long do you think the average person lives? Two - What percentage of the world has electricity?

Moving on, flash back to the height of COVID around the middle of 2020. As a keen politics and economics student I always try my best to stay up to date on current a airs so when lockdown began, I found myself watching the news more than ever. With the US on the verge of conflict with Iran, bush fires running riot in Australia, Kobe Bryant passing away and a deadly pandemic sweeping the globe it seemed like the world was on its knees. With all this negativity in the news I started distancing myself from it completely. Stopped watching the news, stopped listening to podcasts, stopped reading new books. I simply found it all too depressing. I couldn’t help but wonder: is the world getting worse?

So I set my mind on answering that exact question. And I found that the world is most certainly not getting worse. In fact, I think it’s getting much much better. Going back to our quiz - the life expectancy of the world is 72, and for what percentage of the world population has electricity, the answer is 85%

Don’t be disheartened by your blatant lack of knowledge. Almost everyone is just as clueless. But why does everyone have such an unjustifiably negative view of the world? I think there are two reasons. Firstly, the news. Newspapers could have run the headline, ‘137,000 PEOPLE ESCAPED EXTREME POVERTY TODAY,’ everyday for the last 25 years. But they don’t. Why? It’s because humans love bad stu . We find it fascinating. For the same reason that everyone slows down to look at an accident on the motorway, we are far more likely to click on a news story about war and conflict than one about peace and love. After all, a journalist who only wrote about planes that didn’t crash, or crops that didn’t fail, wouldn’t keep his job for very long.

The second reason for our overly negative perception of the world is because bad things tend to happen quickly whereas good things take much longer. For example, we are constantly reminded of bad things because they happen every day. On the other hand, things that

would give us a positive view of the world happen over years, decades and even centuries. For example, over my lifetime, the number of people worldwide living in extreme poverty has fallen from over 30% to 9%. That’s an incredible achievement and undeniable evidence that the world is getting better, but not once in that time period was there a definitive moment to make people aware of such progress.

So there you go. Two things, one, humans care way more about bad things than good things, and two, good things happen much slower than bad things. And I’ve found that both of these messages are also applicable when talking about ourselves rather than the world.

Journalists say that the world is terrible today, and how tomorrow will be even worse. Imagine having that mindset with yourself. If you only remind yourself of the bad things happening in your life you will only ever perceive yourself negatively. Instead, be aware of these bad things and learn from them but do not let them dominate your thoughts. Consciously choose to remind yourself of all the positives in your life because otherwise, by default, they would be overshadowed by the negatives.

Likewise, be aware that good things take time. This means they are harder to notice than bad things. For example, it’s easy to get caught up worrying over a single bad grade or failed test but, in these moments, remind yourself of the long term progress you have made. Be patient with yourself, because good things take longer than bad things. Thank you.

Walker C oyle

Good morning boys, my name is Walker Coyle, and I am a Co-leader in Hamilton Cabin. I used to think I knew what being a man meant. In my head being a man meant being stoic, strong, and facing adversity head-on. I imagined a Clint Eastwood-esque character, a lone ranger tackling others’ problems while brushing his own away easily. I believed being a man was to be unbothered by life’s issues, to stay strong always, and to consistently help others before yourself- this is what a man was to me. As I grew up, I crafted my identity around these ideals. I prided myself in my ability to smile through even the toughest situations, maintain a positive energy in the midst of frustration, and keep a lookout for others’ needs even when I thought mine weren’t being met. I was happy with who I was. No matter what happened, my attitude always carried me through my troubles and I felt on the verge of achieving that manhood I had so long idolized. However, these virtues and actions which were the foundation of my character came crashing down at the age 14, the same age as many of you seniors.

I’ll spare you many of the details, but essentially I su ered a blunt injury to my torso that immediately ruptured my kidney and caused lots of internal bleeding and various other complications. It required many days in the ICU, even more weeks in the hospital, several surgeries, and months of medication to correct. There was a point between the ambulance and helicopter rides it took to get to the hospital where I wondered if I would see my mom, who at the time was across the country, ever again. It was an incredibly scary, long, and painful process, but throughout, I latched on to the one thing I thought I knew best - how to be a man.

In the hospital, I kept a smile on my face as much as Icould manage, always said please and thank you to the nurses, and remained positive about the state of my situation. Doing this made those scary moments bearable, but they soon became the root of many of my struggles. As I gradually started to recover, life returned to normal, but it felt like I did not. It was hard to re-enter normal activities. I struggled to find joy in the things I had previously loved, struggled to maintain meaningful relationships, struggled in school, struggled in sports, and struggled to find any peace of mind. I felt isolated even in the presence of friends and family, but the entire time I kept up my act, ignored my secret internal struggles, and coped the way I thought a man should. Over time I found this strategy to be less and less e ective, and it got to a point where I felt utterly dysfunctional. Yet I still did not tell my family or friends. My whole life I had thought that silently fighting battles was the fastest, most e ective, and manliest way to handle adversity. It was because of this that admitting my struggles felt as daunting as living with the struggles themselves.

I came to my JL year at camp bearing these self imposed burdens. I loved every part of being a JL, however I often found myself retreating back to my own mind and struggles, many times finding it hard to enjoy the people, traditions, and spirit of Dudley. I remained scared that if I let down my act my peers, campers, and leaders would know that I was not the man I was presenting to be. I idolized the idea of the stoic man, but I also idolized something else- Dudley’s leaders. I was always amazed by their compassion, confidence, and charisma and I knew one day I wanted to be like and to be one of them. That summer I watched those same leaders acknowledge their struggles during vespers, admit their mistakes during chapel talks, and embrace their own flaws during Sunday talks. Watching those leaders I looked up to challenge my own ideas about manhood was an experience that made me reevaluate how I looked at myself. I left that summer with those memoirs fresh in my mind. When I got home I sat my parents down, and for the first time in almost two years, was honest with them about how I had been feeling. It was one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do, but also one of the most important. It felt like a house lifted from my chest, to finally be truthful, to drop my act, to acknowledge that when I got hurt I didn’t know what was going to happen, I was scared, and it left an impact. It was with the acknowledgment of these issues that I finally began to truly address and correct them with the support of my family.

Boys, many of you, particularly you seniors are getting to decide what type of person you want to be. I urge you to be a man. Embody your mistakes, embrace your flaws, and most importantly admit your struggles, because that is what a man does. Thank you.

#25368 Erinn Hawley-Lewis | August 13, 2022

CUBS

- Second Half -

CUBS C: Courageous U: Unabashed B: Bold S: Seriously an unreal group of dudes

What a summer we’ve had. I don’t know about you guys but this summer was quite the blurr. Maybe a little guided meditation will help refresh your memory. **deep breaths close your eyes**

Recall your first memory of stepping into your cabin and meeting your leader for the first time. Was your hair still wet from the shower? Remember how opening day progressed as we brought it in and ended the night with an all-time epic bolo. Keeping with our breath and skipping forward, think back to that first council ring where Zach and Na’sah taught us the Dudley cheer. And when we carved watermelons, trick or treated, and fought o Barry and his bee friends. Remember getting your ID taken at cubbie casino? Or making a smores on your overnight? I can feel the elliots about to play my walk o music so you can open your eyes now.

On an earnest note, I am so deeply proud of this group of men. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: Each session I spend in the cubs, I’m amazed at how quickly you’re able to become your own autonomous person. For most, this is by far the longest you have ever been away from home. Your first summer at Dudley is truly a boys to young men experience, and for the first time in your life you have the opportunity to figure stu out on your own. Figuring out how to balance tumultuous relationships in the cabin, figuring out personal hygiene, and figuring out the kind of person you’d like to be.

After this incredible three weeks, you will leave tomorrow a more mature and well-rounded version of yourself. Part of Dudley magic is things just happening. Store in an hour? We got it. Baseball shed’s locked — I’m on my way. We need 10 watermelons in 15 minutes... Ok. But in reality, things don’t just happen. A lot of people have worked tirelessly all summer to create this Dudley magic.

First, I’d like to give a huge thank you to the incredible o ce sta . Dawn, Anita, Morgan, Erica, Jessie, Fu, Matt, Evan and the rest of the crew truly MAKE Dudley hap-

pen – we really do need Anita. Thank you for all you do. Thank you to the A-hut for facilitating our impromptu shenanigans and lawn game bonanzas’. The lines have been crisp and the sheds have been unlocked. Huey, Blair, Kotze, Louis, Grace, Schwobes, Tay tay, Mero and everyone else on the team — thank you!

The kitchen. Thank you so much for keeping us well fed this summer. I can’t begin to fathom the logistics behind serving food for almost 500 people three times a day. You guys work so hard, we are so grateful for everything you do. Jen, Jake, Chris, Jack, Harrison, Celia, Izzy, Darcy, Anita and the rest of the K-crew — We see you and we appreciate you more than you know.

And lastly, the incredible leadership team I’ve been so fortunate to work with this summer. I have been so impressed by the strong culture of initiative, energy, and passion in the cub division. Aides kept the tables clean and the cabins cleaner — thank you for your work this summer. This is one of the strongest groups of AL’s and JL’s I have ever seen. I am so proud of you guys for stepping up when things got challenging thanks for keeping it rational mark, love you lots.

Cubbie leader’s.... you should be so proud of yourselves. Dabbs, Gibberd, Pelosi, Ford, British, Plumb, Kau mann, and our fallen homies. Russel, Mulvil, Spence, Lanton. Thank you. You have done this institution such an incredible service. Thank you for your energy, your passion, and your drive. Love you boys.

Now I’d like to introduce the guy himself. The Matt to my Evan, the biden to my Obama, the Jackson to my Coca-Cola. Douglass Hinton it is such a pleasure working with you. I have never met a more hardworking, intelligent, and kind person. Everything from your work ethic and sense of humor makes you the awesome D-head we all know and love. For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, till death do us part, Love you man.

Written & Read by #22033 Henry Bransford at Second Half Final Banquet

Adirondack

Doug Hinton (L) 2. Teddy Ughetta (AL)

3.

Sam Bierman

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Leeland Miller-Munn 6. Henry Janowski

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Burr Leader: Liam Mulvihill | Kenyon College, 2026

Danielson

Liam Melvin (JL)

Luke Plamondon (A)

Sean Gilbert (L)

Jack Cirenza

Sacha Piscitello

Andres Castillo

Colby Hamel

Jesse Anastasi

CJ Sturz 10. Reece Eckert

Jack Garfein

Leader: Henry Bransford (Co D-Head) | Montana State University, 2022

Leader: Sean Gilbert | Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2025

Leader: Quinn Plumb | Villanova University, 2025

Rensselaer

Syracuse

Leader: Chris Kaufmann | Clemson University, 2025

Leader: Dominic Pelosi | University College London, 2023

Watson

Avi Pillai 2. Patrick Tyne 3. Theo Blake 4. George Sullivan (A) 5. Jack Waluch

Ford Young (L) 7. Nick Straub 8. Cutler Greene (AL) 9. Fischer Hogan

Leader: Na’Sah Dabbs | Boston College, 2025

Leader: Ford Young | Kenyon College, 2025

PLEBES

- Second Half -

Comrades, countrymen, Plebes. What a summer it’s been! We kicked o the session with a bang, or perhaps a splash, by cleansing ourselves in the waters of Lake Champlain in the spirit of John Brown. I’d quickly like to shout out the neighbor of what should be the cleanest cabin on campus, the Boat House. From sailing to fishing, you helped make it possible for all of camp to get some great time out on the water. After our initiation, Plebes began spreading the revolution all over campus. We even brought the fire within us to the woods on our overnights. And in some cases, that fire continued to burn after we left.

You gave it your all on the Cub/Plebe Fields, as well as the Junior Diamond a few times. It was so refreshing to see such friendly and fierce competition, even if you guys always managed to hit baseballs at me or kick a soccer ball right at my head. When we weren’t working hard, we were playing hard. You took full advantage of various Choice Time activities, making the most of everything Camp has to o er. I’d like to take this opportunity to specifically thank the Archery Glenn. To Tom, my sister Abby, and anyone else that helped make Archery possible, thank you so much for helping to introduce Cubs, Plebes, and all of camp in a fun and safe way to the sport of Archery. And of course, those Archery skills may prove useful in any future revolutions we find ourselves in. When it came time to make our demands known and go on strike, you boys gave it your all. While we missed out on sports games and a couple of Choice Times, it was truly something special to come together, united, fighting for a common cause. Being at the cookout and seeing the smiling faces of a unified Plebe division, and that feeling of being a part of the creation of the Plebe identity is something I’ll never forget.

Huge thank-you to your union presidents Charlie, Burke, and Welliot. You guys are the reason why this strike was able to happen, thank you. Speaking of planning a strike and Charlie, thank you to the infirmary. You’ve cared for more than a few campers, lower leadership, leaders, and even a couple of D-Heads. Your round-theclock vigilance ensures that our boys stay happy and healthy, and we can never thank you enough. Now, to the leadership. To our Aides, JLs, and ALs, this session has certainly seen its ups and downs. At the end of the day though, we are truly grateful for the work you put in to make sure these Plebes have the best summers of

their lives. I was in your shoes once; assistant coaching, crowd control, coverage, I know how much you guys have on your plate, and yet you wake up every morning and do it anyway, so thank you.

To Madut and Daniel, you guys are the boys. I appreciate how much you guys had to shoulder while I was doing my job, you truly ran the cabin this session. I hope to see you guys back here next year.

To the Leaders: Harris, Welliot, Onubogu, Matt, Perry, Oscar, Martin, Langston, Ethan, Kilian, and Burke, I love you all. You gave this whole summer everything you had. You fought sickness, poor weather, and the burnout of being a Leader in order to bring your kids the summer they deserved. I’ve grown close to you guys over the past 8 weeks, and I can truly say there’s no one I’d rather have in my division than this group of guys right here. Thank you for your candor, your creativity, your passion, and your love.

And finally, the only reason why this division is able to keep running: Charlie Haskell. How do you do it? From organizing a strike while in the infirmary, to re ng, to getting shredded, to all the other things you have to do, you also manage to be a great Leader, an amazing D-Head, and someone I feel so lucky to call my friend. You are an asset wherever you go, and I hope Camp is lucky enough to have you for many years to come. I love you, Charlie. Well, I’ve talked for long enough. Thank you Plebes, it’s been a great honor getting to be your Division Head this year.

Written & Read by #22524 Will Napper at Second Half Final Banquet

Amherst

Avery

Jace Ingenito (A) 2. Matt Johnson (L) 3. Theo Wilton (JL) 4. Frankie Doerge 5. Oskar Thrower-Patterson

Tanner Folk 7. Charlie Ryckman 8. Chase Husted 9. Finn Hewson 10. Elias Kim

Zach Sedgwick (A) 2. Oscar Lasa (L) 3. Perry Rodgers (L)

Campbell Willmuth (JL)

Dillon Lake

Max Marinos

Jack Maljanian 8. Wyatt Groves 9. Max Calello 10. Jacob Castellano 11. Finn Thompson

Leader: Oscar Lasa & Perry Rodgers | St. Lawrence University, 2025

Leader: Matt Johnson | Middlebury College, 2024

Leader: Charlie Haskell (Asst. D-Head) | Union College, 2023

Iroquois

Will Napper (D-Head) | Middlebury College, 2023

MacIntyre

Will Elliott | Dartmouth College, 2025

Parker Kresse

Tucker Pierce

Graham Sydor

Leader: Langston Lamitie | SUNY Oneonta, 2025

Leader: Martín Bello | University of the West of England Bristol, 2024

Yale Leader: Ethan Jones | UT Austin, 2025

Ross Leader: Harris Anton | Bard College, 2023

JUNIORS

- Second Half -

Hey Juniors, DELTA DELTA DELTA. I will never get tired of that.

I will get a little sentimental reading this because I have had such an incredible session with you all. Being able to see you all grow through the years, not just physically, all though a few of you are taller than me now, but mentally, emotionally, and as people, has made my summer special. Some of you I remember as cubs, raving in the alley and starting congo lines throughout camp, many of you came in as new plebes, adding so much personality to a division that already had loads of it, and a handful of you had your first summer at camp this year, making your presences known immediately and getting me more stoked than I ever have been before in the process. I love this division more than I can express with words, you guys are the best.

Here are some Haikus that describe the junior summer a little bit.

Untz untz untz untz untz Untz untz untz untz untz untz untz Untz untz untz untz untz

Oui Oui mon ami Je Suis Stoked, Nous Sommes Mellow Nous Somme, Super dialed

Harry Potter Yo, House points all around us, bro They’re gonna kill boo eak

You all arrived glistening and kind of confused that cohorts weren’t a thing. O the bat, we went feral during the yum yum initiation, giving us the rights to use the upper fields, and getting a little muddy in the process. We then searched for our leaders, the dementors, in the lead up to getting sorted into our harry potter houses. We conquered the mountains and lakes that ADKs have to o er, earning the distinction of truly mad mountaineers. On the sports fields we enjoyed fierce competition, battling until the end and leaving our mark on the Dudley athletics program. While I was on my day o , you all dressed up as my typical stoked self and took on moms named Karen at our council ring. A worthy opponent for me for sure, I still don’t know if I won. In one of the wildest extravaganza’s I’ve ever seen, we

gathered by house, and rescued Gru from Vector, and then defeated Voldemort, and then found the untz, and the key to Ibiza, and went absolutely massive at Club Yunior. The energy from the boom boom room had the owner of Ushuaia quaking in their boots. And to cap it all o , we dampened our stoke, embraced our mellow vibes, and showed Camp Dudley one of the most epic Mellowfests I’ve ever witnessed. Mellow Dudes. Good Moods. Real Chill Guys. Love the Vibes.

Every moment we’ve had this summer would not have been possible without the help of key program sta . To Diana and Gray and the rest of the Witherbee crew, the work you put in to make last night a reality was incredible. Thank you so much for putting up with the divisions’ constant desire to throw raves and dance parties, and for providing us with entertainment through academy award caliber shows. To Dave and the Brodie team, thank you so much for helping us channel our creativity in addition to giving us the means to print over 400 divisional and mellowfest shirts. Brodie is a special place for so many, and without your hard work, it would not be able to function. To Jamie and the whole entire Maintenance crew, your herculean e ort to keep camp looking as pristine as it does is incredible. You are faced with the possibly the hardest job at camp and do so while receiving the probably the least amount of recognition. Thank you so much.

To the rising leadership in the Juniors, the ALs and JLs, please stand. I am not just saying this for the sake of giving you obligatory credit. I was constantly impressed with your capability to step up and lead this summer. I say with confidence that camp is in great hands in the future, knowing that you will be the group that takes over one day. Thank you.

Spencer and Eli, you two can stay standing. It has been an absolute pleasure being able to lead with you two this summer. From day one there was never a doubt in my mind that the cabin was where they needed to be or doing what needs to be done. I appreciate the laughs we have shared and the ability to have real conversations with you two more than you realize. You made it possible for me to do my job. Love you guys.

To the campers in Upper Suter. I had so much fun with you all this summer. Thank you for providing me with

one of my favorite sessions to date. I cannot wait to see what your Dudley futures look like, because I know they are incredibly bright.

To my boys, Hart, McClearn, Crosby, Pelliot, Lando, Barry, Grills, Skinner, Ned, Carmody, and our not forgotten soldier Travon. I love you guys so much. It seems pointless trying to put into words how much you all mean to me. You have provided me with shoulders to lean on, and tearful moments from laughing so hard. You all have made me a better person. Thank you for the tremendous amount of work you’ve put in this summer. The juniors wouldn’t be the showcase division without you.

I am using this exact same line from my first session

speech because I think I put it well, but if there ever has been a moment in which you thought, “wow, the Juniors are so well put together and on top of their stu .” Or “wow that’s such a great idea the Juniors had,” it came from the brilliant mind of Eli Korngeibel. Eli, I am greeted with a unique sense of joy when I think about how I was able to lead this division with you. I thank Camp Dudley a lot for reconnecting us after such a long time apart in our lives. I hope that some day I can achieve the way in which you go about life unapologetically being yourself. Your wisdom, and the moments we’ve spent together have made me a better person throughout.

Written & Read by #22255 Aicher Hearon at Second Half Final Banquet

Beal

Jackson Singer 10. Oliver Edson

Leader: Jack Grills | Southern Methodist University, 2025

Leader: Eli Korngiebel (Asst. D-Head) | New York University, 2024

Leaders: Peter Elliott | Syracuse University, 2025 & Wilson Skinner | Tufts University, 2025

Leader: Ethan Carmody | Colgate University, 2024

Lehigh

Leader: Ryan Barry | College of the Holy Cross, 2025

Leader: Ned Smith | Bucknell University, 2025

Lower Suter

Upper Suter

Peter McClearn (L) 2. Artie Liendo

Jack Barry 4. Carter Schloat

Nick Tsiaras

Awak Thongjang (JL)

Jack Gianatasio

Robert Craft 9. Kam Gordon 10. Ryan Hart (L)

Benjamin Gonzalez

Leader: Aicher Hearon (D-Head) | CU Boulder, 2023

Leaders: Ryan Hart | Binghampton University, 2024 & Peter McClearn | Middlebury College, 2025

Wesleyan

Willelyn

Leader: Crosby Smith | Middlebury College, 2025

Leader: Landon Alpaugh | Colby College, 2025

SENIORS

- Second Half -

Wow Seniors, what a rollercoaster of a session. We had some highs and we had some lows, but here we are, at the end of a largely positive and successful Dudley summer. I am very happy with what we accomplished together, and you guys deserve to feel proud about the growth and development you achieved in a short amount of time. It is amazing how much we can squeeze into a day here at Dudley and it was great to see you boys taking advantage of your last summer as a camper.

There were many highlights that stand out to me, first the Senior Division loved welcoming our German Exchange group into our community. You boys jumped right into Dudley and made this a special session for everyone that you interacted with. Thank you for embracing Camp Dudley and spreading happiness throughout division. Pieter Harten, you are truly an amazing leader, thank you for your hard work this summer.

Other highlights include coming together on the first night for the ceremonial running of the bases, getting painted up before capture the flag, partnering with the juniors for Lord of the Rings extravaganza, council rings down on North Point, senior movie night in Witherbee Hall, partner climbing at the brand new Giant Ladder, completing the senior night experience, the Wolf of Westport ganza, divisional griddying around the track following our dance competition, swim parties and after-dinner dips at the point, and of course jamming out at Mellowfest last night, thank you to the junior leaders for organizing that, it was awesome.

I need to thank a lot of people for making this summer possible. But most importantly, thank you to all the sta members running the di erent program areas. Camp Dudley would not be what it is without our caring sta who work to let us have fun each day. Specifically, the Seniors want to thank the HikeHut and all who are involved with our outdoors programming. It was a joy to return to more traditional 3 day trips after a few years o , and the positive experiences that our boys had out there are thanks to you guys. We also need to give a huge shout out to our Swim Point sta . Thank you so much for bearing with us through last minute dips before vespers, organizing our swim meet, and allowing us to dance and chill out at our swim point party. Thank you for keeping us safe at the point this summer. We appreciate you all. Last but not least thank you to Kyle for running the riflery range this summer, many seniors enjoyed learning to shoot so thank you for providing a safe and instructional space down at the range.

The true reason for a successful summer in the Senior Division is undoubtedly our dedicated and caring leaders. Stand on up boys - Sam, Pieter, Ahmed, Walker, Kevin, Tom, Silas, Jackson, Elliot, and of course Harry. Spending the summer

with you all has been a highlight of my life, it has been so much fun to work with you guys but even more so, becoming friends with you all has made me extremely happy. I can’t put into words the love I have for this group of leaders. Be extremely proud of what you did here this summer. – I am lucky to call you friends and I hope you all consider returning to Dudley in the future, you make this place special.

The toughest part of this summer for me was having Harry leave. Harry is an outstanding leader, D-head, and friend. His absence really stressed me out and left me feeling just so sad for a few days this session. But having Ahmed step up into this role pulled me out of that funk and inspired me to put all my e ort into finishing the session on a high note. Ahmed, you were someone who I was able to rely on always, I could vent to you, bounce ideas o of you, and you are always there to give me a hug with some words of encouragement when I needed it. Being your friend is so special, I feel that I’ve known you forever. Thank you for everything that you do, I can’t tell you with words how much I love you and how much I appreciate you.

And without further adieu, here is Senior Assistant D-Head Ahmed Wise to acknowledge the recipients of the Senior Flag. Seniors give yourself a big round of applause.

& Read by #22172 Austin Carmody at Second Half Final Banquet

Written

Allegheny

Colgate

Leader: Sam MacKenzie | Northeastern University, 2026

Leader: Austin Carmody (D-Head) | University of Miami, 2021

Cornell

Carson Wasbes 2. TJ Groves 3. Jake McGeehan

Karl Parthier

Yohance Benjamin

Connor Furman

Silas Bullock (L) 8. Chase Wise (JL) 9. Wyndam Withington

Will Churchill (JL)

Lance Francisco

Lucas Gonzalez

Marshall McConville

Pieter Harten (L)

Leaders: Pieter Harten & Jackson Reydel | Amherst College, 2023

Leader: Silas Bullock | Elon University, 2025

Lawrence

1. Walker Coyle (L) 2. Evan Lukacs (AL) 3. Kevin Cianciolo (L) 4. Jay Fisch 5. John Frehse 6. Tim Hillermann

Anthony Muller 8. Tavon McKenzie 9. Charlie McCutcheon N.P. Tate Plamondon (JL) & Beck Reed

Jakob Gilbert

Drew Perry

Elliot Flagg (L)

Tiger Mutter

Will Pershkow (JL)

Lucas Bain

Kosi Gilbert 8. Andrew Husted 9. Harrison Sydor 10. Neef Jackson

St.

Leader: Elliot Flagg | The University of Virginia, 2024

Hamilton

Leaders: Kevin Cianciolo | University of Vermont, 2025 & Walker Coyle | Middlebury College, 2025

Williams

Leader: Harry Lee (Asst. D-Head) | CU Boulder, 2024

Leader: Ahmed Wise (Asst. D-Head) | Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2024

T iger L ily Award

Selected by the Head of Witherbee - Diana McGuigan George #18079

What an amazing season it was in Witherbee Hall this summer. Not only were we all back together in the theatre, but we were treated to incredible productions that included original works written by our very own Dudley alums. We had first time directors. We had a musical. And, as always, so many of you shared your immense artistic talents on Wednesday and Saturday Nights.

Thank you to everyone who made Summer 2022 in Witherbee so much fun!

The Tiger Lily Award is our annual tradition that highlights outstanding contributions to the Witherbee stage. We had so many special performances and are excited to recognize the following nominees:

• Zach Whelan as George Washington in George

• Zach Ready-Miller as Benedict Arnold in George and Ramon in Variations on the Death of Trotsky.

• Nate Smith as King George in George.

• Ryan Hart as King Scoopty-Whoop in The Scribbler.

• Kirsten Anastasio - for all of her performances throughout the summer, both acting and musical.

• All the talented campers who as the orphans in Oliver

• Ahmed Wise as Fagin in Oliver.

• JW Glynn for showcasing his singing talents on Wednesday Nights.

• James Hoveland, Jeremy Todd, and Sam Pohlad who not only showed dedication with daily practice on the piano, but they created magical piano performances during Wednesday Night Shows.

And now, the 2022 Tiger Lily Award goes to someone who not only worked behind the scenes as a valued tech crew member, he showed great courage in auditioning for his first play ever on the Dudley stage. Despite his nerves, he wowed the audience with his portrayal of the mad King George… Congratulations Nate Smith! We’re so proud of the work Nate did this summer and thankful for his e orts. Well done, Nate!

Thanks again to everyone who was part of the season in Witherbee Hall. See you next summer!!

HIKES

NOLS

First Half

Jackson Reydel (L), Gri n Brock, Charlie Brust, Max Brust, Zander Garrity, Jack Kiszka, John Markley, Michael Nogaki, Mason Shieh, Henry Sun, Ned Thornton & Clay Tierney

Second Half

Gri n Frank (L), Zen Bhatti, Luke Blazovic, Damien Burke, Chris Corcoran, Jack Frieders, Will Sullivan, Owen Tucker & Paxton Zerega

SPAIN

Spain Exchange

Harris Anton (L), Tommy Art, Eli Herzog, Teddy Sumner, & Tucker Wells

GERMANY

German Exchange

Sully O’Hara (L), Jax Chio , Teddy Mangan, Henry Sumner & Hudson White

oughts on Leaving Camp Dudley

Written and Read by #20751 Ryan Kelley at Final Council Ring

People always talk about what you can’t take home after a summer at Dudley. You can’t take home a red hymnal, and even if you did, your friends from school won’t sing the final five with you. You can’t take home the mountains or the lake. You can take home your trunk, but you’re probably not going to keep your clothes in it. We seem to have to get rid of all of our connections to this place and our experiences here. This essay is about what you can take home. What you can take home, and what, if you work at it, can be more important than any of those things you have to leave behind.

Let’s look at what we’ve really been doing out here. We’ve lived in fellowship; we always had a buddy. We’ve taken risks. We’ve taken care of ourselves. We’ve trusted other people and seen no reason not to grow close to them. We’ve learned what we don’t need to survive. We’ve leaned on our teams and accomplished more than we could as individuals. We’ve learned new skills. We’ve treated each other with respect, in an e ort to live by those lofty words, “The Other Fellow First.” These are the things you can really take home. Here they are again, one by one.

1. Live in fellowship. At camp, we live together in close quarters. We eat together at every meal. We do nothing alone. And in doing so, we learn that living in fellowship with people can be hard — sometimes full of disagreement and frustration. But we also learn the power of community, of always having a buddy.

2. Take risks. Here it is easy to take risks. If you sing during a Wednesday Night Show, everyone will applaud. If you try leading a new vesper, your cabinmates will listen, even if it doesn’t make much sense. In that other world, it’s harder to take risks — the consequences of failure are often bigger, or at least appear so. But don’t forget that feeling of having done something you didn’t think you were capable of.

3. Take care of yourself. And do it even more aggressively than you did it here. The dangers in that world are real: crowding, noise, and schedules that are too busy. Take time to be alone and think. Never underestimate the healing power of being near beauty, be it a view of a lake, music, a person, or just dinner well-prepared.

4. Stay in touch with basics. Think about the food you eat. Think about how much sleep you get. Take care of your own minor injuries

and those of your friends. The other world is far more distracting and seeks to draw you away from the basics.

5. Trust people. Your own aliveness is measured by the aliveness of your relationships with others. There are so many more people to choose from in that other world, and yet somehow, we get less close than we do here. Don’t close yourself o , be open, say how you feel. In doing so, others will want to do the same with you.

6. You don’t need seemingly critical things. Here it has been showers with no temperature control, no air conditioning, and no smartphones. But anything can be done without.

7. Teamwork makes di cult things easier. We’ve had to do hard things here: like climbing a mountain and learning to play a new sport. All these things would be much harder, if not impossible, alone.

8. Continue to learn. Whether it is golf or painting or baseball, you know that just because you haven’t seen it before doesn’t mean you can’t be a pro. Remember that the only truly old people are the ones who’ve stopped learning.

9. Treat others with respect. Living by those words above the door, “The Other Fellow First,” does not really mean letting someone go ahead of you in line. It means seeing value in every human, regardless of di erence. It means considering other people before you quickly do what’s best for you. It means treating your parents, your friends, your partners, and your earth with respect.

These things are some of the things you’ve learned here at this old camp on Lake Champlain, and they will serve you in good stead in any environment in the world. They are habits to live by. If anyone asks what your summer at camp was like, you can tell them: “We lived in fellowship. We took risks. We took care of ourselves in basic ways. We trusted people, learned to do without, and persevered at di cult things via teamwork. We developed new skills, and we treated the other fellow with respect.” And if they are perceptive, they will say to you, “You don’t need a camp to do that.”

Heavily adapted from “Briefing for Entry Into A More Harsh Environment” by Morgan Hite, NOLS Instructor