ENDACOTT SOCIETY — April 2007
Retired Faculty and Staff of The University of Kansas — groups.ku.edu/~endacottsociety
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SCHEDULED EVENTS
All activities meet at the Adams Alumni Center unless otherwise noted.
Armchair Travel
Stitt Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu, 843-1499)
April 26—Program at 2:30, coffee and tea at 2:00. Charles Stansifer will take us to Cuba.. A rare treat!
Afternoon Lecture Series
Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu, 842-6820), Mary Schweppe (schweppe@ku.edu, 842-1147), and Howard O'Connor (843-1884). Stan and Janet Roth (sdroth@ku.edu, jroth@ku.edu, 843-4764), and Ellen Gold (843-6933) are in charge of programs.
April 12—Program begins at 2:30; sherry at 2:00. Following the celebration of April birthdays, Join us for a delightful program with Roger Miller, The Magician with a Message. A graduate from the University of Kansas Pharmacy School, Roger is a retired pharmacist who has had a hobby of magic for over 60 years. Serving as the president of the international organization for magicians in 2005-2006, Roger is known as the Magical Humorist. He has presented programs from coast to coast and in Canada and Mexico. This program is being provided to the Endacott Society as a gift from Gayle Matchett.
Card and Game Theory
Ruth Ann Culvahouse (842-0626)
April 19—1:30 in the Paul Adam Lounge. The usual games of bridge and scrabble will be played. If you have an interest in playing a different game, please add it to the sign-up sheet at the Wednesday Coffee.
Cinema Studies
Grant Goodman (plim@ku.edu, 841-1066) and Fred Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu, 841-4939)
April 17—Film at 2:00, coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. The film will be the Alfred Hitchcock film The Man who Knew Too Much with Doris Day and Jimmy Stewart. This is the film in which Doris Day sings "Que Sera Sera."
Computer Study
Jerry Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com, 842-3127)
April 4—9:00. Early users: Word Processing, Part 2. (Jerry Niebaum).
April 11—9:00. Application Software: Greeting Cards. (Helen Crockett)
April 18—9:00. Microsoft Vista - the New PC Operating System. (Traci Fullerton)
April 25—9:00. Applications: Mozilla Thunderbird E-mail System. (Marianne Reed)
Domestic Public Policy Study
Jim Drury (jdrury@ku.edu, 842-3308) and John Poertner (jpoertner@sunflower.com, 749-2599)
April 2—3:30. Topic: New Urbanism, with City Commissioner Sue Hack and City Planner Dan Warner.
Drama Study Group
Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu, 842-5502)
April 13—1:30 in the Music Room. Reverting to its customary second Friday meeting date, Drama Study Group continues its consideration of J. B. Priestley's Time and the Conways. Time (DSG's, not the Conways') should permit the reading of both Acts II and III, which will, respectively—and with a characteristic Priestley touch—move the eponymous and numerous good county family from immediate post-World War I Britain ten years forward to the eve of the Great Depression and back again. If desired, copies of the play will be available at Wednesday Coffee.
Foreign Policy Study
Marilyn Bradt (mbradt@carrollsweb.com, 843-7751)
April 9—3:30 in the McGinnis Library. The discussion will be led by Howard Baumgartel on the topic "The US in the Middle East."
Gardening
Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422) and Dick Schiefelbusch (843-5869)
April 4, 11, 18, and 25—9:00 in the Music Room.
Great Books Study Group
Dave Hiebert (gundave@sunflower.com, 842-8706) and Ellen Gold (843-6933)
April 11—1:45. Great Books meets on the second Wednesday of each month.
Music
Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)
April 4, 11, 18, and 25—Immediately following coffee.
Metropolitan Opera Radio
Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com, 841-7432)
Radio broadcasts of the Met at the home of Vic and Mary Wallace, 1509 Massachusetts St., continue. The Saturday broadcasts are received over the internet and played in comfortable surroundings. Parking is in the church lot next door. Jim Seaver comes with his expert knowledge, and with librettos. Snacks are served too.
April 7—12:30. Andrea Chenier, Giordano
April 14—12:30. Turandot, Puccini.
April 21—12:30. Giulio Cesare, Handel
April 28—12:30. Il Trittico, Puccini.
Out of Town Travel
Ev Swartz (evswartz@ku.edu, 841-4065)
April 20—Dead Sea Scrolls (Trip to Union Station and the Plaza). Bus leaves from Hillcrest Shopping Center at 8:45. (The trip is full.)
June 16—Second Annual Symphony in the Flint Hills: The Kansas City Symphony Orchestra and 100 voice chorus will perform a program of classical music and other music that reflects the American West. Cost: $66 per person. This includes the cost of the ticket ($35.00), bus fare (16.00) and commemorative program and poster. (The trip is full.)
Singing for Fun
Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu, 842-6820)
April 5—2:00 in the Music Room or Paul Adam Lounge. Please join us for a fun-filled song fest. Winnie Gallup is our able accompanist.
Ten O'clock Scholars, AKA “Wednesday Coffee”
Genevieve McMahon (841-2116).
April 4, 11, 18, and 25—10:00.
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