THE KAMPER KANSAN
Volume 7, Issue 2
The University of Kansas—Lawrence, Kansas
July 10, 1970
Photo by Ken Meade
Yes, Sir!
Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn chats with two awed fans, camper Warren Wynn and Russell Brandon Jr.
Sir Vivian Dunn visits music camp
By PENNY CREWS Kamper Kansan Reporter
Teachers at the Midwestern Music and Art Camp have come from all parts of the United States, but none can top the distance of one of the guest conductors in the music division.
He is Colonel Sir Vivian Dunn of Haywards Heath, Sussex, 40 miles south of London. Head of the Royal Marines School of Music in Kent, England, he is the only conductor ever to be accorded the honor of knighthood.
On Jan. 1, 1699, the honor of a knight commander of the Royal Victorian Order was conferred upon Colonel Dunn. He attended an investiture at Buckingham Palace where he knelt before Queen Elizabeth II to receive the accolle and to have the Star of the Order pinned upon his breast.
Sir Vivian served for 58 years as the principal director of music at the Royal Marines. He directed music during the reigns of three kings and the Queen of England.
He began his musical education as a chorister and has studied
Calendar
Monday—Wing meetings, 9:30.
Tuesday—Movie, "A Raisin in the Sun," 7:30.
Friday—Movie, "Ensign Pulver," 7:30; Band Concerts, 7; East side of Allen Field House.
Saturday - Movie, "Texas Across the River," 7:30; Concerts, 2:15, University Theatre; Formal, Templin.
Sunday-Concerts, 2:15 and 7,
University Theatre.
at the Konservatorium der Musik in Cologne, Germany, and at the Royal Academy of Music. Sir Vivian was one of the original members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and therefore had the experience of playing under all the great conductors of the time.
This is the fourth year Sir Vivian has attended the Music Camp in Lawrence. He commented about the camp itself, "I think the camp is a great one with fine organization and attended by wonderfully keen young instrumentalists with whom it is a pleasure to work. They meet the challenge of the technical demands of the music with confidence and enthusiasm whereby the standards of performance is extremely high."
Apparently, there is no difference between the youth of America and the youth of England. "Young people today are cast in the same mold—eager, expectant and with a burning desire to not only face the problems of today, but to see clearly into the future."
He also commented, "I am always impressed by the extremely good manners, the intelligence and dedication of the young people. As in all parts of the world, the youth of America has great qualities and their search for knowledge is a rewarding thing to be associated with."
Sir Vivian has been to the United States many times other than the time spent here in Lawrence. "It is a great country where I have many friends and am always happy to come here."
During his two-week stay, Sir Vivian directed the Symphony Orchestra, the Concert Orchestra, the Concert Band and the Red, Blue and Gold bands.
Speech head praises students in division
By DAVE P. BROWN
Kamper Kansan Reporter
"This has to be the best group of students we've ever had. All the teachers have reported that the students have been working hard and that the caliber of competition should be the best yet. I predict that a number of these students will rank high in next year's national competition."
Ninety-five students and 24 states are represented in the Speech division, which is divided
These were the glowing words of Bobby Patton, director of the camp speech division, as he described this year's program and its members.
into two categories, debate workshop and interpretation workshop.
The highlight of the camp will be the annual Speech and Drama tournament July 24-25.
The forensics tourney will include contests in extemporaneous speaking, prose, original oratory, duet acting, dramatic interpretation and informative speaking. All speech campers will participate in the preliminaries, which will begin at 9 a.m. July 24 in Templin hall. Semi-finals in these events will be held at 1:30 p.m. in Templin with the finals beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Murphy Hall.
Sociology class baffles campers
By MARVIS SORRELL and GARY ZINK
Kamper Kansan Reporters
Kumper Kansan Reporters "This is the middle of the room. (So far so good!) Now everyone whose last name begins with A-L sit on that side of the room." (A sweeping hand motion to the left.)
"Say, is this the teach?" asks one bewildered science camper as he surveys the bearded, late arrival up front dressed in sandals, wire-rims, a red pullover and pants.
"Those whose names begin with M-Z, sit on this side. ( motion to the right). Now, I have the A-Ls on the right and the M-Zs on the left, correct."
"This is a science major?" think the campers.
"No? Well, then change sides."
Yep, another nutty teachet!
This was the introduction to Sociology presented by David Sutherland, department of Sociology, University of Kansas.
during the first week of camp. This first week, known as survey week, gave all 98 of the science campers a chance to attend a class in each of the eight courses offered—cell biology, microbiology, number theory, physics probability, radiation biophysics and sociology.
Then the campers made a choice of two courses which they wanted to study for the rest of their six week's stay. Microbiology seemed to be the favorite of the campers.
"I don't know why," said Richard L. Middaugh, associate professor of chemistry, University of Kansas, and also the three-year veteran director of the science and mathematics camp. "It has just always been that way."
"We try not to duplicate either college freshman or high school material," explained Middaugh. "Instead each instructor covers special topics and aspects of the course which he finds interesting."
The debate tournament will have 30 teams participating on the national level and seven teams taking part in a special Kansas round robin tournament in which every team will debate against each other.
The first two rounds in both the Kansas and the national tourney will begin on July 24 at 3:30 and 4:45 p.m. The next three rounds will be held on July 25 at 8, 9:15 and 10:30 a.m. The final round of the Kansas tourney and the quarter-finals of the nations will be held at 1:30 that afternoon. The national semi-finals will be held at 3 p.m. with the finals being held at 4:30 p.m. All debate events will be in Summerfield Hall.
Other events during the camp will be a debate via telelecture with the University of Denver debate camp on July 21 and a Reader's Theatre performance which will be held at 7:30 p.m. July 23 in the Lewis Hall cafeteria.
Trip planned by J-camp
Kamper Kansan Reporter
By MICHELLE WITCHER
Kemper Kaugen Reporter
Some of the world's future newspaper reporters and writers from the journalism division of the Midwestern Music and Art Camp will travel to Kansas City July 14 to visit a newspaper and television station for one day.
The campers, accompanied by faculty members, will board two buses at 8 a.m. Tuesday. The first stop will be at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence.
Radio-Television station WDAF will be visited to learn more about how a radio-television station operates. Next, there will be a picnic lunch in a park.
The Kansas City Star will be toured after lunch. The Star is supplying the buses for the trip.
Photo by Ken Meade
Speaking easy
Science campers relax after class and discuss the day's discoveries.