Band Camp Dream Becomes Reality by Trial and Error
Who says dreams never come true?
Ev Carol Lathrop
On June 16 Russell L. Wiley, professor of band, will again see his dream of yesterday coming true for the 26th time.
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On that day about 1100 high school students will enroll for the 1963 Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
THIS CAMP began with the dream by Prof. Wiley to establish a much-needed camp in the Midwest which would offer advanced training for talented high school students. At that time only one other camp existed in the United States.
The summer of 1935 saw 17 high school students assembled in a small Concert Band under the direction of Prof. Wiley. Their assembly was on the lawn between the present buildings of Bailey and Flint Halls.
This summer students will assemble for various sessions in Murphy, Hoch, Strong, Snow, Malot, Marvin, and Flint Hall. Sorority and fraternity houses will no longer house the students. Instead they will be living in Lewis and Templin dormitories.
"The CAMP REALLY caught fire in the summers of 1940-41 with the enrollment reaching 150," Prof. Wiley said. "The fee for the six-week camp was $66."
Wiley himself handled the kitchen detail by buying, preparing, and serving the food to the campers.
"A salary for the director was unheard of." Prof. Wiley said. "Money was gained by teaching lessons in the summer school session."
DURING THE WAR years, the camp closed. It was reopened in 1945.
Nourished by the imagination, leadership, and hard work of Wiley, the camp grew, so that in 1950 about 250 campers were enrolled.
A new division, art, was tried.
But it lived one year, and then died.
A new division, the was in But it lived one year, and then died. "I LEARNED a very valuable lesson by that mistake." Prof. Wiley explained. "It just didn't work for me to handle other departments outside my own."
The art program was successfully tried again. Last summer 250 were enrolled in that division of the camp.
About 1850, housing facilities for the girls were provided in Corbin
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THE CAMP NOW has 65 faculty members working full or part time, 75 university students working full or part time, two housemothers, four men supervisors, and one recreational director.
and North College Halls. The boys were housed under the east wing of the stadium.
Also, the camp has use of the services of the Health Center.
Three years ago a junior high school camp was added. Approximately 250 students are expected to enroll this summer.
The camp fee for non-resident campers is $325 and scholarships can be obtained. The fee for Lawrence residents is $100. A special fee of $50 for faculty members' children is offered.
THERE ARE seven programs now being offered in the camp session. These divisions and their heads include; theater — Jack Brooking, associate professor of speech and drama and assistant director of theater; Virgil Godfrey, assistant professor of speech and drama and technical director of theater; art division — Marjorie Whitney, professor of design; Arvid Jacobson, associate professor of design, and science division — A. A. Strasenburg, associate professor of physics.
Other divisions are; journalism -- Burton W. Marvin, dean of journalism; John Knowles, instructor of journalism; speech division — Wilmer Linkugel, assistant professor of speech and drama; engineering division — Fred Smithmeyer, assistant professor of engineering; and the music division — Prof. Carney; Clayton Krehbiel, associate professor of music education and choral music, and Thomas Gorton, dean of fine arts.
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