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Show DON COOPER (above), who was classed by Fine Arts officials as the best film-lecturer of the '69-70 season, returned to Weber State in the '70-'71 season. Cooper, who claims to have several degrees from the "School of Hard Knocks," led his viewers through "Canadian West. . . rugged and scenic grandeur rarely seen first hand." The filming followed the route of Alexander Mackenzie, the first man to cross the North American continent. SAHOMI TACHIBANA (right) brought to Weber State a panorama of the color and excitement of Japanese theatre Friday, Nov. 13. Moving with the exquisite precision required in Japanese dance, Miss Tachibana was a sensitive and stimulating artist. Her repertory ranged from the most ancient and classical dances to the humorous folk episodes. The novelist Pearl S. Buck called her "a superb artist who brings together both past and present in a masterly portrayal of the culture of Japan." CELEBRITY SERIES Wed., Oct. 7 Dr. Wendell A. Mordy "The Overdeveloped Nations" Danforth Foundation environmental scholar. Thurs., Oct. 15 Henry Edler "What's Ahead in Space?" Top-level Washington Consultant on aerospace affairs. Mon., Nov. 2 Warren Kliewer "Dissenters" - One-man show . . . dramatic moments in lives of Beckett, Galileo, Luther, John Brown. Thurs., Nov. 5 Stewart Udall "1976 Agenda for Tomorrow" Former Secretary of the Interior, professor Yale University. Mon., Nov. 9 Suzanne Bloch Lutenist, singer to the Lute, featuring "Music of Shakespeare's Time." Thurs., Nov. 12 Takako Nishizaki Brilliant young Japanese violinist. Winner of many honors and prizes. Fri., Nov. 13 Sahomi Tachibana Classical Japanese Dancer. A program of classical and folk dances of Japan. Wed., Dec. 2 Vladimir Ussachevsky Russian composer of electronic music, lecture-demonstration on electronic music synthesizer. Thurs., Jan. 14 Dr. Stefan T. Possony "Foreign Policy" - Director, International Studies, Hoover Institute, Stanford University. Wed., Jan. 20 Peter Pollack "From the Photograph Through the Photogram"-Distinguished photographer-artist-curator. Thurs., Jan. 28 Dr. J. E. Spencer "Southeast Assia" - Eminent UCLA Professor of Geography. Wed., Feb. 3 Dick Gregory Controversial speaker on civil rights and social affairs. Thurs., Feb. 11 Paul Thatcher "Peace Among Men: Its Nature and Structure" - Brilliant lawyer, articulate speaker. Thurs., Feb. 18 Alan Reitman "Civil Liberties" - Public affairs expert, member of American Civil Liberties Union. Mon., Feb. 22 Don Cooper "Alaska" - Nationally-popular travelogue. Homespun humor, lecture's full of laughs, return engagement. Wed., Feb. 24 Dr. Mercer Cook "Negritude" - Harvard professor, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, Senegal and Gambia. Mon., Mar. 29 Yass Hakoshima "Fisherman, Geisha, Puppett Harakari and Dictator" - Leading pantomime artist from Osaka, Japan. Thurs., April 1 Kun Woo Paik Brilliant, young Korean pianist specially selected to appear in Carnegie Hall, winner Busoni Gold Medal. Thurs., April 15 Moris J. Solomon "The Crisis in Social Science" Economist, operations research analyst and mathematical statistician. Wed., April 21 John Beecher "Poet of Protest and Prophecy" Descendent of abolitionists Henry Ward Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Thurs., April 29 Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. "Ideas, Power and Violence in America" - World-renowned historian-scholar, Pulitzer Prize winner. WENDELL A. MORDY (Above),. Danford Foundation environmental scholar, discussed "The Over-developed Nations" Wednesday, October 7. STEWART UDALL, former Secretary of the Interior and professor at Yale University, discussed "1976 Agenda tor Tomorrow." In addition to speaking at convocation, Udall addressed the Campus chapter of ZPO-Zero Population Growth. Udall commented on overpopulation saying, "The population problem is the world's number one problem. It is the one problem that people can solve by education. India and China are catastrophies right now. We need to stop harranging and lecturing people in the rest of the world and show that the advanced countries can lead in finding a solution to the problem." PETER POLLACK (Left) discussed "From the Photograph Through the Photogram" January 20. The widely . . acclaimed photographer was director of W. J. Sloane Co. art galleries in New York, and author of the book "The Picture History of Photography" which has been translated into five different languages. SUZANNE BLOCH (Top Right) featured "Music of Shakespeare's Time" with arrangements both vocal and Lute combinations and Lute solos November 9. |