ENDACOTT
SOCIETY — May 2008
Retired
Faculty and Staff of The University of Kansas —
groups.ku.edu/~endacottsociet
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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.
May 8—Program at 2:30,
sherry at 2:00, in the Summerfield Room. Following the celebration of
April birthdays, Kathy Mulinazzi, Director of Small World, will speak on
“Celebrating Forty Years of Small World.” Small World is an organization
for international women who are living in Lawrence and want to learn
English. Many of the women are wives of University of Kansas students.
Card
and Game Theory
Art
Lamb (artlamb@sunflower.com,
749-4647)
May 15—1:30 in the Paul
Adam Lounge. The usual games of bridge and scrabble will be played. A
sign-up sheet is available at the Wednesday Coffee, or call Ruth Ann
Culvahouse, 840-0626.
Cinema
Studies
Grant
Goodman (plim@ku.edu, 841-1066) and Fred Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu, 841-4939)
May 20—Film at 2:00,
coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. Cinema Studies will show the film The
Reckless Moment.
This film stars Joan Bennett and James Mason and was the last film in the
United States directed by the Viennese Max Ophuls. This is also the first film
in which Joan Bennett played a mature maternal role. Moreover, this is perhaps one of the first Hollywood films
which could be called "film noir." As always, everyone is welcome.
Computer
Study
Jerry
Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com,
842-3127)
All meetings are
at 9:00 in the Paul Adam Lounge.
May 7—Introduction to
Spreadsheets: Excel (Jerry Niebaum).
May 14—Application
Software: Google Earth (Jerry
Niebaum)..
May 21— Planning and evaluation
session.
May 28— Computer Lab (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)
May 5—3:30 in the All
American room. April Holman of Kansas Action for Children will discuss
"Kansas Tax Modernization."
Drama
Study Group
Arnold
Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu, 842-5502)
May 9—1:30 in the music
room. We will complete the reading
of Shakespeare's Hamlet and continue with a (pun intended!) post mortem discussion
of the play and of our reading of it, and finally (as time permits) by
consideration of vehicles for future reading.
Foreign
Policy Study
Marilyn
Bradt (mbradt@carrollsweb.com,
843-7751)
May 19—3:30 in the
McGinnis Library. Al Sellen will lead the discussion on "European
Integration: Looking Ahead." Please note that this is one week
later than our customary time, as the Adams Center is not available to us on
the usual day.
Gardening
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)
and Dick Schiefelbusch (843-5869)
May 7, 14, 21,
28—9:00
in the Music Room.
Great
Books Study Group
Dave
Hiebert (gundave@sunflower.com,
842-8706) and Ellen Gold (843-6933)
May 14—1:45. This month,
the selection to be read will be "Thinking" from Pensees by Blaise Pascal.
Discussion leader will be Ellen Reid Gold.
Metropolitan
Opera Radio
Al
Sellen (jnalsellen@aol.com,
841-7432)
May 3—12:30, at the
home of Vic and Mary Wallace, 1509 Massachusetts Street. The final radio
broadcast of the Met season will be Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the
Seraglia). All are welcome!
Music
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)
May 7, 14, 21,
28—Immediately
following coffee.
Singing
for Fun
Roberta
Spires (rspires@ku.edu, 842-6820)
May 1—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).
May 7, 14, 21,
28—10:00.
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