International queen crowned at banquet
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A Wichita senior has been crowned KU international queen at the banquet of nations.
Cheryl Costa, Kappa Kappa Gamma, was selected queen by an eight-man panel of judges from among 15 girls representing different living groups Sunday in the Kansas Union Ballroom.
The first and second runners-up were Gretchen Van Landingham, Excelsior Springs, Mo., junior, representing Alpha Gamma Delta and Solveig Eggarz, Iceland graduate student, representing Sellards Hall.
"I WAS ELATED and proud," Miss Costa said, "to be selected out of an intelligent and responsible group of girls to be a representative of the different people and cultures at KU."
Recitals set
Senior recitals are on the agenda for the school of fine arts today and tomorrow in Swarthout Recital Hall.
Cynthia Brown, Lawrence, will present her recital today at 8 p.m. She is a voice major and has won numerous awards including the vocal division of the Mafftzger Contest held in Wichita last month.
MISS BROWN PLANS to attend the Royal Academy of Music in London next year.
Joyce Back, mezzo-soprano, and William Anderson, bass, will present a recital Wednesday May 10, at 8 p.m.
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"I felt excited but honored." she added.
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Norma Romano, Bolivia senior and outgoing international queen, relinquished the crown to Miss Costa.
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The girls were judged on beauty, talent, wit, character, poise and international understanding.
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MISS COSTA, a social studies major with emphasis in political science, plans to enter the Peace Corps and to work in educational television in Columbia.
"The most exciting and interesting time in my life will begin in June, when I will start training for the Peace Corps in Columbia," she said.
Miss Costa had spent 13 months during 1961-62 in the Netherlands as an exchange student under the International Christian Youth Exchange program (ICYE).
SHE WAS THE Mid-Western representative among American students at Philadelphia who helped orientate foreign ICYE students.
CHERYL COSTA
"I was a semi-finalist in the Miss Kansas Scholarship pageant for which I received a scholarship," Miss Costa said.
For the past four years, Miss Costa has participated in campus activities including People-to-People, Model U.N., the production of "My Fair Lady," Julie in "Carousel," the Milkmaid, and "Oliver."
She received the trophy for the best original song in the 1966 Rock Chalk Review.
"I hope we can do something about it," he said.
KYLE CRAIG, JOPLIN, MO., sophomore and student body president, opened the banquet with remarks about international students' problems with off campus housing.
Pei-Tshi "Sammy" Liu, Taiwan graduate student and president of the International Club, welcomed the people to the banquet saying, "I hope we can improve mutual understanding through cultural involvement."
The Japanese solo and folk dances, Latin American music and a concert show by a group from Miller Hall enlivened the banquet.
Ph.D. Final Exams. 3:30 p.m. Arthur Tees, theatre & drama, 300 Muc; 3:30 p.m., Richard R. Dague, Environ, Health Engin, 139 Learned.
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Senior Recital, 8 p.m. Cynthia Bailey mezzo soprano. Swathout Restrictor
TOMORROW
Lecture, 4 p.m. James G. McMannaway, Washington, D.C. "Changing English Stage, 1600-1700." Forum Boom, Union.
Psychology Colloq., 4 p.m. Jacob Gowirtz, Nat. Instl. Mental Health.
Speech I Potpourri Finals, 7:30 p.m.
Univ. Theatre.
Classical Film, 7 & 9 p.m. "Viridiana," Spanish. Dyche Aud.
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Daily Kansan
Tuesday, May 9, 1967