EP 62 Mowglis Memories Podcast: Arthur Sculco

Mowglis Memories Podcast: Arthur Sculco

Arthur came to Mowglis in 1976 a few years behind older brother Tom on the recommendation of Mowglis Icon Attorney Allyn Brown. A winner of the Senior Tennis tournament and member of the Mount Washington Squad, his fondness for Mowglis runs deep.

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Today he is a personal trainer with his undergrad degree from the University of Maryland and an advanced degree from George Washington University living back in his old home state of Connecticut.

 

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Chapel of the Woods, Camp Mowglis

Chapel in the Blue Lupine

Swing Together

Cloud Abstract

Going Deeper - Chris Kriesen Releases New Game Designed to Deepen Relationships & Build Bridges

Taking a page out of the Mowglis' playbook, Mowglis graduate Chris Kriesen has just released a new game called "Kindred" that is worthy of the Mowglis - "unplugged and authentic" label - to borrow a phrase. When it came across my desktop my first thought was that this game would fit easily in a backpack or a back pocket and electricity was not just optional but unnecessary.

Knowing Chris, I presumed that both the name and the purpose of this game were very intentional and I was not disappointed. 

If you've been drinking from the firehose of bad news and dystopia that most of us have faced, this game sounds like a great way to get people communicating with one another again.

No APP, no phones, Just communication, pure and simple . . .  and perhaps some real community building in the process.

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Kindred is a group experience 

Ripple of Hope Poster

Stinson Brook Mindscape

Albert Camus Quote

Episode 61: The Mowglis Trail Leads to Germany: Trustee & 1969 Graduate Reinhardt Rother

 The Mowglis Trail Leads to Germany: Trustee & 1969 Graduate Reinhard Rother

Reinhard "Reiny" Rother came to Mowglis in 1964 as a Cub, joining a group of Cubs that would eventually become the Den of 1969 including future director Bob Bengtson. Though he missed his Panther year because of a family trip to California due to a short-term job his father had taken. Reiny returned for his Den year by mowing lawns and doing odd jobs to earn his plane fare back for his Den year - a condition imposed by his father if he wished to graduate from Mowglis. His father kept his promise and Reiny returned to achieve admittance to the Inner Circle, make the Gopher Squad and row #5 on the winning Blue Racing Crew. He followed his Den year with two years on the Junior Staff before moving on to his post-Mowglis life.

He returned to Mowglis for the first time in 1998 when he brought son Christian to Mowglis and then again in 2017 at the invitation of Charlie Walbridge who took him along on the Red Ribbon Trip. His son Christian would follow in his footsteps cutting his own path in the Mowglis story.Reiny would become a member of the Mowglis Board of Trustees - a part of the team that has led to the Mowglis renaissance we have witnessed.

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He returned to Mowglis for the first time in 1998 when he brought son Christian to Mowglis and then again in 2017 at the invitation of Charlie Walbridge who took him along on the Red Ribbon Trip. His son Christian would follow in his footsteps cutting his own path in the Mowglis story.

Supercalifragalistic Dreams

Sheep in the Shadows

Spirit Pony in a Shrouded Wood

Sunlight on Columbine

Spring's First Blossom

Stinson Brook in Winter

Aspen Central

Flying into a Gathering Storm

Ep 60 A Visit with Ted Frantz - Den 1972

Ted Frantz
Den 1972

Ted Frantz came to Mowglis in 1969 as a Balooite and graduated from the Den in 1972. 1971 was a huge year in Ted's life as he was one of the very few Pantherites to ever be chosen for the Mount Washington Squad and he won a spot on the Blue Racing Crew as the Stroke. That crew would go on to set a course record that still stands today.

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Panted Skies over Lake Umbagog

Seeonee Sunset

Chapel of the Woods, Camp Mowglis

Chapel in the Blue Lupine

Abe Unger

Call him Rabbi Unger, Dr. Unger, Professor Unger if you will but Mowglis brothers and sisters refer to him simply as Abe.

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In 1977 Abe Unger joined the Cubs as a young movie celebrity - coming one week late because he had been starring in and shooting the "Bad News Bears in Japan" movie. Abe was barely aware of all the hubbub that occurred before his arrival, Mr. William Hart, Mowglis Director had manufactured that with newspaper clippings and promo photos but everyone at camp was aware that they were about to be joined by a "celebrity". Abe, however, treated the whole thing as just another life experience and he was soon fully immersed in the Mowglis experience, including starting the "Holt Elwell Memorial Band" with Tomo Nishino and Ian Brown, accompanied by Mr. Hart. Their first performance was "Hello Dolly" and though we don't know if they were joined by Mr. James "Iggy" Westberg doing his famous imitation of the great Satchmo Armstrong, I'm guessing that at some point it all came together.

 

I caught up with Abe recently and our conversation was filled with fond memories and a good deal of the life philosophy as written by Kipling: "We be of one blood, brothers (and sisters) all."

 Bayonne's Rabbi with a Plan https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/bayonnes-rabbi-wit

Aspenglow on the Roaring Fork River

Umbrellas in a Museum

Storm Over Half Dome, Yosemite National Park

Esheheman's Breath