Peru PedagogianP,,u VOLUME XLVIII
Enrollment Above Expectations
Quaking Freshmen Appear before Compassionate Kangaroo Court The Freshmen appeared before at the Kangaroo Court: First to be called to the stand was Joyce Ritter to present the raw egg signed by ten lettermen as requir.ed by the first court. Pam Henson was charged with not wearing beanie and sign. She was sentenced to carry a pair of boy's shorts and get ten fa<mlty signatures. The following boys were char1god with breathing the same air as upperclassmen and assigned to work in various rooms. Ron Wagner-303, .Ron Vrba-319, Max Moore-301, Jim Bennett-310, Edward Lang-214, 'Larry Bell-313, Bob Perry-102 and Don Kuhlman 114. Ro·bert Moss, accused of "being from Missouri," was sentenced to give a five-minute talk on ''Why I think Nebraska is a better state than Missouri." Ronald Ahl was sentenced to wear girl's clothes from top to bottom frcm Monday through Wednesday. · Loren Dyke, Richard Stogdill and Shirley Hartman wore bib overalls and straw hats, and fished from 12:30 to 1:00 each day for a week. Shirley Gess, Wanda Rickman, Dick Cannon, were assigned to a useful detail of picking up all cigarette butts and sack them for the next Kangaroo Court. The color song was not sung with reverence so the '\Fight Song," was assigned to the freshmen. Incidentally, the upperclassmen were very dissatisfied with the conduct of the freshmen and threatened to be more severe vritl:J them if they did not follow ruics more closely.
don beat her by about two inches in getting the marshmallow. Ron Bond, Bob Perry and Don .Mullins, charged with insubordination, got the privilege of ducking the one who would laugh, in a tub of water. Vickie LeCure and Dick Heywood, accused of not wearing signs or beanies; got to feed each Ocher While blindfoided. Max Moore and Jim Schafer, for not paying rent on cemetery hill, enjoyed themselves while breaking eggs with paddles on ea.en others head blindfolded. Mary Sherrod, charg.ed with talking about Kansas all the time, was required to sing the song about Kansas while eating crackers. . Norma Boyer accused of wearing makeup was to kiss · Mr. Wneelers bald head and then because Mr. Jindra and Mr. Gilbert felt that they were slighted, she also kissed their bald heads. Ginger Philpot was found to be really timid and embarrassed as she proposed to Mr. Levitt. Loren Dyke was accused of not eating food in the cafeteria. He modeled girl's wearing apparel which he provided. · Marilyn Swindle and Jerry Downey, charged with leaning on one of the sacred oaks, were to try to take a bit.e of an appJ.e suspended from a string blindfolded. Jim Bennett put up Joan Briggs' hair as a penalty for putting chewing gum. in Red Holmes' football pants. The freshman initiation officially ended at the end of the period except they must wear their beanies until Homecoming.
Two hundred seventy-six is th~ figure released by Registrar, Mrs. Doran, indicated the total enrollment for the first seme$t.er of the 1952-53 school term at Peru State Teachers College. There are 125 freshmen compored to 115 a year ago. The sophomore class enrollment is in increased to 77 over last year's 70. There are 36 junl~~s sever, lfwer than last year. T,ie S·minr c;ass has 35, 16 fewer than lao'. year. Two special students and one post graduate are also enrolled at Peru State. Nebraska, Oalifornia, Karisas, Icwa, Missouri, Illinois, and Idaho are the sevrn states repre.0ented this year. ·1 here are 12 G.I. students, . 11 ffen and one woman enrolled.
Campus School Enrollment
Student teachers at the Campus School this year are: Jackie Reed, 1st grade; Marilyn Bauke, 3rd grade; Darlene Genrich, 4th grade; Shirley Ann Studheit, 6th grade; Monica Zeiner, 8th grade; 'lorn Wilkie and William Bednar, biology; Carlene Cox, typing; Phyllis Parriott, home ec; Bill Scnulte, chemistry; Harold Rasplicka and La Von C'ovault, math; ttarold Rasplicka and Jim Wilson, shop; Howard Nichelson, Sr,aron Ocker, and Robert Davis, ptysical ed; Georgie Fitz, and Bennie Duerfoldt, vocal music; Bill Mcininch, Fred Clements, a1.a Paul Parker, instrumental music; and Harold Grafe, geography.
Wheeler Gets Traditional Buss from Norma BoyerSome Punishment!
Huth Bell Were accused They che·wed marshmallow
and Eldon McCall of daling freshmen. on a string with a ·in the middle. El-
Scoreboard Fund The scoreboard fund received a shot in the arm when Mr. Gilbert West, owner-manager of lhe Peru Theater, announced his donation to the fund. Mr. West has decided to turn over his theater to the students for a series of Tuesday-Wednesday shows to bolster the fund. The first picture of the series was shown on September 2 and 24. It was a drama entitled "The Atomic City" starring Gene Barry, Lydia Cla$.e and Michael Moone. Tne benefit s,how this 1 week will be "The Lion and: the Horse.?' The r~gular admi~$on: ;s charged. The fund, which was begun last -year, has grown to about :;l,20J.O.O. This amount was realized by student carnivals, contributions from business firms and \·arious organiations.
Great talent . was si-.own on Thursday, .September 4, in tr.e auditorium at the Amateur Show which w;is pr·esented by PSTC .students. The event wa3 entirely unrehearsed. With Bill Mcininch as master of ceremonies, the program was opened by Geraldine Sci;lief2rt singing, "He's Gone Away," and "Blue Moon." She was accompanied by Paul Parker. Vickie LeCure carried on the entertainment by presenting her talent in tap dancing. An out.standing number was Ronnie Ahl's imitation .of Johnny Ray. A male quartet composed of Sharon Ocker Bennie Duerfeldt, Loren Argabright, and Loren Dyke sang several numbers. The Hungry Five added other talent to the show by playing some numbers. Members of the Hungry Five were Junior Karas, Fred Clements, Butch Moore, Dave Miller, and Glenda Kline. Dean Twidwell, speaker of the evening, gave a long and very interesting speech on his experiences in the Navy. At the close, Geraldine Scliefert sang another number, "Love Me or Leave Me." The Color Song accompanied by Mr. Benford, completed the program.
Homecoming October 18
'The Lady V\lho Came tu Stay' Will Be Homecoming Play ···~,~~··
In comparison with last year, the enrollment of the Campus Sctool shows a slight drop. Latest figures show a total of 256 pupils, with 172 in the elementary grades and 84 in High School. Last year there was a total of 277.
Amateur Show Reveals Taient
Louise Fritz and Norma Ford! were charged with borrowing an !Upperclassman's waste can and not returning it 'They wer.e se,ntenced to pass out note paper to anyone wanting to take notes. (Toilet tissue.) Donna De Roin and Peggy Eichoff were charged with not looking a,t the seats before they sit down. Their penalty was to blow bubbles and pop each other's with toothpicks. Jerry Rudloff and· Jerry Groves were chaq;ed with hypnotizing upperclassmen. They were ordered to apply makeup on each other. Ronald Virba and Mike Hartzell performed an interest. ing feat. Ron fed her with a baby · bottle while holding her in his arms.
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PEIRU, NEBRASKA, OCTOBER 6, 1952
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The cast has been chosen for the annual Homecoming play to be presented by the Dramatic Club of P·eTu State, by Director Robert D. Moore. The play, ''The I..ady Who Came to Seay," by Kenneth White, will be presented in the College Auditorium on Saturday evening, October 18, as part of the annual Homecoming "lctiviites to be held that day on the college campus.. A production whose first performance was staged at the Maxine Elliott Theatre in New York, "The Lady Who Came to Stay" is the story of Katherine, a widow who, because of illness and poverty, is forced to seek refuge with three old maid sisters of her dead husband. All the sisters resent Katherine, but half-mad Hoebe really hates her. This ~L uation gives rise to the suspense and emotion laden plot of the p~ay.
The part of Katherine wi 1 be [llay2d by Je.;n Birdsley, Pe:u .:tate junior from Aubnn. A former high school Thespian, Jean was cast a5 Penny in "You Can't Take It li•ith You," and as a college st11c1ent has bken an active part in the Peru Dramatic Club. Emma, one of the three sisters, is playe:l tJy B?:(./ :v~n.Eoz of Fairbury. A senior, Betty was cast in "Yours until Tomorrow" and ·'Eyes of Tl218c" in high schocl productions. La.st year she played a major role in "Ladies in Re-
tirementi; t~, Peru State spring. play. ' l The part of the mentally ill sister Phoebe, will be played by Marcella Lollman who has participated in many high school plays, including contest-winning productions. She, too, had a major role in last year's spring play. The third sister, Milly, will be portrayed by Virginia Ferguson of Falls City. A newcomer to Peru State dramatics, Virginia was a member of the cast of her senior class play at Falls City and has had bdth high school and college training in speech and drama.tics. Katherine's seventeen year old 1 daughter, Ann, will be played by Marilyn Swindle, a freshman from Auburn. Other cast members include: S8die, Emma's servant, played by Norma Boyer, freshman :froa Stanton, Ia. Roy, who with Ann provides the rcmantic interest, played by Bob Donnelson, also a freshman, fl om Louisville. Roger, Katherine's nine year old son, played by David Gomon. The son of Peru State President cine) Mrs. Neal S. Gomon, David, a fourth grader in the Peru Stai.e CJmpc:s .Scho8L is relatively inexperienced in dramatics. Willis Moerer, Peru State sophomore from Johnson, will play the part of the doctor.
District Yf\ACA and YWCA Conference Is Held on Peru State Campus Approximately one hundred persons, representatives from each of Nebraska's colleges and from South Dakota State Teachers College were on the Peru campus October 3, 4 and 5 for a joint YMCA-YWCA Fall Conference. Heading the list of speakers for the three-day ev·ent was John; Methuslah from Madras, India. He iF a YMCA Secretary, a Baptist minister and at the present time is attending Nebraska Univusity. His two featured ·addresses were titled "Where Do I Find Thee, Jesus,'" and "Individual Fellowship wfth Jesus." A round of business meetings, Bible study sessions, discussion groups and recreation periods completed the activities plan-· ned for the three days. J{egistration was scheduled for 4:00 p.m., on October 3. Meals for the visiting delegates were provided in Peru State's
cafeteria ar~d the housing\ was provided in the dormitories courtesy of the college. 'The delegates were the guests of Peru at the Peru State-Chadron football game on Friday eve-· ning. Peru State personnel in charge· of planning and arrangements included YMCA president Bill Bednar, YWCA president DorothyEarhart, and faculty sponsors: Clara McClatchey, ·Mary Clarke, Lawrence Gorrell and James Lev-· itt. Lawrence Gorrell, faculty spon~ sor of the Y.M.C..A. last week: receiv·ed the following letter: "Dear Sir: Enclosed is a check, for $10. This is _a donation to the Peru College Y.M.C.A. I am giv-· ing this as an alumnus who has a tender spot in the heart because of fond memories of that organization when I was a member ir: tb e mid 20's." Roy Chamberlain, Lusk, Wyo,