====PAGE-LEVEL METADATA==== University Daily Kansan Page 0037_2 from reel: L 729 (1960-09-15 to 1961-01-20) https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/192605 Title: Play Actors Are Selected Summary: Winners of parts in two KU drama productions have been announced by Gordon Beck, speech instructor. The first play to be presented by the Experimental Theatre is "The Trial of Captain John Brown" by Richard F. Stockton. Category: campus news Subjects: theater; student activities; drama productions Named Entities: Beck, Gordon [speech instructor]; Stockton, Richard F. [director] Confidence: 0.85 Title: NROTC Selects Fall Officers Summary: NROTC Cadet Officers have been selected for the fall semester of 1960 at KU based on academic record, demonstrated leadership qualities, and military bearing. The selecting committee consisted of the unit commanding officer, executive officer, senior instructor, and marine instructor. Category: campus news Subjects: military education; student organizations; leadership Named Entities: Powers, Gary [NROTC cadet]; Powell, D. G. [battalion commander]; Faubion, J. M. [senior midshipman] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Two Are Named to Women P.E. Posts Summary: New women in the Women's Physical Education Department this year are Miss Carolyn Snell of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Mrs. Pat Rohlf. Miss Snell received her B.A. degree from Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas, and will be instructor in dance. Mrs. Rohlf takes the place vacated by Miss Judy Jones who was called home to be with her family. Category: campus news Subjects: physical education; faculty appointments; women's athletics Named Entities: Snell, Carolyn [instructor]; Rohlf, Mrs. [assistant instructor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Honor Roll Base Different This Year Summary: Students having a grade average of 2.26 or higher will be eligible for the honor roll this semester. With more students making higher grades, the College had to decide whether to limit the honor roll to the traditional top 10 per cent of students enrolled or according to grade-point average. The fall honor roll included 13.3 per cent of the students and 39 of them made a 3.0. Category: campus news Subjects: academic achievement; university policies; student performance Confidence: 0.75 Title: Grant to Faculty Member Summary: Robert W. Lichtwardt, associate professor of botany at the University of Kansas, has been awarded a $19,600 National Science Foundation grant to continue research entitled "Development and Systematic Studies of Fungi" for three years. The grant is a renewal of a two-year grant previously awarded Dr. Lichtwardt by the NSF for the study of fungi that live in the guts of insects and other arthropods. Category: campus news Subjects: research funding; botany; academic grants Named Entities: Lichtwardt, Robert W. [associate professor] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Circulation School Will Open Oct. 1 Summary: The seventh Newspaper Circulation Managers' School will open on the University of Kansas campus Oct. 1 for a two-day session. The program is sponsored by the William Allen White School of Journalism and Public Information, the Educational Committee for Circulation Managers and University Extension. The Saturday morning session will be devoted to a discussion of "Building and Managing Circulation." Frank Long, circulation manager, The Wichita Eagle, will preside over the morning session. Presiding over the Saturday evening session will be Harold Hult, state circulation manager, The Topeka Capital-Journal. Category: campus news Subjects: journalism education; newspaper management; training programs Named Entities: Allen, William [director]; Long, Frank [circulation manager] Confidence: 0.75 Title: KU NROTC Adds Five to Faculty Summary: The NROTC Unit has announced the recent arrival of five new faculty members. Lt. Cmdr. L. Dobbs, the new weapons instructor, graduated from the University of Illinois in 1948 and received his Navy commission at Corpus Christi, Tex., in 1950. Lt. Dobbs is married and has two daughters. Lt. M. Bledsoe, the new supply instructor, is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky State College. Lt. Bledsoe is married and has two daughters. J. D. Hunter, PO I C., will serve as the new Administrative Assistant. Hunter attended Oklahoma City University before entering the Navy and he attended the Navy Yeoman School at San Diego, Calif. L. W. Stroud, is the new weapons assistant. Chief Stroud attended Northwest State Teachers College at Maryville, Mo., before entering the Naval Service. He is a bachelor. J. W. O'Connor, Gunnery Sgt., is the new Marine Assistant. Sgt. O'Connor entered the Marine Corps in 1948 and before coming to KU he was stationed at Camp Mathews, Calif. Category: campus news Subjects: military education; faculty appointments; NROTC program Named Entities: Dobbs, Lt. Cmdr. L. [weapons instructor]; Bledsoe, Lt. M. [supply instructor]; Hunter, J. D. [administrative assistant] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Traveling Poet to Stop at KU Summary: Arrangements have been made for Cid Corman to speak at 4 p.m. Monday in the Forum Room at the Kansas Union. Mr. Corman, a poet connected with the San Francisco Poetry Center, will arrive in Lawrence earlier in the afternoon and has requested that an informal reading and discussion session be set up to discuss poetry and the Japanese theater. All interested are welcome to attend. Category: features/profiles Subjects: literary events; poetry readings; student activities Named Entities: Corman, Cid [poet] Confidence: 0.8 Title: Child Killed in El Salvador Earthquake Summary: SAN SALVADOR (UPI) — Be- and several homes were destroyed by Tuesday's earthquake. Although the tremblor was felt throughout El Salvador, damage was concentrated in the Juayua-Apaneca region of the western mountains. Category: national news Subjects: natural disasters; earthquakes; international news Confidence: 0.85 Title: [advertisements] Advertisers include: University Ford Sales; Page's SINCLAIR SERVICE; Barry's Barn; Business Machines Co.; Blue Hills Drive-In; Sinclair Power-X; Ku Nrotc Category: advertisements Confidence: 1.0 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.