====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0309_1 from reel: L 731 (1961-09-14 to 1962-01-19) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/11196 Title: Speech Students' Potpourri Finals Begin Tonight Summary: Sixteen students will compete in Speech Potpourri finals at 8 p.m. today and tomorrow in Fraser Theater. The Potpourri is held each semester with contestants chosen from Speech I classes. Each of the 50 sections has one representative. Category: campus news Subjects: student activities; speech competition; university events Named Entities: Conboy, William [professor]; Craighton, Allen [professor]; Byrne, Margaret [associate professor]; Reardon, William [associate professor]; Dance, Frank [assistant professor]; Hansen, Donald [instructor] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Student Book Drive a Success Summary: Twice the number of books received in the last Asian Student Book Drive have been collected this year. The drive is sponsored by the University Libraries and KU-Y. John L. Glinka, assistant director of libraries, said yesterday that 663 books, including texts and paperbacks, were donated to the drive which was held last month. Category: campus news Subjects: student activities; book drive; community service Named Entities: Glinka, John L. [assistant director] Confidence: 0.8 Title: France Not Asked to Nuclear Talks Summary: The United States and Britain have decided not to back Russia's bid to have France join the nuclear test ban talks, diplomatic sources said Monday. Britain and the United States were reported to feel that the conference should proceed with its present composition of the three original nuclear powers. Category: local news Subjects: international relations; nuclear disarmament; diplomacy Named Entities: France; United States; Britain; Soviet Union Confidence: 0.75 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: Varsity Theatre; Granada Theatre; Sandy's Drive-In; Tau Kappa Epsilon and Alpha Chi Omega Category: advertisements Confidence: 0.9 Note: Descriptive metadata for this item has been generated in part using AI (artificial intelligence) technologies and may be incomplete, misleading, or inaccurate. Please contact the Kenneth Spencer Research Library with specific questions or concerns.