For years at Timberlane there has been an unquestioned and continuing ignorance of what Blue & White nights are all about. While the current view is that Blue & White nights are healthy, competitive and fun, TIMBERLIFE believes that in actuality, the competition is a destructive force on the harmony among campers and ultimately on the positive evolution of the camp.

Instead of a leisurely and mellow type of activity to calm campers and staff at night , we have Blue & White which pressures the camp with the sponge of competition and makes it harder for everyone to eventually turn off their energies and go to sleep when lights go out.

Moreover, Blue & White nights blot out campers’ identities as individuals. The question can be heard during infiltration, a Blue & White game, “Hey man, you’re white, aren’t you? Or are you blue? Tell me or else I’ll knock your head off.” The core of the program is inherently repressive to Timberlane’s humanistic growth.

In order to more effectively build a constructive evening program at Timberlane and help our summer home to reach it’s ultimate humanistic potential, TIMBERLIFE suggest activities at night such as concerts done by camp musician, general seminars focusing on what’s going on outside of Timberlane, poetry and prose readings, and acting (both rehearsed and improvisational).

To change from Blue & White nights to a more humanistic evening programs will be hard. It will require thought and sensitivity- which are both functions of the effort one puts into them. All in all, though, people must begin to think seriously about the value of Blue & White. They must consider other more humanistic alternatives.