Students to Dance By Christmas The promise to "be a !iood dancer by the Christmas formal" issued in the invitation to all Peru State College students to take advantage of the Student Council sponsored ball room dancing classes has received enthusiastic response, reports Dean of Women Marguerite Haugen. At last week's first lesson 78 Peru Staters were on hand to start a series of ten lessons un-der the instruction of Charles ("Chuck") Berrf, music instructo·r in the Verdon school system, who has had professional training as a dancing teacher. From the basic rhythm steps the students will advance to th0 fox trot, waltz and swing. Besides mastering dancing, the students will also learn proper dandng etiquette and dress and how to converse in small groups, Miss Haugen said. Biggest obstacle in the dance lesson series, as indicated by the initial meeting, will be a shlJlI"tage of girls. Unless more girls show up for future lessons some of them will be dancing full time since the 52 boys enrolled outnumber the 26 girls two to one, says Miss Haugen. Lessons have been schedufod ten~ativiely for; Tuesday evenings,
Faculty Housing OK'd by Board The State Normal Board approved plans for faculty . and married student housing on the Peru campus at its Saturday meeting here. Construction of the housing developmen't wiil be carried on by the Peru Dormitory Corporation and is to be financed bv revenue bonds. ., I-'rel.i.nunar:.- plans -call for constructicn oi' eight units for facultv n:emiJers cmd 14 or 16 units for" mafl'ied smdents. Clark and
Enersen, Linc~;,;_n architecturCJ.l firm, hc:s boeu e1:1ployed to handle the pians and specifications and Kiri,patrick-Pectis Co. of Omaha will be th2 fiscal agents of the Dormitory Corp. Sites ior the pruJects were seleued by the corporation Friday. ~our iacuity ui,us will be constructed on the corner north of the !VJ usic Hall a net four faculty uni ts wiil be built on the corner property north of tne old tennis courts. IThe wnils for married students will be constructed on college property east of Oak Bowl and southeast of Vetville. Temporary Vetville housing will be removed and the area used for an extension of physical education facilities as was originally planned before Vetville was built in 1945. Eliminated from present consideration was the renovation or replacement of Mount Vernon Hall. The door has been left open, however, for replacement of the dormitory, constructed in 1897, within the next few years. Also deferred for future study was approval to build a heating tunnel from the gymnasium to Mount Verinon Hall. Reports of the presidents of the four state teachers college~ indicated substantial increase in enrollment in all schools. Preliminary counts showed resident enrollments of 801 at Kearney, 765 at Wayne, 394 at Chadron and 391 at iPeru. Total enrollment in the schools was up about 20 per cent. Attending the Saturday meeting were A. D. Majors, president; J. Hyde Sweet, vice-president; E. Albin Larson, secretary; Ralph Carhart, Mrs. Haven Smith, Ernest Johnson, Everett Randall and :Freeman B. Decker, all members of the board, and presidents Herbert L. Cushing of Kearney, Barton Kline of Chadron, John 'D. Rice of Wayne and Neal S. Gomon of Peru.
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Band in Debut For Game Saturday JoAnn.Moore, a freshman from Nemaha, has been named drum majorette of the college marching band, Robert V. Grindle, director, announces. The band, which will play at all home football games will make its first ,appearnnce at the Chadron-Bob·· cat Editors' day game on October 2. It is hoped that arrangements may be completed for one band trip to an out-of-town football game, Grindle said. The marching band memb~rs and their home towns include: Twirlers: Phyllis Constant, lLnderwood, Ia., Dolores Smith, !Nebraska City, Carolee Kerl, Pawnee City. Clarinets: Janet Banks, Auburn, Georgia Bauer, Verdon, .Dean Moore, Omaha, Jo Ann Moore, Nemaha, Phil Neuhalfen, Dunbar, Marv1n Wuster, Dawson, Ella Meister, Humboldt, Audrey Smith, Auburn. Cornets: Betty Ann Biere, Cook, Darrell Christensen, Blue Springs, Lawrence Eichoff, Shubert, Harriet Parkison, :Riverton, Ia., Roberrt Parsons, Hastings, Donna Howard, Pawnee City, Gordon Carmichael, Nemaha. Trombones: Glen Chambers, Seward, Philip Fahrlander, Nebraska City, Ronald Noltensljley·er, Auburn. i Oboe: Gerraldine Corn, rylls City.
French Horns: Rkhard -Fankhauser, Humboldt, Marilyn Hawxby, Nemaha. Sousaphones: Pauline Guenther, Auburn, Harold Zabel, Johnson. Baritone Horns: Don Gibson, Auburn, Romld Reuter, Dunbar. Tenor Saxophones: Raymond Handley, Nemaha, Charles Harold, Salem, Bill Hervey, Tecumseh. Alto SaJCophones: Rich a rd Weeden, Lincoln, Jim Porter, Talmage, Betty Taenzler, Omaha. Bass Drum: . Ardyce Howell, Table Rock, Margaret Ulbrick, .Julian. Bass: Julius Meller, Syracuse. Bells: Marilyn Slagle, Falls City, Elberta H.hoten, Palmyra. Snare Drums: John Christ, Jr., Peru, Norma Gilliland, Auburn. Some of the students will be doubling on other instruments: Geraldine Corn on .saxophone, Dean Moore on bass, Julius Mueller on trumpet, Lawrence Eickhoffff on trombone, Carole~ Kerl, bass clarinet, and Ardyce iHowell en cymbals.
It's Dr. Gomon Now
Cats Claw Wayne; Increase Streak to Twenty-four Wins Caach Al Wheeler's Peru State eleven Saturday night staged one of ~ts patented fou!l'th-quarter rallies to defeat Wayne 20-14, in a key NCC g.ame. \Yhile Peru. was ruining Wayne's chances..for a conference championship, Hastmgs College was busy upset,mg Kearney 21-14.
tOutward Bound' Is Homecoming Play Neal s. Gomon, President of Peru State Teachers College, received the first Doctor of Education degree to be offe11ed by the University of Nebraska, July 30, 1954. Dr Gomon's degree was in the field of ,school administration and his dissertation was in the area of •school district reorganization. President Gomon received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nebraska in 1931 and his Master of Arts degree from the same institution in 1945.
Campus Schoo! Enrn!lm~nt up !3 Enrollment in the T.J. Majors Camous School stood at 291 at the ~nd of the first week of ,school, according to Dr. Floyc:. Mullinix, director. The figure is an increase' of 13 over last year's 273 total. High school enrollment was 86 which is a gain of .six over 19535~'s tctal of 80. Elementary enrollment was 205, up seven from last year's 198. Enrollment h:~ rla·s;;es is as follows, with the figurre in par·enthesis representing the past year enrollment; High School-Seniors 17 (10); Juniors 24 (18); Sophomores 26 {24); Freshmen 19 (28). Elementary-Eighth 22 (14); Seventh 2·8 (24); Sixth 21 (28); Fifth 18 (20); Fourth 22 (21): Third 22 (21); Second 28 (22); First 17 (27); and' Kindergarten 27 (21).
Prof. Robert D. Moore announces that "Outward Bound," Sutton Vane's three act fantasy, has been selected for the homecoming production of the PeruDramatic Club, November 6. It is the story of a voyage which begins ordina,rily enough until one of the passengers observes that no one knows the ship's destination, then later ,discovers that the entire comp'a'lly, including himself, is dead. Th': play has dramatic appeal and controversial philosophy interspersed with a touch of humor. First presented in the Everyman Theatre in London in 192.3 and laterr the same year in New York, the play has received raVE' i1otices. After its first Broadwa:· presentation one writer called it "the real news of the dramatic season.)'
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director Y~i!i be ,J an!ce Johnson. The ca't in~Jurles: Mar~aret Ulbrick, Shirlee Hendrrson, Ro:;er Haigh, Wayne Lange, James E. Porter. Bob l\Ioore. Bob Adams. and Phil Nec1halfe1:.
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gam2, Ailen ta0·.ged: IJkk ~\:.~Ei~n:~ a junior halfback with ;:; ;.:_.'-aL\ pa,·off pass. Glen Stew:ml'.' 2x1:'2 point ended the scoring.
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On the hill the first convocation of the 1954-55 year was held on Thursday morning. An organ program was played by Mr. Ben.ford as students filed in to listen to the President introduce the faculty members seated on the platform. There were brief devotionals and the color song was sung with the freshness and enthusia.sm of reunion day. Cheer leaders tried their skills and everybody was informed that there would be a regular convocation only twice a month this year.
Newsmen from the iPeru State: College area have been invited to be guests at the Bobca,t-Chadron football game Saturday evening, October 2, it was ·announced by Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president. It will be the first Editor's Day in the 87-year history of the college.
Elected cheerleaders at Peru State recently were these young ladies. Seated (left hi, right) are Janice Johnson, Auburn; Elizabeth Hartman, ~alls City.
'The wii> over the Wildcats of Wayne marked the 24th consecutive Bobcat triumph and mark-' ed the .second year in a row that Wavne has .succumbed to the loo~'s champs in the final period. The talenteu passing arm of Don Kellogg, senior 155-pouncl quarterback, sent ·wayne into the final 15 minutes riding on 8 14-7 bulge. However, Kellogg suffered a should~r injury with one minute 1g1onilin tl(e final stanz~ ~nd was unable to witnes'S the fm1sh. Kellogg hit Mike Johnson, a. sophomore halfback, with a six yard heave to open the scoring, onl~have Peru come back to t. i~~7, at.the half m1 _Glrn ~tew ard~ eig,ht-yard sprmt with a keeper. In the third quarter Kellogg aga.in put Wayne on top with a 49-yard aerial piay to J at2!d Dennis, senior h<ilfback. Then the roof caved i.n as Peru's Bill Allui took cbrgc. Allen danced 20 ya·rds into the end zone to narrow the gap 13- · 14. Bui Peru still bggc~ •.vhe11
the: kick-off. But Peru held and
Newsmen to be Honored Oct. 2
Registration will begin at 3:30 p.m. aind continue until 6 p.m., when the newspaper people will be guests of the college at a dinner. During the afternoon the visiting newsmen will be given the opportunity to tour the "Campus 'of a Thousand Oaks." The evening meal and a short informal program v.iill conclude in time for the first home grid game at 8 p.m. in the Oak Bowl.
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Standing are Edith Haxton, Sabetha, Kans., Shirlee Henderson, Omaha, Peggy Eickhoff, Verdon. They were elected by a vote of the student body and will serve for the entire school year.
s '.:>:'.onc!'S r{:rn ained. Peru had 14-ll and 2.58-130 margins in first clowns en·' rus[11ng respectively. Wayne hacl fo2 i1pp2r hand on the_ air Jan,:s V'ith 56 to 47.
519 Are Enrolled In College Courses First week enrollment figures at Peru State College reveal tha:. 519 students are taking work at the college level, according to announcement by F. H. Larson, registrar. Of that number 364 are taking full-time resident instruction. The full-time resident ;;;tudent figure compares with 311 enrolled at the same time a year ago. The .freshman class of 143 is ·about the same as last year, but the sophomore dass of 123 represents a gain of 38 over last year's 85. The seniors number 45 and juniors 53, compare<l to la.st year's 40 and 48 respectively. Full-time enrollment is up about 17 per cent over last year at the same time. Late enrollees are expected to boost full-time student rnrollment to at least 385, or some 10 per cent over the peak full-time enrollment ·of a. year ago. Non-residents ·enrolled. for col-· lege' work at Peru State includ0 43 in the W edne?d'ay night classes, 20 in off- campus classes conducted by Peru 'State faculty members, 86 registered in correspondence courses, and six special students. Night class enrollment was expected to dimb after the initial meeting of Septembe:· 15. Additional off-campus classes also will be forme:d within the next few weeks.