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University Daily Kansan Tuesday, March 10, 1964
Non-Sensical Simpson Foundation Dedicated to Non-Serious Action
The "Roscoe G. Simpson Foundation of North America" has officially declared this week as "Roscoe G. Simpson Week," Jan Parkinson, Prairie Village sophomore, the organization's self-appointed leader said yesterday.
"It's better to be rich and healthy than poor and sick."
Roscoe G. Simpson (1918)
Togetherness Pushed for SUA Jazz Concert
Organized living groups will be competing for the best seats at the SUA Spring Concert, featuring jazz pianist, Peter Nero, on a sales percentage basis.
Douglas D. Dedo, Birmingham, Mich., junior and chairman of the Spring Concert committee, said orders are being taken now for the bloc ticket sales, and should be turned in at the SUA Activities Director's office in the Kansas Union, Dedo said.
Dedo said the seating arrangement has been planned so that Greek houses will compete for the best seats on one side of Hoch Auditorium, and Independent living groups will compete for the best seats on the other side.
The best sections of the auditorium will be reserved for the living organization that sells the highest percentage of tickets to its members.
Ticket prices are $.75, $1.00 and $1.25, with the better seats selling at the higher price.
The deadline on bloot ticket sales is 5:00 p.m. March 16. Letters have been sent to all organized living groups, informing them of the ticket sales, Dedo said.
General admission tickets will go on sale March 18 at the ticket counter in the Kansas Union, the information booth, and Bell's music store. Two good sections have been reserved for married students and graduate students, and they will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The occurrence of "Roscoe G. Simpson Week" during mid-term week was purely coincidental, Parkinson said, "but it's kind of nice that it worked out that way."
"Our group is so common-sensical that it's non-sensical," he said.
Parkinson said that the organization was dedicated to "not taking things too seriously."
The organization started as a joke last spring, Parkinson explained. "We make no attempt to link with any other movement," he added.
A queen will be selected from the five queen candidates at the Ball, Parkinson said.
Parkinson would make no extensive comment about the group's namesake, Roscoe G. Simpson, other
"Roscoe G. Simpson Week" will be climaxed by a motorcade across campus at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Parkinson said. About 15 cars will be participating in the motorcade, which will feature five queen candidates for the "Roscoe G. Simpson Week Ball," to be held later that evening. will be selected from the
"Anyone can attend the party," Parkinson said, "but attendance at the Governor's Ball will be by invitation only."
The organization's motto for the motorcade will be "I Go Rooscoe."
than, "he's the driving inspiration behind our organization."