Wednesday, December 11, 1968
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Oldfather is KU's ballad-singing law professor
Photo by Carl Riekotte
Childhood reflections Photo by Carl Rickets
Ballad singing law professor, Charles H. Oldfather Jr., wearing a brightly-colored handknit poncho, recalls his youth and learning to play the guitar.
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Grad school committee formed to hear grievances
Plans for the formation of an ad hoc Graduate Student Grievance Committee have been announced by the Graduate School.
KU Biafra toiler gets national post
Judith Kahane, graduate student in philosophy and co-ordinator of the local Biafra relief efforts, has been named one of ten members of the Central Coordinating Committee of the North American Federation for Biafra.
Miss Kahane is the only person west of the Appalachian Mountains to be named to the committee.
She was appointed to the committee while attending the First International Conference on Biafra in New York City. The conference, held at Columbia University Dec. 8-10, drew 350 persons from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
Conference work sessions included an examination of the present situation in Biafra and an examination of Biafra's history, Mrs. Kahane said. Among the speakers who addressed the group was Akili Danieli, the Tanzanian ambassador.
William P. Albrecht, dean of the graduate school, said the committee is one "to which graduate students might go if they have any complaints or suggestions about course work or programs within the school."
The committee will be composed of one graduate student and one graduate faculty member from each of the four area committees within the graduate school. Representatives will be chosen at the discretion of each committee.
The committee should be formed before the end of the current semester, said Dean Albrecht.
It would function for the remainder of the current academic year and report its deliberations on matters brought before it to Albrecht.
Dean Albrecht said the committee will function in an advisory capacity.
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By LINDA LOYD Kansan Staff Writer
When Charles H. Oldfather Jr., KU's ballad-singing law professor, persuades a student to sing, it's to a guitar, and not a judge.
During his 18 years at KU, this multitalented man has performed before hundreds of campus groups and is well-known to many students.
"I began singing and playing the guitar in the Navy during World War II," oldfather recalls. His father, Charles H. Oldfather Sr., had been an amateur guitarist while Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Nebraska.
Strumming his guitar at his 125-acre farm southwest of Lawrence, the professor spoke warmly of his father and folk music he enjoys.
"I'm nostalgic about the songs my father liked such as 'Preacher and the Bear' and 'Epic of Springfield Mountain,' which is the oldest American folk song.
"I play mostly American and English ballads and especially like amusing and riddle songs."
The Harvard graduate explained although his choice of songs varies, his favorite over the years has remained "He's Gone Away."
Admitting that he doesn't play before as many groups as he used to, Oldfather said, "It seems like I make the rounds every few years. This fall I've sung quite a bit," he said, citing appearances at several Greek houses and University funcitons.
The KU ballad singer has performed both on TV and radio. In 1952 he made a series of tapes for the campus radio station. While a visiting professor at the University of Wisconsin, he appeared on a television talent show.
Until it was stolen a year ago, one of Oldfather's proudest possessions was his father's 1908 Gibson guitar bought in a Chicago second-hand store for $30.
Since coming to KU from a Milwaukee law firm in 1950,
Oldfather has served the University in various capacities.
He is a member of the Senate executive committee to re-organize student government. "Again this fall I am a part-time member of a 12-man committee trying to draw students into governing bodies," Oldfather said.
Oldfather also serves on the Chancellor search committee which is presently seeking a new KU chancellor and is chairman of the Athletic Board.
A native of Lincoln, Nebraska, he was graduated from Hotchkiss Preparatory School in Connecticut in 1937.
"I was one of those Midwestern scholarship boys," he recalled. "The scholarship were one way the school attracted boys from across the country."
He attended Harvard for two years lettering in track and cross country and then transferred to the University of Nebraska where he was graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1941.
Oldfather returned to Harvard in 1945 to enter the School of Law.
Blonde chosen Best Dressed Coed
Sally Wells, Overland Park junior representing Delta Gamma sorority, last night was chosen KU'96 Best Dressed Coed
The selection was made in a fashion contest sponsored by the Associated Women Students Fashion Board in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
Miss Wells, a 5" 6" blonde, was chosen by judges representing several phases of the fashion world. She is now eligible to
In showing of three outfits each (sports, campus and formal), eleven finalists displayed their modeling and clothes selection ability.
participate in Glamour Magazine's National Best Dressed Coed Contest.
Miss Wells' sports outfit was a beige and brown plaid bell-bottom slacks and vest combination with a beige old-fashioned blouse. She also wore clunker
shoes and an antique brooch at the neck of the blouse.
For campus wear, she donned a brown corduroy skirt and chartreuse body shirt. She added brown suede knee-high boots, a paisley scarf for accent and a gold chain necklace and bracelet.
Her formal was a pink and silver crocheted floor length skirt and pink long-sleeved crepe blouse. She wore silver jewelery, pink shoes and stockings.
JSCC Christmas rally starts Sunday
Participants in the automobile rally at 12:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, will meet in X-zone west of the Kansas Union.
Christmas time is rally time and car enthusiasts can join in the Christmas spirit at the Jayhawk Sports Car Club (JSCC) "Reindeer Chase."
Drivers should bring a clipboard, pencil, flashlight, navigator and $3 ($2 for JSCC members).
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