Camp Sights
Eating ... walking ... classes ... walking .. the bank ... walking recreation .. walking .. friendships .. walking .. these are just a few things which have become a daily routine to the campers of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
As the second week of camp comes to a close, all campers have mixed feelings about life at the University of Kansas, but all will agree that it is quite an experience. For us, it has been a taste of college life, and, also, a chance to put skills and ideas to work.
We seriously doubt if there is another place in the midwest where there is a greater number of talented people than those teenagers who are now at KU camp. Not enough of us realize just how many of these people will be tomorrow's great musicians, actors, artists, linguists, and journalists.
As co-editors of the first issue of the Kamper Kansan for this year, we have read stories and features which show what great journalistic abilities some teenagers have. Although the staff could not use all of the articles written, we have tried to choose those stories which would be of greater interest to the campers.
Next week will be the last of camp for those persons who are enrolled in the first three-week journalism session. Although we are among those who will be leaving camp after such a short period, dorm and campus life will probably stay with us. Why, we even think we will miss the schedule of eating ... walking ... classes ... walking ... — Doug Graham
Time To Choose
Parents talk about the demands of society as if it were strictly a part of the adult world. They are wrong. Let us examine the functions of a high school student who wants to be judged as a mature and sensible young adult in society.
The average male or female high school student spends about 30 hours a week attending required classes, four hours a day doing homework, including term papers, which in a week's time add up to 20 hours.
TO IMPRESS the University admission boards in the more populous states, he participates in extracurricular activities, including athletics, clubs and serving on various committees. This may take up to 10 hours per week.
Aside from school responsibilities, society requires that he leave his mark on the community. He might spend three hours a week on church-related activities, scouting or other outside activities.
Then, in order to "keep up," he spends about eight hours a week on music, dancing, or "visiting." He should give at least three hours daily to chores such as keeping his room neat, raking the leaves from the yard, washing the car or other family-related responsibilities.
OF NECESSITY, he spends about 56 hours sleeping and another 16 hours eating. This summary does not include 25 hours of travel time to and from school, grooming, dating, or talking on the phone. Yet, this list adds up to 189 hours per week. It should be stated here that a seven-day week has only 168 hours by the clock.
The young adult might then cut out those things which are not absolutely necessary—like keeping up on current events, reading a book, and learning the latest dance. Unfortunately, when one gets into college, he will not be able to discuss the trends and events which are occurring now.
IT IS TIME for a teen-age revolution. By eliminating those activities that are not really vital, and which the teenager does not really enjoy doing anyway, there will be time for motives and goals, and outward growth to encompass the world around us.
Study. Learn. Reach. Grow. Most students are using so much time presenting this face to society, that they haven't learned how to live. — Lynda Kalagorgevich
About the Camp Bank
During the lunch hour, the line of people at the camp bank remains long and slow moving. Students there often miss lunch to wait and then must finally leave to attend afternoon classes, often without having reached the clerk.
Such has been the situation in Templin Hall at the camp bank recently. In its first days of use, the bank served only one line of people who generally waited over an hour before reaching the clerk. Though this has been somewhat aided by the establishment of more clerks and lines, passing through the bank lines still requires nearly 45 minutes during the lunch hour.
This has especially been a problem for those who have classes before the 10 a.m. bank opening and who do not return from classes till after its 3 p.m. closing.
BECAUSE OF THIS situation, many students who previously deposited money at the bank are withdrawing the total sum when they finally reach the clerk, fearing that should they suddenly need money, they would not be able to quickly obtain it.
Perhaps relieving some pressure on this lunchtime crowd would be an earlier bank opening before breakfast and a closing time around 4 or 5 p.m. Also more clerks could be available during the noon rush, thus putting more and shorter lines in use.
This camp bank, we feel, potentially provides campers with a worthwhile service. Yet, unless some minor changes are adopted to facilitate faster lunchtime operations, it may continue to lose customers who would otherwise be benefited.—Denise Caringer
Psychotic Reactions
"Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, here I am at Midwestern Music and Art Camp."
By BRUCE YODER
So begins many a letter home from the more than 2,400 campers enrolled at the annual camp.
This is one place to be, too,
if you know your way around.
So what if reveille is 6 a.m.?
There are few campers who
can gripe, not with only a few
hours of school a day. You have
to admit it puts the drop to
pushing a broom, or pitching
hay from 9 to 5 all summer.
PITY THE GIRLS at Oliver. Those lost souls outnumber the boys eating at Oliver by 6 to 1.
It's a mile hike from Ellsworth to Oliver for every meal and early in the morning the stroll can be particularly trying. With plenty of tall grass combined with Kansas humidity and recent rains, the Ellsworth-Oliver trail turns into the "black lagoon" every morning.
How about the dance? Hats off to the fellow with his tambourine. How many of the kids could have heard enough music to keep the beat if that tambourine player hadn't hung around all night?
AND THEN THERE is competition. Many a student came decked with laurels, the "White Knight" of his high school, only to be left in the dust by some junior genius whom he didn't believe could exist.
It looks like the movies are more up to the intelligence standard now with "The Hoodlum Priest," the pic for this week. Tuesday and Friday are the dates for the showings at Oliver.
Athletics are finally getting underway, as dorm cagers started Monday to find the top athletic wing in camp.
LITTLE MAN ON CAMPUS by Dick Bibler
Grumbles
As one passes along the walks of the KU campus, he is likely to hear the voiced complaints of summer campers. Campers must get up too early, walk too far, and eat unfit food. It rains too much, the sun is too hot, and that last teacher was beyond comprehension.
Directors of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp have worked hard to please students and make attending the camp both an educational and rewarding experience.
This year's campers reside in the most modern housing and have more privileges than campers of past years. The full-time recreation program provides a relaxed atmosphere after classes. Dorm life presents a new environment surrounded by unfamiliar faces eager to become acquainted. Air-conditioned classrooms enable students to learn in the most comfortable surroundings.
It is time campers should realize they are a part of a select group, attending one of the most beautiful campuses in the United States. They are being taught by a most qualified college faculty, one that wants nothing more than to enlighten minds and develop abilities to their highest potential. The rewards can be as great as one makes them. — Vicki Phillips
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Museums Afford Enjoyment
By JAN BURKHALTER
With opportunities galore awaiting each and every camper in his own division, it is possible for a student to become completely oblivious to those places of interest open to everyone on the campus.
The Art Museum and the Museum of Natural History, located near the Kansas Union within a few feet of each other, are available sources of entertainment and culture both ancient and up-to-date.
Individual sections in the Museum divide the art into its different periods as well as kinds. Such sections include those on Japanese art, located in the basement; European art, displayed on the first and second floors and American art, shown on the top floor in both early and modern forms.
ESTABLISHED IN 1917 as a state-supported institution, the Art Museum has grown steadily until today it houses around 10,000 objects of art valued up to $2 million. The many displays offer paintings, sculptures, tapestries, works of silver and bronze as well as pieces of furniture. Their artists are much more varied and range in periods from 3000 B.C. until the present 20th century.
Kamper Kansan editorial page Friday, June 30, 1967
UNDER THE DIRECTION of the Department of Art History at KU, the museum has been able to act as a kind of teaching device to all students interested in any way with the field and at no cost. Open Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. til 5 p.m. and on Sundays from 1:30 p.m. to 5 in the afternoon, the Art Museum is one source of cultural entertainment few campers should want to miss.
The Natural History Museum is offered for students whose interests lie in the history of development in man and animals and for those who enjoy looking at stuffed animals and birds of all kinds and sizes.
It was founded in 1901 and since then the collection has increased with the additions of various displays classifying the animals according to their natural habitat.
ALONG WITH THE displays the museum offers information which helps the visitor in his understanding of natural history. It, too, is used as a teaching aid by the University and keeps the same hours as the Art Museum for public use.
Though one's acquaintance with KU mav be a short and busy one it should certainly include a visit to the museums of art and history.
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The Kemper 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 Kemper Kansan expresses views about all of the whole camp. Editorial opinion is an expression of the writer's views only.
Co-Managing Editors
News Editor, p. 1
News Editor, p. 2
News Editor, p. 3
News Editor, p. 4
Feature Editor
Picture Editors
Copy Editors, Reporters
Cindy Bowe, Doug Graham
Larush Brionet
Jan Burkhalter
Linda Tate
Lynda Kalagorgevich
Dougie Cartier
Greg Olen, Tim Gillesse
Students of the Journalism Division