Locations: Camp Mahn Go Tah See Mi Notes: In the mid 50's the Redford Union School Administration decided the school was spending much more time and money on the under achievers of the high school and overlooking their oblications to the over achievers. So four college level electives were made available to seniors. the four were English Literature, Ancient History, Advanced Math, and Conservation and Outdoor Education. Homer became the conservation teacher in 1955 and the class was an overight hit! A major attraction of the class was a three day journey to Camp Mahn-Go-Tah-See each semester which included northern florest, exploration hikes, forest service demonstrations of fire control, a great lakes all-day fishing trip. Meals were cooked by the students themselves in an outdoor setting. Here is one of Homers first groups about to take off on a long weekend expedition. Each semester Homer had about 40 studetns, intelligent, highly motivated, who appreciated being part of such a group and thankful that they had been selected from the large number which wanted to take the class.
Homer taught the class until his retirement in 1972 and he always though of the students as "The Dream Class". Over the years many of the counseling staff at Mahn-Go-Tah-See were chosen from these students, and those ended up being some of the very best of the camp staff. Filename: photo024
