ENDACOTT SOCIETY May 2005

ENDACOTT SOCIETY October 2005

Retired Faculty and Staff of the University of Kansas www.ku.edu/~emeritus

SCHEDULED EVENTS—October 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)

October 13—Saralyn Reece Hardy, Director of Spencer Museum of Art, will discuss SMA plans—present and future. Program begins at 2:30; sherry at 2:00.

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

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

October 27—Jerry and Judy Niebaum will present a program on their recent visit to China. Among the places visited are Beijing, Louyang, Xian, Nanjing, and Shanghai. Coffee and tea at 2:00 o'clock; program at 2:30.

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

October 20 at 1:30 in the Paul Adam Lounge. The usual games of bridge and scrabble will be played. In addition, anyone interested in other games is urged to contact Ruth Ann Culvahouse, who will try to find others with an interest in playing

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

October 18—Cinema Studies will present Three Came Home starring

Claudette Colbert and Sessue Hayakawa. The film, based on the book of the same title by Agnes Newton Kieth is about civilian internees in North Borneo during World War II. Film will begin promptly at 2:00. Everyone is welcome!

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

October 5—Meet at 8:30 A.M. for a tour of Microtech Computers on Legends Drive.

October 12 will focus on Google and Googling.

October 19 will be the first of two sessions called "The word on Word." Part 2 on Word will be in November.

October 26 will be a Dr. Fixit session of group problem solving.

Group volunteers will be available in the Adams Alumni Center computer lab from 8 to 8:45 a.m. and following the coffee until noon on each Wednesday to try to answer questions about computing for any Endacott Society member.

A Web site for the Computer Study Group has been launched at:

http://wizardofkansas.com/OLDKU/

A link to it from the Endacott Society Web will be added in the near future.

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

October 3 at 3:30—Randy Weseman the Superintendent of Lawrence Public Schools will be the speaker.

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

Peripatetic activities to be undertaken by its leader and by sundry of its faithful require changing--again--Drama Study Group's accustomed second Friday meeting date. Therefore, its next gathering will perforce take place on Friday, October 28--two weeks later than usual. Hour and place remain unchanged: 1:30 P.M. in the Music Room. To be read: second (and final) act of A. R. Gurney's The Cocktail Hour. Attendees are urged to come armed with suggestions of plays to be undertaken in November and beyond. Further details, if required, will be available at Ten O'clock Scholars gatherings on October 12 and 19, and 26.

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

October 10 at 3:30. The topic will be "Sudan and the war in Darfur." The

discussion will be led by Betty Alderson and Marilyn Bradt.

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

October 5, 12, 19 & 26 at 9:00

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

October 12 at 1:45--Ellen Gold will lead the group in a discussion of A Passage to India by E.M. Forster.

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

October 5, 12, 19 & 26—immediately following Coffee.

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

October 21 at 1:00—Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier

The third of our studies of the operas of Richard Strauss will be Der Rosenkavalier (the Cavalier of the Rose), the composer's fifth opera, which was first performed at Dresden on 26 January 1911. It was an immediate success, and since its premiere it has probably been performed more than any other German opera written in the twentieth century.

Der Rosenkavalier is set in Vienna during the reign of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa (1740-80). The opera is famous for its beautiful waltzes (which were not characteristic of Viennese music at that time), the humor of the boorish Baron Ochs and his brutish servants, and the poignancy of the soaring arias, duets, and the famous trio of the final act. The librettist, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, provided Strauss with an audience-involving story about the concern of the aging Princess that she will soon lose her young lover, the wonder of the young lovers Sofie and Octavian, and the grace and nobility of the Princess's resignation of Octavian in the great final scenes.

Our video of Der Rosenkavalier, which has English subtitles, was filmed at the opening night of the Metropolitan Opera House's 1982/3 season, 3 September 1982. Soprano Kiri-te-Kanawa is at her best as the Marschallin, mezzo-soprano Tatiana Troyanos is excellent as a boyish Octavian, Judith Blegen's lyric soprano soars as young Sophie, and basso Kurt Moll, who is famous for this role, does a superb interpretation of the comic part of Baron Ochs.

The music of Der Rosenkavalier lasts for almost four hours; so our opera study will start at 1:00 P.M. and will end about 5:30. Coffee, tea, and cookies will be served after the first act of the opera.

Only Pre-concert Dinner of First Semester—Saturday, October 22^nd at 5:00 P.M. Smith Center at Brandon Woods. $11.50 per person. Sign up at Coffee or contact Grant Goodman—841.1066

Ten O'clock Scholars AKA Wednesday Coffee/Business Meeting—Margery Lamb (marjlamb@sbcglobal.net & 749-4647) & Genevieve McMahon (841-2116).

October 5, 12, 19 & 26

SPECIAL EVENT October 7 Picnic, 5:30, Alumni Center

Our guests will be the staff of the Alumni Center who help make our activities possible.

The Endacott Society will provide hot dogs and hamburgers, wine and soft drinks. You need to bring a dish to serve 8-10 people. Although this is a picnic, we will eat inside.

COMING ATTRACTIONS

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

November 17 Speaker: Stephen Martino, Executive Director, Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission

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

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