Emeritus lectures resume

The 10th annual “Eloquence and Eminence: Emeritus Faculty Lectures” will begin Sunday, Sept. 14, with a free lecture, “The Great Violin Mystery: Can Physics Help Solve It?” by Jack Fry, professor emeritus of physics. The lectures will be held from 2-3 p.m. at the Pyle Center, 702 Langdon St. Refreshments will follow each lecture. Other lectures in the series are:

• Oct. 26: “Book Banning and Cultural Conflict: U.S. Censorship from the Gilded Age to the Computer Age,” by Paul Boyer, history. Boyer’s talk is part of the Wisconsin Book Festival.
• March 7, 2004: “Wisconsin Married Women’s Property Rights: The Decade of the Quiet Revolution, 1975-1985,” June Weisberger, UW Law School.
• April 25, 2004: “Golden Laughter: Friedrich Nietzsche on Living a Free Life,” Robert Booth Fowler, political science
  The lectures are sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies, the Institute on Aging and the Anonymous Committee, in cooperation with UW-Extension. Thanks to grant funding, special assistance is available for hearing-impaired and physically disabled adults who wish to attend.

No registration is required. For more information: Emily Auerbach, 262-3733 or eauerbach@dcs.wisc.edu.