ENDACOTT
SOCIETY — December 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.
Afternoon
Lecture Series
Maxine
Patterson (843-7905), 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 Bill Hambleton
(wwhamble@ku.edu,
843-2508) are in charge of programs.
December13—Program at 2:30,
sherry at 2:00, in the Summerfield Room. Following the celebration of
November birthdays, Tim Van Leer,
Executive Director of the Lied Center of Kansas, will be speaking on
“Performances at the Lied Center in Spring of 2008.”
Card
and Game Theory
Art
Lamb (artlamb@sunflower.com,
749-4647)
December 20—1:30 in the Paul
Adam Lounge. The usual games of bridge and scrabble and whatever will be
played. A sign-up sheet is available at the Wednesday Coffee.
Cinema
Studies
Grant
Goodman (plim@ku.edu,
841-1066) and Fred
Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu,
841-4939)
December 18—Film at 2:00,
coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. We will see The Eddie Duchin
Story
with Tyrone Power and Kim Novak, and featuring the piano playing of Carmen
Cavallero. This is a wonderfully
nostalgic film, and you are encouraged to bring your friends!
Computer
Study
Jerry
Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com,
842-3127)
All meetings are at
9:00 in the Paul Adam Lounge. Check out our yearly tentative schedule at our
Web site at http://www.wizardofkansas.com/OLDKU/
December 5—Introduction to
Word processing Part 1 (Jerry Niebaum).
December 12—Applied Computing
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital (Hospital staff).
December 19—Computer lab (Jerry
Niebaum).
December 26—No meeting.
Domestic
Public Policy Study
Jim
Drury (jdrury@ku.edu,
842-3308), John
Poertner
(jpoertner@sunflower.com, 749-2599) and Ev
Swartz (evswartz@ku.edu,
841-4065)
December 3—3:30. Dr.
Goering will discuss universal health care.
Drama
Study Group
Arnold
Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu,
842-5502)
December 14—1:30 in the music
room.
Continuing
with reading of Bernard Shaw's Mrs. Warren's Profession. Copies of the play
will be available at Wednesday Coffee.
Foreign
Policy Study
Marilyn
Bradt
(mbradt@carrollsweb.com, 843-7751)
December 10—3:30 in the
McGinnis Library. Jim Drury will lead the discussion on "Privatization and
Blackwater." Jim has prepared
some background material which we will distribute in advance as much as possible.
(See Marilyn if you need it.)
Gardening
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu,
312-9422) and Dick
Schiefelbusch (843-5869)
December 5, 12,
19—9:00
in the Music Room.
Great
Books Study Group
Dave
Hiebert
(gundave@sunflower.com, 842-8706) and Ellen
Gold (843-6933)
December 12—1:45. The subject
is Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self
Reliance.
The discussion will be led by Art Lamb.
Music
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu,
312-9422)
December 5, 12,
19—Immediately
following coffee.
Singing
for Fun
Roberta
Spires (rspires@ku.edu,
842-6820)
December 6—2:00 in the Music
Room. Please join us for a fun-filled song fest down memory lane with
Winnie Gallup on the piano and Roberta Spires leading. Some holiday carols and
some WWII songs (e.g. Harbor Lights).
Ten
O'clock Scholars, AKA “Wednesday Coffee”
Genevieve
McMahon (841-2116).
December 5, 12,
19—10:00.
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