age 4 University Daily Kansan Friday, May 7, 1965
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State of University Address To Highlight Commencement
The State of the University address, one of the highlights of commencement weekend, will be delivered at the annual All-University Commencement supper, Sunday, June 6.
"This dinner is for seniors, parents, guests, alumni, local people—anyone who wants to come." Mrs. Mildred Clodfelter, assistant secretary of the Alumni Association, said.
"They really pack the place," she added.
"We had received 110 reservations by April 30," Mrs. Clofelder explained. "This was a really large amount for April."
TICKETS ARE $2 EACH, according to Mrs. Clofdfelter. She emphasized that this amount was not included in the senior fee. Seniors wishing to attend the dinner must buy tickets now.
Advance reservations for the dinner are being received by the Alumni office. Mrs. Clodfelter said.
Since that time, Mrs. Clodfelter said, the office had received approximately 90 more reservations.
"We are mailing out tickets this week to those who ordered and paid in advance," she added.
FOR THE PAST SEVERAL years the dinner has been a sell-out. A capacity crowd of 1200 attended last year, and the Alumni Association hopes to increase capacity slightly this year, although their space is limited, Mrs. Clod-teller said.
The dinner is held in the Union ballroom, with overflow in the Kansas Room.
Mrs. Clodfelter also warned that, unless some tickets are held back, the dinner may be sold out by the time caps and gowns are distributed. The Senior Reminder, distributed at the recent Senior Coffee, said tickets could be bought at that time.
"About 40" reservations have also been received by the Alumni office for the Saturday, June 5. University Welcoming Dinner.
"The Welcoming Dinner is for those alumni not involved in any special reunion," Mrs. Clodfelter said. "It's not as large as the All-University Supper and they usually try to keep it more cozy—it's usually held in the Kansas Room."
"WE RECEIVED SO many reservations for everything in April!" Mrs. Clodfelter exclaimed.
Some of these reservations, Mrs. Clofelter said, have been for dormitory lodging during Commencement weekend.
Rooms are available to alumni parents of students and other campus visitors in air-conditioned
Gertrude Sellars Pearson Hall for $2.50 a night.
Members of the class of 1955, who will be holding their 10-year reunion that weekend, have special arrangements made for them at North College Hall (Corbin).
NO FOOD SERVICE will be provided in the residence halls but the Kansas Union has made arrangements to handle the extra flood of Commencement guests.
"We don't have any exact figures on how many have made dormitory reservations for the weekend," Mrs. Clodfelter said, "because each reunion class is handling reservations for their members separately."
Verdict Sought Today In Trial of Klansman
An all-white, all-male jury in Hayneville, Ala., is expected today to reach a decision in the trial of Ku Klux Klanman Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr., on charges of killing Mrs. Viola Liuzzo last March 25.
Mrs. Liuzzo of Detroit and the mother of five, was the first white woman killed in the civil rights movement.
THERE HAVE been no convictions of white persons in major racial slayings in the South in connection with the civil rights movement. Two trials have resulted in an acquittal and a mistrial and a grand jury has refused to return indictments in a third case.
WILKINS HAS been represented by an attorney who also is a Klansman, and the trial has been attended by Klan Imperial Wizard Robert Shelton and Alabama Grand Dragon Robert Creel.
In other major racial developments, Georgia Governor Carl Sanders Thursday called for a conference of southern governors to discuss the latest order on school desegregation by the U.S. Office of Education which calls for four grades in each school to be integrated by this fall.
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