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Retirement Planned By Mrs. Spurrier
By Robert Lovelace
"You are only as old as you feel and I'm not that old." These are the words of Mrs. Frank Spurrier, one of the supervisors of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
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Mrs. Spurrier has witnessed many improvements in dorm activities in the time she has been here. Some of these improvements, she said, have been in the dividing of eating areas, more recreation, and the presentation of movies twice a week in the Templin cafeteria.
SHE FEELS that the students have benefited greatly from living in dormitories. They have benefited through meeting students from all over the country, having to cooperate with the idiosyncracies of roommates and living with people of their same field and different fields. This experience, she feels, will prepare students for the type of living that they will meet when the begin college.
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Mrs. Spurrier believes that her biggest reward is to see the students that she has counseled attain a better outlook on their problems. She feels that she always leaves a "benefit of the doubt" to the student and hears his entire outlook on his problems. Mrs. Spurrier has helped many students over problems that they have encountered here at camp. This reward should be the only thing that dedicated people strive for, she said.
SHE FEELS that the entire camp matures from this program. They gain an insight of the competition that they will run into when they arrive at college. This, Mrs. Spurrier said, was a great part of the campus life. The competition that the students have experienced here is enlightening and will make them even
Mrs. Spurrier has two grandsons that are attending the camp this summer. They are Steven and Patrick Sirridge and are in the Speech and Theater divisions. She also has a granddaughter who attended the camp last year as a counselor.
better students in their areas back home.
Mrs. Spurrier's home is in Kingman, Kansas. She had worked in New Mexico with Spanish speaking students before coming to the campus of KU. She plans to move to Kansas City in order to be near her daughter, who is a doctor in Kansas City.
The retirement of Mrs. Spurrier will be a loss to the Campus of KU and the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, said Herbert Duncan, camp administrator. People like Mrs. Spurrier, with a vast background in counseling, are few and far between. They are dedicated to their job, which is the advancement of young people. Mrs. Spurrier is the type of worker that commands a salute from the people that have benefited from her counseling and everyone else on the KU campus.
Technical Flaws Detract From Outstanding Acting
By Kim Freshwater
The Theatre camp's opening night production of "Lilium," by Ferenc Molnar, was complete with bright young actors and actresses, colorful costumes, and not quite as outstanding sound effects.
The seating of the audience—nearly on top of the performers—probably served to give both groups claustrophobia, along with taking away somewhat from the "professionality" of the work, but the performances by the campers certainly did much to dispel this initial misimpression.
Miss Gina Bikales, leading lady this first night, did a masterful job of the many difficult dramatic parts of her role as Julie. There were, however, a few complaints voiced in the farther sections of seats about not being able to hear the actress.
Her partner in excellence, Mike Dandliker — "Lilium" — put forth a
Long-time Camper Tells of Changes
This is the fourth year at the Midwestern Music and Art camp for Andy Soll from University City, Mo.
THOUGH HE WASN'T allowed to take private lessons that first year, he became acquainted with the organ instructor, Dr. Laurel E. Anderson. Anderson encouraged him to come back and because Andy "liked the camp in general" he did come back.
He has come every year but one since then. One of his friends, Jeff Spielman, has been here every year with Andy plus the year that Andy missed.
Andy was in the junior high division his first year of camp. At that time the junior high campers lived in the same dormitories as the senior high campers. Andy said, "It was great, more like senior high."
Villain "Fiseur," so sinisterly portrayed by Sam Gabbart, for some reason in a coat much too large for him, came through with all his gangster overtones somewhat exemplified (as did the "police of God" for some unknown reason); something which would turn this particular reprobate into the laughing stock of the pick-pocket industry if his cohorts were ever to spot him.
truly remarkable effort in delivering both his mood and his lines. No complaints here about either audibility or sense of communication, which, incidentally, was certainly not one of Miss Bikales' problems either.
Supporting these promising stars were comedienne (and a very funny one too) Beverly Krug, as Marie, and "her intended," Wolf Beifeld, played by Jay Epstein.
Out-of-State Students Are Half of Camp
The most disappointing aspect of the production centered around what looked like the over-doing of a few parts; one of the more noticeable of which was Mrs. Muskat's. Miss Alph Larsen, who played that lady, seemed to be suffering from understandable nervousness and ended up making the blase Mrs. Muskat a great deal less nonchalant than one in her position would be.
I would very much like to comment on the performance of policemen No.1 and No.2, as listed in order of appearance on the program, but I wasn't entirely sure which of the four uniformed legs that appeared on the stage at the same time was "winning." For the observant few who know, I think you'll agree that our timid "clown" did a very nice job.
Ending on a pleasant note seems necessary; the play was a pleasant surprise and it has my, if not the entire audience's, whole-hearted approval and recommendation. Any problems are, I am sure, temporary or inherent in this type of production and those that are able will soon be rectified.
"And where are you from?" the typical camp introduction question is again repeated. Yes, students from all over the United States have come to this camp to learn and take home with them a little of what they have learned.
learned. Their homes range from Minnesota in the North to Texas in the South, from Maryland on the Atlantic, to California on the Pacific. Altogether there are forty states represented at the camp. Even though there are no foreign students attending it can be seen in the near future that there will be.
"AND WHERE ARE you from?" Who can tell where a student is from? Sometimes an accent can be detected and this does help, but so this person does have a southern accent? There are a lot of states in the south and most of the people who live in them do have detectable accents.
The Eastern accent is harder to detect unless the person is from New Joisey. The Californian students talk practically as thouh they were born in the Midwest (no offense), but going further north one comes to the pronunciation specialists: the students from Wisconsin.
It may not seem like it, but half of the students at the camp are from Kansas. Not so many are from Lawrence but there are quite a few from small towns all over the state. There are campers from Beloit, Lindsborg, McPherson, Parsons. Bonner Springs, and all those other "big metropolis" you have never heard of before.
OF COURSE, the way to get acquainted is to know someone from the town of a person you have just met. Impossible? Maybe, but it's surprising how many people do know kids from YOUR home town or at least they think they do.
What is tough is to be from New York City, St. Louis, Kansas City, Chicago, or San Diego and have someone ask you if you know Henry Galawaskiteoghpfle, or maybe someone you don't know.
Now, if you are a boy and a good looking girl asks you this you say "of course I know Henry" and try to carry on an intelligent conversation. If you are a girl and a good looking boy asks you this you say "of course I know Henry" and try to carry on an intelligent conversation.
"It IS REALLY wonderful how these students from all over the country get along so well together." said a Kansas student. "When I thought about coming here I expected practically all of the campers to be from Kansas."
The most common complaint from the out of state students and even the Kansas students has been the weather.
DEPARTING FOR STARLIGHT—Campers board their bus to Kansas City to see the Starlight Theatre production of "The Music Man."
Two "Music Men" Seen by Campers
By Tanya McNaughten
"Ya got trouble with a capital 'T,' an' that rhymes with 'P', and that stands for Pool."
These words are very familiar to most of the Midwestern Music and Art campers now that they have had a chance to see two productions of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man."
THE FIEST performance campers viewed was put on by the University of Kansas Theatre group. Although the cast had to be small because it is a USO tour production, the play was amazingly alive and did not seem to be hampered by the lack of orchestra accompaniment.
Monday night, July 12, was the night of embarkation for seven busloads of campers on their trip to Starlight Theater in Kansas City to view "The Music Man" for the second time.
THIS TIME the production was full-scale and starred the widely known personality, Bert Parks, as Professor Harold Hill.
In spite of his impressive record, campers largely did not seem to enjoy Park's acting as well as expected. Some felt that his singing was none too good and others thought he overacted.
OF COURSE, a role such as Professor Harold Hill demands acting at its highest level. This brassy and glib-tongued salesman makes his entrance into the play by way of train.
This particular train is approaching River City, Iowa—the date: July 4, 1912. The audience learns the story of Professor Hill by way of "shop talk."
The professor, it seems, sells band instruments and uniforms, guaranteeing to teach the kids to play the
instruments . . . "and he doesn't know one note from another."
IN RIVER CITY, people gather as Harold starts his rip-roaring sales spiel, telling the townpeople that "va got trouble." He convinces the people that their children will be swept up in delinquency with the presence of a pool table in their community.
The answer to River City's problem is a "Boy's Band," Hill claims. Harold sells the town on buying instruments for their children and in due time the instruments are handed out.
Complications develop as Harold, accustomed to skipping town at this point, finds himself in love with Marian, a local librarian, and hesitant to leave. The children have their beautiful instruments but don't know how to play them. The band uniforms arrive and Harold plans on skipping town that night.
THE TOWN FINDS they're being swindled and Harold is promptly handcuffed. As townpeople assemble to decide his fate, the Boys' Band enters and plays a slightly recognizable version of "Minuet in C" much to everyone's amazement.
Under-the-stars musicals are always exciting and "The Music Man" was no exception. For a mere $4.25 campers received professional entertainment, a trip to Kansas City, and best of all, a chance to stay up past 10 p.m!
Templin Food Supervisor Says Cooking Not Learned in Books
"Cooking is technique, and technique cannot be learned from textbooks." This is the philosophy of Mrs. James T. Hoffman, Food Supervisor at Templin Hall.
visor at Tempelman Mrs. Hoffman, who attended Kansas State University to receive her formal training as a dietitian, lives in Lawrence and is employed by KU all year.
ACCORDING TO Mrs. Hoffman, her husband is a great help with her work. Like herself, he loves to cook and experiment in the kitchen. Mrs. Hoffm.n said that she has not only tried her ideas for new meals on her husband, but she has also used some of his ideas at camp.
When asked what was involved in her job. Mrs. Hoffman said there are basically five different areas involved, but supervising what goes on in the kitchen is her main job.
kitchen is her main job Besides the supervising, Mrs. Hoffman does the ordering of the food. This has three main areas: state letting, fresh produce, and fresh meats. In addition there are menus to be planned.
BOOKWORK, SUCH as food costs, monthly inventories, and payrolls, work schedules and work descriptions of each job for every person, and the cleaning of the kitchen are
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all a part of the work which Mrs. Hoffman does.
One thing that Mrs. Hoffman noted and was happy about was that the campers are good eaters. She stated that no matter what was prepared most of the campers ate it and there was very little waste.
Another thing that has made Mrs. Hoffman especially happy this summer was overheard. The kitchen had put in a lot of extra work to fix the box lunches that the art campers took with them on their field trip to Kansas City. It was the following day that Mrs. Hoffman overheard one boy say to another that the box lunchees were really good.
SOME OF THE campers have been employed in the kitchens this summer and Mrs. Hoffman added a word of praise for them saying they had been extra good help.
been extra good "it's been a real pleasant summer," said Mrs. Hoffman, when asked how the work was this summer. Mrs. Hoffman also said that part of the reason for this was that the campers were eating in two dorms instead of just one this year.