GMS History The History of Greenbrier Military School | Page 13

took a shine to the young basketball player at Greenbrier College for
Women. She was smitten as well, but her father, H.B. Moore, would not
allow his teenage daughter to date a faculty member. As Carolyn was
completing her intense college years—for she graduated at age 18—she
also embarked on a secret romance. Upon her graduation in 1931, she and
Bob were married (Wester). Robert Miller Harris soon became director of
Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca and GMS athletic director. When he died
tragically of a heart attack in 1948, his widow, Carolyn, was named
business manager of the camp. Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca, named for the American
Indian tribes that once lived in the area (Shawnee, Miami, Delaware,
Seneca), was started by H.B. in 1929 so that GMS faculty and employees
would have a place to work in the summer. Besides having all the fun
activities—swimming, canoeing, tennis, horseback riding, riflery, archery,
Indian lore—of summer camp, Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca hosted a summer school
for cadets. Carolyn kept the camp running smoothly until 1972, the year the
school and camp closed. Activities director for the camp was Richard H.
Staten, who graduated from GMS in 1938 and from Elon College in 1946.
He joined the Greenbrier faculty as teacher and coach in 1947.

Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca, 1938.