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Keith Melvin, '32, Returns To Peru State as Dean

Homecoming came a little late this year for Keith Melvin, '32. The former dean of McCook Junior College came to Peru State November 19 as Dean 6f the College, succeeding Dr. Andrew A. Weresh, who resigned September 15 to join the staff at Boys Town.

The new dean, a native of Reynolds, was a member of the Teachers College Staff at the University of .Nebraska prior to joining the Peru faculty. He received his Master of Arts degree .from the University of Nebraska in 1942 and is now a candidate for the Doctor of Education degree from the same institution. He expects to receive his advanced degree in January , 19 5 7

After his graduation from Peru State, Mr. Melvin taught science and mathematics and coached at Upland, was coach and principal at Syracuse, served as superintendent of schools at Blue Hill. He was dean of the McCook Junior College from 1946 until 1955, when he accepted an assignment at the University of Nebraska.

Mrs. Melvin, the former Martha her Bachelor of Science in Educ-ation degree in August, 1955, from Peru State, having attended during the early 30's and completing her work during summer sessions in the 5 0' s

The Melvins' daughter, Nancy, is a dent at the University of Nebraska hospital in Omaha. Mrs. Melvin, an elementary instructor in the Lincoln Public Schools, will join her husband at Peru at the end of the current term.

European Visitors Add Cosmo Flavor to Peru State Campus

A British historian and a German educator brought a glimpse of European problems to the Peru State Campus this fall.

Dr. S. E. Gerard Priestly, a world traveler, addressed a convocation on "Hard Facts for Americans." He gave an appraisal of western foreign policy in Southeast, presenting a Britishers viewpoint of the Suez crisis. Dr. Priestley explained how the English felt it imperative to intervene in the Suez in order to stop Nassar and the rise of communism.

Visiting Peru State under the auspices of the American Council on Education was Prof. Hans Werner Fettback of Bochum, Germany. The head of the English department at Graf-Engelbert Gymnasium High Secondary School visited four other teacher-training institutions during his visit in the United States.

his three-day visit at Peru State, Dr. Fettback visited the Campus School, high schools at Auburn and Brock, and Nemaha county rural schools.

Cover Story

Edwin Markham's Poem Written As a Tribute to Crabtrees

Edwin Markham's "The Never -Old" was wri -20 years ago as a tribute to his friends, Dr. and Mrs. James W. Crabtree, '87. Mrs. Crabtree, who died in October (see page 8) painted a portrait of Mr. Markham, which he later said was his favorite of all painted of him. Mr. Crabtree, Peru State president from 1904 to 1910, died in 1945. Mr. Markham became famous for his poetry when his "The Man With the Hoe" was published in a newspaper in 1899. He died at the age of 88, in 1940. His poetic tribute to the Crabtrees was included in the story of Mrs. Donna Wilson Crabtree's death which appeared in The Evening Star, Washington, D. C. To our knowledge the poem has never appeared with any of Mr. Markham's works.

First Visit Since 1921

A fall visitor to the campus was Mona (Keith) Francis, '21. It was her visit since her graduation. Mrs. Francis and her husband, a federal employee in D. C., stopped in Peru enroute to their home at 218 Philadelphia Ave., Takoma Park, Md., following a trip to the West. They are the parents of four grown children--two sons and

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Volume 6 Number 1 Winter, 1957

Official publication of the Alumni association of Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru, Nebraska. Published and distributed three times yearly to alumni and former students of Peru State College. Extra copies of the Peru Stater, when available, may be secured for twenty-five cents each. Please notify the Alumni Association of changes of address.

Association Officers: Oliver Mayfield, '50, Ralston, President; Lee Norris, '55, Sabetha, Kans., First Vice-President; Willard Hunzeker, '46, Daykin, Second Vice-President; Phyllis Davenport (Mrs. Darrell) Rosenquist, '55, Peru, Secretary; Frank Masek,'51, Peru, Treasurer; Donald K. Carlile, Executive Secretary.

Local Chapter Presidents: hichard :i. Good, fs '48, Omal1a; Spencer Lec;er, '14, '24, Lincoln.

Choral Clinic Attracts 500 High School Students to Campus

More than 500 members of high school choral groups from 20 Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri communities were on the Peru State campus December 1 for the fifth annual Choral Clinic Festival.

Guest conductor for the event, which has in popularity each year, was Dr. David Foltz, head of the department of music, University of Nebraska, was guest conductor. An added feature of the evening program, which included choral music by the massed chorus, was the appearance of Leon Lishner, bass,. and· Harvey Hinshaw,. pianist, members of the University of Nebraska music de p a r t me n t

Schoolmen's Dinner Will Be Second "Homecoming·" For Many

February 2 will be a second "Homecoming" to many Peruvians who are faculty members in schools in the area served by Peru State. 'Ille fifth annual Schoolmen's Dinner is scheduled for that date. The event, which attracted nearly 200 school men from southeast Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri, will begin with a 4 p.m. coffee hour.

The guests will be given an opportunity to visit and guides will be available for those who wish to visit the campus. The group will be guests of the College at a 6:15 p.m. dinner in the college cafeteria and at the Midland College vs. Peru State basketball game at 8 p.m.

Al Wheeler Nan1ed to N.A.l.A. Hall of, FaITie

A. G. (Al) Wheeler, director of athletics and head football coach at Peru State College, for the- past 19 seasons, has been named to the National Association of Intercol le gia te Athletics and Helms Athletic Foundation Hall of Fame. Announcement was made ii!_ Litt le Rock, Ark. , at an Awards dinner preceding the December 22 Aluminum Bowl game.

This is the first year that football coaches from N.A.I.A. schools have been elected to the non-profit, philanthropic institution which was founded in 1936. Two other N.A.I.A. coaches were also named. The Foundation honors those in the field of a thle tics throughout the world deserving of special recognition.

Dean of Nebraska College Conference football coaches Wheeler joined the Peru State faculty in 1938. Since that time his teams have made impressive records.

Wheeler-coached football teams have turned in three undefeated seasons ( 1940, 1952, 1953), and won five (1939, 1940, 1941, 1952, 1953) and tied for one (I 9 Sl ) ' con fer enc e championships. In basketball his teams have won two championships (1938-39 Al G. Wheeler and 1939-40) and participated in five N.A.I.A. National Tournaments. The 1939-40 Wheeler cagers from Per·u State reached the semifinals. While at Peru State, \'\'heeler coached track for eight years. winning two conference crowns.

District chairman for N.A.I.A. for 12

years a,nd a member of the organization's exe.cutive committee for seven years, Wheeler was president of the group in 1953-54.

He was named "Coach of the Year in Nebraska" by the Omaha World-Herald in 1952 and the same year was selected the "Little · All-American Coach of the Year" by the Rockne Club of Kansas City.

Wheeler was graduated in 1922 from Oberlin (Ohio) College, where he starred both in, football and basketball with T. N. Metcalf's great teams. He quarterbacked the Oberlin team to a 7-6 victory over Ohio State in 1921 and to 23 victories and only three losses during ?is three years. He was named to the All-Ohio football and basket:.. ball teams in his senior year. Wheeler received his masters degree from University in 1937. .

Before accepting his first coaching position at Manual Arts High School, L9s Angeles, Wheeler played pro-basketball one year with Cleveland. During his tw-0 years at Manual Arts his teams won one city championship in football and placed second in basketball. .· ·

From 1925 to 1927 Wheeler was freshman football coach at Iowa State College, Ames. From Iowa State, he moved to Amherst (Mass.) College. During his six years as freshman football coach at Amherst, his teams' records were marred with only one defeat and one tie.

Wheeler was head football coach at herst for the next three years where is teams scored 16 wins and lost 8. s varsi baseball teams at Amherst made an outstanding record, winning the Little Three four years. His teams had the distinction of never losing to Yale, Princeton or Harvard of the Big Ulree.

His memberships include the Peru Kiwanis, serving as 1946 president, and Phi Delta Theta social fraternity. Mrs. Wheeler is the former Frances Rudisill of Crouse, N. C. They have one son, Al, Jr., 12.

Homecoming' Despite Rain

The Peru spirit was anything but dampened at the 1956 Homecoming, October 20, despite a __ Jl1orning and early afternoon downpour. By the time the Bobcats had all but drowned the Wesleyan Plainsmen 24-0, the playing field was ankle-deep in water.

Aside from cutting down attendance at the grid classic, welcomed rain brought more smiles than disappointment. Except for a shift of the coronation ceremonies from halftime of the football.game to the Homecoming Dance the announced schedule of activities was followed.

Crowned queen of the Homecoming was Miss Beverly Gerdes, a sophomore in elementary education from Auburn. Her attendants were Peggy Robinson of Tecumseh and Fran Larson of Peru.

Balloting for new· alumni officers was conducted during the morning coffee hour. Oliver Mayfield, 'SO, Ralston, was elected president, succeeding Don Yocum, '50, Lincoln. Other new officers include: Lee Norris, '55, Sabetha, Kans., first vice-president; Willard Hunzeker, '46, Daykin, second vice-president; Phyllis Davenport (Mrs. Ihrrell) Rosenqui.st, '55, Peru, secretary, and Frank Masek, '51 1 Peru, treasurer.

Earliest graduate registering was Louise Ayer (Mrs. 1homas P.) Beall, Lincoln, of the class of 1892. Mr. Beall, '05, also was present.

Other registrants who attended Peru State before the turn of the century were Mrs. Ida Wade Bloomingdale of Nebraska City, a member of the class of 1898, and Dr. H. Clyde Filley of Lincoln, class of 1899.

Winning the award for the best campus display was Epsilon Pi Tau, industrial arts fraternity. Judges were Floyd Pohlman, Auburn mayor, George Sterner, Nebraska City mayor, and Mrs. P. A. Maxwell of Peru.

Following the wet afternoon of football

Miss Beverly Gerdes, a sophomore in el ementary education was crowned queen of the 1956 Homecoming at Peru State College.

many former Peruvians and parents called during the open house at Delzell Hall, men's residence hall.

1he Peru State Drarmtic Club's presentation of Ayn Rand's "Night of January 16" was greeted with enthusiastic response. The homecoming dance, the day's final event, had the added glamour of the Homecoming queen presentation.

For the second straight year Epsilon P1 Tau, industrial arts honorary, won the campus display award. Their chicken wire and paper creation carried the caption "Welcome Alumni! Help the Bobcats Blast the Plainsmen."

Among the forme r l e t t e r me n o f College attend1 ng the "P" Club luncheon at Homecoming were gridmen from the era LeRoy Wilson, salesfor Omaha sport_!__n g goods company; Manuel Briseno, coach at Des Moines Roosevelt high school; Dean Thiesfeld, Wahoo industrial arts instructor; Ken Taylor and Dean Miller of the Bellevue high school c oac h i ng staff and· Don Yoe um of Lincoln, representative for school supply house.

Grid Season a Despite Losses

As the Peru State College Bobcats closed their 1956 grid season at Crete with a 35-20 win over the Doane Tigers, they had racked up a total of 224 points while their seven opponents tallied 92.

Al Wheeler's Bobcats lost two conference contests by two-point margins--to Kearney State 12-14, and to Hastings by 1921.

Adding in the scores of the two preconference games, the Bobcats made a grand total of 251 points to 120 for all opponents Non-conference opponents were Colorado State College of Greeley, who were shut-out 13-0, and Central Missouri State College of Warrensburg, who defeated the Bobcats 28-14. At the season's close halfback Douglas Gibson, a sophomore from Falls City, brought scoring honors to Peru State. He crossed the opponents' goal line nine times--edging out a Kearney backfield man by one touchdown.

Other gridders who received recognition at the season's close were Jerry Grancer, Chuck Krumme, Oak. Iowa; Jim Rosenquist, Essex, Iowa, and Del Stoltenberg Nebraska City,who were first team selections of the Nebraska College Conference coaches. Tom Moen and Gibson were named to the second team. The Omaha World-Herald picked Grancer and Stoltenberg to their all-conference team, and the Lincoln Star and Journal named Krumme to their mythical top team from the N.C.C. Krumme also was awarded the Carriker award, which goes to the outstanding lineman by vote of conference coaches.

Here are the scores for the season, showing the Peru score in the first colunm.

Next fall the Bobcats will play the same grid opponents. Five games are 'away' games, with three to be played in the Oak Bowl and the fourth 'home' game scheduled for Hayward Field in Nebraska City. The complete schedule:

Sept. 21 Cent1·al Mo. at Warrensburg*

Sept. 28 Kearney at Peru*

Oct. 5 Chadron at Chadron**

***Oct. 12 Wayne at Peru**

Oct. 17 Wesleyan at Lincoln*

Oct. 25 Hastings at Nebraska City*

Nov. 2 Midland at Fremont (7:30 p.m.)

Nov. 8 Doane at Peru**

Nov. 16 Colorado State at Greeley**

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***Draw a big red circle on your 1957 calendar around October

Concordia, Dana Join Ranks of Nebraska Conference

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Dana College of Blair and Concordia Teachers of Seward have been admitted into the Nebraska College Conference.

The schools' athletic teams will not begin in actual conference' competition until scheduling problems can he worked out, according to John of science and mathematics d1v1s1on, who is Peru's faculty representative.

REMEMBER: October 12 is date of 1957 HOMECOMING.

Foundation Contributions Continue

Contributions from alumni, parents, and friends-of Peru State have made possible the granting of seven tuition scholarships for the 1956-57 school year.

Annual giving by alumni, parents, and friends of Peru State builds up the Achievement Foundation Fund and builds up your good feeling and interest. Giving is good business.

Questions are asked about direct gifts. Direct gifts to legitimate programs such as the Peru Achievement Foundation can do as much good as an outside investment. Gifts of securities or property can be made. There is a definite income tax advantage to be gained by the giving of securities or property that have gained in value. You pay no capital gains tax and may deduct the full market value of a contribution

Your annuities and established insurance program. should he carefully checked. Is the beneficiary specifically designated? You need to be sure that the programs are set up to do the job exactly that you intended them to do after you are gone. Peru State Foundation could be a beneficiary.

Someone has said that a Memorial Scholarship fund was his answer to certain problems. Income from such a fund could be enough to perpetuate such a worthy deed for as long as colleges and students exist. Certainly this would be a worthy way to honor your memory or the memory of some loved one.

Your plans in starting the year 1957 may help the plans of Peru State Achievement Foundation. 1his is what a gift will do:

Your annual Equals En-

dowment

Contributions should continue coming in each day. Has yours been mailed? Contributors since last issue are:

19oo·s

HELEN COLE (MRS .C.W.) POLLARD, '01

NELS A. BENGSTON, ·02

THOMAS P. BEALL, '05

LOLA HOWE (MRS .N .C.) TOWNE, '06

ROY G. SMITH, "07

MARY Jo ANDERSON. ·oa

MARY HOADLEY (MRS.ALDEN) FITTS, '09

JESS A. HARRIS, "09

19tO's

MRs. WILHELMINE BOCKORD CHRISTI, '10

MRS. SARA JEWELL MORRIS, '12

MRS. rv1AE TRUE RICHARDSON. '12

VICTOR 0. Roos. l'vD, 'l3, G. C. KENNEDY. • 14

MARY E • F I SHER , ' 14

BERTHA M BLOSS, '15

CARROLL LEW IS. '17

MARGARET JONES (MRS.CARROLU LEWIS

LYLLIS ANN WETMORE, FS '17

1920's

ZELDA REDDING (MRS.CARL J.) STEGEMAN. '21

E.W. MATEJORSKY, '25

MYRTLE MAXWELL. '26

HAROLD 0. PETERSON, '27

JAMES W. DELZELL, '29

MARY KANALY (MRS.CLIFFORD) KILEY, '29

1930's

RUTH G. BRANDT, '30

FRANCESE. KOEBLE. FS '30

LOUIS JORGENSEN. '32

D. C. RAILSBACK, '35

PAULINE V. AUE, '37

EVELYN JONES (MRs.E.0.) SIMON, '37

GORDON F. GILBERT, '39

1940's

ELIZABETH GLOSSER (MRS KENNETH} ERICKSON. '40

FLETCHER CLINE, '41

LEONA BERTWELL (MRS. FLETCHER) CL i NE,' 41

LEROY H. REDFERN, '41 ,J

MARVIN L. THOMAS, '41

NANCY ELLEN (MRS.LEROY) REDFERN, '42

VIRGINIA PATRICK (MRS.E.H.) GOOD. '45

HESTER FRIEDLY CLARK. '47

R i CHARD PASCAL. '45

M. J. SVOBODA, '49

ED MINCER, JR., '49

1950's

MERLE BAUER, '50

.ROBERT CLARK, '50

MARY JANE HENRI CHS (MRS. SAM L) KE LL OGG. FS '51

J IM WI LS ON • ' 53

WILLIAM E. BEDNAR, '53

CHARLOTTE MERRI TT (MRS. ROBERT) TARR, '54

MRS.NORA BRADLEY EICHENBERGER,FS '55

OTHER CONTRIBUTORS

J. HYDE SWEET

FLEY M. ROBERTSON

MRS. MATTIE GRAFTON

MRS. JOAN E_. SMITH

CLERICAL STAFF OF PERU STATE

BANK OF PERU

ORDER OF EASTERN STAR

Norman Doran, '54, has joined the Chicago branch of Western Electric under a training program. Mrs. Doran is the former Marian Blake, assistant registrar for three years and registrar from 1952-54. The Dorans and their children, Mike, 3, and Nancy, 1, live at 2838 Pearl, Franklin Park, Ill.

Cage Season Underway Varsity Downs Alu1ns In Season Opener

In a far more spirited game -than the final score indicates, the Peru State varsity defeated the Alumni team in the season's epener.

The score was tied midway in the first half 14-14, hut the Bobcats soon tired the former basketball stars of recent years, and had £tilled away 37-26 by half time.

In the alumni game of last year, which had Peru's new head basketball coach as a team member, the »ohcats won by a 75-60 score.

N.C.C. competition got off to a good start January 8 when Jack Mcintire's Bobcats breezed past Nebraska Wesleyan 88-82. The Bobcats had a disappointing season, winning from two of eight collegiate opponents.

The Bobcats, who during the rest of January are playing "away' games, will he hack home February 1 when they meet Doane College. On February 2 their opponent wil_l he Midland.

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Oniaha Chapter Boosts

Peruvia.ris at 0. U. Game

The Peru Bobcat cagers had a following of enthusiastic alumni boosters on hand for their December 5 encounter with the Omaha University Indians at Omaha. Despite the good backing from the Peruvians from a wide area, the met defeat 59-53 in their third game of the season.

A pre -game l.un.cheon in the Omaha University faculty room was attended by a number of Omaha area alumni and 13 faculty and staff members from the and Mrs. Marie 0. Neal, Peru Achievement Foundation president. The meeting was arranged by chapter president Richard Good, fs '48, and the chapter's executive committee.

A visitor from Oregon was among those attending the dinner. She was Marion (Overholt) Parsons, '25, 715 Beekman, Medford, Ore. She was a visitor at the home of her brother, Don Overholt, '19. Mrs. Parsons re-

Members of the alumni team were still able to smile after the 71-52 defeat handed them by the Peru State varsity. Unofficial coach was Al Wheeler (upper left), head of the division of health and physical education. The team members were (from bottom) first column-Jack Hallstrom, '51, Omaha; Ron Wagner, '54, Syracuse; Don Bornschlegl, '52,Plymouth. Second column-Duane "Whizzer" White, '46, Omaha; Merle Bauer, '50, Tecunrseh; Rodger Majors, '56, Clarinda. Third column-Sharon Ocker, '53, Table Rock; Marvin Gerdes, •53, and Bob Davis, •53, Auburn, and Bob Lade, '54, Tarkio, Mo.

ceived her bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska after leaving Peru and taught home economics in Nebraska high schools before her marriage. She has three daughters.

A newcomer to chapter activities was Mrs. Etta (Young) Davis, '14, 670 N. FortyEighth St. Mrs. Davis taught in Omaha eight years after her graduation from Peru. During World War I she served overseas with the Red Cross. She later earned her bachelors and masters degrees from Columbia University and in 1927 was married to Dr. L. P. Davis of Lincoln. She taught music at Technical High in Omaha 20 years, retiring in 1952. Even though she has retired, her daughter, Margaret, who has been Mrs. Lawrence Todd since Thanksgiving Day, is carrying on the teaching tradition in the family. She teaches nursing at Yale.

1890' s

Iva Catlin (Mrs. S. E.) Jewell, '97, writes of recent.visits with a number of Peruvians. Summer callers at her home in Shubert were Mr.and Mrs. (Evelyn Robb) Louis Ridder, '33, '45, formerly of Fairbury, but now of 15378 Flagstaff, Puente, Calif. Mrs. Jewell, whose late husband was a member of the class of 1902, passed away in September, 1954, visited in Franklin, N.H., with her daughter, Mrs. Francis (Ruth Jewell, '32) Crowley and husband, who are both teachers. While in the East, Mrs. Jewell visited with her brother, Warre·n B. Catlin, '99, who taught more than 40 years at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. Since May, 1957, will mark Mrs. Jewell's 60th anniversary of graduation from Peru State, she is looking forward to commencement, when she plans to be present. She expresses the hope that other members of the class of '97 also can be in Peru for the anniversary.

1900's

Fifty years ago next May the Class of 1907 was graduated from Peru. The Golden. Anniversary Reunion of the 07'ers will be on the Peru State Campus on Sunday, May 19.

Fifty years a go the class roster included 148 names. Through the years 35 have f,assed away and another 57 have become "lost' from the Alumni files.

· 'Die Alumni office would appreciate receiving tips that would furnish a lead in finding the following missing 07'ers.

Lillian Allen, Bess Burritti Cora Clark, Grace Dillon, Carrie M. Dietrich, Bessie Dunham, Rose Dunlap, Grace Erwin, Elizabeth Fearon, Minnie Frahm, Albert Gilbert, Ida M. Gratz, Earl Hadsell, Sylvia R. Hampton, Minnie Hays, L. H. Henderson.

Ethel Hummel, Floy Hummel, Mrs. Calista (Hurst) Smith, Addy Jones, Ida Johnson, Mary Johnson, C. M. Koehler, Mrs. Mae Kohler, Bernice Kruse, Mrs. Laura Kruse, Mrs. Crene Kulp, Mabelle Kinnear, Josephine Loomis, Virginia Loudermilch, Lenora Lawrence.

Mrs. Theola (Linn) Morgan, Mrs. Elizabeth (Maxwell) Armstrong, Emile Miles, Marie Machin, Mary E. Mann, Alice McGavok, Marie McArdle, Myrtle Neff, Bessie Noyes, Florence Nye, Ida B. Chlson, Coita Portas, Flora Purington, Calista Payne, Bertha Range.

Jennie Ritchie, Ida Rutledge, Ellen M. Sattler, Pearl Shaneyfelt, Sarah Z. Snyder, Millye Tubbs, Cora Wade, Pearl Wagey, Mrs.

Mrs. Donna Crabtree, 88, Wife of Forn1er

Peru State President Claimed by Death

Mrs. Donna Wilson Crabtree, '87, wife of the late James W. Crabtree, '87, Peru State College president from 1904-10, died in a Washington, D.C., hospital October 19, after a long illness.

artist, Mrs. Crabtree, 88, was saluted by Edwin Markham in a poem, 'The Never-Old,' after she had painted his portrait which was presented to him on his 80th birthday by the American Poetry Club. He later said it was his favorite of the portraits painted of him.

The poet was a friend of both Dr. and Mrs. Crabtree who were then in their 70s and 60s redpectively. The tribute in verse which was written for them is reproduced on the cover of this issue. Mr. Markham, a former high school principal and superintendent, became famous when his poem 'The Man With the Hoe' was published in 1899. He died in his 88th year in 1940.

Born in Otoe county, Mrs. Crabtree following her graduation from Nebraska State Normal at Peru, received her bachelors degree from the University of Nebraska. She also studied at the Chicago Art institute. Her paintings were exhibited at a number of

Washington, n.c., art shows of the National League of Americ51n Pen Women. A former Australian Ambassador purchased three of her paintings to take home to his native land. A she of her who died in 1945, hangs in the Administration building on the Peru State College campus, and another in the National Education Association building in Washington, D.C. Dr. Crabtree was executive secretary of the N.E.A. for She painted portraits of her three daughters, including her last work of her daughter, Mary a sculptor at work. Mrs. Crabtree active almost the day of her death. Six weeks before her passing, had .blocked out a a commissioned portrait which was never finished.

Survivors include: her daughters, Dr. Eunice Crabtree, head of the English department of Maryland State Teachers College at Towson; Mrs. LuVerne Walker, a supervisor in the District of Columbia schools, and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rathner of Woodland Hills, Calif.; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild; a brother, Andrew S. Wilson, '97, and a sister Della Susan '97, 1310 First Corso, Nebraska City.

Carrie -(Wheldon) Clark, Jessie Wheeler, Olive Wilkin.a.on.

After more than 43 years, Jess A. Harris, '09, retired January l, 195S, as secretary for the 0. A. Cooper Co., milling and grain firm of Humboldt. He still resides in Humboldt.

Nels A. Bengston, '02, a member of the Peru faculty from 1904 until 1906, writes from Lincoln saying that his early college years at Peru, "and the thorough and inspiring teaching has meant more to me _than I can ever repay. The faculty members there prominent continue to live in memory of many of us old timers." Mr. Ben gs ton who joined the University of Nebraska as a professor of geography in 1906, is now a professor emeritus.

1910's

Sara (Jewell) Morris, '12, Rt. 2, Box 171, Lebanon, Ore., sends greetings to all Peruvians. She has retired :i. fter 36 years of teaching. Her daughter, Marion, is carrying on the teaching tradition at the present time at an Air Force Base in Japan, where she teaches American children.

Ber-tha M.Bloss, -, 15-, resides at 2741 S. Thirteenth, Lincoln.

1920' s

Joe Jones, '29, is a member of the English Department at the University of Texas. He, and his wife and three children live in Austin, Tex. Their address is Box 1807.

Cedric L. Crink, '29, is associate professor of speech at Southwestern State Col-

lege, Weatherford, Okla. He is province governor of Pi Kappa Delta, national college forensic fraternity and president-elect of the Oklahoma Speech Association. Recently he authored a college text, Introduction to 'Literature.

Genevieve Gregg (Mrs. Hubbard '20, lives at 3308 Runnymede Place, Washington, D.C. She has two daughters, Jean, 22, and 14. . .

·Robert Harrison, '26, was re-elected in November to Congress from the Third Nebraska district. Mrs. Harrison is the former Mary SuttQn, '26. They reside in Norfolk. .

Esther Delzell (Mrs.Sam) Brownell, '23, and Dr.' Brownell are now living at 9295 West Outer Dr., Detroit, where he is superintendent of schools. Their fathers, Herbert Browne 11, Sr., and William N. Delzell, -were longtime Peru faculty members. Dr. Brownell formerly was U.S.Commissioner of Education.

1930's

Geor15e D. Haskins, '34, is a lieutenant colonel with the 4th Army at Ft. Sam

Qwight Waldo, '35, a member of the Political Science Division of the University of California, is on a year's leave of absence teaching at Bologna University.in Italy. Mrs. Waldo, the former Gwendolyn Payne, '35, and their three daughters, accompanied Dr. Waldo for the year.in Europe.

Evelyn Jones (Mrs. E. 0.) Slmon, '37, lives at 548 N. E. 55th St., Miami, Fla. The Simon's family includes a daughter Marilyn , 7 .

The September issue of The Instructor magazine contains a contribution by Lenore Harris (Mrs. D'. L.) Hughes, '35. Mrs. Hughes'' article, "T4_e First Two Months With Fi.!'stGraders ", was developed during her teaching experience in the public schools at Andrews, Tex. She is now an educational consultant for Compton's and resides in Seminole, Tex.

Teaching speech and social science in the Wood River High School is Elleen Means (Mrs.) Williams, '34. is the mother-OT two children, Julie, in high school and Bob, a seventh grader.

Thresa Clark, '32, has been elected president. of II Association. Miss Clark is principal of Omaha Benson West Elementary School.

Marie (Johnson) Paden, '31, tells the Peru Stater she is teaching business education at Central High School in Omaha. She and her husband Horace, have three children ages 1 4 , 11 , and 5

One of the few high sc_l.!ools th_e_ U.S. A. offering two years o_f Germa11. has W. Weise, '31, as the instructor. Besides his German classes, Mr. Weise also teaches commercial subjects at Waterville, (Wash.) High School. He was 'lost' from the alumni files until his recent visit in Omaha with his brother. He has taught in Idaho, Mont. and Wash., earned his AB degree in Ed. from the University of Wash., business schools at Salt Lake and Seattle, and did

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Mrs. Inez Dunning (right) of Alliance, Dean of women from the •30s to early 'ijOs, and Mrs. Gertrude Pate, wife of the late W. R. Pate, Peru State from 1923 unt i 1 19ij6, 1 ook over the Fore 1 gn Language Club at Homecoming, 1956.

study at the University of Montana and Armstrong College. His address is 5026 Sixteenth Ave. N. E., Seattle.

Mrs. Mary Hervey Wolf, '33, is teaching third grade at Lowell Elementary school, San Jose, Calif. Her husband is a retired railroad worker. They reside at 15244 Dickens Ave., Cambriar Park, Calif.

Gordon F. Gilbert, '39, lives at 111 Morlow Dr., Pittsburgh 35, Pa.

1940's

Writing from Topeka, Marvin Thomas,'41, relates that he is head of Marvin lhomas and Associates, practicing architects. This firm designs of the major Kansas buildings and some in southeast Nebraska. He is the father of daughters, Dianne, 11, Joanne, 9, and Suzanne, 2. His address is 1215 Gage Blvd. , Topeka.

Donald J. Bruns, '47, recently was named to the U. S. Civil Service Conunission. In his position an he c?nducts personal·investigations of applicants for Federal employment. His address is: 4372 N. Garrison Ave., Tulsa, Okla.

Neva Mae Russell (Mrs. Dean) Walker fs '48, lives on a farm southeast of Peru.' She has one daughter Doris, 2. Her address is: Brownville.

In his fifth year as superintendent of Firth Public Schools is Earl E. Lowe, '48. t

Married

Edith Wetenkamp, fs '55, to Harold McCaw, August 12, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Maynard. At home: LeMars, Iowa.

, Janet Cotton, sophomore, to Gary Dahmke. fs 56, September 23, Lutheran Memorial Church, Syracuse. At home: Peru.

·Louise She Zdon, '31, to Arthur M. September 29, Presbyterian Church, Sidney, Iowa. At home: Percival, Iowa.

Lois Lee to Bergmeyer, fs '55, August 29, ·Our Saviors Lutheran Church Council Bluffs, Iowa. At home: 1933 Rd., Lincoln.

LaDean Murdock to Clark Reed, senior, September 15, lhurman, Iowa. At home: Thurman.

Melva Jean Shroyer, fs '53, to Richard Stanley, October 7, Pleasant View Methodist Church, Humboldt. At home: Auburn.

Lois Wilton, sophomore, to Stanley Giles, August, Baptist Mission, Jet, Okla. At home: Nebraska City.

Clarernae Ogburn to Richard Steiner,' 54, November 17, Northeast Community Congregational Church, Lincoln. At home: 2526 Washington, Bellevue.

Velva Jean Thurber to Richard R. Campbell, '56, December 1 Nebraska City. At home: Clarinda, Iowa.'

of_ his M.A. degree in 1952 from the University of Nebraska, Mr. Lowe is serving as president of Mudecas Association, regional activities group. The Lowes are the parents of two daughters and two sons.

Be t t y (Co l l in) Wha r ton, fs ' 4 2 , who lives at 7210 North Fox Paint Drive Spokane, W,ash., notes that last July her first visit to the Peru campus since 1944. Mrs. Wharton's family includes her husband, a daughter, 10, and a son, 5. Superintendent at Filley is Marvin Schacht, '40. He reports that he has done graduate work both at Peru and the University of Nebraska. The Schacht family inludes his wife and three daughters.

Martin J. Svoboda, '49, reports receiving his masters degree from the University Nebraska in 1955: He is presently superintendent at Benedict. The Svoboda family includes three sons and a daughter.

Lee Darlene Brown (Mrs. Ivan) Auer, '49, is teaching in the elementary schools of Lincoln, while her husband is working on his masters degree at the University of Nebraska. They live at 1944 S. Twenty-sixth St., Lincoln.

George Blocker, '48, is elementary coordinator at Kearney. He is the father of two daughters and two sons. His address is: 1202 Thirteenth Ave., Kearney.

Lois Irene Helmick (Mrs. Ray) ter,. fs '.47, .is a clerk-typist at the State Capitol in Lincoln. Her Husband is an engineering student at the University of Nebraska. Her address is 1030 N. FortySt., Lincoln.

Mr. and Mrs.Ermond (Joyce Snodgrass) Moore, '45, '40, are now living at Darlington, Md. Ermond is an electronic

Vera Piper, fs '56, to Henry Rieken

July 31, Methodist Church, Brock. At home; Brock. ·

Betty Biere, 2-yr. '56, to Howard Kehlenbeck, August 5, Methodist Church,Cook. At home: Tecumseh.

Shirley George,'56, to Jack Nance '56

A.ugust 12, First Methodist Church, Blair. At home: Tekamah.

Joan Klepper, fs '56, to Merlyn Lenhard, August 12, Methodist Church, Sterling. At home: Ralston.

Betty Nickols, '49, to Louis Moore,Jr., August 24, Hyde Memorial Chapel, Estes Park, Colo. At home: 608 So. Beckley, Dallas, Tex.

Rose Hess _to Carl C. Gawart, 2-yr. '55, August 22, First Presbyterian Church Nebraska City. At home: Nebraska City.'

Patricia Failey, fs '56,to John Porter

August 19, Presbyterian Church, Plattsmouth: At home: 215 No. Third St., Plattsmouth.

Janice Johnson, fs '56, to Tom Moen, senior, September 2, Coryell Park Chapel, Brock. At home: Peru.

Donna Mae Hill, 2-yr. '53, to Chester Ruth, August 31, Community Church, Percival, Iowa. At home: Plattsmouth.

Margaret Higgins, 2-yr. '56, to Don Roddy, sophomore, September 8, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Elkhorn. At home: Peru.

at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds. Joyce keeps herself busy by taking care of children, Diana, 7, Douglas, 4, and Terence, 3. Writing from 1835 Lynnview Dr., Houston, Tex., is Hester (Friedly) Clark, '47. Slre. tells the Peru Stater that her husband, Bob, '50, is now a party chief for Rogers GeoCo. They have three future vians, Carol, 4, Cynthia, 2,and Catherine 5 months. · · · ·

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Blair, '41, '39, and children, Pauline and Steven, have recently moved to 772 Rand St., Oakland, Calif. teaches in West Lake Junior High School.

Mr and Mrs. Jim (Louise Walker) Morr is on, '43, informs us that they are now living at 1237 Flume St., Boise, Idaho. Jim is with the Naval Reserve in Boise.

Appearing on WOW-TV recently was the Ward Adams family .of Peru._ Ward, fs '48, and Mrs.·· Adams (Louella Tr iman) '46, and their two sons were chosen as the "Nebraska Farm Family of the Week" on the Farm and Home Hour.

George D. Griff in, '4 7, ·is a chaplain stationed at the Francis E. Warran Air Force Base, Wyoming.

Phyllis Steever (Mrs. Carl) Redemann, '49, is living at 1102 Pine St., Huntington Beach, Calif., where her husband is a research chemist for the Dow Chemical Co. Mrs. Redemann received her masters deg_ree from Michigan State University in 1950. The Redemann children include Eric, 5, Sally, 3, and Nancy, 10 months.

Beulah L. Livingston (Mrs. Clayton) Evans, '40, lives on route l, North Bend, Wash.

Elizabeth Glosser (Mrs. Kenneth J.) Erickson, '40, lives at Staff Res. 8, C. 0.P., Grand Island.

1950' s

Leattrice Jorn (Mrs. Charles) Smith, '54, has been appointed York County home extension agent . Since her graduation from Peru State, -Mrs. Smith majored in extension for one year at the University of Nebraska.

Redfield (Mrs.

fs '54, is teaching at Tech Junior High in Omaha. Since leaving Peru she received her degree from Olnaha University, taught in Ashland Park school, and taught one year in Vera Cruis school, Mt. Clemens, Mich., while her husband was in the service. The Harrisons and their six-month-old daughter live at 2339 N. Seventy-first St., Omaha.

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Memories of Early Day Teaching Career in Minta Hall's Book

Minta Hall, '98, recently wrote a delightful book Do You Remember? The book is a happy recollection of her teaching exper.iences spent in Nebraska and Washington state. An edition of the book was given to the college library by Miss Hall's cousin, Ida Wade Bloomingdale, '98, who lives at Nebraska City.

Miss Hall iost her eyesight over a year ago, and it was after she was stricken that she wrote her memoirs. Miss Hall taught for forty-nine years, fourteen of which were in ka.

She is a member of the National Educa-; tion Association, Washington Education iation, and the National Retired Teachers Association. She lives at 4217 Francis Ave., Seattle, Wash.

(Exposition Press Inc., 386 Fourth Ave., New York 16, N.Y., 44 pp., $2.50)

A. B. Clayburn, geography and geology professor since 1922, and Glen Sheely, campus school supervisor since 1953, look over the Alpha Mu Omega, mathematics honorary, homecoming display. Their television prediction that "Peru Will Win" became a reality at the afternoon game.

Evelyn Moles, '51, teacher in the Omaha Public Schools. Her address is 709 N. Thirty-third St., Omaha.

Joyce Ridder, '53, reports she is teaching at Vena Danks Junior High School, Ontario, Calif. Her address is 802 N.Euclid, Apt. B., Ckitario, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. Ted (Margaret Morris) Groves, fs '56, are living at 1142 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. Ted is repairs mana-

IBorn

To Kenneth Gadeken and Donna Beth (Harms) Gadeken,fs '54, Talmage, a daughter, Joyce Lorraine, September 1.

To Leon Joy, '51, and Mrs. Joy, Falls City, a daughter, September 6.

To Dean Miller, '51, and Jaqueline (Bebber) Miller, fs '48, Bellevue, a son, Richard Lynn, August 9.

To William Kopetsky and Bernice (Marf ice) Kopetsky, fs '51, Falls City, a son, August 16.

To Kf>nneth Whitcomb and Carol (Duerfeldt) Whitcomb, '52, Fort Collins, Colo.-,-a son, Roger Lee, August 10.

To Howard Osborne, fs '54, and Sharyl (Terry) Osborne, fs '5S, Auburn, a son, Jeffery Lynn, August 12. _

To Bob Slaughter, '56, and Claudette (Clausen) Slaughter, fs '5S, Peru, a son, David Charles, August 10.

To Robert Teten and Barbara (Lockwood) Teten, fs 'S4, Brock, a daughter, Vanessa Lynn, August 16.

To Max Johnson and Shirley (Mudra) Johnson, fs 'S2, Omaha, a daughter, Suzanne Kay, December 7.

To Robert Ryan, 'S2, and Mrs. Ryan, Bellevue, a son, December 11.

To Arthur Clements, '48, and Ellen (Duerfeldt) Clements, fs '48, Kansas City, a son, Dennis Ray, December 8.

To Robert Tarr and Charlotte (Merritt) Tarr, 'S4, Council Bluffs, a daughter, Nancy Dell, October 10.

To Ray Johnson, fs '48, and Mardella (Childers) Johnson, Talmage, a son, Dec .13.

To Jack Gilman, fs and Mary _Belle (Dougherty) Gilman, '52, Nebraska City, a son, December 19.

- To Lawrence Good, fs '42, and Mrs.Good, Kansas City, Mo., a son, James Cochran, October 5.

To Loraine D. Frank andLeAnna (Sodmann) Frank, fs 'S4, Pawnee City, a daughter, Lorinda Diane, October 6.

To Philip C.Rabstejnek and Willa (Rickman) Rabstejnek, fs '49, Table Rock, a son, Rick Alan, October S.

To Vern Godberson and Gail (Gilliland) Godberson, '54, Millard, a daughter, Gayleen Rae, September 30.

To Willard Mason, 'S6, and Gailya (Percival) Mason, fs 'SS, Louisville, a daughter, August 13.

ger for Bobson Bros. Co.

Am on g t h e 3 7 o f f i c e r s gr a du a t e d 28 from the Naval Combat inf ormation center school at Glenview Ill was Navy Lt. (j.g.) Donald H. Gress' '52 1 Lt will report for duty aboard 1 the a 1 ttack aircraft carrier USS Hornet with the Pacific fleet. '

Wallace Richards, '51, is industrial teacher at Auburn High School. The Richards family, which includes Mrs. Richards and two daughters, reside at 1512 O St., Auburn

Sharon Ocker, '53, has returned from a of duty in the service to a coaching

To Robert Cole, fs '48, and Marjorie (Flack) Cale, fs '48, a son, August 14.

_I2 Ben Bennett, fs 'S6, and Joyce (Carlis le) Bennett, fs 'S6, Nebraska City, a August 4.

To Mervil Miller, '54, and Mrs. Miller, Jackson, Mich., a son, September 12.

To Arnold Draeger and Patricia (Hunt) Drae.ger, fs '55, Dunbar, a son, October 2.

To Cecil McKnight, '52, and Mrs. McKnight, Plattsmouth, a son, October 21.

To Stanley Stukenholtz, 'SO, and Jean (Newton) Stukenholtz, fs '49, Onawa, Iowa, a son, October lS.

To George Grossenbacker and Betty (Au,rier) Grossenbacker, fs 'S2, Bern, Kans., a son, Jeffrey Allen, October 20.

To John L. Kvasnicka and Phyllis (Hogenmiller) Kvasnicka, fs '45, Wichita, Kans., a daughter, Susan Denise, October 16.

To Roy Laue,'50, and Mrs. Laue, Arthur, Nebr., a son, Michael Todd, October 5.

--To 1st Lt. Harold Grafe, '53, and Marilyn (Coad) Grafe, fs '52, Chambley, France, a daughter, Becky Lynn, November 5.

To James Wright and Shirley (Hunt) Wr igh.t, fs 'S3, Dunbar, a daughter, October 28.

To Arley Shoemaker and Norma (Ford) Shoemaker, fs 'S3, Nehawka, a daughter, October 29.

_ _Jo _Andrew Tynon and Margaret (Parriott) Tynon, fs Peru, a daughter, November 13.

To Boyd Wakelin and Marlene (Goering) Wakelin, fs.'S3, Brock, a daugh-ter, ine, November 10.

To William Marfice and Betty (Eis) Marf ice, 'S2, Table Rock, a daughter, Susan Katherine, November 10.

To Raymond Mullens, fs '56, and Mary Alice (Vanderford) Mullens, 'SS, Oshkosh, a son, Kent, Jl.

To Lutz, fs '4S, and Mrs. Lutz, Nebraska City, a daughter, November IO.·

To Rex Coatney, 'SO, and Mrs. Coatney, Barnard, Kans., a son, November 28.

To William Thurman, 'Sl, and Mrs. 1hurrnan, Sioux Falls, S.D., a son, November 25.

To Lavon Lang and Verna Mae{Hahn) Tang, '49, Syracuse, a son, Keith Allen, November 26.

To Dr. G. E. and Margaret (Wellensiek) Mann, '47, Nebraska City, a son, John Frederic, December 10.

To Delbert Carman, fs '49, and Mrs. Carman, Talmage, a son, December 8.

and teaching position at Table Rock Hign School.

Teaching industrial arts in junior and senior high school at Del Norte, Colo., is Alfred E. Umstead, '51. In August, 1955, Mr. Umstead received his masters in industrial arts from Colorado State College of Education, Greeley. He reports that hunting and fishing 8,000 feet high in the San Luis valley is family includes three sons, ages 5, 7, 9, and a daughter, 3.

A busy man is Omer Meeker, '51, whose main job is coaching at Santa Marie High School. A feature story in the city's Times, tells how an invasion of bees three years ago put the Meekers in the bee business. Even though he has 100 bee boxes, he claims that he isn't making any money since he puts his profits back into equipment. Besides coaching, Omer teaches general science, physiology and driver training; finds time to drive a school bus and plays an electric guitar in a dance band. Since graduation from Peru, Omer has taken additional study at California Polytechnical, Santa Barbara. The Meeker family, which includes two children, lives at 310 W. Sunset, Santa Maria.

Mr.and Mrs. Boyd (Ilene Thiltges) Good, '55, '53, are living at 1180 South Glencoe, Denver, Colo. Mr. GOod is in the merchandising division of the Continental Oil Co.

Burt J. Mahoney, '51, is living at 214 South Hamlin, Chicago, with Mrs. Mahoney, and sons, Mike, 2, and Pat, 2 months.

Writing from Fremont, Mrs. Doris Bredberg, fs '53, reports that she is teaching at Elk City. Her address is 2030 Pine St., Fremont.

Anna Marie Kreifels, '52, is teaching at Union High School, Salinas, Calif. Her address is 318 A Geil St., Salinas.

Esther Kreifels, '53, lives at 1110 N. Twelfth St., Beatrice, where she teaches in the high school.

Two former Indust r i a 1 Arts Club members Don Ritchie, and Reg Fritschle, both '51, Nebraska City, watch the clock run out on the Plainsmen in the organization• s display. A Plainsman inan electric chair completed the display.

Jim Wilson, '53, is teaching in the Territorial School, Ouzinkie, Alaska.

R. L. (Bob) Finkle, '51, is a territory sales manager for John Deere Plow Co. His address is Box 96, Plainview.

From Plattsmouth writes Edna Jean (Wetenkamp) Schneider, fs '54, who is in her fifth year of teaching in the school there.

Jean Birdsley, '56, is teaching in the Tecumseh school system. She is Secretary of the Johnson County Teacher Association.

Living at 209 N. Eighth St., Wymore and teaching grades three and four at Barneston is Dorothy Robson, 'SS. She has two sons who are in high school.

Kenneth Hutton, 'SO, reports that he received his masters degree from the University of Nebraska in 19S6. He is currently math instructor at Auburn High School.·

Mildred Dry, fs 'S6, is present-ly teaching sixth grade in the new Lincoln school in Beatrice. Her address is 124 So. 21, Bea trj ce.

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Dr. King Writes of Former Peruvians on Mankato Staff

From Dr. Kent King, educatiop division faculty member from 19S5 to 19S6 and now a 1member of the Manka to (Minn. ) State Teachers College faculty, we have learnedvof three former Peruvians who are members of the Minnesota school.

Dr. J. William Burke, '37, is an associate professor of professional education and coordinator of special services. A member of the Peru Campus School faculty during the 1947-48 school year, Eddice Barber, is an instructor of English, following seven years at Parsons (Kans.) Junior College. C. Dean Alders, '47, joined the Mankato staff in September as an instructor in mathematics. Mrs. Alders is the former Florinne Glebe, fs '47.

Harold Rasplicka, '53, is attending Tempe State College at Tempe, Ariz.

Working on his Masters of Science degree in Veterinary Parisitology at State College, Pa., is Orlando Rodriguez, '56. He was granted a scholarship by the Government of Puerto Rico, which covers studies for eighteen months. His address is 212 Irvin St., State College, Pa.

Geraldine Schliefert, '53, is teaching first grade at Pershing school in Lincoln. She also fi>1ds time to direct the fifth and sixth grade choirs. Her address is 2929 R,

f· Died

Otto Kucera, '26, superintendent of schools at Broadwater, passed away December 19 ·following a brief illness. He would have completed his 35th year of teaching thisyear. Survivors include: Mrs. Kucera, the former Irene Veal, '26; sons, Ronald, fs '51, a naval officer, and Richard; a sister, Helen, '30, and his father, Frank 0. Louella Daniell, 'll, died at her home in Long Beach, Calif., November 16. After attending Peru State and Wayne State Miss her masters from the University of Southern California. Before going to-Long Beach, where she taught a total of 40 years, she previously taught Stanton, West Point and Plattsmouth. Dur-· World War I, Miss Daniell volunteered for overseas duty with the Y.M.C.A. She traveled to Europe three times.

The Peru Stater has received word of the death of Mary Beth Beckman, '39, who passed away July 26. Before her death she a bookkeeper for Peter Kiewit Co. in Omaha.

M_rs. Reed, '00, who spent most of her life in Douglas and Burr communities died September 14 at Syracuse. Mrs. taught school in Otoe County. She retained her vital interest in school and guided her three sons to successful teaching careers. Harold, '30, is principal at Dodge Elementary School at Island. Wayne 0, '35, Peru State president during the 1950-51 school year, is now Assistant U. S. ComWashington, D. C., and Calvin, 37, is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska.

Mrs. Hattie Mary (Holcomb) Stevenson '03, died November 26 at her home Auburn. Four of Mrs. Stevenson's children have attended Peru, Dorothy and Marjorie. '38, Mary, A.B. '43, and John, fs '34.

Dewey Nekich, fs '48, died December 3 at Papillion after an illness of severai months. He is survived by his wife, the forner Barbara Berger, '48, and two He first attended Peru in 1944-46 as a member of the Navy V-12 program. He was employed as an architectural engineer with the U. S. Corps of Army Engineers.

Marty Gorder Is Par Veteran

Summer jobs in resort areas are equally as popular w1 th the teachers as well as students hying to the mountains, beaches and other resorts with the annual mig_ration of collegians.

A veteran summer job-holder at,Yellowstone National Park is Martha Corde/;- '36. Peruvians who have attended the Canyon Lodge evening shows staged by '"savagesn (Park employees) since 1939 have witnessed Gorder productions.

Miss Gorder ,.winters" in Puehlo_1 Colo., where she is hie.ad of the women's physical education ment at Centra :High School. -·;_

Including the season Just past, "Marty" spent 21 summers in·Yellows tone, alJ but one at Canyon Lodge. She has been recreational leader an4 program director since 1939. In she was promoted tq head housekeeper_iri-additi on to her ., rec• job.Every night during the season she plans and stages a different show drawing from the talent

Martha Gorder of the 195 employees from every state in the union. During her years in the Park she has missed only two nights in playing for the community singing.

"Marty'' has worked with a number of Peru vi ans in her productions, including:, Lowell Cross, '36, who now lives at 1819 Capital Ave., Cheyenne, Wyo.; Mrs. Alton H. (Blanche Freeman) Parker, '38, 1710 Independence Rd., Greensboro, N.C. · Mrs. E.0. (Evelyn Jones} Simon, '37, S Northeast Fifty-fifth St., Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Anna (Williams) Nicklas, '36, c-o Agriculture College, Curtis; Merl Peek, Universal Oil Products Co., 30 Algonquin Rd., Des Plaines, Ill., and Edward D. Garner, fs '35, 2317 Lynn St., Lincoln.

It may seem that "Marty's" winters as a phys ed teacher is easier than her summer "vacations," but she has a -number of extracurricular activities at Central High to occupy what spare time she might have. She sponsors the Girls Athletic Association, the Cat's Claw Pep Club, the cheerleaders, drum majorettes, and assists with assemblies and musical programs. We suspect, however, that with all its work, "Marty" looks forward to her Yellows tone "vacations" with great expectation.

!Odds...

Tuition Boost May Slow Enrollment Rise

Tuition.increases adopted by the Board of Education of State Normal Schools March 14, 1957, to become effective at the beginni,ng of the 1957 fall term are expected to slow the anticipated upward swing in enrollment, to President Neal S. Gomon.

Hardest hit by the increase will be the out-st.ate students which makes up about 15 pe.rcent of present college enrollment. Most of these out-state students come from southwest Iowa. Tuition for out-state students has been increased from $70. to $125 per s.emester. Normally there are from 30 to 40. outstate students in the freshman class each year. Under the new tuition rate it is estimated that no more than a dozen students from heyqnd the borders of the state will enroll at Peru for the first time in the fall of 1957. It appears that most out-state students who will be juniors and seniors next year will remain to finish but some loss 1s expected in sophomore ranks.

The tuition increase for res:rdents of Nebraska is from $60.to $75 per semester. Few present students indicate the increase will alter their educational plans. Some high school seniors have ·said they may be hard-pressed to meet the new tuition demands.

The summer sessions graduate program .will not be affected until the ·summer of 1958. Resident tuition for graduate students has been increased from $35 for the 8-week session to $60. Non-resident graduate tuition has gone up from $40 to $105 for the 8week f>.eriod.

Upward revisions in tuition for campus evening classes, off-campus study centers and correspondence·study have not yet been established but will probably reflect a proportionate increase at all levels. Adjustfor these programs will become effectl. ve September 1, 1957.

. With the anticipated 'loss of out-state students and a revision of estimates of resident students the enrollment for the 195758 school year may not be -much greater than at present, according to President Gomon. Preparations were being made for 600 students in the fall of 1957 .but indications now are that this figure will be nearer 525 or only slightly higher 519 enrolled the first semester of the school year.

Cover Story

Volleyball Tourney Many Visitors Each Draws Year

"Volleyball is King" for three short days on the Peru State campus. This year saw the eleventh annual tournament in March. The tourney provides an opportunity for volleyball teams to meet new competition from a wide area.

The cover photograph captures some of the excitement that goes with the three-day event. Verdon's team (left side of net) won second place after meeting fourth place Panama 1n the semi-finals. You' 11 find a story of the 11-year-old tourney on page 5.

Dr. Eunice K. Crabtree writes from State Teachers College at Towson, Md. , where she is head of the English department, to thank the Peru Stater for the tribute paid to her parents, Dr. and Mrs. JM:nes W. Crabtree, in the Winter, 1957, issue. She noted that when she and her mother visited the Peru campus in 1952 they were interested in se.eing Mrs. Crabtree' s. portrait of her husband in the administration building main lobby. 'It was my mother's favorite portrait of the many splendid and prize-winning pieces she had painted. '

The 1957 Peruvian staff reports that a few copies of the Peru State yearbook are available. Annuals for the years 1951, 1953, 1954, 19 55 and 1956 may be ordered by writing to the Peruvian, Nebraska St::ite 'feachers Peru, Nebraska. The pr1ce 1s $2.00 plus- 25¢ to cover packaging and mailing.

Volume 6 Number 2 Spring, 1957

Off iciai publication of the Alumni association of Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru, Nebraska. Published and distributed three times yearly to alumni and former students of Peru State College. Extra copies of the Peru Stater, when available, may .be secured for twenty-five cents each. Please notify the Alumni Association of changes of address.

Association Officers: Oliver Mayfield, '50, Ralston, President; Lee Norris, •55, Sabetha, Kans., First Vice-Presideot.; Willard Hunzeker, '46, Daykia,· Second Vice-President; Phyllis Davenport (Mrs. Darrell) Rosenquist, '55, Peru, Secretary; Frank Masek,' 51, Peru, 1''t"'l!•t1.'ISrs:rer; Donald K. Carli le, Executive Secretary.

Local Chapter Presidents: Richa rd H •. Good, fs '48, Omaha; Dr. Calvill Beed, '37, Lincoln. · · ·

J. W. Howie, 85, Former Faculty Member Dies

One of Peru State's beloved former faculty members, J. W. Howie, 8S, 13SO Ogden St., Denver, died December 7 after a long illness. Head of the Peru State mathematics department from 1898 to 1922, Dr. Howie left the teaching pr of ess ion at the age of 7 2 when he retired in 1943 after 19 years as head of the department of mathematics at Nebraska Wesleyan.

Dr. Howie started his teaching career in Iowa rural schools. He received his A.B. degree from Cotner University in 1896, a masters degree from the University of Nebrasiil_l922, and a degree from Columbia University in 1924. He was the recipient of an honorary Doctor of Education degree from Cotner Col le ge in 1930.

After teaching commercial work at Southern Iowa Normal, he taught in the Eau Claire (Wis.) high school. He later taught at Cotner University.

During his graduate work at the University of Nebraska and the University of Wisconsin, he went back to his favorite subject, mathematics. From the time he left Peru State until he joined the Nebraska Wesleyan staff, he taught at Alma Colorado Teachers College and Central Michigan Teachers College.

Dr. Howie was honored with memberships in many :erofe:>sional aJ?-d honorary groups. He was active in Masonic and Eastern Star Lodges, and in church groups. His interests varied, for he was one of the organof Inter-Collegiate AthAssociation, serving as its president the group's first five years. While in college teaching, he was a college. football referee.

The influence of Howie's teaching and his great friendship for his former students is a testimonial to his memory. How great was his influence not only at Peru, also other colleges, can not be determined.

At the time of his retirement in 1943 Dr. Howie said, not spectacular, it has been a wonderful life to me to see these students go through college." He pointed out that his teaching in the "small, strong college" made it possible for "these students become more than mere acquaintances."

Even near the time of his death Dr. Howie "never forgot his many fine students. That seemed to be all he thought of during his last illness," Mrs. Howie wrote.

Survivors, besides Mrs. Howie, include a son, Clarence of Denver, and a granddaughter, Miss Joan Howie of St. Louis.

Fall High Enrollment to Post-War With 519 Residents

Total on-campus enrollment at Peru State climbed to Sl9, according to Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president. The 19S6-S7 fall enrol 1ment, a 16 per cent increase over the 430 enrolled for the first semester a year ago, is a post-war high.

During the preceding five years, ment at Nebraska's first college had increased 48 per cent, from 287 in 19Sl.

The freshman class numbered 200, the largest beginning class in lS years. The senior class of 80 is the largest since 19SO.

Four off-campus classes, with an ment of 73; eight on-campus evening classes, with 111, and correspondence students boosted the over-all college enrollment to about 800.

The Peru Stater has learned of the of Mrs. Frances (Faulkner) Smith, '20, in June, 19S6. She had taught in Plattsmouth Lincoln for a number of years. At the time of her death she was living with her daughter in Portland, Ore.

Simpson Named Navy Player of Year

Bob Simpson, 'SS, former Peru State football star, has been named the "most valuable player" on the All-Sea service football team. The squad included Navy, Marine and Coast Guard personnel.

The 230-pound lineman beat out two alltime Naval Academy greats, Ron Beagle and George Welsh. Simpson, a guard for the Alameda Naval Air Station, was selected by the Navy Times, which polled coaches, sports writers and service men. ·

A tackle at Peru in 19Sl, 19S2 and 19S3 teams, Simpson was named to the all-Nebraska College Conference team in 19S3. He entered the Navy in the summer of 19SS, and expects to be released from active duty in June, 19S7.

Mrs. Simpson is the former Shirley Gess, fs 'SS. The Simpsons live at Apt. 7, 743 Santa Clara, Alameda, Calif.

Bob Simpson (OFFICIAL PHOTO U.S. NAVY)

Form 3547 Requested

Lost Alumni

Peruvians, it seems, are a mobile people. Address changes come back following the mailing of each publication. Thanks to Nellie M. Carey, head librarian, who spends her "coffee breaks" keeping the changes made, the files are up-to-date.

Occasionally, however, Peruvians do get lost. 1he following Peru Staters are missing from our files. Please check over the list to see if you can furnish us with a lead to the whereabouts of those "lost" alums. Future issues of the Peru Stater will carry the names of other missing Peruvians.

Bryce Adkins, '49

Zayda Akins, '25

Twila Albin, '42

William B. Alexander, '50

Bessie Anderson, '16

Blenda Anderson, fs '47

Mary Anderson, '08

Velma Novotny (Mrs.Oren) Armstrong, fs '34

Lucille Arnold, fs '34

Mrs. Marie Lewis Arnold, '24

Vester Arnold, fs '38

Vivian Arnold, fs '40

Mrs. Gail McCormick Atkinson, fs '34

Jesse Backemeyer, '36

Jerome Baker, fs '49

Imogene Niemeyer (Mrs.Rich) Baker, fs '41

Dulcie Morris (Mrs.R.A.) Barber, '29

Mrs. Cora Mae Kennedy Bartel, '36

Mrs. Jessie Whitaker Bates, fs '29

Mrs. Hazel Miller Baur, '14

Leora Beachler, '36

John Becker, fs '34

Irene Bentzinger, fs '41

Chester Berger, '54

Marguerite Bergmann, fs '35

Frances Bierl, '42

Macena Bloss, '15

Mrs. Dorothy Coulter Boeche, fs '51

Ruth Bond, '32

Frank Bowers, '14

Lillian Boz, fs '39

Ida Williams (Mrs.Dick) Braaf, '09

Robert Brammer, '48

Mrs. Margaret Stappenbeck Brehme fs • 33

Elaine Briley, fs '41 '

Ruth Brooker, '28

Charlene Rodgers (Mrs.D:trryl}Brown, fs '

Darrell Brown, fs '48

Margaret Winter (Mrs.H.E.) Brown, '35

Elizabeth Varner (Mrs.) Brunsdon, '13

Margaret Bump, fs '29

Ruth Burgess, '53

Warren Burrell, '13

Madge Williams (Mrs.Ray) Butcher, fs '

Mrs. Fannie Davies Cady, '08

George Campbell, '34

Mr.& Mrs.Blaine Carey, fs '37, '39

Dr.& Mrs.Geo.Carlson (Laura Porter), '08

Dorothy Carpenter, fs '43

Marie Dixon, (Mrs.L.J.) Castonguay, '31

Patricia Waggoner (Mrs.) Castro, '42

Cecil Caulk, '32

William Chapin, '39

Mrs. Margaret Mahaffey Chase, '27

Mrs. Erma Wilson Choyce, '20

Willodene Dauphin (Mrs.H.B.)Christianson'20

Sadie Joy (Mrs.Oliver) Cleveland, '03 '

Mrs.Gay Harman Cochran, '14

M. Atlanta Cole, '24

Jack L. Colglazier, fs '40

Joann L. Copley, fs '47

Aileen Cox, '32

Glen Cramer, fs '36

Mrs.Lois Boyd Crosley, '48

Don Curnutte, '45

Mrs. Anna Belle Jezl Darnell, '44

Mrs. Isabel Collister Daugherty, fs '35

Mrs. Krause Davies, '15

Mrs. Fr1eda Peterson Davis '13

Mrs: Katherine Hanks Davis: '09

Mur1el Reutter (Mrs.Robert) Davis '41

Mrs. Florence Fuller Day '17 '

Louis L. Decker, '32 '

Mrs. Vera Canon Dobbs, '94

Marvel Lucas (Mrs.G.H.) Dodson, fs ·40

Mrs. Kathryn Lash Donaldson, '33

A. R. fs '41

Mrs. Pauline Tackett Drumm, fs '4?.

Alice Du Bois, '32

Mrs. Mildred Wilson Duckworth, '23

Florence Duvel, '11

Announced for 1957 Summer Session

Six visiting instructors and an assistant librarian have been appointed to the 1957 summer sesjions staff at Peru State Teachers College, according to President Neal S. Gomon. The 1957 summer session will open June 3, 1957.

The visiting instructors include: Dr. Ruby Bliss, Belhaven College, Jackson, Miss., Dr. Ross Nielsen, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls; Dr. Rpbert T. Littrell, University of Nebraska; Dr. Joe Przychodzin, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls; Dr. Earl Hepler, University of Missouri; Dr. Edward L. Ruman, Iowa State Teachers· College. Mrs. Aileen of Fremont will serve as assistant librarian.

Dr. Bliss will teach classes in educational psychology and school-community relations. Classes in techniques of research, educational statistics and history and principles of education will be instructed by Dr.

1867-1957 College Will Observe Ninetieth

Year of Founding on June 20

The 90th anniversary of the founding of Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru will be observed June 20. The Board of Education of State Normal Schools has approved the special observance, according to Dr. Neal S. Gomon, Peru State president.

It was on June 20, 1867, that the first legislature of the State of Nebraska established Peru Normal College, the forerunner of the present institution, thus establishing the first state-supported college and the first institution of higher learning in continuous existence since its founding.

The Charter Day observance will include an all-college convocation, a seminar on higher education and a dinner honoring former students and distinguished guests of the day. As a part of the Charter Day ties, the Board of Education of State Normal Schools will hold its regular June meeting on the Peru State campus.

Degrees, Diplomas to Eight

Eight were graduated from Peru State College in January: Charles LeRoy Berry, Thurman, Iowa; Clifford H. Stokes, Nebraska City; Neil S. Trabert, Lincoln, and Francis J. Mickells, Omaha, Bachelor of Arts in Education; Gerald D. Comstock, Peru; Verlan J. Rumbaugh, Peru; Virgil E. Skipton, Fairbury. and Ronald K. Wenninghoff, Syracuse. Stokes was graduated with honors. Two-year diplomas were awarded to Lillian Kirby Furloag. Falls City; Hazel B. Wagner, Deshler, and Elizabeth Ann Hartman, Falls City.

Nie ls en. Dr. Li ttre 11 will instruct classes in educational and vocational diagnosis, principles and practices of guidance and educational measurements.

Dr. Przychodzin, a member of the 1956 summer sessions faculty, will conduct classes in high school methods, secondary school curriculum and introduction to education. Classes in history and philosophy of l arts education, instructional aids in industrial arts and advanced problems in general metals will be taught by Dr. Hepler. Dr. Ruman will instruct classes in supervision of the elementary school, language arts in the elementary school and elementary school curriculum.

·Mrs. Aileen Graham, who served as an assistant librarian during the 1956 summer session, has been employed as an assistant librarian. She is a graduate of Peru State College and the University of Minnesota.

Peru Musical Groups Tour

Even though spring arrived, adcording to the calendar, the weatherman did not cooperate: One day of the tours planned forthe music department was cancelled and the second day after Nebraska received a late March blizzard. After the storm subsided, the 40-piece college band, under the direction of Robert V. Grindle, appeared before high school in Nebraska City and Auburn. Appearances by the 40-voice College Concert Choir, under the direction of Darryl T. Manring were made before high schools at Tecumseh, Filley and Wymore.

The appearance of the Concert Choir in the 'Holy City' by A. R. Gaul in Shenandoah, Iowa, also was cancelled because of the spring blizzard. The oratorio was presented, however, before audiences in Peru and Nebraska City. A Palm Sunday rendition of '1he Messiah' by Handel was presented by the College Chorus.

·Two faculty Receive National Science Study Grants

John C. Christ, head of the division of science and mathematics, and Frank Masek, '51, supervisor of mathematics and science at the Campus School, been awarded grants for summer study by the National Science Foundation.

Mr. Christ will study at the University of Minnesota L:tke Itasca Forestry and Biological Station in the area of ecology. It will be his third consecutive summer in a study of the invasion of western plants in the mi d we s t

Mathematics and physics will be the area of study in which Mr. Masek will do graduate work at the University of Missouri, Columbia.

f Heading Peru Alumni

Lincoln Area Chapter or 1957-?8 will Dr. Calvin Reed, '37 (second from ri ht) Elected v1ce-pres1dent was Paul .Landolt, '33 (right). of the faculty of the university of Nebraska. Ethel Etmund, 35, an elementary teacher in the Lincoln Public Schools was elected and John D. stahn, •31 reaf estate broker and insurance company official was elected sergeant-at-arms. '

Alumni from Lincoln and surrounding area met April 6 at the Cotner Terrace for second annual dinner meeting. Elected president to succeed Spencer Leger, '14, '24, was Dr. Calvin Reed, '37. Other new officers elected were Carl Landolt, '33, vice-president; Ethel Etmund, '35, and John Stahn, '31, sergeant-at-arms.

Other retiring officers include: Mrs. Dorothea West Stahn, '31, secretary-treas, urer; Don J. Young, '07, vice-president, and Sanford L. Clements, '12.

Highlight of the meeting was a 'State of the College' address by Dr. Neai S. Gomon, Peru State president. In announcing the 90th anniversary observance at Peru State June 20, Dr. Gomon traced the development of the College from its beginning as an academy through its years as a two-year institution to the four-year school and the most recent addition--the graduate program added in the summer of 1956.

The Peru State Prexy expressed regret

over the recent boost in tuition and the possibility of the rising cost excluding worthy students in the future. '

'Peru was founded as a free public ins ti tution--as free as any elementary or high school in the state. I am concerned about the rise in tuition which may exclude many worthy students in the future,' Dr. Gomon said.

Four Peru State students presented a variety program. Mr. and Mrs. Loren (Marilyn Mueller) Dyke, senior and sophomore from Essex, Iowa, presented vocal numbers, accompanied by Marilyn Slagle at the piano. Phil Neuhalfen, junior from Dunbar, presented a comic reading.

In attendance were representatives from every decade from the 1890's through the 1950's. Earliest graduate present was Mrs. Thomas A. Beall, '94. Dr. H. Clyde Filley, '99, was the next-to-earliest graduate. Most recent class represented was 1956, represented by Shirley Stutheit.

Retiring officers of the LincolnAreaAlumni chapter (from left): s. L. Clements, '12, Elmwood, sergeant-at-arms; Dorothea west {Mrs. John) Stahn, •31, secretary-treasurer, and Spencer Leger, '14, · '24, president.

ff<>t 67hJtee 1eai

One of the most--if not the most--colorful events on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks each year is the High School Girls Invitational Volleyball tournament. It combines the excitement of a state basketball tournament with the color and speculation of a political convention. More important, it fosters the qualities of sportsmanship in a three-day event when girls: from Southeast Nebraska higl\t. schools meet new competition in their main sport--Volleyball.

Started in 1946 with 20 teams, the toul'nament has grown until the March, 1957, contest attracted a record 42 teams. One team-Broadwater--was, so determined. to travel the 450 miles to compete that they sponsored a chicken dinner with assistance of their IJl\Others in order to raise the more than $300 i:recessary to make the trip. After all this effort, they were eliminated in the first round. Disappointment was gre:at, but they picked Verdon as. their 'favorit.e' and stayed tt.o cheer them on to the final gaire.

Other teams from outside the immediate Peru State area have entered the tournaments m the past. This year Mascot High of Oxford, Cb.ester and P:r.a;.gue participated. In former years Bruning:,, Snyder and Boone were in attendance.

Guiding th'e: event each year through the 11 tournaments has been Phyllis Davidson of we.men• s physical education. of tiie job can be appreciated when one considers; t.:hat Nebraska's State Basketball Tournament each year involves only 24 teams and there are eight girls on a

Broadwater High Volleyball team members admire the trophies they did not win after traveling ij.50 miles to compete in the eleventh annual event. After losing in the first round, Ellen Sonnenberg, Peggy Euse and their team mates remained to see the tourney through the championship game.

volleyball team, with 12 on each squad. In other words, a total of 504 girls participated in the 1957 tournament.

In order to bring the tournaments to a conclusion in three days with so many teams participating, it is necessary to have two games in progress during the first day or day and one-half. With 1957's 42 teams, it was necessary to keep both courts busy from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. without in order to narrow the field to 16 teams. Thirtytwo was the record number entered Scheduling the courts and dressing rooms is another of Miss Davidson's problems.

One of the toughest tasks in setting up the tournament is planning the brackets and seeding the teams. That job alone is enough to perplex a Philadelphia lawyer. For the past two years the Community Recreation Class, taught by Jerome Stemper, has been seeding the teams.

Single-handedly Miss Davidson, a Peru State staff member since 1929, arranges for both student and faculty helpers to sell tickets, officiate, act as hosts--all on time-table precision. The enthusiasm displayed by the team members and their followers soon spreads throughout the campus and before the event is concluded, the 'Volleyball Bug' has nifped nearly everyone.

Six schoo s--Talmage, Brock, Burr, Sterling, Johnson and Nemaha--have taken part in all of the tournaments. Winner of the first tourney was Steinauer, Shubert, with Verdon awarded the third spot. No tournament was held in 1949 because the gymnasium was being remodeled.

In the first 10 tournaments, 17 teams have won trophies. Most consistent winner has been Burr High School, with seven trophies--four Firsts, two Seconds and one Third. Burr's four-year winning streak from 1952-55, was broken in 1956 by Bruning High School, who captured first place in their second appearance in the event.

School second in line, with six trophies--two Firsts, two Thirds, two Fourths. Brock has won four--two Firsts and two Seconds. Johnson has won four awards--one Second, one Third and two Fourths. No other teams have won first place.

Winner of this year's eleventh annual tournament was Douglas High School. It was their first trophy in the Peru Iuvit.ational. The Douglas girls downed Verdon 18-17 in championship game, while Panama downed Burr 25-13 for third place.

Activity in tile }·eru State College placement bureau indicates that in addition to those accepting positions for the first time many in-service teachers have accepted new positions for next year. A large age of candidates, who are presentlr school and will complete teacher certification in May or August also have accepted positions. . .

Those who have accepted positions, their hometown or present teaching address, and their new position include:

Donald Clark, Auburn, to Filley; Eldon Epley, Elk Creek, to Dunbar; Mar_y Kay Hughes, Beattie, Kans., to Shelby, Iowa; Bob Humphrey, Auburn to Lyons; Eldon and Ruth (Bell) McCall, Pawnee City, to Waterville, Kans.

Ardis McNutt, McCook, to Air Force Elementary, Japan; Jerry Mullins, Salem, to Cook; Darwin Rosenquist, Essex, to Pierce; Dwight Safar, Hubbell, to Cairo; Augusta Schlange, Auburn, to Brock; Leland Sherwood, Chester, to Hiawatha, I<ans.

Audrey Smith, Auburn, to Atchison, Kans.; Gayleen Wilson, Verdon, to Lincoln, Nebr.; Al and Nancy (Taggart) Winseman, Stella, to Dunbar; Gerald Carnes, Auburn, to Byron; Claude Johnson, Louisville, to Nev.; Mary Ann Fuerst, Omaha, to Superior; Albert H. 1hurston, DuBois, to Nehawka.

Jean Birdsley, Tecumseh, to Omaha; Ansel Clayburn, Horton, Kans., to Parsons, Kans.; Lucile Gilliland, Auburn, to Stella; Elizabeth Hartman, Edgar, to Humboldt; Ned Eckman, Pawnee City, to Tecumseh; Mrs. Mearle Kennen, Endicott, to Superior.

Kenneth and Luella Knapp, Friend, to Superior; Raymond Munoz, Reynolds, to Fairbury; Melvin and Frances Nelson, Johnson, to Cook; Ronald Paap, Palmer, to Papillion; Robert C. Perry, Gray, Iowa, to Elk Creek; Evelyn Reiman, Wahoo, to Superior.

Riley Remmers, Auburn, to Johnson; Maurice Richards, Burr, to Dannebrog; Orva 1 Rohrs, Johnson, to Highland Park, Ill.; Darrell Rosenquist, Brock, to Humboldt;

New football plays no doubt were the subject of conversation for this group of former Peruvians at the Schoolmen's Dinner. They are (from left) Bob Perry, '56, Gray, f owa; A1 st i ers, '56, Johnson; Coach Al Wheeler; Bil 1 Allen, '56, Dunbar, and Lee '55, Sabetha, Kans.

Martin Svoboda, Benedict, to Phoenix, Ariz. Ade la 'i'\fi lliams, Brock, to Colorado Springs, Colo.; Mrs. Iris Allen, Auburn, to School for the Blind, Nebraska City; Betty Taenzler, Plattsmouth, to Brock; Clyde Bar-1 rett, Dawson, to Pueblo, Colo.; Lorain Krueger, Elk Creek, to Brock; Marian Parde, Filley, to Firth.

Charlene Glathar, fiumboldt to Table Rock; Neil Trabert, Lincoln, Lincoln· D. Robert Whited and Frances Whited, Tal: mage, to l:Jloomfield; 'Vayne \hnchow Table Rock, to Heserve, Kans.; Elberta Palmyra, to Papillion; ?vlylus and Robison, Dunbar, to North Flatte; Beverlv Gerdes, Auburn, to Westside, Omaha. ' Beverly Hinds, Auburn, to Westside Omaha;_ Leon Joy, Falls City, to Falls City; Lorraine Johnson, Stanton, Iowa, to Greybull, Wyo.

Subject of a pictorial feature story in The South Bend (Ind.) Tribune Magazine of 31 was the teaching of French to the third graders at holy Cross parochial school by Monsieur Charles. Charles E. Parnell

Ph.D., associate professor of modern Lan: guage at the University of Notre Dame and a 1938 graduate of Peru State, is t'heir instructo!· He teaches the group for a halftwice a week. Formal gramrrar is ignored --ins_tead, the youngsters are taught by speech patterns, sounds as contrasts, just as they learned baby English. The teaching of language in grade schools started 30 years ago, the article points out. But up to a few years ago it didn't spread at all. In the last five years it has spread to about 272,000 public school students and 157 parochial school students. Mr. Parnell teaches the free, since it gives him valuable experience and time for research as well.as fun. Since attending Peru, where he German and started French, he earned his degree from the University of Nebraska in 1940, and received his Ph D from Yale in 1948. · ·

Foundation Contributions Continue

Daily contributions ring the bell on the till of the Peru Achievement Foundation. Contributions to date total $4,380.90. The Class of 1906, at their present rate of ·giving, wi 11 s.oon reach a total of $1,, 000 in the Chat les Weigand Mernoria l Fund. Donors to the fund haYe indicated a plan for the Foundation to invest this fund and use the income for a partial scholarship for an in-school student._

Contributions received since the Winter issue:

1 890. s

MRS. GERTRUDE (SEWELL) PATE ABOUT 1898

1900's

NAN 8. (BARTOS) FITZPATRICK, '03

Gus G. GILBERT, '04

EMMA A. EGGENBERGER, '06

VANCHE PLUMB, '06

HENRY J. BRODERSON, '06

MRS. CHARLES (BERNICE MACHERRON) WEIGAND. '06

AGNES ASKAMJT, '07

MRS. C.W. (GLADYS MAJORS) GALE, '07

STELLA M. HARRISS, '08

MR. BERTE. SWENSON, '09

1910's

MRS. G.M. (EULA WESTER) Ross. '10

J.W. WEAR, M.D., '14

MRS. E.E. (MARIE HASTIE) LORENSEN, '16

MRS • L • 8 (RUTH VE RN 0 N ) MA THEWS • ' 1 8

E.P. CONKLE, '19

1920's

MRS. J.F. (MAUD LAWRENCE) HESKETT, '21

MRS •. GERALD M. (MONA KEITH) FRANCIS, '21

MRS. E.F. (MARJORIE WEST) HART, '28

GENEVIEVE NICHOLAS HAYWARD. '29

1930 ·s

MRS. MARY (HERVEY) WOLF. '33

MONAS L. SHUBERT, '34

MRS. LAWRENCE M. (LUCILLE BICKNELL) SMITH, '36

E.G. VICKERS. '36

CATHARINE POTTEIGER. '37

TOM GERHARD GOLDSTEIN, FS '38

ELEANOR HEMPHILL (MRS. JOHN P.) BROOKS, '39

1940's

MRS. 8UELAH (LIVINGSTON) EVANS, '49

MRS. !RENE (WESTERMAN) MILLER, '40

MRS. PATRICIA (CARMINE) RUSSELL, '45

MRS. ALLEN (MARGARET SPELLMAN) HARROLD, '47

tLOON REUTTER, '47 -

t950's

KENNETH WOLFORD, '50

0 EA N TH I ES FE LD , ' 5 2

MRS. GERALDINE (JONES) STRAW, '54

PHYLLIS HEINKE, '54

GERDA 0. FOGED, 2-YR '54

MRS. MARY ANN (SMEJDIR) WEBER, '54

MARY MARGARET LONG. 2-YR • 54

OTHER

MRS. MAY BROWN

W.R. NEAL

DELIA TARTSCH

FACULTY

A.V. LARSON

CLEO B. KELLY

F).H :_LARSON

Eight Scholarships Made Available

For 1957-1958 hy Peru foundation

Eight $120 one-year tuition scholarships to Peru State for the 1957-58- school year, have been announced by the Peru Achieve,.. ment Foundation. Payable in the amount of $60 each semester to 1:e ·applied toward fees, the grants carry no residence

To be eligible for the .scholarships, a student must have a superior high school record, possess qualities of good character, sh ow an interest in a career in some phase :of education and have a need for financial assistance.

The Foundation also is administering five additional scholarships carrying residence requirements--Two $480. four-year tui-: tion scholarships known as Fletcher Scholarships, in the of each semester and open only to Nebraska City High School graduates; One $120 tuition scholarship, known as Nebraska City Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce and open to High School graduates who will major ·in health and physical education; Ckie $120-oneyear tuition scholarship, known as the Bank of Peru Scholarship and ?pen of Peru High School who will major in business· One $60 one-year tuition scholarship, as the Peru Local N.E.A. Scholarship, open only to Nebraska residents.

Ten Accept Honorary Trusteeships With Peru Achievement Foundation

Mrs. Marie 0. Neal, president of the Peru Achievement Foundation, has announced that ten have accepted invitations to become honorary trustees in the Foundation.

They include: Morton Steinhart, Otoe Food Products Co., Nebraska City; Samuel M. Brownell, superintendent of schools, Detroit, Mich.; Dorsey Majors, retired, Omaha; R. H. Knapp, dean of the University South Dakota, Vermillion. -

Bert E. Swenson, retired, .Stockton, Calif.; Wayne 0. Reed, Deputy Commission Educational ·Services, Washington, D. C.; Victor L. Toft, Sidles Co., Omaha; J. Hyde Sweet, Nebraska City; Alexander J. Stoddard, retired, Palos Verde,Calif.; Kenneth M. Heywood, Kansas ·state College, Manhattan.

The. 1900' s

Nan Bartos Fitzpatrick, '03, writes from her home at 4553 York Avenue S., Minnea-polis, Minn.., recalling her visit to ,the Peru campus in 1954. She 1:1'otes she was amazed at the growth and increase in enrollment and the many fine modern buildings. And the large number of boys. What a marvel that it must seem to my classmates.who return now. We had five males in the graduating class, and in one of .the training groups there not a single boy Wewere five girls to one boy and on our visit it seemed ·more like ten boys to one girl. (Ed. note: the ratio is about three to one.) And the smoking on the campus! There no smo1:cing allowed on the campus at any time I lived in the dormitory and one of the girls who lived in the room n.ext door to me and my roommate was expelled from school because she was caught smoking on the campus. One of my teachers warned me against a town boy who' she said SMCl{ES! ! with even more exclamations t·han that. Another gir 1 who was reported smoking was allowed to finish out her year but not permitted to return another year. Honest--! know you will be incredulous, but re a 11 y , h cine s t i n j u n ! '

Golden Years'

Olga Gereke (Mrs. 0. L.) Webb, '09, and Mr. Webb, who recently retired as executive secretary of the Nebraska High School Ac ti vi ties Association, live at 1010 Elm, Lincoln. Their son, Richard, is with the Federal Naturalization and Immigration department in Cleveland, Ohio, while their younger son, Herschel, is completing work toward his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He recently spent two years in Japan on a Ford Foundation grant doing research for his thesis on .the Orient.

In sending her contribution to the Peru Achievement. Stella M. Harriss'., '08, 1440 Laramie-, Manha t:tan; Kan. , noted that her starting salary after completing her work at Peru was $47.50 per month.

Glenn D. Jenkins, '09, banker at Humboldt, is convalescing at his home following prolonged hospitalization following a heart attack in December, 1956.

Thanks to the assistance from many Peruvians from the 1900's, the alutmi association has been able to locate all but 30 members of the 148 members of the class of 1907. At the time of the publication of the Winter, 1957, edition, 35 were still '·lost.' Fifteen members of the class have indicated they will return to the 'Campus of a 1bous-

front 1893-96. • •

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· On Christmas of 1892, my father, A. Norton, and I left Oswego, N. Y. for Peru, Nebraska, where father had been chosen to become President of 'Peru Normal' infrequently called 'Nebraska State Normal.' The rest of the family followed in the summer of 1893. At the Oswego State Normal with Dr. E. A. Sheldon, president, father had served in the Chair of Ethical Culture; as Superintendent of Practice School, and as teacher of the vocal music which he had asked to have required in the teacher's training. He had also introduced other 'fads' into the Training School under terrific protest, such as Manual Training and Domestic Science a pioneer.

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It was not until 1900 he was recalled to his Alma Mater, Rochester University, to receive an LlD along with General Otis, and in 1901 my father was requested to be ordained as a minister so he could administer the Lord's. Supper in. such chur.ches as he had been serving at various times, for many years. .

Father continued the landscaping started by Dr. Farnham, even dig?ing planting personally where he was caught' seeking a conference with the President. He plowed and leveled the grounds in the 'hollow' to start an Athletic Field. There was considerable opposition because of expense but he spent nothing but his own energy. The

Normal had little fire protection and very limited 'inside facilities,' so he proposed drilling wells down town and piping to the Normal. A demonstration from a down town hydrant showed that it was a practical and sufficient power, not only to serve the Norma 1 but the town ·· The State Normal School was so littie known, even in its county, that he devoted much of his private funds traveling about the state advertising the school which was then the only Nebraska State Normal of its kind.

Teachers brought to the Normal included Anna B. Herrig as Superintendent of Training School, with Miss Bennett as Elementary Supervisor, Lillian Kellogg as instructor, Francois Boucher, a great violinist as Head of the Music Department, Mrs. Boucher to teach voice and piano, Mr. a famous landscape painter, as Head of_ the Art. De par tr ment. Herbert Brownell taught Physics and Chemistry, and Mr. and Mrs. Van Middlesworth to take charge of the dormitory meals. Their daughter Edith later taught at the Normal. I can remember Miss Florence Wright as my mathematics teacher, Miss Martha Winnie for grammar, Mr. Brownell for Physics (Herbert, Jr., was a baby) and H.B. Duncanson as my botany and biology teacher. I continued tc collect a large Her ht rium and an enormout. collection of butterflies and moths.

and Oaks' May 19 for their golden anniversary reunion. We hope that other 07ers who have not sent in their reservations will do so very soon.

The 1910' s

Anna Chambers (Mrs. J.D.l Emerick, '16, lives with her husband in A liance. Since her retirement she takes an active part in city affairs and often substitutes in the city schools._

Elsie Wynn·Robertson, '16, lives at Iowa. ·

Minnie Chrestensen, '18, is teaching fourth grade in the Capitol School in Lincoln. Since joining the Lincoln Schools in 1919, she has taught in all grades from second to sixth. She received her bachelors degree from the University of .Nebraska in 1938, at which time she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She .resides at the f.Iotel..

Miss Ottila Brauer, '18, superintendent of schools at Steinauer High School, has been named 'Midwest Good Neighbor of the Year' by radio station KFAB, Omaha. The citation, presented by the board of including representatives of the American Bed Cross, Salvation Army and the radio station, cited Miss Brauer, one of the few women superintendents in Nebraska, 'for friendliness and neighborliness for community service and for all rotind good citizenship. ' _

A reprociuc ti on of the citation, together with an editorial tribute to Mi:ss Bauer, was

carried in the February, 1957, issue of the Hilltop Review, Steinauer High School newspaper. The editorial said, in part, 'We have no trophy to offer except the love we bear for her in our hearts.'

Miss. Brauer has resigned the superintendency of the Steinauer High School effecti ve with the end of the current term. She will continue as a teacher. Josefh Workman '51, a member of the Steinauer aculty fo; the past three years, has been named to succeed Miss Brauer.

_Ear_l Har.low, '18, is iiving at 721 Towson 4, Md., according to information supplied by Mr. and Mrs. (Romona Boyd Schwer) Oakes, '18, who _reside at Salem

The 1920' s

Margaret Beuch, 'fs '29, is a secretarial accountant in Seattle. Her address is 1145 19th Ave. No., Seattle, Wash.

Marie (Lewis) Arnold, '24, resides at 1322 Kapalama Ave, Honolulu, Hawaii. She is head of the Eastern Star organization in the islands.

Mr. and Mrs. H. D. (Thelma Cole) Bugbee, '25, are living in Auburn, where Mr. Bugbee is Nemaha county superintendent. Mrs. Bugbee is librarian and English instructor at Auburn high school.

Ethe·l Harmon (Mrs. Joe N.) McConney, '20, is now residing at 2609 South 97th Avenue, Omaha. -/

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Recalled by President Norton's Son

I was eleven years old still singing boy soprano solos though the voice showed signs of changing. Father and I played violin and frequently appeared in duets before the Philomathean, Everett and Wellingtonian Societies. After I enrolled in the Intermediate Department, I was taken into the Everett Society and made chairman of the Music Committee. We organized a mixed quar_tet with Genevieve Hugg as soprano, Marguerite McCune as al.to, Conklin as tenor. I was bass. I cannot recall the accompanist's name I resumed violin. with Boucher and played in·the Normal Orchestra--along with other members of the family--sister on violin, brother on cello, father on viola. I played in the hand with Ed Uptegrove.

· Down town Vance's store was our rendezvous and social club where we got a Mr. Taylor drunk on pop. David Jack lived upstairs over his store and I frequently visited there to become better acquainted with his daughters. Maurice Good was our banker and lived on the hill opposite the library. Our physicians were Dr. J. F. Neal and his son William. Pete Carey was the real character of the town with his unmatched team on which he jerked the reins and shouted 'Gup, Gup.'

We purchased a fine bay team of _\rom Wils Majors and helped students- -Wh1telead, then Uptegrove and finally Charli.e

Vest"--through school by caring for the team. Vest also was a tenor singer and- led the Methodist Choir. I was baptized by Hev. Bedell at twelve years of age and at thirteen (first long pants) was engaged to conduct the Baptist Choir with \1esa Bedell at t.he organ. Her brother was Station Agent. My choir had twelve singers sometimes. iv1y tenor section was Griffith, and half the bass section was Tucker. However, that fall twenty girls enrolled from Omaha, and many of them sang. I enlisted their interest· in the Baptist Choir. Miss Myers was a lovely soprano soloist and Carrie,fairchild a nice alto soloist This wonderful increase in our choir led Charlie Vest to suggest a combination with the Methodist Choir and other singers for a festival. Since Vest was a much needed tenor he let me conduct my first churchcho1r festival in 1894. That now is my exclusive work in California, with twenty festivals this season.

A few of our friends in the town were Bess and Barbara Majors, 'Lulu' Mears, the three Tynon girls, Nell Cole, the Jack girls, Elliott and Frank Martin, and Will Gaede who later moved to Auburn.

The Delzells and Misses Wort were familiar names. I learned to play tennis with 'Dick' Moritz, later of the University.

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The 1930' s

Arch Martin, '30, has recently accepted a position with the Dept. of Social Welfare of the State of Kansas. His position includes the training and placing of handicapped peo_ple in indus triaL or. home employment. His address is 516. Topeka Blvd 2, Topeka.

Louis Decker, '32, is principal at the Boone School, Pue.blo County, Colo. His address is Box 128, Pueblo.

Lowell Decker, '32, is an industrial engineer in the Post Office Dept. His address is 1212 Harper Road, Silver Springs, Md.

Leona Beachler (Mrs. Ernst) Walczak, '_36, is now living at Long Island, New York. She is the mother of a thirteen-year-old daughter. Her address is Center Moriches, Lon g I s l a n d , N . Y .

Mr. and Mrs. William (Dorothy Cawthorne) Shumard, '35, live at 2864 20th Ave. W., Seattle 99, Wash. Bill is Northwest District Representative of the National Recreation position he has held for 12 years. Dorothy had been his secretary until l.ast year when she resigned to give full time to their two youngsters--Nancy, 2, and Joey, 4.

Dorothy Dearing (Mrs. Jack) Minnick, '30, is living in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband and son, Tim. She is teaching in the city schools.

Chloe Pate (Mrs. George) Lehman, '36, lives with her husband and two daughters at 3961 Whittier Place, Riverside, Calif. She teaches in the Riverside city schools.

Mrs. J. A. Galley, the former Florence Pate, fs '30, is now living at 2270 Roswell, Long. Be a ch , Ca 1 i f .

Gladys V. Anderson, '36, is an elementary supervisor in the Columbus School System. She is doing graduate study at the University of Nebraska in elementary education. Her address is 2910 Fourteenth street.

John Stahn, '31, has been elected vicepresident and a member of the board of directors of the Empire Fire and Marine Insura·nce Company of Omaha. The company is licensed in 14 states. Mr. Stahn is associated with the company's office in Lincoln, where the Stahns reside at 1844 D Mrs. Stahn is the former Dorothea West, fs '31.

Mildred Pate (Mrs. Jerrood) Iverson, '36, lives at 98 East Main St. Freehold, N.J. She is a librarian in the Freehold Public schools.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest (Evelyn Holtz) Rawson, '38, '46, live at 1110 Seventh street in Menomonie, Wis., where they are members of the of the Stout Institute. Mr. Rawson, a member of the Peru faculty from 1941 to 1944, teaches industrial arts while Mrs. Rawson teaches home economics in the laboratory school.

Teaching art in the Home Economics Division.at Pennsylvania State College is

Miriam McGrew, '37, who since her graduation from Peru has earned her M.A. degree from Colorado State College of Education, Teaching art in the elementary grades of the Bluford (Ill.) Consolidated school is Mrs. Inez (Pettinger) Warren, '34. An art instructor in the Oklahoma City

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Dick Neal, a Captain in the Military, also played football and was our catcher on the baseball team. He became a lawyer, married Mamie Holland and moved to Auburn where he went into politics. Nora Cartsens was from Nebraska City where her folks ran a furniture store. She mairied a mail carrier' md settled in Nebraska. City.

I sawed wood by the cord and carried it upstairs to the various rooms that were heated by stoves. I used to be allowed by Miss Morgan to watch the girls dance on the se c o n d f 1 o or

One year we took the football team to Nebraska City to play an Omaha High School team. Our boys were self coached the O!naha team had a regular coach. They crippled our boys with broken ribs, etc., until we were using every substitute. Father the unnecessary roughness, but to no avail.

My brother, Clinton, graduated and completed his work_ at the in three years with a Phi Beta Kappa in He taught in Ashland as High School Principal where he died in 1919. My sister, Susan, also was graduated from Peru and went on to Vassar where she was graduated in 1898 was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. She taught in Warrensburg, Mo., Madison, S. D., (with Miss Herrig); later in Superior (Wis.) Teachers College, and finally in Valley N. D., with Edith Van Middlesworth. Since her retirement, she has been living with me.

Father went from Peru to the Chair of Pedagogy in the Warrensburg (Mo.) State Normal. We later returned to the University of Nebraska where I took my freshman year. rle was elected President of Sioux Falls College (Baptist) where I taught with him four years in Music, Latin and Greek, but the last year all music and a trigonometry class. He developed the school into a full four year college. With the Baptist C?llege in Island and the one in Des Moines, all Joined hands in Sioux Falls. I had established their first School of Music and Drama with eight and many years later the College gave me the honorary degree of Doctor o f Mu s i c . (La.st fall the Peru Stater learned through Pert Swenson, '09, Stock ton, Ca Zif., of William Wellingtori Norton, College of the Pacific. He is the son of the late A. W. Norton, president of Peiu College from 1893 until 1896. He sent us"the above reminisof his father's administration. Mr. Yorton, a member of the College of Pacifir music conservatory faculty, was 15-yearsold when he left Peru. His Stockton address is :%9 West Euclid Avenue.)

Public Schools is Mrs. Marjorie Mendenhall Humphrey, '34. She lives at 1 Northwest Ninth street.

The 1940' s

1 rene Bentzinger (Mrs. Ray) Flohr! 2-yr. '41 resides cit Storm Lake, Ia. She is the mother of two sons, Ray, 3X, and Bobby, 2X. Redenbaugh, '40, is associated with}

Two Of 'Post '06ers Reunion' Held in Meetings California

Without a doubt, the title of 'reunionist' class of Peru State should go to the class of 1906. After breaking previous attendance records at their 50-year reunion last May, the 'Naughty S{xes' have met twice in California since that time.

Prompted by the presence of Mr. and Mrs Bob (Phebe Sheppard) Ray of Lincoln in the area, the group held reunions in two California cities. Mr. and Mrs. Ray were enroute back from a trip to the Hawaiian Islands where on January 2 they observed their SOth wedding anniversary with four of their five children.

The Rays first get-to-gether was at the home of Maude Boyd Oglesby in Porterville, where other guests included Dr. Henry Broderson and wife of Menlo Park, and Harry Beck and wife of Tipton, Calif. Of the hostess, Mrs. Mr. Ray had this comment 'that peppy '06er had prepared a sumptuous dinner for us we stayed at Maude's insistence until Monday morning when she had a date with the Porterville school children. You'd never think her enthusiasm for teaching is on the second 50 years.'

A dinner given by the Brodersons at the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley was attended by eight '06ers and two wives.

Hawaiian orchid leis were presented as favors by the Rays. Present were Martin Jussel and wife, Oakland, Berenice MacHirron Weigand, Berkeley; Bessie Manuel, Palo Alto; Gail Cochran Gibbs, San Francisco; May L. Lathan Brown, Earlimart, Mr. and Mrs. Ray, and the hosts, Dr. and Mrs. Broderson.

the YWCA at the University of Illinois. Her address is 801 So. Wright St., Champaign, Ill

Mrs. Norma (Shubert) Taylor, fs '49, is the mother of two daughters, Audrey, 4, and Wanda, 2. The Taylors live at 708 E. 9th St., fa 11 s City.

Baker, fs '49, is employed at Mutual Distributing Co. in Omaha. He and his wife have recently moved into a new home at Summit Park, Omaha.

In order not to miss a copy of the Peru Stater, Marjorie Remmenga (Mrs. KennetN Graham, fs '48, writes that her family moved March l, from Laurel to Hooper. She is the mother of six future Peruvians.

Mr. and Mrs. Dean (Donna Steffan). Roper, '46, '45, are living at 3100 N. 60, Lincoln. Dean is an engineer at Gordon and Morgan, manufacturers of custom-built industrial machinery. They have one son, Dana, 9.

Dr. Murvel E. Annan, '48, a member of the faculty of Wagner College, Staten N.Y. since 1954, has promoted to associate professor. In June 1956, he was awarded a two year United States Public Health Service grant for research at Brown Univsity, Providence, R.I. He will continue his research this summer at Wagner.

Lauretta Toft (Mrs. Ralph) Mountford, '42, is a teacher in the State school at Nampa, Idaho.

Ruth McDonald (Mrs. Wayne R.) Swapson, '41, informs the Peru Stater that her husband has been elected to the office of the State Railway Commissioner of Nebraska. Their family includes tw9 daughters, Jolene, 9, and Carolee, 3. The Swansons have moved to 1725 S. 53rd St., Lincoln, from Omaha.

Wilma Parnell (Mrs. H. E.) Stevens, '41, plans to return to summer school at Peru State preparatory to returning to teaching this fall, after an eight year recess. She wi 11 be in charge of the library and instruct Latin in Pawnee City High School. The Stevens are the parents of one daughter, Ruth, 7. Mr. Stevens is a member of the staff of the Pawnee City Repbulican.

Clara Fletcher, '45, teaches kinderand handles all elementary art classes in the Hamburg (Iowa) Public Schools. Her (continued on next page)

Peruvians register at the January Schoolmen's dinner which attracted nearly 200 school officials from Nebraska, Iowa, and Kansas. They are (from left) Clyde Barrett, '5 6, Dawson; Lee Norris, '55, Sabetha, Kans. ; Bob Perry, '56, Gray, Iowa; Clyde Howell, '55, Humboldt, and Ansel Clayburn, '52, Horton, Kans. Sharon Grieninger, a freshman from Ashland, is registering the visit ors.

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Frances Knight, '43, teaches home economics and art in the Kansas City, Mo., public schools. Her address is 5625 Tracy.

Gail Miller, '48, recently was cited in a Palm Beach, Fla. newspaper as an outstanding civil service employee at the Palm Beach air force :00.se. Mr. Miller is acting director of the training analysis and development section and instructs pilot courses at tha base. An air force reserve lieutenant, Gail is currently working on his Doctorate degree at Vanderbilt University, Nashville.

Darlene Brown (Mrs. Ivan) Auer, '49, is second grade in the Lincoln School& Mr. Auer is a graduate s4udent in the College of Agriculture at the University of Nebraska.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter (Maxine Pershing) Johnson, both '40, are living at 807 C. Ave East, Oskaloosa, Iowa, where he is doing Christian education work in the Methodist church.

Marvel Lucus (Mrs. G.H.) Dodson fs •40 resides at 15 Mather Street, Waco, Texas. Her husband is a colqnel in the air force.

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How long has it .been s:inc:e we heard from you? The Alunmi office likes to receive iet ter s from alumui and former stud.e::nts telling of promotions, trips,, family,, or alums. We would like to have you clip tfu:is blank; fill it in and mail it to the Pera Stater.

Name,

(Married women should give maiden also)

Diploma or degree ...............•......................................

Last year at Peru.

Present position or occupation.

The 1950' s

Mr. and Mrs. (Flora Leonard) James R. Stoltz, '53, faculty '50-'53, and children, Ruth and Robert, live at Canby, Oregon, Rt. 1, Box 518. James, who received an M.A. in Library Science at the University of Michigan in 1956, is elementary school librarian at Can by.

Mr. and Mrs. Gene (Mary Sherrod) Leber, both '56, are living at 932 North 12th, Fort Smith, Ark. Gene is serving in the army as a clerk-typist.

Curt Sederburg, '54, is stationed at Fort Chaffee, Ark. Mrs. Sederburg, the former Mary Lee Campbell, fs '54, is living at 819 S. 19th St. Fort Smith, Ark.

Sidney Applegate, fs ' 51, has returned to the Peru State campus. After his discharge from service, the Applegate family which includes a 14-month-old son, Dean, lived in Jacksonville, Fla., before returning to Peru Berdon 'Buzz' Eddy,. fs '53, returned to the Peru campus at the beginning of second semester. After his. stint in the Buzz: was employed on the west coast in ttlive circulation department @f a Seattle newapaper. He and his wife aure the parents o·f two children, Donald StanJJey aFl'd Debbie.

Buth Hunzeker (Mrs. Wfu"Ute:rr) Elwell, '50, Lincoln, received the M. A;.. degr-ee in eduction from the Uni ve rsi ty· (!)lf l'Slehra&tka, :iin;;. February, 1957. She teaches. t:l:ne first grade at Bai::t.croft School, Lincoln ..

Put. John R. Garrison:,, "56, has beeru assigned to the Third infantry Regiment, the army's top ceremonial unit,, atr Fort Va. Garrison, formerly of C<;i:rt:Jiand, was in.ducted in October, 1956.

J 1 illiam Alexander, 'SO:,, is claims representative _in the Sec"tlri ty office at Norfolk. H1s address is 336, Norfolk. - Lt.- (j.gj ·a,nd Mrs. (Le;f!1: B:.ae

T. C. Bosworth, 54, 2-yr., · are 11 vinig at Port Layuty, French Moraeeo, where Liewtenant Bosworth is attach<ed. to the naval communication facility. lfhe Bosworths are the parents of one son, Timothy Lee, !8 months.

Patricia Williams, ls '52, is in her fourth year in the employ of ,the Guarantee Mutual Life Insurance Company of Omaha. Ber address is 2115 Howard Street, Apt. 33.

Mr. and Mrs. Fred A (Rozellen Ballard) Norstadt, 'SO, '49, live at 5115 Walker

1908 and 1910 Peruvians

Position of husband or wife

Additional study since graduation Children

of you or other grads

To our knowledge, the only 'complete' file of the Peru State yearbook, The Peruvian is in the College Library. It has been to our attention, that there is no copy of the 1910 edition. The copy of the 1908 Peruvian is in poor cond1ti on. . ld Miss Carey, head librarian, wou appreciate hearing from anyone who her to locate these copies. The is a valuable source of histori?al Many times each year the Library_ recei !es requests for information that is easily accessable in the yearbook

Tell Us About Prospective Peruvians

High school seniors choose their college for any one of a number of reasons ... it's not too far from home--it's a friendly school--my parents went there--it doesn't cost too much. A reason given more often than not in the case of new enrollees at Peru State is: "Friends and relatives who went to Peru recommended it."

It seems that the best salesmen for Peru State are its products.· These "best salesmen" for Peru are lamiliar with the ex-

cellent facilities. Students who come to Peru are not swallowed up in the bigness of a large school, but have the opportunity to express their individual personalities in participating in the many activities that are a part of the learning process.

"B t S l " ' · es a es men - -won t you give us the names of the high school seniors with whom you have talked in order that we can send them additional information about the Campus of a Thousand Oaks.

Avenue, Lincoln. Fred is doing graduate work at the University of Nebraska, while Rozellen is P.H.T.S. {putting hubby through school) working in the Extension Division at the University. They are the parents of Bethan, 4 %, and Lynn J., l %.

Students of Mrs. Neil Cowell Pattison,

Married

. Shirley Buchholz, fs ;55, to Byron Meinzer, November 3, St. Paul Evangelical Church, Falls City. At home: Falls City.

Ann Wederquist, fs '56, to Dan Leahy 'Su, November 21, St. Mary's Cathedral: Lincoln. At home: 4539 Prescott, Lincoln.

Audrey Bauer to Richard Wickiser '55 December 25, Christ Lutheran Church City. At home: Falls City. '

Kathleen Schul t e, f s ' 5 6, to Don Landwehr, December 14, Hope Lutheran Church Burr. At home: Talmage. '

Joan fs '54, to Milton Lorenz, December 30, Zion Lutheran Church, Johnson. At home: Omaha.

Ba r b a r a Ma s u r , f s ' 5 5 , t o Be r n a r d Lempka, December 27, St. Mary's Church, Sterling. At home: Tecumseh.

Tucker, 2-yr. '55, to Merlyn Doehring, December 27, St. Andrews Catholic Church, Tecumseh. At home: 423 South 29 St., Linc o 1 n.

Roberta Colson, fs '53, to E. Leo February 6, St. Peter's Church, Omaha. At home: 506 South 24th Avenue, Omaha.

Ardis Klaasmeyer, fs '56, to Daniel Gauchat, December 22, Methodist· Church, Brock. At home: Brock.

Helen Kean, fs '55, to Lowell Wells, February 23, St. Mary's Church, Dawson. At home: Honey Creek.

Cara Lee Morse, 2-yr. '55, to Charles Braun, February 14, Methodist Church, Douglas. At home: Hebron.

Yvonne fs '56, to Albert Fairfield, December 29, First Presbyterian Church, Plattsmouth. At home: Plattsmouth.

'53, recently won state recognition in the Scholastic Art Competition in Omaha. Mrs. Pattison teaches high school art in the Gering Public Schools.

Art teacher in the Hastings Public Schools is Mrs. Nell M. Humberger, '53, who lives at 1200 West Third.

REMEMBER

HOMECOM I NGJ 12, 1957

Peruvians Cited hy Pointer As 'Man, Woman of the Year'

Two Peruvians have been named the 1956 'Man of the Year' and 'Woman of the Year' by the Peru Pointer. Each year the city's newspaper, edited by Donald and Florence selects the citizens whom they feel have made outstanding contributions.

Mrs. C. W. (Helen Cole) Pollard, '01, was cited 'not by some fortunate act or sudden exploit,' but because of her continuous contributions for the betterment of the city. A member of a pioneer Peru family, Mrs. Pollard returned to Peru in 1939 when her husband, an obstetrician, retired. Since time she has given untiringly of her time and means to the organization of the Peru Young Citizens League. The group has worked to bring improvements to the city. As a member of the board of trustees of the Peru Achievement Foundation, Mrs. Pollard also has made definite contributions.

Named 1956 'Man of the Year' was Dee V. Jarvis, '48, a member of the industrial arts faculty and until last fall mayor of the City of Peru. Mr. Jarvis was serving in his second term of office when he resigned because of the press of his duties at the College. During .his. administration, the city's municipal li$ht and power plant was improved, a street improvement program was carried out, financed by private funds, and taxes were reduced. He is serving as a member of the board of education of the Peru school district.

Lost Alumni

Response to the 'Lost Alumni' column the winter issue of the Peru Stater was so great that it was decided to inclu_de more names of Peruvians for whom the Alumn1 Association has no address.

Ruby Maude Bundy (Mrs. Arthur) Duckworth, '41

Wilber Edward Ege, '48

Mr. & Mrs. Arthur B. Evans (Jean Armstrong), both '39

Herbert L. Evans, fs '3S

Mrs. Mary Eversole, fs 'S3

Dorothy Ewin, '40

Herbert R. Fairchild, '08

Maryanne Wa lke r (Mrs. Kenne th) Ferguson, fs '41

Jack Floyd, '40

Margaret May Cawley (Mrs. John A.) Flynn, '24

Eunice Bergman (Mrs. Paul W.) Forbes, fs '37

William D. Ford, fs '47

Minnie May Foster, '12

Corliss A. Fowler,·fs '40

Millard Fowler, fs '30

Lawrence W. Freude, fs '39

Nella A. Fry, '29

Bernice Lovitt (Mrs. Howard) Furlong, '32

Ethel Glosser (Mrs. Gerald J.) Gay, '36

Mrs. Norma Jean (Hays) Genereux, fs '41

Major Norris H. Gerber, fs '41

Albert Gilbert, '12

Marietta A. Goding, fs '34

Mr. & Mrs. Delton C. Goerke (Marcelle Redding), '40, '41

Mr. & Mrs. Neil Good (Margaret Goodridge), '41, fs '42

Helen Claire (Mullen) Gore, '38

Loren N. Gore, Jr. fs '49

Irene Klauschie Graybill, fs 'SS

Mr. & Mrs. John Greene (Lucille Hazelton), '41, fs '40

Catherine Greenlee, '12

Robert E. Grefe, fs '42

Leadonna Greger, fs 'SO

Alice Griess, '16

Rev. George D. Griffin, '47

Vivian Fogle (Mrs. Raymond) Hacker, fs '43

Belva Jean Hahn, 2 yr. 'Sl

Ruth Schwartz (Mrs. Max C.) Hain, fs '40

Ruth C. Hall. '36

Lucy H. Hammond, fs 'OS

Mrs. Lola (Woehrle) funenkamp, fs '43

Nettie Hanlon, fs '40

Verda (Beach) Hansen, fs '16

Eleanor R. Harajian, '28

George Wayne Harnett, fs '49

Doris L. Stookey (Mrs. Dean) Harney, fs '46

Lawrence· Francis Harpenau, fs 'S3

Richard Vincent Harpenau, fs 'S2

Earl Hatcher, fs Sl

W. J. Hauser, '34

Amy (Snowden) Hedlund, '28

Harland Heilig, '30

Elizabeth Falther (Mrs. C. D.) He1ne, '11

Carrie E. Hesseltine, '04

Hazel (Nieveen) Hesterman, fs '40

Catherine Kissack (Mrs. William C.) Highbarger, fs '27

Mrs. Connie (Todd) Hill, fs '41

Mrs. Edith (Crapenhoft) Hofman, '11

Marvin L. Holscher, '48

Frank Hosie, 'lS

Philip Hoyt, '27

Mrs. Cora Howarth Huey, fs '12

Mrs. Virginia D. (McLain) Hughes, fs '41

Dr. Hubert L. Hunzeker, '48

Marian Hunzeker, fs '46

Dorothy A. Hurd, fs '3S

Wilhelmina C. Ihrig, fs '26

Mr. & Mrs. Max E. Jackson (Wilma Miller), '42

Dr. Lynn A. James, fs '38-41

Mable Hancock (Mrs. F. C.) Jean, '14

Richard Jenkins, '49

Avis (Harms) Jennings, fs '36

Anselm Johnson, '46

Joan Lee Johnson, '49

Lloyd K. Johnson, '40

Marie Johnson, '03

Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Johnson (Patricia A.), ''46, fs 'S3

Marshall C. Jones, '14

Mrs. Ruth Agnes (Barnes) Jones, 'lS

Mary Jane Davis (Mrs. Ray) Jorgenson, 'lS

Mr. & Mrs. M. L. Keedy (Alice Trayer), 'Sl '41

Mrs. Janet (Banks) Keen, fs 'S4

Kathryn E. Kelch, '14

Bobbe De Jarnette (Mrs. W. C.) Kenner, '47 Boyd (Mrs. Doane) Kiechel, fs '17

Mrs. Francis (Handley) Killeen, '40

Mrs. Marguerite (O'Mara) Kimmel, '10

Eva Kimsey, 33

Mrs. Rae (Griffing) King, fs '52

Virginia King, '42

Mrs. Winnie (Bell) Klahm, '02

Mrs. Helen (Brich) Klaus, '17

Benj. Keith Klein, fs '35

Ethel Corrine Koser, '33

Mrs. Mary {Meisinger) Kroese, fs '50

Alice Peterson, (Mrs. Lambert) Kubert, fs '35

Mr. & Mrs F. W. (Bertha Poteet) Kuhlmann, '17

Ruby Koontz, '22

Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Lafferty (Marilyn Grancer), '51, fs '51

Billy Latimer, fs '48

Velma T. Lauber, '20

Elbert Laughl1n, fs '25

Mrs. W. J. Laverenz (Marie Osborn), fs '17

Mrs. Mary (Shea) Lawson, fs '53

Lucille Harpster (Mrs. C. J.) Layton, '33

Katherine Jean Leigh, '45

Jessie Hining (Mrs. William) Leaming, '00

Vera Cook (Mrs Frele) Lent, '26

Ruth Ganz (Mrs, Dave) Leonhardt, '25

John S. Lester, fs '48

Fawn Lowrey (Mrs. Corbett) Lewis, '39

Ralph Locke, '43

Mrs. Helen Lovell fs '41

Mrs. Katherine Lyon, '24

Eva Maye McBride (Christensen), '30

Charlotte Martin (Mrs. E. C.) Mc.Caffree, '37

A. L. McDannel, '00

Mrs. Clare (Nichols) McDermet, '03

Ben McDowell, '49

Mrs. Mattie (Miles) McPherson, '20

Charles E. McVay, '02

Margaret Mansfield, fs '42

Evelyn Dell (Mrs. L. Frank) Maranville, '42

Mrs. Betty (Flack) Marquez, fs 'Sl

Charles Mattill, '14

Beryl Whitmore (Mrs. M;;trtin) Maurer, '16

Mrs. Nancy (Chase) Mead, fs '53

Mrs. Oleta (French) Medlar, '43

Second Semester Enrollment Shows Increase Over 1956

Full-time on-campus for second semester at Peru State is 454, up six percent over a year ago, but 11 percent less than the first semester, according to Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president. The fall semester enrollment was 519, which was a 16 percent increase over the first semester of 1955.

.Seventy-two students, mostly freshmen and dropped at the end of the first semester. Tenwere graduated from fouryear or two-year programs, three were suspended for scholastic deficiency while eight transferred to other colleges. The remainder failed to return for a variety of reasons, but mostly because of lack of ability to meet the costs of tuition, books, room and board.

Forty-nine full-time students were added to the rolls at· the semester's start. transferred from other schools, 15 are former students and the remainder entered college for the first time.

Mother and Educational Son Reach Goals in May

At the May, 1957, Commencement a mother and son will reach educational goals. The mother, Mrs. Pearl Fankhauser of Humboldt, is a candidate for the two-year diploma, and the son, Richard Lee, is a candidate for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education degree

Mrs. Fankhauser's eldest son, William, Jr., received his degree from Peru State in 1942, and is now teaching music in the Sidney (Nebr.) city schools. In 1954 he received his masters degree from the University of Nebraska. While daughter Joan, who is Mrs Tony Clementi of Pueblo, did not receive a diploma or degree from Peru State, she did study music under Victor H. Jindra and Robert T. Benford of the music department.

At the conclusion of the 1956-57 school year, Mrs. Fankhauser will have completed her twenty-third year of teaching in rural schools of Richardson county. All of her college work has been in summer sessions and nigh t c l a s s e s

Dr. Wayne O. Reed Named Deputy Education Commissioner

Dr. Wayne O. Reed, '35, has been advanced from Assistant Commissioner of Education to Deputy Commissioner of Education, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, according to an announcement by Lawrence G. Derthick, Commissioner of Education.

Dr • Reed served as president of Peru State from 1950 to 1951 when he resigned to join the Washington agency. A native of Douglas, Dr. Reed started his professional career as a rural school teacher, later serving as high school instructor, principal and From 1943-49 he served as Supe'rintendent of Public Instruction of Nebraska.

I.Died

Mrs. Nettie McMichael Chamberlin, '16, formerly of Riverton, Iowa, died in October, 1956, at her home in Anaheim, Calif.

William Wallace Ray, '02, died December 20, 1956, in Grand Isl and after being hospitalized six months with a broken hip. Mr. Ray, 80, was active in promoting the first 50-year class reunion in 1952. Mr. Ray was prominent in the wholesale lumber business in Nebraska and for many years served as a member of the Grand Island Board of Education.

State Policeman Charles C. Sanders, fs '39, was killed in a gun battle February 22, in the River Road district of Eugene, Ore. The killer was apprehended. Sanders is survived by his wife and two daughters, Sharon, 14, and Vickie, 9.

Alan Hauck, fs '29, died January 20 after a heart attack. He operated a general insurance agency in Falls City.

George Cole, '98, a resident of the Camp Creek Community north of Peru, died March 1 7.

Vina Gilbert (Mrs. Frank) Chard, fs ' 19, of Lincoln died March 9. For a number of years she was a member of the Nebraska City Public School faculty.

John F. Johnson, '03, died at his farm home near Shickley December 22. After leaving Peru he taught briefly in the Shickley schools, served one term as Fillmore county clerk, and for a time was employed by a Lincoln insurance company. He took up farming in 1909.

Bess Mahan (Mrs. A.M. Selk), '28, died February 1 at her home at 26028 Crest road, Torrance, Calif. She is survived by her husband, Andrew M., '28, and one son.

Anna Mathilda Snyder, '12, died February 13 in Omaha where she was hospitalized for burns following an accident. Two years ago she retired from teaching in the Omaha School System.

Quinby, 'P3, died February 6 in an Omaha rest home. Prior to her retirement in 1937, she had taught 22 years in the Park School in Omaha.

Xenia- In-eda -Giad:,;,ell (Mrs. C. D.) Grush, '16, a member of the Stella faculty for the past 13 years, died March 4 in a Falls City hospital_. .

Frankl. Doran, '15, died April 2 in an Auburn hospital. He had lived iri Peru for the past eight years after having taught in Nebraska for a number of years and then moving to Des Moines, where he was in business.

Stella Leech (Mrs. E. L.) Gilliland, '00, died March 14 after a long illness. She had lived in the Humboldt area all of her life except for five years as a rural teacher in Nemaha county.

Grace Colson, '09, of Humboldt, died April 8 in a Sabetha (Kans.) hospital after a three week illness. After completing her work at Peru State she attended the University of Nebraska and taught in a number of Richardson county schools. She served as principal of the Merna (Nebr.) Public Schools and was superintendent at Sidney, Nebr.

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To Jesse Nemechek Jr. and Donna (Karas) Nemechek, fs '48, Humboldt, a daughter, Jackie Jean, February 8.

To Gayle Eckman, '55 and Pauline (Boman) Eckman, Falls City, a son, February 10.

To Darrell Rosenquist, 'SS, and Phyllis (Davenport) Rosenquist, '55, Peru, a son, Eric William, January 11.

To Joseph Seiger, and Margaret (Larson) Seiger, '39, New York, N.Y., a son, January 11.

To Ralf Graham, '48, and Aileen (Wheeldon) Graham, '48, Fremont, a daughter, Gay Ellen, January 23.

To Eldon Epley and Rlossom (Duncan) Epley, fs '54, Peru, a son, David Alan, January 18.

To Gene Kosa and Patty (Hill) Kosa, '46, St. Louis, Mo., a daughter, Juli Jean, February 7.

To Richard Mougey and Elinor (Fahrlander) Mougey, fs 'SO Nehawka, a daughter, December 29.

To Norman Doran 'S4 and Marion (Blake) Doran, faculty 'S2-'S4, Franklin Park, Chicago, Ill., a daughter, Dani, March 11.

To Dr. Ben L. Collins, faculty' 53-'S6, and Barbara (Boraas) Collins, 'S6, Omaha, a son, Christopher, February 28.

To Donald Becker, fs '46, and Mrs. Becker, Phoenix, Ariz., a daughter, March 9.

To Ralph Chatelain, '29 and Maxine (Norvell) Chatelain, Peru, a son, Steven, March 11.

To Dale Moore, 'S4, and Anne (Fellows) Moore, '56, Glenwood, Ia., a daughter, Mar i on Lyn n , Ma r c h 4

Eckley, fs 'S2, Lincoln, a daughter, Sherry Kay , Ma r c h 3

To Robert Riches and Virginia (Reagan) Riches, fs '48, Anburn, a son, February 16.

To Bernard Johnson, and Marlene (Boodman) Johnson, fs 'S2, Sioux City, Ia,, a son, Alan Eugene, February 24.

To Wayne Schneider and Edna (Wetenkamp) Schneider, fs 'S4, Plattsmouth, a son, Anthony Wayne, February 22.

To James Rhodes and Anna Mae (Friedly) Rhodes, fs 'SO, Humboldt, a son Jeffery James, December 31.

To Darrel Koso and JoAnn (Scheitel) Koso, fs 'S6, Reserve, Kans., a son, December 22.

To Fred Applegate 'SS, and Marianne (Shuey) Applegate, fs 'S5, a son, Stacy Earl , January 4 ·.

To Donald Budlong and Trudy (Toggweiler) Budlong, '50, Titonka, Ia., a son, Roy John, Febr'uary 4.

To Harold Niedfeldt and Joann (Krueger) Niedfe_ldt, fs '55, a son, Ronald Eugene, March 19.

To Charles Pickering, '56, and Victoria (LeCure) Pickering, fs '56, Friend, Nebr., a daughter, March 29.

To Delbert Drewel and Bonnie (Rider) Drewel, fs 'S5, Brock, Nebr., a son, March 29.

To Bernard Bliefernick, '46, and Elaine (Juilfs) Bliefernick, '43, Deshler, Nebr., a daughter, March 19

To Fred Lound and Luetta (Georges) Lound, fs '42, Route l, West ThirtySecond street, Holland, Mich., a daughter, Diane Opal, November 29.

To Marvin Gerdes, 'S3, and Ruth (Johnson) Gerdes, fs 'S3, Auburn, a daughter, Kimberly Ann, March 12.

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To Paul Benson and Lorriane (RohseJ Benson, fs '5S, Cook, a son, Howard Alan, Mar ch 3.

To Robert'. Eckley and Lav i.na (Thomas)

To Fredrick Wellsandt and Gladys sick) Wellsandt, fs '49, Talmage, a son, April 10.

To Ernest Bond and Joy (Hild) Bond, fs '53, Plattsmouth. a daughter, Aoril 4.

To Daryl Lamb and Phyllis (Gess) Lamb, '5S, Palmyra, a March 22.

President's Page Homecomi·ng Welcome - Practical Building90th Par.ty ;,. Graduate Booming

October 12 will be a red-letter day on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks! Hundreds of graduates, former students and friends of the College will return for a day of visiting with classmates reminiscing about the ,•·good· old days'. The day will be fu11 of activities in which you will want to parti£ipa.t:e beginning with the morning coffee hour and tour of homecoming displays, the luncheon for P Club members, the Wayne-Peru football game in the afternoon, the homecoming play and dance in the evening. We have ordered better weather than we had last year! You football fans will find no -conflict of schedule inasmuch as Nebraska U is at Pittsburg U that day. We hope you will make a special effort to return to your. alma mater in '57. We' 11 be expecting you!

The new practical arts building is on the drawing board. Under the provisions of new legislation pertaining to the construction of new buildings at state institutions, Governor Anderson must approve all requests. The Board of Education of State Normal Schools is now preparing information to substantiate the need for the practical arts building at Peru. which will lead to a favorable decision by the governor. The Board and the administration of the College believe that approval will be granted and that bids - earl b.e .called fo·r sometime in the ec;1.rly winter.

One 'of the outstanding events on the campus during the last year was the 90th convocation June 20, 1957. It was on J.une 20, 1867, that the Legis la tu re enacted providing for the first college in the state at Peru. In cornmemora-

Cover Story College Reaches Two During 1957 Summer Milestones Session

The College's first summer commencement, complete with academic procession, and the observance of the 90th anniversary of the est ahlishment of the college as the first state supported institution of higher education in Ne.braska were important summer events.

· First master's degree recipient, Vera Brandorff, Talmage, is pictured on the .with (from left} Dr. Nea} S. Gamon, president; F. H. Larson, registrar; Dr. Gord.on Kenyon, graduate council member and head of ·the diviiion of history and social sciences; and Dr. Keith L. Melvin, dean of the college. Details may be found on page six.

The earliest attendants of Peru State present for the 90th anniversary convocation are shown in the lower cover photo. They are Martha Campbe 11 Aldrich, '78, Brock; and William L. Gove, '87, 3419 South 46th street, Lincoln. The 90th anniversary st6ry appears on the facing page.

YOUR Homecoming Invitation

tion of this event' a spe.c_i,,al coiciyocation was held, by :an. by- President -J ol;uc Fisher· g£ Buen-a Yi.s ta Coll,ege, Storm Lake, Iowa. Dr" Fisher received his A.B. degree from Peru in 1932. Among the more than a thousand persons in attendance at the convocation were a dozen of President Fisher'_s clci.Ssrna·tes;; It was a great day for all of us! ·

1he new graduate program of the college is booming. Nearly a hundred students were enrolled in graduate courses during the 1957 summer session. Mrs. Vera Brandorff of Talmage was granted the first Master of Science in Education degree at the Summer Session Commencement. Probably a dozen graduate degrees will granted at the end of the 1958 summer session.

The faculty and staff are hard at work on an institutional self-study which will be the basis for·a request by the College for approval of the graduate program by the North Central Association and the National Commission on Accrediting. One of the criteria of approval is the completion of the self-survey and another is completion of the program by a substantial number of students.

Much of the continuing gro.wth of the College, both in quantity and quality, is due to the interest and effort of the alumni and friends of Peru State. The faculty and staff pledge themselves to an all-out effort to maintain a sound edticational program in harmony with the needs of our students and the area we serve.

Sincerely yours,

Neal S. Gomon Pres id en t'

Volume 6 Number 3 Fall, 1957

Official publication of the Alumni association of Nebraska State Teachers College Peru, Nebraska. Published and distributed three times yearly to alumni and former students of Peru State College. Extra copies of the Peru Stater, when available, may be secured for cents each. Please notify the Alumni Association of changes of address.

Assoc iat_icm Officers: Oliver Mayfield, '50, .Ralston, President: Lee Norris, '55, Sabetha, Kans., Hunzeker, '46, Dayk:ln, Seco.nd Vice-President; Phyllis Davenport (Mrs. Darrell) Ros.enquis t, '55, Peru, Sec re..: tary; Frank Masek,' 51, Peru, Treasurer· Donald Execu.t ive Secretary:

·Local Chapter Presidents: Richard H. Good '48, Omaha; Dr. Calvin Reed, Lincoln. ,

Convocation Marks 90th Year

On Thursday, June 20, Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru celebrated its 90th anniversary. High point of the celebration was an convocation in the college auditorium at 10 a.m. Main speaker for the event was Dr. John A. Fisher, president of Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa. Dr. Fisher was graduated from Peru State in 1932.

Special invitations to attend the celebration were sent to members of the Nebraska State Legislature, Peru State alumni, mayors of towns and cities, presidents of chambers of commerce, presidents of boards of education and superintendents of schools in southeast Nebraska, southwest Iowa, northwest Missouri and northern Kansas. As a part of the activities the Board of Education of State Normal Schools held its regular June meeting on the Peru State campus. Among the guests attending the celebration were the presidents of all of .Nebraska's state teachers colleges and several state senators. The earliest graduate attending was Mrs. Martha Campbell Aldrich of Brock.

The anniversary marked the establishment of Peru State by the first legislature on June 20, 1867, as the first state-suppor6ed institution of higher learning and the oldest college in continuous existence in Nebraska. The actual beginning of the normal college was in 1862 when J. M. McKenzie began teaching in the Nemaha Valley Seminary at Pawnee City. Many people were interested in a school at Peru and in 1866 sixty acres of land was donated for a seminary at Peru. Subsequently the Methodist facilities were offered to the state. Although it was suggested that the state university he located at Peru, the legislature designated that the facilities be used for a normal school. Classes began in October, 186 7, fqr 32 pup_ils.

When Peru was authorized in 1921 grant bachelors degrees in education, the name was changed to Peru State Teachers College. The school was authorized to confer liberal arts de-grees in 1949; and the name was changed to its present one, Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru. ;

It is estimabed that over 6000 people have graduated from Peru and that several thousands more have attended. Today the cam-

pus, shaded by many oaks and shrubs, conbuildings, famous Oak Bowl athletic field and recently $250,000 worth of student and faculty housing. Plans for additional buildings and facilities have been made for far into the future.

The anniversary convocation program included several distinguishing features. FoJlowing introductory organ music by R. T. Benford, associate professor of piano and organ, and an invocation by Rev. Lawrence Williams, Victor H. Jindra·, head of the division of fine arts, played two violin solos, 'From the Canebrake' and 'Romance in A'. President Neal S. Gomon then introduced distinguished guests.

Mrs. Martha Campbell Aldrich, '97, was recognized. Mrs. Aldrich, who attended Feru State from 1878 to 1881, was. a member of the college's tenth graduating class. She has a sister, daughter, five granddaughters, four grandchildren-in-law and three nephews who also have attended Peru.

Greetings were given by Bruce Hagemeister, Hemingford, president of the Board of Education of State Normal Schools; John Aufenkamp, Julian, member of the Nebraska State Legislature; Dr. Herbert L. Cushing of Kearney, pr.es ident of Nebraska State ./Teachers College at Kearney; Richard Johnson, Lincoln, assistant executive secretary of the Nebraska St·ate Education Association; and Robert B. Moore, Peru, representative of the Peru class of 19 57.

Two vocal solos, 'An die Musik' and 'Sunrise and Sunset', were sung by Mrs. Neal S. Gomon, contralto, wife of the president of Peru State.

Dr. John A. Fisher gave the anniversary address in which he stated that education isn't answering student needs in the areas of personality, inner life, esthetic, moral and spiritual values. The Iowa college president stated that 'The most needed reform (in education) is one directed at primarily the development of character and personality.,

Following the address, Darryl T. Manring, associate profes_sor. of voice, the guests in community Rev. W1lliams gave the benediction which ended the anniversary convocation.

Visiting on the campus during the 90th anniversary celebration were the members of the Board of Education of State Normal Schools; Freeman Decker, State Commissioner of Education; E. A. Larson, Secretary; and presidents of the state teachers colleges at Chadron, Kearney and Wayne.

lUhen Pupo. Was President-

by Merle Beattie -

My father, James A. Beattie, was president of the Nebraska State Normal School at Peru from July, 1896 to August, 1900. In attempting to relate the story of those long ago days, I have been iassisted by my brother, Kent and my sister, Ethel. Even so, it is possible that some inaccuracies may have crept into our recollections. We hope they are few.

Well do I remember when we, as a family, took the train in Lincoln for Nebraska City. There we boarded the caboose of a freight train and crept on to Peru. This method of transportation was the only feasible means at that time of traveling from Lincoln to Peru. With great we watched from the windows' for a sight of the school. At last the tower of the main building came into view, nestling among the wooded hills! What a surprise it was to me, when we finally reached the campus, to find the school buildings set in a greensward with huge oak trees casting their magnificent shadows over the lawn! To the east and south were dense woods. On this campus of sixty acres, I spent most of my waking and sleeping hours for four years.

The school had five at that time: the main building with its 'chapel' addition; the 'Ladies' Dormitory'; a frame library building with an ornate porch on two sides; the observatory; and the 'engine house'.

Our home was located 1n the 'chapel' addition to the main building. To quote from my diary under- the date of August 30, 1896: "We have five rooms, a parlor, back parlor and three bedrooms. We board at the Dormitory. I think it is nice. I don't have to do any dishes or anything."

Immediately east of the president's suite were the two science laboratories. Across the hall to the north and opening into the school's main corridor was the reception room for the school, which was used for regis tr a ti on, faculty meetings, and social events. out of this room was the president s office.

With his office so near the 'home base', my spent practically all of his time conducting school business. His only assistant the first year, aside from faculty members, was his secretary, a Miss Bratt. She spent two or three hours a day in the offic·e and served as librarian the rest of the day. The following years, however, my father had a full time secretary. He, himself, served as registrar, financial seGretary, manager of the placement bureau, as well as administrator of the school. In addition to all these duties, each term he chose to teach one class. He, also, frequently lectured in tOllVIls and taught in teachers' institutes in

all parts of the state, seeking prospective students.

Above the president's quarters was the auditorium, called the 'chapel'. Each school day all students attended religious exercises there. Two incidents connected with cha pe 1 attendance stand out in my memory. It was the custom for all of the faculty to be seated upon the stage. One morning the students were convulsed when lovable Prof. Whitenack walked across the stage wearing one brown and one black shoe. Another morning Prof. Herbert Brownell was greeted with loud cheers. His family of three little girls had been increased by the birth of a son, who, by the way, is Dr. S. M. Brownell, recently U. S. Commissioner of Education, now Superintendent of the Detroit Michigan schools.

During the first Christmas vacation, the dormitory burned. Fortunately the wing, which housed the kitchen, was saved. This wing was transformed at once into both kitchen and dining room. Members of the faculty, who desired to do so, continued eating at the dormitory. Thus was I saved again from 'doing dishes'. The legislature of 1897 voted money to build a new dormitory on the site of the old one, with the new building providing more rooms for students than the old one had done.

At the end of the first two years of our stay at Peru, Miss Bratt resigned. My sister, Ethel, who had just graduated from the University of Nebraska, took over the duties of secretary to my father. (Nepotism does not seem to have been objectionable to the Normal School Board.) Each Saturday morning she sat at a table in the hall of the dormitory to receive the weekly payments for board and room from the girls as they came out of the dining room from breakfast. She does not recall the amount of each payment.

The first telephone was installed in the office of the school during the summer of 1897 under the direction of my brother. He had been teaching science in Colorado during the previous year. In a recent letter from him he tells the story of the installation:

''When I came home in the early summer of 1897, my father said he was having trouble about the phoning business. There was only one phone in town. It was in a store down on main street a quarter to a half mile from the Normal School, on a line running from Nebras.ka City to Falls City. My father said his worst phone trouble was concerned with the filling of the water tank. The water tank was on the campus and gave E!essure to all the Normal School buildings. The pumping station was along side the Bur-

lington railroad track about a quarter of a mile south of the railroad station. When the janitor went down to run the pump and fill the tank, there was no way to tell him that the tank was full and he should stop pumping, except .by sendi.n.g a messenger down and, by that water was running over the tank and over the campus.

"I suggested that we put in a 'barb wire telephone line', as they were_ called in those days - private lines which farmers often put in, using their barb wire fences to carry the current.

'7wo of the maintenance men and I did the work. We bought four telephones and sufficient wire to run a double line from the campus to the pumping station. We obtained poles and set them along the street from the campus down to the pumping station. 1hen a phone was installed in that building. From there we ran the two_ wires on the telegraph poles along side the railroad track from the E_umping station to the railroad station. There a phone was installed. The first phone was in the office at the Normal, of course. Tue fourth phone was put in the store where the Nebraska City phone was, and along side it. So it was possible to transfer conversations from one to the other. The phone worked all right for a year or two until better phone systems came into Peru."

Since there was no charge for labor, the expense to the school for the telephone system seems merely to have been the cost of the wires and batteries.

In 1897 a curriculum for training kindergarten teachers was set up. During the same year an agreement was reached with the Peru school district whereby all the children of school age - eighth grade and belowwho lived in the Peru district, were to attend the 'Model School", as the school for student teaching was called. This plan was carried out, beginning in the fall of 1897. I do not know how long the agreement continued. ·

The first summer session at Peru was held in 1899. When the Normal School Board agreed to this innovation, one member said to my father, 'You will do well if you have 100 students at the first session." My

father used to proudly tell that 160 students were registered, and that during the summer session of 1900 that number was more than doubled.

The students of-1900 may be pleased to learn that the beautiful gold watch which was presented to my father by the faculty and students of the school, when he was leaving the institution, W:ls one of his most valued possessions. He used it constantly for 31 years. I well remember the occasion when the watch was presented.

ABOUT 11/E AU11fOR: Merle Beattie, who attended the 'Model' school and college for two years, is retired from teaching. She was director of elementary education in the Lincoln school system for 28 years. A Lincoln elementary school is named for her. Her sister, Ethel, who served as her father's secretary during the last two years of his administration, also is retired. She taught Latin in Lincoln High School for 37 years. They reside in the family home at 421 S 15th. Their brother, Kent, lives at Piney Branch Farm, Glen Mill Rd., Rt. 1, Rockville, Md. He is retired after having been in the employ of the United States Department of Agriculture.

A collection 15 taken on the Peru campus during the administration of J. A. Beattie has been presented to the Colby the Beattie family. The major buildon the campus during 1896 to 1900 are included in the collection, which will be on display during Homecoming.

Included in the group are exterior and interior views of 'Normal Hall', the main structure, the chemistry laboratory, biological laboratory, the 'model school', observatory, Mount Vernon Hall, library, the photograph below, class pictures of that era aHd others.

The Beattie gift reminds us that in 10 short years the college will observe its centennial. The Alumni office and the College would appreciate receiving other photos of the early days.

On the back of this picture, one of those donated b,Y the Beatty fami ly, 1s this identlfication: "Peru 1878.Kindergarten class. Lou Hosmer, Faculty, Standing."

Peru's First Master's Degree To Vera Brandorff

Receiving the first masters degree to be given by Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru, Mrs. Vera Brandorff of Talmage was honored at summer commencement exercises. Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president of the college, presented the to Mrs. Brandorff, assisted by Dr. Ke1th Melvin, Dr. Gordon Kenyon and Mr. F. H. Larson.

At the close of the spring and summer terms, Peru State conferred a total of 107 degrees, 53 two-year diplomas and 18 oneyear diplomas. Those honored were:

SPRING CANDIDATES:

Bachelor of Arts. May candidates: F. C. Bobbitt, Shubert; L. Verdell Goldberg, Essex, Iowa; William R. Kochheim, Falls City

Bachelor of Arts in Education. January candidates: Charles Berry, Thurman, Iowa; Clifford Stokes, Nebraska City; Neal S. Trabert, Lincoln. May candidates: William E. Albright, Falls City; Gerald G. Carnes, Auburn; Margaret A. Cotton, Peru; Eldon E. Epley, Elk Creek; David L. Glasgow, Humboldt; Roger M. Haigh, Peru; Claude A. Johnson, Louisville; Robert B. Moore, Peru; Robert R. Norton, Falls City; Harlan J. Oestmann, Johnson; Lee D. Ogle, Humboldt; Elberta L. Rhoten, Palmyra; Loren D. Schuler, Auburn; Leland H. Sherwood, Chester; A. James Stewart, Lincoln; Albert W. Winseman, Stella; Doris S. Wuster, Dawson; Wallace E. Wuster, Dawson.

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education. May candidates: .limmy A. Ackerman, Fremont; Richard L. Fankhauser, Humboldt; David J. Miller, Peru.

Bachelor of Science in Education. January candidates: Gerald D. Comstock, Peru; Verlan J. Rumbaugh, Peru; Virgil E. Skipton, Fairburyj· Ronald K. Wenninghoff, Syracuse, Mickel ls, Omaha. May candidates: Duane 1=..'Birginal, Omaha; Donald D. Clark, Auburn; Frank J. Davis, Leona, Kansas; Merritt E. Dodson, Nehawka; Mary Ann Fuerst, Q,paha; Carl C. Ga.wart, Nebraska City; B. R. Gfeller, Peru; John J. Gilmore, David City;

Helen H. Holdorf, Peru; Donald F. Holscher, Unadilla; Raymond A. Huggett, Bertrand; Robert L. Hull!J>hrey, Auburn; Robert G. Kramer, Syracuse; Darrel D. Kreglo, Aubuwn; Charles E. Krumme, Red Oak, Iowa; Kelly J. Liewer, Papillion; John R. Ludwig, Bellevue; Eldon W. McCall, Nebraska City; Ardis F. McNutt, McCook; E. Wayne Minchow, Table Rock; Thomas C. Moen, Bellevue; Max G. Moore, Essex, Iowa; Donald L. Niemeier, DeWitt; Orval F. Rohrs, Johnson; Bonnie R. Rutz, Dawson; Dwight Safar, Hubbell; Noma E. Schuetz, Table Rock; Helen M. Sheehan, Verdon; George D. Slaughter, Fairmont; Audrey D. Smith, Auburn; Del A. Stoltenberg, Nebraska City; Mary E. Straw, Peru; Gayleen J. Wilson, Verdon.

Two-Year Diploma. January candidates: Lillian Kirby Furlong, Falls City; Hazel B. Wagner, Deshler; Elizabeth Ann Hartman, Falls City. May candidates: Susan M. Alberson, Sacramento, California; Leta Rae Stucker Bosworth, Effingham, Kansas;DeAnna Brown, Creston, Iowa; Gladys 0. Cooper, Falls City; Josephine A. Crouch, Glenwood, Iowa; Janet C. Dahmke, Peru; Pearl Fankhauser, Humboldt; Carrie A.Fisher, Verdon; Beverly Ann Gerdes, Auburn; Beverly Ann Hinds, Auburn; Mary K. Hughes, Beattie, Kansas; Deanna Lu Humphrey, Auburn; Virgene Hunley, Rulo; Georgia Isham, Elk Horn; Lorraine Johnson, Stanton, Iowa; Marguerite Moeller, Dunbar; Jayne E. Monroe, Falls City; Jean M. Ruyle, Peru; Sandra Sue West, Peru.

One-Year Diploma. May candidate: Joyce Ann Carman , Cook.

SUMMER CANDIDATES

Master of Science in Education. Vera M. Brandorff, Talmage.

Bachelor of Arts. Loren H. Dyke, Essex, Iowa; Clark P. Reed, Thurman, Iowa.

Bachelor of Arts in Education. Bill D. Beck, Springfield; Lawrence E. Eickhoff, Shubert; Marvin W. Johnson, Tecumseh; Don J. Pickering,Nebraska City; Augusta O.Schlange, Auburn; M. Jay Pilch, Newport, Oz:egon. .

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Education. Mary W. Easterday, Riverton, Iowa.

Bachelor of Science in Education. William 0. Almond, Falls City; Helen Ann Balderson, Steele City: Betty N. Barrett, Peru; Madge C. Broady, Johnson; Lela _Mae Brown Tecumseh; Esther·M. Dorn, Beatrice; Laura'M. Duncan, Nebraska City; Edith D. Durst Elk Creek; Ruby S. Eschen, Nebraska; City( Garold Peru; Raymond Handley, Nemaha· John N. Red Oak, Iowa; M. Hoffhine,Plymouth; Alice Johnson, Peru· Dale A. Johnson, Table Rock; Winifred

H. Jdmson, Radcliffe, Iowa; Richard J. Kapperman, Fairbury; Mary H. Kister, Salem; Gladyce A. Koep}l!Cl, Peru; Bula E.

Peru· James E. McClellan, Hamburg, Iowa; M. Tecumseh; Marshall J. Noi;ris Peru· Thomas E. Percell, Omaha; Bessie

S. Table Rock; Darwin D. Rosenquist, Essex, Iowa; Gerald L. Rupprecht, Odell; Marguerite D. Standley, Peru; Albert

H. Thurston, DuBois; Donn R. Walker, Beatrice; Norma J. Wieckhorst, Nebraska Cityr

Mary Ann Wenninghoff, Syracuse; Nancy K. Winseman, Peru.

Two-Year Diploma. Lorraine M. Albert, Falls City; Betty Lou Humboldt; Bausch, Dawson; Sam Buckminster, Falls City; Valda J. DeFreece, Burr; Mary K. DeVries, Douglas; Dorothy I.French, Plattsmouth; Lucille Gilliland, Auburn; Grace J. Harms, Glenvil; M. Gretchen Hietbrink, Stella; Arrettes Kerl, Pawnee City; Betty K. Lambert, Murray; Marie J. Leopold, Papillion; Thelma Conyac Liewer, Riverton, Iowa; Nina L. Lippold, Shubert; Bruce City; Genevieve G. McNally, Verdigre; Maxine Lawritson Moore, Salem; E. Marveen Murphy, Bellevue; Marian A. Parde, Pickrell; Esther L. Peters, Cook; Esther M. Peterson, Talmage· May Reynolds, Wahoo; Anna Robinson, Iowa; Margaret E. Robinson, Tecumseh; Rita Rumbaugh, Auburn; Chai;lene Glathar Tomek, Table Roc.k; Norma L Vice, A':1burn; Leona Wolters, Steinauer; Pearle Whitney, Pawnee City; Alice Zuroske, Nebraska

One-Year Diploma. Joann Lee Ast, boldt; Hazel B. Barstler, Nebraska City; Peggy J. Borrenpohl, Tecumseh; Ruth E. Bruns, Charlotte !"I· Cook, Nebraska City; Marilyn R. Evelyn C.Harring, Salem; H.Pauline Haith, Humboldt; Mrs. Mable Hunt, Lorton; Sandra J. Kirkendall Falls City; Evelyn B. Morrell, Palmyra; Thelma P. Stalder, Humboldt; Marilyn Strecker, Falls City; Margaret R. Toman, Plattsmouth; Shirley M. Turner, Connie Vanderford, Peru; Dorothea E. Wilton, Nebraska City.

Colorado Alumni Gatherings

Tentatively Set for November

Plans are in the formative stages for an alumni meeting in Denver prior to C.S.C.E. vs. Peru State football game in Greeley, November 16. At present, ments are being worked out for an meeting in Denver, November 15. An alumni coffee hour is being planned for Greeley following the afternoc;>n game at _2 .P· m. Grads in the Denver area will be notified of details. ·

Peru Teache1·s Accept Positions

Since the Spring edition of the Peru Stater, the fallowing have accepted pos itions through the college placement bureau, according to Lee Lowenberg, director of professional serviGes. The first city following the name indicates either the home address or previous teaching address.

Margaret Robinson, Tecumseh, to Shelby, Iowa; Richard P. Cotton, Salem, to Otoe; Fred Applegate, Chappell, to Shubert; Ronald Wenninghoff and Mary Ann Wenninghoff, Srracuse to Pawnee City; Georgia Isham Mil er, Elkhorn, to Brock; Bruce McClintock, Pawnee City, to Charter Oak, Iowa.

Louis Hughes and Lois Hughes, Filley, to Decatur; Ruby Lockwood, Brock, to Johnson; Merle Bauer, Tecumseh, to Holdrege; Harlan Oestman, Johnson, to Talmage; Wallace Wuster and Doris S. Wuster, Daws on, to Belgrade; Loren Dyke, Essex, Iowa, to Essex, Iowa.

James Cotton and Margaret A. Cotton, Peru, to Woodbine and Dunlap, Iowa, respectively; DeAnna Brown, Creston, Iowa, to Greybull, Wyo.; Don Niemier, DeWitt, to Clarinda, Iowai Mrs. Enid Van Luevan, Red Oak, Iowa, to Red Oak, Iowa; Don Holscher, Unadilla, to'Odell.

·• George Sl<'l-ughter, Fairmont, to Pueblo, Colo.: Sandra West, Peru, to Plattsmouth; Stoltenberg and Dolo!es St9ltenberg, Nebraska City, to South Sioux qity; J?ile Johnson Table Rock, to South Sioux City; Gerald Comstock, Greeley, Colo , to Adair, Iowa· Brian Gfeller, Peru, to McCook.

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Don Pickering, Nebraska City, to School for Blind Nebraska City; Raymond Huggett, Bertrand' to Central City; Roy F. Laue, Arthur, Oxford; Mrs. Gretchen Hietbrink, Stella, to Bruning; Donaven Plymouth, toNeligh; Mrs. Jean Wiig, Hamburg, Iowa, to Sidney, Iowa.

Adele Copenhaver, Syracuse, to Nehawka; Charles McElroy, Steinauer, and Betty McElroy, Tecumseh, to Mateetsee, Wyo.; Darlene Hahn, Shickley, to Geneva; R. E. Oshkosh, to Bassett; Mildred Blecha, Weeping Water, to Omaha; Harley Rector, Fullerton, to Tecumseh.

Carol Steinke, Norfolk, to Chino, Calif.; Isabel Martell, Eddyville! Ore., to Molalla, Ore.; Alice Logue, Council Bluffs, to Nebraska City; Ruth Behrens, to D63, Avoca; Evelyn Miller, Lake City, Iowa, to Lake City, Iowa; Groves, San Jose, Calif., to Hughson, Calif.

John Crookham, Adair, Iowa, to Iowa; William Rachow, Guide Rock, Jerry Matschullatt, Ralston, to Globe, Ariz.; Marvin Michels, Munden, Kans., to Bryon; Margaret Long, Falls City, to Plattsmouth; Junior Karas, Liberty, to Johnson; Ruth G. Adamson Muskegon, Mich., to Hal Brown, Wetmore, Kans., to Bern, Kans.; Donald G. Balderson and Helen Balder(continued on page 19)

Seventeen Return for '07 Reunion

lh Sunday, May 19, the 1907 graduating class of Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru held its golden anniversary reunion on campus. Of the 98 known living members of the class, eighteen were able to attend the anniversary, traveling a totalof6460 miles. The group received special recognition at the afternoon baccalaureate services.

Class members recalled that at the time of their commencement William Jennings Bryan delivered the commencement address to 149 graduates.

lbose present recalled many amusing incidents of their college days fifty years ago pies stolen from the Class of 1906, male students requesting permission from the dormitory preceptress to court the ladies, students who brought their own cows to campus to provide milk, and immense teaching salaries of $45 to $50 a month.

Members of the class attending the reunion were: Fay Schneitman (Mrs. G.) Rawson, Laramie, Wyo.; Flora Purinton (Mrs. Carl) Sheeley, Los Angeles, Calif.; Mae Nelson (Mrs. C. M.) Kohler, Lincoln; Lillie Wahlstrom (Mrs. Herbert) Johnson, Cleburne, Kansas; Clara Hosterman (Mrs. Homer) Matthews, Brownville; Ruth Brandt, Unadilla; Bertha Taylor (Mrs. James) Hallstrom, .Lincoln; W. L. Dunten, Lincoln; Ellen McClung (Mrs. J. Y.) Crothers, Duarte, Calif.; Gladys Majors (Mrs. C. W.) Gale, Beatrice; Loyette Kinney (Mrs. Carl) McCoy, Polk; Rena Haney McClenegham, Sidney, Eva Gilbert France, Syracuse; C. M. Kohler, Lincoln; Albert Gilbert, River_ Forest, Ill.; R. H. McGee, Columbus; MW. Ryan, Wymore, Dr. William C. Noll, LeMars, Iowa.

1907 returnees: ttrom left) Front Row: Mrs. Rawson, Mrs. Sheeley, Mrs. Kohler, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. Matthews, Miss Brandt, Mrs. Hallstrom. Second Row: Mr. Dunten, Mrs. Crothers, Mrs. Gale, Mrs. McCoy, Mrs. McClenegham, Mrs. France. Back Row: Mr. Kohler, Mr. Gilbert, Mr. McGee, Mr. Ryan, Dr. Noll.

Wanted: Missing 1908 'Class Members

lbe alumni office would appreciate any leads to help us find missing 1908 grads. lbe SO-year reunion for the class of 1908, has been set for Baccalaureate Sunday, May 25, 1958. If you know of '08ers who do not receive the Peru Stater regularly, please let us know.

Lois Christensen Receives Ph.D

One of the few women among Peru's graduates to receive the Ph.D. degree, Dr. Lois Chrisrensen has presented a copy of 'Washington's Experience and the Creation of the Presidency' to the Peru State library, in memory of Dr. Castle M. Brown, member of the faculty from 1928 until 1954.

A 1948 graduate of Peru, Dr. Christenwrote the 425 page volume in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctor of philoso_phy degree at the University of Her degree having been conferred in June, Dr. Christensen has joined the facultr at Chico (Calif.) State College as assistant professor of social science.

Retirements Included Among Faculty Changes

Four of the faculty members of the Peru State faculty have retired; and Dr. Neal S. Gomon, president of the college, has announced several staff appointments and resignations for the new school year.

Retiring from the college staff were Miss Carey, head librarian; Miss Blanche Gard, instructor in elementary edu-, cation and first grade supervisor in the Campus Miss Edna ass?ciate fr?fessor of home economics; and Miss Phy lis Davidson, head of the women's physical education department.

Mrs. Geraldine Straw of Peru has been appointed instructor in elementary education and first grade supervisor in the Campus School. She fills the vacancy created by the retirement of Miss Blanche Gard.

Mr. ·Max· E. Langham, Topeka, Kans., has been appointed head librarian following the retirement of Miss Nellie Carel. · Miss Marie Krief els o Nebraska City and Mrs. Louise Sheldon Kregel of Percival, Iowa, will fill vacancies in the home economics department created by the retirement of Miss Edna Weare and the resignation of Miss Lela ,Lillian Lones.

Mrs. Frances Wheeler, formerly parttime supervisor of girls' physical education in the' campus school, has· been appointed as head of the women's physical education partment. following the retirement of Miss Phyllis Davidson.

Dr. George· Schottenhamel of Terre Haute, Ind., been professor of history and social sciences, replacing Dr. Rob_ert Delaney who resigned to accept a position at Ft. Lewis A. & M., Durang(), C.Olo. .

M,rs.: Lillian Schottenhamel has been named to teach on a part-time basis in the division of language arts in the areas of freshman composition.

Mr. Gilbert E. Wilson of Galesburg, Ill., has been appointed assistant professor of instrumental music· and director of college and Campus School bands. He replaces Mr. Robert V. Grindle who resiimed to accept a position in the San Luis Obispo (Calif.) public schools.

Dr. Harold Hutcheson of Lincoln has been named nead of the division of education replacing acting head,. Dr. A. Holy. Dr. been appointed director of the

Campus School. Former co-directors of the Campus School, Mr. Richard VanPelt and Mr. B. A. Eddy, will return to their previous assignments as supervisor of high school social studies and supervisor of seven th grade, respectively.

Miss Ellen Cahill of Ames, Iowa, has been named assistant librarian, replacing Miss Cleo Kelly who resigned to accept a position at South Dakota State G,ollege.

Mr. Albert 0. Brady of Mitchell, S. D., has been added to the science and ma thematics department as assistant professor of biological and physical sciences.

Three of the new faculty members are Peruvians. Mrs. Straw, '54, will be a candidate for the master's degree. from.Peru State in the summer of Mrs. Kregel, '33, holds the M.A. degree from the University of Nebraska and Miss Kreifels, '52, received the M.A. degree from C.S.C.E., Greeley.

The retired Peru faculty members are located at the following addresses: Miss Carey, 2522 Hancock, Bellevue; Miss Davidsc;>n, 656 East. avenue, Apt. A, Chico, Calif.; Miss Gard, 218 Hawn avenue, Athens, Texas· Miss Weare, Peru. M_iss ·Carey, who devoted many hours of her 'coffee break' time to keep the alumni files in order, plans to move to the' San Francisco area later this fall. Her new address will be carried in a later issue.

Regular Summer Session Draws 425 While Post Session· Brings 157

A total of 425 students were enrolled for the eight-week summer session at Peru in 1957. Of that number, 73 had enrolled in the graduate study program offered by the college.

Enrollment in Peru State's summer sessions has increased steadily for the past several years. The total enrollment this summer represented a 5.6 per cent increase over last year's 402.

The popular 15-day post session from July 27 to August 10 had an enrollment of 157. Enrollment this summer was limited due to restrictions in the class enrollment.

Carey Davidson

Gard Weare

Fred Rothert Elected To Head Foundation

E"iecteg president of the Peru Achievement Foundation at the annual meeting on May 24 was Fred A. Rathert, '28, of Auburn. Mr. Rathert succeeds Marie 0. Neal, '11.

Other elected officers are Helen Pollard, '01, Peru, vice-president; and Arthur Lindahl, '27, Nebraska City, treasurer. A new office, chairman of the executive council appointed committees, was created by the trustees. Marie 0. Neal, '11, Nebraska City, was elected to this position.

Another ·action taken at this meeting was changing the name of the Executive Committee to the Executive Council.

Your Treasurer Reports

Eight Peru State students this year have enrolled under grants provided by unrestricted funds--contributions made by Peru alumni and friends. Last year four students benefited by grants made possible by alumni gifts--which indicates the worthiness and growth of your Foundation.

A total of $480 in scholarships was given last year to four students from alumni gifts, while this year your support of the Foundation has made possible eight new oneyear $120 scholarships, totaling $960. In addition, $120 will be paid this year to continue a four-year scholarship issued in 195657. This means $108 0 wi 11 be granted in scholarships during the current academic year unrestricted funds provided by your giving.

Scholarships from funds administered the Foundation for both last year and this year include: 1956-57-Industrial Arts, $100; PeruLocal N.E.A. $60; Fletcher Neal Memorial $60 (one semester). 1957-58--W. R. Neal family, $150; Peru Local N.E.A., $60; Woman's Division of Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce, $120; Bank of Peru, $150; Anonymous, $100; Otoe Food Products Co., Nebraska City, $1200. Scholarships granted from restricted funds are paid from the amount provided by the donor creating the scholarship fund.

If the scholarship grants for 1957-58 from the Unrestricted funds, totaling $1080, were paid today in full, a balance of $644.15 would remain in unrestricted funds. At the beginning of this academic year, total unrestricted funds were $1724.15.

During.the existence of the Foundation, operating expenses have been kept to a minimum. Since June 20, 1955, only $450.80 has been expended for opera ting costs; This includes $238.03 for promotional brochures mailed to alumni, $211.77 for legal fees, postage, clerical assistance and office expense. If this student aid is to be continued fo1· next year, the $6441 .15 wi 11 need to grow! It will grow as it did last year with your continued support.

Arthur Lindahl, '27 Treasurer

In Case You've Wondered What Is--

TIIE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION; THE PERU ACHIEVEMENT FOUNDATION

Let's remember that the Peru Achievement Foundation acts as the legal incorporated part of the Peru State Alumni Association. Alumni are not assessed an annual fee for dues. In other words, there are no annual alumni dues as such. However, many alumni have been making an annual gift to the Foundation. Such gifts or contributions have been put to good use as you will note in the scholarship report.

To enable your Foundation to do more for students, the college and you alumni the of contributions needs to Undoubtedly, many alumni may not take time to read or heed information such as this. Here would be the opportunity for YOU to help spread the correct information, as mentioned above. All people who have attended Peru State on a summer school, one year, two year, three year, four year or degree basis are considered to be important members of the Achievement Foundation and Alurrmi Association.

Fo1111(lation Scholarship Grants

A number of scholarships for the 195758 academic year at Peru Stpte have been awarded through the Peru Achievement Foundation, according to Fred A. Rothert, Auburn, Foundation president.

Peru Achievement Foundation funds provided $120 one-year scholarships for: James Bohlken, Peru; John Werner, Preston; Richard Bellevue; Edith Lampe, Auburn; Patricia Gerdts, Wahoo; Jeanette Romans, Council Bluffs, Iowa, all freshmen; and to sophomores Jann Hoffman, DuBois; Sharon Grieninger, Ashland, and Lester Miller, Beatrice. Miller's grant was an extension of a scholarship for the 1956-57 term.

Two $480 four-year scholarships administered through the Foundation for the study of home economics were awarded to Darlene Critel, Waco, and Connie Sayer,Peru. The funds have been provided by the Otoe Food Products Co., Nebraska City.

Other scholarships awarded through the Foundatio_n include: to Nancy Lee Carr, Nebraska City, a $150 one-year grant provided by W.R. Neal and family, Fresno, Calif.; Tom Dillman, Nebraska City; $120 one-year grant by the Women's Di vision of the Nebraska City Chamber of Commerce; Don Gibson, Auburn, $100 one-year grant by an anonymous donor; Beverly Leeper, Nebraska City, $60 one-year grant provided by the Peru local chapter of the Nebraska Educafion Association; Bob Bryaht, Peru, $150 one-year grant by the Bank of Peru. All the recipients arefreshmen, except Bryant, who is a sophomore.

Expawled Foundation Program Given

1he Charter Drive for funds by the Peru Achievement Foundation ended July 1, 1957. This impetus by alumni, parents and friends of Peru State means unlimited accomplishments can be expected in the next phase of its development. grants have been awarded to twelve Peru State College students from unrestricted contributions by alumni and friend;;:. (See Treasurers Report.)

At the June 29, 1957, meeting of the Executive Council of the Foundation, serious thought was given to other Foundation projects for the future development of PSTC. Thus far the scholarship program has been the primary goal. An expanded program of the Foundation would include another of the original purposes--that of helping to develop Peru State in areas where regular funds are not provided.

It is apparent that most of the used for scholarships should !rom income derived from invested principal. In line with such thinking, the members of the Executive Council directed that an endowment fund be created. The Investment Committee has invested $1000 which will be the initial endowment fund. This amount includes the Charles E. Wiegand Memorial Fund created by

members and friends of the class of 1906, which now totals $845. The balance of $155 came from the unrestricted funds to total $1000. Each year following July 1, 1957, 25% of subsequent unrestricted funds on hand will be allocated for investment as an endowment.

Any college program of development is only as good as the alumni and friends make it. Continued annual alumni giving to the Foundation not only will provide the needed funds for scholarships, but also show the faith that Peru alumni have in their alma mater. In order to accomplish the primary objective--student aid and expand the Foundation into additional projects, the number of contributions will need to be increased. A gift of one dollar will demonstrate your faith in Peru State.

A brief message from some of you--as you complete the reading of this and the remainder of the Peru Stater material-giving your suggestions ways of creating more and participation in PSTC through the Foundation would be very encouraglng ..

Tomorrow is always here. Do it now----Today!

Contributions Slump During Summer

1800. s

IVA CATLIN (MRS. S.E.) JEWELL, '97

!DA WADE (MRS. J.E.) SLOOMINGDALE, '98

1900's

MARGARET SEARS WOODS, '04

MISS ETHEL BLAKE, '06

MRS. CATHERINE R.(HICKS) BOLEY '06

MISS MARGARET FEDDE, '07

MARY K. SMITH, '07

ALBERT H. GILBERT, '07

LILLIE WAHLSTROM(MRs.HERBERT)JOHNSON,'97

M. W. RYAN , ' 07

MR:& MRS.V.L.(OTTIS LORANCE)STRICKLAND, '08

FRANK H. MIZE, '08

R. E. COLE, '09

MINNIE SALL (MRs.E.A.) HEDLUND, '09

1 91 0. s

MILLIE GILBERT (MRS.CLAIR) CHRISTY, 13

H E LENE GR I ES S (MR S C • I • ) B 0 NE KEMPE R , ' 1 9

CATHERINE GREENLEE, '12

1920's

HAL W. GLASGOW, '26

DR.& MRS.ROBERT H.(MYRTLE LAW) KNAPP,'27,'28

1 93 0. s

RUTH V.KURTZ (MRs.H.E.) JOHNSON, '33

MRS. ANNA MAY (SANDIN) BREITENBACH, '37

t 94 0. s

ANNA HROMADKA (MRs.R.G.) SEIDELMAN, FS '41

1 950' s

EVELYN R.MoLES (MRS.ROLAND) SPENCE.'51

MRS. PEARL (KINTER) FANKHOUSER, SS '55

FRIENDS OF PERU STATE

W.R.NEAL AND FAMILY

BANK OF PERU

NEBRASKA CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WOMEN'S DIVISION

PERU LOCAL N.E.A.

ANONYMOUS

GREETINGS TO ALUMNI AND FRIENDS:

The fall term starts the second 90 years of the existence of the college

1be Peru Achievement organized in 1955 by alumni and fr in the progress of.education, is making available to prospective s a. number of scholarships to aid them a college educatio_n. aid i? only one of the purposes Justifying the of the Foundation. There are other main purposes aiming toward the general development of PSTC.

We earnestly solicit your continued support of the large or small will be sincerely appreciated. Checks may be made out to the Peru Achievement Foundation, Peru, Nebraska.

Yours for a better Peru! Sincerely,

Fred A. Rathert, President Peru Achievement Foundation

189'0' s

A. D. Majors, '96, a member of the State Board of Education of State Normal Schools, was honored at the 45th annual Feeders' Day in Lincoln. The retired Omaha livestock commission man was cited by the University's Block and Bridle club for his' outstanding service to the state of Nebraska.

Living at Atkinson, Nebr., is Cynthia A.Spearman Jar:m.an, who entered Peru in 1898. At the time she en ro 11 ed, her home was Sprin gf ie ld.

Milton A. Sam.s, '97, now retired, is living at 1114 Grand avenue, Artesia, N. M. After graduatiqn from Peru he served several Nebraska high schools as superintendent: Kennard, Silver Creek, Louisville, Scottsbluff, Valley, Brock, Salem and Ster ling. In 1934 he went to the Nebraska Ag College at Lincoln where he was in extension work for four years. He resided for a time in Colorado Springs,Colo!,where he served as superintendent of schools at Peyton. They moved

to in 1945 where he held the position of Visiting Teacher and Attendance Officer for ten years until retirement. is living with his wife, Lenora Gaines, whom he married in 1899. They have four children, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, all living near them. A son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Milton Duane (Marie Lefler) Sams, '31, fs '34, also attended Peru, as did a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Howard (Maxine Sams) Mi Iler, '38, '32. Milton Sams is an industrial arts teacher, having been at Artesia for 11 years. Mr. Miller has been the head of the vocal music department in the Artesia high school for the past 16 years. His wife teaches a private kindergarten.

Joy Van Fleet Stanford, retired San Diego, Calif., attorney and founder of the San Diego Law School (now Western California College) and Mrs. Stanford were July campus visitors. His father was gra,.duated from Peru in 1895.

Patricia Ann Williams, fs '52, to Kenneth L. Hubbard, May 3, Christian Church, Shubert. At home: Nashville, Tenn.

· Joy to A. Jain.es Stewart, '57, May 26, St. Luke s Methodist Church, David City. At home: Omaha.

Jo Colby, fs '55, to Fred Kaffenberger, May 19, St. Paul's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Plattsmouth. At home: Plattsmouth.

Carolyn Timmerman, fs '56, to Arlan Biere, May 19, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Auburn. At home: 9902 Mellar, Wichita, Kans.

Charl.ene Glathar, 2-yr. '57, to Edward Tomek, May 11, First Christian Church, Humboldt. At home: Table Rock.

Maxine Louise Meyer, fs '55, to John Edward Knabe, May 19, St. John's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Syracuse. At home: Nehawka.

Elizabeth Ann Hartm.an, 2-yr. '57, to Jim Kercher, May 26, Christ's Lutheran Church, Falls City. At home: Derby, Colo.

Lorraine Della Bippes, fs '57, to Loren Dennis Schuler, '57, May 29, Christian Church, Auburn. At home: Rugby, N. D.

Donna Jones, fs '57, to Glen Sandoz, June 29, Evangelical United Brethren Church, Dawson. At home: 4755 Capitol Ave., Omaha.

Carolyn Jane Luttman, 2-yr. '56, to Myron C. Hopp, June 2, Springfield Methodist Church. At home: 2821 North 50th, Lincoln.

Mary Ellen Murphy, fs '5 7, to Nicholas J. Lempka, May 18, St. Andrew's Catholic Church, St. Mary. At home: St. Mary.

Marilyn Hillman,fs '56, to Allan Biere, June 5, First Lutheran Church, Avoca. At home: 12Q3 Central Ave.; Nebraska City.

Laura Lee Bosworth, '5 5, to Richard McClain, June 8, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nebraska City. At home: Atchison, Kans.

Gwendolyn H'ays, '56, to Maurice L. Vaughn, June l, First Christian Church, Peru. At home: Boulder, Colo.

Maxine Lawritson, fs '57, to Robert B. Moore, '57, May 25, Congregational Church, Salem. At home: Fayetteville, Ark.

Virginia Hazen, fs '56, to Leonard Wright, June 2, Methodist Church, Brock. At home: Tecumseh.

Phyllis Elaine Rudolph, 2-yr. '41, to Phillip A. Ziemann, June 15, Methodist Church, Elmwood. At home: Western.

Elizabeth Naffziger, fs '55, to Harold Kastens, Junel6,St. John's Lutheran Church, Avoca. At home: Otoe.

Delores Langenberg, fs '56, to Neri Holscher, June 17, St. John's Evangelical and Reformed (McWilliams) Church, Talmage. At home: Cook.

Mary Jane Dickman, fs '57, to Duane Carlson, June 7, North Branch Lutheran Church, Avoca. At home: Nebraska City.

Darlene Lotter to Dale Bradley, '56, May 26, Christian Church, Auburn. At home: Deshler.

Lorene Teten to Robert A. Trail III, '49, June 20, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Talmage. At home: Nebraska City.

Asuncion Aurora Fabella to Neil S. Trabert, '57, June 30, First Presbyterian Church. At home: Lincoln.

Helen Neddenriep, '51, to Lewis Govig, June 25,.Zion Lutheran Church, Johnson. At home: Lincoln.

1900' s

Carrie E. Hesseltine, '04, unt1il recently a 'lost' alumna, is now living in Kenesaw. She is retired and living with an uncle, Neal J. Wyne, >96.

Ethel Blake, '06, whose address is 4109 17th N. W., Washington 11, D. C., is an assistant, contributing and coneditor of the magazine, Senior Citizen, a publication of the Senior Citizens of America. Editor of this publication is Joy Elmer Morgan, '13, who retired from his post as editor of The Journal for the National Education Association in 1954.

Phebe Sheppard (Mrs. Robert B.) Ray, '06_,_ writ_es that her sister, Daisy Sheppard Coleman, '03, ljves at 6130 S. 33rd-street, Omaha.

Catherine (Hicks) Boley, '06, who lives at 633 12th avenue•; Kirkland, Wash. , writes that she has recently visited with Mae Kirkpatrick Dennee, '04,1 who spent the summer with her brother in ·a house she built on Lake Hammamish, Wash. ·She also visited with Mrs. George N. Porter, wife of a former Peru College English teacher, who lives in Seattle, Wash.

Frank H. Mize (formerlt, Mizera}, '08, is a David City attorney. The three most imt>Qrtant years of my life were spent at Peru from the iime I first registered in

1905 when I was only 16 Every frofess.or knew me by name and took a interest in my welfare,' Mr. Mize saiq.

Margaret Sears Woods, '04, writes from her home at 303 C street, Central City, giving information about Carrie E. Hesseltine, '04. Miss Hesseltine, after serving many years as a missionary in Burma, is now at home in Kenesaw. Mrs. Woods, a returnee for the 1904 SO-year reunion, is looking forward to a visit to the this year.

1910's

Three 'lost' alumni from the Class of 1911 have been located. Amelia Bauch lives at 1240 Colorado Blvd., Apt. 3, Denver 6, Colo. E. Maude Jones lives at 6011 N. 24th street, Omaha 11. Ella Vollsted-t (Mrs-. George) .Allen lives at 5116 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif.

Dr. Chester W. Darrow, '13, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, is now the director of the Psychophysiological Laboratory at the Institute for Juvenile Research at Chicago. He has three daughters, two of whom are married.

Edith Morris (Mrs. William) Meikle, '12, is now residing at 1001 Kittitas street, Wenatchee, Wash.

Florence J. Atwood, fs '13, state Home Extension leader at the University of Nebra::;( continued on next page)

Janice Wiles, fs '57, to Don R. Freeburg, June 30, Mynard Evangelical United Brethren Church, Plattsmo·ut.h. At home: Plattsmouth.

Mary Ann Crandall to Paul Allen Parker fs '53, March 2, First Plymouth tional Church, Lincoln. At home: Omaha.

Joyce Davison, fs '56, to Vanes Moerer, March 3, E. U. B. Church, Howe. At home: Auburn.

Phyllis Ormesher to Marlan W. Downey

March 2, St. Mathew Episcopal Church: Lincoln. At_home: 610 So. 33rd St., Lincoln.

Carol Ann Leckenby, fs '53, to Harley Anderson, March 17, First Christian Church Nebraska City. At home: Omaha. ' , Armstrong to Elmer Bachenberg, 49, April 27, Calvary Lutheran Church Lincoln. At home: 4511 Baldwin, Lincoln. '

Elberta Rhoten, '5 7, to Jam.es E. Porter '56, August 4, First Baptist Church, Palmyra: At home: 531 Grandview, Papillion.

Patsy Ann Rowen to Gary L. Harpster;, fs '56, August 5, First Christian Church, Nebraska City. At home: Lincoln.

Gail Peterson, fs '57, to Kenneth Johnson, May 31, First Methodist Church, Plattsmouth. At home: Peru.

Kay Umland to Albert Thurston, '57, May 25, Walton. At home: Nehawka.

LorAnna Dorn, fs '56,to Ronald Weiss, fs '56, June 9, Zion Luther.an Church, Pickrell. At home: 1300 B Street,· Lincoln.

Karen Kehr, fs -, 57; to--Larry Tanner, June 30, Nemaha Methodist Church, Nemaha. At home: Auburn.

Anna Elizabeth Pfister, '47 1 t·o James

A. W•tkins, June 29, Salem's Evangelical and Reformed Church, Steinauer. At home: 2825 N 49th Street, Apt. 3, Lincoln.

Betty Foreman, fs '57, to Eugene Cacek, July 21, Methodist Church, Filley. At home: Virginia.

Ruth Bruns, fs '57, to Thomas Johnson, August 3, Methodist Church, Nehawka. At home: Nehawka.

Valda DeFreece, fs '57, to Loren Davidson, August 4, Methodist Church, Douglas. At home: Lincoln.

Evelyne Epley, fs '57, to Gerald Rue August l, Methodist Church, Elk Creek. '

Shirley Dissmeyer, fs '57, to James Bennett, August 3, St. John's Lutheran Church Holmesville. At home: Nebraska City. '

Eleanor fs '57, to Owen F. Tehee, July 31, Sidney, Iowa.

Carolyn Rogge, fs '56, to William Moore, July 20, St. Matthew's Luthern Church, Johns on. At home: 169 South Belmont, Wichita, Kansas.

June Hauptman, fs '57, to Jerry Novacek, fs '57, August 18, First Presbyterian Church, Nebraska City. At home: Huron, S.D.

Joyce Barnhart, fs '5 7, to James Rosenquist, August 18, Methodist Church, Brock. At home: Peru.

Betty Lou Weber to Har Zan Oestmann, '57, July 28, St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Johnson. At home: Talmage.

Eve l y n Mo le s , 2 -yr ' 51 , to Ron a l d Spence, August 9, Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Council Bluffs, Iowa. At home: RFD 1, Council Bluffs.

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ka since 194 5, retired June 30, 1957. Miss Atwood received B. S. degree from the University of Nebraska and h'er M. S. degree in Extension work in 1912, joining the Extension staff in 1919 when there were six home agents in the state. When she became state leader this number had increased to 30. Now there are 53. She has witnessed and assisted with increases in the number of extension clubs and membership in Nebraska.

Amelia Bauch, '11, lives at 1240 Colorado Blvd., Apt. 3, Denver, Colo.

Estelle Bauch, '14, is residing at 512 Fairview Circle, Ypsilanti, ,Mich.

Lydia Woodbury Moran, '13, lives at Gig Harbor, Wash. Mr. Moran is deceased and Mrs. Moran may make· her permanent 1?-ome in 3711 Gaviota Ave., Long Heach, Calif.

Ethel Hale Russell, '13, now lives at 2120 Sheffield Drive, Kalamazoo, Mich.

Mr. and Mrs. F. C. (Mable Hancock) Jean, '15, '14, live at 1937 Montview drive, Greeley, Colo. Dr. a member of }he Peru Science faculty in the late 1910 s, teaches at Colorado State College of Education.

Elizabeth Braddock (Mrs. Georg_e E.) Grant. '14 is now living at Herman, Minn. Leona'McCallum, '18, is a member of _the faculty of the Lincoln public schools: Since leaving Peru she has earned her B.S. i!l edu-l

Mrs. Martha Campbell Aldrich and Mrs. Elizabeth Doughtery are at the buffet l.unch at Peru's 90th anniversary celebration. Aldrich graduated in 1878 and was.the earliest graduate present at the celebration. Mrs. Dougherty, who attended Peru from 1919is Mrs. Aldrich's daughter.

cation degree from the University of Nebraska.

June D. McMillen, '11, a retired air force colonel, living at 1704 Crest Drive, Lake Worth, Fla. In 1934 Mr. McMillen received his A.B. degree from the University of Denver. Besides Mrs. McMillen who is a free-lance writer, the family includes daughter Shirley and grandsons Doug and Don. Rose Hanson, '12, has retired as a teacheT of home economics at Iowa State Teachers College. She resides at 1014 West 19th, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

F. T. Anderson, fs '17, has retired from the Lincoln post office and is _now living at 788 North San_J<?se, Calif. Alice Griess, 16, is living at 2310 Oregon, Bakersfield, Calif. She is retired from teaching in the Bakersfield public schools.

Since her retirement from teaching at Benson High School, Omaha, Verna Dillow, '13, is living at 130 E. 43rd street, Apt. 404, Seattle, Wash.

Writing from 3121 Franklin avenue, Seattle 2, Catherine Greenlee, '12, tells us that after her retirement in June, 1956, she enrolled at the University of Washington and on June 15, 1957, received the A.B. in Elementary Educ a ti on de g_r,ee - -45 years after leaving Peru. Her sister, Martha '12, is now Mrs. J. L. Jones of 1644 Diamond street, San Diego 9.

Honored recently at Central Michigan College, Mt. Pleasant, upon 50th anniversary of teaching was Dr. Earl C. Beck, '12. Dr. Beck, head of Central's English department, was a member of the Peru faculty from 1924 until 1928 when he moved to Central Michigan. He also has taught in Montana, Wy?-. ming, Florida and Massachussetts. his teaching career Dr. Beck has found to author these books: 'Songs of the Michigan Lumberjack' 'Lore of the Lumber Camps', and 'They Knew Paul Bunpn'. Mrs. Beck, the former Marjorie Miller, '12, '24, was an mentary supervisor at Peru from 1925 until 1928. In commenting on Dr. Beck said, 'There are satisfactions in the teaching profession not to he found in many other professions.

Faculty member of the Las Vegas (Nev.) public schools with the longest record of service is Doris V. Hancock, '18, When she joined the public schools there in 1924 city's population was 5,000. Today an estimated 50,000 live in Las Vegas. Her address is 1138 Norman. _

Alexander J. Stoddard, '10, was an August campus visitor. Dr. retired in 1954 from his position as superintendent of schools at Los Angeles. He is in research for the Ford Foundation in the area of educational television.

Phil Rouse fs '13, son of E. L. Rouse, President of State from 1910-1918, is living at Torrington, Wyo.

Minnie Chrestensen, '18, and L. Blanche Johnson Schetzer, fs '18, '52, both of Riverton, Iowa, were visitors for the 90th Anniversary ce lebra t;i-on.

Joseph Albin, 10, is chairman of the board of the Lincoln Liberty Life Insurance - -Co.,· Lincoln·..- He has had further study at the University of Nebraska.

Farrar (Mrs. Stanley) Hill, '16, is living at Rt. 2, Box 430, Gridley, Calif. She returned to teaching during World War II and is now teaching first grade in Live Oak, Calif.

Charles E. Lively, '13, is head of the Department of Rural Sociology at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His address is 1414 Anthony street, Columbia. He received his A.B. degree in 1917 from the University of Nebraska and his M.A. in 1918. He married a classmate, Ethel Dell Johnston, and took graduate study at the University of Minnesota where he received his Ph.D. He has served as superintendent of schools at Shickley, Grafton and Madison. Assistant Professor of Sociology (later full professor) at Ohio State University; and at his present post. At various times he has taught at Washington D.C., Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin and Garrett Biblical Institute. He has published more than scientific experiment station bulletins and articles< in journals and has contributed to several books. He also is senior author of two books, one on population migration and another on conservation education, Conservation Educ a t i on in A me r·i can Co l l e g e s . He has h el d several important sociological offices.

C. Vernon Krebs, '13, is now living at 4801 West 26th avenue, Denver, Colo.

Corinne Whitfield (Mrs. George) Smith, '15, resides at 116 Borica street, San Francisco 27, Calif.

1920' s

Probably the most com{>lete collec of Peruvians in existence, with the exception of the college library and afumni offi_ce, is owned by Nellie McAuley, 20, who lives at the Park Avenue Apts., Peru. She needs copies of the 1907 Oakleaf and 1908, '09, '28, 32, '33, '34 and '35 Peruvians to complete her collection. She has duplicates available for or sale for the years 1910, '11, '12, '13, '14, '15, '16, '17, '18, '20, '21, '22, '.24, '26, '.37, '38, and '3-9._ . May Watkins Morley, fs is now ing at 1534 S. 23rd

Until her retirement she was principal of Prescott School at Lincoln for many years.

Mr. andMrs. Bartlett (Margaret Jenkins) Van<;:e 1 '28, '30, are now living at 18SO Spring Mt. Road, St. Helena, Calif.

Zelda Stegeman, '21, of 700 Whitmore Road, Detroit, Mich., informs us that Anne Mary Ranney (Mrs. William A.) McBride, resides at 2944 Cliff drive, Newport Beach Calif. '

Marion Marsh (Mrs. Gilbert S.) Brown, '27, is a past president and on the Board of Directors of the Nebraska Writers' Guild in Lincoln. She was featured guest at the recent Beatrice Public Library's open house.

Mark Crandell, '25, is returning to Central City High School as instructor of instrumental music for the 22nd year. When he arrived in Central City in 1936 the band consisted of 15 pupils; today, in a high school of 230, he has a 74-piece band. One of the high points in his career at Central City was the election of the Central City High School band to represent Nebraska at the Sesquicentennial celebration at Washington, D. C. in 1950. During the summer Mr. Crandell directs the city band, which he has conducted for 20 years.

Fern Jones (Mrs. Clarence) Lash, '22, and her stockman-farmer husband live east of Auburn on the Brownville rural route. One son and three grandchildren make up her family. She reports that her sister-in-law, Kathryn Lash Donaldson, '33, has taught in California for years, living at the present time at 2745 Grand Summit drive, Torrance, Calif.

A new address for Lorrie E. Erickson (Mrs. Ed) Parsons, '29, has been supplied by her sister Doris M.(Erickson) Haberman, '34, Brock. Mrs. Parsons lives at 3111 Third avenue, North, Great Falls, Mont.

A September visitor to the Campus of a Thousand Oaks was Victor Bracke, 2-yr. '25. An Indian trader at Peach Springs, Ariz., for more than 20 years, Mr. Bracke is now retired. He and Mrs. Bracke, the former Grace Erisman, fs '21, formerly of Auburn, now live at Salome; Ariz. For Mr. Bracke it was his first visit to Peru in more than 10 years.

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The c 1 ass 193 2 was espec i a 11 y urged to attend Peru State's 90th Anniversary observance, June 20, since ·a classmate, Dr. John Fisher, was the Those attending were (from left) Lowell Decker, Silver Springs, Md.; Evelyn Sheldon(Mrs. Wendell) Miller, Lake City, la.; Harvey Nickel and Mrs. Nickel, Manhattan, Kans.; Keith Melvin and Mrs. Melvin, Peru; Dr. FisherandMrs. Fisher, Storm Lake, la.; John Bath and Mrs. Bath, Ames, ! a.

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D. Giberson,' 27, after teaching 38 years in the midwest, left Nebraska for California in 1948. She did substitute teaching in San Bernardino County, later serving as house mother at the Duffy Ranch School for Girls at Tallbrook, Calif., an<l at Hale Hall, residence hall for girls Pasadena Play house. For the past six years she has been serving as librarian at the Civic Center Division of the University of Southern This is a branch college known as the School of Public Administration located in downtown Los Ange le s.

Lawrence R. Malm., ' 28, lives at 18630 Marshfield, Flossmoor, Ill. He has been in the employ of a steel company for many years.

Paul E. '29, is superintendent of schools at Hebron, Ill., a position he has held for about 15 years. His school won fame about five years ago when the basketball team won the Illinois State High School Basketball Championship. The high school at that time had only about 90 students and was the smallest ever to win the championship.

Bert D. Wi l Ziams, '29 and Mrs. Williams are living at 12213 7lst avenue, Palos Heights, I 11. Mr. Williams is superintendent of the Posen-Robbins Elementary Schools at Posen, Ill. While Mr. Williams was a student at Peru, Mrs. Williams, the former Dorothy Neiswanger, worked in the college offices.

Harry Williams, '29, _is assistant superintendent of schools at Port Washington, N.Y.

Dr. Erland N. P. Nelson, '27, professor of psychology at the University of South Carolina, is the author of "Patterns of Religious Attitude Shifts from College to Fourteen Years Later," published in the bulletin, Psychological Monographs, General and Applied, Vol 70, No. 17, 1956.

Berna.rd 0. Bostsr'om, '25, and his three sons were August campus visitors. He has been associated with Westend Chemical Co., a division of Stauffer Chemical Co., since 1931. Since 194 5 he has been Chief of Chemistry.A fall issue of the Ford Times carries a pictorial article by Grace Reeve (Mrs.Millard) Bilger, fs '27, 475 E. Park, Olathe, Kans. The story, illustrated by some of Mrs. 6ilger' s paintings, deals with the historical spots of interest relating to the Santa Fe trail near Olathe. Mrs.Bilger is art instructor at the Kansas School for the Deaf, Olathe. ·Mr.Bilger coaches at the same institution

Crystal Meyer (Mrs. J. T.) Datus, ·•24, visited the alumni during her July visit to Peru with her sister, Pearl Meyer, '05. Mrs. Datus lives at 11415 Benfield, Calif.

1930's

Thresa Clark, '32, 122 South 39th, Omaha, has supplied the addresses for seven

formerly 'lost' 2-yr diploma recipients of 1932. They are: Phyllis Bugbee (Mrs. Ralph) West 261 street, Lomita, Calif.; Louise Cemore (Mrs. Louis) Grasso, 2734 Ridgeland Road, Torrence, Calif.; Wilma Dalton, 934 South Oxford avenue, LosAngeles; Vera Helm (Mrs. Thomas) Railsback, 2715 20th, Hester McCoy (Mrs. Merritt) Thornhill, Yuma, Colo.; Elizabeth Otto (Mrs. V. N.) Voyles, 2522 Hancock, Alfredda Phelps (Mrs. Max) Carter Iowa. Miss Clark is serving as pres: ident of District Two of the N.S.E.A. 1he addresses for Arthur B. Evans '39 Herbert L. Evans, '35, have bee; fur: nished the Peru Stater by their aunt, Fern Jones (Mrs. Clarence) Lash, '22, Brownville. Arthur, who is associated with an electrical firm, lives at 11440 S. E. Pine Court, Portland 16, Ore., and Herbert, who has a position with Arrowhead Purity Bottled Mountain Water Co., lives at 708 N. Carley avenue, Whittier, Calif.

A May visitor to the campus was G. W. Fichter, '39, of Denver. He-is a flight dispatcher for United Air Lines at Stapleton Field.

Myreta Eileen Sugden, 2-yr. '32, is now Mrs. Wayne Nicholls of Fullerton, reports her brother W. E. Sugden, '.32, who is superintendent of the River Forest (Ill.) public schools. The Sugdens reside at 323 Gale avenue.

A member of the faculty of reorganized District R-1, Jefferson county, Colo., is Ruth V. Kurtz (Mrs. H. E.) Johnson, '33, who resides at 7 464 West 23rd, Denver 15. Jefferson county's school enrollment is upwards from 23,000, with 800 teachers. In the reorganized Mrs. Johnson points out, there are special teachers for art, music, physical education and band. Students with physical or mental handicaps receive special instruction.

Mr. and Mrs. Delton (Marcelle Redding) Goerke, '37, '35, live at 576 Dartmouth Avenue, San Carlos, Calif.

Nelle Simpson, '31, is living at 502 South 12th, Lincoln.

The address for Alice L. Miller (Mrs. Everett M.) Lux, '32, is Shutters Landing, Route 1, Box 750, North Bend, Ore.

H. H. Sopher, '30, is coordinator of maintenance and transportation for the Pueblo County Rural School District No. 70, 29th Lane and Gale Road, Pueblo, Colo.

John A. Fisher, '32, president of Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa, and 90th anniversary convocation speaker at Peru State (see page 3), received the honorary doctor of laws from Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa, on June 2. Fisher was cited for his 'outstanding contribution to his college, the church and the community.'

Chester H. 'Chet' Bowen, '36, superintendent of schools at Gillett, Wyo., for the past nine years, assumed the duties of executive secretary of the Wyoming Education Association, August lst. He has been associated with the Campbell County High School since 1941. Mrs. Bowen is the former He Zen E.hmen, '36. Their family include William, 10, Robert, 5, and David, 1. The association's headquarters is located at 115 East 22nd street, Cheyenne.

Rosalie Critchfield (Mrs. Charles) Bliven, fs '34, and Mr. Bliven were campus visitors during May commencement week. 1he Blivens live at 7428 Farmdale, North Hollywood, Calif., and work. at Lockheed Aircraft. Mrs. Bliven's sister, Ruth Critchfield Keho, '35, who is employed in the same plant, lives at 16107 San Fernando Mission Road,Grenada Hi1 ls, Calif:,

Anna T. Christen, '30, writes from Route 1, Nebraska City, reporting that other Nebraska City Peruvians are Glenna Goss (Mrs • Howard) Z i mm er s , 2 - yr ' 3 0 , 170 8 Second avenue, and Helen Holliway, '30, of 712 Second avenue.

Beth Mort (Mrs. Ho.ward) Springer, fs '31, is living in Edgar, Nebraska.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. (Marguerite Coatney, fs '33,) Pederson, '33, were late summer visitors. they are living at 109 Callan, Wausau, Wis., where Mr. Pederson is field representative with the feed division of General Mills.

Mr. Russell H. Schaefer, '31, is living at Mead, Colo., where he teaches industrial arts.

Receptions Set For Omaba, Lincoln

Rece_ption.s for friends and alumni of Nebraska State Teachers College at Peru will be a _part of the State Association conventions at Omaha and Lincoln, as has been the custom in the past. Both receptions will be held on Thursday, October 24 from 3 to 5 p.m.

At Lincoln the reception will be held on the Mezzanine of the Cornhusker Hotel, under the direction of Mr. Don Carlile, director of special services. 1he Omaha reception will be in the West Room of the Fontenelle Hotel, in charge of Mr. Lee Lowenberg, director of professional services.

IBorn

To William Abernathy, • 51, and LaVofuia (Aufenkamp) Abernathy, '51, Nebraska City, a son, May 29.

To William Franzen and Shirley (Zabel) Franzen, fs '51, Denver, Colo., a son, Mark Lee, May 12.

To David Harmon and Carol (Hawxby) Harmon, '51, Mesa, Ariz., a daughter, Elaine Kathleen, June 5.

To Reginald Co.lbert and Regina (Stander) Colbert, '54, Weeping Water, a son, Kevin Eugene, April 27.

To Clay Kennedy, fs '45, and Barbara Kennedy, Brownville, a daughter, Linda Ann, May 22.

To Donald Miller and Merleen (Clark) Miller. £s'56, Tecumseh, a daughter, May 17.

To Richard Busche and Lois (Zabel) Busche, fs '45, Norfolk, a daughter, May 31.

To John "Christ, '55, and Mrs. Christ, Atcehison, Kans. , a son, John R. Christ IV, May· 5.

To Chester Bachle,,49, and Edna (Yates) Bachle, fs '49_, Seneca, Kansas,a son,May 12.

To Mie-,l'Vitn 9oesdi:ot, '48, and Donna

M. V. Nelson, '31, is educational representative for Houghton Mifflin Co. His is 1818 Baseline road,B9ulder, Colo.

S. Clay Coy, '31, has changed his address from Ketchikan, Alaska, to Worland, Wyo., where he is serving as superintendent of schools.

Lt. Col. George D. Haskins, '34, a 1940 University of Nebraska graduate, on May 3 graduated from the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kans. He is one of 310 U. S. and Allied. officers completing the 16-week associate officers course at the Army's senior tactical. school.

Aileen B. Cox, '33, until recently a lost alumna, states her correct address as 5090 College avenue, San Diego 15, Calif. She is teaching at the Stephen Foster Elementary school in San Diego.

Dr. C. Dwight Waldo, '35, professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley, Calif., has been cooperating in carrying on a project in international cooperation with the University of Bologna in Italy. 1he immediate goal of the project is to establish a training center in modern public administration at the Italian University. For some time Dr. Waldo acted as the official U.C. re_presentativc in Bologna, planning for the arrival of IJ-alian graduate students and civil servants who will study public administration in the United States to form the nucleus of Italian instruction and activity in public administration.

1940's

Mr. and Mrs. Boyd (Wilma Rhinehart) Handley, fs '42, fs '46, live at 3911 Ocean View, Montrose, Calif. Mr. Handley has had study at Glendale College, Glendale, Calif., and is now employed as a police officer in Glendale. The Handleys (continued on next page)

(Peterson) Doeschot, fs '49, Beaver City, triplet daughters, May 13.

To Woodrow Lambelet, '41, and Mrs. Lambelet, Grand Island, a son, Tommy, May 1.

To Ro be r t Re s z , ' 5 0 , and Marg a r e t (Grogis) Resz, Malvern, Iowa, a son, May 11.

To Robert Majors, fs '49, and Charlene (Nelson) Majors, fs Auburn, a daughter April 18. •

To Rafph '49, Yvonne (Lewis) Evans, fs 49, Sidney,Iowa, a son, April 17.

To Robert D. Whited, '54, and Frances (Heim) Whited,'53, Talmage, a son, April 30.

To Charles Wander and Dorothy (Schanot) Wahder, fs '53, Nebraska City, a son, May 4.

To Reginald Speak, 'SS, and Barbara .(Davis) Speak, fs '54, Mitchelville,Iowa, a son, May 8.

To Donald Keen and Janet (Banks) Keen) fs '54, Nebraska City, a daughter, June 28.

To Richard Cam_pbell, '56, and Jean (Thurber) Campbell, Peru, a daughter, June 30.

To John Porter and Patricia (Bailey) Porter, fs '56, Plattsmouth, a son, July 2.

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have two children, a girl and a boy

Mary Moal in (Mrs. Don) Ne ls on, '40, lives at 2014 S. Merde, Denver, Colo. Her husband is assistant to the principal in a Denver elementary school. They have three children.

Wilbur Ege, '48, is an industrial arts instructor at Thomas Jefferson High School, Council Bluffs. Mr. and Mrs. Ege and their four children live at 3323 16th avenue.

Evelyn Dell (Mrs. L. Frank) Maranville, '42, resides at 912 Turner avenue, Sheltoni Wash. The Maranville family includes Janet, Debbie and Nancy.

Beulah Livington (Mrs. Clar_ton) Evans,. '40, has returned to teaching. The family's Qroject is construction of a new home in North Bend, Wash.

Hazel Bouse (Mrs. Jia) Presley, '42, lives at 3728 N.E. !13th, Portland, Ore. The Presley family includes Danny and Jimmy.

Since her graduation from Peru State in 1942, Virginia L. King, '42, has been with the Embassy department, Washington, D. C. She seryed as secretary to governmental officials in Guatemala, Germany, Israel. Her present address is American Embassy, APO 230, c/b Postmaster. New York, N.Y.

Rose McGinnis (Mrs. Ed) Wiltse, '42, resides at 209 North Agate, Paola, Kans., where her husband is postmaster. The· Wiltse family includes SueAnn, 11, and Kristin, 4. · Rev. GeorgeD. Griffin, '47, is serving as an air force Chaplain. He is stationed at Warren Air Force Base- Cheyenne, Wyo.

Richard G. K ingso LVe r, ' 46, is studying at the University of Utah under a nine-month grant provided by the National Science Foundation. He holds the master of science degree from the Colorado A.& M., Fort Collins. Last year he taught at the Vocational School at Winfield, Kansas.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest C. (Marian Lou Deck, '46) Strauss, '47,·are at Grinnell, Iowa. Mr.Strauss is teaching industrial arts in the Grinnell public schools. They have three sons.

Mr. and Mrs. Tony (Betty Petty) DeMaro, '46, fs '46, are living at 1420 Prince, Grinnell, Iowa. Mr. DeMaro is head of the high school instrumental music department.

Mrs. Laurel la (Toft) kountf ord, '42, principal of the Florence Ramsey Training School at Nampa state school, Ida. was one of the persons to coordinate a student teaching at Junior lege for the teaching of handicapEed children in Idaho school The title is 'Psychology of Exceptional Children'.

1950' s

Betty Kuenning (Mrs. A'lan) Woodhouse, 2-yr.'55, a Chicagoan Septembe!, 1951, lives at 4136 W. Kamerling. A clerical employee at Stewart-Warner Co., Betty married in 1955. A native of London, England, Mr. Woodhouse is a tool and die maker.

Kenneth R. '50, who has been teaching at Seward, has been awarded a scholarship in math for the University of Chicago.- This scholarship is one of 30 awarded in the United States.

Donna Howard (Mrs. Kenneth) Cordon, 2-yr. '55, and her husband live at 23 East Weldon avenue, Phoenix, Ariz. Mrs. Cordon did substitute teaching in the elementary schools of Phoenix prior to accepting a position as a dental assistant. Mr. 'Cordon is with the Mountain States Telephone Co: Living on a farm near Johnson is Virfinia Kalous (Mrs. Lester) Feurer, 1-yr. 51. The Feurers have two sons, Robert, 3, and David James, 1.

Mr. and Mrs. William (Maralee Wickiser) Rishling, both fs '50, live at LaMars, Iowa, where Mr. Rishling teaches music at Galen High School.

Don Ogle, Jr., fs '52, is vocational agriculture instructor at Sutton. A University of Nebraska graduate, Mr. Ogle notes that his brother, Lee, was graduated from Peru in May and his sister, Romona, is a this fall.

Florence Duda (Mrs. Darrell) Smith, fs '51, lives at Douglas with her husband and daughter, Dian Lynl! .r born Fehr uary 11.

Mr. and Mrs. Dean (Eilene Beethe, '5i,) Thiesfe ld 1 '52, are living at "'1145 North Linden Street, Wahoo. He is teaching industrial arts; .she is· teaching first grade in the Wahoo public schools. They have two small daugh tel' s

· Maxine Ebert (Mrs. Jack) Stilwell, fs '51, is residing at Unadilla.· Her husband is a farmer; they have two small daughters, Ann and Kay.

Rose Marie Cook (Mrs. Robert H.)Pursel, fs '54, is living in Houston, Tex., where her husband (A/le) is stationed at Ellington Air Force Base with the 747th Air Craft Control and Warning Squadron (Radar)_ Tuey have one child, a daughter, Cheryl Ann. They plan to return to civilian life in 1958.

Campus visitors on Peru State's 90th birthday were Mr. and Mrs. George (Evelyn Trunkenbolz, fs '4i,) Atwood, '41, of 4352 Orchard, San Diego, Cal if. Mr. Atwood is the manager of a Safeway store in San Diego. They have three children, two sons and a daughter.

The address for Eula Anderson (Mrs. Dale) Nook,'55, is now Park, Eldora, .Iowa. Her husband is a livestock buyer for Hormel & Co. They have a son, Roger.

Ned Eckman,'55, left Berlin in February for the minor league training camp of the St. Louis Cardinals. He had spent fourteen mortths in Ber lj.n while in the service; ing his stay he_participated in maJor sports for the Bears. He was active on the football basketball and baseball teams. Mr. Eckman is a member of the Tecumseh High School faculty this fall.

Peru Teachers Accept Positions

(continued from page 7) son, Steele City, to Sacramento, Calif.; Eunice Harshbarger, Nemaha, to North Platte; Marilyn Meisinger, Ralston, to Plattsmouth. William Witty, Shubert, to Mo.; Dean D. Miller, Bellevue, to Inglewood, cal if.

Bueford H. Rickman, Nemaha, to Mt. Clemens, Mich.;Lelcmd Covault, Atchison, Kans., to David City; Kenneth McMaster and Dorothy McMaster, Creighton, to Avoca, Iowa; Ralph A. Mason, Maxwell, to Mojave, Calif.; Norma Vice, Auburn,to Stella.

Phyllis Heinke, Newport, Ore., to Shawnee Mission, Merriam, &ms.; Curtis Lind.e 11, Essex, Iowa, to Mt. Ayr, Iowa; Leo Lindahl,

IDied

William Francis Tagart, '00, died at his home in Tecumseh on June 7 after a long illness. He farmed at Vesta until he moved to Tecumseh in 194 7.

Mrs. Emma Belle Horstman, fs '00, died June 20 in St. Elizabeth's hospital in Lincoln. She has lived at Sterling, Adams and Walton. For the past seven years she has lived in Lincoln.

Harland Aubrey Hendee, fs '27, died at his home in Tecumseh March 28 following a heart attack. He has lived at Panama, San Diego, Calif., Kansas City, Mo., Lincoln and Tecumseh,where he operated a cafe and sporting goods store.

William T. Holmes, '96, of 3314 Queen Lane, Philadelphia 29, Pa., died October 19 at the age of 82.

Joseph L. Hicks, '05, died of a heart attack at his home in Farnam, on May 29. After graduating from Peru he taught high school at Schuyler for one year, at which time he returned to Farnam as a farmer. He returned to Peru with his wife for his class reunion in 1955.

Cecil M. Coatney, fs '25, died 1n Nebraska City on April 30. He was engaged in farming most of his life.

Hazel Warman Nelson, fs '32, died in Superior on April 12.

Lester Armstrong, '10, Auburn businessman for more than half a. century died at Auburn hospital on April 29. He taught in rural schools of Nemaha and Richardson Counties until he entered the hardware business with his father in Auburn.

Essie Madora Jacks .(Mrs.Edwin) Trively, fs '31, died_ following a heart attack on May

Sterling, to Tryon; Richard Campbell, Clarinda, Iowa; to Nucla, Colo.; Mary Straw, Peru, to Pueblo, Colo.

Marshall Norris, Peru, to Nebraska City; Tom Percell, Peru, to Stella; Richard Kapperman, Fairbury,to Torrington, Wyo.; Merritt Dodson, Nehawka, to Cairo; Janet Cotton Dahmke,Peru, to Union; David Glasgow, Humboldt, to Blair; Susan Alberson, Peru, to Yountville, Calif.; Bonnie Rutz, Dawson, to Red Oak, Iowa.

Kelly Liewer, Peru, to Pilger; Thelma Liewer, Peru, to rural school, Stanton County; Esther Cole, Nebraska City, to Auburn; May Reynolds, Wahoo, to D29, Cass County, Ruby K. Baker, Auburn, to Thurston; Kenneth Urwin, Stella, to Mound City, Mo.; James Peterson, Fairbury, to Tecumseh; Marvin Johnson, Tecumseh, to Phillips.

Jack Gilmore, David City, to Pender; William 0. Almond, Falls City, to Stanley Longfellow, Peru, to Brock; Edwin Pharoah, Peru, to Pawnee City; Barbara Bragg Clayburn, Parsons, Kans., to Parsons, Kans.; Nettie Hoover, Auburn, to Weeping Water; Ted McCartney, Orleans, to Tekamah; Marjorie Chancellor Eilts, Endicott, to Central City.

Doris Fyfe, Minatare, to Union; Gertrude Chase, Davenport, to Unadilla; Rex Coatney, Barnard, Kans.,to Cook; Mary Trail; Plattsmouth, to Pueblo, Colo.·; Dale Bradley, Mound City, Mo., to Deshler.

25 at an Omaha hospital. She had taught 26 years in Plattsmouth.

Mrs. Hazel F. Wert, fs '55, died April 22 at the home of her daughter at Wayne, after a lingering illness. She was an accomplished musician and a great lover of nature and flowers.

lIvy June Alexander (Mrs. Delphu.s) Bu-1 sacker, fs '10, died at an Omaha hospital 5. As a young woman she taught school. Most of her married life was s[ent in Talmage, where she was president o the Talmage Library Board.

Jack W. Nelson, '49, died in Lincoln, June 6 following a Jong illness, polio contracted in 1955. He received his M.A. degree from C.S.C.E. in Greeley, Colo. He taught in Farmington, N .M., from 1950-55.

Mary Kathryn Kimsey (Mrs. Jack) Kahler, '36, died July 7 at the United States Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Md. She was employed at the naval department in Washington, D.C. until her marriage in 1953.

Mabel L. Bridges, '02, of 4435 Madison, Lincoln, died on June 30.

Cleo (Mrs. Albert) Feldmann, fs '24, of Humboldt, died April 19. At the time of her death she was enrolled in a Peru State study center course.

Jerry H. Humphrey, fs '53, of Auburn was killed at Fort Riley, Kans., on June 6. Mr. Humphrey was a 2nd Lieutenant, a member of Company B of the 29th infantry.

George Harry Bradford, '00, died in Auburn on May 1. He served under William Jennings Bryan in the third Nebraska Regiment during the Spanish-American War. He was then employed by the Burlington Railroad for over 30 years.

Because of the fine' cooperation of Peruvians froµi classes 1907 through 1939, more than 500 graduates have been added to the rolls of the alumni files. Rosters will be mailed to classes of other years in later weeks.

The efforts of those who have responded to the call for help during the past six months have made it possible for this copy of the Peru Stater to reach those who formerly were absent from the .files.

Those of you who have neglected to supply addresses for the rosters you have received--please give us what help you can. If it's only one address, we are certain from the reaction we have received from the •found' alums, they' 11 .be grateful to you.

If you are a two-year recipient or a four-year graduate of the years 1907 through 1939, and have not received a roster, please notify us, and we will see that one reaches you.

Following each alumni mailing, many Peru Staters are returned because of address changes. Please notify the alumni office of each move you make. Keep us informed as to your whereabouts.

The Peru coaching staff has been putting the Bobcat grid team through their paces for the September 21 opener. They•re hopeful that this year•s homecoming weather will be more favorab 1 e when the Bobcats meet Wayne State at 2 p.m. on October 12. Al Wheeler (center) is in his 20th year as head grid coach. His assistants are Jerry Stemper (left) and Jack Mc Int ire, '41.