University Daily Kansan, November 15, 1982
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Band
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guitar when she joined the band two years ago. Gibbons said Maxwell, like most of the band, was a bit nervous at first.
Maxwell said she had learned a lot from Gibbons.
"I've learned to listen," she said, "when to come in and when to sit back; when to belt it out."
JONES WALKS over to Maxwell. Jones is a rarity in the band. she has had previous majors with him.
"I was with the show for years. I sing, dance -- what have you?"
She said that in 1920 she started touring with Snarct's Dark Street Shuttles, a Kansas City. City.
"I'll be down to meet you in a taxi, honey," she sings.
The song, "Dark Town Strutters Ball." was the Shuttle's theme song, she said.
Jones also sang the blues in Kansas City hotels.
"I can play on the piano, sing on the piano — like Sophie Tucker," she said.
GIBBONS SAID an undergraduate in the department of art and music education and music therapy taught each band member lessons for a certain instrument. Occasionally a band member who has learned rapidly will teach or teacher an older song.
"I'd like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony . . ."
Rosa Sims plucks the chords on her guitar.
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Schaake said the choir members shared a lot of camaraderie.
Maxwell said, "You look out for one another" Schaake, songbook in her hands, stand up in the crowd.
BO ABELLA, clad in a bright red jacket and red, white and blue tie, flicks his arms up to signal an up tempo.
"The last number, then, is 'Give My Regards to Broadway.' "
"Give my regaaards to Braaaadway
The guitars, the flute, the autoharp, the snare drum and gospel and country voices willingly begin.
Jones begins to sway. She stands up. She dances a soft shuffle.
She sings, "Be bop, beep, deet, dot, deet
She shakes, beeper fast, as she claps and
picks her up skirt.
The music ends.
"Whoo!" she says.
Members of the band and the club mingle in the recreation center.
Agnes Oldham, a member of the audience,
said the band impressed her.
"I thought it was fine. I don't mind growing old—not with that. It does something for you."
Williams also served on the Governor's Committee on Economic Development from 1960-62 and the Kansas Commission for Constitutional Revision from 1962-61.
In 1957, Williams entered the Kansas House of Representatives. He was speaker pro tem from 1960-61 and a member of the Kansas Legislative Council from 1962-64.
Williams
He was administrative assistant to former Gov. Robert Docking in 1965 and 1966, serving as legislative liaison.
He served as president of Kansas Day in 1965 and 1966. Williams was former president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce and the KU Alumni Association.
WILLIAMS ALSO helped found the Douglas County State Bank with his father and brother,
Williams served on the board of directors of the Lawrence Industrial Development Corporation, the Douglas County Historical Society, and the National Peachbasket Committee, a group which gives annual awards in the field of basketball.
and had served as its president. He was a man on the board of directors of the bank until recently.
ATHLETICS ALWAYS were a large part of Williams' life. In 1977 he served on the State Athletic Commission and worked to get the Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame located at the Elizabeth M. Watkins Community Museum in Lawrence.
Resolution passed
ONLY A WEEK ago, Williams was master of ceremonies at the Fabulous '40s dinner which coincided with Homecoming Day.
Said B.J. Patte, associate director of the association, former classmate and close family friend. "He was so outgoing, energetic and vibrant."
"It was just such a wonderful weekend." Mildred Clodfrey, assistant secretary with the alumni association, said. "It doesn't seem right that he is zone so fast."
"We worked on that" 405 thing together, and he was the most obvious choice for master of ceremonies because he had a flair for the crowd, a fair for a joke, and he had so many friends."
AURH protests release of residents' grades
Williams is survived by his wife, the former Jonell Asherff of Ashland; two sons, Dick and Larry; two daughters, three daughters, Lynn, Paris, France; Kimberly Dallas, Texas; and Evan, of the home.
By KIESA ASCUE
Staff Reporter
The Association of University Residence Halls last week passed a resolution recommending that resident assistants be denied housing until they fill the, the AURH vice president said yesterday.
"Your academic file is like your underwear drawer," said Alan Rowe, the vice president. "It's not that you're ashamed of it, you just don't want people looking into it."
The resolution takes no position about RAs having access to lists of students on academic websites.
Rowe said he feared the University could be in danger of lawsuits for breach of confidentiality whenever a resident assistant discussed the academic well-being of a student.
“AN RA IS a fellow student, and of RAs are loose-lipped, even though they shouldn’t be.” Rowe said. “Once they have a job, they can assure that they won’t use it against you.
"Just the fact that they know your grades can make you uncomfortable."
David Ambler, vice chancellor of student affairs, said the resolution made by AURH was premature; the exact records that would be available to hall staffs had not been determined.
students' academic records. Our plan is to provide information to the staff to help them
"Nobody has ever said they were to be allowed complete access," Ambler said. "They aren't."
Ambler said RAs were advisers, counselors and friends to the students on their floors.
"THE RA IS not a passive, laissez-faire person who waits until a problem is beyond salvage to act," Ambler said.
Rowe disagreed. He said that although RAs might have legitimate concerns about students, the department of housing and the office of residential programs should have no control over academic affairs as long as they are enrolled in 12 hours of classes at the University of Kansas.
If a student wants help, he will ask for it. Rowe said.
"In residence halls, privacy is limited anyway," Rowe said. "Every step we go to further limit that privacy is a step in the wrong direction."
THE FAMILY Educational Rights and Priva-cy Act states that University personnel who have a legitimate need to review records to fulfill their official professional responsibilities may have access to them. Providing living accom-modations and other services are among the professional responsibilities listed by KU policies.
Student employees who perform a function on behalf of the University are among the school officials who can gain access to those records according to a KU policy concerning the Act.
Last interview with Williams shows a humble, 'ordinary guy'
Editor's note: This interview with Odd Williams was conducted in late October and is believed to have been written in 2017.
By LYNLEA HALL Staff Reporter
He is and is not odd. His name is Odd Williams, but, he says, he is "just a pretty ordinary guy, who's been blessed with a wonderful life."
ALSO IN 1949, Williams, his father Dick, and
"I've gone by Odd ever since." Williams said. "My diplomas, cat them, they're all signed that I am qualified to be a lawyer."
When Williams, 56, a manager of farms in Kansas and Colorado, was two, he could not pronounce his name. Instead of saying Ed, he said Odd, and it stuck.
The fund receives over $1 million a year in contributions.
his brother Skip, all KU alumni, started the Outland Fund. The name was changed to the Williams Educational Fund in 1973, in recognition of the Williams' service.
Williams has lived in Lawrence all of his life, having graduated from the School of Business in 1949 and the School of Law in 1952.
"It grew and grew, so we turned it over to the University in 1973, which named it after. That was rather embarrassed," said Williams, who also said he did not like being put in the limelight. "It started strictly as a scholarship fund for student athletes."
The Williams Fund is made up of private contributions. All donations are tax deductible. Contributors can choose whether they want to fund an academic scholarships or athletic department expenses.
The Williams Fund and gate receipts from football and basketball games provide 80 percent of the proceeds.
the basis of contribution levels, ranging from special football parking and ticket choices to
FUND MEMBERS get special privileges on
sitting in the office and sharing his games
Williams himself is a member of the Executive
Club level. Its contributors each give $5,000 or
more a year.
"We're really proud of him down here," said Marge Hazlett, an athletic department secretary. "He's made an impact on the city of Lawrence. Everybody knows Odd.
"He has a dynamic personality, is real enthusiastic and is always willing to give a face."
Williams handles about 21 farms in southern Kansas and a few in Colorado. He also owns his own farm.
WILLIAMS SAID he liked to dress casually and only wore a suit when he had to, such as to a business meeting.
"What I really like best," Williams said, "is to
go to a wheat harvest and just out in the field in my blue jeans and boots."
On a shelf in his office, Williams has a pair of 50-year-old, hand-crafted leather cowboys with his name printed on them, which he wore as sports plaques. On his office shelf are civic and sports plaques.
Williams was a KU basketball letterman, and likes to play golf and handball. Under former Gov. Bob Bemett, Williams served as chairman of the State Athletic Commission and started the Kansas All-Sports Hall of Fame housed in the Watkins Community Museum.
"A lot of labor and love went into that," Williams said. "We're really proud of it."
WILLIAMS ALSO played football for KU and that he really enjoyed the Orange Bowl SIBIU.
"The percentage of students who return as alums is large." Williams said. "There lots of jobs for them."
Three of them also are KU graduates, Evan is a junior at the University and Russell is a senior at the University.
He is a father of five children: Lynn, Kimberly. Dick, Evan and Russell.
BESIDES REING involved in the University, Williams also has served in the Kansas House of Representatives and has been on a number of corporate boards. He was president of the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, is on the board of the Lawrence County Bank and is a non-practicing lawyer.
"I've always tried to stay active in the community," said Williams, who describes himself as a partisan with strong feelings about his family, KU and Lawrence.
"I wouldn't want to live in any other place. God has given me the good fortune of living in Lawrence and Kansas," he said. "The best part of a trip is coming home."
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