Artifacts of Costa Rica on Display at Kansas Union
About 100 pre Columbian Costa Rican artifacts are shown this month in the Kansas Union. Collected in August by Howard and Mrs. Walker during a KU CU exchange trip to San Jose. The exhibit includes ceramic pots ceremonial pieces grinding stones and a copper bell. The Walkers met a CRU professor and discussed extension programs and grave dig artifacts from before 1502. The collection reflects South and Central American influences and includes volcanic rock from Irazu crater near San Jose.
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Kansas Union
Howard Walker
Kansas University Extension
Walker
San Jose
Costa Rica
Walkers
CRU
Columbus
The
Irazy
Two KU Professors Get Foreign Study Leaves
Two Kansas University scholars in Slavic and Soviet studies will research abroad in the second semester. Heinrich Stammler, professor and chair, will study Russian writer Rozanov in Munich Vienna and at KU on a Ford Foundation grant. Harry Shaffer, an economics assistant professor, will research managerial incentives in East European nations from Munich as Radio Free Europe’s first writing research professor. Both will take leaves of absence.
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Kansas University
Heinrich Stammler
Ford Foundation
V. V. Rozanov
Munich
Vienna
Harry Shaffer
Radio Free Europe
Stammler
Shaffer
Barrault Brings Marriage of Figaro to New York First
The French company led by Jean-Louis Barrault will try out a new production of Marriage of Figaro in New York at City Center in February, before its Paris premiere two months later at the company’s theater.
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New York
Broadway
Jean-Louis Barrault
City Center
Paris
Costa Rican joins first graduate group in Alliance program
Rodolfo Ardon a Costa Rican chemistry student is among the first group of Central American graduates selected for the Alliance for Progress training in the United States. The program linked to Kennedy's vision and the March 19 1963 Central America declaration aims to train about 200 scholars annually across six nations.
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Alliance
Kansas University
United States
Alliance For Progress
Rodolfo Ardon
Washington, D.C
John F. Kennedy
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Honduras
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Panama
San Jose
Florida A M Band Faces Inflation Challenge
Florida A and M University's famed marching band grapples with rising costs and budgeting strains as they prepare for upcoming events. Resource shortages test rehearsal plans and performance schedules amid financial pressure.
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Tallahassee, Fla
Florida A&m University
KU Senior Class Plans Train Trip to Hutchinson
Kansas University senior class mulls chartering a special train to Hutchinson for a day of travel and dances. The Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce invites the group and plans a hootenanny on arrival. President Jerry Pullins and committee members meet January 29 with chamber officials, joined by KU Alumni Association secretary Dick Wintermore.
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Hutchinson
Hutchinson Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Pullins
Council Grove
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Wintermore
KU Alumni Association
Dread Little Symphony To Perform Wednesday
The Kansas University School of Fine Arts will present the Little Symphony in concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday in Swarthout Recital Hall. The public may attend.
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Dread Little Symphony
Kansas University School of Fine Arts
Little Symphony
Swarthout Recital Hall
Little Symphony Gorton Founded Group Plans Free Concert
The Little Symphony, formed 13 years ago by Dean Thomas Gorton, invites the public to attend a free program. The chamber group, comprised of faculty and advanced students, presents standard repertoire and rarely performed works. Don Scheid will solo in Carl Nielsen’s Clarinet Concerto with the orchestra, with Haydn Symphony No. 85 and Norman Dello Joio's New York Profiles also on the program.
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Little Symphony
Thomas Gorton
Don Scheid
Carl Nielson
Haydn
New York
Norman Dello Joio
KU Students Receive $125 Scholarships From Council
Three Kansas University sophomores Carolyn Eymann of Atchison Raymond Germonprez of Topeka and Thomas A. Shortridge of Park Ridge Illinois earned general scholarships of 125 dollars each from the All Student Council Social Committee for the spring semester at KU. The awards cover university fees.
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Kansas University
All Student Council
Carolyn Eymann
Atchison
Raymond Germonprez
Topeka
Thomas A. Shortridge
Park Ridge
Ill
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Figaro
Lass Day Coupe
Olds
Starfire
Oldsmobile
New Hampshire
John Pickens
Vermont
Victor Price
Total Sound Stereo
Mene
RADIO
Kere
RCA Victor
Lawrence Furniture, Inc
RCA Victor Quality
Kansas: Hospital Service Association, Inc, Kansas Physicians’ Service
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!