ENDACOTT SOCIETY Ñ September 2008

Retired Faculty and Staff of The University of Kansas Ñ 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.

      September 11ÑProgram at 2:30, sherry at 2:00, in the Summerfield Room. Come celebrate the 25th birthday of the Endacott Society! Those with September birthdays will be honored as well as the organization. The program will be provided by Evelyn Swartz, Professor Emeritus of the School of Education. Her topic will be "Revisiting the Past."

Armchair Travel

Stitt Robinson (wsrobin@ku.edu, 843-1499)

      September 25ÑProgram at 2:30, coffee and tea at 2:00. "European Cathedrals," will be presented by Al Sellen.

Card and Game Theory

Art Lamb (artlamb@sunflower.com, 749-4647)

      September 18Ñ1:30 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)

      September16ÑFilm at 2:00, coffee at 1:45, in the Paul Adam Lounge. Cinema Studies will present the third and final film in our Otto Preminger festival:  Advise and Consent (1962).  This film, as relevant today as ever, stars Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon, Franchot Tone, Gene Tierney, Burgess Meredith and Lew Ayres. Guests are welcome.

Computer Study

Jerry Niebaum (jniebaum@wizardofkansas.com, 842-3127)

      All meetings are at 9:00 in the Paul Adam Lounge.

September 3ÑIntroduction to Files & Folders (Jerry Niebaum).

September 10ÑLong distance telephone via the Internet - Skype (Jerry Niebaum).

September 17Ñ Applied Computing - Lawrence Police Department (Steve Zarnowiec).

September 24Ñ To be announced

Drama Study Group

Arnold Weiss (ahweiss@ku.edu, 842-5502)

      September 12Ñ1:30 in the music room. The group will complete Act I and will proceed with reading of Act II and the Requiem/Finale of Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. Furtther information, as required, will be furnished at Wednesday Coffees.

Evening Lecture Series

Tom Eblen (teblen@sunflower.com, 865-3634) and John Mullens (841-0958)

      October 2Ñ5:30 wine and cheese, 6:00 dinner, 7:00 presentation. Tom Waechter of KU's Design and Construction Management will present "Images of Campus."  Sign up at Wednesday Coffee by September 24.

Foreign Policy Study

Marilyn Bradt (mbradt@carrollsweb.com, 843-7751)

      September 8Ñ3:30 in the McGinnis Library. Jim Seaver will lead the discussion on "Iraq: Strategies for Dealing with Uncertainty."

Gardening

Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422) and Dick Schiefelbusch (843-5869)

      September 3, 10, 17, 24Ñ9:00 in the Music Room.

Great Books Study Group

Dave Hiebert (gundave@sunflower.com, 842-8706) and Ellen Gold (843-6933)

      September 10Ñ1:45. This month, the group will discuss Carl Jung's, The Stages of Life. Moderator will be Jo Scannell.

Music

Arno Knapper (knapper@ku.edu, 312-9422)

      September 3, 10, 17, 24ÑImmediately following coffee.

Out of Town Travel

Ev Swartz (evswartz@ku.edu, 841-4065)

      September 25Ñ Dinner at Circle S Ranch

Cash bar open at 5:00, and dinner at 6:00. Dinner includes salad, fresh vegetables, oven-roasted potatoes, bread and dessert.  Entrees are herb roasted salmon ($31.89), marinated chicken ($31.89), or beef tenderloin ($38.27). Two people can share an entree with individual side dishes for $44.65, $44.65, and $51.03 respectively.

      Reservations are due no later than September 16. Make checks payable to "Endacott Society." Contact Ev Swartz for details.

Singing for Fun

Roberta Spires (rspires@ku.edu, 842-6820)

      September 4Ñ2:00 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 ÒWednesday CoffeeÓ

Genevieve McMahon (841-2116).

      September 3, 10, 17, 24Ñ10:00.

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Endacott Society Membership List

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Newsletter Copy

      Copy for the October Newsletter should be in the hands of the editor no later than Sunday, September 14. E-mail Vic Wallace (wallace@ku.edu).