Tuesday, June 30, 1964
Summer Session Kansan
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ALL TOGETHER NOW—Members of the Ryukyuan elementary school are playing together with trombonists of the KU Brass Choir at an outdoor musical seminar on the grounds of the school in Naha, Okinawa.
A recent KU mathematics graduate has been appointed manager of marketing UNIVAC scientific systems in England and western Europe.
Graduate to UNIVAC Post
Peter C. Patton, formerly of Overland Park and Wichita, earned the master of arts degree in the fall of 1958. His undergraduate work in applied physics was taken at Harvard University.
the UNIVAC division of Sperry Rand Corp. as principal programmer for military systems.
Patton was with the Boeing Co. in Wichita and two years ago joined
In addition to his scientific work, Patton commutes by plane once a week to the University of Stuttgart in Germany, where he is studying for a doctorate degree.
UNIVAC refers to computers, one model of which has gained television fame as an election night predictor.
Lady Bird Lauds Worldwide P-t-P
WASHINGTON — (UPI) — Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson yesterday praised the People-to-People program as a means of increasing understanding in a shrinking world.
She spoke at the State Department, where officials of the program are meeting to plan ways to double their "sister city" affiliations."
ter-city friendships between the United States and foreign countries.
The program, first started by the United States Information Agency and now privately run, promotes sis-
The first lady said the program will help people "to converse more frequently and therefore more productively."
She said that in her travels with the President she has seen for herself "how meaningful are American co-operative endeavors all around the different parts of the globe."
(Editor's Note: Eighteen members of the KU Brass Choir under the direction of Prof. Kenneth Bloomquist returned recently from a goodwill tour of Southeast Asia, where they performed before various student and native groups. The countries included in the tour were Okinawa, Ceylon, Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand and Laos.
Okinawa Is First Stop for KU Brass Choir
(The story below and subsequent articles will relate the KU student's experiences on the tour as seen through the eyes of several Brass Choir members.)
By Emery Goad and Dan Austin
OKINAWA—A South Sea island paradise was the first impression of Roger Rundle, a KU junior from Clay Center, who plays both the piano and the French horn with the Brass Choir.
Rundle recalled a few of his initial introductions to the island.
"We didn't quite know what to expect when we arrived in Okinawa, but after the first concert in Naha, the capital city, any doubts we had about our acceptance by the people disappeared before an opening night crowd of 3,000. Also, they seemed very enthusiastic."
When the choir members were not busy giving public concerts, they held "bull sessions" with local students and signed autographs for throngs of "patrons."
ARMY BARRACKS provided the accommodations for the choir members during the night, and a bus furnished transportation around the island. They stopped at three other major Okinawan cities to give concerts. During the 10-day visit, they covered 150 miles of the tiny island.
Most of the questions asked in the personal conversations with the few English speaking students did not concern music but life in America. Also, many of the inquiries dealt with the late President Kennedy and President Johnson.
ALTHOUGH OKINAWA is an American protectorate, it is soon to be turned over to Japan. Rundle personally believed that the American image in Okinawa could be improved.
"There didn't seem to be any anti-American feelings here. The government consists of all natives although we (the United States) still have something to say about it. I did notice, however, that the people had no
qualms about being Japanese again."
qualms about being Japanese again.
The Brass Choir left Okinawa Feb. 24. The island nation of Ceylon was the next stop. There the choir members would encounter a much different political and physical environment than they had on Okinawa.
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