====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0648_2 from reel: L 728 (1959-09-17 to 1960-08-02) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/190601 Title: Weiss Elected KMLA Head Summary: Arnold H. Weiss elected as president of Kansas Modern Language Association, succeeding Vernon French. Category: campus news Subjects: university administration; faculty appointments; academic organizations Named Entities: Weiss, Arnold H. [professor]; French, Vernon [professor] Confidence: 0.85 Title: Time Corrected on Starkie Speech Summary: Walter Starkie's speech on 'The Universal Don Quixote' rescheduled to 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Fraser Theater. Category: campus news Subjects: campus events; lectures; academic calendar Named Entities: Starkie, Walter [visiting professor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: 51 High Schools Enter Contest Here Summary: Five hundred entries from 51 high schools participating in annual Kansas High School Newspaper Contest sponsored by William Allen White School of Journalism. Category: campus news Subjects: academic competitions; high school relations; journalism Confidence: 0.75 Title: Osborne to Edit Journal Summary: Lynn Osborne named editor-in-chief of Kansas Speech Journal for upcoming year. Category: campus news Subjects: faculty appointments; academic publications; speech communication Named Entities: Osborne, Lynn [instructor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Humanities Forum Officers Elected Summary: New Humanities Forum officers for 1960-61 include George Worth as president and Peter J. Caws as secretary. Category: campus news Subjects: university organizations; faculty leadership; academic governance Named Entities: Worth, George [assistant professor]; Caws, Peter J. [assistant professor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Student Absences Procedure Studied Summary: College staff discusses procedures for handling student absences, with Dean Heller emphasizing the need for clear policies. Category: campus news Subjects: university policies; student affairs; academic administration Named Entities: Heller, Francis [associate dean]; Heller, Dean [dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences] Confidence: 0.75 Title: Pozdro to Get Top Music Group Honor Summary: John Pozdro, associate professor of music theory, to receive National Patron of Delta Omicron Fraternity honor at American Music Symposium. Category: campus news Subjects: faculty recognition; music education; academic honors Named Entities: Pozdro, John [associate professor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Applications Due for 1961 Rock Chalk Summary: Wednesday deadline for applications for producer and business manager positions for 1961 Rock Chalk Revue. Category: announcement Subjects: student activities; campus events; theater productions Confidence: 0.8 Title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1960 Census of Population Summary: Public service announcement reminding readers to ensure they were counted in the 1960 Census, with form for those who believe they were missed. Category: informational content Subjects: census; government services; public information Confidence: 0.9 Title: Sigma Chi DERBY DAY Summary: Sigma Chi fraternity's Derby Day event scheduled for April 30 at 1:30 p.m. on Sigma Chi Tennis Court, replacing banned kissing contest. Category: announcement Subjects: campus events; fraternity activities; student organizations Confidence: 0.85 Title: Fine Arts School Receives $1,628 for Music Symposium Summary: KU's School of Fine Arts receives grant from Music Performance Trust Fund for second annual Symposium of Contemporary American Music. Category: announcement Subjects: university funding; arts education; academic events Confidence: 0.8 Title: George H. Flowerday Is a Florist in Ann Arbor, Michigan Summary: Brief business listing for George H. Flowerday, florist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Category: informational content Subjects: business listings; local services Confidence: 0.7 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.