Friday. June 26,1964
Kamper Kansan
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Talented Teens Join Art Class
How do you tell an art camper from any other Midwestern Music and Art camper?
First, you can check and see if he is from Michigan, North Dakota, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Nebraska, Maryland, Texas, California, Indiana, Arkansas, Minnesota, Iowa, Ohio, Wisconsin, Montana, Connecticut, Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, Washington, Oregon, Florida, Wyoming, Mississippi, or South Carolina.
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See if he is going to the Nelson Art Gallery in Kansas City, Mo., in the near future with 225 other people.
Ascertain if he is on the third floor of Strong Hall between the hours of 3:00 and 3:20 p.m.
Find out if he takes classes in oil painting, water color, sculpture, weaving, design, cartooning, printing, pottery, portrait painting, commercial art, freehand drawing, pastel drawing, jewerly, fashion illustration, figure sketching, nature drawing, lettering, or greeting card design.
The fourth annual session of the Junior High Music Camp division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp, will begin Sunday, June 28 and will end on July 11. This program is being offered to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders, and is rapidly becoming one of the camp's most exciting programs. Three hundred students representing twenty mid-western states are expected to attend the 1964 session of the camp.
Notice if his clothing is paint-spattered.
Music Camp Greets Junior High Students
However, the only foolproof method of determining if a camper is in the art division is to ask.
You can see if he has something in the art exhibit which opens today.
The all inclusive fee for the two week camp will be $80.00. This amount will include room and board, health fee, two private lessons and all other phases of instruction.
Two junior high bands will each have a personnel of one hundred and twenty-five players and will practice three to four hours a day and will also have sectional rehearsals.
Two junior high choruses will each have one hundred fifty singers and will run daily rehearsal schedules similar to that of the band and the orchestra.
The junior high orchestra will have a personnel of one hundred players. The orchestra will practice three to four hours daily and will also have other musical instruction.
Guest conductors for the Junior High Camp will be as follows: BAND: Richard Brummett, Director of Instrumental Music, Winfield Junior High School, Winfield, Kansas.
ORCHESTRA: Loren Crawford, Director of String Orchestra, Pasco Public Schools, Pasco, Washington. CHORUS: James Hardy, Director of Choral Music, Robinson Junior High School, Wichita, Kansas. There will also be other conductors for each division.
The Junior High Camp boys will be housed in South Corbin Hall and the girls in North Corbin Hall. two of the University's finest dormitories located in the hills at the northwest edge of the campus. Food service for the junior high division will be in the dining room of North Corbin Hall.
A joint concert will be presented at the close of the two-week session on Saturday afternoon, July 11, by the bands, orchestra, and choruses. The concert will be held at 3 p.m. in the air-conditioned University Theatre.
A complete program of outdoor activities is being planned for the Junior High Camp. Organized softball, tennis, badminton, and other outdoor sports will all be a part of the summer's outdoor fun.
A staff of highly trained supervisors and counselors will be in charge of the Junior High Camp.
For the first time this summer, private lessons will be offered to all students who play instruments. Two private lessons will be offered to each student at no additional charge. Extra lessons may be scheduled at $2.00 per half hour lesson.
Campers Come To KU For Instruction In Engineering
To supplement lectures and laboratory practice, several field trips will be taken to various engineering installations. Trips to the Locomotive Finished Materials Manufacturing plant in Atchison, and to the Trans-World Airlines Overhaul base in Kansas City, Mo., are scheduled for the summer.
Assistant Prof, Fred C. Smithmever heads the division, in addition to teaching classes in metalurgy. The remainder of the regular faculty includes: Howard Rust, instructor; materials engineering; Dayle F. Bockhorst, instructor; engineering drawing; Dail A. Graham, technological assistant; Milburn Clark, instructor; electrical engineering; Curtis Uebele, graduate student; Paul Milberger, graduate student.
As suggested by the official name, the main field of engineering stressed by the camp is materials engineering. Prof. Smithmeyer explained that knowledge of this field was necessary for the other various fields of engineering, as in all of them the proper use and selection of materials is of importance.
In addition to the regular faculty, various lecturers will speak to the division throughout the summer. Maynard Bauleke, associate prof. of metallurgical engineering; James Maloney, professor of chemical engineering; and Harold Rosson, associate prof. of chemical engineering, are scheduled to lecture the camp.
Like the Science and Math Division, the Engineering Division is largely supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). As a result, fees are only $150. Additional grants to cover this are available from the NSF for outstanding applicants in need of financial assistance.
Perhaps one of the most important purposes of the camp is to enable the students to take back to their high schools information seldom, if ever,
taught there, and subsequently arouse interest in the field of engineering. This is considered important enough to require that all applicants have a year of high school left. Prof. Smithmeyer said, "Generally, there has been, and will continue to be, a shortage of people trained in metallurgy and materials engineering—the need of which has suddenly increased. It is our job to get knowledge of these topics back to the high schools in order to interest more people in this field."
Next spring, will you be a junior in high school, with at least three years of high school mathematics? Will you have taken either physics or chemistry? Will you have made high grades throughout high school? Could you produce letters of recommendation from your principal, your science or mathematics teacher, and one other adult attesting to your activity in designing, building, or modifying equipment; your ability and interest in science and mathematics; your potential to make a good engineer? If so, you stand a good chance of being admitted to the Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Division, better known as "engineering camp."
These students come from all over the country. Some of the campers come from as far away as California, New Jersey, New Mexico, Georgia, Montana, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Pennsylvania. A total of 20 states are represented.
This spring, 127 high school juniors with these or nearly these qualifications applied for admission to the camp, now in its third year. Thirty-nine boys and three girls were accepted. This is the record enrollment, and the largest number that can be handled.
As the engineering department of the university is currently being shifted from building to building, the classes of the camp are held in four
Throughout the day, art campers may be found sketching angles of the campus. Above, Bob Whitaker and Cindy Ortloff draw trees from the steps of Strong Hall.
different buildings: Marvin Hall, Fowler Hall, the new engineering building, and the Nuclear Reactor Center.
All of the campers take basically the same courses. They learn about metallurgy, the science of metals; metallography, the science of the structures of metals; meterology, the science of highly accurate measurements; computers, analytical calculations; and various skills, such as metal casting. A majority of the campers' time is spend in actual laboratory practice, with the rest consisting of lectures and calculation laboratories.
All campers are administered a quiz each Saturday morning.
During the winter months preceding camp, applications are received and considered by Mr. Russell Wiley. Some are recommended to their position by high schools or by outstanding work in their particular field.
It's 3:30 in the morning and suddenly you smell the aroma of freshly baked bread floating up from the Templin Hall cafeteria. The KU cooking staff has started the day of cooking for campers, counselors, and personnel.
Palm trees and jayhawks to guide the confused campers were made by the counselors in Lewis Hall. These cartoon-like characters show
Directors and Counselors Work To Make Campers Feel At Home
Out of eight possible credit hours for summer students to carry, the counselors, to a large degree, handle five to seven. This often leaves them with long hours of homework and research to be done at night.
To a counselor in the Midwestern Music and Art camp the day begins at about 5:30 a.m. when they must rise from a sound sleep and prepare to awaken their "family."
Mrs. Dyer, Templin Hall dietician, and Mrs. Ekdahl, supervising dietician, plan the menus and supervise the cooking staff and the group of KU students, Lawrence high school students, and several campers who work in the serving area.
Duties are then divided so that one counselor is on duty to check rooms, answer questions, and solve the complicated problems of their charges. Further duties during the day include having someone at the desk from 7:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Evenings are spent alternately by the counselors supervising the recreational activities of the campers.
"Walk, walk, walk, no time to sit and talk-" campers are heard complaining about long classes and even longer walks. But to 63 temporary mothers and fathers to about 530 campers the day is even longer.
Facilities Provide Campus Activities
Not only are campers provided with stimulating studies and pleasant living facilities, but the University campus provides one with places for both recreational and cultural enjoyment.
The cafeteria serves 3200 half pints of milk a day, 420 pounds of potatoes for a meal, and 3640 slices of bread a day to about 960 hungry eaters.
Although the menus are planned for the full six weeks camp period, they are not posted because of possible menu changes. This is because once in a while a certain food is not available or cannot be covered by the budget, so a substitute must be made.
Dieticians Plan Menus
Dormitory patios, lounges, tennis courts, a swimming pool, and the Union bowling lanes furnish exercise and relaxation, while the Natural History Museum, Library, and Art Museum may be enjoyed as an interesting and rewarding free time occupations.
Dramatists to Give 'Bye Bye Birdie' July 2-3,16-17
Student campers have been urged by their instructors and supervisors to make use of these facilities not just occasionally during their stay, but often.
Mr. Jed Davis, director, stated that it would be a "challenging production," but he has high hopes for his group. Tryouts will begin Monday for the 10 scenes and cast followed by tedious rehearsals beginning Wednesday.
Sounds of "Bye Bye Birdie" will resound from the drama department as the expected 40 drama campers begin their grueling practices and rehearsals for the major production.
Graduates of KU will make up the majority of the supervising team along with a local dance teacher as choreographer.
The cast itself will include some returning campers along with about 20 part-time workers from the other divisions of camp. Two campers have previously played lead roles in "Bye
Diversified talents mark the key to success this year. Many of the actors have talents in the fields of singing and dancing which will be beneficial to the entire group. One electric guitarist and a drummer have also offered their talents to make this year's "Bye Bye Birdie" one of the finest products to come out of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
The final production will be presented July 2-3 and again July 16-17, in the Experimental Theatre. Two showings are necessary to allow all of the campers to see the play because the theater-in-the-round has a capacity of about 250.
Bye Birdie" and one had the lead in last year's production of "Romeo and Juliet."
The original musical score contained some rather long solos which have geen omitted in the camp's production. It was explained that the story has not been changed, but it was necessary to do some revising to smooth production.
Mo. One group had been working as a team in the past and have taken part in some outstanding work.
Aside from long rehearsals and hard work in store for the drama campers, they have classes from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., varying on the individual's choice of classes and schedule. Some campers are attending principally for the technical side of the production while others plan to take acting and labs.
A large group of the dramatists this year came from St. Joseph.
the name and division of each camper. This is an example of how the group serves to make the camp a little more pleasant. Mrs. Fannie Spurrier, resident director of Lewis Hall, also points out that enforcing set rules makes the majority of campers enjoy more activities.
As payment for their services and sacrifices, counselors receive free room and board plus a sense of accomplishment. Many counselors are majoring in the same areas as the campers so the experience is beneficial to both.
Fete Is Planned For the Fourth
Trap that guy, by the Fourth of July! Girls, now's your chance to get that boy you've had your eyes on for the last two weeks. Bring him to the Sadie Hawkins dance in Lewis Hall, July 4, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m.
Gather up some crazy duds, maybe you will be the winner of the prize for the "best dressed" boy or girl. But don't stop there, hair decorations will be given prizes, too.
Entertainment will be provided by either a band made up of campers or by records donated by campers.
Young Writers Gain Reporting Experience
Typewriters clicking and noses sniffing for news, the second session of the journalism division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp has begun. The students, though small in quantity, possess the qualities necessary for good writing. The students are offered fine courses in all phases of writing and editing. Included among them are those in which they must apply what they have learned while reporting for the Summer Session Kansan and Camper Kansan.
The work on the Camper_Kansan is divided between the members of the division. For each edition the editorships will be rotated to give each student a chance to edit a page. This course is held three times a week at which time stories are written and the paper is organized.
These teenage news men and women spend their hours searching for news and making some if it doesn't already exist. Each student was given a special beat to cover for the Kansan and must hand in a story for every edition.
Other than the courses held in writing of the newspaper there are those which teach the background of the financial side of the paper and editing. Creative writing and radio and television production are also included in the schedule.
Taught in the radio and television production course is the technical part of producing a program and writing a script for a broadcast or show. On June 18, the production class was taken to Hoch Auditorium where television equipment was set up on the stage. There they saw the set up for a televised broadcast and the application of what they had learned during the lectures.