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University Daily Kansan
Page 0769_1 from reel: L 725 (1956-09-10 to 1957-08-02)
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-udk/195352

Title: Musical Hit on Starlight Stage
Summary: Slapstick comedy "High Button Shoes" opened at Starlight Theatre with performances by Paul Gilbert, Hal LeRoy, Denise Lor, and Jill Corey.
Category: campus news
Subjects: theater; performing arts; campus entertainment
Named Entities: Gilbert, Paul [comedian]; LeRoy, Hal [dancer]; Lor, Denise [performer]; Corey, Jill [performer]; Floy, Harrison [performer]
Confidence: 0.85

Title: United Funds Head Elected
Summary: Joseph Cohen elected chairman of Kansas Conference of United Funds, Chautauqua and Councils, with Bill Adams and John Harrell as officers.
Category: campus news
Subjects: university administration; fundraising; student organizations
Named Entities: Cohen, Joseph [attorney]; Adams, Bill [manager]; Harrell, John [executive director]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Professor Given Honorary Degree
Summary: John Robinson Frazier, former KU professor of drawing and painting, received honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from Brown University.
Category: campus news
Subjects: academic recognition; art education; university faculty
Named Entities: Frazier, John Robinson [professor]; Brown University [institution]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Illustrator Joins Museum Staff
Summary: Gene Pacheco of Santa Fe joins Museum of Natural History staff as taxidermist and scientific illustrator, filling position vacated by Victor Hogg.
Category: campus news
Subjects: museum employment; natural history; scientific illustration
Named Entities: Pacheco, Gene [illustrator]; Museum of Natural History [institution]; Hogg, Victor [former staff member]; Young, George P. [chief taxidermist]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Dean Attends Conferences
Summary: Dean Thomas Gorton of School of Fine Arts attended conferences in Washington D.C. and St. Louis, including National Association of Schools of Music meeting.
Category: local news
Subjects: academic administration; professional development; higher education
Named Entities: Gorton, Thomas [dean]; National Association of Schools of Music [organization]; University of Nebraska [institution]; Pleistocene Cave Faunas [research subject]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: Receives Assistantship
Summary: George El Jakway, Twin Falls graduate student in zoology, awarded Research Assistantship in Vertebrate Paleontology at University of Nebraska.
Category: announcement
Subjects: graduate education; research assistantship; zoology
Named Entities: Jakway, George El [graduate student]; University of Nebraska [institution]; Pleistocene Cave Faunas [research subject]
Confidence: 0.8

Title: [advertisements]
Advertisers include: The Kansan; Ed Denny's Conoco
Category: advertisements
Confidence: 0.9

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