1977 The Peru Stater (Nebraska)

Dear Graduate

We 'WOUl.d like to exteriil a special inm'tation to you and your spmue t.o return t.o Peru S'tate ColleJJe for Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 1 and 2. An interesting and exciting weekend is pl,anned for all alumni. Special recognition is pl,anned for the cl,ass of 1952. •

Autumn of 1977

PERU STATE COLLEGE

CaniJ>U$ of a Thousand oaks Peru, Nebraska · -1

:Lovejoy. Interim Adlllittistrator

Dr. Dougfas W. Pearson resigned as President of Peru State College on July 6ina tO the State CollegeBoardof Trustees, nine· days after he lo8t the of confidence from professional staff members at the college ·he had requested. ·

Dr. Pearson called a special meeting of the college's professional. staff on June 27 and announced. that he would resign if more "leave" than "stay''votes were recorded. The outcome of the ·vote was 26-21 in favor of his departure;

Following the official resignation the Board of .Trustees immediately named William Lovejoy of the system central office in·Lincoln as ''Interim Administrator" and chief executive officer of the college, effective July 8. ·

Dr. Pearson has been on an extended • leave of absence since the date of the ·· l.etter of In the letter, he stated: · it has. been an extremely :. difficµlt decisi(n\ for :qte, I ha.ve decided · I should leave the presidency of ·· ·"Peru S ·· Ile e. Tlierefore I "am' ·,_

Role, Mission ,ftf,p;art. Done

Probably the single most imponant docunientat Peril State College for.the ne'.lt five yeats iWDI .titt presented to the Nebtaska Legislature tills month.

lt"s called a "Statem"nt of Role and. Mission" and; ina nutshell, ihays what Peru State College plans to do and. what 'eru State College plans not to do during the nett five years. 'rhe dOeu:ment represents literally thousandS of hours of work by college· faculty a11d staff memlrers in recent ·months. It ill detail tile. objectives of the college ·and the services' Peru State provides. to m,eet those ·.

E,ach institution of higher education

....: public and private - in Nebraska has been 1;tsked to supply a ·sinii11;1r document by the as patt of a. state.:wide effOtt to coordinate P9St• secondary programs. ·

· [Editor's note:•My greatesfregret as I prepare this issue for printing is than do not have the space 11eeessary to reprint entire .Role and Mission· :Statement. 'rhere is no other document anywhere which lretter inform you on what your college is today, and hopes to 'become tomoi'.l'ow. If you would like to see.a copy, please contact the Office of Institutional Relations and ,,,

Support

A· statement of. supJ)91'.t from two,. volunteer,. citizen's organizations was issued in behalf of Peru State College at a special meeting of the two groups July 13. ·.

"We, the members of the Peru State College President's Advisory. Council and the Peru State College Achievement Found;ition, Wi$h to make public our unqualified supJ)9tt. for this unique· institution of higher education in southeast Nebraska ana tO offer our assist-. ance in·any way we can be-helpful.

•''Recent administrative changes haveinno way diminished our faith.and confidence·,in the. strong and ·healthy future .of tliis l1&-year-0ld institution, Nebraska's first public college. We look lorwatd to ·· working With Interim Admmi!;traror William Lovejoy ·during his temJ)9rary assignment on campus, and we are confident ihat the Nebraska State College. Board of Trustees will carefully c 011sider and select the best qualified can<Udate for the presidency.

"It is our e'Xpre5sed desire that. all of Peru State College's. .thousands of friends and benefactors join us in workingroward at least no more years

<Continued 2)

Activities begin with a Registratio11rJteception coffee in the college Student G.enter from 9 a;m. Saturd4y until noon. You will enioy the Homecoming Para.de at 11. a. m. and the Bobkitten volleyball game with Wesl-eyan at 11: 15 a.m.

AU alumni are invit.ed to a pre-game luncheon at n0on in the 'Student Genter.

At 2 p.m., the,1Jobcats 'take on Nebraskfi. Wesleyan in football. Bands from throughout the will perform at kalffi,me: FolkJwing thti game, we are pl,an'fling a victory party on cam:pus,analum'fli dinner. and, tkat evening, a. 'flight at the theater where the Peru Pmyers .Wal perform Nei£S/,mo1n/s most reeent comedy, "The Good Doctm."

.Because Saturday 'flight is the /iMl perf-Ormam:e, the cast members are. ho:fnng an after-play party• .• a11il, they wi>vld like you to be their guest. · · · · acc<Yinmodations will be provide.a. in Maj<iriJ H,aU for all ·· • alum'fli who would like /,<> s'tay ooer for a continen'tal breakfast Sunday ·morning, ootdoor worship service with the Peru Commu'flity Church, and a Sunday bu/fet lum:heon. ·

The cost of the entire weekend package - meals; tickets to tlie games and pl.<iy, a'llil overni.ght accommodations - is $27 per couple or $15 per person. Rese1"Vation$ must be made with the Institutional ·Relations office by M<>nday, September 26. · · ·

We koPe yoo can attend.

Peru State Art Instructor and Faeul· · ty Athletic Representative Paul Fell has designed this multi-talented' bobcat as the symbol for Peru State's new regional Health and Physical Education Center.

Board Names.Daly Co. To Design New Facility

Mo:re Peru Staters in the-News.

completed work on his doctorate in education at the University of Nebraska at I.:.incoln this summer. He presently is guidance and basketball coach the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

Macy Wenzl, Class of 1971, has been named mathematics teacher at Weeping Water.·

David F; Zumbahlen, of 1969, has earned his Master -of Science in Education degree at Kearney State College this summer.

Mrs. Lindia Kull, Class of 197.7, has been appointed 7-12 Band and Vocal instructor at Nemaha Valley Schools.

_Jofm M. Vanderford, Class of w$ awarded the Master of Arts in secondary school administration at August commencement ceremonies at Northeast Missouri State. University.

Cindy Geschke, Class of 1977, will teach music at Nebraska.City Lourdes this year.

Wade Lair, Class of 1973, has been named social teacher, assi.Stant football and assistant basketball coach at West Harrison <Iowa> High School.

Philip Rogge, Class of 1977, is the new vocal music teachel'. at Arapahoe Public School this year. and Jan (Walford] Neujahr, both Class of 1968, have moved to Gothenburg this fall. He is teaching business and.serving as athletic director and head coach of cr<>ss country and track. Jan said .she plans to "take it easy" after nine years teaching in Syracuse.

Russell Mort, Class of 1977, has accepted, a position as a Nebraska

Game and Parks Commission conservation officer.

Hal Brown, Class of 1M9, has left North Platte Public.SChools where he served as psychologist for six years fo accept a new position in Sioux City, Iowa, with Area Education Agency No. 12. '

Naomi Dettmann, Class of 1971, Will be acting principal, social studies teacher and head girls basketball and track coach at Elk Creek this year.

Warren Jensen, Class of i1972, has been named third grade teacher and assistant boys' basketball coach at Adams schools. ·

Norm Janssen, Class of 1972, iS the new office manager for the Beatrice Production CreditAssoeiation office in Tecumseh.

·Dan Leuenberger, Class of 1965, has been named to teach seventh and ninth grade math and ninth grade a.Igebra at Nemaha Valley schools. Dan say."' he also plans to continue farming in the area. ·

New faculty members at JohnsonBrock are Karen Milstead, Class of 1973; Carole Obermeyer, Class of 1973; and Samuel Class of 1966.

Dr. Moras Shubert, Class of 1934, has retired as professor of biological ces at Denver University where he has been a member of the faculty for 31 years.

Mrs Lillian Richard, Class of '"r9, has retired from the Auror .;ol System. She taught for seven years in Aurora and has been in education more than 23 years.

Allen Pokorny, Class of 1970, is the new activities director at Lewis Central High SChool in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Russ Hicks, Class of 1963, is the new principal of Tri County Junior-Senior High School in DeWitt. He was principal of Palmyra Public School.

Robert R. Reitz, Class of 1963, received his D.D.S. degree from Loyola University in June.

Gloria Kentopp, Class of 1977, is working in the accounting department. of the Millard Lumber Co. in Millard.

Thomas Krakow, Class of 19'17, will direct the remedial reading program at Crawford schools this.year.

·Two Peru State 1graduates, Daniel · Kelsay, Class of 1969, and Davi,t., Langer, Class of 1970, were promoted. this summer by Kelly Klosure, In'l!., of · Fremont. Kelsay has become vice ·president of marketing and Langer was promoted to regional manager.

Peru State sophomore Sharon Kay Dietrich has been chosen "Miss }>lattsmouth for 1977.

Mrs Ross Class of 1939, has retired as eiecutive director of Riverview Terrace in Nebraska City. She served in that post since 1971.

Ruth Bolin, Class of 1977, has contracted to teach science and Title I math in the Laurel-Concord Public schools in Laurel, Nebraska.

Ray Boeehe, Class of 1977, has accepted a post as fieldman for Cooper Seed Co. of Humboldt. His wife; Nancy, Class of 1971, is the vocal _music instructor at Humboldt High School:

Theola Ruth Fox, Class of 1966, is teaching special education for grades

Head Coach: 'Ma_rlene Joy

5-8 in Fairbury; This year begins her 29th. year in teaching. ··

D-.nald Johnson, Class of 1963, is the new band director at Fremont. High School.·· He taught at Table ROCk, John F. Kennedy ,College in Wahoo, and Hastings.

Lee. Miller, Class of 1974, is teaching this .fall in North Platte. He was.,special education teacher at Table Rock for three years. · · ··

Don Reeves, former PSC sttident, has become head of the sales team at Rowe Realty Company in eity.

Mrs Musetta Gilman, Class of 1934, was at commencement ceremonies in May at Madison High Sehool.

Irene Leahy, Class of 1959, and WU.ma • Roberts, Class of 1959, were honored by the Tecumseh Sehools faculty tills. year at their retirement ceremonies. Irene taught 22 years in the school system and Wilma taught 20 years.

Bonnie Carlile, Class of 1957; the subject of a Falls City "Journal" feature story in May on her work.as an· artist for Northwest Missouri State University. Her· husband; Don, fok-mer PSC special services director, is director of- placement at NWMSU and, as reported elsewhere in this becaJ:tle the 1977 PSC Distinguished Service Award recipient in May MillicentBusacker, CJass of 1966, and her husband, Harold, ended a combined 371t! years. of service to the Nemaha Valley School System this year.

Marv Miller, Class of 1938, retired this year as principal of O'Neill High School. He has been a teacher since· 1936.

Married ... Engaged ...

Darrell Dierking, Class of 1976, and Lori Nielson have announced plans for a Sept. 30 wedding.

Twila Marie Bay, former PSC student, awt Barrett G. Schwandt were married April 22 in. Filley. ·

Kathy Reid, PSC student and secretary in Contmuing Education, were married Aug. 20 to Harold Fass of Auburn.

·Patriehl Jean Bradley, Class. of 1972, and Dudley Robert •. Class of 1974, announced plans·· for a July 9 wedding; ·

Roger Duane Saf, former PSC student, andLaura Ellen Fredericks; were mai;rled )day 7 in Norfolk.

Class of 1970, and Larsen were married May 28 in Nebraska City.

Wa11cbi •. former PSC student, · and Richard Carr. have announced plans for an October wedding.

Miehaelt;arl Bowman, Class of.1970; and JoyceEJaine Fujan were married this summer in Nonth Bend. They will live in Omaha. .· •

Dems.e Rae Haynes, Class of 1976, .and .Garj' 1'ee Irwin, were. marrie9 Junell ··

Betty L; Adams, Class of 1976, and TheOdore. J: Johnson, Class of 1971, were married June 11 a.t Beatrice.

Melissa. IJ.(»Ss, Class of 1973, and Vincent Sis were married in June· in Stratton ·· ·

Judy.tynn Buddeeke, C.lass. of 1975, and Thomas Hedges 'were married June 25Jt1 Omaha.

Class of 1915, and .plans for a Sept. 17 w"!dding. ·

P!tylJis J.; Jlamm; Class of 1171, and DonaldL; Brandt were marri¢tiin.June at · ·.•

asan in.tel'n kitthe 901 · ··. rd ?f .• office •in qtis

Pame1ia Sail.ors. PSC studentr W'a!3. tnarried July 2 to Micllael Jt()pertFisher of Falls City.• ·.

Anne l)enise and; .WJlliam Parker both PSC seniors, were.marT;ied.July 30 in Lincoln'. Bill's father .is l)r. Tom Fitzgerald'•.of· the Physical Education Department, and his Sue, is former PSC News Bureau Dit:'ectnr. · ·.

Gloria.Jean Groothuis, Class of 19,74, and Ronald)darion Dove were m;trried June 21 in Phoenix.

Obituaries . .

· Classt)fl921;..ill.J!lngiewood, Colbra,do. ·

Vesta i.ewis Comer, Class ·•

Clarence H'. 0 }'1lick"· cartel': 1914, in York, Nebraska; .at the of 83. '

Ed\)'.al'.d Class.of :t925, in Portla,.nd, Pr.egon.

Mrs-l.leJen Clinebul'g .QI!' 19281. ·. '·•'···

MissBea.triceAhern, Class of :t954fin Shubert•.·.•. · · Henry· Herold, former. PSC student,.in0Jr1.aha. at the age of

Jessie.G'.Kreidler, former PSC .stlldent, in. Fullerton the ;J:ge of 92'.

f\ep. 'Robert Harrison:, former .PSC student,Jn Norfolk at the age <>f.80: Rep. Harrison. was a four term Nebi:aska congressrn.;J:n.

'l.'ho•s Ki Siefken; Class o( urn, in McCook a.t l;}:le age of 31.

Ken11eth ·•· .l'Red" Burdette •. Prietert,. former .PSC student, in Fairbury atthe ageof66, · Yetta )£lien Class of 1906, ·in· Clarindl!, Iowa, ·at101.years old.

Mrs Nona .Berney, fo1'lller PSC student, in Bartlett, at the age of 88.

Wilson • Field IV, Class of 1970; in Lincoln at the age of 30.

Hattie. Clemens, member of the college secretarial staff from 1922, to 1940.

Cathy Coulter, .Class of 1976, and G·ene Swanson have set an Oct. 29 wedding date

Stephanie Ann Goodel, former PSC student, and Brian Bruce Smith plan an • Oct. 8 wedding in Ralston.

Jeffrey S. Class of 1975, and Carol Jean Adams were married August 5 in Omaha<

Mr and Mrs Kenneth R. Hutton, Class of 1950, were married July ui in Sabetha, Kans;J:s. They a.re living in Auburn. · ·

Erna .Gbin, PSC stude11t, and Dennis Blount were ma.rried July 23 in Auburn.

Terry Dean Ratliff, Class of 1973, and. Cheri Lynn Hodges were married Juljr 23 at Liberal, IS:ansas. ·

Becky S. Pieper, qiass of..1974, and Leon O, Golden, of 1974, were married in August in Omaha.

Joyce Elaine Fujan, Class of 1975, and .Mfohael Bowman,'Class'.of l970, were married in May bt,N,orth Bend

Deborah Irene Wright, former PSC student, and Steven Vance Fterichs, Class .of 1976,were married July 2 in Groton, Mass. • .··. •

Sharon Dued'.eldt, Class of 1975, and Ray .Bennett were married AU!ik 13 northea$t·of Falls City at St. Peter's Lutheran Church. ·.. <

Joevette Class of· 19,74; ;:tnd Larry Donner .married July 231n Burwell. ···•···

Peru State students Louan Haneline .and Jim Bearcfwere.marrjed August.6.

Lora Kae Zuehlsdorf, Class. of 1917; and Jim Rhinellart announc¢d plans for a ·SeJ,>tember. wedding. near Gladstone. · · ·. ·

Franklin, Carlile Honored

The late Dr. Esther Cole ·Franklin, ·was named Distinguished Alumna 11nd Donald K. Carlile, Maryville, Missouri, wa!!; named Distinguished Service Award recipie11tat Peru State College commencement exercises Sunday, May 15. .·. .•. · ···

One hundred and elevefi Peru State students cothpleted. ·degree l'eqUirements during.the .past year and were awarded dipl()mt1S in May •.An additional nine stt1dents who expected tO complete their in August also participated >· · Keynote. speaker·was. Senator Frank Lewis·. of Bellevue, Chairml!n of the Nem.askl! •••. Legislature's Education· committee; He spok,e on the imJ>Qrt- · ance of coordiri:lt!i;ig higher educl!tioi;i institutions in Nebraska.. · ·

Dr.·rrank}in, W'as the first woman ever tp. rf:!Cei\fetbe" college's .Distinguish"!d Al!lmni Award. The post-

said, "A title that was not applied'fo him but in which category he possibly accomplished the most good for the college W'as Public Relations Return" ing former Peruvians left Peru with a warm glow in their hearts for their Visit because Don had rnade them feel so speciaLHis interestin the entire community did much to foster a closer feeling between college and towfi.''

Don and his wife, Bonnie, Class of 1957, now make their home in ville; Missouri.

Twenty-four students completed degree requirements in I>ecember; The 87 seniors who completed· their. requirement.S thi,s semester were:

Bachelor of Ftne1Arts in l;dutation

R.oland Clyde Barrett, Peru; Nancy Julia Chpmps, Greensburg, PA; Lucinda :Dunlap Geschke, J:>eru; Lindia Lee Kull, Mahaska, KS; Philip Eugene Rogge; Peru; Trena Marie R0991f, Peru; and Niark .Curtis Thompson, Pawnee. City. Bachel!)r of Arfs in l:iducatlon Johri .A. Beck, Peru; Raymond Walter Boeche, Neoraska qty; Decorah Lyfln Kent, Johnspn; .Mary Estelle. Miller, Taole Rock; Ann spires, Neoraska City; Jeff,rey :.Jon Tudor, Chai;les. qty, IA; Linda' Marie Uher; Western; Peggy J; Williams,. Brownv.iHe; Arn(Jld Allgood, Peru;. Wendell· Ek. BClrd, Hastings; Ruth Marie Bolin, Wyriot; R. Blldnick, Hampton: Harriet A. ·t1ark; Auburn; Kathleen s.ue .Frank; Auburn•; Ruth E. Gerdes, Humboldt;.· Char.les Kip Hurley, Hampton; Thomas G. Krakow, Duane .R. Madison, Sidney, IA; .R.obel'.'tA/ McClain1.•Jerse.yville,. IL; Norma Jean Rid· die, Seneca, KS; .Debbie Theresa St:hoU, Falls City; Ricky D. Shallenberger, ka •City;. Patrick Tynon, Peru;·· Janet EH.en Vance, Ralston; Amy Marie Wal!;h, Lyons, IL; Mar.llyn.R.o,se Kostal. Yec1<:,omahi1.

• Bacbelor of Science

t:>ouglas D: A!iams• Shenan.doah• IA; Lora Lunzmann Black; Jol;mson; James R. Bopp, Spalding; Mary Jo Brµggeman, Nebraska City; <;olleen Kay Burger, N,,ebraska. qty; .Q•. Cardwell! Robert p; Carter, Fat.ls City; Anna Maria Christe!)sen.• Ornc;:i:ha;•. R.aym0nd Christie, Jr,,. Columbus, /. \OH; .Alonzo COIHns:, St :Louis, IL:. 0 ·· r.[)iel"ki!'.l9•'··recumsehf Donald: A:.:••Doxo,r1, · · Holtll'.iHe,CA;Mary .son; ;sµsan ·.13.lail'.le CitY•i •• •. neth tL)!!e Barl)ara.Selab•. .·

l)eath Claiins Bobcat Star

The man many remember ;the in Peru State• hi$tOI'}',. WalterW, "Bitzie'' BueU:genbach, died June 6 in Bei;id, Qregon.

Coach Buettgenbach, .of .1926.• was a starter on the peru basket})all team. not only d;uring .his four years of (!bllege; the. also ·. · for the college team while. he was a junior and s9niol':il).Peru Pi:ep.

ACC()l'dingtoFred R?t):lert "Bitziie''. pl8:yei:J"On each o( the ball teams wl#h ran up 54 straight college conference. and !ilSO was a fullback in .football. After graduation, he had a, remarkable car:eer as a. coach,<)eacher and .·administrator in ·· · New Mexico, Mfs$ouri, Colorado, Idaho ai;id otegon. Omaha. WOI'ld-Jlerald sports colum· nist Wally Provost; .commenting on Rothert's letter, added the fact that Buettgefibac:h scored .261 ·i)ointsdµring his senior cage season, .oi;ily 17. fewer tha.n the total .for all. Peru. opponents thatyear, ·· · ·· ··

A resident .of Redmond, Oregon, for the past $even years, Mr Buettgenbach is survived byhis wife, Elizabeth, Class of 1928, four sons, thr.ee brothers, ·.one · sister l!ndl2,gt'and<:hildren:

·····Red CJtY {Mk:hael L1">ulsHall, Falls qty; M<i.rc9s e. Harpe'r, .Cin.cirina.ti> OH; ,Dale R. Orient, IA; JamesR Holtgrewe, Tahriage; Dennis L. JohnJ<,Walnu.t, IAiRaY Ki!ppel; J:i:lk Creel<.; .Allen Joseph K'empkes; Nebraska City; $1oria Ann Kentopp, Falls Clfy: Gerard w. Kii:nball; 'Papillion;[)eborah J.ean Lons, Norwood, PM .stuar:t oiarles M,ount 111, Lincoln;. Ki!thleen S; Pietzyki. Elk creek; Cindra.Bun.n.Reed, Peru; James H •• Peru; TerryL. Rouse, Peru; Larry B; Seawall; Columbus; jufia I'll· SMrpe, _; '·" ;·· ; ,-·>·'<··"' nee. <;ity; hurnous award>was. jlccept¢d .by ·Ms. David Franklin'simmons, Shenandoah, IA; N Ir McA 1 · f p behalf f th Thomas Randolph Speigl)t, Omaha; David L. e. ie ·. µey() .eruon · 0 e Stemper; Peru; Kevin;M.Timothy, Nebr.aska · recipient's family l:\Uheir. request. City; Janet. Ellen Vance; Ralston;.· John Among Dr; Fr,anklin's l!Ccomp- Dempsey Whisler, Jr.,. Peru; Peggy E. Witty; lishments, she was principaLof Odell, Nebraska City and .Connie .Rae Wolf, Papi!. NE, High Sc}i<>Ql1 assoeiate professor of non. of Arts p(llitiCfil at theUi;iiversity of Donald Albertpoxon; Holtville, CA; and ·Kentucky, dir.'ec.to.r .o.f Jhe America.n Sµsan Elaine.Faller, Falls City. · Arts • AssociationofUnjversityWomen's pro,. Julie Anh 1:1ane, Nebraska City; .Randy J gr;J:m in social.studies ;J:nd. economic .Bohling, Johnson;· SallY .Jane Broers, Neb· 'ss a membe of th Woine 's raska .City; Ray L Dierking, 1'ecumseh; 1 ues.; · ··. r · .· e n Shai::on .Lynne Henricksen;. Exeter; Mark Advisory Cpmmittee to the Man- Allison •A; Janet L. Myers, .S. delegate to the · · 1,>-uburn:1 Cather:ine A· .F>te.ifter,. Nebraska Interru;ltionaf FOod a11d Agriculture City<and Beverly Joar'Pw'akelin;. Brock, • Conferei;iceJi;i a member of the Na,ti()nafAdvisory Committee on Food afid Agrictllture, eonsurper .tions advisor to. ihe Office. of Price Administi'ati()n; conswtallt •·on. youth activities in Berlin, l)irector of Publi.c Affairs for the Y'.w.C:A:. National Board and associate professor· relations at American Ul)iversityin D'.C; .··. She fr()m /Peru· School in 1920 and; earned her bache:lor's .degree at Peru State in .1924.

Donald Carlile is. ·former Direc::fur of' Special Services at State, servii;ig the college from 1955 ·until .1972. His many college ;J:Ctivities induded work with college alutnr.ii, assistance to the Peru Achievement Foundation, publishing the alumni publication,. prom()tion of college activities, photographie services for ttie· college, and the planning and management of m!'lnY coll,ege special events i,ncluding homecomings ·and commencements. One of the fn?riy letters fl'om former en!lorsing Don'.s nominaUon.

Peru• State stt1dents completed. work .on b;:t<:hefor's an.d one student a tw<>-yea.r ass(}ciate degree in.August. ·

Graduates wiqt the Bachelor of ellce degree are;. Michael ll,. Baker, Papilli()n, E. H!irper; Cincinnati, Ohio, ·business administration; Beth A. Rut, Barneston, :qiedical technology; Qwetn E. Ritliland, art; Roger Lee Slleldon, .Nebi:aska City, 'l'bomas. :Ftalldolph Speight; Omaha, business · tion, andDean Morris Stordahl, Brock, · biology. ; ·. ·.. ; :rtecipients oHhe BachelOr of fo Education degree Patricia /\• Klein; Auburn, elementary. education; Nancy .Sue .Kite, AuQµrn, art, elemei;i.: .J.ary; Joyce I. Parde, Crl!b Prchard, elementary; .Dixie Lee llaatz, Chester, elementary; .and Lora Kae. Zuehlsdorf, Fairbury, Rebecca Sue •Palmei: of Nemaha completed all requirements for· .the As.socil:{te in Arts degree in general clericaltechDolpgy.

PERlJ ·.S01'A;FEB

seek national·interest

Peru State College will be the site of a nationwide music festival in the summer of 1978. The "Festival of a Thousand Oaks" · and the associated ·"Festival School of Music" wili begin ·June 3 and continue ·through July 9, 1978. -

"The entire concept of the. festival has been designed ·after the Clevelan<J Orchestra's Blossom Music Festival, ·fllulliard School's Aspen Music Festival,

hopefully will elect to complete thefr college education at a college or.univer-, sity in Nebraslta,.'' Hilyard said; Students enrolled in tqe five-week Festival school :Will receive six hotirs of applied µiusic credit, with high school participants receiving deferred credit. The. Nebraska ·Sinfonia; the state's only full-time P1."0fessional chamber orchestra, will be in residence throughout t.he Festival, performing on weekends a.nd instructing·the talented students, The chamber .music ensembles,

'and the .Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood Music:Festival, '' said · liam D, · , · ·... • · ____ .c -o-······· .,. ... · .. side.rations to th.ose students enrolli!lg tet,WoodwindQuintetandBrass• from the State of Nebl'aska anc,l espec- tet will be featured on many the southeastern .·.Nebraska · Enrollment will be.based on area. A .national campaigil. of promo- mum of 100 students, who tion and publicity for the festival school the Nebraska Sipfoma :Will. constitute will attra:et students from tbr9ughout the fun .Festival orchestra. Both the the .United States, some. of whom Nebl'aska Sinfonia and the festival

21 selected to Who's Who

Theo· 1977-78 edition -Of Wbo!s •WbO; ·. Students in Ameiican Universities and OJlleges ·will carry the .nam,es .,Qr. 21: students ·fl'$1. Pei:u State College.who"have been being among the country's inOlt "·IJUt-. standing cainpus cai,'npus.n.Ominating editors .of the annual. directbry haye included the names ·of tbe,se st\1.cients on their achieveilJ.ent, service t0·the_ ex.f;tacurricwar activities and future pOteJ,ltlal.

'l'fley IUl elite. group.-Of students ftotn m0re, than institutidns ·of higher· learnmg iJl all so states, the District of Coiuinbia and several foreign. nations.

outstantling students been. honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934. , Studeqts nairit:)d this year from Pera State:college. are: Al,11, .Curtis; Sherri Apilado; Peru, {;illy Hordville; Terry Burkhalter, Peru;, Kenneth Christensen, Guthrie

··:Jean Wee,ping Water; DeaSOili Austin, .TX; Karen

'Villiairi. Fitzgerald, f>ei:u; G<Ji>ber, Table ll{)C.k; Teres8;'.tlahn, Brock; Ted HarshQai'ger,

orchestrawUl be under the direction of. Ttiotnas Briccetti, music. director of the Omaha Symphony. pointed out that over 300 available fqr·· those wh0 might be attracted to the Festival on campus.

"It has,· been agreed .upon that ·the Festival of a Oaks will be the ·prime financial supporter and will oversee all activities, that Reru Sta:te will pl'ovide the facilities aod ·oµter assistance where possible1 and that the Qmaha SymphOny will • provide the se,ryices of its Hilyard

A veteran e,ducator with experieµce ·in high school, college, and internati()nal e,ducation;. Dr. Larry A. was named fresident of Peru St.ate College, effective Dec. 1.. The of the selection made Oct28 of the Board. 0f.TI'ustees ·of the Nekraska State Colleges in Lincoln. Board mem..: ber Henry Ley of Wayne served .as chairman of the board committee which. screened candi.dates the selection,. Mr said J)r sele.ct(:ld from a grpUp of more than .for ·.tile position7 , < • Dr. Tangeman, 48, ha:d. serVing asyice of academ.ic affairs at.. Chadr91r He. held tllat post since 1961, except tor period ¢ twenty \Vhen •. servOO,: as. president during µte assigri.ment of. Chadron D(EdWin c. Nel§on.to 1:9e State Boai:d office. ·

Dr, Tangeman is·• widely. recogniied for his leadership abilities in tional budgetiµg, · planning and direct..:. ion. He was selected by the Board of Trustees of Nebraska State Colleges to help the Board and Board office respond to the Nebraska: Legi.slature's guideline8 calling for the "Role and Mission" re-definition of the four state colleges.

From 1964-66 he served as professor and consultant to the University of Dacca in Dacca, Bangladesh where he helped .establish a gi:aduate school of education.and.re.search; As a part of his a:ctivityJp Bapg.ladesh, .tie gUided · parati:on of the bl1t:lget for

sitf of I>acca was c µle. ggvernment<as being .the best budget submitted.byall agencies in the countrY that year;

Alunmi art at .city.hall

The.works·of sixPeru·State•alurnni• are dispjaye,ci iJl the Pel'.U City HalJ as ;of a 13-artist gallery .Of scene,s the_ Pei:u are.a. · 'f}ie1 project )Vas cOOrdinated by Class of 1923, and City· .

Artwork · was received from Mrs Lenora. Cowell .Class of .19?1, Ira Tobler. Cla.ss. of 1923, .Mrs Dorothy Woltf;!r. Class of 1939, Lawrence Good, Class of l!M2,.Stf;!v.e R. Parker. (:.lhlss Of 1963; and l\lrs Cheri Cla11s of.196f.

Pr. Tangeman also was iQStrumentat• in leading Chadron State College to gain'·

three Distinguished Service Awards

from the American Association

Colleges for· Teacher Education; as.···

well. as in gaining state, regional and

national accreditation approval for the < college in 1967, 1971, and 1977.

He currently is serviµg as preside,nt" i·; , ·•

elect of the Nebraska Association of ? i ./ Colleges for Teacher Education. • · · '.> · Dr: Ta11geinan had l>een .011 the / i .at.· 'Chadron .state since•.· .when he \o..tlie ·ii of. the..• ·laboratory; ()f .• '>! placeJn.ent · ·· /' of education ·• ae served as•• •graduate studies he.Wl;\S ·advanced to vice president affairS; '· · •... • ; .•

•Prior to that. he se,rved as, itlnior .high school .principal at ·Geripg;·•Nebras}al•··. and was a teacher of Englislt fand journalism at

Dr. Tangeman served With the U;S. Army from 1951-lra in military mteJli.,. gence, and ranked firstin his class upon graduation from military Intelligence Schoolin 195.2'.

Dr Tangeman is married; and heand his wife, Corinne, have three children The Tangemans are members of the Methodist Church. Dr. Ta11geman at· tended Chadron as· an undergraduate student, and holds a· bachelor and masters degree from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He was awarded the doctorate of education from the University of Colorado at Boulder. in 1961;

Peru.State College .receiveq word of full accreditation through Sept 1, 1937, · from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.

Vice Presidentfor Academic Clyde Barrett said that' the ten-year accreditation is. the maximum· granted by the accrediting.group.

In his letter of confirmation, NCATE Direetor Rolf W. Larson cited the "exemplary and widespread" contacts between Peru .State faculty and area educators. as a strength of the Peru State education program.

The. process of seeking continued accreditation began nearly· two. years ago when the college began its study. for submission to NCATE, Dr. Barrett said.. A nine-member inspection team.from NCATE. visited Peru State last March. Following review of the inspection team report, Peru officials met this summer with NCATE representatives .in Kansas City to report on changes made since the self-study and inspectton team visit. ."

While total accreditation is a direct to Education Division, it. also .reflects well on the entire instituUon,Dr. Barrett said, The studies.involved the college library, m.edia centeF and the. other five ·academic divisions, all of which offer. education major programs in their respective specialty areas, ···

AccordingtoNCATE, the purpose of accreditation is "to assure the public that accrediteq institutions offer programs f()r the preparation.of .teachers ·and otherprofessional school personnel that meetnationalstandards of quality : to that children and youth are ser;veq by school personto. advance the teaching profession through the Jmproyementof .aration pr9grams;. :and to prov-ide a practical basis for reciprocity allltlng the •States in certifying professional s.chool personnel.'! ·.

; Ke\l;in Stanton,. IA; Mi,clielJ:e. .NeJ>raska CitYi Jones,. Auburn; William. Martin, Qin.aha; .·Jody ]?olston, Nebraska City; Kevin. Sauberzweig, Otoe; Diana SullMm, Lin<la. Western; and. Rodney White, ()inaha,

to Peru/' Among the 111any g1lests at a., campus recepti(tll welcoming Qr. to: Peru State were, from left, f!rofessors. Emeritus Silas Summers and L. B ')Id 1915 Pem State graduate Everett Good, all of Pem. Dr. Tange1nan Dec. t.

Peru;.., Phernalia from Admissions

Peru Staters in. th:e ne.ws ....

Daniel Strecker, Class of 1967,. was named counselor a.t Central City High School in September. ··Prior to his appointment, Strecker had been a teacher and. coach at Elk Creek High School and Kearney Catholic High School.

William Ho5aek,; Class of 1976, was named .·junior high industrial arts teacher and freshman football coach at Harlan Community School, Harlan, Iowa. Hosack was co-captain of the Peru State football team his .senior year.

Gary Stephens, was named pJ:inciJ);ll .of Stanton High School, Stanton, Iowa. Prior to hiS new appointment, Stephens taught at Lenox, Iowa.

Dr. Richard.Muth Director

In the few short months. which I have spent here at Peru State I have learned many things; perhaps the most significant of them being that I have many things tolearn!Not the job so.much as about the institution. Just as a person is tpe sum total ofhis experiences, so is an institution the sum total of its people and their ·

As a newcomer. to Peru, and because· of the nature of the admissions directorship, i needed to learn a. great deal about the institution's current strengths and weaknesses, in order to be· able to promote PSC as a choiCe to prospective students. The former wa8 easy; through conversations with faculty, students, and administrators I ·quickly confirmed. my first impressions: locality, cost, picturesque setting and highly competent staff, in addition to a long history of successful graduates, are the selling points at Peru State College;

Weaknesses were a bit harder to pin down, yet I knew they existed, since enrollment had· been on the decline for the several. years. After further exploration, I was able to determine that high on the .list of weaknesses was the town of Peru itself; not the people, but the lack of them and the services which a larger business community can provide to students away from home. Looking back on my first visit. I. recall thinking to myself that this was a very unlikely-looking place for a state college. Perhaps it had not always been so. The history of Peru then became an important part of my education.

In conversation with native Peruvians, long-tenured faculty members, and some enlightening chats with alumni whom I happened to meet on .the road., I learned of a bustling, thriving community, with a variety of shops, stores, service stations and restaufants; a forward-moving community with a promising future and an interesting Peru was proyd of itself and proud of ij;s College. What happened? Apparently, a variety of unfortunate events, none as dramatic as those which ushered in the Fall of the Roman Empire, resulted ·in businesses arid services moving away 0r closing, taking away the populatiol). apd College.A tragedy, .yes, but•not tl,le,.final eurtain, for PERU · ··• ·. · · } · •..

Peru is slowly but.very definitely growing, and College. In town, three new businesses have opened their doors in the three months; property values (and taxes) are going up; a: new highway is under. construction, and a College-community service organization, PEP (Peru's Enthusiastic People) is going strong.

On the college campus, a new President has been appointed; ground has been broken for a dollar Regional· Health and Physical Education Center; the Omaha Symphony and the Festival of A Thousand Oaks are coming soon; freshman enrollment is up 16 percent (a greater increase than apy other school in .the state). and the football team had a good season!

Which brings me back to the intent and purpose of this colwmi; the bottom line of the admissions director's job is "get us more students!" The best way I know to accoml)lish this is to publicize the positive things that go on around here, and to get that information to prospective students. This is done through a variety of traditional means, such as high school visits, career programs, rollege .fairs, mailing lists, telephone calls, media advertisements; and finally through ALUMNI SUPPORT.

Alumni have been wooed ·by their respective institutions for monetary support, from the fttst day of registration 'til the reading of the last Will and testament. Peru State alums are no exception; of course we need your financial aid, for scholarships, building funds, and gifts. However, I don't want Y9Ul' money Iwant your help!. (In spreading the good word about Peru.) The best recruiters.any admissi0ns department has are students, whether present or past. When I, tell a prospective student about the advantages of "The PSC Experience" he ma}' or may not believe me; heknows.that I get for saying that, whether I believe it or not. But when a student· speaks to a stU,dent, regardless of age differences, there is mutual un(,lerstanding and trust, because the voice <>f experience speaks loudly and truly.

It is my intention, through this column, to provide ybu, the graduate, with an added news source, spiced with·a bit of pers<>nality and editorializing, to keep you even better informed and more closely associated with Peru State. ·

In addition, Mr Flanders has volunteered to publish my visitation schedule in all local when I arnjn your area, I would appreciate having you stop in to chat. In this way, you can pick up news from PSC and I can make contacts through you with potential students! In recent months I have met a number of interesting alums who have shared some of their fopd memories of Peru State with me. As a regular feature of this column, 1·win identify those graduates whom I encounter along the way, in case some of you have lost track of one another over the years.

Remember Del Miller ['52]? The former Peru ."Blue Dew" is iri Columbus, *Nebraska, where he owns the "Seven Knights," a motel, restaurant, and · lounge, plus his own real estate business The storeis of his exploits would fill several Jim Fisher [J61] is the Counseling Director at Platte Technical Community College, also in Columbus. We hope to get some of his transfer students in the coming semesters. I had a good visit with Jim Thompson who is an instructor of Science at Highland Community College, Highland, Kansas. <The view of the Missouri River, from the house where Jim lived while., in Peru, is featured on the cover of our new Admissions Catalogue,) Watch your focal (or call the Admissions office) for a schedule of visits in your area. I'm looking forward to hearing from many of you soon. Until then, "Be A Bobcat Booster! " ·

Lonnie W. Shafer, ·Class.of 1965, has been·selected to appear in.the Bicentennial Edition·of Who in Nebraska.

Mrs Linda Oldfield Weichel,. Class of 1969, has been riamedVocational Home Economics teacher at Nelson High School, Nebraska.

Mrs Alice Stoltenberg Vonderschmidt, Class of 1976, was named junior high math instructor at Clarkson High Schoolin September. She is also head volleyball coach and assistant girls basketball coach.

Mrs Karen Mcintire Hamm, Class of 1963, was appointed' head of .the Home Economics at East AltonWood River High School in Wood River, Ill. Mrs Hamm is the Wife of 1963 graduate Pat Hamm and daughter of Jack [Class of 1941] and Luella [Class of 1935] Mcintire, Peru.

Roland Barrett, Class of 19'17, is band director of Republican Valley High School, Indianola. Roland is the son of Peru State Vice-President for Academic Affairs Dr. Clyde Barrett, class of 1956, and Betty Neil Barrett, Class of 1957.

David Green, Class of ·1974, was named Physical Education teacher at CommYI).ity Schools, ·

John. M. Vanderford, Class of 1969, has become marching band director in his second year at Clarinda:, Iowa, high school. ·

Mr& Jacquelyn Kiritsy, .Class of 1971 1 is now a photography studio in Nebraska City, Jackie is the wife of Thomas Kiritsy, Class of 1972, who is now employed with the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

Mrs Geraldine Connolly, Class of· · 1938, has been elected National Western Division Vice President of the American Legion Auxiliary in Las Vegas, Nevada. She is a former ·resident of Falls City and the wife of Robert J, Connolly.

Tom Osbome,•Class.of 1919, marching band director at Humboldt High School, and Russell Workman, Class f)f 1963, director at ·Fairbury, .brought ·their respeetive tnarcbmg · bands to Peru State in October.for the homecoming J>arade.

Mts ·Florence Whitten was honored for 50.years of teaching and 37 years of· being. organist in Nebraska City at a reception there Oct. .30. Mrs Whitten is the 'Wi'fe of the late Merritt Whitten, Class of 1933.

A. .Dale Blanken&hip, Class of 19481 recently joined the Volunteer Fire in Kearney. The former .Peru resident, now a sergeant in the Nebraska State Patrol, is married. to the former Virginia DeKalb, Class of 1946.

.Dr. George 0. Blocher, Class of 1948, became assistant superintendent of schools in South Sioux City Nov. 1

Box Butte, Nebraska, county associate judge Ray.Shorney, who attended Peru State in 1932, retired Oct. 14. Shorney held the position for six Mrs Ruth. Bolin, Class of 1977, is teaching math· at Laurel Public Schools.

Mrs Nadine Adcock Fahrlander, Class of 1959, is teaching English at the Gibbon school system as well as coaching volleyball. She is. the wifeofM:inden band director Phillip Fahrlander,. Class

of 1959.

Robert Cappel, Class of 1969, a Longview,. Texas, YMCA Physical Director, was recently app<)inted to a MidAmerica Task Force on Physical cation.

Ron Bartels, .Class .of 1968, is managilig a feed plant for Land 'O Lakes in Omaha. His· Wife ·is the former· Gail Putnam, of 1968..

Dr. Ross Pilkington, Class of. 1961, professor inthe Department of Counsel· ing at the University of Nebraska a1 Omaha, received a Distinguished Ser" vice Award from the Nebraska Personnel and Guidance Association Sept. 3,0. •

·The Northern California Peru::A:lumni Associati0n election of officers in Stockton drew 21.Peru .state College· alumni in September, according to Mrs Bragg Qayburn, Class of 1951. The dual-officer organization tabbed Willard Shumard, Class ·of 1935, and husband of Dorothy Cawthorne Sh.u· mard, Class·Of 1934, as·presidellt. Mrs Phillis Rogers Finkle, Class of 1950, .and wife. of Jim Finkle, Class Of 1951, was ch<>Sen secretary-treasurer Mts burn is the wife of Ansel E. Clayburn, Class of 1952. He is the youngest son of the late A. B. Clayburn, a distinguished Peru State faculty member for some 4o years.

Dennis Hammer, Class of 1971, is in his fifth year of coaching girls basketball at Fremont-Mills High School in Tabor, Iowa His squad tied for ttieir conference champion5hip last

Carole Ann Boice, Class of um, has been named coordinator of the Voluntary Action Center in Scottsbluff. She is a resident of Gering.

Judy Bukacek, Cl.ass of 1971, has been promoted to captain in the United States Air Force. She .is serving in Guam. ·

Floyd Fithian, Class of 1951, spoke at the Johnson County Democratic Dinner in November. He is a U.S. Congressman now living near Lafayette,. Ipdiana. His wife is the former Marjery Heim, Class of 1951.

John Vanderford, Class of 1969, directed his Clarinda, Iowa, high school marching band to its 23rd consecutive "one" rating in· state competition. Despite the fact that Clarinda is a class B high school, it in t¥. class A division. : ·

l.\'lrs Caralyn·Dorn Do1eia,.Class oJ' ;'· 1911. is now living in Turkey where her· · husband is conneeted with CARE. · · -

Ronald Li Mustard, Class of 1966, has·: been appointed director of the office ot federal activities for Region 5 of the U.S. Ertvironmental Protection Agency. He now lives in Highland, Indiana.

Richard Good, Class of lfNI, address.. ed the Peru Kiwanis club last April shortly after his election as president of the National Association of Chamber of Commerce executives. He is the son of Class 1915.

Tom Hallstrom, Class of 1949, who is coordinator of physical edtication. and· director of. athletics for the Omaha Public Schools, was honored by ·the National Federation of State Higli School Associations in December. He is the husband of the former Dorothy Maynard, Class of 1949. ·

Robert E. Reitz, Class ot 1963, has opened a dental office in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Phil Rogge, Class of recently joined the staff at Arapahoe High School as vocal music instructor. Wife Trena O'Banion Rogge, Class of 1977, is vocal music teacher at Oxford Public School.

Del Stoltenberg, Class of 1957, was named Central States Conference · ball coach of the year. He is head footbaH coach at.Wayne State. He is the husband of Dolores Smith Stoltenberg, Class of 1955.

Dr. Duane M. Elliott, Class of 1961, was the subject of a feature story in the El Paso, Texas, "Kaleidoscope." Dr. Elliott. is. afflicted with multiple sclerosis, andhas been undergoing treatment since 1965.

Sym,phony at Peru - Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Thomas Bticetti performed at the November Fine Arts Weekend on campus.

Fund-raising efforts for thesummer a Thousand Oaks are undenvay wbring the back for five weeks of perform,ances this summer. ·

Obituaries

.Emory .G. Priefert,. Class of 1932, at the age .of 70.

Enid Colglazier, CJa!ilS of ·1930, in Falls City, at the age of 79.

Mrs Ferne Nelson Frazee; fOtiner PSC. student, in ShenandOah, Iowa; at the age.of 69. ,

Warren Darrah, Class ·l!f 1954, in Nevadll,, Iowa, at Qle age of 73.

Mrs S1,1sie Haverkamp, Class of 1915, in Lineoin at the age of 79.

Mrs Bessie M. Pickerel, Class of 1944, in Lincoln at the age of 86.

Ernes.t E. Rothert, Class of 193!), in KenwOOd, Caif0rnia, at the age of 67.

Mrs Ramona Mosiman MahoQ.ey, Class of 1923, in Council Blu{fs, Iowa, Nuv.15. She is by sOn. Jerome Mahoney, Class of 1949.

·Gifts to PAF

Many Peru State College students are being helped to further their education through a number of recent contributions to the college's foundation.

Officials· of the Peru Achievement Foundation say these. gifts demonstrate a variety of contribution methods.

The college recently received a $10,000 gift from,J.oy Elmer Morgan of Wa$,Mngton, D:c. Morgan is a 1911 gradUa.te of .Peru State., The .Pearl Morgan Butler Memorial Fund will be .used to provide some worthy· student an annual scholan;hip full tuition and fef!S.

A. $5,000 scholarship fund for a southeast Nebraska education student at Peru .State College has been established in memory of the .late: Mr· and Mrs Sanford L. Clements by their Sops. The gift to the Peru Achievement Foundation. was by Richard· V. Clements, Peru State class of 1942 of Pittsford, New Y prk; Arthur Clements, class of 1948, of Overland Park, Kansas; John. A. Clements, class of 1949, The Hague, The Netherlands; and Fred D. Clements, class of 1956, son, Iowa.

Erma and C. C. Choyce of Dunedin, Florida, 'recently donated 1-00 shares of stock in Thomas Indus.tries to their alma mater's unrestricted fund. Unrestricted gifts to the Peru Achievement Foundation are. used for the National Direct Student Loan program and other necessary college programs and projects.

The Esther Cole Franklin Scholar" ship has been established by the late Dr. Franklin's sister, Mrs Saul Kaye of Amarillo, Texas. Dr. ·Franklin, a 1920 graduate, received the posthumous Distinguished Alumni Award from Peru State during commencement ceremonies. last May.

The $300 annual scholarship is tiased upon a student's need, good character, and scholarship, and the donor prefers that it goto a student within 300 miles of Peru.

Mrs Neva CUrry Matto¥, Class of 191&, in Ei1t Creek, ai the age.Of 83. Sile is survived by brother Vern CUrry, Class of 1917.

MrS Alma Mosiman Shuey, Class of 1919, in Riverside, CA. ·

Dawd L. :MeClun, Class of 1915• in PrestOn, IdahO;

Lydia Beck, Class of 1917, in Oinaha.

Mrs i:tuthe Yo1,1ng Pollock, Class of 1930, in Briegep0rt .at..tbe age of 67.

Mabel M. Shipherd, Class of 1910, in Omaha.

Valma Morehead Krause, Class of 190&, in .Aibfon at the age.of 90.

Married...

Beverly Joan Wakelin, CJass. of 1977, and Duane Caspers were married Aug. 27 in Brock.. ·

RandallJ. Wo.lenburg, Cla11s ofl975, and Teresa McDougall were married Sept 171n DeWitt, Daniel W. Graves, former PSC dent and Jane Pahl were married Oct. 22 in Grand Island. ·

J1,1dy Lynn Buddecke, Class of 1975, and Thomas L. Hedges were married June 25 in Omaha.

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.•. L.>EicJtenberger, Class ofl974, ;A. Robidoux .were married 21in Lin<:Oln.

Colleen Kay Burger, Class,of 1977, ami Dale. Kreifels were married Oct. 1 in Nebraska City, Lora Ka.e ZuehlsdQrf; of 1977, and .Jim D. Rhinehart .were married Sept.10 at Gladstone;

Debra .Ann' Hendrickson, .Class ·of 1974-,. and Robert David Pi.clcret were married in Beatrice in October1 Jaelde .· Sue Baker, Nemaha., and Richard Keith Williams, Belle Glade, Fla., both sophomores at Peru State, were married Pee. 17.

FrederiCk w. Will, Class of 1971, and Joyce Ann Damgaard were married Dec. 17 in Minden.

Mary Jo Bruggeman, Class of 1977, and Gary D. See were married Nov. lo in Davenport, Iowa.

Scott Lee Hoegh, a D.ecember 1977 graduate, and Kimberly Humphrey will be married in Council Bluffs, Iowa April 15. '

Connie Gregg, Class of l97&, and DennisSazaµia were married Oct. 15 in Hartington.

•. Larry. Morrison, Class of 1973, an.d Renee Larson were married Dec. 30 in Norfolk.

.Jody Robinson, Class of 1976, and De.nnis Uglow; former PSC student, were married in October.

Allen E.• McPherson, former. PSC student, and Linda Kye wm tie married Feb. 4 in Lincoln.

Susan .Mar•e Wenzel, Class of 1975, and David Snodgrass were married in Nebraska City in November

Stephanie ,l\nn Goodell, who recently attended Peru State, was married to Brian Smith in Ralston.in October.

Gordon Thiesfeld, a senior at Peru State; and Sarah Jewell, also ·· wHfbe marrieli Augµst 11, 1978; .Sarah is the of •Mn; RoJ>ert Jewell, .dass of 1940. ·

Briiin G.eschke, a reeent at Peru State,· will be married tCI Carolyn Bu,ell in March.

JeffrY •Long, a re<;ent at Peru State, was married to Ann Peterson Nov. 18. ··

Fell· cartoon wins award

Paul art instrQctor .at Peru St;A.te College and toonist, receivedoneof the top awar!is in the .nation recently when his .Work was judged "best editorial cartOOning. in a weekly. 1976."

The 31-year ;old Worcester, Mass., native, for Maverick Media and the Lincoln Everiil)g Journal, was bY the National Newspaper Foundation.

Family of Peru Staters teach 291 years

Nellie McAuley of Peru provided the .f91lowing record .of the children, grandchill;Jren, and great-grandchildren of Maynard and Sara [Gates] Clover, Sr., ofBrock, Nebraska, to sh.9!". th.e extent, obne fa.mily's. involvement with higher edu.cation at Peru State and educational service in .general. If you know of. another family with equal or greater inyolvement, we would like to share the information with other Peru Staters. · ·

First Generation

Second Generation

Third Generation

I. Mabel Clover George, deceased:.

2. Bess Clover .Kirk

3. Vida Clover, deceased 1962

4. Elzada Clover

5. Cora Clover Simon Spouse - James V. Simon, deceased

6. Maude Clover Hayes, .children/grandchildren

Gladys Hayes. Nelson

Jean Hayes Shanks

Melvin Hayes

Nathan Hayes' wife, Irene Eden

Larry Hayes

James Hayes

Helen Hayes· Majors' children:

7. Alice Clover Wild

Gutdhigthe antique 'plow at 'gr0undbreaking for the regionalHealth ·and .Physical Education Center. at :Peni were, from.le!t, Rev. (irayof.the Peru Community Church1 State 8enator Nelson. Merz of Falls City and State Senator Douglas Bereuter of Utic:a;

Fall sports wrap-up

.Mike Larson, 6-3, 236 lb.,juniorta(:kle from Harlan, IA., was selected to« the l'fAI.A District 11 All-Star Team as an offen$ive: tackle. He ways (onoffense and defense) for most.Of the year and.bandied ttiolt .of the kickoff chOres. Mike has always been an Outstanding, .athlete. He won the natioital. punt,· pass and kick. when he wil$ ' and was an ,all-state football player, wrestler, and trackiftan in high school. •.

Five selected NAM, District 11 Honorable Mention. Although freshman Roosevelt Brown ofTampa, Florida led the other District 11 pass receivers by fOUr y8nbl per catch twenty yards per, ball game, l:;ie was. selected as an mention. Roosevelt. had thirty-one receptiOns for 620 yards in eight gaines:

Three seniors1 Fred Marisett, offensive guard from Hammond, IN; Gary. Rosenbeck, .offensive back fr$ Guthrie Center, IA; and Dale Patton, ·offensive back, Springfield, OH,, were· also: selected as was freslitnan terback,,Neil .Laxdal. Patton was .ninth and Rosenbeck was tenth in District 11 rushing. Laxdal. wa$ third in passing.

The final report of District 11 teai:ns was also released. The BobCats were fifth in teai:n·offense and. eighth defense. Mike Law, sophotriore defensive from Pueblo; co:, was .fourth mkickoff returns and seventh in punt .returns. Steve Orton.• freshinan puntedrolt>: Nebraska City was fifth in punting.

The 1977 season proved to be exciting. The season was one of consistaµ,t itnprov.etnent .as they broke four ab-titne records in cotnpiling a S.:5 record. They met so;tie Of the nation's best teai:ns as they lost to four teai:ns that were ranked nationally during the course .of tlie year, and they ended the season as the ail-time leading team in total·offense in 1 the history of. the college with a total of 3005 yards. Two other records that were broken were the Most Rushing Plays for a Season: 537 (510, 1973) and the Most First Do\Vns for a Season, 150 ( 135, 1972).

Individual rushing leaders were Gary Rosenbeck with 559 yards in 145 carries for an average of 3.8 yards per carry and 55.9 yards per game; and Dale Patton with.535 yards in 114 carries far an average of per carry and 59 yards per game. Rosenbeck ended his college career as a Bobcat with a total of 2187 yards in as games for an average of 4.8 and.57 .5 yards per gai:ne. J?attop alsocoinp1eted his career as he 1623 yards in for

an average of 3.8 yards per carry and 41.6 yards per gai:ne. quarterback N!i!U had 63 cotnp1etions (a school record) for 998 yards, His receiver was freshman Roosevelt Brown.whO·had 31 catches for 620 yards and four .touch• downs.

The leading defensive playe1'$ were Vermm Gantt, 87 tackles; Jon 78 ,Titn Schaefer, 55 tackies; .Ed Connelly, 51; Kenne0¢ng; 50ttind Bill Pursley,50.

Peru will · lose ten seniOrs via graduatioit. Others besides and Rqsenl:!eck are: runnihg back, Bernard Johnson; ;wide .receiver, Joe Cluley; wide receiver, Paul McCune; defensive tackle, Tiin Schaefer,;· iinebacker, Jeff Pease; ·offensive ·lineman, Fr.ed · Marisett; .defensive· lineman, Mark Clark; 'noseguard, Jeff Salberg; and center, Dick Rai:nsey.

The Bobkitten vmleybaU finished the season with a 19-7 record a$ they captured. third plac.e in the AI.AW of .Nebraska Small College J;>ivisiOn Volleyball Tournament held at Creighton University.

The 1977 teai:n faced. the toughest ' schedule in the history of wiieybaii at TPey cotnpeted against.· every small. college in the state in a grueling 22 gai:ne regular seas0n. They placed third in the state tournai:nent., the first titne Peru has captured a spOt .in the finals. ·

Season Records

Volleyball

College of St. Mary, won (3 sets. to one); DQane, lost (1-2); NW Missouri State, lost (0,.2) Midland, won (3·2); Tarkio; won Concordia, won (20); Dana, won (2-0); College of St. Mary, won (2-0); Nebraska Wesleyan, won (2-1); Concordia, lost (2-3); Creighton, won (2-1); Kearney, lo$t (1-

2); Hastings, won (2-0); Dana, won (2-

1); Wayne, won (2-1); Doane; lost (0-2); Tarkio1 won (3-0); Creighton, won (20); College of St. Mary, won (2-0); Nebraska Wesleyan, won (3-2).

State. Tournament: Chadron, won (2-0); Midland!' won (2- I 1); Doane, lost (0-2); Kearney, lost (0-

Placement, Admissions pQsts

filled

.· intJ:)e·Na\iy. Reserve•ancF'was on active duty froiri October of ;1971 to octo}>er of'1'73; ile received an '.Hohorable• Discharge in December of · · · While at E1Jli}oria State, Schrilze worked as an intern in the office. of Career t>evelopr,nent and Placement Services. for two According to Schultze, "My ·training· involved learning all phases of student career placement, including assisting in conducting career exploration' workshops:''

Schulze replaces Dr. Guy Rosenb'erg, who left Peru State College .in December. Don and wife, Susan; are living in Nebraska City.

Rosanne is a graduate of Fort Dodge High School in Fort Dodge, Iowa. She received •her .of Science. Degree in so(!ialwork from the University of Iowa in.May.of 197'1.

Coach.· announces resfgnation, plans

peru College head basketball coach, Jack Stewart., aJ:lt.mmiced plans to.resignat.the conciusiOn·ofthe year.

Stewart, also;. an .iri the Division .Of Physical Education, has. been coaching at Peril. siJ:lce 1975 No future. plans· were announced.

A native of. Ab.erdeen, SD 1 Stewart. coached a.t1 Scottsbltdf Higfi sc&qOi from 1973-75. His record at Peru State was'tl and.3lin his.

Rosanne lfively

Rosanne was Resident Counselor for Youth Homes, Inc., in Iowa City in early 1977. In the summer of 1976 she was a Teacher's Aide .for the Fort Dodge Community Schools. She has done volunteer work for Heads.tart and a consumer protection organization. While at the University of Iowa, Rosanne was a member of Delta Gamma. Fraternity, and was pledgeclass president. She was ele(!ted to Phi Beta Kappa national scholast.ic honorary society in April of 1977, Miss Hively replaces Ruth Gottula, who resigned in December.

Fiesta Tour

A "Fiesta Tour" the.spring schedule·of ·classes.offered through the continuing educ@t.ion department at Peru. State Alumni are invited w· · 'l'be.nine-day. "Fiesta Tour". at Acap1,11co.and:f0tir other ptace&of interest, frotn Marcp 18 26, 1978; ParUcipan1' may earn cOllege art credit .for the· tour.

TheJ>asic east a non-Credit .tour is $439 fl'Otn Kansas City. A $25 deposjt must ·be:made. by January 28. For contact Mary Ruth Wilson; Director ·of Continuh;lg Educatiop,.or.Pa1,11 Feii,totir hOst, both at Pel'.U State College, 872-3815>

STATER fot

Spring'78

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·PERU STATE COLLEGE

· Campus of a 'ntousandOaks Peru;Nebtaska.

Service role growing

EJ!:panding Peru State College!s educaijonal services to the people of southeast Nebraska will be a major · objecijve of the college in the and years to come. according to Dr: Larey Ta9geman, president. ·

He has been reporting Peru's future plans to.a number of area organizations this semester.··

''We intend to use the resources of the college to the best !of !our abiUties to meet· the educatiol'lal needS <>f this region,'' he said. "When we do not have resources on. campus to meet those needs, our goal is to serve. as a catalyst l:>y providing our facilities to bring outside resourcei> with the .this area.''

"OUtre..ieh" programs and the college's role as an ''catalyst" were two main points of emphasis in a recent report by the president to the. Nebraska State College Board of Trustees. ·

In that report, Dr. Tangeman cited several "firm and value«t foundations upon which to build" the college's future. These included the suppart the college enjp)'s from.itsaluinni anc:Ifrom in spu,theast

energetic :a student body that 1 is enthusiastic and dynamic and a program of curricular .offerings and student activities that has gainec:l national, regional and state accreditation."

Among the specific activitte.s the president hopes to expand· or initiate are programs for off-campus instruction and on-camp1,1s evening classes; a campus speaker's bureau; on-campµs sclmlastic ·competitions for area high sch.ool students; educational, cultural

Thirty attend Denver meeting

The. Rocky 1\ilountain A.lumni AssociatiOn of Peru State College met April 1 at Denver with thirty members present, reported Secretary-Treasurer Virginia Karas ·

"We were happy to welcome Dr. and Mrs Tangeman a.ndMr and Mrs Harold Johnson of Peru as our guests," Virginia reported. ·

"l)r. Tangeman and Mr Johnson presented an informative program con· cerning the present, past, and future of:. Peru State College," she wrote.

New officers forthe coming year will he.President Richard Fankhauser, Vice President Grace Russell, and Secretary-Treasurer. Virginia

Attendingthe meeting were Mrs Ruth Wilson Osborne, Mrs Muriel Reichardt, Mr and Mrs Dean Karr, Mr and Mrs Mick Bornemeier, Mrs Bernice .Gre-c gory, Mr and Mrs Howard Bogle, Mr and Mrs Bill Armstrong, Mr and Mrs Boyd Good, Dr. and .Mrs Robert Moore, Mr and Mrs Monell Nelson, Mr and Mrs Junior Karas, l\ilrs Rita Ru.ssell Bplinski, Mr and Mrs Bill Beck, Mr and Mrs Roger Russell, Mr Fankhauser and Mt and Mrs. Bill Kinman.

and scientific events and conferences; seminars .on·. economic development; and deferred college credit programs for area high school juniors arid seniors. · ·

One example of the, type .of pr9gram the president said he hopes ·to expand was the recent Cow-Calf .'College. for area agri-business people_, It was held on the Peru State campus fot area residents with instruction·provided by the university and area extension services. A similar program was held during March on commodity futures,·he said.

Wallet. returned

·D,r,.• M Anne Campbell, Nebraska pf, and member of. thf! Nebraska State College Board of will be lteynote speaker State Cpllege's 1978 Saturday, MaY 13, at 2 p.m.

Eighty-three seniors are ci:tndidates for. May degrees. An additional 43 .students completed all, ments in December and will be award· ed their degrees during the May ceremony. The total of 126 graduates is 15 above the number of degrees awarded one year ago.

AH. Peru College alumni and friends<of tbei co)Jege .are· invited to attend graduation arid the post-cere-. mony reception sponsored. by.. the <;ollege's Faculty Women's Club.

Special recognition will be given dllringthe ceremony. to returning graduates of three "Honored Classes," the graduates of 1908, 1918 arid 1928. All members <>f these classes are asked to contact the college's Institutional Relations Office so that reservations may be made for a special pl:e-commencement reunion lt1ncheon.

Dr. Campbell mission of the States Executive Com· mittee, the lJ.S. Secretary Of the. Advisory Board, the College· Board of Trustees, the ·· Commission for Postsecondary Educa-

The "Better Late Than Never" tion and the Educational Television award goes to alumni Charles Zwolen- Dr. Campbell Commission; ski, Class of 1976. Charles lost a wallet Dr. Campbell is a native of C.olorado.

In addition, she is a member of the containing personal items, cards, and She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree Lincoln Action Program pO;ird, the photographs sometime during his years from the University .of Northern Colo- Lincoln Community Services board of at Peru State. rado, a Master of Science from Wayne directors, a member of the Lincoln

In early February, workers remode- State College and a Doctorate in Chamber of Commerce, ·and an.Elder ling the gymnasium discovered Education from the University of Neb- at Westminster Presbyterian church. ski's wallet. The wallet was re.tul'ned to !'aska.

Dr. Campbell is a .member of Pi the Zwolenski .home in West Warwick As Commissioner of Ed1,1cation, she is Lambda Theta, Phi Gamma, R.I.. .· · ' Exec1,1thre Officer/of the State Boar,d of Delta J{appa Gamma, P:hi Delta Kap···. • ·•··.

of pa1 fi:ater"'. ""' nitres.

, staff at the State Department of Edu-

''Ithasalways beenmyp}lilosophyto

e · cation. has the t:y to make. work rather tban

. resp?ns1b1hty for carmng out the fmd ways .to criticize keep things · · ·.. reqmrements of law and the board from wor)<mg," she said. "A quotation

Jack Mcintire, mayor of Peru and a policies, standards, rules and regula- thatI do like is, 'There is a destiny that Peru business leader, has been named tions, and for providing the educational makes men brothers - none goes his chairman of the 1978 Peru Achievement leadership and services deemed neces- way alone. All. that we bring into the Foundation Fund Campaign.· sary·by the board. for proper conduct of lives of others comes back into our

The .·campaign, · to .·be · conducted the state school program. own.' Being flexible and adaptable, southeast. lias. a Among her many honors and awarc:Is, cooperative and positive - all are a goal of $30;()00. The fqnds willbeui>ed as she has. been named "Key Nebraska part of ariy key to success.'' matching.money for tbe NatfonaLDi· Woman Administrator" by the Nebrrect Student Loan program.. .·· .· · · aska Association of. Women Adminis-

"The NDSL. pr()gram is one of .the trators, "Woman of Achievement" by best ways that people in the region can the Nebraska B1,1Siness and ProfessionhelpsupportPeruState.CoUegefor two al Women; recipient of an Honorary key reasons," Mcintire said "Firs.t Doctorate from Midland Lutheran Colalmost one-third of Peru State's stu: lege; "Citation for Contribution to dents depenc:l on such scholarship funds Education" by the Business and Profesto help finance their Second sional Women; Wayne State's Distinthe federal government evecy guished Service Award, "Woman of the dollar contributed with. nine dollars in Year," and Honorary Member of Car· federal funds." dinal.Key Society; and an L.H.D. from Mcintire .has appointecl city chair- Central Methodist College. men i:tnd solicitation began in March, Current professional activities inClude service on the Education ComProject re-bid

Building back on schedule

''Peru.StateCollege'sregion;il.l{ealtli and ·.Physic.al Education·. Ceriter constructfon project is back on schedule," President Larry Tangeman said. Statecollegetrustees March 17 awarded a $1,558,500 contract to Busboom and Rauh Construction of §alina) Kan., for construction of the .new fieldhouse, The firm submitted the lowest of three bids received on the project, Progress on the general construction phase of the project was stalle.d .in January when Knudson Construction Co. of Council.Bluffs, the lone original bidder, an error.in its bid. The

Ochs elected student leader

Peru College students have elected Kirk Ochs, sophomore business administration major from Brandf)n, Florida, to serve as 1978-79 student ·· body president.

Named vice president in the. annual election was Mike S1,1therland; SOPhomore industrial arts major, also from Brandon.

Jarvis .dinner .planned May. 6

amount of the error exceeded the money available. Trustees then directed the college and project architect Leo A. Daly. Co. to modify the fieldhouse design and the project.

Site preparation. began in December under·· a separate contract with Ed Miller and Sons of Omaha. The schedule calls for completion of site preparation this summer and project completion late in 1979.

·Bids also were .received from Beall Construction of Lincoln, $1,582,066, and ·from Oakview Construction of Rec:l Oak, Iowa, $1,582,700.

Can you helP a 1978-gradiiaiing-senior?

A retirement dinner for Associate. Professor of Industrial Arts D. V. Jarvis, will be held Saturday, May6, at 6 p.m., in the Peru State College Student Center.

Reservations may be made by contacting Dr. Lester Russell, Chairman of the Division of Applied Arts, Peru State College, Peru, NE 68421, ·(402) 872-3815.

Mr Jarvis is a Peru State graduate, Class of 1948, and has been a member of the college faculty since 1948. He is retiring after 30 years of service to the college at the conclilSion of the current academic year. ·

PeruPhernalia

from Admissions

Dr.

Ric;hard Muth, Director

Well, here we are again.It's Spring, and the snow which accompanied the last issue has disappeared, and given way to green.grass and budding trees. 'J'he Campus is alive.with activity of every kind; baseballs, softballs, frisbees and talk of graduation fill the air, (along with the rumble of heavy equipment, as site preparation for the .new Regional Health and Recreation Center. continues on schedule!) All in all,· a very pleasant atmosphere for education, indeed,

The Admissions Office has been busy, as usual, and. operating at what seems, to be a profit! You will recall that I reported to you last issue that our freshman enrollment .for was up 16 percent over the .previous year; I am happy to inform you that accepted applications for the 78-79 a.cademic year are running 22 percent higher ,than last bumper crop, as of April 1. As I indicated earlier, the.sun is definitely shining on Peru State College! ·

Much of the apparent success in Admissions is attributable to revitalized spirit of cooperation on the party of faculty, administration, students and Alumni. On the road Miss Hiveley and I encollflter fewer negative, skeptical, or hostile counselors, and an increasing number of Alums who offer support. It .is with less frequency that I hear Peru State referred to as "The Campus of A Thousand Jokes", where there are "More Oaks Than Folks". If you are among the Alums who have responded to my earlier plea for support, I thank you!

Most of you have no doubt been following our Ship of State-College to see what effect the change in Skippers might have on Her course. I believe it can be observed that She is furrowing along the straight and narrow way, seemingly undaunted by tempests of the past, nor minding the oft-threatening forecasts of future storms. The hand at.the helm is firm and steady, and the course carefully charted.

Since the last issue I have had the pleasure of meeting many more of our valued alumni, among them, Kurt Frohling (74) who is coaching football and wrestling at Holy Name High School in Omaha. I had a call from George Wei.Ss (65) who is presently the chairman of the science department at Tecumseh High School. He sent over some prospective students last month. Lavell Hi.tzemanri (fj9) brought$omeofhis stmJents to the Campus for "EnergyDay'', · Lavell has his Masters Degree now, and is teaching mach and science at Hampton, NE. In January I had the privilege of touring the Naval Educational Facility at Pensacola, Fla , with two great Peru Alums, John Ramsey (63) and Gary Workman (63). John is now Superintendent of Schools at Elk Creek, NE, and Gary is teaching at Murray, NE.

On the 19th of April, I will take part in a ceremony at the University of South Dakota, Vermillion, honoring Dr. Mark Delzell (25) Professor Emeritus. The School of Education at the University is to .be named after this distinguished Peru Stater, whom I have known since graduate school to be a charming, witty, and highly professional ed.ucator. Dr. Delzell was the first recipient of Peru State's "Swenson Award for Outstanding Graduating Senior" back in 1925. As you will recall, our Men's Dormitory (Delzell Hall), erected in 1939, was named in honor of Mark's father, W. N. Delzell, who was a faculty member and Dean of Men at PSC from 1905to 1939.

I see that I am nearing the bottom of the column, so I'll wrap this issue up with an open invitation to each of you to visit with me when I'm in your area (or when you're in mine.) If you have some questions or concerns about PSC, please call me or Mr Flanders. We will be happy to correspond with you. Until next time, "BE A BOBCAT BOOSTER!"

Married

Deborah J. Sears, Class of 1974, and Leslie H-0ltz were married in.March in Seward.

Cory Jane Carlson, former Peru State student, and Robert Weinberg were married in January in Fremon,t.

Jodey Lea Polston, a senior at PSC, is planning a June Wedding to Randy Johns of Lincoln. ·

Max L. Cupp Jr., a senior at PSC, is planning a June wedding to Terri Lynn McLean of Glenwood, Ia. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Max Cupp, Class of 1951, of Thurman, Ia.

Rhonda L. Ahl, Class of 1977, and Sandor Chomos were married Jan. 7 in Springfield. She is the daughter of the Rev and Mrs Donald Webster, Class of 1968, of Curtis.

Miss Jeryl Ann Wallace, PSC junior, is planning a June wedding to Richard Hellerich of Nebraska City.

Jeffrey Turner, Class of 1975, and Debra Brooks were.married Dec. 30 in Omaha.

Cryst;ll Seegal Horns, Class of 1962, and James Potts were married Dec. 26

Engaged

in Syracuse.

Randall Suthoff, Class of 1971, and. Anne Bunting were married April 15 in Estes Park, Colo.

Larry Morrison, Class of 1973, and Renee Larson were married Dec. 30 in Norfolk.

Cathy Coulter, Class of 1976, and Gene Swanson were married Oct. 29, 1977, in Crete.·

Kristine Lynne Lechner, a junior at Peru State, and Joy Dean Johnson were married Feb. 24 in Nebraska City.

Memorials established

Memorials have been established through the Peru Achievement Foundation iri recent weeks for Nellie McAuley, "Dutch" Zorn, Harriett Blythe, and Irene Tyler.

Donations may be mailed to the Foundation office, Peru State College, Peru NE· 68421.

A Ne.b,raska high· school coaching legend; WilbertL•."Dutch" Zorn; Class ' ··of 1928, died April .1 while serving·. as head timekeeper at a track meet .at North Platte. He was 72, Zorn, who was honored ·by the Nebraska Coaching Association last year for his contributions to Nebraska sports, is survived by his wife, Shirley Skaden Zorn, .Class of 1926.

Zorn coached briefly at Burwell and · Ashland schools before going to Gothenburg, where heremained for 28 years.

His track teams ·won.five.state champi<>nships and eight conference ijtles; his basketball career record was 113·98 and one conference title; and his 1945 football team won the state championship. Zorn retired in 197L

Zorn was captain of the 1927 Bobcat football team and an all:.state halfback. "Fast, alert, and shifty; tie can throw a pass and snag one. As a defensive player, his is a sure tackle, a valuable. safety man, and a terror at intercepting passes," according to the 1927 vian."

Obituaries

J.erry J. Dolezal, former Peru State student, at Schuyler in January at the age of 86.. ·

Mrs Rosemary Tiehen Williams, Class of 1941, atSt. Cloud, Minn., at the of 57. She is survived by h\Jsband Donald, Class of 1937. ·

Mrs Elma Weddle Dorste, former Peru State student, at Falls City Jan.

Survivors include son Kent, Class of 1969, of Auburn; and sister Mrs Olive Weddle Allemand, Class of 1929.

· Mrs Mabel· Mendenhall Hulfish, former Peru State student, in Lincoln Dec. 25, Miss Beulah Harriss, Class of 1911, in Denton, Tex., Dec. 19, at the age. of 91. She is survived by sister Miss Stella Harriss, Class of 1908, of Marihattan, Kansas.

Mrs Bessie Mayhorn, former Peru State student, in Casper, Wyo., at the age of 103.

Ray Knapp, Class of 1918, in Colorado Springs, Colo. April 2, 1977. ·

Mrs. Catharine Galt, Class. of 1909, in Stanford, Mont., Sept. 25, 197'7.

Miss Cleo V. Hale, Class of 1912, in Omaha Jan. 30. She Js survived by sister Ethel Hale Russel, Class of 1913, of Kalamazoo, Mich., and brother RussellJ. Hale, Class of 1913, ofHardy.

Mrs Sadie Cleveland, Class of i903, in Santa Maria, Cal.

Roxie McGrew, Class of 1903, at St. College, Pa.

Thilda S. Nelson, Class of 1920, ··,Miami, Fla.

Guy Albert Joy, Class of 1897, Martinez, Cal., at the age of 101.

Mrs Helene Ehman Bowen, Class of 1936,. at Tecumseh at the age of 63. Survivors include husband Chester, Class of 1936, of Cook, son Rol\ert, Class of 1973, of Omaha, and brother Tom G.oldenstein, Class of 1938.

Mrs N. Luverne Kerr, former Peru State student, at Falls City, Feb. 2, at the age of 87. She is survived by daughter Mrs Leola Inks, Class of 193.8. Theron J.'Parker, Class of 1936, in .Exeter last November.

Dr. Glenn E. Stoddard, Class of 1911, 1n Alma in March at the age of 88.

Colia Potras, former Peru State student, at Clinton, Mo., in March at the age of 92.

Mrs Reine Jameson McElroy, Class of 1917, at Phoenix, Atiz., Feb.12, at the age of 85. '

Mrs Harriet Carter Blythe, Class of 1906, at Tecumseh March 1 at the age of · 89. She is survived by her sister, Mrs Bessie Carter Amman, Class of 1903, of Falls City. : ·

Miss Beulah R. Rosener, Class 1950, in Fairbury at the age· of 69.

President Larry Tangeman presents the college's Community Service Award at halftime of a home basketball game to Calista Cooper l!ughes, President of the Board of Directors of the Festival of a Thousand Oaks:The summer music program is scheduled to begin on campus Jtme 3.

Sport/s a.t

By Marlene Joy. Sports Information Director

It was "The Year of the Cat" for the b.Cisketball teams as the Bobcats compil(:ld anJmpressive .17-9 record to earn a spot in the NAIA District 11 playoffs, and the Bobkittens finished with a 11-11 season record.

The 'Cats' est<lblished the highest basketball team scoring average, 87.2 points per game, and tied the season record for most points during a season, 2,355, as they broke or tied nine school records. Danny-Shouse; junior guard, became the eighth leading scorer with 1,096 career points and receiv(:ld 0us post-season honors.

The 'Kitt(:':ns' set nine team·· and indi.vidual records and tied .another with junior Debbie Craig. estaolishing an individual game scoring effort of twenty-five points. against Doane.

Senior wrestlers Mark Yori and Fred Marisett completed their season with a trip to the National NAIA Wrestling Tournament. Yori, 126 lbs., held a season record ·of 31-6-2 for an impressive college career of

Honors

Yori and Mike Larson were honored at the halftime of the ·Midland basketball game for · their outstanding achievements in athletics.

Larson, a 6-3, 230 Jb; junior tackle from Harlan, Iowa, V(as selected to the NAIA District 11 All-District Team as an ;offensive. tackl(:l. He played on offense and defense for most of the year and handled most of the kickoff chores.

Baseball

The Peru State baseball team is fielding a young squad this spring for a full schedule of seventeen double headers, of which nine c:,i.re being played on the Peru diamond.

Veterans returning for first year head coach Paul :Read are: Dale Patton, senior. outfielder from Columbus, Ohio, who hit .326 last season; Steve Medinger, sophomore catcher and outfielder from Alma, Ne., with a .456 average from last year; Greg Sanders, junior infielder from Hammond, IN., who batted .340in1977; -Duane Skiles, senior outfielder from Alma, NE.; and junior pitcher Don Hardekopf from Plattsmouth, NE. Ken Denning, junior third baseman from Lakew()Od, Colorado, and Mark son., junior first baseman from Columbus, Ohio, will also return to baseball after laying out a year.

Sixteen men are wearing Peru Blue and White for the first. time. They include freshmen: Gary Adams, Pitcher - infielder from Peru, NE; David Allen, pitcher - infielder from Auburn, NE; Tim Alvis, catcher - outfielder from Woodbine, IA; John Carr, catcher - outfielder from Harrisburg, IL; Steve Cole,.infielder from Auburn, NE; Neil Laxdal, pitcher - outfielder, Lakeland, FL; Mike Liewer, infielder from Peru, NE; and Dave Mccraig, pitcher - infielder from Omaha, NE.

Upperclassmen include sophomores Bill Bruhn, outfielder - catcher, don, NE;· Tom Milke, infielder, Swisher, IA; Jon Orton, outfielder, Nebraska City, NE; Danny Shouse, outfielder, Terre Haute,. IN; and juniors Robert Barr, pitcher - outfielder from Shreveport, LA, and. Bob Hruby, outfielder from Comstock, NE.

The Bobcats hope to improve upon last year's 3-11 season.

Softball

The Peru State Bobkittens ope1,1ed the 22-game 1978 softball season at vue March 30th.

Ten upperclasswomen returned from the 11-10 squad oflast year that finished third in the AIAW Small College Division Tournament. They include: Outfielders Becky Graham, junior from College Springs, IA; Nancy Parker, sophomore from Missouri Valley, IA; and Faye Woods, junior from Omaha, NE; Infielders Denise Coupe, senior from Falls City, NE; Julie Hartman,

junior,·Douglas,NE; and Whip Wilson, sophomore from.Oakland, IA; Catchers Tami Coleman,. senior, Avoca, IA; and Karen Lechner, sophomore, Syracuse, NE; Pitchers Mary Cotton; junior from Woodbine, IA; and Patti Chaney, sophomore from Av0c11, IA.

New faces on the squad are: Debbie Craig, junior infielder a{ld outfielder from Jamestown, NY; Betty Hindman;·· freshman infielder from Glenwood, IA; St"lphanie Jackson, freshmap. outfielder, Chic11go, IL; Sheliy McAdams, freshman infielder - outfielder, Peru, NE; Laura Pollman, freshman infielder, Wymore, NE; Elizabeth Walsh, freshman pitcher from Gretna, NE; and Rhonda Wright, sophomore pitcher from Oakland, IA.

The 1978 season looks promising as the squad shows depth at all positions, has a strong pitching corps, ·and has five returning players who hatted over .300. last year: Parker .471, Wilson .390, Graham .384, Coupe .355, and Coleman .343.

Football

Athletic Director and head foothall coach Jerry Joy announced that the Bobcats will play an eleven-game football schedule this fall. Peru will

' Editor's note:. As I prepare this finaf edition of the 1971-78 Peru Stater for the printer, Pm reminded that each issue is the product of the work of many In particular, I'd like to recognize Peruvians L. B. Mathews, Professor Emeritus of Physics,/ and Everett Good, Class of 1914, who with other volunteers help make each issue possible; Their work preparing the "Stater" for mailing represents a tremendous savings in postage expenses each year.

I also would like to acknowledge the work of Kent Propst, student journalism intern in the Institutional Relations Office, for the many hours he has .devoted to. thiS; edition and previous editions this year. In addition to his work in this office, Kent is serving as \..editor of the 1971-78 Pedagogian. ,J

College activist

Nellie McAuley

dies at age 78

Nellie M. McAuley, Class of 1920 and life-long college supporter and activist, died March 27 at the age of 78.

She was born New Years Day, 1900, at Palisade, Neb., and moved with her parents to Peru c:tt the age of eight. She was graduated.from the Peru Training School, Peru State College, and Northwestern. A lifetime member of the Methodist Church, she also was a member of the college alumni association, helping· develop the Thousand Oaks Chapter at Peru, and held memberships in the American Business Women's Association, American Association of University Women, Beta Sigma Phi. and the Nebraska Folklore Society.

Active in a variety of community affairs, her "pet" project in recent years, if only one could be singled out, was the establishment of the art display at Peru City Hall which features the work of several Peru State College graduates.

In ac(!ordance with Nellie's wishes, her daughter, Mra Everett (Jerry) Wheeler Kelly of Kansas City; has donated a complete set of. "Peruvians" as well as many items of historic college memorabilia to the. Peru State Alumni Office.

Through the years Nellie contributed hundreds if not thousands of personal news items about alumni to the "Peru Stater," always with the unspoken assumption that every graduate shared her deep love and intere.st for the college. This issue is no exception.

open Cit h?IP;e against Miss0uri Westem 2nd at 7: 30 p.m.

The Bobcats graduated thirteen men from lastyear's 5-5 team, hut there are · forty-one returning lettermen for an experienced squad The team strengths should continue to be the offensive line and defensive secondary, ·

Sep 2 MISSOl,TRI WESTERN 7:3Qpm

Sep .9 atMidland 7:30pm

Sepl6 Tark!oatNebrCity· 7:30pm

Sep23

Sep30

Oct 7

(Applejack Bowl) NEBR WESLEYAN at Concordia BENEDICTINE <Homecoming)

Qcl 14 at Yankton

Oct21 CHADRON <Parents Day)

7:30pm 7:30pm 2:00pm

2:00pm 2:QOpm

Oct 28 at Culver-Stockton 1: 30 pm

Nov 4 atNorthwestern l:30ptri

Novll DOANE 2:00pm <Booster Club andSenioJ," Day) Volleyball

Volleyball coach Pat Gilbert will be working with·C\n experienced squad as the. Bobkittens will lose one. starter from a team that thundered through the 1977 season for a 19-7 record and third place in the AIAW State Tournament. This fall the Bobkittens will play a twenty-one game· schedule beginning

with Nebraska' Wesleyan and College of' Saint Mary on Septemberl5 Cit Nebras· ka Wesleyan. Peru will open at home against Dana on September 20th at 7 p.m.

Sep 15 at Nebraska Wesleyan College of St .Mary

Sep20 DANA

Sep 22 at Concordia Kearney

Sep26 TARKIO

Sep27

Sep30

Oct 3

DOANE MIDLAND <A&B.) at Dana at Creighton Triangular·

Oct 6 WAYNE

Oct 9 at Doane Triangular

Oct 11 COLLEGE OF ST.MARY

Oct 18 at Tarkio

Peru Staters in the news

Jean Blessing, Class of 1940, was the subject of a recent feature story in the Omaha Sun Newspapers. The story, with. accompanying wedding picture, focuses on. Jean's wedding Sept. 23, 1940, to a handsome soldier in uniform by the name of Al Veys. Al is now mayor of Omaha. He and Jean have three daughters, one son, and four grandchildren.

Darlene Cogdill, (::las,s of 1971, was hiredas Special Needs Teacher by the Plattsmouth Community Schools last ·November. She works with junior high and high school students who are experiencing failure in the classroom.

Mrs Carol Roth Dumpert, Class of 1972, is in her third year of teaching the third grade at Fairmont public school. Linda Kauffman, another PSC ate, is in her eighth year of teaching second grade at Fairmont.

David Griffith, Class of 1974, has been hired as fifth and sixth grade science teacher for the Superior Elementary Schools.

Mrs Donna Wiley Adams, Class of 1968, is teaching second grade at Blair. Verlan J. Rumbaugh, Class of 1957, was recently named parts manager at the Mark Anthony company in Omaha. He is the husband of Gladys Jones ·Rumbaugh, Class of 1954.

Tom. Osborne, Class of 19W, was selected for membership in the American School Band Directt>rs Association during its annual national convention at Cedar Rapids, IA. last December. Osborne, band director at Humboldt High School, is one of only twenty Nebraska bandmasters who have been so honored.

Terry Ro.use, Class of 1977, has begun work for thE> Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. iP Beatrice.

Mrs Lhda Madison Behrns. Class of 1si4, is teaching the first grade at Louisville Elementary School. She is the wife of Roger Behrns, Class of 1972.

Corky Ramer, a recent PSC student, joined the George Churley Puppet Company in Lincoln in January.

Josephine Ryan, former PSC, student, has been named Outstanding. Young Educator in Omaha by the Omaha Jaycees.

Robert J. Kiser, Class of 1971, has almost completed his fifth year of employment with the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company of Omaha. Kiser, of Plattsmouth, previously taught industrial arti· at Gretna.

Myrtle Mccrae Lewis, Class of 1908, is now living at the Horizon's Nursing

Home at Cory, Colo., and is an avid reader of the "Peru Stater," according to a niece.

Dr. Guy Rosenberg, former Director of Placement at PSC, is working for the Houghton Mifflin·· company of Iowa City, la. He is Senior Test Editor for the mental abilities test di.vision.

Bob Wernsman, Class of 1974, has purchased two central Iowa newspapers, the "State. Center Enterprise" and the "Melb<>urne .Record." He and wife :Kristie are parents of twin daughters born in Auglist of 1977.

Spencer Madden, former PSC student, was promoted to vice president of the Bank of Norfolk in February.

R. Ed Beckman, Class of 1971, has filed for re-election to the office of Clerk of the District Court in Cass County. Ed is a resident of Plattsmouth. ·

Mrs Sue Crum. Larson, Class of·l971, recently received her doctoPate from the University of Nebraska. Dr: Larson, from Nebraska City, is currently a psychologist and consultant for the Nebraska City schools, Nemaha Valley schools, and the Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped. She is also a psychologist and special program coordinator for Tecumseh schools.

Richard R. Munson, Class of 1971, is the instrumental music instructor for Gothenburg Public Schools for grades 5-12.

Patrick J. Thom.as, Class of 1965, has filed for re-election to the position of sheJ,"iff of Sarpy County. He was originally elected in 1974, and is running on the Republican ticket. A .resident of Bellevue, he is ·the uncle of Johll M. Thomas, Class of 1973.

Mrs Phyllis Howell Petereit, former ' PSC student, was installed as president of Willa Court, Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society, on Jan. 23.

David W. Hamm.er, Class of 1971, was hired as Loan Officer in the Installment Loan Department of the Houghton State Bank in Red Oak, Iowa, in February.

Ernest Longfellow, Class of 1921, was the subject of a feature article in a recent "Peru Challenge" newspaper issue Longfellow's antique restoring talents were showcased in the article. He is the author of a, book.on the history of Peru State, The Normal on the Hill, and is a regular columnist in two southeast Nebraska newspapers.

John H. Billings, Class of 1977, receiyed excellent reviews for his in Chekov's comedy ''The Good staged by the Chanticleer Theatre in Council Bluffs; Ia.

State College Board of 'frustees: It County educator and coach; WaJter· .· tousthatyou might Zink Classoft96fiandl\frsWiilter.Zink. ceeds.will sponsor aneducattorud find it some of 1940, Johnson cOtmty of major businesses and indusreported actmt1es. We believe tors; A. B. Ritchie, Class of 1927, tries .• 1s a of of the maJor former educator. and District Play Contest - The .actmties. smce the last man; R. annual District One-Act Play Contest .Stater m January.

Htgh School Business. Contest - Palmyra High School business students successfully defended their 1977 title 29 competing .schools at the Fifth Annual High ·School Contest. Over ·500 students ·competed in tbe :.February event, a iricrease •from· the first competition. ·-' Cow-Calf College - A worksh!>P for area beef producers was held February a and 9 on campus and at three area farms to provide information on improved· livestock· management and in· creased repr!>duction ··efficiency. The clinic was co-sponsored by the University .Extension Division...

Project Awa:re - EighfPeru State students partjciJ)ated iri a field study experience ·ot economic11lly deprived areas of February 23 and.24, made possible by a $500 grant from the Nebraska Educational Television Council for Higher Education. The students, all education. majors in their professional semester, visited schools, nesses, homes, churches and recreational facilities. Many activities were videotaped for future viewing by additional students.

Community· Service RecognitionPeru State College has continued to honor area residents with close ties to the college who are active community and college supporters. Certificates of

Johnson·Br9Ck held January 16th and 17th a.ttracted

and Floyd Vttiska:, Pawl1ee county from 21 southeast NebrasCommissioner arid civic leader; Mri ka. schools. Judges for the event Calista Cooper Hughes, Richardson w:ere Drs. Royal Eckert ·and James County, civic leader, former State Ii.ar:ney of the college faculty, Senator, current volunteer President of education - Continuing the Board of Directors for the Festival· · Education classes began the week of of 1,000 Oaks. · January 9th in several area communiGirls Invitational .Basketball Tourna- ties and on campus A total of 29 ment-The Women's Athletic cou!ses .are being offered during the tion h<>Sted its annual High School Girls spring semester. Invitational Basketball Tournament Honor· Roll - One· hundred seventyJanuary ltl-18. Auburn placed first, students earned places on the Omaha Mercy second, and Humboldt first semester honor roll. To·.qualify, third.. · students must earn at least a us grade Mid-Term Graduates Increase ......, Reg- ·point average onthe 9.00 scale and have istrar Kelly Liewer reported an m: completed all .course work for the crease in mid-term graduates. Forty- semester: .seniors completed academic re- Who's Who Among.American Colleges quirellle11ts .for degree$ at -Twenty-one Peru State. College stu:: sion of the first semester, compared ·to have named to 24 one year ago. This .is the largest edition of Who s Who Among America11 number of mid-term graduates since and University. Stud.ents. The '1973. ·. Peruvians were nominated by. the· Peru State Wrestlers Earn Top college's Student Affairs Commission - Senior All-American wrestlers Mark ba.sed upon scholastic and York (126 lbs.) and Fred Marisett in c9llege and community (Hwt.) ·earned first places· at the ··· · .District 11 NAIA tournament at Wayne Summers Writing Contest...;_ The State February 23 and advanced to the Summers Writing Contest is once nationals at Whitewater, Wisconsin. again open to .students at Peril State Yori has won over 100 matches in four College. The contest is CO-sponsored by years at Peru State. · the Peru State English Club and PrO:

"White Elephant" Auction - The col- fessor Emeritus Silas Summers. Three lege business fraternity, Phi Beta natiol1ally·known men in the literature Lambda, raised $965.78 in a February world will join Peru State Division auction of donated merchandise. Pr<r Chairman John Barrett as judges for

the four contestcategori•.timrt story, poetry, play, and essay). These distinguished gentlemen are C. Michael Curtis, Associate Editor of The Atlantic Monthly; Jay Parini, Director of Creative Writing. at Dartmouth and author; ·and Joseph Baldwin, Professor of Theatre Arts at. the University of Nebraska, playwright and television' script writer.

Squires new B·Ball coach

Billie L. Squires of Winona, Minn., has been hired as head basketball instructor in physical educati : on.

11te announcement was made by Athletic Director Jerry Joy, chairman of the division of physical education. Squircm; 30, will join the Peru faculty in: .August. He currently. is completing work on a Master's in Physical Education ·atWinona State Univemty While working on his graduate degree, he has served as assistant. varsity basketball coach and head junior varsity basketball coach.

He was head basketball coach at Wanamingo <Minn.> High School from 1974-n At Wanamingo hi.s teams one conference championship, two third place conference finishes, and were district semifinalists four times for a 47-18 record.

Squires is a 1969 graduate of Augustana College in Sioux Falls, S.D. He and his wife, Kathleen, have four children.

Selliors .look :forward to their new careers

Few ofus will ever forget the mixed feelings of excitement and apprehension we had as we prepared to leave• college and enter our .chosen careers. With that memory in niind, we offer the following listing as an We know there are literally thousands of Peru alumni living all across the country. Ma:ny of you are in positions where you can help new graduates who

NAME

Baker, Penny

Banks, Thomas

Blase, Lilly

Brightwell, John

Carroll, Dennis

casey, Thomas

Colbert, Jean

Doede11,· Karen

Fitzgerald, Anne

Fitzgerald,·William

Fleskoski, Joseph

GardJler, Barbara

·Hahi$; Edward

Hemmingsen, Carol

Henn, Thomas

Henning, Jodie

Huffman,· Rick

Johrlson, Thomas

,Jones, Alan

Jones,; Sharon

Lacy, Sue

Lemon, l\fede

Marisett, Fredrick

Michal, J.eanie.

Morris; Patrick

Patton, Dale

Pease; Jeffrey

Pebley, Sarah

P()lston, Jody

Rears, Donna

Schmelzle, Janice

Shallenberger, Dale

Stoakes, Earl

Sullivan, Diana

Thiesfeld, Gordon

Thomas, Douglas

Tynon, Pat

Tynon, Richard

Uher, ·Linda

Volker, Lindon

Wilson, Jan

Wilson, Lance

Wissel, Stan Yori, Mark

MAJOR

B.S. • Elementary Ed.

B.S. - Business Administration

B.S. - Home Ec./Social Sci.

B.S. - Accounting

B.S. Ad.

B.S. - Industrial ArtS/P.E.

B.S. - Health/P.E.

B.F .A. - Music Education

B.S. - Mathematics

B.S. - Recreation/P .E.

B.S. - Business Administration

B.S. - Bus. Ad./Bus. Ed.

B.S. - Business Education

B.S.. - Accounting/Bus. Ad.

B.S. - Elementary Ed.

B.S. ·Industrial Arts

B.S. ·· Elementary Ed.

.B.A. - Recreation

B.S. - Geography/Social Work

· B.S.-Health/P,E./Art

B.A. -Art

B.S. - Elementary Ed;

B.S. • Business Administration

B.S. - RE,/Recreation

B.A. • Social Science

B.S. - Ind. Mgt. Tech./Bus. Ad.

B.S. - Physical Education

B.S. - P.E./Health

B.s. - Pre-Physical Therapy

B.S. - Business Education B.S. ·Bus. Ad./Bus. Ed. B.S. • Art Education B.S. - Accounting/Bus. Ad. B.S. - P.E./Health

B.S. - .Elem. Ed./Sp. Ed. B.S. ·Industrial Arts B.S. - Mathematics

B.S. - P .E./Health B.A. - Social Science

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are entering the job market for. the first time. Through the cooperation of..f)on Schulze, Director of Placement, and the students listed below, we are able to offer this list of some of the ''Soon-t<rbe-graduated"Peruvians, You can obtain further information on these seniors and others by contactingDon at Peru State College, Peru NE 68421; or calling.(402] 872-3815.