Denouement
We mourn the passing of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp's 30th season. It will best be remembered for its exuberance and its warmth. It made everyone who knew it feel joyous and most important of all—fulfilled.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS
Like the passing of most beloved things, the survivors will not be unchanged by its existence. Each of us has had more than a "summer vacation" these six weeks; we have taken part in a vast research project.
Mount Oread has witnessed 2,500 experimenters who busily tested college life, dorm living, study and themselves. The results, or testament, of these experiments will be unpublished; only those who took part can understand its legacy.
Perhaps we shouldn't think of the last six weeks as an all-too-brief interlude, or experiment, in our lives. What we have learned here, what we will take home with us to every corner of the United States, is a larger part of our lives. We will still be musicians, debaters, linguists, journalists and scientists when we go home.
Midwestern Music and Art Camp, in terms of days, is only a small part of our lives, but it must not be isolated. We will continue to study and work in our chosen fields for years to come and these six weeks have aided in that growth.
The camp's purpose in living is realized—this week its ashes will be scattered for thousands of miles and for years to come
Janice Goldstein
"GO I FINALLY HAD TO DRAW TH' LINE."
Personnel Praised
The directors of the choirs, orchestras and bands receive thanks every weekend in the form of applause at the concerts.
But what about the other camp workers? Who ever lets them know they are appreciated? Who ever applauds them?
To the teachers and faculty of the camp: thanks for giving us an excellent opportunity to learn, and for making the work enjoyable and interesting.
To the counselors and kitchen staff: thank you for helping to make dorm life pleasant and mostly happy. Your efforts are really appreciated.
And a special thanks goes to Russell L. Wiley and other directors of the camp. You put in a tremendous amount of work to make the 1967 Music and Art Camp the best ever.
Applause? Who needs it?
—Janis Koehler
KU Offers Aid
Future KU students should investigate the possibility of obtaining financial aid. Last year more than $2,400,000 was provided through the University's financial aid program, not including part-time employment.
Three major considerations guide the awarding of scholarships: a superior academic record, financial need and responsible participation in school and community activities.
One of every three University students receives a scholarship or loan. Two of every five students hold part-time jobs while they are attending the University.
A student's financial need and capability of maintaining good standing at KU will determine if he is qualified for an Educational Opportunity Grant. The office of aid also maintains an employment service to help students find part-time or summer jobs.
Student loans are available from three major sources: funds held by the Kansas University Endowment Assn., funds from the National Defense Student Loan Program, and funds from the United Student Aid Funds Loan Program. Short term loans also are provided.
Money no longer determines whether a person will attend college or not. The opportunity to receive financial aid is here at KU. Take advantage of it. -Jan Cross
Chaos Avoidable
"Homecoming" weekend is going to be hectic. Approximately 2,400 students will be checking out of dormitories and catching buses, taxi, trains and planes. Parents will be coming to reclaim their children, and heavy luggage will be traveling down crowded elevators.
Although we await this weekend with mixed emotions, there is no one who is not sad about leaving a friend behind. Most of us have been here for six weeks, some for only three, but all have become attached to KU.
If goodbye is said with the necessary restraint, if all the rules are followed, and everyone checks out when scheduled, there should be no problem. It may difficult, but if campers do the camp this one last service, there will be less confusion.—Crystie Marcus
Tired Counselors Welcome Rest
By JAN BURKHALTER
Walking the halls after "lights out"; taking "head" count and smelling for food; staying up late at night to go over an exam; getting up at 6 a.m. to awaken their charges; holding room inspection to check for dust; wearing white gloves and walking barefoot; standing at the switchboard taking all calls; standing with a ladle to dish out the soup; playing ping pong and hitting tennis balls, but reserving energy for dorm "night happenings"; breaking into meal lines to fill their trays; being allowed to have sugar and salt on their tables; saying "yes sir" to the administration; yelling "Get it done" continually to campers.
These are actions of a group called "counselors." Let us examine them in true detective style, without reservations.
ALL VOLUNTEERS for this exalted position, they have each completed at least one year of college, know the basics of college life, and consider themselves invaluable when it comes to the understanding of "teenage" problems.
They come from many states and some from across the ocean. They differ in sizes and outside interests. Many are students enrolled in summer school and other-
ers assist the camp faculty in different operations.
Several of them have been to this camp as a camper and don't let you forget it when you come to them with complaints.
THEY LOOK AT themselves as mature and all-knowing, then appear perplexed as pillow feathers continue falling, parties continue till after midnight, and their boy friend or girl friend continues to ignore them.
Emotionally stable they call home with no signs of feelings, receive letters with a casual air, obey all rules because they don't wish to rebel, and do their own laundry with no malice towards slow washers and too-hot dryers.
They eat the food given them, do the jobs assigned to them, say the things they're supposed to say, and say the things that need to be said.
THEY'RE TOTAL believers in standing on your own two feet, living up to responsibility, and learning to get along with all types of people.
They are like this because they are adults. They are adults because they were once "teenagers." This is their greatest asset and the only one that helps them survive six weeks of motherhood, fatherhood, big sisterhood, big brotherhood, and best friend.
College Benefits Weighed
Why get a college education? Yes, why bother? This is probably the predominant question facing most teen-agers who have that decision to make.
Higher education does limitless things for man. An educated man respects the opinion of others and their individual differences. An educated man can take his place in community affairs because he can offer the services that a college education has given him. The educated man is a lover of beauty and this love of beauty enriches
his life and gives it deeper meaning.
With such rapid progression of our world in technology, an education is required if we expect to provide ourselves with both the luxuries and necessities of life.
Now, why bother with a college education?
—Shelle Hook
2 Kamper Kansan editorial page Friday, July 28, 1967
Cigaret in'16 Pill in '67'
"They were on their way to a 'movie,' he and his 'date.' She was keeping up a lively and animated conversation. It dragged for just a moment—but long enough for "Do you care if I have a few puffs on this 'pill'?" as he pulled a package of cigarettes from his pocket.
"What could she answer?
"What could she answer?
'It's the little things that count."
—Kansan, April 26, 1916
Fifty-one years ago, this editorial created quite a stir on campus. One male student wrote in to say, "... sensible people do not believe that women are forever damned if they walk with a man who is smoking." A co-ed replied, "Smoking cigarets is bad enough of itself without giving the co-ed he is honoring with his presence the opportunity to get a whiff of the nasty stinking things."
And so the controversy raged. To smoke or not to smoke—if you'll pardon a badly used pun. But soon the confusion gave way to acceptance and society did move on.
Later debates concerned the knee-length hemiline, use of slang and corrupted manners of the "hep" ones from the be-bop era. But these were all problems of the era. And society did move on.
But then we changed. Arguments changed to more worldly topics of war, politics, and theater, and more recently the pill, drugs, and the draft. Maybe a more modern editorial would read:
They were on their way to a love-in, he and his girl. He was keeping up a worldly discussion on the merits of STP. He stopped for just a moment — but long enough for—
"Do you care if I don't take the pill tonight?"
What could he say?
It's the little things that count.
—and so society moves on.
—and so society moves on.
—Michale Cimbala
—Michele Cimbala
Of What Use Is a Chigger?
By PAT JOHNSON
Scratch . . . scratch . . . scratch.
This is a common sound at camp.
What is it? It's a camper scratching his chigger bites.
Of all the insects on earth, the chigger is the only one I know of without a logical purpose for being here.
Mosquitoes are eaten by birds, and even picnic-pestering ants have a purpose. But what good are chiggers?
They make pretty red bumps on your skin that give an unusual pattern. They itch. This gives your fingers good exercise. And last but not least, they make you use up a lot of good fingernail polish that could be put to a better use.
So let our cry be a more useful one to all mankind. Change it from "Get Out of Vietnam" to "Down With Chiggers!"
kamper kansan
The Kamper Kansan is published on four Fridays of the six weeks session of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp. Written and edited by students enrolled in the Journalism Division of the camp, the Kamper Kansan expresses news and views only. Editorial opinion is an expression of the writer's
Co-Managing Editors Jan Cross, Mike Harbison
News Editor, p. 1 Lloyd Tomlinson
News Editor, p. 2 Jarryt Goldstein
News Editor, p. 3 Elaine Grantham
News Editor, p. 4 Dennis Stouse
Feature Editor Karen Finkelstein
Photography Editor Mia Lichtenberg
Copy Editors, Reporters Students of the Journalism Division