After 1928, the ownership consisted of Anna and Benjamin Jaffe, Minna and Joseph Deitch, Celia and Sam Knoll, and Minnie and Emanuel Halpern.
Frank Salz, a counsellor at Mohican from 1928, was an All-American basketball player, a teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School, and president of the Athletic Coaches Association of Greater New York.
As Harold Fox assumed control (Tarzan was largely responsible for buildings and grounds and the kitchen), long-term staff members departed and enrollment fell precipitously.
Steven Gethers, an alumnus and Hollywood writer, dramatized the competition involved in the awarding these trophies in an episode of Playhouse 90 entitled Free Weekend, which was first aired on December 4, 1958.
Guest stars included Kim Hunter, Martin Balsam, Charles Bickford, Jack Albertson, June Dayton, and Nancy Marchand.
Although the camps have been closed for more than 50 years, the alumni association remains vibrant, sponsoring annual dinners in New York City and semiannual reunions in late August in Palmer.