KU coed wins $500 essay prize
LAWRENCE-A vacation spent working has paid-off, literally, for a KU freshman coed.
Martha Read, Tulsa, Okla., has won $500 as a result of three essays she wrote last Christmas vacation. The essays were part of a contest sponsored by Great Books of the Western World.
The contest was open to junior and senior high school students. Miss Read began while a senior at Edison High School in Tulsa in what became a series of four tests based on readings in "Great Books."
Her success in the tests led to her choice for a cash prize determined by the three essays she wrote. The contestants were required to write on three of five topics. Miss Read recalled that the choices included topics such as Montaigne and Plato's theories on education and a critique of John Stuart Mills essay "The Gilt of Socrates."
Alumni posts named
In the largest mail ballot in University of Kansas Alumni Association history, three men have been elected to five-year terms on the board of directors of the association: Max G. Falkenstien of Topeka, Dr. John N. Simons of Rochester, Minn., and Odd Williams of Lawrence.
William W. Keeeler, Bartlesville, Okla., the retiring president of the Alumni Association, automatically begins a four-year term as director.
Retiring directors are Kenneth S. Adams Jr., Houston, Texas; Balfour S. Jeffrey, Topeka; William B. Lienhard, Lawrence, and Robert H. Malott, New York City.
Robert B. Riss of Shawnee Mission, currently serving on the board, will become president for a one-year term beginning June 1. Serving with him will be three regional vice-presidents: Charles S. Haines II, New York City, east; W.F. "Bill" Barber, St. Louis, Mo., midwest; and Frank L. Snell, Scottsdale, Ariz. west.
Falkenstien, a liberal arts graduate in 1948, is now manager of news and sports at WIBW AM-FM-TV in Topeka. He moved there from station WREN where he went from announcer to general manager. He has broadcast Big Eight sports for 23 years and was selected by the conference to handle coverage on its television network of 40 stations in nine states.
With a paid membership in the association of 19,000,the 7,047 participants in the mail balloting topped by nearly a thousand the old record set in 1967.
Dr. Simons, an intern at the KU School of Medicine in 1954, is chairman of the plastic surgery department of the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. After a four-year fellowship at Mayo's in general surgery, he returned to KU for two years of residency in plastic surgery. He is assistant professor in the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine and has authored numerous articles in surgical literature.
Williams, a law graduate of 1952, was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives from 1957 to 1644 and speaker pro tem from 1962. In 1965 he was administrative assistant to the Governor and was also national chairman of the Greater University Fund at KU. A member of KU's Athletic Board and Council for Progress executive committee, he was named "Man of the Year" in 1962 by the Lawrence Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Receives essay award
Martha Read, Tulsa, Okla., freshman, receives a $500 cash prize for essays she wrote in a contest sponsored by Great Books of the Western World. The KU freshman is presented the award by David W. Heron, director of university libraries.
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Rev. Anderson said the basic role of the KCBPP is to keep the police away from the rest of the community by focusing attention on themselves instead of other blacks.
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Rev. Anderson said three black organizations in Kansas City, including the Panthers, attempt to solve some welfare, employment and police problems encountered by ghetto residents.
The Black Youth of America, haded by Lee Bohannonn, basically involves itself with finding job opportunities for blacks. Soul, Inc., headed by Gary O'Neal (Pete O'Neal's brother), attempts to supply food to needy people on an emergency basis, Rev. Anderson said.
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