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Friday, July 21, 1972
University Kamper Kansan
Spoons Returned to Cafeteria
On Wednesday some campers in McCollum Hall replaced 500 spouses, which they had stolen from the cafeteria, along the wall in the cafeteria, with cereal in boxes they had taken but hadn't eaten.
Photos by Sara Westbrook
Expression Shown in Boardwalk Graffiti
By LISA BROWN Kansan Staff Writer
"You can't have two suns or you u run out of yellow . . . We're all mad, you know you like berries. Smokey the Bear is lazy hairy. Liam the crazies c smoking. Smash the state."
The boardwalk near the construction site on the University of Kansas campus is constantly receiving fresh coats of graffiti over the old.
The boardwalk was erected in the early fall. It is expected to be torn down when the building is ready for fall classes in a year.
Radio KUOK sponsored a contest in which the best graffiti on the boardwalk
"as awarded a prize. A few of those put up for the original contest still remain, but
have been largely forgotten."
SOME OF THE boardwalk writing is premeditated while other parts are instantaneous. Some of the graffiti were painted pictures that editorialized on a subject, while others were just general expressions of the artists feelings.
Wise bits of philosophy and keen bits of humor characterize the scribbless of graffiti writers. Graffiti, scratches or scribblings on a surface are unlike inscriptions, which are deliberate and permanent. Although graffiti and its study are a recent fad, they date back many centuries.
Robert Reisner, an authority on graffiti and author of several books on the subject, theorized that it began with the Paleolithic Homo sapiens—cave mem. A cave man probably hit one rock to another creating a wall and then repeated it to make more designs.
WRITING ON public walls was quite common during the early Roman times. An inscription begging persons not to leave the house was found at Porta Fortuiana near Rome.
Well known graffiti such as the Egyptian hieroglyphics were a mixture of pictures and writing. These scrawls eventually became the basic of an alphabet.
The walls of ancient Pompeii were filled with graffiti. Although most of this graffiti
was ordinary, the unusual bits that did slip in between the scrawls provided an inspirational look at different aspects of their life.
The graffiti was probably written by the common people, leaving scholars at a loss as to what the upper class might have written or thought at the time.
IN HER book, "The Common People of Pompeii," Helen Tanzan said, "There are lost-and-found articles, real estate, anecdotes, and other material personal and public notices, local news."
The walls in the Tower of London are covered with interest graffiti. Most were only names, but the writings also included personal reflections and religious views, and life in general. Not all
of the graffit was written by the prisoners. Hugh Longworths, a prison keeper in the Tower, also wrote on the walls to help pass the time.
Today's graffiti is widespread and has been made more commercial through books, magazine articles, buttons, stationery, and wrapping paper. Much of today's graffiti is ordinary, but may be useful to future generations.
Graffiti is actually useful in two ways. First it was important to the linguist because it furnished information about the spoken language of the period and place. Linguists have even learned about foreign languages so graffiti that was left by passers tourists.
SECONDLY. graffiti was useful as a tool.
for the historian. The scrawls and rude caricatures show the every-day life of men of that period and details of customs, institutions, and special celebrations.
Most graffiti can be classified under ethnic, class, outcast, politics, literature, art, and sex subject matter. Sometimes graffiti seems rude and destructive and other times is seems humorous and inspirate. It may hurt your feelings if it is directed toward you, but it may also make you stop and think about the matter.
Graffiti is as old as man and as natural as man. It has served as a tool for entertainment and for historians work. Most Graffiti artworks are personal feelings of people throughout the ages.
Campers Indiscriminate In Decorating Rooms
There are lots of ways that campers made their rooms more homey this year. For some, naturally messy habits took care of the problem with no trouble at all. Umbred beds, fuzzy floors and smeary carpets give a homecare lift to almost any room.
There's no place like home, even if it's a home away from home. And any place that is home for five weeks is bound to take on a different kind of characteristics of that person's "real home."
Those who are not naturally messy could also add a touch of home. If they had a creative touch, they wrote "Cello Power" or "I Love Rick" on their windows. Some plied skyscrapers of cereal boxes against the windowen.
Teddy bears and security blankets made
some campers feel more at home. Pictures of Mom, Dad, and various other special people adorn desks, getting frequent visits, and not so frequent glances from others.
Camp gourmets smugged in such homestyle snacks as hot dogs, bages and pizza. The pleasantly homelike smell of one room on one particular afternoon.
Departments Give Honors
Hobbies came to camp, too. These hobbies ranged from bottle collections on windowsills to guitars to bug collections in paper cubs.
With the closing of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp several camp departments are giving awards to their outstanding students.
The speech department will hold its awards assembly today at 1:30 p.m. in Strong Auditorium. Several medals will be given to those who excelled in the speech camp.
The Journalism Camp will conclude with the issuing of three scholarship, certificates and copies of "The Autobiography of William Allen White."
An outstanding boy and girl musician will be chosen from the department of Fine Arts. Honorable mention will also be given.
Winners of the $200 scholarships to attend KU, given by the Journal Camp, were Susan Boling, Overland Park, Donald Walters, Lindsborg, and Jackie
White, Lombard, Ili. Alternates for the scholarships were Lisa Brown, Kensaw, Neb. Kathy Ens, Hillsboro, Debbie Perry, Mo. Coyle, Steve Finkel, Great Land
Special recognition given to students in the classes and activities of the camp was an appreciation.
Photography: Walters, Felkel, Boling,
Fawkes and Chuck Smith, Great Bend.
Kamper Kansan: Feikel, White, Smith,
Walgers and Jain Penner, Reeater, Nahi
Tempo: Boling, Brown, Smith, Rea
Rana, Banning, Idaho and Connie
Fallas, Ferguson
Editorial and Feature Writing: Penner, Boling, Ens and White.
Editing: Ens, White, Curl Clark, Portage, Mich. Sara Westbrook, Bartlesville, OK.
Advertising, Magazine and Graphics—White, Clark, Fawkes, Walters and Smith.
Boardwalk Expresses The Sentiments of Inspired Students .. Philosophers and humorists have all left their mark on the wood. ..
Kanaan Photo by JACKIE WHITE