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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1963
Page
7
Pope John XXIII appeared vastly improved after rest and a reported major blood transfusion. He blessed 15 000 in St Peter’s Square from his studio window, then retired for a nine day spiritual retreat in the Vatican Gardens as a pre Pentecost prep.
Social notes from McLouth show residents visiting relatives in Lawrence Oskaloosa and Kansas City. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tobler Al Vollmer and others, with several dinners and club gatherings noted and a hospital admission for Allen Casebier.
Kansas University’s annual Search issue features nine student articles and three abstracts by Honors program undergraduates. Highlights include 18 year old Lawrence freshman William Kerfoot on bee nests and Topeka senior John Platt’s psychology experiments in verbal conditioning.
Dean of Students Laurence C. Woodruff cites 11,000 plus KU students belonging to 322 recognized campus organizations. Groups cover politics, religion, honor societies, fraternities, sororities, publications, and 90 professional and departmental clubs reflecting a growing campus diversity.
The Kansas Association of School Administrators holds its fall conference October 12 to 14 at Kansas University. Sponsors include KASA KU Education School State Department of Public Instruction and University Extension. Speakers include KU Chancellor W Clarke Wescoe and Larry Haskew VP of Texas University.
In a humorous piece from the Los Angeles Times News Service, a husband and wife play a game called Star Reporter. Each card assigns quirky news events like Olympic bobsled trials and factory explosions, exposing skewed values and newsroom biases. The wife dominates, ending amid a hurricane and the husband covering a balloon race.
Activities at Richland featured special singing by Katherine Hallman Lola Hildenbrand and Frances Rake from Stull with many Stull members in attendance including Carolyn Wulfkuhle Frances Rake Betty O Connor Rosa Worthington and others. Community visits spanned Topeka Gardner and Manhattan as church groups shared meals and fellowship.
Six leaders including a Kansas editor will guide the 13th Kansas University Writers' Conference in Lawrence June 25 to 28. Richard Pryce of the Great Bend Daily Tribune serves as special consultant to the editors. Iola Fuller of Ann Arbor will lead fiction and deliver a public lecture on History and the Novelist. Other readers include Hortense Myers of Indianapolis Margaret Olwine of Independence Frances Smith of New Brunswick and Edsel Ford of Rogers and Fort Smith. A brochure is available from Prof. Frances Grinstead Kansas University Lawrence.
Kansas Citys Starlight Theatre announces a summer lineup opening June 17 and running to September 1. The season begins with Show Boat starring Robert Horton from Wagon Train, continuing through June 30, followed by Wildcat and other productions through July 17.
Martha Raye headlines a season at 1217 Walnut St theater Kansas City MO with July 7 21 Carnis val and July 22 Aug 4 Gypsy starring Giselle MacKenzie and Forrest Tucker followed by Aug 5 11 The Unsinkable Molly Brown with New Christy Minstrels Aug 12 18 The Wizard of Oz Aug 19 25 The Victor Borge Show and Aug 26 Sept 1 South Pacific. Individual tickets by mail to theater office.
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