ENDACOTT
SOCIETY — June 2008
Retired
Faculty and Staff of The University of Kansas —
groups.ku.edu/~endacottsociety
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ANNUAL
MEETING
Notice
of the 2008 Annual Meeting
June 18—Immediately
following Coffee, in the Phillips
Board Room.
Agenda:
Call
to Order
Minutes
of 2007 Annual Meeting
Treasurer's
Report
Interest
Group Annual Reports
Questions
and Discussion
Report
of the Nominating Committee
Election
of 2008-2009 Officers
Other
Business
Adjournment
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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.
June 12—Program at 2:30,
sherry at 2:00, in the Summerfield Room. Following the celebration of June
birthdays, Grant Goodman will speak on "Japanese Prostitutes in Southeast
Asia--1870's to 1920's"
Card
and Game Theory
Art
Lamb (artlamb@sunflower.com,
749-4647)
June 19—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)
June 17—Film at 2:00,
coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. Cinema Studies will show the perfect
summer movie: Gigi. This is a wonderful musical with Leslie
Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan and Hermione Gingold. It should make us all feel just a
bit better than before we saw the film!
Guests are always welcome.
Computer
Study
Jerry
Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com,
842-3127)
The group is
taking a summer holiday and will not meet in June, July, or August. We will
resume programs on Wednesday, September 3. Our computer lab is available for
use throughout the summer. Questions about our group should be directed to
jniebaum@sunflower.com .
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)
June 2—3:30 in the
Library. Our guest speaker is Michael Moody from the Department of Public
Administration. His topic is "Alternative Funding Sources for
Education." Please join us.
Drama
Study Group
Arnold
Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu, 842-5502)
June 6—1:30 in the music
room. Moving to something
completely new while holding fast to its loyalty to the true classics, the grop
undertakes A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh. Any Philistinian types among the
Society's members (few though they assuredly are) inclined to ask,
"Winnie-the-Who?" are especially urged to attend; all others are of
course equally welcome. Copies of the work will be provided thanks to the
ever-laudable imagination and industry of Edwyna Gilbert.
Please
note change from the customary second Friday meeting date.
Foreign
Policy Study
Marilyn
Bradt (mbradt@carrollsweb.com,
843-7751)
June 9—3:30 in the
McGinnis Library. Margo Gordon
will lead the discussion on "Private Philanthropy."
Gardening
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)
and Dick Schiefelbusch (843-5869)
June 4, 11,
18, 25—9:00
in the Music Room.
Great
Books Study Group
Dave
Hiebert (gundave@sunflower.com,
842-8706) and Ellen Gold (843-6933)
June 11—1:45. This month,
the group will discuss Henri Poincare's The Value of Science. Moderator will be David
Hiebert.
Music
Arno
Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)
June 4, 11,
18, 25—Immediately
following coffee.
Out
of Town Travel
Fred
Madaus (fmadaus@ku.edu, 841-4939)
June 5— An Evening
Dining Out: Guy and Mae's BBQ (Williamsburg, KS)
Departure
time: 4:30 p.m. Carpooling
Available. From Sears Parking Lot, 27th and Iowa.
Singing
for Fun
Roberta
Spires (rspires@ku.edu, 842-6820)
June 5—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).
June 4, 11,
18, 25—10:00.
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