Hear! O Trees that gird our camp!
Listen, ye Birds that fly through the branches!
Harken, ye rippling waves on Stream and Lake!
Hear me!
Into your midst has come a friend,
He[[A]] bears a new Name!
Ye shall know him as ——(name)
[!-- Note Anchor A --][Footnote A: The pronoun should be changed according to the sex of the candidate.]
The announcement of the name should be distinctly made so as to be clearly heard by the entire company. The head-band or other camp insignia should now be officially put on the candidate.
All present should then join in singing the following song, clapping their hands as beats to the music as they skip back to breakfast and to the pleasures of the day:
Song No. 2
Homeward we go, calling his[[B]] name;
New is the name now we proclaim;
No other change in our friend, he[[B]] is the same!
[!-- Note Anchor B --][Footnote B: Change the pronoun to the proper sex.]
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Singing we go, way ha way ho!
Dancing also, way ha way ho!
No one more merry than we, way ha way ho!