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Commencement Committee Staff Prepares For 1965 Graduation
By Jacke Thayer
Working almost as hard as KU's degree-seeking seniors is the committee planning Commencement activities.
Wednesday, March 24, 1965 University Daily Kansan
Henry Shenk, professor of physical education, heads the committee of six faculty members and two students. Their work started about March 1, although much of the preliminary planning had already been done by the Alumni Association which is responsible for all alumni activities during Commencement weekend.
This year's Commencement will be essentially "the same as last year in general pattern," according to Raymond Nichols, vice-chancellor and committee member. Much of the work is done at the sub-committee level, according to Nichols.
"WE HAVE COMMITTEES for the reception, the All-University supper, printing and lots of other things," Nichols said.
things, Nichols said. The committee does run into several problems each year, Nichols said.
"Probably our biggest problem is getting students to read the senior reminder to get acquainted with the Commencement rules and regulations. It is important for every senior to read this. We always have a few who don't know where to pick up their caps and gowns at the last minute," Nichols said. He pointed out that attendance regulations are also listed in the reminder.
mind. THE REMINDERS are placed in different spots on the campus and available to everyone, according to Nichols. They will also be distributed at the Senior Class Coffee which will be late in April, according to John "Tonto" Mays, Lyons class president.
One of the biggest problems facing committees of the future, Nichols said, is the actual mechanics of staging the Commencement.
"As classes get larger and larger each year, it will become even more difficult to get everyone seated so they can see the platform. The ceremony may also have to be shortened." Nichols commented.
"In the past," he said, "the graduating seniors have all marched across the platform to shake the hand of the chancellor or dean, but as the class grows, it may make the ceremony run too late in the evening to continue this practice."
A THIRD PROBLEM involves the All-University Commencement Supper, at which the Chancellor traditionally gives his "State of the University" address. The Alumni Association has been accepting advance reservations for this public dinner this year.
"In past years, it has always been crowded and last year we had to open the Kansas Room to accommodate more people." Mrs. Mildred Clodfetter of the Alumni office, said.
Official Bulletin
TODAY
University Lecture. 4:00 p.m. Prof.
Jones, Jessica. U. of. Ilf. Forum. Room
Kansas Union.
French Club, 4:30 p.m. Le Cerulee Francais se ruire mercié premérié. Le 24 marxs 4 heures et demie dans la salle du conference du Musee d'Art (Spooner). Madamoisse D'Arnaud. Dame des Mains. Illustrée il litre de diapositives, sur "L'Art français, du XVII siècle."
Classical Film, 7:00 p.m. "This Strange Passion," Fraser Theater.
Carillon Recital, 7:00 p.m. Albert Gorken
Timely Topics, 7.00 p.m. St. Lawrence Student Center, "The Emerging Layman" by James J. Donahue, Kansas City, lay theologian.
College Life, 7.15 p.m. 1921 Vermont.
Speakale will be Chester M. bib-
scholar.
Senior Recital, 8:00 p.m. Carol Busch,
rogano. Swarthout R cital Hall.
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Danforth Chapel.
Episcopal Holy Communion, 11:35 a.m.
Canterbury House, 1116 La.
Catholic Masses, 6:45 a.m. and 5 p.m.
before and during mass. Confessions
before and during mass.
S. U.A. Poetry Hour, 4:30 p.m. Dr. Dennis Quinn. Music Room, Kansas Union. Deutscher Verein, 4:30 p.m. Bieh Eight Renaissance Union. German Olympics. Refreshments.
YCS. 7:15 p.m. St. Lawrence Student Center.
Episcopal Evening Prayer, 9:30 p.m.
Dantorth Chapel.
Teaching Candidates: Interviews scheduled for Thurs., Mar. 25, Missouri, Independence Schools, elementary and secondary, 117 Bailey.
Nichols added, "It has grown so large that it is difficult to find a place to serve that many people. In the future it may have to be changed, abandoned, or the attendance may be limited."
Activities already scheduled for the weekend are listed below;
Baccalaureate will be at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, June 6, in Memorial Stadium or Allen Field House, in case of rain, and Commencement will be at 7 p.m. Monday, June 7, in the Stadium or the Field House.
ALUMNI ACTIVITIES will open at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 5, with registration in the Kansas Union. Each of the reunion classes will have headquarters in the Union and rooms in KU residence halls will be available for reunion participants unable to find accommodations in area motels or hotels. Parents of graduating seniors may also stay in the residence halls, according to the Alumni office.
Activities are being planned by the Gold Medal Club, persons who were graduated from KU in 1914 or earlier; the class of 1915, class of
1925, class of 1940 and class of 1955.
Weekend events also will include annual meetings of Mortar Board,
Phi Beta Kappa, Alumni Association board of directors and the Endowment Association board of trustees. There also will be a Department of Design open house and a School of Pharmacy reception.
GOLD MEDAL CLUB members will attend a luncheon Sunday, June 6, in the Union. Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe will speak, and persons who previously have not received 50-year pins will get them at the luncheon.
The 50th anniversary reunion of the KU class of 1915 will open with a dinner at 6:30 p.m. June 5 in the Union, and there also will be a luncheon at 11:30 a.m. in the Union, June 6. Class members will receive 50-year pins at the June 5 event.
Tentative plans for reunion activities for the class of 1925 include a dinner and a luncheon. The class of 1940 will have a 25-year reunion, and will have a party and a luncheon.
Latin Educators Praise Seminar
Latin American representatives attending the Seminar on Higher Education in the Americas emphasize the personal aspects rather than the technical as the main value.
Twenty-four representatives from 17 Latin American countries are discussing the role of contemporary universities in national economic, cultural and social development during the six-week session which ends April 11.
They feel that the lectures and papers of the seminar provide knowledge and areas of development, but more important is the mutual role of universities in international understanding.
"THIS CAN BUILD the bridge between universities in two continents, and will show that the common bases, although different problems and solutions, can result in a program for development of the 'whole' university policy and leadership in many areas." Sven Zethelius Penalosa, professor of chemistry, National University of Bogota, Colombia, said.
The director of the cultural department of the University of Chuquisaca, Bolivia, Marcel Vargas Vacaflor, said:
"Often what is put on paper cannot be put into practice for us," Prof. Vargas said, "but both areas can learn much they can adapt to their own use."
ONE WHO is particularly interested in the technical parts of the seminar is Enrique Romero Zozaya, who is presently technical secretary of the National Association of Universities, and is from Mexico City.
Dr. Romero was "pleasantly surprised at the liberal mind and way of doing things in an American university."
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