Flight reservations available
The SUA has chartered a flight for students wanting to travel to New York for the holidays. Seating capacity is 149 but the flight is in connection with Ottawa University and reservations will be made on a first come first serve basis.
The plane leaves for New York at 10:30 p.m. Dec. 18 and the return flight will leave at 4 p.m., Jan. 4, from Kennedy International Airport.
Peter Sirkin, Hicksville, N.Y., senior and SUA representative, said reservations should be made immediately. Interested students should contact the SUA office for further information.
Union slates German lecture
George J. Metcalf, professor of German Philosophy at the University of Chicago, will speak on "Predecessors of Jacob Grimm" at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Kansas Union Pine Room.
Metcalf is the immediate past president of the American Association of Teachers of German. The lecture is open to the public.
Travel can be less expensive
Planning to spend the summer in Europe?
The Council of International Exchange may save you money. They issue international student identification cards which entitle the holder to discounts at participating theaters, concert halls, shops, museums and accommodation facilities.
The ID card may be obtained on the KU campus by submitting proof of full-time student status to Mrs. Sandra Traversa, adviser of study abroad, in the Office of International Programs, 224 Strong Hall. There is a $1 charge for the cards and students must provide two passport or automat photographs.
Fellowships offered to grads
Calouste Gulbenkian Fellowships in Luso (Portuguese)-Brazilian studies, ranging from $2,700-$3,000 a year, have been made available to KU graduate students.
Fred Litto, assistant professor of speech and drama and chairman of the Committee of Luso-Brazilian Studies at KU, said applicants could be in any department as long as the subject they were studying was related to the Portuguese-speaking world. This includes the humanities and social sciences.
he said.
Four fellowships may be awarded in the next three years. The application deadline for 1970-71 is Feb. 15.
Information offered
Information on off-campus housing is available in the Student Senate office in the Kansas Union, said Halina Pawl, vicechairman of the off-campus Housing Committee, today.
The committee has prepared leases, copies of the housing code, and lists of available rooms and persons seeking roommates, she said.
Dec. 12 1969 KANSAN 3
Language proficiency exams: Carruth-0'Leary Hall. French-312, Spanish-322, Latin-211, German-110, 1:30 p.m.
Popular film: "Morgan." Dyeh
Auditorium, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Official Bulletin
Saturday
"A total of 187 citations have been granted." said Richard Wintermote, Director of the Alumni Association.
Nominations are now being accepted in the Alumni Association Office for Alumni Association's Distinguished Service Citation, the highest honor that the University can give to its graduates.
Eid-Al-Firr Banquet: Westminster
Cafe at Tickets at Kansas Union
"Until 1969 only alumni of the University were eligible to receive the citation. However with a change in the rules of the selection committee out going Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe was the first non alumni to be awarded a citation," he explained.
Basketball: Loyola of Chicago.
There. 7:25 p.m.
Nominations now being taken for Distinguished Service Citation
International Club-People-to-People annual Christmas party and dance. Kansas Union Ballroom, 8 p.m. Invitation only.
"Country Wife." University Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
Sunday
Geological Survey colloquium:
"Computer Application in Earth Sciences-Optical Data Processing." Lindley Hall, all day.
Carillon Recital: Albert Gerken, 3 p.m.
"Country Wife." University Theatre, 8:20 p.m.
KU Cricket Club: East of Robinson Gymnasium, 11 a.m.
Christmas Vespers with Tableaux:
Hoch Auditorium, 3:30 & 7:30 p.m.
Geological Survey colloquium banquet: Virginia Inn, 6:30 p.m.
Another Henrys Special
THE BIG HENRY
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"The nominations are reviewed by a secret committee of 11 members, nine alumni appointed by the Chancellor and the Alumni President, and two faculty members appointed by the Chancellor," said Wintermote.
Only living alumni may be considered for the citations, said Winternote, and the selections are based on the nominees' good
citizenship, contributions to community, state and nation, and humanitarian services.
Anyone may nominate a candidate for the citation and nomination forms may be found in the Alumni Association office. Nearly 2,000 letters have been sent to faculty and Alumni officers containing nomination forms.
The citation winners will be awarded engraved citations and plaques at commencement this spring.
Nominations for the 1970 citations will be received in the Alumni Association office until January 1.