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'Round the clock
Add it all up and it spells ...fourth week Midwestern Music and Art Camp.
Campers find Kansas weather can be versatile
By CHANDRA McCORMICK
Kamper Kansan Renorter
A survey was conducted throughout the Midwestern Music and Art Camp to discover the camper's reactions to "good old Kansas weather." As one can imagine, it was a very "sticky" subject.
Kansas weather, in simple language, is just like a woman; it can never make up its mind and
this indecision can be maddening. As most Kansans know, it can really get a person "steamed up."
Campers view this problem in various ways. An Illinois camper commented, "It reminds me of my dad's old glue factory; it's a very sticky business."
"I'd like to tell you, honestly, what I think," said a Brooklyn New Yorker, "but my mother doesn't like me to curse."
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Constructive criticism
Sociology instructor David Sutherland raps with students over contemporary issues.
A Colorado curly head's remark was, "Don't knock it. I've been trying for months to get my hair straight. This Kansas humidity is just the thing."
One camper, completely evading the question, answered, "I like done."
"The heat I don't mind," said an Arizona youth, "but the humidity is something else."
A hometown dude from Parsons suggested, "If you don't like this weather in Kansas, just wait 10 minutes and it'll probably change (and change and change)."
Tempo work moves along
By JOLYNN BUGBEE
Kamper Kansan Reporter
The 1970 edition of Tempo, the camp's yearbook, is being prepared for the printer's deadline today and distribution to campers July 23.
The 88-page publication costs $5 and can be ordered by leaving the fee at the desk in McCollum, Lewis or Templin Halls.
Students will have an opportunity to spend their last few days signing the books.
Thirteen journalism campers have been working since their arrival designing, organizing and putting together the yearbook with the aid of Miss Dorothy Bowles, yearbook instructor and editor.
A remembrance for campers, publicity for future campers and experience for journalism campers are among the many purposes of publishing a camp yearbook, Miss Bowles commented.
A section on the Junior High division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp also will be included.
This year's edition will measure $ 8 \frac{1}{2} $inches, unlike past books which were bound on the short side.
'Horse' movie is no horse opera
By BUNNY MILLER
Kamper Kansan Editor
To call "A Man Called Horse" a glorified Western is to classify it unfairly with hundreds of "ride 'em, cowboy" type movies.
At no time during the film can one detect any of the artificiality which is characteristic of most Hollywood attempts to depict the Golden West. Indeed, the brutal realism of the movie sometimes forces the viewer to look away from the bloody screen.
The purpose of "A Man Called Horse" is not to make the audience ill, but to hit them full force with a carefully documented and researched portrait of the Northwestern American Indian of the 1800's.
For perhaps the first time in the history of the talking movie, the Indians actually speak their own language and not the usual "How! My name Great Running Water. Me Chief."
Two excellent performances are given by Richard Harris and Dame Judith Anderson. Harris plays John (or "Horse"), a
wealthy British man of leisure looking for adventure on the American frontier. He finds new meaning for his life after he is captured by a small band of Indians and forced to become one of them.
Dame Judith's role as the old Indian woman who takes John in and demands of the tribe that he be allowed to live is outstandingly characterized for a British actress.
The climax of John's experiences within the tribe is the ancient Ritual to the Sun which he must undergo in order to become a warrior and marry an Indian girl. This rite is shockingly painful—one cannot possibly understand why the Indians so willingly tortured themselves.
Yet, for all their savagery, one can also perceive the childlike innocence that once was found in the uncivilized Indian. All this is gone now, but through its authenticity, excellent performances and stunning photography, "A Man Called Horse" brings the past culture of the American Indian back to life.
Outstanding camper shows vocal talent
Kamper Kansan Reporter
By ANGELO LYNN
Miss Qualls, who is 15 years old, is enrolled in the music division. She is a first soprano and participates in the Chamber and Choral choirs. Miss Qualls, who lives in Montgomery, Ala., has been interested in singing since she was a child.
She sings in her own electrifying style that fills everyone with a sense of power. She has a range from a deep soul sound to a beautiful high soprano. Who is she? No, it's not Aretha Franklin, but Miss Shirley Qualls, who is one of the outstanding talented students in this camp.
Her first training came when she was in the sixth grade. At this age she participated in most
of the musical courses she could and as a result developed a desire to learn more about the art of singing.
Last year Miss Qualls earned herself a very high honor by receiving an invitation to sing a solo in a concert in Montgomery. She and another black girl were the first of their race to sing in such a concert. She also has done quite well in state competition, as she took first in both district and state contests.
Miss Qualls is best known in the camp because of her singing ability and her love of the art. of Shirley's voice, Michael Stone best described it when he said, "Man, it's nothing but 100 per cent soul!"
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It's not all work
Phil Burgert, journalism, Michael Lee and Dan Hair, art, find time for some basketball after classes.