Brummett enjoys youth
By JEANNETTE HARTMAN
Kamper Kansan Reporter
Sitting with his elbows on his knees and his hands clasped in front of him, Richard Brummett, Camp supervisor, said, "It's a great experience just being with the kids. I look forward to Camp every year. It's the fastest six weeks of my life!"
Richard Brummett
THIS IS BRUMETT'S ninth summer with the Camp, having come to the Junior High Camp as a guest conductor in 1961. The next year he was invited back as a Camp supervisor by Russell L. Wiley, Camp director.
The main thing about being a Camp supervisor is to like youngsters. That's why most of the Camp supervisors are teachers, because they like to work with youngsters," he said. "We all wish we could get better acquainted
with everybody, but because a supervisor works all over the Camp, we don't get much chance."
Besides being an administrator, Brummet handles sales for the Camp yearbook, Tempo, arranges pictures and works closely with the Tempo staff.
CAMP SUPERVISORS ARRIVE a day before the Junior High Camp and leave at the end of the Senior High Camp. During the winter months, Brummett is supervisor of elementary music in Winfield. He graduated from Southwestern College in Winfield, majoring in music education.
Although Brummet says he does not have any special hobbies, he enjoys watching pro-football and basketball on TV. He also has a record collection featuring band and orchestra music.
Dorms' inspection system keeps rooms 'shaped up'
By SCOTT CHANDLER Kamper Kansan Reporter
Camp room inspection provides "incentive for clean and orderly rooms," Russell Branden, a Camp supervisor, said last week.
A demerit, or "gig" system, has been in existence ever since the Camp opened in 1936. A "gig" marks a fault in room clean-up, Brandon said, but adds "decor and incentive for wings."
Supervisors in each of the four residence halls check rooms daily to see that beds are properly made, floors and furniture are clean, desks are not cluttered and window shades and doors are
shut. Air conditioners should be left on "low" and lights in each room should be "off", Branden said.
Branden said he feels he and his assistant, Carl Johnson, are tougher than supervisors who inspect the three other buildings. He added that he would like to exchange inspections with the other residence halls in order to compare the ratings of each.
THE ODDEST THING noticed in a room, Branden recalled, occurred several years ago when a student hung hundreds of metal "tabs" from soft drink cans from the ceiling of his room. He said
the most enjoyable thing was looking at the pin-up sheets and posters in various rooms.
Branden said the average daily high of "gigs" to one wing in Hashinger this year was sixteen, but one wing recorded 43 the first day. One individual room received four "gigs" in one day, Branden said.
The wing in each residence hall with the least number of "gigs" in a week is awarded additional free time one evening and a pre-bedtime snack.
- Photo by Jim Thomas
Balance—with help
Sixty students explore Spanish dialects, culture
By MARY JEAN GUNNING
Kansas Reporter
The colorful customs and dialects of the Spanish people have come alive for the 60 students now enrolled in the Spanish division.
Students attend morning classes of Hispanic culture, Spanish literature and reading, oral clinic and Spanish structure composition.
INSTRUCTORS FOR THIS DIVISION come from eight Spanish-speaking countries: Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Argentina, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Bolivia and Spain.
According to Ermal Garinger,
Artists 'step' toward recitals
director of the Spanish division, group conversations in which only four to six students and an instructor participate provide a chance for Campers to hear and learn different dialects of Spanish.
EACH AFTERNOON a language activities program exposes the students to Latin American songs and dances, films on the various Spanish-speaking countries and other areas of Hispanic culture.
After completion of the six weeks course, Spanish Campers may receive one credit of intermediate or advanced Spanish literature and culture.
By BARBARA KRIEL
Kamper Kansan Reporter
Marking its 15th year with the Camp, the ballet division will present the results of the six weeks of intensive work in two recitals.
The first performance will be at 7:30 Friday, July 25 and the second will be at 8 p.m. Saturday, July 26 at Murphy Hall. The program will include: Sea Moods, Polovestian Dances, Petite Sweet, and Pas de Joie.
MRS. REED IS artistic director of the Dance Showcase of Tulsa.
There are 87 students participating in this highly concentrated ballet camp. Marguerite M. Reed, director of the division, said the program offered is unique in that each student is given individual attention from four experienced dancers.
Angry clouds over Daisy Hill bring wind and rain
Photo by Scott Chandlw
Alexandra Zahareas is artistic director for the St. Louis Dance Theatre. Larry Long is the principal dancer and ballet master of the National Ballet of Washington. Bud Heidebur is soloist and ballet master for Ruth Page's International Ballet.
Each instructor teaches classes, has individual practice, choreographs and works on the costume and stage designs.
The six boys and 81 girls are a selected group chosen on the basis of talent. They practice from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. There are
no outside activities scheduled for them.
Mrs. Reed said, "The dancers are so exhausted all they want at night is to shower and go to bed."
THE INCREASED MALE enrollment this year is attributed to the increased interest in ballet. "Public exposure to ballet has shown the real physical and mental strength dance requires." Mrs. Reed said.
When asked if the boys wee good students, the answer was "Yes, they push the girls."
Staffers of Tempo begin production
Tempo, the Midwestern Music and Art Camp yearbook, is now in production by 16 members of the Journalism Division of the senior high camp.
The yearbook costs $5 and may be purchased by leaving an application blank or money at the desk of one's residence hall. Money must be paid before the last week of camp.
ACCORDING TO Robert Stevens, Tempo editor, two-thirds of the Campers will buy the yearbook. The Tempo will be distributed at a party the night of July 24, at the residence halls.
The cover will be in color with art work to represent each of the Camp divisions. "The inside back cover is a beautiful panoramic view of the campus," Stevens said.
THE TEMPO will have 88 pages and will be compiled by the yearbook staff: Debbie Sherry, Grand Blanc, Mich., assistant editor; David Danielson, Apple Valley, Calif., and Steve Williams, Los Angeles, band; Nancy Lewis,
Newton, speech; Terry Algren, Knoxville, Tenn., Latin; Joel Bjorling, Gibson, Ill., French; David Willingham, College Park, Ga., art; Linda Johnson, Wichita, ballet.
Emily Vonderschmidt, Reserve, Spanish; Jean Peplinski, Saginaw, Mich., science; Scott Chandler, Onancock, Va., journalism; Cindy Hines, Martin, S.D., German; Debbie Wunn, Estherville, Iowa, student life; and other staffers Mary Aguiar, Portsmouth, R.I., Caroline Gould, Atlanta, Ga., and Sue Walker, Colorado Springs, Colo.
The first of the two sections, Student Life, will be informal views of dormitory life and formal pictures of each wing group. These pictures will be taken after dinner on June 30 and July 1-3. The second section will deal with the academics of Camp life.
The pictures will be taken primarily by Gary Mason, journalism instructor.
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