ENDACOTT
SOCIETY — February 2008
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.
February 14—Program at 2:30,
sherry at 2:00, in the Summerfield Room. Following the celebration of
January birthdays, Karen Erb from the Applied English Center will present “The
Role of the Applied English Center at the University of Kansas.”
Armchair
Travel
Stitt Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu,
843-1499)
February 28—Program at 2:30,
coffee and tea at 2:00. "Greece and the Greek Islands," will be
presented by Dick Moore and Barbara McCorkle.
Card
and Game Theory
Art Lamb (artlamb@sunflower.com,
749-4647)
February 21—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)
February 19—Film at 2:00,
coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. Cinema Studies will present the first
of three Alec Guiness films: Kind Hearts and Coronets. This is a hilarious and
brilliant British comedy which is appropriate for every age group. As one critic wrote: "You will
roll in the aisles!" Bring your friends!
Computer
Study
Jerry Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com,
842-3127)
All meetings are at 9:00 in the Paul
Adam Lounge.
February
6—Introduction
to File Backup (Jerry Niebaum).
February
13—Applied
Computing (to be announced).
February
20—Application
Software: Word Images (to be announced).
February
27—
Urban legends and how to identify them (Jerry Niebaum).
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)
February 4—3:30. Craig
Weinaug, County Administrator for Douglas County, will discuss the future of
Douglas County.
Drama
Study Group
Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu,
842-5502)
February 8—1:30 in the music
room. Having dispatched Mrs. Warren's
Profession,
the Group will next essay a classic that–quite surprisingly–seems
never to have figured in its repertoire: Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Anyone
in the unlikely position of lacking a copy of the play should communicate that
fact to the Group's leader by phone or e-mail, or in person at Wednesday
Coffee. A heads up (as they say these days) regarding the Group's March
meeting: It will not take place on March 7 as originally anticipated and
discussed, but rather on March 28--first Friday after Spring Break.
Foreign
Policy Study
Marilyn Bradt (mbradt@carrollsweb.com, 843-7751)
February 11—3:30 in the
McGinnis Library. (Discussion topic was undetermined at press time.)
Gardening
Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu,
312-9422) and Dick Schiefelbusch (843-5869)
February 6, 13, 20, 27—9:00 in the Music
Room.
Great
Books Study Group
Dave Hiebert (gundave@sunflower.com, 842-8706) and Ellen
Gold (843-6933)
February 13—1:45. The discussion is of de
Tocqueville's Democracy
in America.
Jim Taylor will lead.
Metropolitan
Opera Radio
Al Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com,
841-7432)
The radio broadcasts of the Met will
be heard at the home of Vic and Mary Wallace, 1509 Massachusetts St. The
Saturday broadcasts are received live over the internet and played in
comfortable surroundings with fine audio equipment. Jim Seaver brings expert
knowledge and a usually ample supply of libretti. All are welcome! (Parking is
available in the church parking lot to the North.)
February 2—11:30. Die Walküre, Wagner.
February
9—12:30.
The
Siege of Corinth,
Rossini. (Rebroadcast from 1975, with Beverly Sills in her Met debut.)
February
16—12:00.
Manon
Lescaut,
Puccini. (Also live in theaters.)
February
23—12:30.
Carmen, Bizet.
Music
Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu,
312-9422)
February 6, 13, 20, 27—Immediately
following coffee.
Singing
for Fun
Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu,
842-6820)
February 7—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.
Ten
O'clock Scholars, AKA “Wednesday Coffee”
Genevieve McMahon (841-2116).
February 6, 13, 20, 27—10:00.
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Copy
Copy for the March Newsletter should be in
the hands of the editor no later than Sunday, February 17. E-mail Vic Wallace (wallace@ku.edu).