Show Ute the Summer Youth Camps Begin Year of Full Activities for All The quiet and serenity of the picturesque Uintah Youth Camp nestled in the mouth of I the Uintah Canyon was sud sud- suddenly denly broken by war whoops of arriving Ute youngsters on Tuesday June 12 Bursting at the seams the camp has enrolled 91 boys and girls with 18 coming from the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation at Towaoc Colo The camp director is Kay Haws of Bountiful utah As- As Assisting Assisting Mr Haws as Assistant Camp Dire Director tor is Gordon Eld Eldridge ridge of Roosevelt who is an instructor at the Juni or High School An assistant to Mr Haws in charge of the teenage units of the camp is Joan Noble member of the Ute tribe and a teacher at atthe atthe the Ashley Valley VaHey Elementary tary school in Vernal El EI mond Wilson principal at atthe atthe the Junior High School is in charge of the summer session at the White White- Whiterocks I rocks Elementary school Teaching at the school as aswell aswell I well as performing various educational chores around the camp when needed is Don aId Cramer of New York City who is a graduate stu dent at the University of Utah He teaches art sculpture sculpture ture and ceramics Handling the basic subjects is Wayne Lundell a native of Vernal and a graduate of Brigham Young University He is a teacher in the Nebo district Another teacher is I Maurice Derbyshire from Salt Lake City who Is a grad I student at the University I of Utah where he is workIng on his doctors degree I Serving as a Unit Leader for the second year Is Janet Dunlop of Salt Lake City who Is a junior at the University I of Utah where she is majoring in Physical Education I Ani other second year Unit Lead or er is JoAnne Reeves of Salt Lake City who Is a Junior Student at the Brigham I Young University where she is majoring in Physical Edu Edu- Education cation U I IOne One of the Tribes Tribe's own I members who is serving as a aI Unit Leader is Jean Noble I who completed her sophomore more year at the Church Col lege of Hawaii Like her sis sis sis- sister tel ter Joan she is majoring in education Another student from the Church College who is servo serving ing as a Unit Leader is Elaine Jenkins of Vernal who Is a aHome Home blame Economics Major In charge of o the youngest girl group in the camp Is El da from rom Oregon a graduate of Brigham Young University who is now a grad grad- graduate student in Social Work at the University of utah Another Salt Laker and a Junior at the University of Utah is Marsha Hansen of Salt Lake City a major in Education Serving as an assistant teacher and substituting as a Unit Lender Leader is Emily Hanke from Washington D C who Radcliffe Col Col- College is a Junior at lege where she Is majoring In Physics and Chemistry She elso edits the camp newspaper er The Smoke Signal Coming from Burley Ida is Dick Whiting a senior at Brigham YoUng University and a major in Psychology The first foreign student to serve at the camp as Unit Leader is Saad o of Jordan lIe Ire is a graduate of the University of Ohio and is presently lof of Utah as a the graduate student in Social Work A major in the field of Freedman Government Jeff Jef from Newton Massachusetts lis is a student at Harvard Uni- Uni University University He Is serving as a Unit Leader at the camp A second year veteran atthe at atthe the camp is Frank Hankin a senior student at the University sity of Utah lie is majoring In Physical Education Serving as cooks are Mrs Esther Merkley Eva Burson and Mary May Murray with Marietta Reed as cooks help help- helper er Camp maintenance maintenance man is Lafeyette McCook Esq The Uintah Youth Camp was started four years ago as a summer home for Ute I children who were being de de- de deprived of the opportunity to develop mentally and physically cally because of poor environment Beginning with tents as sleeping quarters the Uintah Youth Camp has been expand expand- expanded ed to a first class summer camp facility Enrollment in the camp is no longer restricted to those who come from poor environ environ- environmental mental conditions and is 19 avail able to all members of the Tribe At first reluctant to enroll their children in the camp the Ute Indian parents have enthusiastically accepted the camp program which is aimed at developing their children I The Ute Mountain Ute I Tribe after a trial experience I last year has sent 18 young people to the ute camp this year I They pay tuition for the privilege of attendIng the I camps I The Uintah Youth Camp is sponsored by the Ute Tribe General Director of the camp lis camplis campi is Francis McKinlay Consult Consult- ConsultIng Consulting Ing services are performed by Dr Y T WItherspoon Director tor of the Bureau of Indian Services at the University of utah Program planning of policies and ev ev- evaluation of the camp currie curricula ula Is performed by a man 20 camp committee drawn from the ranks of the ute TrIbe the Bureau of Indian Affairs the U S Public Health Servo Service Ice religIous groups the Uni Uni- Uni University of Utah Utah State UnIversity and the Uintah School District The Youth Camp combines recreational activities with an educational program Classes are held for each group several hours dally daily either at the camp or at the Whiterocks school The teen agars agers hold their classroom work at the Junior HIgh School where they are given Instruction In home making Mr McKinlay reported that the camp Is filled to ca ca- ca capacity at the present time He said that there are still many parents coming Into the Tribal office desiring to en en- en enroll roll then children He said the Increased enrollment will make necessary the addition of more buildings and more personnel |