ENDACOTT SOCIETY
April 2005
Retired Faculty and Staff of the
University of Kansas
www.ukans.edu/~emeritus
SCHEDULED EVENTS—April 2005
All activities meet at the Adams
Alumni Center unless otherwise noted.
Afternoon Lecture Series—Rita Haugh (843-7613), Megan Schoeck
(mschoeck@sunflower.com
& 841-6008), and Howard O’Connor (843-1884)
April
14 at 2:30—Don Steeples, McGee
Distinguished Professor of Applied Geophysics and Vice-Provost, will
talk about the causes and results of tsunami.
Bill Hambleton (wwhamble@ku.edu &
843-2508) is in charge of programs for the Afternoon Lecture Series.
Armchair Travel—Stitt
Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu & 843-1499)
April
28—Jane and Al Sellen will take us to Italy.
Coffee and tea at 2:00; Program at 2:30. Last program for the semester.
Card and Game Theory—Ruth
Culvahouse (842-0626 & jwcul@ku.edu)
April
21 at 1:30—The sign-up sheet will
be available during the Ten-O'clock Scholar's Coffee. Any questions should be
referred to Ruth Culvahouse.
Cinema Studies—Grant Goodman (plim@ku.edu & 841-1066)
and Fred Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu & 841-4939)
April 19 at
2:00—Random
Harvest starring Greer Garson and Ronald Colman will be shown. Coffee and other beverages are available at 1:45 p.m.
Everyone is welcome.
Computer Study Group—Oliver Phillips
(ophil4988@sbcglobal.net & 842-1020)
April
programs will emphasize regular members of the group telling "What I do
with my computer." Two members have volunteered and others are
invited to contact Oliver at ophil4988@sbcglobal.net.
Domestic Public Policy Study Group—Jim Drury (jdrury@ku.edu &
842-3308) and John Poertner (jpoertner@sunflower.com & 749-2599)
April
4 at 3:30—Bill Lacey, Director of the Dole Institute of
Politics, will discuss election law reform
Drama Study Group—Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu &
842-5502)
April
8 at 1:30 in the Music Room—Act II of J. B. Priestley's Eden
End, highlighted as it was by the climactic confrontation of the
fortuitously reunited Kirby sisters Lilian and Stella, having been expertly
dispatched at Drama Study Group's last meeting, Act III (as presciently
predicted in these pages) awaits, and will be its next undertaking. Any
required further details will be available at Ten O'clock Scholar gatherings.
Foreign Policy Study—Margo
Gordon (msgordon@ku.edu & 842-1848)
April 11 at 3:30—The topic will be "Freshwater and Foreign Policy: New
Challenges." Earl and Jane Gates
are in charge of the program. Please
join us.
Gardening—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu &
312-9422) and Dick Shiefelbusch (843
5869)
April 6,
13, 20 & 27 at 9:00
Great Books Study Group—Mary Boyden (843-8897)
April 13 at
1:45—Jo Scannell will lead the discussion
of a selection from “The Souls of Black Folk” by W.E.B. Du Bois. This selection is in a series of readings from “Clashes of
Culture.”
Music—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu &
312-9422)
April 6,
13, 20 & 27—immediately following Coffee.
Metropolitan Opera Radio—Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com &
841-7432)
Radio
broadcasts of the Met come each Saturday at 12:30 at the home of Vic and Mary
Wallace, 1509 Massachusetts. Parking is in the church lot next door. Jim Seaver
is there with his expert knowledge.
April
2: Der Rosenkavalier by R. Strauss (11:30)
April
9: Tosca by Puccini
April
16: The Magic Flute by Mozart
April
23: Die Walküre by Wagner (11:30)
April 30: Faust by Gounod
April 29, 30—Overnight trip to
Tulsa, Claremore, Bartlesville, OK
Trip will include: Tulsa:
Gilcrease Museum: Art of the American West; Special Exhibit: “Unveiling the
Mystery of the Incas”; Operas (optional): Cavalleria Rusticana; Pagliacci;
Overnight at La Quinta South; Claremore: Will Rogers Museum: Memorial
and Birthplace; Bartlesville: Woolaroc Wildlife Preserve, Museum
A detailed itinerary, including times,
will be sent to those making the trip.
Cost per person: No more than $85
based on double occupancy. Meals are
not included. The actual cost will be
figured when the sign-up is completed.
Reservation deadline is April 9.
Sign up at Wednesday Coffee or contact
Ev Swartz
Pre-Concert Dinner—Grant
Goodman (plim@ku.edu & 841-1066)
The final preconcert
dinner of the current season will be on Friday, April 15 at five
o’clock in the Smith Center at Brandon Woods. The price is $11.50 per
person with checks made payable to the Endacott Society. Sign-up is
available at Wednesday coffees or by telephone to Grant Goodman at
841-1066. The dinner precedes the concert by Jubilant Sykes.
Ten O’clock Scholars AKA Wednesday
Coffee/Business Meeting—Margery Lamb
(marjlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647)
April 6, 13, 20
& 27
Two night trip by train to St.
Louis in May. There will be excursions to Forest Park, the Arch and other
points of interest. The dates will be
set later. Those interested in the trip
should contact Ev Swartz at 841-4065 or evswartz@ku.edu as soon as possible.
Opera
Study
The enjoyable year with Puccini operas has
ended. For the future the group
decided on the following: 2005-06—Operas of Richard Strauss; 2006-07—French operas
of the late 19th century; 2007-08—Italian Verismo (realistic) Operas
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