kamper kansan
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Volume 5, Issue 4
Friday, July 12, 1968
Council discusses future
BY LINDA EISENBERG
Kamper Kansan Reporter
Camp Council activities and future plans were discussed at the organization's third meeting Monday night.
Three major ideas suggested at last week's meeting during the presence of Russell L. Wiley, camp director, have since been investigated.
Late Saturday night bus transportation to and from Lawrence is now in effect. Tenatively, a bus is scheduled to leave the KU campus between 6 and 6:30 p.m. At 11 p.m. the bus will leave downtown and return to the campus.
WILEY SAID last week he doubted if the four University Theatre plays could be rescheduled to correspond with the camp's closing hours.
A committee to examine the situation last night reported that
there was a possibility that "You Can't Take It With You" and "Once Upon a Mattress" would be performed during the week as a special camp matinee. The matinees and Saturday night performances of "La Parisienne" and "A Thousand Clowns" would permit campers to see all four plays
The German division has opened the first study area at Lewis from 6 to 9 p.m. This small room can accommodate only German campers but is an attempt to solve the study hall problem discussed by the council last week.
RICHARD Brummett, council adviser, announced boys invited by their girlfriends to the July 20 formal dance could stay at Joseph R. Pearson Hall for $3. Visiting girls may stay at McCollam. The cost does not include food and guests must provide their own bedding.
Campers' formal will be July 20
By JOAN JARVIS Kamper Kansan Reporter
The camp formal will be held at the Student Union Ballroom, Saturday evening, July 20. The dance will begin at 8 p.m. and end at 11 p.m.
The dorm closing hours for that evening will be midnight, with lights out at 12:30.
The camp formal is the only time that campers are allowed, with parental permission, to date non-campers. Guests may visit their friends in camp from Saturday noon until Sunday evening at 9:30.
THE GIRLS will have a separate wing at McCollum Hall, and the boys at Joseph R. Pearson Hall. A fee of $3 is required for the guest staying in the hall, and linen, such as sheets and towels must be provided by the visitor.
For the girls, long or short formals are suitable. For the boys, suits are acceptable, or if they wish to rent a tuxedo or dinner jacket from one of the local stores, this is also okay.
Each individual wing from every dorm will nominate a candidate for king and queen. The king and queen will be crowned at the dance.
As always, during the weekend no camper will ride with a non-camper even with parental permission.
Brummett clarified a misprint on this week's schedule. Campers are to pick up their free tickets for the July 26 ballet performance at the McCollum desk instead of at the University Box Office.
IT WAS EXPLAINED the salt and pepper shakers were removed from the cafeteria tables at Ellisworth because campers were mixing salt and sugar. According to Brummett, this happens, every year and the utensils should be back on the tables within a few days.
By CLAUDIA PEEBLES
Kamper Kansan Reporter
Folk-rock show begins practice
The strumming of guitars, soft haunting melodies, a gentle voice filling the room and the dark moodiness of a Donovan style drew an audience to a practice of the Young Prophecies '68.
THE YOUNG Prophecies '68, organized and directed by Bill Cline, assistant camp supervisor, is made up of campers with an interest in folk-rock. They will perform in an hour long show which they hope will, as Cline expressed, "convey the message of today's teenagers." The performance is being held free of charge
The show will offer a wide range of songs from earlier folk songs to blues to folk rock. It features a variety of talented guitar players and folk singers.
As they began to harmonize and stum the strings of their guitars in plaintive chords, a crowd accumulated, silent almost in awe of the impromptu performance.
An excited group of campers gathered in Ellsworth's cafeteria to practice for a folk-rock performance to be held July 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the University Theatre.
SONGS FEATURED in the folk-rock show will be: "Four Strong Winds," "Scarborough Fair," "The Cruel War," "Dangling Conversations," and one which is an original composition by a performer. A four-piece combo will play four songs and dancers will do the slide during these numbers.
Timing of the show will be precise and professional. Much work was done timing each song with a stopwatch and the Young Prophecies '68 are making every effort to make their show a fast moving and enjoyable one for the campers.
Stage management done by Cline, provides for the singers to be on stage at all times, spotlighted during their act. Risers will be provided for the dancers, combo and singers. Co-master of ceremonies will be Phil Brown and Jim Kershaw.
Assistant director, Paul Young, assistant supervisor at Ellsworth Hall, has helped in the practices.
Campers flock to free films
By DARRYL PINCKNEY Kamper Kansan Reporter
An average of 470 people pack Swarthout Recital Hall for each showing of the free films given by the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
The selection of these films is made by Russ Brandon, supervisor of counselors, who chooses from a standard list, which is in turn okayed by the camp's director and his staff.
The criterion for selection is the moral acceptance of the films by the campers' parents, and the scheduling. "The camp has a responsibility to the parents, too," said Brandon.
THE MOVIES are rented from a large distributing company, Swank of St. Louis, Mo. Because of this, the final list of planned movies cannot be made until five days before the beginning of camp. It is also hard to find dates
when movies can be scheduled according to the camp's own schedule explained Brandon.
The total spent by the camp this year for movies is $550. This includes rent of the projectors, rental fee of films, and maintenance. The movies generally fall into three prices: $27.50, $52.50, and $33.50.
In answer to those who complain because few Academy Award winners are shown, Brandon said that he had tried to rent those films before, but they could not be worked conveniently into the camp's schedule. The movie schedule includes four top movies, "Guns of Navaronne," six to eight better than average movies, and five to six average movies. The five week schedule totals eighteen films.
For the sixth week, a $75 to $100 film is planned which will be repeated three times. The title
or date for that movie is unknown.
Movies planned are:
The Cowboy—July 9
- The Barbarian and the Geisha - July 12
- A Taxi for Tobruk—July 13
- The Great Locomotive Chase
—July 16
● A Big Hand for the Little Lady—July 20
Museums lend culture
By HEATHER McNEIL Kamper Kansan Reporter
In the quiet and relaxation of the museums in Lawrence, KU campers can find enjoyment and culture.
—Kansan Photo by Gail Walsman
Colonel Arnald Gabriel rehearses with the concert band, trying to destroy amateurish elements.
PROFESSIONALISM STRESSED
Band leader strives for professionalism
By MERI MAFFET Kamper Kansan Reporter
Gabriel, conductor and commander of the U.S. Air Force Band in Washington, D.C., will be guest conductor for Band camp concerts this weekend. He has spent this week rehearsing with six groups of musicians daily in preparation for the final offensive.
Two time Bronze Star recipient Colonel Arnald Gabriel's brown eyes sparkle when he mentions his latest mission: find and destroy amateurism in Band Camp rehearsals.
"I THINK this is the most outstanding group of high school students in the United States or in the world. I don't know of any place where there is a greater pool of talent," he said.
In accordance with this philosophy, Gabriel is demanding nearprofessionalism of the groups. "When my friends Skitch Henderson and Carl "Doc" Severinsen both spoke highly of the camp, I chose the hardest music in the concert band repeteo," he said.
IN A SIMILAR manner he selected difficult music for the two orchestral groups, also. "The talent is here," he said. "I knew the kids would accept the challenge of performing these works."
A recipient of the Legion of Merit award for helping to improve international relations between the United States and 24 foreign countries through music,
Gabriel stressed the importance of music to world peace. "I encourage young people to have intense involvement in music; it is the international language. Good music played well does more for better international relations than any other thing our State Department can do."
"The music profession is one of the few things left in life that can improve relations with other countries," he said. He cites the Air Force Band's spring concert as an example. "We played 27 concerts in 19 cities in 12 Latin and South American countries before an audience of 174,000 people, and there was not a single demonstration. To quote one Peruvian reviewer, 'Quality obviously is the best propaganda.'"
IN ADDITION to his work with the Air Force Band, Gabriel spends his weekends guest conducting at youth clinics and festivals. This summer he is spending four weeks at music camps: one week at Iowa State, one week at KU, and two weeks at the State University of New York.
"Conducting is a very strenuous job both physically and mentally," said Gabriel. "I don't have to do this extra conducting, but I think it is a duty of the military to encourage young musicians." As if constant conducting isn't enough of a physical exercise, 43-year-old Gabriel spends his lunch
See BAND LEADER on page 4
The Art Museum was established in 1917 as a state-supported institution. Over 10,000 objects valued at $2 million are now on display. Furniture, paintings, sculptures, tapestries and works of silver and bronze are exhibited throughout the three floors. The art dates from 3000 BC to the present.
A WOODEN statue of St. Peter stands on the ground floor, pointing his finger towards the door of religion. In the basement, the "Head of a Man" from the 3rd century stares straight ahead, the nose broken sometime over the years.
A painting of the Duke of Monmouth hangs over the stairs to second floor where European art from every period of history can be found. There is a "Nerdure" tapestry from the late 17th century, the American eagle made from zinc, and a bronze of "The Bronco Buster" by Remington.
Modern art, too, from cartoon paintings to vacuform plastic is displayed.
A PANORAMA of North American animals begins a tour of the Museum of Natural History. Stuffed animals from Hawaii to Alaska are posed in their native environment. Each scene is trueto-life, with bobcats preparing to pounce on rabbits, coyotes howling to the moon, and bull moose entangling their antlers in battle.
In the basement are the bones of prehistoric animals. Clothing and articles of different peoples of the world are on second floor. The horse Comanche, sole survivor of Custer's Last Stand, is stuffed and stands in full cavalry uniform.
Both museums are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays and holidays.