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University Daily Kansan
Thursday, May 7, 1964
Library Site Will Honor Ex-Teacher
A long-time English teacher at KU will be memorialized when the William Savage Johnson reading room is opened May 21 in the enlarged and remodeled Watson Library at the University of Kansas.
The ceremony naming the reading room of the department of special collections will feature talks by Charlton Hinman, University distinguished professor of English, "The First Quarto of Shakespeare's Richard II," and Mrs. Natalie Calderwood, associate professor of English, "William Savage Johnson: A Portrait."
Funds for furnishings and decorations of the reading room have been provided by Mrs. Claudia Pendleton Johnson, a 1908 graduate of KU, in honor of her late husband.
Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and Thomas R. Buckman, director of libraries, will participate in the program.
WILLIAM SAVAGE JOHNSON taught at Kansas for 34 years and was chairman of the department of English from 1924 to 1940. A teacher and scholar, he made many gifts to the library of rare books and manuscripts in the field of English literature.
Mrs. Johnson continued her husband's practice of enriching library collections until more than $10,000 has been given for the purchase of printed and manuscript materials
The William Savage Johnson reading room will be the "public eye" for the new ground-floor home for KU's growing collection of rare books. More than 25 special collections of about 75,000 pieces will be kept in the new facilities, which include humidity control for preservation of the books.
Display facilities for these prize attractions of the University have been provided through the $2,547 silver anniversary gift of the Class of 1938 of which Maurice Breidenthal, Jr., of Kansas City, was fund chairman.
KU'S RARE BOOK collections will be enlarged soon. The class of 1964 has voted to use its gift of more than $3,000 for acquisitions in this area.
Miss Alexandra Mason heads the special collections department which attracts visitors and inquires from all over the world. A recent visitor was David Foxon of the British Museum.
UPVotesHonor Elects Officers
The University Party voted to present an engraved gavel to its outgoing general secretary, Charles Whitman, Shawnee Mission senior, and elected a number of officers and chairmen last night.
Other officers elected by the general assembly were executive secretary, John Dunn, Hutchinson junior; recording secretary, Nancy Breedalenth, Kansas City junior; and treasurer, Wally Brown, Wichita freshman.
UP's new general secretary is Harry Bretschneider, Kansas City, Mo., senior.
Living district campaign chairmen ratified were Richard Reynolds, Shawnee Mission junior; William Reese, Hiawatha junior; Judith Sarazan, Shawnee Mission junior; and Thomas Elliott, Shawnee Mission sophomore.
Larry Geiger, Mission sophomore,
was elected constitution chairman.
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Smith's three numbers received five encores after the performance. Smith's three numbers were Sonata in A Minor by Telemann, Quartet in F Major by Mozart, and Concerto For Oboe and Strings by Vaughan Williams.
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