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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Tuesday, September 19, 1967
4-part celebration set
White centennial drive seeks $125,000
By a Kansan Staff Reporter
A campaign to raise $125,000 to commemorate the 100th birthday anniversary of the late William Allen White has been launched. White was the Pulitzer prize-winning editor of the Emporia Gazette.
It will be supported by $25,000,
and $100,000 will be used to
establish a visiting professorship
in KU's William Allen White
School of Journalism and Public
Information.
Warren K. Agee, dean of the school of journalism and director of the White foundation, said the $100,000 could be endowed and the $5,000 interest from this would be added each year to the visiting professor's regular salary.
Stauffer heads finances
Oscar S. Stauffer, finance committee chairman and president of Stauffer Publications, Inc., said his committee will ask newspapers, broadcast media and others in the communications fields throughout the United States to contribute to raise funds "to keep a flame alight for such an exemplary citizen as White."
One special centennial event will be the placing of a memorial tablet at the Kansas Turnpike service area near Emporia.
Other special events during the White centennial year will include:
- Feb. 10-12—Tribute to William Allen White during programs in Emporia, El Dorado and
Lawrence. The annual William Allen White Day activities have been scheduled for Feb. 12 in Lawrence.
April 28-30—Seminar on "The Mass Media in a Free Society" at KU, featuring major papers by leaders in various communications fields.
Speakers will include: Bill D. Moyers, former press secretary to President Johnson and now publisher of Newsday, Long Island, N.Y., Ben Bagdikian, noted critic from Washington, D.C., and Russell J. Lynes, former managing editor and now contributing editor of Harper's magazine.
● June 15—A special tribute dinner honoring Mrs. Sallie White during the National Federation of
Five major theater productions and the introduction of Sunday matinees will highlight KU theater presentations this year.
Theater plans matinee debut
Tom Rea, assistant director, said the new season's plays will range from the musical comedy, "Gypsy," to Shakespeare's "Macbeth."
Visiting professional actor, Rea said, will be Clayton Corbin, who will take the lead in "Macbeth" scheduled for presentation next March.
Performed here in '64
Corbin performed at KU four years ago in "The Emperor Jones"
The seminar planned for April 28-30 will be patterned after the KU centennial, Agee said, with seven major speeches not limited to journalism topics.
and recently appeared as Atahualpa in the "Royal Hunt of the Sun" road show.
Two plays given here this summer will return in repertory. They are "Owners of the Keys" and "The Kitchen."
Other featured productions will include "Hedda Gabler," "Blithe Spirit," and "The Rake's Progress."
Major productions:
Sept. 29, 30, Oct. 7—Owners of the Keys.
Oct. 1, 8—The Kitchen.
Oct. 26, 28, Nov. 2, 3—Gypsy.
Dec. 5, 7-10—Hedda Gabler.
Feb. 7-11—Blihe Spirit.
Press Women's convention in Wichita.
- Aug. 26-29—A special speaker in connection with the Association for Education in Journalism national convention at KU.
March 14-16, 22, 23—Macbeth.
April 26, 27, May 3, 4-The Rake's Progress.
Experimental presentations:
Oct. 19-21—Theatre Today
Dec. 13-19, Jan. 4-6 — The Knack.
Feb. 14-17, 19-24—The Crumbling Citadel.
March 27-31. April 1-5—Payment as Promised.
April 29, 30, May 1-6, 8-11— The Blacks.
Children's theatre:
Nov. 16-18—William Tell.
Feb. 29, March 1, 2—Androcles and the Lion.