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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1950
British Schools To Hold 1951 Summer Sessions
British universities do not usually hold summer sessions, but since 1947 summer sessions have been held so that students from all parts of the world may get a "shop-window display of British education."
Peter Heath, representative of the Institute of International Education, said about 2,500 students have come to Britain to study during the summers since 1947. About 70 per cent of these students came from the United States. Other students came from Europe, Egypt, Canada, and China.
Mr. Heath has been a lecturer in philosophy at Queen's university, Kingston, Ontario, during the past summer. Since that time he has been visiting American universities along the East coast. Now he is in the Middle West to inform prospective students about the British summer session program. He will return to Edinburgh university where he is an instructor in six weeks.
"The 1951 summer session is a special one since the Festival of Britain Year is being observed," said Mr. Heath.
The purpose of the festival is to revive the exposition of 1851 which commemorated the erection of the Crystal palace in Hyde park, London. The celebration is being held in nearly every town for the purpose of showing Britain to the world." he said.
At Cheltenham, the festival of contemporary British music will be held. The International Festival of Music and Drama at Edinburgh to be held from Aug. 19 through Sept.
8 will feature nine orchestras from other countries. The Exhibitions of Science, Architecture, and Festival Garden will be held at South Bank, London.
Mr. Heath emphasized that students wishing to get credit for their work in British universities must make arrangements with their university in America before attending the schools. Tuition costs which include all expenses for side trips will be between $168 and $180.
Applications must be made to the Institute of International Education, 2 West 45th street, New York City by the end of March to be eligible for the program.
The special course in Shakespearean studies at Stratford on Avon will center on Elizabethan drama and music. It will be taught at Birmingham university.
The Edinburgh university course on Tradition of European Culture from the Renaissance to the Present Day will be a history of ideas. Social and political developments will be emphasized.
The London university course on Arts and Letters in the 20th Century will be closely connected with the London program of drama, film, opera, ballet, painting, sculpture, and music.
Star Columnist Amuses Group With Anecdotes
Nearly 100 persons heard Bill Vaughan tell what kinds of speeches he could give them-success, free enterprise, inspirational, or the message type—and then tell humorously why he wasn't giving any of those kinds.
Local Plymouth Congregational Church Has Been Active For Past 96 Years
Mr. Vaughan's informal talk at the Business School association coffee forum Wednesday night was as humorous as his Kansas City Star column, "Starbeams," for which he was twice represented in the new Louis Untermeyer collection, "Best Humor of 1949-50."
He told members of the business school, business and journalism faculty members, and other guests, that even though he knew nothing of business he would talk on that subject.
Mr. Vaughan advocated the starting of a new course—Introduction, Fundamentals, and History of Business Humor—in the business schools. The principle of this course would be to teach the student how to laugh at the boss's jokes, and how to ruin a competitor's jokes. He differentiated between offensive humor—the telling of jokes—and defensive humor—the ruining of a competitor's jokes.
The Plymouth Congregational church in Lawrence is celebrating its 96th anniversary.
The first church of any denomination to be organized in Kansas is chartered on Oct. 22, 1854 with ten members.
"So far I have carefully avoided saying anything that might be helpful information," he said midway through his talk.
A question-answer session followed his anecdote-studded speech and the secret of how he obtained material for his column was disclosed.
A 96th anniversary dinner for the church's 670 members was given Oct. 18. Sam Elliot, caretaker of Danforth chapel and one of the church's oldest members, spoke on the history of the church.
The church was founded by members of the New England Emigrant Aid company who came from Boston to settle Kansas territory in 1854 and to aid in winning it as a free state. Rev. S. Y. Lum, who came West as a "missionary to Kansas," held the first services of the church in the Pioneer Boarding house.
The boarding house was a hay tent which served as the principal hotel of the town. Dr. Richard Cordley, in his book, "The History of Lawrence," describes the services: "Three trunks set one on the other served as a pulpit and the congregation seated themselves on the beds and boxes and baggage of the boarders. There was always a good congregation, as everybody attended."
In 1870 a new $45,000 brick building furnished with walnut and containing a pipe organ was completed. This building now forms the main section of the present building.
Kenneth Miller, business senior,
was awarded the Alpha Kappa Psi
scholarship medallion for outstanding
scholastic work.
The covenant of the church was drawn up in the hay tent. The scribe wrote on the crown of his beaver hat, one of the men held a candle and another the ink stand. Several of the founders of the church were leaders in the later-established University of Kansas.
The congregation began erection of a permanent meeting place in 1856. A small stone building was begun. Due to the financial depression at this time four years were required to complete the building.
The hay tent was located near where Massachusetts street crosses the Kaw river.
Now the church with its 670 members lists a property value of $137,000, and an annual budget of $20,000. It has 200 members in its church school and over 200 students in its University program.
By 1863 the church had 70 members and was prospering. In August of that year several of its members were killed and many lost their homes in the Quantrill raid on Lawrence.
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Marvin, Beth Attend Dinner
Dean Burton W. Marvin of the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information and Elmer F. Beth, professo$^a$ of journalism, attended a dinner of the Kansas City Press club Sunday night at the Hotel Muelebach.
Frank J. Starzel, New York, general manager of the Associated Press
spoke to a group of 205 persons, including 51 editors of newspapers in Kansas and Missouri.
In his speech Mr. Starzel said that it was the job of the reporter to stay abreast of public thinking.
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