Tuesday, July 26, 1966 Summer Session Kansan
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Most happy with art camp
By Rose M. Lee
"I'm awfully glad I came" that's an opinion expressed by many of the art campers who can be seen at work in Strong Hall, Bailey Annex, sketching in the History Museum, painting in the park, at the fountain, or almost anywhere on the campus.
The Art Camp originated in 1952 with Marjorie Whitney, as director, and Arvid Jacobson as associate director. "We have watched it grow from a class of 40 to the current enrollment of 340." Prof. Jacobson said.
"The campers range in age from 13 to 19, but the majority of them are 15 and 16. There are two girls for every boy, but this is a better ratio than in 1952, when there were 8 or 9 girls for every boy. They come to us from all over the United States and this year we have two here from Nova Scotia," Jacobson said.
CLASSES ARE HELD every day. The campers choose five classes from the following: cartooning; commercial art; constructive, freehand, nature, pastel, pencil, pen and ink, and portrait drawing; design and color; fashion illustration; figure sketching; greeting card design; interior design; jewelry; lettering; oil painting; portrait painting; pottery and ceramics; print workshop; sculpture; paper and wire
BELLEVILLE, Kan. —(UPI)— Sen. James B. Pearson, R-Kan., said yesterday that federal aid to education is necessary and desirable, and that undesirable federal control is not in sight.
For aid to education
"The prospect of federal control of education runs contrary to the American tradition." Pearson said in a speech at a breakfast meeting here.
All the campers attend the Art Survey class held in Swarthout Hall every Saturday morning.
sculpture; weaving; water color;
and perspective.
An exhibit of some of the campers work can be seen in Murphy Hall. The display is changed weekly.
What do some of the campers think of the art camp?
NEAL SHAPIRO, Kansas City.
Mo.: "Obviously I enjoy it or I wouldn't have come back. This is my third summer." He is taking cartooning, commercial art, figure sketching, freehand drawing and oil painting. "This is my first experience in oils. Camp is a good place to gain fundamental knowledge in any of the media because you get such good basic training. The teachers are of such high caliber that the attention you get is really beneficial."
Shapiro enjoys drawing cartoons and said he hopes to pursue a career as an illustrator. He has turned in two designs for the contest sponsored by Audio House Records Co. The Sunday Music Camp Concerts are recorded by Audio House and the winning design will be used to illustrate the cover for the records.
Kathy Rouse, Rachine, Wis. senior: "The experience is wonderful. So much more is offered here than in high school and the variety helps me to decide which field of art that I want to go into." Some of Kathy's jewelry and a wall hanging of green wool interwoven with various seed pods are on display this week in Murphy Hall.
Rebecca East, Wilmot, Tex,
"The Art Camp offers a challenging programs. Because of the different levels of ability and the fact that none of our work is graded all of us are challenged.
We are more free in our work and
the classroom techniques enable us to see the techniques used by others and then we can try them out. You might be pretty good in your own little community but you come here and meet so many people so much better than you and learn so much from them."
DOUG STORY, St. Joseph, Mo., finds the class in constructive drawing especially useful. "You get the basic idea of form—you loosen up and see the form at once so you can sketch it in minutes."
Barb Pechota, Richland, Mich.: "I don't know why I'm surprised but the professors here seem to take such an interest in the things we do. It's so different than in high school—we almost get individual attention. The variety of divisions offered enables those of use who don't know exactly what we want to dabble in different things and often we find that what we thought we wanted doesn't interest us now at all. It's a very worthwhile experience—I even enjoy getting up at 6 a.m.—it's the best time of the day."
DENNIS LEARY. Wichita, doesn't share Barb's enthusiasm for early rising. He said he's used to "sleeping all day" at home but he commented: "Ive learned more in art here than in all my previous training." He will be a sophomore and may pursue acaerier in art or architecture.
Martha Waggener, Omaha,
Neb.: "You meet so many in
teresting people."
Diana Baldwin, St. Louis: "I love it—I'm real impressed with it." She plans to enter Washington University in the fall to study fashion design.
Karen Thompson, Hannibal, Mo. senior: "I think it's just wonderful—the art camp gets better every year." This is the third summer at art camp for Miss Thompson.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
T AKE IT, MISS FARRAY, THAT THIS IS YOUR FIRST EXPERIENCE FOSING AS AN 'UNDRAFTED' MODEL!*
Two enter hall of fame
COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.—(UPI)
The doors of baseball's Hall of Fame finally swung wide open yesterday for Ted Williams and Casey Stengel.
Williams, the finest hitter of the last 30 years, and Stengel, the most successful manager in the last three decades, were formally inducted into the baseball shrine in the small community where, according to legend, the game was founded.
William D. Eckert, the baseball commissioner, presided over the ceremonies inducting the 75-year-old Stengel and the 47-year-old Williams into the hall. The ceremonies were held at the rear of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, which is to be the site of a new baseball library.
Stengel was elected to the hall last March by a special ballot of the veterans' committee.
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