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Kamper Kansan
Friday, July 24, 1964
We Remember...
smoke . . . the long hot walks to class . . . the nice Big hill just ahead . . . the blasting wind . . . the broiling sun . . . the kids one has met and has gotten well acquainted with . . . seeing other kids on bikes go whizzing by . . . soap suds in the fountain . . . tornade warnings . . . fudge bars for the prize if one's wing wins the cleanest award . . . no demirts for the boys of 2 North for the fourth week . . . the gruelsome wait in the cafeteria lines . . . the most enjoyable Kamper Kansan . . . all the recitals . . . getting caught in rain storms . . . having a warm, delicious pizza brought over from the Campus Hideaway . . . girls getting serenaded by the boys of 3 North . . . the multicolored sunsets . . . the girls of 5 South getting awakened at 5:45 to the blasting sound of the French National Anthem . . . soap suds spewing all over the washroom floor . . . mops . . cigarette butts on the patio lawn . . . ballet girls and boys toiling away . . . not getting to the cafeteria line on time, so no food . . . getting goodies in the mail . . . MAIL . . . counselors trying to turn out the lights . . . "Good morning girls, time to get up" . . . and for some the nomination of king and queen candidates . . . Starlight Trip . . . cats and dogs in the rooms . . . signing of Tempos . . . epidemic of measles . . . Sadie Hawkins dance . . . fireworks . . camp meeting on Monday nights . . . "Young People" . . . hootenannys . . paper airplanes . . patio dances . . the counselors and bush duty . . sitting on the hill . . "Bye Bye Birdie" . . concerts . . art exhibitions . . science displays . . campaigning of king and queen nominations . . trying to GET UP . . . "you have a caller at the desk" . . weekend trips home . . buses . . ice cream man . . trips to town . . sandals . . cars whizzing by . . . blisters . . Duncan's drum solo . . drenching rain at concerts . . butterfly nets . . purple-colored fountain . . unwrapping wraparounds . . "crisp" toast . . one cold line and one hot (?) . . practice rooms . chapel services . . change machines that don't . . tennis courts . . saggy ping-pong tables . . wing meetings . . writing letters . . the screams and excitement in the girls' dorm of the big dance . . seems that one gets up later each day . . poster-lined walls . . t.p.ing the counselors' rooms . floor-louge seat cushions piled in front of the counselors' doors . beard-growing fad . . the boy who reversed that fad by shaving his head . . the French Rivieria behind Lewis minus the water . . money . transistor radios . . cokes . Vendo machines . air-conditions . ID cards . Student Union . movies on Tuesday and Friday nights . . boys . intercom system . . ice tea . Watson Memorial Hospital . meal tickets . satisfaction if the man can remember your meal ticket number . showers . chirping crickets . Moonlight Swim . June bugs . book store . suckers . hair spray . rollers . popcorn popper on 5 South . buzzing hair-dryers . sidewalks . the night that the Patio Kids did cheers and acrobats on the grass . tours to the zoo and Nelson Art Gallery made by the art campers . box lunches . leafy green outfit which won the best boy costume for the Sadie Hawkins dance . guitars . visiting the local museums . unpacking . packing . Bunny outfit for the Sadie Hawkins dance . trying to make the dorm doors by 9:30 . getting campused . not riding in cars . room inspection . mattress check . stacks of coke cans lining a wall . skits . "man on the floor" . try-outs in the music department . money refund forms . chemical students analyzing KNO$_3$. "Anatomy of a Murder"(?) . dancing on the tables . pierced ears . "piggie packs" . excitement of the very first day . tears of the very last day . We shall remember!
Lankin's Lines
By Laurie Lankin
In this, the third and last issue of the "Kamper Kansan," we have placed the emphasis on the campers themselves.
The main reason for this is that we are the Midwestern Music and Art Camp. Without us eating, sleeping, walking, learning, singing, complaining, and changing every day, there would be no camp. Without us, as the lifeblood of the camp, it would be an idealistic dream in the back of Professor Wiley's mind. Without us as a living, vital, moving body of people, the camp could not be.
We came to KU and made of a stable object a camp, a great camp, a camp of which we are rightly proud.
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As we leave Midwestern Music and Art Camp, we must not forget to take things home with us.
By this we don't mean the material objects like a paint-stained shirt from art class, a program from a Sunday concert, a science experiment, or an issue of the "Kamper Kansan."
These material possessions are, of course, important, but they are not nearly as vital as the abstract possessions which one can receive at a camp like ours. There are values here to be gained by everyone.
It is often said, "You gain from something just what you put into it." This philosophy is not entirely applicable to our situation. Even if a person puts forth very little effort, he can hardly help but gain something from his experiences.
Besides becoming more cultured, we learn to make friends quickly and to adjust to losing them. Because the range of subjects offered at camp is so wide, we learn to make friends with all types of people. We learn to budget our time and money. We learn to take orders and also to give them.
The camp has unparalleled opportunities for cultural development. It would be difficult to attend a season of camp concerts and not absorb something about music. Different techniques used by artists can be visualized by a simple visit to the art exhibit. The latest in scientific, mathematical, and psychological discoveries can be understood by a conversation with a camper in one of the scientific fields.
Camp is not just a place to learn and have fun. It is an excellent opportunity to change, grow up, and get acquainted with ourselves. Let each of us go home with a new understanding of the arts, sciences, other people, and, most important, ourselves.
Conducting Is On Its Way
Although not initiated until the camp was half-over, the conducting class, taught by Mr. Dale L. Bartlett, seems to be thriving with students.
The class, which meets three times a week, gives its forty pupils instruction in the basic fundamentals of conducting as well as a taste of the real thing. The members learned the hand patterns for the different key signatures such as four/four or three/four time, and then practiced to records. Later, the class provided the music in the form of a lusty-voiced song while different students stood at the front of the room conducting.
The class also worked with the aspects of conducting which included dynamics, cuing, preparatory motions, starts, holds, and closings. At times, open discussions were held in order that the students might ask individual or more technical questions.
Commenting on the value of the class to the students, Gerald Carney, assistant director of music, stated:
"One of the greatest values of the class is that the students learn the problems of conducting which as a result gives them an insight into the problems of the conductor and finally, because of this insight, they play better."
The cover design by Mike Elzea was chosen for the six record albums of the senior and junior high music camp concerts.
Art Campers Receive Recognition By Work
The only specifications for the contest were that an art camper use the words "Band-Orchestra-Chorus" and "1964 Midwestern Music and Art Camp" on the cover.
Audio House Record Company, sponsor of the contest, offers six long-playing to the first-place winner, three to the second-place, and one to the third place.
Magazine Art Chosen
All entries were screened by the art staff and the top ten were chosen. These were judged by the music staff; Prof. Marjorie Whitney, director of the art division; Mr. Edwin Downs, from the Audio House; Mr. C. Herbert Duncan, camp supervisor; and a music camper.
"I was surprised—I didn't like my picture because I thought I could do better."
The schools in Hawaii are as good as those here in the continental United States. Children begin to learn Asian and European languages while in Hawaiian elementary schools.
Hawaii Represented By Girls' Counselor
This was the reaction of art camper Ann Shulenberger of Lawrence, when she was informed that her picture had been chosen by Mrs.
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Eleanor Yoshie Higa, a counselor in the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, was born in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu.
Her father, the son of Okinawan parents, is a bail bondsman, while her mother, the daughter of Russian parents, is a registered nurse. Eleanor is seventeen years old and approximately 5,000 miles away from home. She displays adult characteristics as she describes her life and the land she loves.
"Hawaiians are proud of their land, their heritages, and their statehood," said Eleanor. "Since becoming a state, Hawaiian culture has not changed except in that the people are very demanding for recognition as being a state in the Union."
Eleanor was able to advance over four grades during grade and high school. While very young, 14 or 15 years old, she completed two years of pre-med study at the University of Hawaii. Eleven months ago this young Hawaiian came to the continental United States. During the past eleven months she has studied pre-med and applied music at the University of South Dakota. Now, Eleanor is continuing with music at the University of Kansas. She might also finish the required premed courses here.
Eleanor described Hawaii as being a fabulous and colorful paradise. It is a place where one can run out into the yard when hungry and pick an assortment of tropical fruits. Its waters offer a place for surfing, skin-diving, swimming and boating. Here in the continental United States orchids are a luxury, but in Hawaii they grow abundantly, and are inexpensive.
Hawaii Tropical Paradise
Eleanor remembers when John Griffith, author of "Black Like Me," said, "There is no racial prejudice in Hawaii." He lived in Hawaii for two years.
Teenagers Compared
The teenagers of Hawaii are exactly like other American teens, "They like the Beatles, good food, parties, and dates, too," Eleanor explained. "They are different in that they are influenced by so many nationalities and cultures."
Eleanor has many hobbies. She likes the rougher arts—karate, judo, and aikido. Eleanor writes music. In 1960 and 1961, she sold several of her songs to Liberty Records. Her musical talent continues as she plays in ensembles and orchestras. She has played with the Honolulu Symphony for six years. Noted guest conductors for this group have included Andre Kostelanetz, Arthur Fiedler, and Leonard Bernstein. A Buddhist, Eleanor enjoys reading about religion and philosophy. She studies writing styles. Social work gives her pleasure, and she can surf and skin dive quite well. Besides English, Eleanor can speak Hawaiian, Chinese, Filipino, Samoaan, Tahitian, French, Japanese and Okinawan.
Future Planned
In the future, Eleanor plans to finish work on a bachelor's degree in music education, and perhaps a bachelor of science degree in premed. She will do some practice teaching. Later, she wants to work for a master's degree and a Ph.D in music education.
Kamper Kansan
Eleanor said, "It has given me some preparation for teaching." Eleanor added, "Hawaii is known as the friendliest place in the world. As I have traveled, there have been those who were unpleasant to me, but here in the camp, I have found abundant kindness. The students are friendly, and I am very thankful for this. This experience will never be forgotten."
Published bi-monthly by first-year students of the journalism division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
Staff
Editor-in-chief ... Laurie Lankin
Assistant editor ... Karen Haney
News staff ... Nancy Trabon, Ed.
Margaret Ogilvie, John Sullivan, Lynn Liles, Rose Resnick
Features-Editorials staff ... Paula Myers, Ed.
Pamela Peck, Janie Choice, Linda Barham
Secondary News staff ... Christopher Gunn, Ed.
Maxine Cohen, Sheryl Dreifuss, Charles Potter
Staff ... Dave Adams, Ed.
Chip Rouse, Dale Schroeder
Mladja Vesselinovic of Yugoslavia to be exhibited in a Belgrade professional periodical.
Mr. and Mrs. Vesselinovic of the Yugoslavia Drams Theatre in Belgrade are in America with a Yugoslav theatre group that came to the World's Fair. While in Lawrence to speak to several theatre groups, Mrs. Vesselinovic viewed the campers' art display in Murphy and was inspired by some of the exhibits. She judged them and chose Ann's to appear in the periodical.
Ann's portrait was of an Egyptian model and was done on bond paper, "I did it in probably half an hour and didn't intend it to be a finished picture," Ann commented.
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Journalists Prepare For Future Work
After six weeks of study, the students in the journalism division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp are probably more prepared to return to their various high school papers with a better understanding of the many aspects of journalism and some knowledge of how to eliminate individual problems.
During the six week workshop, journalism campers had classes in news, feature, and editorial writing, radio and television production, creative writing, and advertising and business management. In addition to these classes, the students put out a biweekly camp paper, the "Kamper Kansan," and worked on the "Summer Session Kansan," the University paper.
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The journalism division is divided into a beginning and an advanced group. Out of the 28 students, 21 of them are first year campers in beginning journalism, while seven are in the advanced group. The advanced group's schedule differs from the beginning group, in that they do less classroom writing and more work on the "Kansan" and also the "Tempo," the camp yearbook.
Differences Noted
The creative writing course which meets once a week is designed to stimulate the student to use his individual expression or creativity to produce several short stories or a novel. In this way, the student can get away from the strict journalistic style long enough to really add feeling and description to his writing.
The news writing class gives the students an opportunity to practice on straight reporting of news events, while the editorial and feature writing period allows more freedom of opinion and expression.
Field Trips Taken
Though it is not often thought of as such, radio and television production, especially news casts and interviews are also a part of journalism. In this class, scripts are prepared and given over radio or television in the Hoch Auditorium radio and TV lab. The class also receives instruction in the use and operation of television equipment.
In another aspect of journalism, advertising and business management, students receive instruction in the basic rules of advertising in lay-out techniques, customer satisfaction, and business promotion.
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The class, during the course of its studies took several field trips which included tours through the "Kansas City Star," KCMO radio and television station. the "Lawrence Daily Journal World," the "Topeka Capital-Journal," and the Meyers Yearbook Publishing Company.
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