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THE SUMMER SESSION KANSAN
Friday, July 26, 1968
Camp makes good parents
Last Saturday night, according to a story in the Lawrence Journal-World, 16 young people were found in an apartment attending what appeared to be a beer blast. The same night three female campers were discovered by a camp official on their way to the Holiday Inn and four male campers were apprehended as they intended to leave their residence hall.
The Midwestern Music and Art Camp has been the "parent" for more than 2,000 teenagers for the last six weeks. The supervisors of the camp nominally became the guardian for each of the campers for the duration of the camp.
They have the responsibilities that go along with parenthood.
No group of teenagers so large does not have problems. Teen - age pregnancies, drunkenness, vandalism, joy - riding and shop-lifting prevail among students in almost every high school. And the campers here are teenagers.
Yet, through four basic rules, camp officials keep all of these problems to a minimum. While 16 Lawrence young people partied at a private apartment, only two of the girls' parents became worried. At the same time camp officials apprehended their seven delinquents.
They do not catch all of the delinquent campers, but they probably know more about the wrong-doings of the campers than their parents.
Lawrence police chief, Robert Richardson, was quoted as saying in Monday's Journal-World: "It bothers me there are this many juveniles running around at midnight and after without anybody apparently being concerned about it. We have a lot of young kids who are not adult enough to be responsible for their actions. This bothers me—you're damn right it bothers me—and indicates to me a lack of family concern."
Many people over-generalize that all teenagers get into trouble. This is not true, but parents must be concerned about their young people if they are to stay out of trouble.
Camp officials are concerned as are most Lawrence parents. But teenagers are getting away with more and more because they have more money and they drive faster cars. They can go further and spend more to entertain themselves.
Camp officials are concerned because most of their "children" are on the big college campus for the first time. Some of the rules may seem trivial, but this is the only way the camp can be the parent of 2,000 teenagers at the same time.
New Books
Bliss Lomax wrote the western, SHADOW MOUNTAIN (Dell, 50 cents). A guy named Maclane and his troubles with a fast gun, a rancher, and a wild cowtown. Seen this one before?
The Hercule Poier is THE LABORS OF HERCULES (Dell, 50 cents), and the writer, of course, is Agatha Christie. The great detective this time is involved in crime that moves from foggy London to the Swiss Alps. But he comes through grandly.
There's one by Jack Lang called THE HARD CASE (Dell, 60 cents). It's about a tough character named McLintock who gets tangled up with a tough character named Hazel—tough but classy.
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The KU Summer Theatre Repertory '68 saved the best 'til last. Herb Gardner's brilliant comedy. "A Thousand Clowns," opened July 11, the fourth and final production of the 1968 repertory season. And what a way to go! This is some show.
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