Swimming Level Designations

[Richard A James]

I know that both Camp Miller and Camp Hagan had strong aquatics programs. Can anyone help me remember what the different swimming level designations were? As I remember it, Hagan classified swimmers by the color of their caps. Is that correct? I also know that Miller classified swimmers with markings on their buddy tags. I believe the highest designation was "Tic Tac Toe". Any help in recalling each of the designations would be awesome.

How about you folks at Mini. Did you have swimming levels for the campers?

[Paul C Zieger]

I got them all too. 

Galen Gilbert said:

Beginner, Intermediate, Simmer, Jr. Life Saving, Advance Swimmer, Sr. Life Saving.    I got them all.

[Harry Ennis]

Red

Black

Red and Black

Tic Tac Toe

Then you could have 1 or 2 stripes on the other side to show if you were certified for row boats and canoes.

[John H Howell]

Lewis-

    If you have a scanner, could you scan a copy and send it to me at: [e-mail].

Thanks.................John Howell

Lewis Peter Nagel said:

I still have my beginners card from 1964 and intermediate card from 1966.  One is signed by John Howell and the other by

Ralph Eberly Jr.

[Zoe Blatchley]

Hagan. I passed them all too. Was it the top two - one required swimming across the river and back, while the other included a long swim upstream and back with someone in a rowboat?

And of course who could ever forget "one, two, three; bubble, bubble, bubble"!

Galen Gilbert said:

Beginner, Intermediate, Simmer, Jr. Life Saving, Advance Swimmer, Sr. Life Saving.    I got them all.

[Bill Eberly]

Lewis Peter Nagel said:

I still have my beginners card from 1964 and intermediate card from 1966.  One is signed by John Howell and the other by

Ralph Eberly Jr.

[Lewis Peter Nagel]

I still have my beginners card from 1964 and intermediate card from 1966.  One is signed by John Howell and the other by

Ralph Eberly Jr.

[Sue Holloway Pollock]

I remember receiving my WSI summer of 71. Had to run to the river from the CIT tents to save Connie from drowning in the middle of the river. I was quite proud of that accomplishment!

[Andrew (Drew) Kitts]

I recall in the mid-70's being able to get into the "wharf rats" which was sort of a special ops team of a few swimmers. We found keys dropped off a canoe by a counselor. Also untangled a marker buoy that was submerged because it got wrapped around a branch -- that kind of thing. This could have been a name that was made up by someone for just that summer.

[Gay Staudenmaier Moceri]

Missing one: White Advanced

Rich "Big John" James said:

I should have known you would have the Hagan system down pat!

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Mary Goldsmith Westhuis said:

White Star (white colored cap)—American Red Cross Beginner

White Cap—ARC Advanced Beginner

Red Cap—ARC Intermediate

Yellow Cap—ARC Swimmer

Blue Cap—ARC Advanced Swimmer

Green Cap—Camp Hagan award for an extraordinary swimmer (rarely awarded)

White caps swam in the first shallow area, red caps in the middle area, yellow and blue in the outer area between the rafts. 

[Gay Staudenmaier Moceri]

Blue cap had to swim across the river to NJ and back in a straight line.  Green cap had to swim upstream to the wires and back.

Molly Susan LeVan said:

white star (nonswimmer)

white cap

white advanced

red cap

yellow cap (needed to go on a canoe trip)

blue cap

green cap

month campers at yellow cap and above could take ARC jr or sr life saving