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Kamper Kansan
Goodbye, Anna Maria; Hello Bert, River City
"This year the production we will see will be 'West Side Story.'" These words by Mr. Herbert Duncan on the first night of camp, excited all the campers, and all eagerly awaited the bus trip to Kansas City and the Starlight.
A WEEK later, it was announced that because "West Side Story" was during the last week of camp and transportation would be difficult, the trip had been moved to an earlier date, so that the show they will see is Meredith Willson's "Music Man."
will see is herbert Witney. They wanted to see "West Side Story." They wanted to see Anna Maria Alberghetti. They did not want to see Bert Parks.
Another factor is that the University Theatre is presenting "Music Man," and some campers feel that they will be hearing "Seventy-Six Trombones" in their sleep. However, this can not be helped.
"MUSIC MAN" is the type of musical which can be seen and enjoyed over and over again. We will see Bert Parks chase some librarian named Marion all over River City, and most of us will have a great time. This is a fantastic opportunity. The camp is not forced to go to the trouble of arranging the transportation, the meals, and all the minor" details.
The camp wants to do this for us. They feel it is an enriching experience. And we feel they are right.
Most of us hate to miss Miss Alberghetti. Most of us love the Jets just as much as we love River City. Or maybe you love the Jets more than you love River City.
But Meredith Willson has given us something special to enjoy. And we are happy to enjoy it. As that "other musical" said, it is "supercalifragilisticexpialidacious."
Very Trite, Very True-- All the Camp is for You
Whether one can call a one-year-old practice a tradition or not is open to debate. It is, nevertheless, usual to publish in the first Kamper Kansan editorials, the message that is essentially: don't abuse your privileges nor spend all your time in fun and games. Moreover, it is reasonable to assume that there will continue to be enough campers who do not observe this seemingly obvious principle to make such editorials likely in the future.
HOWEVER. reasonably prudent behavior does not alone insure that the Midwestern Music and Art Camp is being used to maximum advantage; there are subtler ways to fail to make the most of the camp. "Sins of omission," while not as flagrant, can be as damaging as clearly censurable conduct. It is not enough merely to perform, or write, or dance, or speak, or research, or build, or do whatever your particular line of learning requires. Whatever division one is in, there are eight other divisions, and it would be a serious mistake to ignore them.
The Midwestern Music and Art Camp offers almost unprecedented cultural opportunities to those participating in the various areas of study. The music campers learn about music, the art campers learn about art, the ballet campers learn about ballet. But equally important, a camper can learn about things outside of his specialty. By attending concerts, by viewing exhibitions, by watching performances, a camper can greatly broaden his experiences.
THUS the camp essentially serves two functions: to provide intensive study in a particular field, and to provide a modicum of what university administrators are fond of calling a "liberal education." Not to utilize the opportunities of the camp to the utmost is to waste what cannot be regained.
"Do you suppose they're Texans or science campers?"
Drama Camp Puts on Play
As the debut of "Lilium" approaches, the stage crews of the theatre campers are bustling between prop rooms, preparing for the gala event.
The theatre division of the camp has 50 persons enrolled to take part in putting on the annual camp pag- cant. Director of this year's theatre camp is Prof. Bill Kuhlke who will be working with the actors and crews until July 26-28 when three performances of the drama will be presented.
"LILIOM IS THE HIGH DRAMA version from which the musical, "Carousel," was derived. The drama concerns a rough side show barker named Lilliam, who cannot seem to express love. He falls in love with Julie only to hurt her more than he hurts others. The tragedy of the romance is that he hurts people without meaning to. The story has some interesting final happenings.
The play will be given in the University Theatre in Murphy Hall on the three consecutive nights to make the production available to as many as possible. The tickets to "Lilium" will be made available to all campers, free of charge, at the University Theatre box office.
THE THEATRE CAMPERS' INTERESTS range from acting to technical production. Many of the 50 theatre campers have their schedules so designed as to omit any acting classes of labs so that they may concentrate on the back stage duties.
In the past two years the theatre division of the camp has presented "Romeo and Juliet" and "Bye, Bye, Birdie." This year's play is of an entirely different type.
Kamper Kansan By Journalists
"Smile, you may be in the 'Kamper Kansan!'" This exclamation will reveal the presence of one of the 20 campers from the journalism division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
THESE REPORTERS SPEND most of their time walking around the campus trying to find buildings on their beats and timidly interviewing department heads. These are part of their duties for the "Summer Session Kansan" and the "Kamper Kansan."
The students may also take elecive courses. These include work on the Tempo, photography techniques, and a course in creative writing in which the students are writing novels.
The journalism students are members of the staff of the "Summer Session Kansan." They cover various beats such as divisions of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, the University Theatre, the KU Medical Center, Campus Police Force, the various deans, and social and political organizations. The "Summer Session Kansan" is published twice weekly under the direction of editor Jacke Thayer, Prof. Calder M. Pickett, and photographer Dan Austin.
DIRECTOR OF THE JOURNALism division is Prof. John Knowles who also teaches some of the courses. The course in advertising and business management is taught by Prof. James E. Dykes. Prof. Darrel Holt teaches radio and television. In this course the journalists will write the script and produce their own television show. Under the guiding hands of Roy Imman, the students learn photography.
Lens-hunt on 7 South
Have you ever looked for a contact lens? Well, don't try it unless you have such good eyes that you will never need them. Alas, the girls on 7 South tried and a birdseye view of their efforts resembled a large crib of babies, crawling on their hands and knees. Finally, when all good eyes had failed, the eyes using those very same lenses spotted their missing friend.
Mrs. John Laughlin, who is the head dietitian at Lewis cafeteria, prepares the bacon which is to be served to students at dinner
Mother's Care In Lewis Cafeteria
Have you ever wondered who prepares the meals you eat at Lewis Hall? Have you ever wondered who makes sure the meal is well planned and prepared? Have you ever wondered who is "chief cook and bottle washer?"
The answer to the above questions can be said in one name: Mrs. John Laughlin, Mrs. Laughlin, who is in charge of the Lewis cafeteria, enjoys her work very much. She likes to prepare food for young people, and she should know how; she has two of her own. Her two daughters may be attending the camp in the near future, so Mrs. Laughlin prepares the food with a mother's care.
"I ALWAYS TASTE THE FOOD before it is served. If it is something of inferior quality, I send it back. I won't ask anyone to eat anything I wouldn't eat," said Mrs. Laughlin. The manner in which the food is
prepared testifies to her belief.
Mrs. Laughlin said that her main problem in the summer is getting the cafeteria helpers oriented as to the locations of certain equipment, since most of the help have previously worked elsewhere. She wishes that she could have closer contact with the campers, but the nature of her job makes this hard. Mrs. Laughlin, an attractive brunette, has a warm personality and any student could benefit from an acquaintance with her.
ALTHOUGH THE FOOD in the cafeteria is exceptionally good, Mrs. Laughlin says that she hears mostly gripping, if anything at all, about the food. "When any cafeteria hears a compliment on the food, it boosts the morale a lot," said Mrs. Laughlin. "If a student has a suggestion to make, we will be glad to hear it and give it thought."
Book Review—"Lisa and David"
LISA AND DAVID, by Theodore Isaac Rubin (Ballentine Books). Lisa and David is a short and
Kamper Kansan
This is the third annual edition of the tri-weekly newspaper, "Kamper Kansan." The news it contains was written and edited by the students of the Journalism Department of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
Staff
Editor-in-Chief ... Stan Oftelie
Assistant Editor-in-
Chief ... Martha Teitelbaum
News Editor ... Anita Wicke
Assistant News Editor and
Photographer ... Hugh Tessendorf
News Reporters ... Robert Lovelace
Jonathan Burnett
Editorial Editor ... David Stone
Assistant Editorial
Editor ... Frances Galawas
Editorial Writers ... Kit Gunn
Tanya McNaughten
Feature Editor ... Christine Howard
Assistant Feature Editor and
Staff Artist ... Mike Shearer
Feature Writers ... Shelley Bray
Kimberly Freshwater
Philip Higdon
Sports Editor ... Mike Holder
Assistant Sports
Editor ... Bruce Erickson
Sports Reporters ... Danny Partner
Mike O'Hara
poignant book, a case-report on two young mental patients and the problems they overcome to start on their road to recovery.
DESPITE ITS BIZARRE BACKground, this book has the pattern of a classic love story, told with beautiful love and tenderness. An extraordinary book that combines psychiatric training and the novelist's creative understanding of the mind and soul, Lisa and David is an authentic pattern of the slow return toward health made by two mentally ill adolescents.
David is a brilliant boy who is obsessed by the necessity for painful cleanliness and is convinced that the touch from another human can bring death.
Lisa on the other hand is divided into two entities and talks only in nonsense rhyme and must jump and skip ceaselessly to get rid of her overload of energy. Both live in a terrified world of a cage and are equally afraid to leave them.
THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOOK,
Dr. Theodore Isaac Rubin, is a practicing psychiatrist and is affiliated with the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and the Karen Horney Clinic. In Lisa and David, Dr. Rubin has created an all together different kind of literature, successfully both as scientifically accurate case histories and as novels. This book was made into a vibrant motion picture that was picked by Time Magazine as the Best American Picture of the Year.