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University Summer Kansan
Friday, July 23.1971
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Today's is the fourth and final issue of the Kamber Kaanan. The Midwestern Music, Art and Academic Camp ends Sunday. The Academy Kaanan has two more issues, July 27 and 30.
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
and Connie were elected from among 10 contestants for queen and nine contestants for king. Candidates were elected by the campers in their residence homes on last Monday night.
Crowned
Nick Lane and Connie Whitely were crowned king and queen of the 1971 Mildred King & Queen Tour.
formal dance Saturday night in Lewis Hall. Russell Wiley, director and founder of the camp and Colonel Arnold Gabriel, a guest speaker, will be in attendance as queen, and presented them with gifts. Nick
Game Illustrates Society
By GALE NORTON
On Tuesday, campers anticipated three more sessions. The action picked up quickly as one entire region threatened mass suicide, and a proposition for an expeditionary force would be introduced to raise the national indicators out of dangers lower them to the point of doom for society.
SIMSC: POP, SOP, BASIN, MASMED, EMPUN, JIDOUN, INOVNII. These strange words became familiar to the 24 campers, who were invited to participate as members of the Sociology class, who participated in SIMSC (Simulated Society). This was a sociology game designed to
Then, with no warning, the SIMSC world ended. The sudden ending was to end the game while it was still functioning actively and interest was still high.
opposition. But an agreement was reached and a coalition formed between the two parties. They worked to achieve a prosperous society: 100 per cent employed and nonguised.
The citizens of SIMSOC dealt with the complex problems of finding employment, gaining control in politics, putting out a fire and responding to communications after earache damage.
Gary Maranell, professor of sociology, directed SIMSOC. He introduced the rules of the game, observed its progress, and calculated the standing of the national indicators
SIMSCO was introduced Friday, July 9, with a discussion of the rules. The first active day was Monday, July 12. Camps attended throughout the week, from 3:30 to 11:30 p.m., with a break for dinner.
Home regions, political affiliations, and the heads of companies were assigned. Other members of society were then faced with the task of finding jobs. This was complicated by the fact that company funds were very limited, so only a few employees could be hired. "Simbucks," the money of SIMSOC, were in short supply.
Political parties, POP (Party of the People), and SOP (Society Party), were organized. At the outset, they opposed each other. Police forces were set up to arrest the
Wiley Praises Camp; Bright Future Ahead
As the 1971 Midwestern Music and Art Camp approaches completion, the director and founder of the camp, Russell Wiley, seems to be very satisfied.
"I am extremely proud of this year's camp. I am as proud of this year's camp as any camp we've ever had, even though it is smaller." Wiley said.
"I think for the most part our youngsters are tremendous. They are beautifully behaved. They're courteous. They act like young ladies and gentlemen and they're here for a serious purpose. They're making a fine contribution."
Wiley isn't the only one to have enjoyed the camp. As a result of his regular meetings with the director directors, Wiley can report that they, too, are proud of the students they have, and feels that with the economy as it is and the threat of the camp is inevitable to be alive today.
"We're not only alive, we're going full speed with a beautiful group of young people and every division of the camp operating to full capacity. Everything that we've offered to these young people is being given to them and, in many cases, twofold.
"The band is performing beautifully, it has
In answer to critics who say that the top band is not as good as those in years' past, Wiley stated that even though the music camp was still alive in the last few years, the hands have death.
a magnificent sound, and it is playing a lot of quite difficult music. This top band is better than any all-state band that I've ever heard, or I've ever conducted, and I've conducted over the country. This band sound-wise is as good as last year's band or the year before.
"I would say to my critics that I think they're being overly critical. I think they're trying to find something to complain about," she said. "Our patients have been sent home, there have been."
Russell Wiley
... camp founder
Camp Kazoo Contest Shows Music Talent
Bv STEVE WHITLOCK
For those who have been waiting anxiously, the results of the kazo contest have been announced. Bertha Patricia Garcia took top place in the women's category. Debbie Hughes came in second and third.
The contestants were judged on tone, choice of piece, musicianism, difficulty of the piece, technical facilities, stage presence, pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and received either a I, II, III, or IV rating.
According to the judges, Patricia, who had played a karaoke before, "didn't miss any notes and played in her eyes. She was humorous about it and not terribly serious."
Her prize, a gold kazoo, a gold kazoo mute and a black velvet carrying case, was used by some of the contestants during the contest when they didn't have their own. Most of the items featured were either metal red and silver or blue and gold "cigars with a knob or top."
Musicians Promote National Viola Week
By DEBBIE KILPATRICK
Do you know what is important about July 18 through July 24?
The first celebration of NWV began asi-
year with only the viola players in symphony
All music campers, especially viola players, should know that week not only as the last week of camp, but also as National Viola Week (NVW).
orchestra taking part in the activities.
By DENISE SMITH
Ceremonies Close Camp
In order to find some way to summarize or bring the camp to a close, the various divisions are planning assemblies, contests, awards, and farewell speeches.
The art camp will have a final assembly Friday afternoon with three main purposes in mind. It will be an opportunity for the teachers to tell what they saw and experienced while working with the high school students and also to exchange final farewells. At the right, two winners of a contest to design the best album on music record will be announced. An honor ball will also be read to recognize the outstanding students.
In order to say farewell to their students, the science division met at Numeraker College Thursday evening. Refreshments were served and certificates handed out, but the main objective was to talk and say goodbye.
Throughout the week, individual contests and debate tournaments have taken place in the speech division. Those placing high will win a national final assembly for speech Friday morning.
The journalism section will give $200 scholarships to the three students that the camp faculty felt were the most outstanding campers. Copies of books will be given to campers who were judged outstanding in various phases of the camps activities. Each journalism student that completed the six-week camp will receive a certificate.
Poster painting sessions were held and the results can be seen in Lewis, McColum and Murphy Halls. Slagones range from "Viva Power" to "Viola Power" to "Viola power is the power of the hour."
This year, activities have expanded to include the viola players in both the concert and symphony orchestras. All concert orchestra viola players can be distinguished from symphony orchestra viola players by two green shirts with "braslace." German for viola. Symphony orchestra viola players wear purple shirts with "braslace" printed in white.
The music camp honored eight boys and six girls Wednesday night for their outstanding performance.
Counselors Give Final Comments to Campers
With the camp coming rapidly to a close, the coummers have given their last words of encouragement to their comrades.
By STEVE WHITLOCK
for Wiley during this camp. He feels that whenever a group of young people the size of the camp population is brought together there are bound to be problems.
Wiley commented the University of Kansas is 100 per cent behind the camp.
According to Cathy Friesenberg, "My wing is still the great bunch of kids they were the day they walked in. I don't worry about authority. I find that getting close to the kids will be more effective. I'm glad if they just have a good time."
With classes in perceptive motor development and the influence of music on behavior, Cathy's involvement has been limited, but she claimed to have pulled as many pranks on the campers as they have on her. The past two weeks, besides swimming and tennis, her hobbies have been reading and researching in the library.
It seems the campers are here for a good time as well as to learn. Brenda said and asked me to share some of her experiences.
After being a camper in 1967, Brenda Anderson found the camp more liberal with the kids having more freedom. She said she enjoyed kids and liked being around them.
Brenda said they are just as crazy as she was when she was a camper.
After having decided to finish her graduate work, Cathy became a counselor to find out how the junior high and senior high school campers would act.
tuping the light switches "on" one night when she made her bed.
This year her wing had decided to put paper and tin can up her door, but another wing did it first. Her reaction to nothing but paper was so awful that pal her wing into a state of utter laziness.
After having been a camper in 1968 and a counselor last year, she came back because she enjoys the camp and wants the experience of working with kids.
Jean said, "You can learn a lot by watching kids. They are all very nice, all unique and have the usual problems with boys and chuggers."
Jean Dechant has experienced her share of pranks the past two years as a counselor. It was a standing joke last year that when she would wake up her wing at 6 a.m., she would still be half asleep herself. On the last day of camp, she opened her door to a world of white. Her wing had toilet papered the entire ball.
"We are not a correctional institution. We're an educational institution, and education and turnover do not go together well. I have no intention, as long as I am a director of this camp, of allowing protest and things of that sort to get into this camp. We will eliminate the protestors, as I think the University should."
"We have no more problems this summer than we've had in the past. Not as much as in some years, but we are prepare to take care of them and create them. Certain young people be thriving."
"The regulations are not needed for 50 percent of our young people," Wiley said, "but they do never seem to protest or object to regulation. It is it's a certain security. And we feel it is too."
In conclusion, she stated, "You can't get too personal with the campers. The more personal you get and the more you know about the campers, the more respect they have for you."
"I couldn't be more grateful to the people of our University for the attitude that they've shown toward this camp. They feel it's a great part of the University and they want us to."
When the Fort Madison, Iowa, art major isn't in the dorm or in her classes on design, advertising and editorial art, she likes to sketch and go horseback riding.
And the founder is certain it will continue. The national economy has been the most difficult problem to struggle with, he said, but one of these days it's going to settle down
There will probably be no changes in the camp regulations, as every rule has been the same.
When she isn't at the show on her night off
In contrast to last year, the camp is supporting itself. Next year's camp will begin free of debt, so Wiley doubts there will be any changes.
"Consequently, problems develop. And when they do, then we must think of the 99 per cent beautifully behaved young people who are constantly a best thing for the camp is to eliminate them."
Mark Rustuman has found that, "if you well hard enough the camper will respect you."
He attended the music and camp four years ago and find out what high school students were like.
relaxing, who is trying to get as much out of the camp as she can. She has a summer job at Mallot Hall working in the physics department.
"Be yourself," Jean said, "but don't hurry or harassly of counselors when you pull a rule."
According to Mark, "The more you get to know the campers, the less you know about them. They're pretty complex and not childlike. They're mature with complex ideas and feelings."
He had a fear of the fifth week of camp because of the pranks, but claimed he bad had own pranks planned and was going to get one better.
The only prank so far has been a string on his door leading across the hall to the lavatory. He doesn't know what it was for and apparently came out before it was completed.
"Counsellors want the councils to have a good time," Mark said, "but they also want them to get bed at a deacon room. If they do that, they will need to and do it well, then we'll have a good councillor."
"There's no question but what the camp has a future. It has a tremendous future. We have a tremendous past, a glorious past, and I see why we cannot have a glorious future.
He has worked with the camp for four years and this year is a librarian and counselor. He wanted to counsel for the chance to get out of school to help kids to find out what teaching was really like.
Besides booze and girls, Pat Nurve lure rocks, because each one is different. He enjoys chasing, being around other people, and playing with them. He excited when he gets to conduct sectionals.
"Every year the camperms are great," Pet said. "They come here not knowing each other and make friends. It exposes the camper to more music, debate or whatever they're here for, than they will ever see in a lifetime. At the same time it exposes him to the social life and gives him the chance to start off when he has gotten off badly at home."
Pat said, "Campers tend to get rowdy last week, but I hope they will realize that this is the last week. Some will never be back next week. Do what they came for, I hope they will try the last week. They never appreciate the camp until they are away from it.
"After 34 years, the camp can't quit now. It's done a lot for the youth. I would wish though that more faculty would find the time to attend the concerts, art exhibit and speech meets to show the campers that the faculty cares."
"So our plans are full speed ahead. No need to turn back, every point to be "punt" in your head."
"It's so dark in here that I can't run my head. I mean I can't find my curtains and they
Havoc Reigns In Blackout
At approximately 3:10 Sunday afternoon, July 11, all electricity at McCullum Hall stopped. Lights went out, clocks stopped, air conditioning was off, airing, air machines退租 to get money including money that unfortunate souls had inserted in the coin slots, and worst of all, the elevators wouldn't move an inch. The only elevator that would move an inch, telephones, toilets, and a flashlight.
Sunday dinner began at 4:45 and, in a McColmfüll first, it was served by candlelight. Milk was poured from the carton by hand, and ice was scraped into paper glasses because of its sticky texture. Paper plates were also used because with the electricity, went the diwashers.
Seven o'clock arrived and all males were restricted from the girls dormitory by a new rule acknowledging the darkness. Couples found other places to go and a few even watched the workmen digging up the east hill where they tried to find what the trouble was. Plainly dug in sutches and in the corners of closets and beams of light began moving around.
Some smart females came in as early as 8 p.m. when it was still light, but even then, taking a shower and curing hair was almost impossible, and the light was that from streetlights and a few scattered flashlights. The majority of the female campers arrived in the dorms at 9:30 p.m. and were forced to suffer the heat. When it was impossible to see anything in the dark
At 10 p.m. lights were in (flashlights that) at t) and all campers were in their beds with their various concerns. Some boys were gone for the day, but they themselves out of bed at 3:48 a.m., so they could finish breakfast before the girls came over, and the girls were thinking of how they were going to put their make-up on in the dark because they were going to do with their straight hair.
Suddenly the lights flickered on in the hallway and a cheer spread from room to room. Air conditioners were turned on and soon everyone was asleep.
Boys didn't have to get up at 5:45, but the girls still worried about how they looked. The cause of the black out is still an unanswered question in the minds of many campers, but rumors about a witch's curse make the most sense.