ENDACOTT SOCIETY                                                                           September 2005

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ENDACOTT SOCIETY COMMITTEE CHAIRS 2005-06

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Afternoon Lecture—Megan Schoeck (mschoeck@sunflower.com & 841-6008), Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu & 842-6820) & Howard O'Connor (843-1884)

Archivists—Jane  & Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com & 841-7432) & Eleanor Symons (842-3986)

Armchair Travel—Stitt Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu & 843-1499)

Benefits Manager—Betty Banks (bbanks@ku.edu & 842-2547)

Bulletin Board & Scrapbook Chair—Gwen Mitchell (841-2842)

Card & Game Theory—Ruth Ann Culvahouse (jwcul@ku.edu & 842-0626)

Care Respondent—Leonora Barker (842-2898)

Cinema Studies—Grant Goodman (plim@ku.edu & 841-1066) & Fred Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu & 841-4939)

Computer Study— Jerry Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com & 842-3127)

Domestic Public Policy Study—Jim Drury (jdrury@ku.edu & 842-3308) & John Poertner (jpoertner@sunflower.com & 749-2599)

Drama Study—Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu & 842-5502)

Endacott Society Rep-KUAA—Endacott Society president

Evening Lecture Series—Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com & 865-3634) & Sue Nishikawa (nish@ku.edu & 842-6165)

Foreign Policy Study—Marilyn Bradt (mbradt@carollsweb.com & 843-7751)

Gardening Seminar—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu & 312-9422) & Dick Shiefelbusch (843-5869)

Great Books—Art Lamb (arthurlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647)

Library—Phyllis & Dick Sapp (rpsapp@ku.edu & 842-0013)

Lunch Bunch—Barbara McCorkle (bmccork@ku.edu & 838-4193), Dick Moore (rmoore@sunflower.com & 843-3697), & Jo Scannell (843-7736)

Music Appreciation—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu & 312-9422)

Nametags—Winnie Geissler (843-5246) & Ruth Shiefelbusch (843-5869)

New Members—Nancy Hambleton (wwhamble@ku.edu & 843-2508)  & Maxine Patterson (843-7905)

Newsletter Editor—Edwyna Gilbert (gilbert@ku.edu & 843-8338)

Opera Study—Jim Seaver (jseaver@ku.edu & 843-4081) & Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com & 841-7432)

Oral History Project—Sandra Wiechert (wiechert@ku.edu & 842-5467)

Out of Town Travel—Ev Swartz (evswartz@ku.edu & 841-4065)

Pre-Concert Dinner—Grant Goodman (plim@ku.edu & 841-1066)

Program Committee (Afternoon and Evening Lectures)—Bill Hambleton (wwhamble@ku.edu & 843-2508), Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com & 865-3634)  & Jerry Niebaum (niebaum@ku.edu & 842-3127)

Ten O'clock Scholars Coffee—Marjorie Lamb (marjlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647); Moderators: Phyllis Sapp, Al Sellen, & Tom Eblen

Web Sexton—Oliver Phillips (ophil4988@sbcglobal.net & 842-1020)

Officers 2005-2006: Edwyna Gilbert, president; Max Lucas, past president; Tom Eblen, president-elect; Audrey Kamb-Studdard, secretary; Wiley Mitchell, treasurer.

 

SCHEDULED EVENTS—September 2005

 All activities meet at the Adams Alumni Center unless otherwise noted.  

 

 

Afternoon Lecture Series—Megan Schoeck (mschoeck@sunflower.com & 841-6008), Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu & 842-6820) and Howard O'Connor (843-1884)

        September 8 at 2:00—Founders Day. Al Sellen will give a brief history of the Endacott Society. In keeping with our decision to honor our faculty members of the past, Dan Merriam, Senior Geologist Emeritus of Kansas Geological Survey, will discuss the legacy of Raymond C. Moore, internationally known KU geologist. Dan is completing a biography of Ray Moore.

Bill Hambleton (wwhamble@ku.edu & 843-2508), Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com & 865-3634), & Jerry Niebaum (niebaum@ku.edu & 842-3127) are in charge of programs for the Afternoon Lecture Series.

 

Armchair Travel—Stitt Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu & 843-1499)

            September 22—The program will feature exciting scenes from the trip of Dick Moore and Bobbie McCorkle to South America. It will include Santiago (Chile), Argentina, Brazil, and the Iguassu Falls on the Argentine-Brazilian border. Special features will have folk and native dances including the tango,

     Coffee and tea at 2:00 o'clock; program at 2:30.

 

Card and Game Theory—Ruth Ann Culvahouse (jwcul@ku.edu & 842-0626)

            September 15 at 1:30. The usual games of bridge and scrabble will be played.  In addition, anyone interested in other games is urged to contact Ruth Ann Culvahouse.

 

Cinema Studies—Grant Goodman (plim@ku.edu & 841-1066) and Fred Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu & 841-4939)

September 20—Joan Crawford and John Garfield in the remarkable classic Humoresque.  Coffee and other beverages will be available from 1:45 and the film will begin promptly at 2:00. Everyone is welcome!

 

Computer Study— Jerry Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com & 842-3127)

            Focus: Image manipulation

September 7 at 9:00—Organizational meeting; review of interest assessment

September 14 at 9:00—Image manipulation with Picasa II - Jerry Niebaum

September 21 at 9:00—Photoshop part 1 - Julie Loats, KU Information Services

September 28 at 9:00—Photoshop part 2 - Julie Loats

 

Domestic Public Policy Study—Jim Drury (jdrury@ku.edu & 842-3308) & John Poertner (jpoertner@sunflower.com & 749-2599)

            September 5— No domestic policy group meeting due to Labor Day. Take a break from your labors.

 

Drama Study Group—Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu & 842-5502)   

In deference to the busy lifstyle and consequent busy schedules of its members--come to think of it, of all Society members—Drama Study Group is adjusting the date of its forthcoming meeting to the first Friday of the month,  i.e., Friday, September 2. Hour and place remain the same as always, i.e., 1:30 P.M., in the Music Room. The new vehicle for study will be A.R. Gurney's family comedy/drama The Cocktail Hour. Further details will be announced as appropriate at Ten O'Clock Scholars gatherings.

 

Evening Lecture Series—Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com & 865-3634) & Sue Nishikawa (nish@ku.edu & 842-6165)

            September 22—5:30 wine, cheese, bread; 6:00 dinner. The speaker will be Diane Stafford, who covers workplace issues for the Kansas City Star.

Program Chair:  Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com & 865-3634)

 

Foreign Policy Study— Marilyn Bradt (mbradt@Carrollsweb.com)

September 12 at 3:30.  The topic:  "Putin's Second Term: a Scorecard for Russia" to be led by Hob Crockett, and Al Sellen.

               

Gardening—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu & 312-9422) and Dick Shiefelbusch (843 5869)

                September 7, 14, 21, & 28 at 9:00

 

Great Books Study Group—Art Lamb (arthurlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647)

                September 14 at 1:45—Jim Taylor will lead the discussion of The Schooner Flight, an epic poem by Derek Walcott who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992.

 

A word (or two) about Great Books Groups: “The Great Books Foundation was established in 1947 by University of Chicago Chancellor Robert Maynard Hutchins. Since 1947, the publications and shared inquiry method of The Great Books Foundation have helped people around the world organize and maintain thriving book discussion groups. Over the years, countless people have attested that the intellectual exchange fostered by their Great Books Groups has been one of the most meaningful experiences of their lives.”

 

Library—Phyllis and Dick Sapp (rpsaff@ku.edu & 842-0013)

A new book has been added to the retirees library:

         WILDFLOWERS AND GRASSES OF KANSAS, a Field Guide, by Michael John Haddock, published by the University Press of Kansas.

This book was donated by the University Press.  Stan Roth was instrumental in securing the book.

 

Music—Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu & 312-9422)

                                September 7, 14, 21, & 28 —immediately following Coffee.

 

Opera Study—Jim Seaver (jseaver@ku.edu & 843-4081) & Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com & 841-7432)

Since it was decided not to have two operas by Richard Strauss on August 19, Elektra will be shown on Friday, September 30 at 1:00.  It lasts one hour and 35 minutes. Jim Seaver's comments were in the July/August newsletter.

 

Out of Town Travel—Ev Swartz (evswartz@ku.edu & 841-4065)

Friday, September 16—Trip to Manhattan and Topeka, Kansas

This trip will include a tour of the Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan.  There is a special exhibit: "Farming and Ranching in Kansas" which features paintings by Thomas Hart Benton, John Stuart Curry, and Grant Wood.

Lunch and tour of "Old Prairie Town" at Ward-Meade Park in Topeka.

Tour of Brown vs. Board of Education at Monroe School in Topeka.

 

Cost per person: $30.  Make checks payable to Endacott Society.  Make

reservations at Wednesday Coffee or contact Ev Swartz. Reservations close on September 9. Itineraries will be sent to those making the trip.

 

Ten O'clock Scholars AKA Wednesday Coffee/Business Meeting—Margery Lamb (marjlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647) 

September 7, 14, 21, & 28

 

Coming Attractions

            Friday, October 7—Mark you calendars for an indoor-outdoor picnic at the Alumni Center. This is an occasion to meet Alumni Association staff members who help the Endacott Society in many, many ways.

Hot dogs and hamburgers will be provided by the Endacott Society and will be grilled in the parking lot by Alumni Association staff.  You need to bring a dish that serves 8-10.  We will eat inside.

Because of space restrictions, we can accommodate only 85 of our members, so sign up early at Wednesday coffees or contact Ev (evswartz@ku.edu & 841-4065).

 

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