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Friday, July 23, 1971
University Summer Kansan
Hazardous
No one is sure what caused the accident.
Perhaps it was a rush in the darkness to escape the Bush Patrol. More likely, it was a race to the cafeteria.
Bv MICHAEL VAN ROSS
The more fortunate campers, or maybe the ones who are just plain hazard prone, are easy to pick out. They are the people who have a pair of wooden supports stuffed under their arms. They are the people who you can walk up to them. They are on the floor or sidewalk with their crutches.
Some reasons for a person to come into possession of crutches range from a messy amputation of a couple of teeth by a lawn mower, to a night, to having her girl friend stand on his foot.
The regular event of the migration of boys between McCollum and Lewis just before closing has been proved dangerous. One of the casualties of the outbreak in crutches and a counselor was standing at the door one night giving a count down before locking the doors. The crutches would have been okay if he had not hit his nose and jammed his foot into a curb.
Many Limp On Crutches
The reason for the epidemic of crushes is unknown but the individual causes would be unlikely to spread. One person was in the daily race for the breakfast line when he was injured. After missing a step on his way to the basement. He was on his way to Walkins Hospital to pick a girl.
It also has been discovered that very few, if any campers stay on their crutches as long as they were told to. One or two weeks is how long most people are told to remain on their crutches. But the average amount of time spent aboard the crutches rarely exceeds five hours and it is not often that a bobbed on crutches can be found on the basketball court or running into the cafeteria just as recklessly as he did the first time he sprained his ankle.
Campers Suggest Change
One camper said: "You have summer school in the summer. Right? This is school in the summer. Right? You have homework at summer school. Right? We have homework at this school. Right? You get credit for this school. Right On!"
Girl sees boy. Girl likes boy. Girl would like to speak to boy and have friendship develop
What changes or additions to the camp would you suggest for future years?
A talent show was another suggestion. This could have comical, dramatic, or musical acts. With the large music department at the camp each year, there could be endless ideas.
One idea that the majority of science, journalism, and campers agreed on was that they should receive some academic recommendation for their six weeks of study.
This question was asked to many people from various divisions of the camp. Of course, there were many replies about dorm rules: Closing hours, dating, riding in cars, and punishment. However, more constructive comments were made.
Meeting members of the opposite sex is hard for those sly girls who "shake only when spoken to by a guy" and who never asked a mate to a Haddow Hawkins Dance. So these girls are sometimes surprised, sponsored by the science camp. It could bring together couples who would have a headstart
together by being matched according to similar interests. This might be an easier way for friendship to develop besides being interesting and unusual.
Several requests were made for more live rock concerts. The one with the Red Dogs and Tide seemed to be a big success and many students would have enjoyed other
Also along this line was the hope that bands could provide the music for the many dances which struggled along with records. This would not have to be a really expensive project. Several times during camp talented musicians performed well and their music appealed to most and would do better for the success of dance if they could be flattered, encouraged, and convoiled to play.
"I have blisters on top of blisters."
"I must walk ten miles a day."
These are complaints of those students who also plead, "Why can't transportation be provided?" They don't seem to have any prize-winning solution although suggestions were: no-charge buses, bicycles for free or cheap rent (one cent a day), more kind-hearted (teachers with station wagons, teachers with bikes or other vehicles), classes I guess this problem will just have to be left upon the mercy of the camp administrators.
"I've broken two pairs of sandals since I got here."
There's always a reason for a wing party. The reason usually is, the wing that did the inviting, wants to be asked to another party by the wing they invited. At least that seemed like the case this summer as one wing party led to another.
Now that some of your suggestions have been brought into the open you will just have to choose the one that works best.
Camp Has Become Second Nature
Several wings were supplied with sack patches by the caterpillar crew and they went on to build a new home.
Viewers Are Fence Sitters
Bv DEBBIE KILPATRICK
"I don't. I went there for journalism. And I commandeer was in speech, and my voice."
One camerat was humiliated and two others looked like fools when they tried to fence, after the University of Kansas' forcing team entered the living room of Lewis Hall Thursday night.
Rv BRIAN RICKFORD
"Oh really? I didn't know you played an instrument."
The team came into Lewis and set up their equipment in the afternoon. At 7:30 they began a short match, then explained the methods of scoring the matches to the large group of campers. Each sword requires a different scoring system.
What do you say about a 1971 summer camp that died? What else besides it was beautiful, exciting, interesting? What do you say about the campgrounds, teachers and classes, and the long walks across camps? The snack bar, the Union, the hills behind the dorms, the twisting bus rides, the stores? Those chuggers and supervisors who were there? Is it all over. But how do you say good-bye now?
With another style only the torso is the target, and only a metal coat worn on the arm. The sleeves are also fitted.
With one if any part of the body is touched by the sword a small button on the end of the sword is depressed, completing an electric shock which activates a light at the scorers table.
"Because the camp was founded first as a music and art camp, but since then other museums have been opened."
The fencing team demonstrated the use of each sword in a regular match.
Using the third sword, scoring is done by sight. The judges of the match stand around the fencing area and when one feels a score has been made they ston the match.
After the team had shown the campers the swords they let a few campers try their hand at fencing. Some stopped just short of making total fools out of themselves.
*Why can't people change with the times?*
*not certain, but Midwestern Music, Art and
Music can change.*
"Then why did they call it a music and art carm?"
Pizza parties, picnics, dances, and just fooling around were some activities at wing parties during the Midwestern Music, Art, and Academic Camp.
New Name
Parties Are Popular
"I spent six weeks at the Midwestern Music and Art Camp."
"Where were you this summer?"
"We already have. Check the Kamper Kansan."
The room looks so different it did it back when I first entered it. Four walls, a ceiling and a cold floor, two beds and two desks, a table and one roommate sitting on one of the beds.
The first week went by fast. We were in McGillium then and life was riding back and forth to the 10th floor. Moving to Lewis was like starting all over again. The girls helped make the move more enjoyable and a little easier. The rooms were bare and dead—but for no long.
The guys and dolls were now separated and the camp was suddenly shifting to high gear. The junior high kids had left and the music and art campers would soon arrive. The gap between Lewis and McCollum had no time to form.
The night glides into morning quickly during the camp. That first hint of daylight blinds you as it peeps in through the venetian blind. It looks so still outside compared to the morning wing in the wing. It's funny, but somehow you manage to get dressed and ready for class, and by the time you're half-way through breakfast you'll be awake!
The campus is so beautiful and quiet. so you descend the hill in back of Lewis your eyes view the campus and the long endless stream of campers elbower close and closer to Murphy, Malott, Learned, Strong, and Flint Halls. I often wondered if the university slept at night. When it was dark in my room, were the labs, classrooms, and practice rooms
quiet? Or was there some mysterious recycling of things going on to make "it" all work the next day? Everything would be so busy during the day after the swarms of marsh made it to the buildings. It must be strong at night, no one here searching for a dream.
But then it's Saturday and you and everybody are going places. "Downtown" appears on the sign at the top of the bus as it climbs down the small peak in front of Hashinger Hall. It already has stopped at McCollum, and the boys pile on at Lewis. The bus is cool. You see the campus moving by as you sit still in your seat.
Perhaps then it is Saturday night and you are dancing your feet off with a girl you met earlier. Among other things, you're thinking about tomorrow being Sunday and having to do your wash sometime this week in those clothes. Perhaps then your deodorant really keeps you dry.
It can't be true, but it is. The phone's ringing! It is some of your best friends from back home (you write to them once and explained how terribly busy you were). They are often so keen to see them so far away, and yet so close. What plausible event will they have to say good-bye right away?
You keep thinking all that night that you never can say farewell to the camp and the people you have come to know as more than friends or family, community. But you have to say good-bye.
Your mind begins to surge with all sorts of wild ideas about staying here longer, planning reunions at friends' homes in other states next summer, and other dreams. The time has come for some. Some will be leaving tomorrow, others Saturday, some Sunday, maybe some even later (the luck ones) and maybe some others. You need to sure get all those address correct and the area codes of the phone numbers also before you leave. And make it a good "bye."
Exhausted
City Star, the kids were treated to a som-
mage session from a vagabond snecker
from Michigan
Rv. JOAN INSCO
On an average day, 20 campers will find their way to Walkins. "I think we're likely to get a higher rate of campers than students," Dr. Raymond Schwegel, administrator of Watkins, said. The reason for this, he said, is that full-time students have more pressure on them and do not feel that they can sacrifice themselves by camping on the other hand, are under no such pressure, he pointed out, and many are here for a vacation.
Watkins Hospital has become as familiar to some campers as their classrooms or even their derms. The ride over the hospital, in a car for a change, the inquiring nurse at the hospital, and the hall, and finally the probing doctor, all contribute to the camper's impressions of the hospital.
Most of the ailments of campers are minor in nature, but they hurt all the same. Colds, tiredness, bruises, cuts, and respiratory diseases are some of the most common cases.
Sprained ankles and broken legs have also been frequent offenders. But this is to be expected, Dr. Schlegel says, because of the age group and activities of the campers.
The range of illnesses treated also encompasses appendectomies. During this summer camp, two girls have had their appendixes removed. However, Dr. Schweger says that surgery more complicated than this would be performed at another hospital.
a group to the lake and then got the most important business over first; EATING! After that they cut into the big juicy piece; then everyone had pitched in a dime to pay for.
Of course, no gathering of teen-agers would be complete without the presence of the disease, also known as monocellular several agents have been sent home with this disease.
Silent movies seemed to be the most original idea for wing parties. The movies were shown, but with the records which were silent, they were ground, they were no longer silent movies.
In McCollum Hall, private wing parties were held every week. Fifteen girls and one counselor were honored at birthday parties where cake and cupcakes were served. Three sisters also given a "shower" on their birthdays and one girl was given a going away party.
The boys became very lively at times as birthday boys were greeted with shaving cream.
All in all, the campers to be very busy as one party led to another.
Hospital Is Camp Site
Rv CINDV CRAIN
Little did I know or expect that my fifth week of camp would be spent in a hospital bed. A surprise appendectomy is what put me there.
I awoke Tuesday, July 13 with severe stomach pains. It happened on the thirteenth but of course I am not superstitious! I reported to sick call along with twelve other girls from McCollum Hall. First we were questioned and we each had to prove that we were deathly. Then three carloads were taken to Watkins Hospital. I managed to make the last carload.
After a lot of waiting, and testing, I was finally told that my appendix had to come out. That was the last thing I expected and it was quite a shock.
That first day and night aren't too clear in my mind. They stack me with needles "to stop the pain" and made me turn over every hour.
My parents were called to give permission for surgery and I entered the operating room.
However, after that, things improved. I was given a private room where the mission set up for the night. It took a long time to
David Dary
. . . recounts conference
The hospital does have a few advantages over camp. The beds are wonderfully comfortable as compared to the squeaky, lumpy ones at the dorms. The food is much better when being waking久 at the hospital was 7:30 in the morning s'ore 6 or 6:30. That extra hour really helped.
The bright spot of my day came with the afternoon and evening visiting hours. My teachers, counselor, and friends were all wonderful about coming to see me.
Herb Klein, White House communications director, and other advisors told the media representatives the purpose of the conference was to connect Washington briefing to people in the Midwest.
Nixon Raps With Press
David Dary, assistant professor of journalism, was personally invited to the recent presidential news conference in Kansas City, Mo. He found the briefing to be "valueable in feeling out opinions, thoughts, and ideas of the press from 13 states."
By BERNEIL JUHNKE
The actual briefing took place at 12:30 p.m. with domestic topics such as drugs, economy, crime and the environment taking into account Lift attention was directed to the Vietnam War.
Dary said he personally talked to the President for 40 seconds when both Nixon and his wife personally press members at a reception following the conference.
When the President spoke at 3 p.m., Daryt termed the conference as "somewhat superficial" and "almost like a lecture." He said the President talked in general terms about the world and that little opportunity was given the press to ask direct questions
“Where is the government going to get money in case of revenue sharing?” was the most frequently asked question, according to Darv.
Although Dary said the briefing appeared to be a public relations success, he stated, "I myself, was disappointed that this one did not. It really hurt me and did not it. It was really sort of a hoky experience."