1981 The Peru Stater (Nebraska)

Gary Obermeyer, 1968 graduate of Peru State, received the first annual Dist· inguished Educators Award presented by the Education Division and Peru State Col· lege at the Awards Convocation Day held April 22 in the College

Gary Obermeyer, a 1968 graduate of Peru State, received. the first annual Distinguished Educators Award presented· by the Education Division and Peru State College at the Awards Convoc;;ition Day held April 22 on campus.

After receiving the award during the 9:40. a.m. convocation, Obermeyer met with the Teacher Education F.aculty and later with the Peru Student Education Association. He was·guest speaker at the college's Teacher. Recognition Dinner at 7 p.m. in the Student Center.

Obermeyer is an instructor in the junior high art program in the Seward Schools and is director of adult education in Seward. He was employed by Educational Service Unit No: 16 in Ogallala from 1968 to 1971 and received his master's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1975. He is a member of the National Education Association Executive Committee, the National Art Education Associa.tion, the Nebraska Art Teachers Association, the Nebraska Arts Alliance and the Teachers' Institute of Continuing Education Advisory Council.

Obermeyer has served as president of the Seward Education Association, the Nebraska State Education Association, and Alpha Rho Theta, an honorary society which replaced the art club for art majors while he was at PSC.

Other organizations he has been affiliated with include the NSEA Instruction Commission; the NEA Instruction and Professfonal Development Committee;. the NEA Western States Instructional Advocacy Task Force; a reader for the U.S. Office of Education Teacher Center proposals; a delegate to the International Teachers Conference t? Combat Racism Anti-Semitism and Violations of Human Rights; the NAT A Board of Directors; the Seward Arts Council Board of Directors and the Upper Big Blue Natural Resources Board of Directors.

Obermeyer's wife, Dee Rice, is also a 1968 graduate of Peru State. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Obermeyer, reside in Brownville, anq he has two brothers and two sisters. One brother, Dennis, is instructor of physical education, head track coach and assistant football coach at Peru State.

NEA tradition carried on

Carrying on a tradition of Peru State College altl.mni National Education Association leadership roles, Obermeyer follows in the footsteps of Dr. J.W.Crab president of Peru College from .1904)<? 191 · graduated from the State Normal School at P,eru in 1!J8,, Dr. Joy-Elmer Morgan, who graduated Normal School at Peru in 1913. ·.· ·\(

When Dr. Crabtree became secretary ip• membership stood at 8,000 members. Wtten · se(:retary emeritus, in 1935, membership had sUttJ · 200,000 mark. Crabtree guided NEA and grO\yth ·and development. The 100th •. was celebrated by the National Education 1 •· · 1 Crabtree Auditorium, Washington, D.C., with April 17, 1964.

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Dr. J.oy Elmer Mprgan, who lived with mentor for a few years While they were both i11 ina D.C., retire.nt home w· Morgan went to the.National Education establish its Journal which he edited untit from NEA in 1954. While at NEA he founqep It' of America, developed American some 200 Personal Growth Leaflets. <

After his retirement from NEA in 19545h¢,f Citizens of America and as a president and editor of its magazine two books, Horace Mann at Antioch and besides hundreds of leaflets. He was pr. guished Service Award from Peru

by Larry A. Tangeman PSC President

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I Dear Aluinm and Friends:

With your help and that so generously extended by the others who make up the People of Peru State College _, students,, p,lumni, faculty,. staff, trustees, and friends- ib.e enrollment scene for last autumn exceeded our expectations.

The freshman class was up 30 percent. Headcount was up 19 percent. Dorm occupancy was up 20 percent. The full time equivalent enrollment (the true measure) was up 14.2 percent. The autumn enrollment period finished with a count of 912, up from 766 last year. The credit I achievement rests with many positive and hard-working people. including those of you who read the Peru Stater

The new Health and Physical Education Center is serving well the needs of the college and of people in the area. The Majors Hall renovation designed to convert the dormitory for auxiliary space for the new center is complete and the facility is now in use.

The North Central Association visiting accreditation team was on the campus in February. The formal report of O\lr disposition will be made in late summer by the NCA Committee. Based on exit interviews with the team, we have reason to.be optimistic. The autumn Stater will carry a more formal report.

The Spring is ahead of schedule. The magnolias have bloomed and blossoms have gone. Redbud and Dogwood will soon show their brilliance.

I hope you might ask once in awhile what you might do to help as an alumnus and/or friend. The answer is to continue as you to always and to continue t&seek out attil'recot.rlmen:#!tntleilt$""Vho can profit froi:n: t'he iJll ·way you have· benefitted1ancl, ;gained;i

Thank:yoµ':;h · ,

Homecoming for autumn 1981 is scheduled for October 10. Hope lo see you theni

Admissions Office report

By Ken.Steidle. Admissions Director

Another school year is drawing to a close and I would like to take this opportunity to bring you up to date regarding admissions activities for the year. , This has been a year of change. As the new director, I have really been put to the task. The office has sponsored three major recruiting events for the year, has another one coming and co-sponsored another. Activities have been:

1. Senior Day, Oct. 15, 19,80 on cartipus

2. Discover .Peru State College, Feb. 7, 1981 in I..incoln

3. Discover Peru State .College, March 7, 1981 in Omaha·

4. Sibling's Weekend, Jan. 23; 1981 on campus

Activities to come include:

Open House, April26, 1981, 1-5 p.m. on campus

For the fifth consecutive year, the enrollment at Peru State College looks like it will increase. We are currentlf 12. percent ahead of last year on applications accepted and 33 percent ahead of last year on applications in process. Hopefully, these figures will continue to hold true for the remainder of the year.

I would like to thank you for your support this year. Many of you h.ave helped myself and staff in several ways, and we truly appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness in making your job so much easier. If I can ever assist you, please let me know. ·

Honors convocation held February .4

Sixty-one students were recognized for high scholastic ac;hievement during Peru State's honors convocation held February 4 Dr. Ken Fossen, superintendent of Auburn Public Schools, spoke during the convocation.

College personnel and students and their families heard Fossen speak of two kinds of education - first, training for tasks in a competent manner, and second, opening minds to a new world. ··

Students honored for academic. work were those who carried 12 or more hours and were in the upper ten percent of their classes. They include:

Lynn .A. Anderson, Auburn; Kathleen D. Buethe, Elk Creek; Lois J. Fisher, Peru; Linda J. Gibbs, Auburn; Elizabeth M. Giffee; Dawson, Michelle M. Heim, Dawson; Rick D. Hihath, Peru; Dee C. Janssen, Sidney, Iowa; Nancy A. Jorgensen, Stella,; ,Mary J. Kegt, Pawnee City; Cindy M. Rieke, Julian; Sally J;. Ilumboldt; Joni J. Davis, Nebraska City; Luella B. Dorste, Falls City; Janey L. Ulmer, Peru;

Janet L. Dunn, Chester; Sandra A. Behrends, Johnson; Sherry L. Cobb, Falls City; Karen D Gerking, Brock; Roxanne L. Gottula, Elk Creek; Nancy L. Merz, Falls City; Ronda J. Hamilton, Peru; Shirley D. Rothell, Tecumseh; BernieE. Hajny, Hastings; Vanessa A. Marisett, Bellevue; Mary Jo Gadeken, Julian; Carmen M. Miller, Falls City; Marcia S. Morris, Peru; Debra L. Riha, Springfield;

Commencement scheduJe released

A tentative schedule for Peru State's 1981 Commencement and alumni classes to be honored during Commencement have been announced by Mrs. Pat Larsen, director of college relations.

Honored classes. this year will be. those. of 1911 (70 years), 1921 (60 years). and 1931 (50 years). Larsen said special actiYities will be planned for alumni attending Commencement and will be announced later via a letter.

Commencement will be held May 9 this year. in the college's new HPER Center, she said. The tentative schedule of activities is as fo1Jows:

10 a.m. ,,Campus tours hosted by the}JpbcatAmbassa(iors, originating .from Diddel Exhibiti<>n Court. in the Jindra Fine Arts Center; r

.·'11:30 a.m. - Commencement luncheon in the Student Center;

jh p.m. - Tree planting ceremony in honor of the Distinguished Service A.ward recipients; '

2 l).m. - Commencement ceremony in the HPER Center;

3. p.m. Commencement reception in the upper lobby of Majors Hall, hosted py the Faculty Women's Club.

Class of 1967

Did you' always want a Pern State annual from 1967 butdidn'tgetone'? Well, now you have a chance to have your very own 1967 PERUVIAN.

Mrs. Faye Brandt, PSC librarian, has a}»out 60. Drop her .a line,. or call her, and she will· get une In the mail right away.

Drop us a line

The Peru Stater is the official alumni publication of Peru State College, lt is published three times a yearSpring, Summer and Fall.

Editor· Pat Larsen College' Relations Director

Associate editor - Deb Moore

Graphics - Dana Stratton

Photos - Mike Northrup

John D. Rusch, Bi:ownville; Rebecca A. Utu, .Brownville; Va.lerie J. Able, Auburn; Penny J. Poland.• Tecumseh; Troy. L. Golemon, Peru; John S. Westerfield, Julian; Rebecca,L. Young, Omaha; Michael T. Northrup, South Sioux City; Watton, Peru; Lori A. Vrtiska, Table Rock; J. Gfeller, Peru; Julie A. Brockhaus, Nebraska City; Glevon R. Covault, Table Rock; Sandra J. Grate, Omaha; Shelley R. McAdams, Peru; Diane L. Watton, Peru; Sharon L. Bebout, Sterling; Mary L. Findeis, Auburn; Keith H. Hunzeker, ·Humboldt; Laura J. Pollman, Wymore; Penny J. Wolfe, Auburn. ··

Michael R. Hansen, Elmwood; Cynthia L. Potter, Nebraska City; Vicki E. Ferris, Auburn; Rose A. Magee, Sabetha, Kan.; Susan A. Halvorsen, Palmyra; Richard M. Herling, Beatrice;

Deborah L. Kent, Auburn; Keith D. Long, Peru; Scott C. Schaefer, Columbus; Marsha A. StortenbeGker, Nebraska City; and Brenda J. Wilkinson, Burchard.

Administrators and faculty participating in the convocation included Dr. Thomas Ediger, assistant professor of music; Dr. Clyde Barrett, vice president for academic affairs; Dr. Larry Tangeman, president; Lee Kohrs, Alpha Chi National H6nor Society president; and Jack Hamilton, assistant professor of business education.

Active alumni meet

Theloyalty that Peru State College alumni demonstrate has been proven continually through special area gatherings since fall.

The Lincoln group has met three times since September: once following the Peru State-Wesleyan football game; and again on the eve of Peru State·College Dayin February; and more recently at an annual dinner meeting March 27 with Jim Robinson host

Georgia Adams in the Des Moines, Iowa, has asked Iowa alumni to contacther at 5325N.W. 91st Ct., Grimes, Iowa 50111, if they are interested in beJongmg to an Iowa Peru State Alumni chapter.

Carlos Harrison is planning a banquet in San Mateo, Calif:, April 25. Jf you wish to talk with Dr. and Mrs Clyde Battett; call Harrison ,, · ·· tion or reservations. ·

The Thousand Oaks Chapter will meet April 30 at the Falls City Country Club for dinner. John Chatelain is the host for this group.

Many alumni will be coming to the annu.al open house on campus April 26.

The Otoe Cot.lnty alumni which organized last August will meet May 7 at the Nebraska City Elks Club. Commencement weekend, May 8 and 9, will find alumni returning to campus for ·class recognition. Classes of 1911, 1921 and 1931 will be special guests.

Color.ado and western Nebraska alumni are marking their calendars for Oct. .3 with the Junior Karas' and Art Majors' planning a banquet and annual meeting in Fort Morgan, Colo. ··· ·

Many alumni activities are planned during homecoming festivites Oct. IO;

And next November the Thousand Oaks group will 'meet again. • Alumni in several areas have expressed the desire that a gr-0up would.be formalized in their area. Do you live in an area where there are enough Peru State alumni that would be interested? Would.you be interested in hosting an informal group in your home or helping to plan a banquet or picnic?

Write or call the College Relations. Office, Peru State College, Peru, NE 68421, (402) 872-3815, ext. 225, if you are interested.

We're trying to keep a11 of the PSC alumni addresses.current so we need your help. Please drop us a line if you have moved or if you know any addresses of the "lost alumni'' whose names appeared in the Fall, 1980, Peru Stater. Let us know what you are doing. Do you have a new job? Engaged? Just married?

Students, staff, alumni take spring· tours

Big apple tour a success

Peru State's "Big Apple" tour, offered March 13-19, was a big success, according to Dr. Charles Harper, assistant pr-0fessor of speech and drama at PSC.

Harper, who guided the tour to New York City, said his group was composed mostly of retired teachers, PSC employees and one alumnus of the college. "They loved every minute ofit, ".he said, "and after the third day they felt c-0mfortable enough to go out on their own, which was one of the purposes of the tour."

The group attended several Broadway shows, including "Morning's At Seven," "Sugar Babies" starring Mickey Rooney and Anne Mills, "Dancin'," and "Fantastiks" in Greenwich Village. '"Sugar Babies' was the highlight of the tour," Harper said.

Other items on the tour group's itinerary included guided tours of Radio City Music Ha11, the Museum of Modern Art, the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Greenwich Village. "We also became experts at riding the subways," he added.

Enough time was allowed for individual sightseeing excursions, Harper said, so members of the group visited the Statue of Liberty, United Nations building, Empire State Building, Sach's, Tiffany's and Macy's, and some took carriage rides through Central Park.

"We only ate as a group once, when we visited Chinatown," Harper said. Other cuisines sampled during the tour included Greek, Italian, French l:lnd seafood. The group stayed at the Hotel Edison, one-half bloekOff Times Square.

Harper said next year he will again offer a tour to London and plans are already underway foFit. A London tour was -0ffered during spring break 'of 1980. For more information, contact Harper at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421, telephone <402) 872-3815.

English professor published

Southern trip enjoyed

According to Bob Lewellen, assistant professor of business administration at Peru State College, "It was a pleasant way to begin spring." He spoke about the tour, a Natchez Pilgrimage, scheduled through the Department of Continuing Education, that left Peru March 14 and was gone about a week.

About 25 students, faculty and alumni toured mansions, visited Vicksburg National Cemetery and traveled to Natchez by bus, with stops is Missouri at Branson and Arkansas.

"People have really enjoyed the tours," Mrs. Mary Ruth Wilson, director of the Department of Continuing Education. She said the trips are always well planned and allow a person choices of activities during free Hme so that everyone doesn't have to do the same thing af all times.·"There was even rest time," she said. '

.She said that next springs' tours will be equally as exciting as the 1981 tours.

Fifteen seniors receive scholarships

Fifteen high school seniors have been awarded Board of Trustees scholarships to Peru State for the 1981-82 school year.

Recipients were selected on the basis of college entrance exams, academic records and recommendations. Each award pays full tuition and may be renewed each year for a total of foUF years if the student's grades remain satisfactory.

Board Chairman George. RebensdoFf, vice president of Omaha National Bank, said, "We are proud to be able to aid these students in attaining their educational and career goals."

The 1981-82 PSC recipientsare Martha J. Lindell, Douglas; Debra D. Gotschall, Fairfield; Marsha D. Kentopp, Falls City; Patricia A. Degner, Hebron; SaraBeth Donovan, Lincoln Northeast; Jana L. Henderson, Nebraska City; Michael R. Nebelsick, Nebraska City.

Kimberly A. Schreiner, Nebraska City; Gayla J. Weichel, Odell; John P. Gudenrath, Omaha Holy Name; Rebecca S. Beckner, Rulo; Douglas J. Goltz, Rulo; Jan E. Vonderschmidt, Salem; Laurie A. Smith, Thedford; and Suzan Union.

PSC choir, Misty Blues swing choir appear in area

Peru State College's full choir; directed by Dr. Edward Camealy, associate professor of voice, and the Misty Blues swing choir, directed .by Dr. Thomas Ediger, assistant professor of music, made their a:nnual concert tour March 8-10:

Dr. Russell Stratton, assistant professor of English at Peru The tour began.at Peru State with a free public c::oncert and State, has •f>Ublishe<f two.articles. recentfy;, ·.one in a national. at Firs,t· United. 1\.1ethodist ··Church, literature journal and one in a Nebraska English. Falls City; Weephig Water High Schhol; Murray-Conestoga teachers'· journal. High School; Nebraska .City Public High School; Nebraska

Appearing .in the January issue of American. Notes and School for the Visually Handicapped; and First Methodist Queries (Lexington, Ky.> was, "Cheuelere Assigne: Simpli- Church, SharpsbUFg, Iowa.· ···' • · city with a Purpose?" In the article, Stratton discusses a said the full choir also performed as part of the minor medieval romance and attempts .to document the Anriual High School Choral Clinic! held on campus March.'12. assertion that it was naively written as .an instruction book in Members of the Misty Blues include Scott Schmidt and Christianity for children. Christopher Walsh, Gretna; Karen Coover, Papillion; Rtistie Stratton's interpretation contradicts the view of several Dierking, Talmage; Charles Ferguson, Barneston; •Lois scholars who find it to be "only an example of mediocre Fisher, Peru; Michelene Koenig, Greeley; Teresa Rhinewriting. His work was based on an eciition of the romance he hart, Nebraska City; and Cheryl Rausch, Tabor, Iowa. did recently which may be published .as part of. li· book1 The Members of the full choir include Carrie Nelson and Kathy Fantastic Middle English Romances; edited oy Professor Snider, Falls City; Jim McKitn, Anthony Nebelsick.and Alice Lasater Harris, University Margo Tucker,. Nebraska City; Gwynne Conley, Nancy Ann Stratton's other article appeared in the winter editiori .of Gerdes, Rebecca Rossell, Richard Rummel and Edward Nebraska English Counselor and iS,,f?i;ttitled "Percepfion.s in Russell, Omaha; 101; -OF, Beware the Handbook." In it Stratton discusses the Julie Beatty, Peru; Maelynn Bassinger, Unadilla; Sandra freshman English program at Peru.11nd how if is comple- Bechtel, Bellevue; Marie Blevins, ·Geneva; Donna Clark, mented by the Writing Lab, an arrangement he says is the Weeping Water; Janet Dunn, Chester; Tom Stevicks, "best tool I have found in 15 years of teaching in both schools Humboldt; Annette Svoboda, Seward; John Westerfield, and. colleges." Julian; Diane Weyer,

In the article, Stratton makes critical remarks about Jan Hammers, Glenwood, Iowa; Denise Abelson, Sioux tradi.Uonal English handbooks, which he finds "inappro- City, Iowa; s.undae Knott, Sharpsburg, Iowa; AngelaLove, priate for freshman English courses but highly appropriate Wyandotte, and Gary Dixon, New York, N.Y. for writing labs."

Auction nets close to $1,000

Peru State's business club, Phi Beta Lambda, netted approximately $1,000 at their annual auction held Feb. 16, according to Russell Beldin, assistant professor of business education at PSC.

Wind enseh'lble;:·an'.d,,. to.ur

Peru State's sympbonici wina·ensemble•andBiue' €o1lar Workers stage band made their annual ;eoneefitt«Jui Feb. 26-27 and March 1, according to Dr. David Edris•,1·director of bands at Peru.

Thetour9pened a.tNemaha Valley (Cook} High School.and included •performances. at ·High Scf)ool, Cloud County (Concordia, Kan.) Community College, Ma117s. ville (Kan.) High School and Tecumseh High School.

Edris said thetour encied with a free public concert in Peru State's College Auditqril.lni.

Members of the wind ensemble <Blue Collar Worker$ indicated by*) are. Marsha and Lori Sto.rtenbecker and Tony Nebelsick*, Nebraska City; ·carrie Nelson and Kathy Snider*, Falls City; Ronda Frank*' arid Annette Svobod11*, Seward; Ann Gerdes and Ed. E.ussell*, Omaha; Janet Dunn, Chester; Diane Weyer*, Barneston; Sharon Bebout, Dunbar; Emil.Janda*, Dorchester, Polly Clark, Pawnee City; Tom Stevicks*, Humboldt; Maelynn.Bassinger*, Unadilla; Julie Beatty*, Peru; Troy Graham*, Nehawka; Ellen Eldridge, Fairfax, Va.; Laurie Grah11m*, Malvern, Iowa; Alice Nicholas, SurnmeFfield, Kan.; Denise Abelson*, Sioux City, Iowa; Cheryl Rausch*, Tabor, Iowa; Jan Hammers*, Glenwood, Iowa; and Angela Love, Wyandotte, Mich.

Homecoming festivities scheduled

Peru State's 1982 Homecoming celebration will be held Oct. 9-10, according to Jerry Joy, PSC athletic director. ·. Featured event of the 1982 festivities wUI be the Bobcat football team versus Nebraska Wesleyan's Plainsmen at 2 p.m. in the Oak Bowl on Oct. 10, Joy said.

Homecoming events also will include a volleyball game, drama production? parade, dance and alumni meetings.

Summer school to begin June 8

Addition .to HPER Center complete

The long-awaited renovation of the Majors Hall addition to Peru State's new HPER Center was completed in March, according to Sports Information Director Kent Propst. Majors Hall, once a dormitory, now houses the college Health Center, offices for the Bobcat coaching staff, athletic locker rooms, classrooms, weight moms and a dance studio, Propst said. ·

Majors is connected to the HPER Center, which includes four basketball, ·volleyball, and badminton courts; a 25-meter Olympic swimming pool; and an excellent indoor track facility.

Both the college community and area residents are making good use of the HPER .-Center, Propst, said. HPER Center facilities are -0pen to the public during the week and the Center also has been the site of many college functions formerly held in the old gymnasium or College Auditorium.

Merchandise and gift certificates for the auction were donated by merchants from Auburn, Diller, Falls City, Humboldt, Johnson, Lincoln, Nebraska City, Pawnee City, Peru, Rock Port, Mo,,. Syracuse and Tecumseh.

Beldin said the club used the money f1'.5r their annual spring trip. The students and sponsors left on their trip March 25, headed for Minneapolis, Minn.; where they will tour businesses and industries including Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Federal Reserve Bank, Control Data, General Mills and Betty Crocker's Kitchen.

Two summer school sessions will be offered at·Peru State in 1981, the first from Junes to July 10 and the second from July 13 to Aug. 14. ;

Courses from most departments on campus will be offered at this time, as well as several camps and workshops. Camps available this summer football for junior an.d senior high school boys,·basketball for junior and senior high school boys and girls, music for junior and senior high school students, and volleyball for junior and senior high school girls.

Workshops to be offered include Art Exploration, Rocks Minerals/Introduction to Fossils, Classroom Control, Development of .Basic Leaming Abilities, Introduction to EMH/MR, and Socially, Emotionally Maladjusted Student. For more information on registratioh and tuitiQn, contact the Office of the Registrar, 'Peyu State College, Peru, Neb. telephone (402) 872-3815. ·

Peruvians in the News

Class of 1980

John T. Walsh is teaching mathematics and coaching boys' basketball at Jewell High School in Kansas. Walsh led his team to the Pike Trail LeagUe basketball championship this year:Delwinn Novell is the industrial arts instructor at Auburn Middle School.

Kenneth Denning teaches busineSs and is coaching boys' basketball and track at Garden County High School in Oshkosh.

David Werner teaches physical education and art at Barneston High School. He is also head coach of football, boys' basketball and girls' track there.

Margaret C. <Meyer) Andrew teaches elementary music at Talmage.

Mary Ann Mellor teaches English and speech at JohnsonBrock High School.

Mariana "Marne" Johnson is teaching third grade· at Broad Street School in Shenandoah, Iowa.

1979

Robin McKercher is a recipient of the Backstage Award for most valuable service to ·the Omaha Community Playhouse Theatre.

Patricia Criger is teaching elementary art at Norfolk Public Schools.

Barb Rolf is a part-time junior high school physical education teacher and coaches reserve volleyball, basketball and girls' track. , Lisa Kruse is an assistant loan officer with Home State Bank and Trust Company in Humboldt.

Tami Grooms is teaching physical education and serving as head volleyball and assistant girls' basketbaJI coaCh at West Point High School.

1978

1973

Dave Griffith teaches fifth. grade at Sargent Public Schools.

John Vickers served as head football coach and admissions representative for Tarkio College this year.

1971

Mr. and Mrs. R.M; Bodie are.living at Sugarloaf Key, Fla. He is working at Key West Internationar AiFpOrt.

Victoria Lecure Pickering' is: teaching fifth and sixth grades in Avoca. ·

Ron Kubik is teaching social studies at Bertrand High School.

1970

Father John Miller has returned to school at M<mtana State University to work toward a doctor of education degree in school administration.

Dennis Obermeyer is head track and cross country coach at Peru State College.

Dr. Donald Buskirk received his doctoral degree in vocational technical and career education and is an assistant professor in the School of Technology at Purdue University.

Tom and Bill Dammast recently took over their father's business. They are the third generation of their family to represent Dammast Clothing in Nebraska City.

John Vanderford is the new superintendent at JohnsonBrock Public Schools.

Eugene Finke is teaching social studies and is football and assistant girls' basketball coach at Hampton High School.

·W Linda Morris is the librarian at Wheatland Schools.

"\•.. has elected executive vice J hn B ·1i· · f th B ksta A d I:. executive officer Of. the S,avings

o i mgs a wmner o e ac war fo1 c()m an in Nor(olk. · most yaluable service to the Omaha Commumty Playhouse ·. ·, ·· P.. y. ··· ·• .··. Theatre.

Teresa Hahn is teaching senior high .business 1969 education and is head volleyball coach at Nemaha Valley High School in Cook.

Danny Ehmke is teaching elementary and junior high instrumental music and directs the adult education program in Seward School District.

1977

Ted Harshbarger has been named president of the Tecumseh Education Association.

Marine First Lieutenant Robert A. McClain recently returned from a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean. He is an officer assigned to the Ba.ttalion Landing Team.based at Camp Yejeune, N.C.

1976

Janie Riepe Montang is the kindergarten and remedial reading teacher for Elgin Public Schools.

Martha Brief teaches at the Camp Creek Country School, District 54, located south of Nebraska City. She instructs six students at the school.

.Jerry Weber is the new terminal pipeline operator at Denver for the Sinclair Refinery.

1975

Larry Shoff is teaching elementary physical education at Beatrice Public Schools.

Ronnie L. Bridges teaches junior and senior high math and also serves as volleyball and assisfant boys' basketball coach at. Nishna Valley Community School in Iowa.

Harrietta has. been hired as activities direct.or and social worker at the Good Samaritan Center in Grand Island.

Linda Stukenholtz Tempelmeyer teaches art at Tecumseh High School.

David Chatelain teaches social studies and is girls' volleyball and boys' basketball coach at Elk Creek Public Schools.

Michael gngel is the head football coach at Columbus High School.

1974

l>avid Green is head basketball coach and industrial arts instructor at Stanton High School.

1965

Larry Hershberger is the guidance counselor at Tecumseh High School.

1961

Jack Johnson organized a well-rounded youth basketball program to help pre-high school athletes at Columbus Schools.

Dr. Stanely Longfellow recently a doctoral degree from Kansas State University in Manhattan. His dissertation was "Selected aspects of the biology and morphology of the bagworm moth." He is currently vice president of the Nebraska Ornithologists' Union and has authored sections on birds in the environmental impact statements for the O'Neill and Calamus-North Loup irrigation projects.

Christie Hayes Meyer is teaching journalism, English, accounting and general business at Ft. Calhoun High School.

1960

Jerry Collier is assistant principal at Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan., where he was appointed to the Community Corrections Board and also has been asked to serve on the Wyandotte County Judicial Nominating Committee.

Del Kienker is the guidance counselor at Stromsburg Schools.

1959

Dr. Robert Bohlken is head of the division of communications at Northwest Missouri State University at Maryville.

1957

Jane Givehand Glover is working toward her doctoral degree at the University of Connecticut. She has completed her year as Connecticut state NEA president and has made several trips to Washington, D.C.

Marilyn K. Sugden recently began studies at the Cooperative E!xtension Service, University of Nebraska Panhandle Station, as an extension specialist in family economics and management and home economics program coordinator.

Mike Castle is operating a State Farm Insurance Agency in Falls City. He has qualified for the State Farm Millionaire Club in Life Insurance and has completed a two-year Life Underwriter's Training Council course.

1968

John F. Duder is employed as a commodity futures broker by A.C.L.I. Commodity Services in Minneapolis, Minn. Gary Obermeyer was elected to .the executive committee of the National Education Association. He teaches in the Seward Public Schools.

Charlotte Hershberger Nedrow is sponsor of the Spirit Club at Waverly High School. She is working towards her master's degree at the University of Nebraska.

Martha Gotchall teaches fourth grade at Fairfield Elementary School.

1967

Roger Hein is teaching fifth grade and coaches junior high athletics at Cambridge Schools. '

John Witler teaches industrial arts and is assistant football and track coach at Cambridge High School.

•pennis projr!oted to executive vice president · and casbiev of the First B;:1nk Ui

1966

for Volume Shoo c()rporatton fri Topekit;:H.'al'I)

Pauline Fink Linder is teaching sixth grade at Ashland J<:lementary School.

Winifred Hall Johnson teaches elementary classes at Clark. County Elementary School in Las Vegas.

1956

Shirlee George Nance is teaching seventh and ninth grade English at La Vista Junior High School.

Barbara Boraas Collins recently received her master of science degree in education in the area of guidance and counseling from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. She has accepted a position as financial aids counselor at the University of Wisconsin.

1952

Dorothy Meister Kinman received her master's degree from California State in Long Beach and is currently teaching in a junior high school in Cerritos, Calif.

1948

Ralf Graham was the 1980 winner oft.he Good Guy Award presented by the Kansas 4-H .Clubs. He is an associate .state leader in Kansas State University's department of extension information.

1947

Ernest Strauss was inducted into the 25-year club of the Iowa Industrial Arts Association. He is the auto mechanics and metals instructor at Marion Independent School in Iowa.

1943

Nina Kanel Klaudt is a member of the National Board of Church Women United in Michigan. She is presently the regional vice president of CWU East Centrai Regional, which includes Michigan, Ohio, IJlinois and Kentucky. She also is chairperson of the National Financial Development Committee

1942

John Rhodus will retire at the end of the 1980-81 school year from the Syracuse school system, where he's been for 35 years.

1940

W. Hurbert Johnson is an administrator for the division of continµing education at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.'

Eula F. Redenbaugh is on the National YWCA as staff director of campus YWCA's across the U.S.

19·35

Gwen <Payne) and Dwight Waldo are living at Falls Church, Va. For the past twelve years Dwight was an Albert Schweitzer Professor for Humanities at Syracuse University. He is now a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution.

1934

Lloyd Perry is semi-retired from the insurance business in Aurora, Colo.

Max E. Kerns is retired in Cape Cod, Mass.

1932

Leo and Marie Lash Hauptman recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Before retiring, Dr. Hauptman was registrar at Ball State University in Indiana. ·

Maxine Sams Miller is teaching in a day care center in Ruidoso Downs, N.Mex. She is in charge of children from the ages of one to six.

1915

Helen Richardson Smith is retired and living at Tabetha Village in Lincoln.

1908

Stella Harriss, who retired from the chemistry department at Kansas State University in 1954 after teachingthere since 1917, .is at Meadowlark Hills, Manhattan, KS, 60652, and w:_ould like to hear, from her friends.

Engagements

JOY WEYER, Barneston, a former Peru State student, and Michael Tennant, Wymore, are planning a May 1 wedding.

DEBBIE .MOORE. Class of 1981, and ED STEMPLE, former Peru State student, will be wed May I.

ANGELA MARIE SULUVAN, North Platte, and STEVEN HARWICK. former Peru State student, are planning a May 8 wedding.

DEIRDRE FIKE, a Pe11J State student. and JERALD .JAc(m, former Peru State student, wilfbe wed May 16.

BRETT NANNINGA and SAi.LY SANDl<'ORT, -both Peru State students, are planning a June 12 wedding.

.rnFFH.EY B. SMITH and ROBIN J. both Peru State students, will be wed June 26.

SUZANNE NORTH, a Peru State student, and Jerald .lames Whisler, Peru, are planning a July 24 wedding.

MARY .JANE KENT, a Peru State junior, and Emmett Duane Gyhra are to marry in Steinauer.

Marriages

ROBERT KRUGER and KAREN PARSLEY' both Peru State students, were married June 21, 1980, in Omahil..

DAVID SANDERS,· Peru State sludent, and Linda J,ean DeLay were married July 12, 1980, In Auburn.

VICKI WADE, Peru State student, and Bryan Terris were married August 2, 1980, in South Sioux City.

STEVEN ORTON and CYNTHIA CASE, both Peru State students, were married Augtist 8, 1980, in Nebraska City.

KEITH MCKIM and BRENDA SANDFORT, Peru State students, were married August 9, 1980, in Humboldt.

MARY VOLKMAN, Class of 1976, and Dennis Meyer were married August 9, 1980, in Auburn.

CHERYL JEAN BAGGS, Peru State student, and Bradley Rausch were married August 16, 1980, in Tabor, Iowa.

HAROLD HITCH, former Peru State student, and Susan Gilliland were married October 1:1, 1980, in Nemaha.

ALICIA ANNETTaANDREWS; Class of 1966, and Kenneth Eugene Ficke were ma,r..ied October li4, 1980.

DAVID T OMAS, Class of 1980, and SUSAN JARVIS, .Peru State student, were married November I, 1980, in Auburn.

SUSAN KRUG, Class of 1978, and Thomas A. Wilhelm we,re married November 8, 1980, in Verdon.

JOHN M. ORTON, Class of 1980, and Barbara S Tanking wer.e married November 14, 1980, in Nebraska Citf

LLOYD GLESMANN, former Peru State student, and Catherine M. Pavelka were married November 15, 1980, in Omaha.

CHERYL MARLENE RINNE, Class of 1975, and James Allen Grove were married November 15, 1980, in Elk Creek.

TIMOTHY BRIAN PETHOUD and SUSAN JANE LAMOUNTAIN, both Peru State students, were married December 28, 1980, in Falls City.

STEVEN M. KLEINE, former Peru State student, and Janeen A. Kemper were married February 20, 1981, in Wymore.

Deaths

LOVETTE KINNEY MCCOY, Class of 1907, on April 22, 1980, In Polk at the age of 95.

IVA SHUBERT MARTIN, Class of1934, on June 12, 1980, in Cortez, Colo. ·

IRENE ZED NICK HINES, Class of 1948, on July 18, 1980, in Lincoln at the age of .54.

G. HOLT "POP" STECK, PSC music instructor from 1927-43, on August 14, 1980, in Garland, Texas, at the age of78.

CLARA HERMSMEIER OHMSTEDE, Class of 1931, on August 15, 1980, in Aur0ra at the age of 79.

GRACE HARDING NYSTROM, former Peru State student, on Augusf 24, 1980, in Scottsbluff at the age of 85,

DEAN MCCORMICK, Class of 1938, on August 25, 1980, in Ottumwa, Iowa, at the age of 65.

MABEL TIMM, Class of 1921, on August 27, 1980, in Gretna at the age of 78.

DOROTHY MILLER MORRIS, Class of 1945,·0D August29, 1980, in Auburn at the age of 52. ·

LELA RUMBAUCH BROWN, Class of 1957, on September 8, 1980, in Auburn at the age of 72.

JOHN J. MCINTIRE, Class of 1969, on September 10, 1980, in Nebraska City at the age of 34.

MAURICE LYNDON WEDERQUIST, Class of 1964, on September n, 1980, in Sisseton, S.Dak., at the age of 36.

ALAN H. KRAEGER, Class of 197-0, on September 14, 1980, in Omaha at the age of 32.

GARY N. JONES, former Peru State student, on October 6, 1980, in Auburn at the age of 27.

MINNIE STA{JFFER SPRING, former Peru State student, on October 21, 1930, in Humboldt.

MARY ACKER, former Peru State student, onOctober 21, 1980, in Pomona, Calif., at the age of88.

MINNIE CHRESTENSEN tox, Class of 1918, on October 25, 1980, in Sidney at the age of 89.

ELZADA CLOVER, Class of 1930, on November 2, 1980, in McAllen, Texas, at the age of 84.

ELBERT MILLER, Class of 1931, on November 6, 1980, in Elmwood at the age of 71.

DR. JOHN C. SCHUTZ, Class of 1941, on November 8, 1980, in Lincoln at the age of 58.

MILDRED JUN BLECHA, Class of 1955, on November. 30, 1980, in Omaha.

ERNEST JOHN RAWSON, Class of 1944, on December 5, 1980, in Hemet, Calif., at the age of 69.

HELEN H. HYLTON, former Peru State instructor, on January 6., 1981 in Buffalo, Wyo.

HELMUT FREDRICK BROCKMAN, Class of 193f, on January 18, 1981, in Jacksonv;Ue, Iii., at the age of 73.

NINA SHUBERT BAKER, Class of 1919, on February 25, 1981, in Colorado Springs, Colo., at the age of 84 · · ·

MARGARET AGNES, Class of 1918, in Norfolk at the age of93.

LUTHER .PATTERSON, Class of 1931, in Seattle, Wash.; at the age of 74.

MYRON L. SINGER, former Peru State student, in Grand Island at the age of 82.

JAMES E. DOUGLAS, Class of'l950, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 53.

ESTHER WAYBRIGHT Slt\BIN, Class of 1917, in Ft. Collins, Colo.

MAUD WRIGHT DIEDIKER WINKLER, Class of 1921, in Nelson at the age of 86.

DONALD DEAN DURYEA,71, Peru State grad, died April 5, 1981 at Kearney. He received an MA at UNL and taught for 45 years. He reUred in 1975 fi;om Kearney State College where he had been in the English Department. Memorials have been established to Kearney State College and the Kearney First Presbyterian Church.

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Peru players present "Sleuth" in April

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Poet Jim Bogan, assistant professor of art at the University of Missouri-Rolla, visited Peru State March 11 to present an afternoon lecture on creative writing and' an evening poetry reading entitled "Gathering of Poets." Bogan who received his doctoral degree from the University of Kansas, has given poetry readings extensively throughout Missouri and .has published one collection of his poetry, "Trees in the Same Forest."

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Carol Moyer, artist-in-resi«Jen<:e at Stuhr Museum in Grand Island, models for art students during /the workshop on drawing she presented at Peru State on March 9-10. Moyer, a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Omaha, is in the second year of her residency at Grand Island, which is funded in·part by a grant from the Nebraska Arts Council. The workshop concentrated on innovative techniques, materials and as it relates. to drawing.

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Peru State industrial arts instructor Rob Evans fleft] and PSC'Student Mark Wardian, Omaha, apply finishing touches to toys for the second ann.ual Christmas project. Co-sponsoredbythelndustrial Arts Club, Epsilon Pi Tau [technology and the Peru Kiwanis, the project involved constrlicting ·wooden toys for donation to needy families during:the Christmas season. In 1980, 72 toys were made i\Dd distributed. ·

"Sleuth," a two-act thriller, will be presented by the Peru Players April 9-11 at 8 p.m. and April 12 at 3·p.m. in the College Auditorium at Peru State, according to Dr. Charles Harper, assistant professor of speech and drama, Harper, director of the production, said the "Sleuth" cast includes Stella sophomore Richard Wood as Andrew Wyke, an English detective story writer; Oxnard, Calif., junior Mark McFadden as Milo Tindle, Mrs. Wyke's lover; and Bill Smithers, Lawrence Kelly and Keith Wilkinson as police officers.

The Peru Players' fall production,•directed by Dr. Royal Eckert, was "The Boys From Syracuse," a musical adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors " Eckert, .associate professor of speech, theatre and mass communications, and the musi.cal was attended by approximately 550 people "our 'largest total audience since 'Pippin' was produced two years ago."

Planned for' this summer, Eckert said, is a theatre workshop for college credit open to high school juniors and seniors (fall, 1981), graduating seniors and college students. The workshop offers technical and acting courses instructed by Harper and Eckert and will result in a dinner theatre production in July.

For more information on tickets for "Sleuth" or admission to the summer theatre workshop, contact Eckert or Harper at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421, telephone (402) 872-3815.

Summers' contest winners announced

Winners of Peru State's annual Silas Summers' writing contest were announced in early March by English club President Beth Propst, a.Sewardsenior.

Propst said tl)e competition included three .categoriespoetry, 55 entries; short stories, 11 entries; and plays, four entries. Cash prizes fo $10 for first place and $5 for second were awarded in each category, she said.

All entries were considered for publication in Peru. State's "Sifting Sands" literary magazine, which will go on sale in mid-April and may be purchased by contacting Propst or English club sponsor Wreathea Hicks at the college.

Winners in the poetry categpry, judged by award-winning poet Carol Oles of Emerson, Mass., were: first, "God's Child," Deborah Moore, Auburn; second, "Growing Up a Woman," Moore; third, "The Changeless Timekeeper," Deb Kent, Auburn. · ·

Winners iri' the short sfofy' category, judged by Dr. Hugh Luke, 'professor of English·at the University of NebraskaLincoln, were: first, "Visiting," Moore; second, ''Portrait in PastelS," fin:dyRieke, Jurian; third, " And Again,'' Mark McFadden, Oxnard, Calif. · , Winn.ers .in the play category, judged by Joseph Baldwin, professor of theatre arts at UNL, were: first, "And The Truth Will Set You Free;" Moore; second, "When It Rains," Rieke; third; "Equal J>artners," Linda Kluge, Grand Island.

Ambassadors of goodwill chosen

Ambassadors of goodwill have been chosen from the Peru State student body to represent the college at official college functions under the direetion of the Office of College Relations, according to Director Pat Larsen.

The· Ambassadors, who also will serve as campus tour. guides and hosts to visiting alumni, began their official duties during Siblings Weekend in late January. Students invited brothers and sisters to visit them on campus during the weekend for recreation and exposure to college life.

Eligibility to be an Ambassador requires a 6.0 grade point average, good verbal skills, poise, leadership qualities, involvement in campus activities and an interest in people.

Those chosen to be Ambassadors include: Traca Alley; Glenwood, Iowa; Sherry Biere, Auburn; Chuck Chase, Thurman, Iowa; Laurie Graham, Malvern, Iowa; Lori Holloway, Bellevue; Janelle Jahn, Ravenna; Beth Propst, Seward; and Darrell Wellman, Burr.

Professor conducts research that i.nvolves students

Scientists don't completely understand the physiological mechanism behind the mosquito's attraction to human or animal blood, but Dr. Pappas, assistant professor of natural science at Peru State, is working to increase that understanding.

Research Pappas has conducted since the summer of 1980 deals specifically with determining what factors in blood attract the mosquito and cause it to bite and feed on blood, he said.

Peru State is seeking a National Science Foundation grant $17,176 for equipment which would help with this study and others. Permission to seek such a .grant was given at the January State College Board of Trustees meeting.

"I believe this is important research because last year in the U.S. there were 1600 cases of malaria, up from: no cases in 1974," Pappas said. Another disease, dengue hemocagic fever, appeared in the U.S. for the first time last year in southern Texas. Both. diseas.es. are transmitted by mosquitoes.

Closer to home, Pappas said encephalitis carried by mosquitoes victimized 244 persons in the U.S. in 1980, and in this area dog heart worms are carried by mosquitoes.

"Economically, millions of dollars are spent to control the mosquito population without success. It is also very costly in terms of human suffering in the world-wide population," Pappas said.

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Other research Pappas has conducted in Southeast Nebraska includes tree loss in Nemaha County during the past 25 years, and he wrote a paper with senior author Tim Boerner, "Tree Species in a Remnant of the Missouri River Floodplain," which will be published in BIOS, a quarterly biology journal. The paper deals with research conducted in the Ritchie Wildlife area.

Pappas said he believes it is very important for undergraduate students to be involved in on-going research. PSC students Jeff Wignall, Glenwood, Iowa, and Alan Lunzman. Auburn, are researching the natural areas on campus as an. independent study to be presented at the regional of Tri-Beta in Indianola, Iowa in April.

Kathy Toews, Omaha, is assisting Pappas with the Nemaha tree research, and biology instructor Steve Shupe is examining the ecology of red-tail hawks in County with Bob Collins, N.C. They will present their finding to the Iowa spring. meeting of Td-Beta, a science .honorary.

"Our goal is to involve students in undergraduate resear.ch projects." Pappas said.

Dorm occupancy highest in 9 years

Dormitory occupancy at .Peru State during 1980-81 is the highest it's been since 1971-72, according to David L. Eaton, director of residence life at the college.

The actual increase in occupied dorm space is even greater than it appears on paper, he said, because living space in Majors Hall is still used in computing the ·percentage of occupied dormitory space even though it is no longer used for housing students.

"In the last two years," Eaton said, "dorm occupancy has increased 40 percent, and. we expect another increase for 1981-82:"

Eaton said the number of students living in dormitories decreased slightly from the fall to spring semesters this year. The decrease is due to student witlidrawals made, for the most part, for financial reasons. "Everybody was hit hard financially this year," Eaton said.

Enrollment increases 19 percent

Total enrollmentat Peru State increased from 765 students in 1979-80 to 912 students in 1980-81, according to Dr. Kelly Liewer, college registrar.

The addjtional 147 students represent a 19 percent increase in total enrollment. Liewer·said. The number of first-time freshmen increased 30 percent, from 146 to 190, he said, and the number of Nebraska residents enrolled increased from 638 to 813, a 27 percent increase.

Li ewer said another increase in enrollment is expected this fall.

Dr. Clyde Barrett. vice president for academic affairs. at the college, said the increase in enrollment "has to be due to a combination of factors.''

He .cited many reasons for the increase, including "increased services at the college, our new HPER Center, new roads that decrease travel time to Peru, program alterations, increased emphasis on continuing education and instructional improvement of our faculty!'

Barrett also said success with athletics in 1979 and 1980 and the addition of the Alpha Clii honor society on campus have increased visibility of the college,

Dr. Larry Pappas Researcher

New look for Stater

look wi.th this issue of the. 'feru St.a.teris a.part of the. new look ·throughout. au PSC publications. For about a year the College Affairs Commission has been considering· adopting a single logotype ·and a· set ·of guidelines for. st.a.tionery, oroch:ures, pamphlets, busi• ness cardS·· oraU •printed ·material that emanates from the college. ·

Tkis insures continuity with a positive, yrofessiO'llJtl image.···

PeruSt.a.te Colege through.the years has beenfO'l'f:lJmJLte to have several symbols that have been used successfully as logos. The oak tree and the water tower haue been · U$ed. However, the one that.has been used the most is the lamppost in several different styles. The College.Affairs Commission, through recommendations of a logo committee, has cfu>sen one lamppost that you will see from now o.n. We hope you like it.

Pe"" St.ate College through the years has been fortunate to have several symbols that have been used su.ccessfully as logos. The oak tree and the water tower have .been used; However, the one that has been u.sed the most is the lamppost in "Several different styks. The College Affairs Commission,, through recommendations of. a logo committee, has chosen one· lampPost that you. will see from now on. We hope you. like it.

New business · music major

If students wantto major in music but don't want to teach, Peru State Cdllege hasjustthe major for them.

According to .Dr. David Edris, associate professor of music, and director of music activities in the. department of music at PSC, the new program in. Music with Selected Studies in Business will to a bachelor of arts degree. Candidates for this degree.*1'ill be prepared for employment in music business with a in marketing and retailing. · ·

Music publishing, record producing, being an agent, or tv music producing are examples, of management or administrative careers in music Edris said. Support service careers in music business are accounting, financing, marketing and the distributing of music and related products, performing rights auditor, sales representative, recording technician, music editor and copyright lawyer.

Edris said that the music business degree at Peru State College can a1so lead to a career in arts administration which most often involves the noHor-profit sector .in cultural agency management and support services. Careers in arts administration. or activities concerned with artists, include orchestra manager, arts council director, arts center director and development officer.

The Music with Selected Studies in Business, either B.A. or B.S. degree, is offered in addition to .the B.F.A. in ·Music Education degree.

Alpha Chi makes debut

Dr. James Divelbiss, professor of biology at Westrnar College, LaMars, Iowa, president of the National Council of Alpha Chi, gave the official installation statement, when charter members were inducted into Delta Chanter. Alpha Chi, national honor seholarship society, at Peru State College Nov. 25.

Sponsor Dr. Clyde Barrett, Vice President of Academic Affairs, and assistant sponsors, Dr. Esther Divney. associate professor of education, .and Lyle McKercher, associate professor of mathematics, inducted members.

Thomas P. Biaggi, Humboldt, marimba. and Charles C. Coatney, III. Peru, piano, presented a special musical number, Handel's "Sonata in F Major." and Dr. Larry Tangemena,. president of Peru State College, accepted the chapter charter for the college. The sponsors installed chapter officers.

Charter members are: Seniors, Lynn A. Anderson, Auburn; Sharon L. Bebout, Sterling; Joni J. Davis, Nebraska City; Dennise E. Dixon, Dawson; A. Erbst , Nebraska City; Mary L. Findeis, M. Heim, Dawson; Laura J. Pollman, Wymore: D. Reuter. Dunbar; Debra L. Riha, Springfield; and Rhea D. Spears. Peru.

Juniors are: Verdell J. Bohling, Ruskin; Kathleen D. Buethe, Elk Creek. secretary; Deanne M. Dea. Shelby, IA vice president: Lee A. Kohrs, Johnson. president: Penny J. Poland, Tecumseh: Sally J. Sandfort. Humboldt. treasurer: and.Karen A. Williams. Omaha. student delegate.

Those qualified for membership in this national honor society include junior or senior students of good character who rank at least in the upper tenth of their classes.

Alphi Chi is the second oldest and second largest general honor societv in the Association of College Honor Societit's with its beginnings dating back to 1915. A society whose purpose is to promote academk excellt'lll't' among collt•ge and university students. PSC Delta Chaph'r, is chapter of Alpha Chi and is a member of Region I\' whieh indudPs. Iowa. Kansas, Nebraska. Minnt•sota. Miss· ouri and tlw Dakotas.

Bobcat Spring Sports Baseball, softball teams young this year

1981-82 Basketball

Despite records during the 1980-81 basketball season, Peru State fans have a lot to look forward to. Between the BobC'ats and Lady Bobcats, only one player will be lost to graduation this year: next year's squads promise to return much talent and leadership.

Coach Bill Squires' Bobcats, who finished the 1980-81 season at 4-23. lose no playeri; to graduation in May. Tom Johnson. 6-3 sophomore forward from Lawnside, N.J., finished the year as Peru's top scorer and rebounder. The two-year letterman tallied 365 points for an average of 13.5 per game and added 181 rebounds for a: 6.7 average.

Peru State will fidd young baseball and softball teams for the mar season, Bobcats opened their season March 21 at home> against the University of Minnesota. The Lady 'Cats opened March 2() against rival Concordia Teachers College.

Third-year baseball coach Terry Gilliland has stressed dl'fense in parti•:ular this season. "We 'lad good hitting last year. but our defense was bad," he not\-<l. The Bobcats were 7-2!l last season and lose All-District sluggers Mark Johnson and Steve Medinger from that squad.

Gilliland said this year's squad has a good nucleus of veterans plus a number of promising newcomers, but he labeled the outlook "unknown" at this poirlt. "It's a tough schedule to take an inexperienced team into," he said.

Another New Jersey native, sophomore forward Tom Mackey. had the highest scoring average for the 'Cats since joining the team at mid-season. The 6-3 leaper netted 312 points in 16 appearances for an average of 19.5 points per game and averaged 4.6 rebounds per game. He W'as na;medito;play in the 1IJisttirot 11

Kip Allison, 6-9 center from Gresham, also was named to the All-Star team. He ended his second year with ;the .IB<>bcats as their ··ftumber .'!four scorer and 1nturiber .:two rebounder.

Indoor track moves outside

Peru State's indoor track ,team will move outdoors for tne rest of the season, starting with the Northwest Missouri State University Invitational at Maryville April 4, according to Coach Dennis Obermeyer.

The indoor track team, Peru;s first in many years, finished 3-1 <men's) and 2-2 <women's) this year, Obermeyer said. The young team's performance, which improved steadily throughout the season, wasn't enoqgh at the NAIA District 11 meet. however.

Peru's tnen finished nearthe bottom with 20 team points a:t the meet held March 6 at Doane College. The Bobcats top individual. Humboldt junior Keith McKim, placed third in the 60-yard high hurdles and fourth in the high jump with a school record-tying leap of 6-8.

Doug Barlow, Lincoln freshman, earned fourth place in both the 60-yard dash and the 300-yard dash and was a member of the sixtp-place mile relay team along with Ken DeHart, Mark Tillman and Dan Konfrst. Homewood, Ill., senior Norm Parrish finished sixth in the 60-yard.dash.

The Lady Bobcats finished the. bottom. of their division with four points, Table Rock freshman Glevon · Cova1.1lt finished fifth in the long jump and Robin Jessen, Malvern, Iowa, fre5hman, placed sixth in the 60-yard hurdles.

The fracksters ended the season March 5 with a dual against Wayne State College at Peru. Wayne dominated the men's distance events and won eight of ten women's events to win the meet.

Tennis team has small roster

After an absence of seven years, intercollegiate tennis competition returns to Peru State on a limited basis, according to Coach Bill Squires.

Three men and three women will participate in the sport, he said. Although not enough to field an entire team, the Peru participants will challet:tge with three sets of sipgles matches and one set of doubles per contest, Squires said.

Competition begins in April, but the schedule is not yet finalized.

Football program rates

Peru State's first indoor track meet in the history of the was a smashing success as the Bobcats literally ran fron{tbe Tarkio [Mo. l College Owls on Feb. 5. Pictured competing'in the new HPER Center are [from left] Bradshaw freshman Steve Driewer; an unknown Tarkio opponent: Humboldt junior Keith McKim: and Humboldt sophomore Brett Nanninga. Star game. ·

Peru State's 1980 football program received second place in the Division II Program category of the NAIA football publication contest this year. The award was presented'at the annual NAIA-SIDA dfoner held in Kansas City March 9.

Kent Propst. Peru State sports information director, compiled the award-winning program, which was published by Dana Stratton, director of printing services at Peru. First place in the category went to Taylor< Ind.) College.

Propst. a PSC senior, is serving his third year as Sports information director at the college. "I was thrilled.that our program received the award," be said, "but a lot of the credit should go to Mrs. Stratton and to Beth Propst, our advertising salesperson. Considering the budget and equipment limitations we work under, very .proud of the program."

In addition to his position as sports information director. Propstse:rved as Interim College Relations Director for two months and bas edited the Peru Challenge and Peru State Pedagogian. He is the son of Max and June Propst of Seward.

Over 150 publications were entered in the six categories of the NAIA contest. Chadron State College received first place in the Division II Brochure-Reproduced category. Their sports information director is Con Marshall.

Heturning Bobcats include senior.. outfielder Bill Bruhn <.241in1980>. Verdon: senior outfielder-pitcher Kevin Niday <.2!l!ll. Wymore: senior infielder John Donahue U33l, Hastings: senior pitcher Jeff Schiebur <2-7. record, 4.26 I<:HAl. Sterling: senior pitcher Tim Woodruff (1-6, 7.691, Nebraska City: junior pitcher-infielder Chris Hutt; Tecumseh: transfer junior infielder Larry Bentol1. Tampa, Fla.; and junior catcher-outfielder Mike Drotzmar'm, Crofton. Newcomers in 1981 are senior pitcher-outfielder Don Hill, Tampa, Fla: and freshmen Mike Bartholomew, pitcher. Beatrice: Bob Ivey, catcher-outfielder, Falls City; Brian May. catcher Beatrice: Brad Osthus. pitcher-infielder, Plattsmouth: Jim Parrish, pitcher-infielder, Falls City: Scott Schwarting. outfielder, Falls City: and Neil Wolfe, infielder. Uniorl. Student manager for the Bobcats is freshman Tim Hoffrrian.·Lincoln.

Coach Maxine Mebus takes virtually a "new" team into her second softball season at Peru State. She guided the 1980 squad to second place in the state and an appearance in the AIAW Regionals. The Lady 'Cats finished 14-17 last season.

Two letterwinners and another squad member return. from the 1980 team. Leading the way is marathon pitcher Rhonda Wright. Oakland senior•. with a 12-14 record it! 1980. She pitehed nearly 170 of a p0ssible 199 innings last season.

Also returning is outfielder and backup pitcher Fran Calanni. Jamestown. N.Y .• junior. She was number two batter on the squad last year with a .263 averageandhada.1-1 pitchingmark. The other returning squad member is backup infielder Jackie Nixon. La Vista junior. ···

"We'll be young and inexperienced." Mebus said, "but the ball players have a good attitude. We have better depth at the pitching spot and excellent team speed, but we'll be the base hitters rather than going after the long ball offensively."

Mebus said veterans lost from the 1980 squad include the entire infield except for Wright at pitcher. The biggest holes to filJ will be those created by the graduation of Leda Peterson and Whip Wilson, who own virtually all PSC batting records.

New· squad members this year include senior infielderoutfielder Joni Vrtiska, Beatrice: sophomore pitcher-infielder Jeannette Gauchat. Brock: and freshmen Deanna Allen. infielder. Lakeview, N.Y.: Nancy Buhrmann, infielder. Martell: Becky Gauchat. infielder, Brock; Carol Latham. infielder-outfielder, Columbus; Deb Long, pitcherinfielder. Columbus: Janet. Melvin, outfielder; Stanley; and Pam Otteman. infielder-outfielder. Johnson.

Joy to chair NAIAcommittee

Peru State Football Coach Jerry Joy has been named to chair a committee to study the NAIA football ratings system.. Joy, in his sixth year at Peru, was appointed to the position by Joseph Fusco, president of the NAIA National Football Coaches Association and head football coach at Westminister <Penn.) College. Joy has been assigned "to review what · types of communication should exist·between coaches, raters and NAIA officers." Fusco said.

The ratings review committee will make recommendations to modify or improve the ratings system when the Coaches Association holds their annual meeting in Houston next January.

Fusco selected Kevin Donley, head coach at Anderson <Ind. l· College to assist Joy, who will appoint two more coaches to the committee. ·

Team members include Superior junior Jerry Applegate, Peru freshman Linda Fisher, Syracuse senior Karen Lechner, Peru senior Shelley McAdams, Hampton junior Gary Parsley and Omaha senior Dave Rossell. Coach Jerry Joy Tennis courts housed in Peru's new HPER Center are· available for team use and are considered some of the finest indoor courts in the area. ·

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Bobcat Victory Circus has fun-packed schedule for Homecoming

Homecoming, 1981, will be bigger and better than ever Saturday's actiyities begin with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast for before, according t.o Dr. Harold Deselms, vice president for the honored cJasses and the alumni. registration and' administration and chairman of tbe homecoming committee. reception will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the fish bowl in the F.riday and Saturday, Oct. 9and10, are the dates for alumni Student Center. The Homecomipg Parade starts at 10 a.m,; and friends of Peril State College to makr on their calendars. and will form behind the lndustrial Arts Building and march

The Student Senate chose "Bobcat Victory Circus" as the thr0ugh downtown. theme for this year's bomecoming and committees have The 2 p.m., football clash finds Peru State College meeting been since April to insure a fun-filled weekend. ·Wesleyan in the Oak Bowl with a halftime bandorama. Alumni reunions honoring the classes ofl931, 1941, 1956, At4:30p.m.,theP-ClubwillhostareceptionattheAubum 1961 and 1971 will be a special feature with an alumni Country Club. reception and social hour at 6 p.m., at the Wheeler Inn in .The Star City Players, Lincoln, will play at .the 8 p.m., Auburn. a 7 p.m. buffet dinner will follow. dance in .the Old Gym, according to Dori Ho8utt, student

The play for Homecoming "The Silver Whistle" will be programs coordinator. · presented at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m., on Although there won't be campus guest housing available Supday in the Auditorium. nearby motels include: ·· · Best Western, just off 1·29, Rock Port, Mo., 816-744-6282; B & B Motel, 402-274-3632; Candlestick Motel, 274-4965; Palmer House, 274·3193; all at Auburn; and the Stephenson Motel, 402-873·6616; and the Arbor Motel, 873'6610, at Nebraska City.

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/ Dear Alumni and F.riends of Peru State College: The 1980-81 academic year was one of Peru State's better years in many respects - ( 1) continued accreditation by the North Central Association was achieved; (2) enrollment was up by 19 percent: (3) the freshman class was up by 30 percent: t-1) dormitory occupancy was up by 20 percent: l5) qie beautiful and spacious new Health and Physical Education Center came into its first year of service to Peru State and Southeast Nebraska: (6) the football team gained ranking having lost only one game by one point: and ( 1 l personnel turnover was minimal.

The.1981-82 year has prospects of being another good year. The continued growth we had hoped for will be at a slower rate .than anticipated. We will be able, it appears, to retain the grov.-th gained last year.

The college's mission builds on the success of those who served it before us. It is a multipurpose undergraduate college dedicated to serving the educational needs of the people in its service region

·You will note elsewhere in the Stater that our contacts with alumni groups continue to.· increase. We are dedicat¢ to keeping alutnni informed of the activities of the college. Of course the beSt wajrto learn about Peru State is to return as often as you can. Please stop by to visit when you are on

campus. There is one way above.al.I.others in w}llch you can continue to:help Peru State College. Wherever you are, vow to identify p(!ople who should be studying at Peru State College. If you will write or call telling us who you have identified, we will assist you in encouraging those you have identified. Working together l'i(h us on. this important matter has made a diffenmce., we can h.ave an even greater influence than · we are ha'ing. ""'' ·

Your continued support .is appreciated ·

Dr. Larry Tangeman

1981, has distinguished guest: Commencement activities included a dinner Friday nig Area Adm ·. ·1·n·1·st·rato·rs meet at PSCbefore the.Saturday exercises in the Student Center wi several members from the honored classes of '11, '21, ' attending.

Nearly 60 area school administrators were on Peru State Special guests of honor were Dr. and Mrs. Charles Parne College campus Friday for a conference and heard Dr. Paul Notre Dame, Ind., and Dr. Eunice Crabtree, Baltimore, C. Kennedy, professor of educational adminstration at the Drs. James Crabtree, president of PSC from 1904 until l9J University of Nebraska-Omaha, and other educators talk and Dr. Parnell received the Distinguished Service Awari about current issues in education. · Dr. Crabtree posthumously.

Kennedy's topic was Public Relations and Communica- Mrs. Effie Moeller, Fremont, represented the class of ting with Diverse Publics" and he told the luncheon audience and Louise Dregel, Percival. Iowa, Ely Feistner, Linco1 at the Student Center that the good old days are just over the Clay Coy, Coeur D'Alene, Ida., and Grace Briley, horizon.. Iowa: Nella Baird Benson, Sidney, Iowa; and Fern Gottul

"l don't know what it would take to call 1981-82 the. best Lincoln: represented the class of 1931. school year that you've ever had, but it can be," M said. He emphasized that luck is the meeting of opportunity and preparation and said that a man or woman can go a long way with a plan and .a · Pariel topics and mod.erators were: "Finance-Keeping Your Head Above Water in Difficult Times" Panel Moderator:. Bob Mason. Superintendent of Schools, Hamburg. Iowa: "Curricular ImprQvement" Panel Moderator: Fred Kautman. Superintendent of Schools, Plattsmouth; and "Legal Trends in School Administration" Panel Moderator: Jim Withee. Suoerintednet of Schools, Nebraska City.

Panelists Senator Wiley Remmers - State Senator, Auburn: Dr. Ken Fossen· Superintendent of Auburn Public Schools: Dr. Bob Abbott - Superintendent of Fremont Mills Schools. Tabor. Iowa: Ed Johnson · Superintendent of

' Syracuse Public Schools: F,rank Rybnick - Superintendent,of Rock Port Community Schools.. Rock Port, Mo.; Kelley Baker. Attorney. Lincoln: Dr. Richarc:I Werkheiser, Omaha Public Schools: and Dr. Ron Bernth - Curriculum Director at Millard Public Sch'>ols.

Asi:;isting Dr. Harold Deselms, Vice President for Administration, with the planning of the ·conference were: :Jim Withee. Nebraska City, superintendent of schools; Dr. Clyde Coleman. Table Rock school superintendent; Robert Mason. Hamburg. Iowa, superintendent of schools: Al Nelson. Pawnee City superintendent of schools, and Jerry Wimberly. Falls City superintendent of schools.

At Peru State College Dr. Esther Divney, Chairman of the Division of Education: Dwight Garman, Director of Placement: Ken Steidle. Director of Admissions, and Ms. Pat Larsen. Director of College Relations, assisted Deselms.

school year has. just begun .and the Admissions. • Office is ready to begin another school year. The office Figures up for summer school $urvived the mad.rush of applications arid i:egistration · it appears our effoqs tt!Sulted ir. a high quality corps of new students who. artf':teady to challenge our esteemed facullJ' to tbe limit. ,

For tbe record; we Visited 355 high schools, 22. junior colleges. and atfen'ded, Sl career programs. We also co-sponsored a bOOth at Nebraska State Fair and sponsored four information,<IQ.ys for prospective students.

,, I: wish .to thank eacb 9f. you who. helped us by ,communicating with .J;lOS.$iQAe. students. On several occasions students have .mentioned names of alumni and friends who had encouraged them to attend Peru State. I also wish to thank those of you who stopped by the college or the schools I visited to say I really enjoyed meeting you and I hope that we'll have the opportunity to do so again.

' Thank you for yoµr,;continued support, and we'll be with you again soon. Ifl"can help you in any way, please let me know;

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The Peru Stater is the official alumni publication of

Figures released in mid August by Dr. Clyde Barrett, Director of Summer School and Vice President for Academic Affairs. that the two summer sessions at Peru State College showed an ncrease over:;,figures for the summer sessions Of 1980. '

There were l.799 student credit hours produced in the summer .of with 1,766 student credit hours in 1980

We're up approximately 30 credit hours, or actually abo•.tt five or six students when one considers that a:student about six credit hours during summer session," BP1Tett said•

··Ifsa positi\'esign, hi> :;aid, and "Iwouldsayitwr.s a busy summer at Peru, Statt-College. Not only did we have a slight enrollment increase, but we had s.everal differf>at groups on campus ...._.ho,used our facilities.''

A week-long Bahai conference was held 1:-esides week-long basketball ;ind volleyball clinics. The Omaha Youth Symphony .,; also on campus for about a week, he said.

Including the two weekend surumer orientations that brought over a hundred future PSC students and their parents here the campus was active most of the summer, Barrett said.

He pinpointedthe winting and sprucing up of the division, the finishing touches· on the elevator that will be operational as soon as it is inspected and the Majors Hall renovation, repair and c)ean · with the conclusion of summer school, we are gearing up for fall s.emester that began August 24, Barrett saic:I. '\ -' ''; ; ' " ;

Editor Pat Larsen · College Relations Director

Jackie Williams

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We are sure these people are not lost. However, even though they may live in our area, we have lost their correct addresses and we are sorry about that.

Other ahtmni. activities since spring commenceme include Tailgate.party before the Doi College-PSC game Sept. 5. Jim Robinson, president of ti Lincoln PSC alumni, spearheaded the party.

Dr. Larry will be with the Northern Californ Alumni Association when it meets Saturday, Sept. 19, in & Mateo. Calif., at the Mainliner Club with a 1 p.m., lunchec Carlos Harrisol')C415-341-3483l is taking reservations for tll meeting that has a 12:30 registration.

Oct. a is the .date set by the Roeky Mountain area alum who will meet at the Ramada Inn for a 6 p.m. social hou followed by a 7.p,m. Chicken dinner. Mr.' and Mrs. J.uni1 Karas are taking reservations at 303-867-7252 for dinner. · fact. Junior :will arrange a 1 p.m. tee-off time if you want play a round of g9lf before the social ·hour. Call him f, reservations.

The Thousand Oaks Chapter of the PSC alumni will meet Tecumseh thisfaU. ·

C.W. Grandy. class of 1926, Zephyrhills, Fla. 33599 interested in forming an alumni group in his area. H atldress is 807 Sandra Ave. Write him if you are in Flori< and want to get together with fellow alumni.

Interest has been expressed by groups 1n several areas f oi·ganization of an alumni group: Are enough alums your area for a chapter'? If so, write. t>r call the Colle1 Helations Office. We'll help you get a PSC Chapter organize

Alumnus writes thriller

Dr. Dona.id Smith, class of 1948, PSC, on the faculty Boise 1Idaho> State University as professor of has written.an electrifying thriller, .Under Cover Darkness. Published by Leisure Books of New York Ci1 with a copywright o( 1981, the bo!>k is the story of the Beri wan and the of an American pro(essor who h lost his wife and child ih a car ac(!ident and is vacationing Germany. An intrigue takes the; American professor it: East Germany on a mission to. secure peace for the fr world and the American becomes caught ·up in a disastro ch.ain of events. ,

Dr. Smith is a writer and displays a knack witht · English la.nguage tha.t is unusual for pon-English department professor; ·He has a capacity f character development and building suspense that makes t boo.k of 282 pages difficult tt> lay down before finishing. The dialogue of the characters flows e,asilyand is total believable. He. Smith, seems to be able to step.into the sho of his characters. both male and female, easily and he mak ·things happen with a logical outcome.

If you are looking for an interesting book for fall .readi11 or want to buy someone a book as a gift

Nordon Publications, Inc., Two Park Ave., New York, N. Joo 16. The book is being distributed in paperback in the U .l Canada and two foreign countries. - Book .review by P Larsen.

Play schedule features variety

The director of ''The Silver Whistle," which will I produceo by the Peru Players, for the Peru State Colle1 Homecoming, 1981, has announced that tryouts for play par were WedDEisday a.nd Thursday, Sept. 2. and 3, in the Colle1 Auditorium. The play will be directed by Dr. Charles Harpe assistant professor of speech and drama.

Dr. Roy.al Eckert, associate profe$sor of speech, theat1 and mass communications at .Peru State Colkge, h1 .released the .1981 and .1982 schedule of plays that will t produced. ·

Besides "The Silver Whistle," the Homecoming pla: which will be prese.nted at 8 p.m. on Oct. 8, 9and10 and 2 p.11 on Oct. 11.; other plays are: Ghost" by Ibson, directed by Dr.. Royal Eckert, whi< plays at 8 p.m., on Nov: 19, 20 and.21 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 2:

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In attempt to up.date the alumni files, a campus-wide project, we ask your assistance: PI.ease write, or call, if you Mike Northrup · have a current address for any of the following. We appreciate it, ·

A new Broadway musical which will be presented Feb. 1 19 and 20 at 8 p.m. and 2. p.m. on Feb. 21. The musical, tl title to be announced later, will be directed by Harper; an •·Androcles and the Lion'' by George Bernard Shaw, whic wm play atB p.m., on April 29, 30 and :May land at 2 p.m, ci May 2. The Shaw classic will be directed by Eckert.

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tondon Tour II will be in March

lt's not too early to start making plans for a tour of London in March, 1982, according to Dr. Charles Harper, assistant professor of speech and drama at Peru State College.

Harper will sponsor the London tour from March; 19 to 27, 1982, through the division of continuing education at Peru · State. He sponsored a similar tour of London in March, 1980, he said.

"The cost of the tour will be around $850," Harper said, which will include airfare from Kansas City, Mo., departure and arrival taxes, transportation between Heathrow Airport and the downtown London terminal, seven nights of hotel accomodations with breakfast "brought to your room on a tray" every morning .and "around. London" sightseeing tour, and a special tour packet containing such items as passport wallets, luggage tags and ·:maps of London.

"Like the first London tour.we did," Harper said, "this is. a 'no-frillS' tour so that people can set their own pace and see whatthey want to when thE)y want to!'

Numni, faculty and students are encouraged to take this tour, he said, but others are also invited.

For more information on the tour, (!ontact Harper at Peru ·State College, Peru, Neb. 68421, telephone (402) 872-3815

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Peru .State College now has thf;l services of a Reading Specialists team who will help improve the reading skills of PSC students. The parttime position was made possible with funds from the Title III grant that fac'ilitates improving student support services.

Both Peru residents, Mrs. Nancy Jensen and Mrs. Diane Moran, began helping April 15. They have master of science degrees in reading and have been reading consultants for the Omaha Public School system where they developed curriculum for special reading programs and implemented those programs.

·'The reading specialists werE) hired because Peru State College is concerned with helping the individual student to reach his'or her goals. We feel these are the right people who will help PSC to attai.n that objective," Ms. Janet Lathrop, Title III coordinator and 1;ounselor, said.

Lathrop said the· speciali.sts will develop and implement individualized instructi01:1al progt'ams for. students and. will work with the English Department to acceS5 English skills of freshmen students.

Services of the team will be offered through the Teaching Learning Center where they will cooperate with TLC Director Jack Hytrek in the development of the program, Lathrop said.. · · ·

Jensen, Moran and Lathrop have conferred with Dr. John MUlfifr, of the Lawrence Institutf;l of Technology, Southfield, Mich., an independent consultant, when he was at Peru State College to. evaluate the Title Ill program. ·

Miller, who has consulted with at least 30 organizations including the U.S. ·office of Education, McGraw-Hill Book Co" commuµity colleges, liberal arts colleges and technical institutions since 1975, has a Ph. D from The Ohio State University.

Lathrop said he was called in to fulfill Federal government guidelines that call for outstate evaluation of Title III programs. He evaluated what has been done to date, plans for the future and made many recommendations for planning as he reviewed the objectives of the Peru State College Title III. program, she said ·

\Mi carriers receive scholarships

Two Peru State College freshmen were among 16 college-bound newspaper carriers who received Omaha World-Herald Newspaper Carrier scholarships; The $250 college scholarships were awarded each year to outstanding World-Herald carriers. Eight were presented to carriers who excelled in 3newspaper route management and high scholastic records in the city circulation area, and eight were presented to carriers in the state circulation area.

Shane Costello, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Costello of Omaha, has played football for several years and attended Northwest High School. He is an lndu.strial Arts major.

Korey Mills, son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Mills of Lexington, is an art marjor. He is a member of the National High Schools Who's Who and the National Society.

The Majors Hall Fund drive has grown by $825. Ted check from Larry Andf;ltson, Tectimseh, chairman of the Harshbarger, left, business manager of the Tecumseh vent. Dr. Ervin Pitts, professor of Health and Physical Country Club; .Jack Mahoney, Tecumseh, co-chairman of Education and chairman of tl).e division of physical the Third Annual Peru State Health, Physical Education education, is at the right. About 80 entries golfed in over and Recreation Center Golf Tournament; Dr. Larry 100-degree temperatures in the summer tourney. Tangeman, president of Peru State CollEige, receives a ·

Summet Workshop on campus

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its goal. in June. with a generous added gift from periodic cdntributors, and constant. supporters, Mr. and Mi's··

Peru State College hosted the Omaha Area Youth Ritchie both alumni from Auburn. · · SymphoQy summer \VOrkshop, June 21-27. · ·

Accu::nulations currently stand at $75,ooo toward; the pl Approximately 90 musicians attended, including 13. of $300,000 needed. · · ·. professionals who made-up the workshop faculty.

Legislation which created the new Health and PbJsi.c:al

The orchestra, which is sponsored by, the Omaha Education CeJ)ter a provision which compelled the Symph.ony Women's Guild, was conducted by David Hagey, BOard of Trustees and Peru State to attempt to raise Omaha Yo.uth Symph<my conductor. funas to purchase Majors Hall, as an ami1iary

The musicians presented follr public performances on .the ·facility for the new Center. · · · PSC campus which included faculty, woodwin quintet. and The new Center and the Hall are completed and in full 11$e · faculty brass quintet; faculty and student string quartet.and by the college and the people ()fSoutheast Nebraska.,·..•.. , small ensembles: student small ensembles .and theOmaba The fund drive continues the general directiGn of l)f. Area Youth Orchestra. Alfred O. Gigstad of NebrasJta. (fity and cbairpentms .in respective communities in SOlltheast Nebraska. lfr. .

Orientation for Freshmen

Two Summer Orientations, which included both students and parents were held on the Peru State College .campus, according to Dr; Myron Apilado, Dean for Student Development. One session was held in June; the other the end of July and first of August.

After a welcome address by Dr. Larry Tangeman, president of the· College, the introduction to collEige life included informational sessions on Financial AidS, Housiiig, Food Service, Teaching/Learning Center, Career and a special orientation for parents only.

During the entire.two days, students, parents,. faculty and;; staff met during organized sessions, which included a sight-seeing riverl»at·rid¢ on the Spirit of Brownville, and discussed academi¢· programs .and other special student needs. Orientation enoed•Sqnday with a. nondenominational service from the Mount Vernon Estate and a wrap-up brunch at the Student Center.

Schotarship 'established

A scholcirship has been established by Laurine Anderson, class: of 1928, who was a charter member of Beta Beta Beta biology honorary in 1926. She has designated that the first award be made at the Spring 1982 honors convocation and the student who will receive the award will receive a Tri Beta pin" mounted on a plaque.

The recipient must be a Tri Beta, a biology major, with scholastic ability andJinancial need. Members of Tri Beta wi.ll.recommend the recipient with the decision made !>Y biology faculty.

The student may receive the award more once.

Mrs. Ritchie's gifts tally to proporticlli of the sum collected and serve. as insPiration to others.

Accreditation here until 1991

Peru State College received formal notice of euotinued accreditation by the North Central Association on June 29> 1981. The collEige was evaluated by a visiting teani.in. February. Based on the report and the self study report prepared by the college as validated by the team, the'. Executive Board of the Commission on Institutions Education of the North Central Association renderid its decisfon " , that the ()f State College be continued at the baehelor's degree-granting level.''

The letter of continued accreditation stated "that a comprehensive be .bt·;ten yea.rs,· 1990-91." »

Under North Central policies, an evaluation must be 'conducted at least once eveey ten.years; in.praetiee.mlUlY institutions are evaluated at more frequent intervals. Peru State College was last visited in 1976. It was rU'St aeerieditecl in 1915. i

Accreditation by North Central to many Cl)lleges bearing the coveted label of NCA are commonly aecepted. "good quality places to study."

Dr. Tangeman said that quality such as of an institution are achieved only 'With the unified assistaltee· from people in all quarters- students, faculty, staff, alumni, relatives, friends, · trustees, advisory members and foundation memlieril should take some. credit in this achievement:--- " · -

Peru.vians in the News

Class of 1981

1971

Gene Neddenripe has recently accepted .the position of Principal of the PawnE!tl City School. and his wife have two children. ·

Mary Wolle is currently employed as a test en.gineer at Brunswick Corporation in Lin.coin.

Scott Schaefer has been named new bead basketball (1oach 1970 at Atlington High Scllool. He will also be the assistant footJ;>all ceaeh toi: the Eagles.

William Spencer Madden was recently elected as executive

Mic Koso was hired as the new industrial arts instructor at vice president and chief executive officer of the First Savings Tecumseh School. Company of Norfolk.

1980

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Dolores R. Spilker has recently received a Juris Doctor Degree from Western ·State University Law School at Fullet:ton, Calif. Law school awards earned by Dr: Spilker include the Corpus Juris Secundum Award .for the "most significant c:!ontribution toward over-all legal and American Jurisprudence Awards in Torts and Wills-Probate. Her article, "Child Custody Laws in the U.S.," won her a seat on the editorial board of the Westen State University Law Review. She also received the Law Institute Certificate for completing a program of studie! in the legal problems of women.

Donald D. Buskirk is now an assistant professor at PuTdue University.

Susan Larson Reimers Griepenstroh retired from full-time

Ron Doeden is currently working at the Beatrice teaching last May. She bas received her master's degree Developmental Center. from the University of .Nebraska-Lincoln.·· She her

J.on M. Orton is working for Site Oil Company in St. Louis husband. Pat. haye two chHdren. a5 an Internal Auditor. ·

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· .Ron Parks recently retired from coaching Creighton

•· Marc:ia Smith has been named woman 'Of tlie ..year 6tibe\ J Legion Baseball at Creighton, Nebr. He plans to pursue bis River Country cm.rt·!r Chapter of the American Busmess master's· degree in education. ' ·' Women's AsSoeiatior. , t.yn11.· is teaching elementary and special educati()n in the Auburn Public Schools.

1979

Robert Bebout recently was selected to conduct the American Municipal Ambassadors Band along with Lt. Col: and Professor Willard.I. Musser. will be in Xew .York and will tour and perform in European· countries - France, Switzerland, Italy, Austria. Germany,·Holland and Great Britain.

1978

Dan Gradoville has beeri promoted to the Head, Boys BasketballCoaching position at the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. His other duties there include woodworking instructor. assiStant football. coach, Junior High Athletic Director and boys' track coach.

Sherry Taylor has recently accepted the position of Administrative Assistant for the Nebraska Pork Pr.oducers.

Richard Tynmfwmb'eteat!hq social studies and driver's education at Humboldt P:i'lblic SChoOlSfthis.,falli· He will also be the aBsisihnt .f6o$all :amth; ·jumor high. ·girl and: boys' basketball and varsity boys' track coach. - $_

1976

Sally J Highfield recently received her Master of. Arts degree mspeech and.language patbolOgy. She is currently working.as a Speech".Laaguage Pathologist with the Linc91P: Public Sclloots Preschool Handicapped

Deni$e Ra.e <Haynes) Irwin is working part-time as a at Loveland,·Phannacy in Cmaha. ·Her·husband, Gary, works for AmericattFamily Insurance as a "Claims" Adjus,te,r. They have two children.

1975·

Cheryl Roebke !\et year of teaching in the Chambers School. District: She teaches 7th, 8th· and 12th .grade English and is aJSO 'the librarian.

Lindi <Boukal) Meyer is employed by the Richardson County Bank and.TiusfCOl'iil)any in Falls City. She and her husband reside on a farm near Falls City.

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·· P9lly Martin and her husband have began their retirement in weaiherford, Texas, ·Martin had been a minister for the past 46 years.' · ·

Stephanie R. Lang has. J:eCently received her master's degree in Music Education.from Wichita State University, Wichita, Kan.

1973

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Gale Bly wiU'.be coach at Culbertson High School this tan... · · •· •. ;."' ···°'

1972

Jan Axdahl has· worlting at the. Nebraska Center for Women for five years where she is presently Education/ Vocation Coordinator.

Pat <Stukenholtz) llas jus,t recently painted a 14 foot by 5 f()()t mural of a1 we$tem setting for Mr. and Mrs. Glen Meyer's office in New Point, Mo. Recently, Cook, who teaches at Falls City High School; receiyed .the Outstanding Young Educator Award from the Falls City Jaycees.

1958

Norm Frerichs was recently hired as business manager fot tl)e Service Unit No. 7 in Columbus.

1957

Robertµ. Kr.amer has recently retired from the U.S. Nav; after 22 years of service. He will graduate from the San Dieg Golf Academy at Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. He hopes tO start: second career·on the golf course.

· Gloria S. Adams has been named coprorate director of circulation of Penton/IPC, a Cleveland-based communications company. In her new capacity, she is responsible for circulation operations of 27 Penton/IPC national business publications. She supervises three associate directors, 14 circulation/fulfillment managers, and a staff of 150. Adams is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations Business Publications Advisory Committee and the American Business Press Circulation Committee. She formerly.· served ·on the· Circulation Managers Advisory. Committee of Business Publications Audit of Circulation. Sh.e and her husband. Garth, make their home in Lakewood. Ohio.

1969

Jan (Harbour) Mason was recently chosen to represent the Humboldt a.rea in the Nebraska Outstanding Young Individual Competition to be held in Omaha. Jan currently teaches atDaws()n-Verdon Consolidated School at Dawson.

Larry Aylor was the Head Football Coach of the Eight Man AU-Star Football Game which was held.ill June. He wa' also elected as Vice President of the Nebraska Eight Man Foo.tball Coach's Association.

Carol Mulvaney, a teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in Beatrice, was recently named as Outstanding Young Educator for 1981.

Russ ·Sears resigned from .his poi;t as bead. football coach at High School. He has been the head c.Gach for six years· with a 51-38-8 record through his 12 years of eoaching. He will remain at Exeter as a teacher and assistant boys' track coach;

Carrie A. Edwards has beenhired to teach third and fourth grades in the Deshler Public School:

1967

Sally Primrose has taught at the Peter Sarpy.Elementary School in Bellevue, for the past 14 years. She workS ·with Bellevue's military students.

1966

Katherine R. Francis is the District Supervisor for Pnysical Education/Athletics for the Coforado Springs School District No. -11.

1965

Lonnie Sha.fer, who is the social studies tea(ilier at Exeter· High School. received a DiStinguished Educator Award from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.

Pat Thomas is the Sarpy County Sheriff at Bellevue.

1964

Wendell Stewart recently was selected as Lt. Col. in the United States Air Force and will be transferred to Randolph Air. Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. His wife; 'Miriam, taught 4th grade while tl1ey stationed in Etirope: They have three and Drew.

'.froy Lyon and in New. Mexico and Colorado, and since they M.ve been quite active in fellowship work. was the guest speaker at a banquet for Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship.

1963

Millard Hamel received his Ed. D. in school management from the University of LaVerne, Calif.

Gary Dahmke was recently selected president-elect of the Wyoming Music Education Association. Dahmke has been band director at Douglas, Wyo., the past several years.

Dr. Arlan Richardson is ctirrently the professor of chemistry and biological sciences at Illinois State University, m. Since he's been at ISU, he's established an active research group studying the biochemical processes associated With the aging. He is an author of over 40 scientific publicatiotu!. that. have. appe;1red professional ' ' '<,,

1956

Fred Applegate has ooached basketball at Louisville Hil School for the past 25 years.

Kenneth Hutton, who is mathematics instructor at Aubu High School, has been nominated by the Auburn Educati Association as ·"i;naster tea-cher" of the year, and certificate with distinguished teacher citation. was award to him

1955

Phyllis (Constant) Didio is a Senior Sales Director v Mary Kay Cosmetics. She, her husband, and two sons. liv• the Black Forest near Colorado Springs, Coio.

1954

Geraldine <Jones) Straw has recently after 40 of teaching. She has taught all grades. Kindergarten thrc 8th. She is looking forward to ttaveling and working on many hobbies.

1950.

William Vossen will return to Falls City Middle Schoc become the new principal , Bob and Elaine Roberts currently live at Kl where they have a mortuary. They own several other fUfi homes in different towns.

1948

Earl. Lowe has been superintendent at .Elkhorn Vi Schools for six years. Prior to· coming. to Elkhorn Va Lowe had served for Zi years in education as a elass1 teacher .•

Dr. Mutval Annan who has recently retired from Wa College in Slatten Island, N.Y., has been named'profi ·•emeritU$" at the Grymes Hill Institution. A;:.n<t :;., a 1 genetics. evolution and agriculture specialist whose ser at Hill goes back to 1954; He has been a long activist for the national Committee for the Hungry c World cC!JOW>. He has done a lot of lecturing and writi such im1>9rtant international concerns as Soviet agricU: problems, and techniques of oceanic food production. H publishep many scholarly articles in magazines. Dr. Annan resides in Bridgewater, Va.

1947:

Dr. W. Parks has been named superintend Weeping Water,.Neb.

1938.

·Ralph Scholl has .been retired for two years no" working for the Department of Defense for 38'12 yea enjoys gardening and plays golf almost every day:

1937

Lawrence F. <Larry) West is retired and living Antoriio,. Texas.

f 936

L. Hartley Dunlap recently retired from teaching years in'.education. last 21 years he spent teacl Fremont. ·

1935

Delbert Miller recently received the 1001 Schc Award from the Columbus Education Association district Board of Education, at Columbus, Neb. Mille1 in 1978 after spending 28 years with the Columbw District as a teacher and administrator.

hn A Bath was recently honored by the faculty of Iowa University in Ames, Iowa on his retirement after 35 rs at ISU.

I.lice L Lux retired from teaching in 1974 and for the past years she has been living at Glenwood, Oregon.

Joseph Robertson recently received the Thornton e Prize froro the University of Nevada-Reno for his ice to the university, to its' students and to mankind.

W. Grandy, one-time PSC Student Manger of athletics native Nebraskan who was raised at Superior, now of yr Hills, Fla., a retirement Community, and was rintendent of Schools at Milford and Blair, stopped in on bis way thizougb the countcy on his way back from his er home in Franklin, N.C., Smokies. His mother, yn Grandy, was County Superuitendent of Schools at· rn from 1922-1926. · · 1 ·. 1 : 1 • '

,rge McElroy, did graduate work at. the Univeraity of raska, U.S.C., and U.C.L.A. receiving a M.A. in 1958. He t and coached in Carson City, Nev., 10 years a,nd. 26 at Glendale High School, Glentfale, Calif., where he red. in 19(i6. He worked for Paul Laxalt when he was ernor of Nevada. Paul is a close personal friend.

1avid F Costello retired from the Forest Service in 1965 returned to Fort Collins, Colo., to concentrate on writing from the detailed diaries that he bad kept. He bas had than 150 magazine articles published. He ba.s bad les in True, Outdoor Life and the Farm Journal. He bas en eight books which inc}ude "The Desert World," "The ntain World," "The Prairie World," "The World of the cupine," "The World of Ant," "The World Qf the irie Dog," "The World of the Gull," and "The Seashore ld." His books may be purchased from Moby Books in Collins and the Open Book in Loveland and Longmont, .; Costello also serves as a lecturer, consultant, editor critic. He is now getting ready to write another book d on his life in Nebraska.

Milgred L. Noyes has been retired since 1962 and she lives San Diego, Calif. She was a physical education in n Diego for years before her retirement.

Ola Bell McKernan is moving home to Bassett, Neb., after nding 53 years in Southern California.

ildred Abbey encyAbner ieJAgnes Abrams «>is Achtemeier ,usan Ackerman alliladys.M. Ackley

rles K Adams

vid A Adams

nnaL. Adams

illiam Donald Adams

eanor Adee 'Y Adee

eWayne S. Aden

mesL.Agnew

th E. Ahlberg

lsie B. Ahnen

hn Benjar•in Ahrens

ithL.Akers

arjorie E. Akers

acy Ann Akers

thcyn Albert

ney B Alberts

ila Jane Albin

ulaAlbine

achel Albright

ennis M. Alessandrini

arolyn Alexander

dward Allen Jr.

Ila Allen

Iadys Allen ·

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icbard E. Allen

,obert J. Allen

.oy·L. Allen

illiam K. Allen

.G. Allgood

1918

Howard Crilly who retired 11 years ago as a publisher .of The Superior Expl'ess in Superior; Neb., bas merely. moved his desk and typewriter from one location in The Express · ·plant to another ·arid bas cbanged his· writing from fact to fiction. He bas just recently announced publication of his first book "The Tinted Photograph," and he is ·currently working on another book. Autographed copies of the Mok are available for pUI!cbase at The Express office. 1917

Helen B. <Brich> Hartsfield has retired from teaching for 20 years. She is tutQring foreign-born in English locally in Pasadena, Calif., at the age of 83;

Marriages

DEAN c. DUERFELDT, who attended Peru State and SANDRA BALLOU were married Mc>rch 7, 1981, in ft.uburn. • · •. · 1. • ·

AREN s. DOEDEN; Class of 1978, and· 'citA.lfl, SPRACKLIN were married March.14, 1981, in Cook; · · DARREL STERNER and CARMEN GERSTENSCHLAGER, both .Class of 1980, were married on March 28, in Nebraska Cjty.

DEBBIE MOORE, Class of 1981, and EDWARD STEMPLE, who attended Peru State, were marrie(I on May I, in Auburn.

JOY JO ANN WEYER, who attended Peru State College, and MICHAEL EUGENE TENNANT, were married in Beatrice.

LARRY MALICK, who attended Peru State Colle_ge, and JANETTE SHAVER, were married May 2, 1981, in Lincoln. STEVEN BARKER, a student at Peru State College, and ROXANNE KREIFELS, were married May 30, in Nebraska City.

PEGGY THADEN, a senior at Peru State College, and MARK PALMERTON, were married May 10, in Brownville.

TIM ALVIS, Class of 1981, and JOLENE SINGLETON, a senior at Peru State College, were married May 23, in Paub JAMES RICHARD HOLTGREWE, Class of 1977, and BARBARA LIONE BANKS, were married on June 6, in Grand Island. · ·

ELLEN [MIMI] COWLES, a student at Peru State1 and 'MATTHEW SANTO, were married on May 23, in Falls City. JULIE BRINKMAN. Class of 1981, and KIP ALLISON, who attends Peru State College, were married on June 6, in Syracuse.

• RHONDA S.YNOVEC and LARRY JAY KNAAK, who will 'be junior$ at Peru State thiS fan,.weie married onJune19, in Plainview.

KENNE111 DENNING.; and. RENEE both Class of 1980, were married on July 25, in B(Ulling. DIANE WEYER, who attended Peru State COllege, and JOIJN CJ:tEEK. were married on June 14, in Barneston. ROBIN NELSON. who is a junior and JEFF SMI111. A senior at.Peru .State College, were married on 3, in Lincoln. DESIREE KLINE. Class of 1979, BAJNY.

Class of 1981, were married on June 'Z1, in Hastings. :. JAROLD J. BARTEK, Class of 1970, and NORA LORRAINE, were married on August 8, in Weston. KENT KNOLL, Class of 1979, and KIMBERLY ANN STERNER, were married on June 5, in Nebraska City.

BRETi' A. NANNINGA and SALLY J. SANDFORT. who are bothjuniors at Peru State College, were married on Jµne .12, in Humboldt.

Engagements

CHERYL ROEBKE, Class of 1975, and Rod are planning an August 8 wedding.

JONA1110N MARK PUGH. Class of 1979, and Debra Jo Bohling, are planning an October 17 wedding;

TOM ZAQAWA, Class of1!J18, and Sue Bartholomew, are planning a September rs.wedding.

Deaths

CLARICE J [CLARK] SMITH, Class of 1914, on March 1, 1981, in Sioux City, Iowa, at the age. of 86

DONALD D. DURYEA, Class of 1933, on April 5, 11t81, in at the age of 71.

ARTHUR FLOYD, Class of 1940, on October 20, in Reeding, calif. ,

EVERETT GOOD, Class of 1915, on April 14, in Auburn, at the age of 86. ,. ..• • •

WILBER A PETTIT• \\Ibo fQr:Perµ.State on Marchl6,in •:• ;.

GUY at the age of 28. ·1·

C. STEWART BLADES, Class of 1925, on April 20, in Santa calif., at the age of 78.

LUELLA P. HEMMING, who attended Peru State, on April 19, in New York, at the age of 93; · • · ·

EMMA M. GARDINER. 1918,. on May 22, in Fremont, at the age of 86.

CHARLOTI'E [LOTTIE} s. nuzreKA.ti Class of 1917t on May 'D, in Columbus. ·

CLELLA STUFFT, Class of 1913; on July.5.

ROBERT v. DENNEY, Class of·1934ron: June 26 at the age of 65.

J. HAROLD WILLIAMS, Class of 1908, on Jilne 2, in Los: Angeles, calif., at the age of 92.

Sue Allison John Allsman

William O. Almond

Laurel J. Ambrose

Matilda Aooerbery

Arthur A. Anderson

Blenda .M. Anderson

Carol A. Anderson

Charlotte Anderson

Clara Phyllis Anderson

1''loyde A. A· ·derson

Harry Anderson

Hilda Anderson

Lawrence H. Anderson

Lois A, Anderson

Margaret E. Anderson

Mary Anderson

Macy Ande1'59n

Macy J. Anderson

Maurice W. Anderson

Mildred Anderson

Minnie Anderson

Pearl Anderson

Richad W. Anderson

Sadie L.·Andeson

Sara Anderson

Steven R. Anderson

Veda R. Anderson

Winifred Anderson

Evelyn Anderzhon

Mary Louise Andrew

Frank Andrews

Laning Andrews

Lorna Andrews

Ethel Ankrom

Gary D. Annan

Latj'y A. Apel

Elaj,ne M. Arendt N. Argabright

Eth¢l Arkell

Alice Armstrong

Charlotte Armstrong

·Edward J. Armstrong Armstrong

Eth'el B. Armstrong

Jac')t L. Armstrong

Jeahne A. Armstrong

Velµia Armstrong

Luqille A. Arnold

Vester R. Arnold

Catalino Arrocba F. Artbur

Edita Ashe ·

Deltter D. Ashley

Donald L. Atkinson

Gait Atkinson

Theron W. Atkinson

Darlene Auer

Ernie AufeDkamp

Cleo B. Austin

Ha:rlene Austin

Ola Austin

Susan K. Bace

Maudeen Bach

Jesse N. Backemeyer

Lola Backlund

Mike Bacon

Marceille Y. Badberg

Faye Baer

Diane Bailey

F. Lucile Bailey

James Micbael Bailey

Nettie L. Bailey

Judith A. Bailie

Marilyn J. Bailie

Gladys M. Baird

Imogene C. Baker

James G. Baker

· Marjorie K. Baker

Erma· Baldwin

Jerry Ball

Musetta, Bail

Regula H. Baltensperger

George R. Bandy

Sidney N. Baney

Ellen Bangson

Cathy Banks

Earl DeWayne Banks

Betty Jean Banzhof

Barkhurst

''Ken-ts. ·Barkman

Janice Barnard

Mary Barnard

John Hugh Barnes

William A. Barnes

LilliatrM. Barnett

Harold Barnliart Jr

Edward L. Baroud

Thelma M. Barr

Dorothy Barrett

Ora M. Barrett

Sheryl Kay Barrett

Madeline Barry

Lola Barsi

Michael P. Barsi.

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ELIZABE111 ELMA [SCBELKOPF] J)RAKE, Class of 1913, on July 2, in Geneva, at theagcfcif·88. · ·

F. FAY [GILLILAN] HAZEN, CJ8Ss Ol 1967, on July 2, in Lincoln. ., · _,,.. ······' ·

NEDRA [PIDCOCK] CRAIG, Clasifoft958, on June 8, in Bella Vista, Ark: ,., •. ,, · ., '"

Dorothy Barta

Ella Marie Barta

Cora Mae Bartel

Nyla M. ·Bartholomew

Dolores Basler

Jessie Bates

·Mary J. Bates

Amelia Bauch

Debra Baumt'.l··;:,

Verna Bauman

Hazel Baur

Ida Beach

Adele Beahm

Roger D. Beard

John BE'.aver

Evelyn Bebb ,

C.F. Beck

Loreene M. Beckeiic

John A. Becker

Olga Becker

Phyllis Becker

Teddy L. Becker

Marie Beckley

Alberta Beckman

JohnBeetem

Janet Beetison

Marguerite'E. Betgmann

Wayne Bergmeyer

M. 8'rkey

Betty Berry

Charles Berry

Eleanor L. Berry

Donald G. Besom

,JPrry F.. Be11tler

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HarlandF. Bien{;'

Glen Donald Biggs

William N. Bischof

Lorraine S. Bishop

Katherine J. Bixby

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Mervine Samuel Bjork

Ernest L. Btack

Kyle V. Black

Fern Blair

Suzanne Blaksley

Ray Bleich

Sheila J. Blessing

Clinton C. Bletscher

William J. Blis..'>

Isabelle Bliven

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Doane Collel!e site Of· first f oothall clash for Bohca1

The Bobcats' head coach Jerry Joy hopes to impr()' their 1980 record of 9-1, that began with a road game a11 Doane College, Saturday, Sept. 5.

WESLEYAN <Homecoming) 2:0< 17 at Chadron State 2:0< 24 YANKTON 2:0< Nov: 7 ; KANSAS WESLEYAN 2:0I

Bobcats skin Tigers

First (I.rR) Alvin Holder, Marty Haverty, Dean Filipi, Jeff Frields, Terrell Williams, (;ul'.tis Pruitt, Darrell Baker, Garland Shafer, Mike Washington, Jerald Hill.

Second Row: Perry Scott, Larry Benton, Mark Sievers, Boyd Marquardt, Dennis Damm,

:.Ben Egger, Dan King, Mitch Egger; Greg Conn, Brad Hesser.

Third. Row: Tony Niday, Rob Han5en, Doug Barlow, Steve Adams, Brad Osthus, Fred Johnston, Pat Haverty, Mark Howell, Jim Parrish, Neil Wolfe.

Fourth Row: Shane Costello, Mike Govig,. Steve Dreiwer, Todd Halvorsen, Randy Paczosa, Rusty Heuer, Jim Ahern, Mark Holt, Steve Leuty, Pat Sullivan.

Fifth Row: Anthony P1..:rkins, Bob Auxier, Todd McFarland, Todd Kiplinger, Randy

Simpson; Todd Ross, Doug Lechner, Kelly Iles, Kenny LaMar, Scott Hannaford.

.sixth Row: Jeff DeLine, Joel Kruse, Steve Nelson, Al Carruthers, Bob Chapf>ell, David MarkKechley, Kelly Juhl, Jon Jenkins, Doug Chappell. ·

Siventh 'Rowf'Wilbert Lock, Mike Drutzmann, Kevin Hixson, Dave Aunkst, Anthony ·qet)rge, JeffGeoi:ge; Willie Mingo, Tony Harris, Bob Bowman, ;\nthony Roberts.

Eiltbt Row: Dan Konfrst, Albert Tony Riley, Dan Weichel, Joe LaRosa, Wally Dahjmple, .Mike Haney, Mark Hopkins, Tony Allington, Chris Folkers, Johnny Register.

l'IJot PiCtured: Al Urwin, Mark Wardian, Dick Bacon, Bill Smoot, RockY Nelson.

The Peru State College football team shallacked tie Doane College Tigers, 34-0, Saturday, Sept. 5, at Crete; Defending NAIA rushing t!hamp Alvin H:older showed the hosts his moves for much of the evening as he rushed for 165 yards on, 28 carries. The Floridian rushed for one touchdown and caught a crucial screen pass: on fourth down for another.

The Bobcats clearly dominated the game during the second and third periods, scoring 21 pointsinthe second frame and 13 in the third. Jerry Joy's gridders rolled up 409 yards in total offense while holding Doane to .56 yards on the night.

Holder was far from the whole show for tht:i B.obcats. Quarterbacks Mike Haney and Mark Sievers combined for 164 yards total offense while sharing signal caller duties. And, split end Doug Barlow caught nine aerials for 112 yards and one touchdown. The.fleet Lincoln sophomore now needs 74 yards to equal his yardage output of last year.

Finally, the Bobcat line of ends Anthony Roberts and Mark Wardian, tackles Perry Scott and De'an Filipi and noseguard Darrell Baker continually har.rassed Doane quarterback .Tom Valin. Valin completed but 3 of .15 passes an anemic 22 yards due tc;> the collective efforts of the Bobcat defense, inclu9ing defensive backs Curtis Pruitt, Terrell Williams,:.Neil Wolfe and Garland Shafer. Valin was also dumped· for 38 yards in losses, most notably by RQQ.erts and Scott

BOBCAT ROSTER

Joy and Holder receive top awards

The Peru State College Bobcats swept the top two awards available to state college football participants and coaches in Nebraska.

Boucat head coach Jerry Joy and national rushing champion Alvin Holder received "Coach of the Year" and "Player of the Year" laurels, respectively, from the ()maha World-Herald.

Joy, a 1964 graduate"of Peru State, spent several years coaching at Doane College and Friends University before agreeting to head the Bobcat program in lifetime head coaching record is 7Q-.40-.5 going into the .1981 season, including games at both Friends and PE!ru. , Holder, a)975 graduate of Robinson High School in Tu.mpa, f'la;, transferred to PSC from Florida State University, where .he played basketball. Since arriving on "The Campus of a Thousand Oaks," thE! 195-pounder has rushed. for 3,615 yards. He n.eeds 1,579 yards to break the all-timE! NAIA record held by Bobby Hedrick of Elon College in North Carolina. During the 1980 season, Holder rushed for 1,605 yards on 257 carries in nine games. His averageof178.3 yards per game gave him the NAI;\ rushing crown Alvin is a physical education major with hopes of teaching and coaching upon

New student Programs Coordinator. at ·psc

When Don Hosutt, student programs coordinator at Peru State College, came to campus to his stint with PSC students, he brought 1a couple of athletes with him from

Missouri. ·

ss-country· team --Four vets return

Third-year coach Maxine Mebus welcomes four letter- Imperial, .Mo: winners back from a 2H0-41980 squad. The Lady 'Cat spikes 'Although ·Hosutt. was officially sigt>.ed' on at PSC .·last hope to improve.on their third-place state ranking, beginning semester, he didn't begin duties until the first Sept.9 at Hastings.

"A couple of athletes I had coached at Windsor <Mo.> High School have enrolled here and both are out for footballnow," he said. The athletes are Mlirk Hopkins and Ken Lamar of coach Dennis Obermeyer has a bu.t ted. group of runners that comprise both his mexrs and 's cross-country teams. hopes that ayear ege competition has helped his veteran runners.

· summer orientation. The. post.wasfopne,Fly held by Betsy Billiard who moved back to her home ,.r.AA of Kansas City TIME during the spring · Hosutt had experience working with stusfents in.

Sept.9 at Hastings 6 p.m. several areas: He was a mathematics teacher in the'Windsor

at Nebraska Wesleyan Invitational School District and assistant coach for varsity and 15 BELLEVUE 7p.m; bead.coach for varsity track.He also .taught at··MOberly 19 atDoanelnvitational 1Mo1.1 ·High School. Hosutt attended the U.S. Coast Guard

atDoanewithNorthwestMissouri 6:30p.m. Academy at New London, Conn., from 1969 to 1971 and

···atTarkio 6:30 p.m. · Northeast Missouri State University at Kirksville from 1971 CONCORDIA /' to 1973.

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· He received teacher certification from the University of

PERUSTATE INVITATIONAL Missouri at St. Louis in 1976 and a master's Ciegree in <Dana, Midland, Bellevue, Tarkio, Platte) counseling and personnel services· from the University of

at Bellevue Missouri-Columbia in August, 1980. at Platte 6p.m. "Everybody is friendly at Sb!te and 11 m impress'ed TARKIO

and women divisions of meets run concurrently. tional times listed are those of. women's divisions, with s divisions following upon conclusion. meets start and finish at Oak Bowl tracK. IN CAPS.

sketbal I coaches arrive

hn Gibbs, head basketball coach at Kirksville, High School, has been named as head men's basketball h at Peru State College. · · · ··

·1e at Kirksville, where he coached for foµr years, Gibbs ne team to the state tournamentfor the first time in 25 , .and coached the first winning basketball• team the had in three years.

fore c;!Oaching atKirksville, be led his 1971 High School team to the state tournament for the first in the school's history,· He also has coached at yville. Mo., High School.

bs, 35, was born in Kansas City, 1VJo., and graduated Raytown High School. He attended Central Missoilri for one year before transferring to William. Jewell whee he played basketball for two years and was .ed most·inspirational player his senior year. He received bachelor's degree in education, majoring in physical ation and minoring in history.

bs received his master's degree in education and al education at Central Missouri State University. will be filling the vacancy left by BilrSquires, who d to return to .his home state of Minne8ota. Wife, , is a Baylor University graduate and they bave two 1ren, Shawn, 6, and Scott, 2. ·

p.m. with the facilities, especially for a school this size," Hosutt at College of St. Mary 6 p.m. said. "I'm anxious for the students to arrive fall semester Ii at Chadron State 10 a.m. SQ we can get started with programming. 1 sent a. survey out at Dana "'.ith Nebraska Wesleyan ·6p:m. with the Peril Gram to see .wanting in·

a.tMISsouri WesternlnvJtational the way of programs for 1981and1982,"hesa1d, at Concordia 6:30 p.qi, · ·

Nov. 3 6-7.

KEARNEY STATE 6 p.m. NEBRASKA WESLEYAN 7 p.m. NAIA District 11 Championships 7 p.m. <site to be announced)

HOME MEETS IN CAPS.

Kathy O'Connor is the new head women's basketball coach at Peru State.

The coaching position was vacated early this spring by Marta Crume.

O'Com;i.or received Iler b'achelor's degree.from Creighton university in 1979 where she majored inEnglish and minored in psycbqfogy.atjd c\assical music. , She obtained her master's degree in physical education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she was also a graduate student assistant during the 1979-1980 season.

During that year, she lead her Division III team to a number three ranking in the nation with a 20-5 record. O'Connor was also a coach at Omaba Holy Name High. School.

The job at Peru State will be her first head coaching position.

·lht·1dds keep coming to the Well Child Clnic

ByPATLARSEN

"I keep thinking we'll get caught up with the. kids, but they just keep coining," Mrs; Virginia Miller. RN-C, director of the Well Child Clinic at Peru State College, said.

The clinic, whieh operates through cooperation with the State·Board of Health, th<!\Nemaha County Health. Department, Peru State College and the Community Action <SEfiCA) .based in Humboldt, irisures that children from newborn to age i9 in Southeast Nebraska get .basic inoculations and exams. with no cost to the patient. OUtreaeh, referal and follow-ups are done by the Nemaha County Health Department and SENCA.

Counties with children in.the Well Child Clinic are· Nemaha, Richardson, Pawnee, Otoe and Johnson. Children stream onto the Peru State College campus the first Friday of each month from 1 to 4 p.m.

The clinic has not received a lot of publicity since its founding through ll W;K. KelloggFoundation Grant in. 1948, but has grown becaue one mother tells another mot:ier, Mrs. Miller said.

Tracing the history of the clinic, Mrs. Miller said that from 35 to 90 children have been seen once a month since Mrs. b.B. Mathews, now c;teceased. started the·

screening children in seven South- Dr. Van Leeuwen was in Peru once a east Nebraska counties. She was· month with Southeast Nebraska looking for eye, ear, speech and Community Action Council health defects, Mathews said. (SENCA) in Huinbolt picking up his "Through her work <Mrs. fees. Mathews') with the State Depart• "People started coming in leaps ment of Education and the State and bounds when the clinic reDepartment of Healt;ll the progra!11 opened," Mrs. Miller said, "and for children from birth to age· SIX Headstart physicals from all over was begun," he said. "The idea was Southeast Nebraska have been done to. refer all problems to doctors who by the clinic." could treat the problems." Children Mrs. Longfellow, who was a clinic came from all over · for about 14 years, feClllher years with the Well in()J'ning, be said ·}, · ' ; +Clinic. "I started out in charge of: Then with a· grant from the volunteers, helped with registration Kellogg Foundation of Battle Creek, and supervised the children who Mich., the Well Child Conference were waiting to be examined. When was on its way. The Kellogg we lost the County nurse in about Foundation has supplied funds for 1952, I became a clinic aide," she scores •>f health, ·welfare and said. educational projects nationally Mrs. Clarence Beck, registered since 1930. · nurse, Llncoln, whose husballd was Back in Sept, 1970, when the Well · state attorney general, came to Peru Child Clinic was struggling to once a month for 't&e clinic. "Without become reactivated, the Southeast her support, we might have lost the NebraSka Health Planning Council Well Child Clinic." received letters from Nemaha County citizens who wanted the Peru Well-Child Clinic reopened. requirement for the clinic staffing had always been that a pediatrician visit the clinic on a regular basis and Peru State College provided the services of th'! health center nurse, volunteers 2nd locattiftn:for:theclinic.

crisis for the clinic died and we couldn't funding was cut Health and off 'by the State Department or died 'we\1 :children .have been Health which had paid the services comhc to: Peru ·State;;College for , or the aide. Our future dim,'' preventative care. · Mrs. Miller said.

Mrs. Ernest Longf,eHow,. Peru, reminisced .aboqt.the .early beginnings of the clinic. Known as the Well Child conference originally, she· said that Ruth Mathews,CMrs. L.B.) and the Kellogg Foundation grant made the whole thing possible.

According·to L.R .Mathews, Peru State College professor einerit.us,. who taught physics fi:om .1927to1961, his wife, who had4iaughthigh school across Nebraska: after graduating from Peru. NomiaLSchool in 1917, was instrumental in developing a Well Child Conference.

She attended ·:the ·Uni.versity of Nebraska surnnrers af,ter WorldWar II, he said,· and. as an •outgrowth of her university :work, she began.

Mrs. Miller said she went to. the State Board or Health after Dr. Smith died to approach it with the idea of re-establishing a well child clinic in Southeast Nebraska. Their initial response .was that it couldn't be done in just one part of the state.

"I tried .to show .them that there wasadefiniteneed.·Finally, SENCA agreed to pay for the pediatrician and the State Board !>f Health paid for the vaccine," she said.

Dr. G.erald Van Leeuwen, professor andehairman of the Department of in the College of Me4icfoe .at the University of Nebraska' Medical Center, was pediatrician following the year and a half. interruption from 1969 to 1971.

"Getting clinic started was a community-wide effort.· The Holdorf Lumber Co., :Bero, supplied the materials to iIX up tbe rooms in the ·present.Health center on cam· pus: Mrs. Clarence Jones, Peru, helped us to get organized. We needed to know which mothers in town would use the clinic, so we walked from door-to-door taking a survey. We didn't drive at that time,'' Mrs. Longfellow said.

Mrs. Russell, Peru longtime volunteer and staff assistant at the clinic, said, "there have been so many, many families whose children would not have received medical attention without the benefit or the Well Child Clinic, it has been a rewarding experience for me to have been a part of this for 15 yeal'S or so."

Mrs. Russell, who onc(! kept all the records and files for the clinic, said that she assists with entrance forms and keeping parents up-to-date on ·appointments and inoculations. ·

"I taught third. grade f<>r several years, I love children and I enjoy being with them," she said, "this is one of the rewards."

Mrs. Miller emphasized that it is important for people to know that surgery and treatment are available for birth defects and this is one function that the clinic carries out "as we refer patients to the appropriate specialists." The first examination is paid for by Services to Crippled Children of the Public and the State.

six or seven kids it's financially impossible to get to a physician for shots or health Y1 she saidi "There's a real need for the service of the clinic in this area." ·

''The emphasis. on the well-child health is maintenance," Mrs. Miller said. "We screen children for anemia, hypertension, and we check specimens for sugar and protein in the brief physical that a pediatrician from the University of Nebraska Medical School conducts."

Mrs. Virginia Miller, left, director of the Well Chilci Cl at Peru State College, was instrumental in getting the cli the. first in the state, reactivated. after a interruption a little over a decade ago; Andrew Krog "ah," ;\S his mother, Mrs. Dennis Krog, Route 1, P observes.

Dentists·in Nemaha· and Richardson Counties see children which are referred by the clinic on a sliding scla:e fee. In cooperation with The< Women, Infant, Children <WIC> Program, a federally-funded nutrition program administered by .Family Health Services in provides formula for infants;· milk for pregnant women and lactating mothers and children under the age of five.

Majors Hall, which in April was ·the new site for the clinic, will provide us with lots· of room, Mrs. Miller said. The inost recent home for the clinic was at Neal Dining Hall, which is located in the Centennial Complex, south of the Peru State College campus.

"We have been housed many places over the years. We started out in the Health Center·office then we were locted in Majors Hall, later Morgan Hall - back and forth in dorms," she said.

"A permanent with modern facilities will be an asset." LB 549 which was passed by the Legislature in 1977 calls for the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges and Peru State College to continue the Well Child Clinic for Southeast Nebraskans besides providing an a health center in the one-time dormitory that has b·een renovated.

The new accommodations feature six exam nation rooms with an office, laboratory and reception room, she said.

An emergency medical technician, Mrs, Miller ca: to Peru State College from Horton, Kan., where she was director of nurses at a Ii · 100-bed nursing ;home. She received a three-year diploma in nursing from Stormont Vail School of Nursing in Topeka, Kan., and has a bachelor of science degree in business administration from Peru State College. ·

She ·has been the college -nurse since 1970. Just. recently she received her Nurse Practitioner ficatiori from the American Nurses Association. Her husband, Don, is director of Financial Aid at Peru State College.

Mrs. bester Russell, left, long-time clinic volunteer, and Debbie Lancaster, Nemaha County Health director, bring clinic files up-to-d8te.

The Peru Stater is the official alumni publication of Peru State College.

It is published three times a year Spring, Summer and Fall.

Pat Larsen

Director of

College Relations Editor

Jackie Williams

Assistant

to the Editor Dana Stratton Graphic Artist

Bill Grimes Sports Editor

Mike Northrup Photographer

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the Charles Thone, left, visited the campus and is seen with Dr. Russell Stratton, assistant professor of English, and Dana Stratton, director of the Printing Services Office at the coffee in the lobby of the Majors Hall CoLference Center.

Dr. Larry A. Tangeman President

Letter from the President

Dear Alumni and Friends of Peru State College:

The people of Peru State College--students, faculty, trustees, alumni and friends are dedicated to insuring that the growth gains of 1980-81 (14.2%) are long lasting.

Retention and admissions are among the topics to which we address our thoughts and endeavors. Enrollment stands at 850 (dovm 38 FTE from first semester last year). With your help and our commitment, the enrollment should continue to grow despite the shortfall this autumn.

Updating of the Long Range Plan for Peru State College is an intense activity that is demanding the time and attention of students and faculty. The Academic Affairs Commission, led by Vice President Dr. Barrett, is coordinating this important activity. Among the planning tasks is that of insuring that the programs are appropriate to the changing needs and that the resources available are utilized in effective and efficient fashion.

We are grateful for the reaccreditation from North Central gained last summer. This commonly recognized and charished label of quality did not come to Peru State by chance. It stems from the individual and collective best efforts of people over a long period of time.

How can alumni and friends best assist Peru State? They can help in many ways gifts, good thoughts and words about Peru State stated to others, visits to campus, encouragement to students and faculty. But, most of all alumni and friends can help by identifying potential students who should acquire the same rich experience of studying at Peru State, as have. Please do not take this request lightly. I am asking you for help where it is needed most more students to sustain the growth pattern which has faltered a bit this autumn. Who should you call if you have names of prospective students? Call Admissions at PSC or call me. Thank you for your continued support given in so many ways.

Larry A. Tangeman

New look Jor Stater

We hope you like our new look. Several years ago the Stater had a magazine format and due to our attempt to cut costs and control production, we have changed from a tabloid newspaper to a magazine.

As a newspaper, the Stater was printed off-campus; as a magazine, it is printed in our Printing Services Office with Director Dana Stratton supervising production. We think it will be easier to read. Let us know what you think about this new look.

As the holi.d,,;1y se.::lSCin rapidly approaches, memories o[ past holidays come to mind. But what is really interesting, is how often I find myself thinking about you, the alunmi of Peru State College. You are constantly i11 my thoug11ts.

I have met many "Peruvians" over the last year and a half and my respect for you continues to grow. You are leaving many favorable impressions with the people I come in contact with. Needless to say, these impressions make my job, getting prospective students interested in Peru State, much easier. Thank-you for all you are doing.

I would like to ask you to do three things for your college. These items will assist us in our efforts to maintain the high quality of education we are offering our students.

1. If it is at all possible, please support our Peru Achievement Foundation financially with your gifts so that we may cover the lost financial assistance from the U.S. government;

2. Write your State and National representatives and request funding support for financially needy families sending students to college. Our nation's strength is in our youth, and without education, which many cannot afford, our future is not as bright educationally as in previous years;

3. Continue to encourage students and their parents to attend college, and Peru State in particular. Your support has had, and will continue to have, a positive effect upon our future.

Finally, if I can ever be of any service to you in any way, please do not hesitate to contact me. I am more than willing to travel and visit with you at work, home or any convenient place. I, and all of Peru State College, thank you.

Ken Steidle Director of Admissions

Camp o.f a Thousand Oaks

at PSC

Peru State College hostetl the Nebraska Deans t a conference Fritlay, Oct. 16, the first time since 1976. About 14 registrations were received at the office of Dr. Clyde Barrett, vice president for administration at PSC, host for the day-·long meeting.

"I really don't know of any regularly planned meeting that brings deans from two-year, four-year, public and private colleges together to discuss c.ommon problems," Barrett said. nour problems and \•lork responsibilities are amazingly similar and everyone shares his or her expertise and exchanges information about what is implemented on campuses."

Those who attended the twice-a-year conference are cleans from Bellevue College, Bellevue; Metro Technical College, Omaha; Creighton University, Omaha; Platte Community College, Columbus; Midland ColJ.ege, Fremont; Northeast Community College, Lincoln; and Concordia College, Seward.

Topics discussed include: The department chairperson selection process, advising and career counseling, evaluation of part-time faculty, evaluating the effectiveness of a general studies program, computer utilization in the classroom and for record keeping in the dean's office, the relationship of class size to teaching effectiveness.

Criteria for promotion--how to treat non-doctorates in areas such as business, physical education and nursing, evaluation systems for department heads and/or cluster managers, application of on-campus academic policies to off-campus (Probation, suspension, awards), college honoL· programs--pros and cons, and what are the alternatives if academically qualified staff are not available for positions in computer science, accounting etc.?

Nebraska Governor Charl.es Thone came to Peru State College Oct. 20 for coffee and an informal hour and a half. About 75 students, faculty and staff shook the governor's hand and chatted with him in the Majors Hall Conference Center which has been reactivated for conferences.

Dr. Larry Tangeman, president of Peru State College, told the group that it was a red-letter day for Peru College. "He are honored that the Governor is ab.le to visit our campus and we hope that he can return soon," Tangeman said.

Gov. Thone, who walked down the hill to the conference center, was greeted by Peru Ambassadors and representatives of the Student Senate.

"When I was in college I worked for 25 cents an hour at. the University Club in Lincoh1," he told the group. He said that financial aid for students has

Holiday program held

The annual Elizabethan Christ.mas dinner, Ye Olde Boar's Head Feast.e, was presented at. the Student Center of Peru State College on Nov. 14.

The dinner duplicated the Christmas dinner and musical entertainment of England in the late Medieval and Renaissance periods. The college choir, directed by Dr. Edward G. Camealy, associate professor of voice, presented carols of that t.:Lme period; solos and small ensembles were featured.

Another attraction of the evening was the brass ensemble under the direction of Dr. David M. Edris, associate professor of music. Bagpipers from Omaha and Council Bluffs also performed.

Lord and Ladye for the evening were James Mc.Kim, post-grad, Nebraska City; and Gwyne Conley, senior, Omaha.

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changed and. taken on new dimensions since his days at the University of Nebraska during the depression of the 1930's. It has made it possible f cr more people to be college-educated, he said.

In answer to a question from Janet Lathrop, coordinator of the Title III Grant program and c.ounselor, Gov. Thone said that there would not be an energy day vacation during the Christmas break as there had been last year.

Gov. Thone disc.ussecl state, national and international affairs with the group followed by a brief tour of the Majors Conference Center and the Health, Physical Education and Recreation Center.

The Invitational Volleyball Tournamant, which was taking place at the HPER Center, found many surprised. players when the Governor dropped in.

Senator on

State Sen. Don Wesely, of the 26th District, Nebraska Legislature, and Carroll Thompson, State Board of Trustees member, came to Peru State College recently for a tour and an informal vi.sit with Dr. Larry Tangeman. president of Peru State College.

"This is the first time I have been to Peru State College and I'm certainly impressed with the spirit and friendliness of the students.

Thompson, who had been at PSC in October when the Board of Trustees met in the Majors Hall Conference Center, said that he comes to the Campus of a Thousand Oaks occasionally and "it is always a pleasure to be here."

"We are always pleased when a member of the State Legislature :Ls able to visit us and we feel that Carroll is an old friend of the College," Tangeman said.

Pappas speaks at national meeting

One of the speakers at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America in San Diego, Calif., Nov. 29 to Dec. 3, was Dr. Larry Pappas assistant professor of natural science at Peru State College.

Pappas who has been conducting research on the mosquito population in Southeast Nebraska since the summer of 1980, spoke to

the group about "The Distribution of Mosquito Treeholes Along Elevational Gradients of Slopes in Southeastern Nebraska."

According to Pappas, this research concerns holes in trees which fill with water during heavy rains. This water supports the larval stage of mosquitoes that live in the forests surrounding Peru. The mosquito found in these tree-holes (Aedes Triseriatus) is known to transmit diseases such as Lacrosse encephalitis and dog heartworm in some parts of the United States.

Scholarship for student

Jane Martin, senior, speech and drama major, was the recipient of a scholarship this fall from the estate of Millicent M. Slaby who died Aug. 17, 1981, in McCook.

Miss Slaby, who graduated from Peru Normal with the class of 1901, was 100 years old. She had taught school, was a librarian, and a "good friend"of the Museum of the High Plains Historical Society in McCook.

She was a poet who found beauty and continually wrote about it, according to Mrs. Eugene Bush of McCook, executrix of Niss Slaby's estate. Mrs. Bush says that it was HER Peru Normal, HER low rolling green hills, HER large green spreading trees. She kept the memory of her two years at Peru very much alive, Mrs. Bush writes.

Or. Scott NcKercher, 1976, Peru State College graduate and former Well Child Clinic participant, examines Jul.ie Sievers, 6, with her motlier, Mrs. Cindy Sievers, Humboldt, observing.

Pappas, who is a member of the Nebraska Academy of Science, and chairperson of the Peru State College Arboretum committee, is also doing a study of heartworm in dogs with the assistance of Allan Lunzmann, sophomore, Auburn and Brad Lockhart, junior, Gretna. The study which will continue into spring has been instrumental in discovering three dogs in the Peru Area with heartworm. This is pretty unusual, so we are conducting

Alumnus returns

Dr. Scott McKercher, Peru State College, class of 1976, came back to the Well Child Clinic at Majors Hall Health Center Nov. 6 as the pediatrician.

For several years while he was in kindergarten through elementary school, McKercher, son of Prof. and Mrs. Lyle McKercher, Peru, had been a visitor to the Well Child Clinic. And while going to Peru State College he was a volunteer with the Rescue Squad.

"When I was a junior in college I decided I wanted to be a physician," McKercher said. "Lots of things fell togethersome science classes that I was taking along with different experiences."

Now as a pediatric resident at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha where he went to medical school, McKercher said he gets back to

a study in Southeastern Nebraska to check dogs to see where the disease is more predominant, Pappas said. The results of the study will be presented by Lunzmann and Lockhart at the spring regional Beta Beta Beta Convention in Columbia, No.

Peru State College received a $17,176 National Science Foundation Grant for equipment that enables Pappas to carry on scientific research in Southeast Nebraska.

as pediatrician

Peru about every two months.

"But this is the first time I have been pediatrician at the Well Child Clinic," he said.

"It was lots of fun to come to the clinic in a different role than what I had before," he said.

Well Child Clinic Director Virginia Miller said it was a real pleasure to have a graduate of the Well Child Clinic as pediatrician. "He is one of our steady "Well Babies," she said.

The Well Child Clinic which has been going strong for over 30 sees area children with a pediatrician the first Friday of each month. There were over 60 children that registered at the clinic on Nov. 6.

McKercher's wife, the former Laurita Packett, is also a graduate of Peru State College, class of 1976,

Alumni meetings include Homecoming, 1981

During the alumni registration and reception at Peru State College Homecoming, Saturday morning, Dr. Ken Young, Point Lookout, Mo., alumnus of PSC, class of 1937, and professor emeritus of the School of the Ozarks, presented historical documents to Dr, Larry A. Tangeman, president of Peru State College.

The documents which will be housed in the PSC library include the original receipt for the first $545 donated for the Peru Seminary, the original deed of land used to establish Peru Seminary, and the original manuscript for History Ef Normal that Young had written in 1932 at the age of 19 for the Nebraska History Magazine and other papers and clippings about Peru State College.

Glenn H. Frary, a 1927 PSC alumnus, was presented a certificate that recognized over 40 years service to education and honoring his being a Swenson Award winner in 1927. He was the third recipient of this sport award that is presented each year.

During half-time in the Oak Bowl clash of Peru State College and Nebraska Wesleyan University, following the Bandorarna with area schools participating, the Homecoming King and Queen were crowned and attendant introduced.

King and Queen of Homecoming 1981 are Steven Saathoff, son of Mr. and Mrs. Merlyn Saathoff, Diller, an accounting/business major; and Patty Lewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lewis, Grand Island, an elementary and special education major.

Their attendants were: seniors, Beth Propst, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max Propst, Seward; and Teresa Rhinehart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Rhinehart, Nebraska City; and Al Urwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman G. Urwin, Murray; and Alvin Holder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Dantzl, Tampa, Fla.

Juniors were: Lori Berg, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Berg, Dakota City; and James Magett, son of Mr. Francine Magett, Chicago, Ill.

Dr. Kenneth Young, left, alumnus of Peru (Neb.) State College, class of '37, and Professor Emeritus of the School of the Ozarks, presents ristorical documents to Dr. Larry Tangeman, president of Peru State College, with Faye Brandt, librarian, in the background at Homecoming, 1981.

Sophomores were: Deb Jones, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jones, Harlan, Iowa; and Doug Barlow, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Barlow, Lincoln.

Freshmen were: Georjean Schimke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Goodman, Ogallala; and Willie Mingo, son of Marie Mingo, Tampa, Fla.

Recipients of sports awards for 1980 were: Roosevelt Brown and Alvin Holder who received All American Awards from NAIA, and World Herald awards that went to Alvin Holder who was recognized as the Athlete of the Year for Nebraska; and Coach Jerry Joy, who was the Nebraska Coach of the Year.

Winning trophies for best floats were: First, Industrial Arts Club; second Phi Beta Lambda; third, Art Club; and fourth, Secretaries Association. Band trophy winners were: Auburn Senior High, Class A; Johnson-Brock, Class C; Junior High, Division I, Fairbury Junior High; Division II, Junior High, Humboldt Junior High.

A Homecoming dance in the Old Gym concluded the festivities that also included alumni reunions and receptions, a parade, play and bonfire pep rally.

Glenn H. Frary, left, educator for over 40 years, of Silver City, S.D., who was honored with a certificate at Homecoming, 1981 0 Frary, recipient of the Swenson Award in 1927, was a football and basketball star and a member of the class of 1927 at PSC. Dr. Ervin Pitts, chairman of the physical education division, presents the certificate.

Fall meeting$ held

The fall PSC alumni meetings began when Dr. Larry Tangeman was in San Mateo, Calif., Sept. 19. Carlos Harrison, president of the Northern California chapter, arranged the luncheon meeting at the Mainliner Club. Plans are being made for a Southern California meeting in the near future.

On Oct. 3, the Rocky Mountain Peru State College Alumni Association met at Ft. Morgan, Colo., for a dinner meeting at the Ramada Inn. Dr. and Mrs. Larry Tangeman and Lara, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson and Pat Larsen represented Peru State College at the meeting.

At the Oct. 10, 1981 PSC Homecoming, the classes of 1931, 1941, 1956, 1961 and 1971 were honored at an alumni banquet, breakfast and reception.

Nov. 19 State Sen. Wiley Remmers spoke to the Thousand Oaks Alumni Chapter about educational topics in the State Legislature. The chicken dinner was held at the Tecumseh Harvest Inn, north of Tecumseh.

Nov. 20 was the date when a few Missouri and Illinois alumni met at the Radisson St. Louis, Mo., for a social hour.

Science Division has internship program

Dr. David Pippert, chairman of the Division of Natural Science, reports that the first Health Careers Internship program last summer "was a good experience for everyone involved and we plan to repeat the program."

"I have talked to the host professionals who thought it was a very successful program," he said. Pippert said the Health Careers Internship program was because a large number of college students today are interested in careers in the health-related sciences, but many of these students do not have an adequate understanding of these professions, or the requirements for entrance into the professional programs.

"Because of the years of preparation required for entry into these professions, it is very important for the beginning student to obtain an accurate and complete picture of their chosen field early in their college career," Pippert said.

Because of this concern, a summer internship program in the health-related careers was set up with four students participating. The students earned three semester hours credit from Peru State College for the three-week-summer program with hands-on experience with area professionals.

Lori Vrtiska, sophomore, Table Rock, who was an intern with Dr. Gary R. Ensz at the Nemaha Valley Family Health Center in Auburn, said, "I got a chance to see what it was really like to be a physician's assistant as an intern. I would advise other students to be interns to find out about their major and maybe having to change their minds." She is a pre-med major with a biology emphasis.

Dr. Gary Ensz said the concept of the program is a good one as it gives students exposure to information concerning their ultimate vocational plans.

"I think it depends on the individual placed and with whom. She (Lori Vrtiska) was eager and interested in what we were doing. She was pleasant to have around," Ensz said.

"She followed us around and got good exposure to what life as a family practicioner is like besides being exposed to others in the family health field," he said.

Tina Gault, senior, Chicago, Ill., a biology major, who plans to enter dental school, said that she enjoyed being an intern. "It gave me an opportunity to see not only how pharmacists work, but also to meet different people involved in pharmacies. She was an intern with Bill Carroll at the Nebraska City Jessup Rexall Drugs.

"It was very interesting as I met many professional people and it gave me first hand experience.

"I definitely advise students to do internships so they can decide what field to go into." She said that this is the best thing that has happened to the science department.

Bill Carroll of Rexall Drugs said that it was the first time they had done an internship. "It worked out okay, but it is hard to evaluate all the good that it did."

"It gives the student a chance to investigate the possibilities of becoming a pharmacist. We certainly enjoyed it and I know the student did too," Carroll said.

James McKim, postgraduate, Nebraska City, was an intern with Dr. Cecil C. Case, a Nebraska City dentist. McKim said he observed keenly as he wants to be a dentist. "I developed Xrays and learned how to take dental impressions and make molds for dentures," he said.

"Mainly, I wanted to see if I liked the dental profession. I really enjoyed it and I would recommend the program to all students," he said.

McKim is enrolled in the pre-dental curriculum and has applied to enter dental school at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

Dr. Case said he underwent a similar program as an undergraduate at Doane College, Crete. "I interned with Dr. Larry Cole in Shenandoah, Iowa and I decided then that I wanted to be a dentist," he said.

"I definitely would sponsor another intern as I think it is a good program and I think it merits continuation," Case said.

Bradford Rea, Falls City, is now a student at the University of NebraskaLincoln. He was an intern with Dr. J.C. Hauserman, Auburn dentist.

Dr. Hauserman said that an internship familiarizes students with a realistic setting. "I think it allows students to see what really happens in the profession and it is something to base a career decision upon. They are exposed to what really happens," he said.

Whether they come out with a negative or positive attitude about a particular profession is immaterial, he added. "It's unfortunate that more students don't have an opportunity for an internship," he said.

"Stury Theatre", a play for the whule family, was held nee. 4, at the Peru State Col.lege ALtditorium.

The £unfilled fables and stories taken from both Aesop and The Grimm Brothers was presented by the Peru Players and Dr. Royal Eckert's direction class.

The special holiday treat included sketches filled with music, a little dance and lots of laughter.

Who's Tf7ho lists 19 from PSC

The .L982 edition of WHO'S WHO AMONG STUDENTS IN AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES will carry the names of 19 students fro!'l Peru State College, who have been selected as being among the country's most outstanding campus leaders.

Campus nominating committees and editors of the annual directory have included the names of these students based on their academic acheivement, service to the community, leadership in extracurricular activities and future potential.

They join an elite group of students selected from more than 1,300 institutions of higher learning in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

Outstanding students have been honored in the annual directory since it was first published in 1934.

Students named this year from Peru State College are:

Traca F. Alley, Glenwood, Iowa; Julie A. Brockhaus, Nebraska City; Janet L. Dunn, Chester; Lois J. Fisher, Peru; Kathleen A. Fleming, Omaha; Jeffrey T. Frields, Nebraska City; Sandra J. Grate, Omaha; Alvin Holder, Tampa, Fla.; Emil C. Janda, Dorchester; Patricia A. Lewis, Grand Island; Keith A. McKim, Humboldt; Beth A. Propst, Seward; Verissa E. Ruenholl, Syracuse; Steven C. Saathoff, Diller; Rhea D. Spears, Peru; Marsha A. Stortenbecker, Nebraska City; Elizabeth C. Walsh, Gretna; Darrell L. Wellman, Burr; and Terrell M. Williams, Tampa, Fla.

Di rec tors Karen Gerking, State College's hoiiciay special left, Brock, sophomore, and Story Theatre, which was Karen Coover, Papillion, presented in the college sophomore, take a break from auditorium Dec. 4 through 6. the rehearsal schedule for Peru

Alpha Chi inducts 12

Twelve new members were inducted into the Alpha Chi National Honor Society at Peru State College by sponsors and 1980-81 president, Lee Kohrs.

According to Dr. Clyde Barrett, vice president of academic affairs and a sponsor of the PSC Chapter, 10 percent of the junior and senior classes are eligible to belong to the society whose purpose is to promote academic excellence and exemplary character among college and university students. Alpha Chi also honors those who achieve these distinctions, he said.

New members are: Sandra Behrends, junior, Johnson; Sherry Cobb, senior, Falls City; Luella Dorste, junior, Falls City; Lois Fisher, junior, Peru; Ronda Hamilton, senior, Peru; Mary Jane Kent, senior, Pawnee City; Shelley McAdams, senior, Peru; Michael Northrup, junior, South Sioux City; Shirley Rothell, junior, Tecumseh; Rose Schulenberg, senior, Falls City; Diana Watton, junior, Peru; and John Westerfield, junior, Julian.

New officers are: Diana Watton, president, junior, Peru; Kathy Buethe, vice president, senior, Elk Creek; Lois Fisher, secretary, senior, Peru; Mike Northrup, treasurer, junior, South Sioux City; John Westerfield, official student delegate, junior, Julian.

Sponsors besides Barrett are: Dr. Esther Divney, associate professor of education, and Lyle McKercher, associate professor of mathematics.

The major project for the society will be the preparation of presentations for the regional convention which will be at Southeast Baptist University at Bolivar, Mo., March 19 and 20, 1982.

The Madrigal Singers, directed by Dr. Thomas Ediger, assistant professor of music, provided special music. A reception in the Fine Arts lobby followed the induction.

Outs ta ding Pe ians in the n ws

An alumnus from the class of 1968, B.A. (Bud) Johnson, Syracuse, is the first recipient of the Don Lentz Award as Nebraska's Outstanding Band Director. The award was presented at the 24th annual Nebraska Marching Band Festival, Oct. in Pershing Municipal Auditorium, Lincoln.

The first Nebraska High School band to go to the Orange

Bowl in Miami, where it was the first band to participate in the half-time show with the University Cornhusker Marching Band, was directed by Bud, and his Syracuse-Dunbar-Avoca band presented the first half-time show at the Shrine Bowl Game. His superior ratings his bands have received have built a national reputation for him.

He is a charter member of the Nebraska Bandmasters Association; he has been president of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, the Otoe County Education Association and the Nebraska Music Educators Association. He has been an officer of the North Central Division of the National Music Educators and the Syracuse Park Board and he was state co-chairman of fund raising for the MENC Building. He judges instrumental and marching contests.

He has been choir director of the United Church of Christ and the North Branch Lutheran Church and is an active member of the Masonic and Elk Lodges.

Bud's career in teaching spanned 44 years. He started attending Peru State College in 1954 and through summer school sessions and night classes obtained an A.B. degree in education in January, 1968.

Bud and his wife, Sue, have two sons, Don, at Fremont High School, and Jim, of Wisner-Pilger Consolidated High School, who are carrying on the winning band tradition.

The 1981 Nebraska High School Marching Band Festival was dedicated to Bud. Congratulations from the students and staff at Peru State College, Bud. We are all very proud of you.

Expert on aging known worldwide

Illinois State University's Dr. Arlan Richardson, internationally known for his research on aging, has been selected president of the American Aging Association (AGE), a national organization that promotes scientific research on the aging process.

Richardson, professor of chemistry and biological sciences at ISU, will be serving his second term as president. He previously led the organization in 1979-80.

Richardson, a native of Nebraska, received his bachelor's degree from Peru State College in 1963 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Oklahoma State University. Following a year of teaching at Fort Lewis College in Colorado and two years of research as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Minnesota, Richardson joined the ISU faculty in 1971. He was promoted to professor in the chemistry department in 1979.

Omahan retires

Robert C. Severin retired as Program Development chief for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Missouri River Division after 36 years of Corps service.

As chief, Severin was responsible for, among other things, the development of civil works testimony presented by the division engineer

during annual Appropriations Committee hearings before the United States Senate and House of Representatives in Washington, D.C.

Severin became Program Development chief in 1979. He went to the division in 1975 from the Corps' Omaha District, where he began his Corps career in 1945.

A South Dakota native, Severin attended Peru State College in 1944 and 1945, the University of Iowa and the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He also attended the U.S. Army's Engineer School in Fort Belvoir, Va.

Richardson has published in excess of 40 scientific articles, presented nearly 100 papers and symposiums at international, national and regional scientific meetings and has received over $400,000 from external granting agencies to support his research on the aging process. He resides with his wife Carmen, director of the Division of Student Services at ISU, at 9 Ridgewood Terrace, Bloomington.

Severin and his wife, Jean, have five children and five grandchildren. Three

of the five Severin children-Michael, 16, and Kevin and Kelvin, 14--live with their parents in Omaha.

Cooper works on degree

In an article in The Gargoyle, a college newspaper in St. Augustine, Fla.-:-Cuy Cooper, Humboldt, a friend of Peru State College, is featured under a headline "Oldest Student Returns to College 52 Years Later." The article points out that just because Cooper was born in 1907 he doesn't hibernate on a park bench, but has returned to college to work on another degree. He graduated from the University of Nebraska with a German and chemistry major in 1928. After graduation he returned home to help run the family mill in Humboldt and ran it for over fifty years. Now, Cooper said in the article, he has time to do some things that he always wanted to do, and getting another degree is one of those things.

Peruvians • in the news

1981

Lori Stortenbecker, Nebraska City, is K-12 vocal music instructor and Junior Class sponsor for Nishna Valley Schools. She earned her B.A. in music education last May.

Rick D. Hihath, Wilber, is the 7-12 resource teacher at Wilber Public Schools.

Lenny Mazour, Ravenna, is teaching industrial arts, crafting and woods at Ravenna High School.

Cynthia Potter, Nebraska City, is teaching business and is the assistant volleyball coach at Table Rock High School.

Peggy (Clutter) Davison, Tecumseh, is at District 6 at Vesta. She and her husband Kenneth live on a farm and have three children.

Jim Sapp, Harvard, is teaching all shop classes at Beemer High School and is assisting with the coaching of football and boys basketball.

Kent Propst, Wayne, is the new news and sports information director at Wayne State College. He was sports information director at Peru State College for three years.

Ronda Frank, Seward, is the vocal and band instfuctor at Dorchester High School.

1980

Scott Schaefer, Arlington, is teaching social studies at Arlington High School. He is also the head basketball coach and assisted with football.

Bill Pursley, Hawthorne, N.J., is the assistant football coach is teaching physical education and social science at East Orange High School in New Jersey.

1978

Pamela (Sailors) Fisher, Falls City, is an elementary teacher who teaches kindergarten at St. Peter and Paul Elementary School in Falls City. She has been named as a Young Career Woman by the Falls City Business and Professional Women' s Club.

1977

Beverly (Wakelin) Caspers, Sterling, is the business teacher at Sterling High School.

1976

Janie M. (Elgin) Montang, Essex, Iowa, has taught grades K-8 for the past five years. She is currently teaching high school English at Shenandoah, Iowa High School

Michael Davis, Osceola, is the kindergarten through 12 resource teacher in the Osceola Schools.

Julie (Tillman) Katzman, Omaha, is the Director of Admissions and Records and Special Programs at Metro Tech Community College in Omaha.

1975

Mike Engel, Clarks, is teaching physical education classes to grades K-12 and teaches consumer math courses to freshmen and sophomores at Clarks High School. He is also responsible for the football program where his team ended up with a 4 and 4 record and are in a three way tie for the conference title. He and his wife just recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. They have a little boy that is two.

Rob Gieseke, who attended Peru State College from 1973-1975, is a trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, at Vero Beach, Fla. He's the son of Mr. Otto Gieseke, who was in maintenance here but now is at Southeast Consolidated School at Stella.

1974

Thomas Tarnackie, Sayreville, N.J., has been part of Orbet operation for the past four years, and he just recently assumed responsibilities of Process Engineer (Orbet).

1972

Don Walford, Clarks, is teaching business and is the assistant football coach at Clarks High School.

1971

Gene Neddenriep, Pawnee City, is the new principal of Pawnee City High School. Rodney Montang, Essex, Iowa, is the secondary principal and guidance counselor at Essex High School. He has completed four years as a secondary principal and guidance counselor at Elgin.

1970

Greta (Bernadt) Iles, Hildreth, is the developmental reading instructor at Coleridge Community Schools. Mrs. Iles' husband Ron is the high school principal at Randolph and they have one son.

Diana Witte, Brock, is living on a farm and she has two children.

1969

Randy Turner, Yutan, is coaching the football team for The South Omaha Boys Club.

1968

Teresa (Hummel) Minard, Clarinda, Iowa, recently went back to full-time teaching in the Clarinda Iowa Schools.

1967

Gloria Adams, Lakewood, Ohio, has been named the corporate director of Circulation of Penton-IPC, a Cleveland based communications company. She is responsible for circulation of 27 national business publications, supervises three associate directors, 14 fulfillment managers, and a staff of 150.

Gloria (Walker) Schmit, Table Rock, is teaching fifth and sixth grades at St. Andrew Catholic School in Tecumseh.

1965

Dan Coffey, Hastings, is Agency Manager for the State Farm Insurance Company. He has been awarded the CLU diploma and professional designation by The American College at Bryn Mawr, Penn., an accredited, non-profit, degree-granting institution for the advancement of learning and professionalism in life insurance and related financial sciences. The American College awards the CLU designation to persons who successfully complete the ten-course curriculum and fulfill rigid experience and ethical requirements.

1964

Sharon (Peacock) Parrish, Red Oak, Iowa, is teaching American Literature and journalism at Red Oak, where she has been for the past four years. She has two children, Scott, 15 and Amissa, 9.

1961

Bill Fitzgerald, Louisville, is the physical education and driver education teacher at the Louisville High School. He is also coaching girls' volleyball, boys' basketball and girls' track.

Kay (Rasmussen) Weakland, Beatrice, received her master's degree from UNL. is currently teaching special education at the Junior High School in Beatrice. She and her husband have five children.

1960

Roberta Wiltse, Los Angeles, Calif., is serving as a Public Health Nurse in Los Angeles. She has her master's degree from U.C.L.A. in nursing.

Mary (Tynon) Allgood, Nebraska City, is teaching math classes at Tabor (Iowa) High School.

1958

Lois (Bush) Norris, Beatrice, is teaching freshman English at Beatrice.

1957

Winifred (Hall) Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., recently retired after teaching for 32 years in elementary schools in Nebr., Iowa, Calif., and Las 'legas.

1955

Ernest Meyer, Chester, teaches English, speech and drama and is the seventh grade class sponsor at Hillcrest School.

1953

Harold L. (Harry) Grafe, Springdale, Utah, is the new Park Superintendent at Zion National Park in Utah. He is a former Air Force fighter pilot and a 16-year National Park Service career veteran.

1949

Eddice Barber, Mankato, Minn., is currently the chairperson of the English department at Mankato State University. Marion Iversen, Fremont, has been assistant superintendent of elementary education at Fremont Public Schools since 1975. She is currently a member of the National Elementary Principals Association, the National and State Association Supervision and Curriculum Development and the Council of School Administrators.

1947

Vester (Butch) Holman, Arapahoe, Col., taught and coached in Kansas Schools for 15 years and taught ten years in Oklahoma Schools then went back to Kansas and Oklahoma where he was principal for six years. He is currently the superintendent of Schools in Colorado

1941

Dr. James Crawford, Atlanta, Ga., is the Director of Institute of Industrial Relations at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga.

1940

W. Hubert Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., is special assistant to the vice president of the University of Nevada. He is the director of summer sessions, mini-term, veteran's services, and classes for Nellis Air Force Base personnel. He has been teaching at the University for the past 15 years.

1936

Henry E. Railsback, Bartlesville, Okla., has retired after 35 years of service with the Research and Development Department of Phillips Petroleum Company. Upon retirement he was manager of the Rubber Research Compounding Laboratory for Phillips Petroleum Company. He directed the compounding and testing of new synthetic. rubbers and carbon blacks prior to commercialization. He was author and co-author of numerous patents and published over 30 articles for scientific journals both here and abroad. He coauthored a chapter on Polybutadiene Rubber for Dr. Maurice Morton's textbook "Rubber Technology". As a result of these activities he was listed in Cattell's 1967 "American Men of Science" and "Who's Who in Physical and Biological Sciences in the South and Southwest".

Elinor (Majors) McGee, Fremont, Calif., is retiring from the San Mateo County Sheriff's office in March 198; after 14 years of se;vice there.

1931

Louise (Sheldon) Kregel, Percival, Iowa, and her husband Art, just recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home.

1929

Clara (Stites) Reimers, Nebraska City, was recently honored for her 25 years as Otoe County Welfare Director. An open house was given to her by her co-workers and friends.

1915

Helen (Miller) Smith, Lincoln, taught school for 15 years and spent five years in "between" in Washington, D.C. working for the Census Bureau as a statistician. She is now retired and living at Tabetha Village in Lincoln.

1914r:hc widow of John W· Wear, who died in 1965, Daisy Clark Wear, writes that her husband John graduated in the class of 1914 and in 1918 from the College of Medicine at the University of Nebraska. They had lived in California since 1936 with their three children who have degrees from Western universities. Daisy and John met in the Model High School at Peru in 19081909 where he was the president of the class and Daisy was the vice president.

A John Wear scholarship was established by his family at PSC and Mrs. Wear says it carries on "his influence on that beloved campus." She says she has a file of letters from those who have received needed help.

In the college library is a copy of the book "My Life and My Work" by John William Wear which was written at the request of his children.

Mrs. Wear is formerly from Auburn and lives at 5203 Alumn Rock Ave., San Jose, Ca. 95127.

Weddings

BILL BRUHN, Class of 1981, and Joan M. Heineman, were married on Sept. 5, 1981, in Falls City.

GEORGE W. WILKINS, Class of 1981, and SHARON M. WEISHALN, who attended Peru State College, were married on Nov. 20, 1981, in Beatrice.

STEVEN A. MEDINGER, Class of 1980, and Sandra Dragoun, were married in All Saints Church in Holdrege.

TOM THOMAS, Class of 1979, and LORI ECKARD, who attended Peru State College, were married on Sept. 25, 1981, in Falls City.

DEBRA ANN THOMAS, Class of 1979, and ROBERT LYNN KILLINGSWORTH, were married on July 31, 1981 in Falls City.

ALFRED EICKHOFF, Class of 1965, and Rowena Harder, were married on Sept. 5, 1981, in Emporia, Kan.

SUZANNE RENEE NORTH, a junior at Peru State College, and Jerald James Whisler, were married on July 24, 1981, in Auburn.

JUANITA ANN VOLLMERS, who attended Peru State College, and Laurence Charles James, were married on July 18, in Salem.

Deaths

DAPHINE CHRISTINE HOLLIMAN, Class of 1966, on Aug 24, 1981, in Denver, Colo., at the age of 77.

MARY (HOUCK) KISTER, Class of 1957, on Aug. 22, 1981, in Crete.

MELVIN KEITHLEY, CLass of 1951, on Aug 22, in Omaha, at the age of 58.

ELMA GOCKLEY, Class of 1949, on Aug. 24, 1981, in Boise, Idaho.

MARLYN L, ENGDAHLM Class of 1939, on Sept. 21, in North Platte, at the age of 70.

ROLLIE L. RIGGINS, Class of 1939, on Sept. 28, 1981, in Fairbury, at the age of 75.

STEPHEN GAINES, Class of 1934, on Oct. 25, 1981, in Doniphan, at the age of 68.

KENNETH GAINES, Class of 1929, on Aug. 18, in Omaha, at the age of 76.

GRACE (JOHNSON) MOORE, Class of 1921, on Oct. 16, 1981, in Fairbury.

INEZ (FETTY) BUCY, Class of 1919, on Sept. 26, in Tekamah.

ETHEL (ROBB) VILLARS, Class of 1908, on Sept. 4, in Tecumseh, at the age of 93.

MILLICENT SLABY, Class of 1901, on Aug. 17, 1981, in McCook at the age of 100.

1908 Naud Wood, formerly of 5147 El Camino, Carmichael, Calif., is living with her son, Dick Wood, in Bissouri. She taught school in the Sandhills of Nehraska then in Falls City, her home town. Formerly Goldie Naud Yocam, her sister, Myrtle Yocam, also attended Peru State College and she is in a nursing home in Santa Rosa, Calif.

Births

KENNETH and PATRICIA (DICKENSON) MUSIL, Craig, Colo., Class of 1979, had a baby girl on Oct. 14, 1981. They named her Sarah Marie.

JANET MARIAN (HUSTED) MANRING, who was the education secretary at PSC, on Sept. 10, in Normal,IL, at the age of 59.

MARVIN HAMILTON, who attended Peru State College, on Sept. 6, in Auburn, at the age of 88.

Can You

We are sure these people are not lost. However, even though they may live in our area, we have lost their correct addresses and we are sorry about that.

In attempt to up-date the alumni files, a campus-wide project, we ask your assistance. Please write, or call the College Relations Office, if you have a current address for any of the following. We appreciate it.

Marjorie K. Blobaum

Kathryn Blocher

Bertha Bloss

Mattie I. Bloss

E.H. Blumberg

C.E. Boatman

Virginia Bobbette

Ramona Bock

Mildred Boesen

Robert J. Bohacek

Rubv Bohl

Lan:y E. Bohling

Mary A. Bohlken

Arva] Wendell Bohn

Carole Ann Boice

Michael D. Bolinger

Jean C. Bond

Ruth Bond

Ronald Bondi

John W. Bookwalter

Marjorie Borgerding

Barbara Borgeson

Cordelia Borman

Elizabeth Born

Pennv Born

Harold Bosley

Margaret Bosley

Emma Bostrom

Minnie Bottcher

Connie Mae Bottoni

Marv Jo Bougger

Hichard L. Bourne

Hobert M. Bowen

William C. Bowen

Neal W. Bower

Delbert D. Bowers

Jean Bowers

Mary Lu Bowersox

Dana Lee Bowling

Joyce Ann Bowling

Shirley M. Bowman

Kenneth E. Boxley

Barbara Boyd

Charles 0. Boyd

Gladys Boyd

Howard Boyer

Keith D. Boyer

Eva Lee Boyer, Jr.

William C. Boyer Jr.

Lillian Irma Boz

Ida Braae

Robert J. Brabant

,Janice F. Bradbury

Arnold L. Bradley

Patricia J. Bradley

Peg Brady

Sports Bobcat gridders finish at 7 .. 2

The Peru State College football team finished its season with a record of 7-2. Coach Jerry Joy's Bobcats defeated Doane, Midland Lutheran, Tarkio, Benedictine, Nebraska Wesleyan, Yankton and Kansas Wesleyan, while losing to Concordia (Neb.) and Chadron State.

The Bobcats unleashed a powerful offensive attack upon most of their foes, averaging 370.4 yards per game while allowing foes a scant 213.4 yards per game. Particularly impressive in the fact that the Bobcat pass defense held opponents to 94.7 yards passing per game on a completion percentage of 35.6 per cent.

Individually, senior running back Alvin Holder has def ended his NATA Division Two rushing crown. Holder's per game rushing average of 156.4 ranks second to Wisconsin-Eau Claire's star Roger Venn's Division One and nation-leading total of 157.5 yards per game. Note: Vann finished with a 157.5 vard average.

Holder, a 5-11, 195-pouncl senior from Tampa, Fla., completed his career with over 5,000 yards rushing in four years at the "Campus of a Thousand Oaks." In 245 carries this season, Alvin gained 1,408 yards for a 5.7 yard average per carry. He also caught 13 passes for 144 yards and completed one of two passes for 22 yards. In addition, Holder scored 13 touchdowns; 11 on the ground and two on pass receptions.

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Holder was ably complemented by sophomore fullback Anthony Riley. Riley, a 6-foot, 205-pounder from Lincoln, rushed for 561 yards on 113 carries and caught two passes for 23 yards. Riley, who doubles as a guard on the Bobcat basketball team, also scored four touchdowns to rank fourth on the squad in scoring. The Bobcat ground game was supplemented by a decent passing attack. Quarterback Mike Haney completed 62 of 132 tosses for 867 yards and ten touchdowns. Haney, a junior from McCook, also finished as the Bobcats third leading rusher with 47 carries for 70 yards.

Haney sparked many a drive with his rushing and forced the defense to avoid keying on his running backs.

Sophomore split end Doug Barlow caught 38 passes for 567 yards and seven touchdowns to rank as the leading Bobcat receiver. The speedster from Lincoln also led the squad in punt returns with an 8.1 yard average for 10 runbacks.

v... ball squad battled injuries

The Peru State College the team of all-around volleyball team finished its strength and steadiness. season at 14-27-7.

On the bright side,

Coach Maxine Mehus' the injuries necessitated squad went into the aeasons sh11ffling around that exposed with only four returning the talent of several younger letterwinners; junior tri- players; including freshmen captains Robin Smith, Diana Barb Peterson, Virginia Stanley and Ronda Schweitzer and Rhonda Buethe. and sophomore Carla Frauen. Peterson, a 5·-10 spiker from Both Stanley and Schroeder Omaha Cathedral, led the were lust to the squad for squad in clowned splkes with crucial periods of time with 204, or slightly over two ankle injuries, depriving per game.

Sophomore tight end

Todd McFarland placed second to Barlow on the Bobcat receiving charts. McFarland, a 6-foot-4, 220-pounder,

whose parents travel to every game from their home in Granite City, Ill., caught 16 balls for 202 yards and one touchdown. Coach Joy's griclclers were led defensively by linebRckers Wally Dalrymple and Jim Parrish, with 118 Rncl 104 tackles apiece. Dalrymple, 6-foot-4, 220-pouncl freshman from Scottsbluff, had 32 solo tackles and 86 assists. while Parrish, a 6-foot 190-pound sonhomore Falls Citv, had 29 stons and 75 '

The Bobcacs shut out four opponents, Doane, Tarkio, Nebraska Wesleyan, and Kansas Wesleyan, by a combined score of 184-0. Defensive coor<llnator Terrv Gilliland's defensive unit aliowed oppor1ents an average of 9.1 points per

Peru State was ranked ln the NATA National Coaches poll seven out of nine weeks with a high rank of [ourth among all NAIA Division Two squads the week prior to the Concordia game on Sept. 26, which the 'Cats lost 20-9. Coach Joy is by offensive backfield coach Erv Pitts, offensive line coach Dennis Obermeyer, and student assistants Rosey Brown, Mike Harley, Vernon Gantt, and John Banks.

She was named all-· NebrRska College Conference by a vote of NCC Coaches. Buethe, a 5-10 frosh from Plattsmouth, led the team in total points with an average oE 3.4 per game, particulRrly specializing in front-row play and serving. And, the 5-9 Elmwood native, Schweitzer, placed third on the squad in scoring in addition to leading the squad in sets.

This 's Peru State Bob,.:at basketball. team promises to be much improved over Jast year's crew, which finished 4-23 with victories over Midland Lutheran, Chadron State, Dana and Bellevue.

In addition to greeting seven returning lettermen, new Head Coach John Gibbs brought in a whole team's worth of junior college transfers and high school graduates to build for the future.

Jeff Smith and Gary Bender started at guard last season, averaging 9.7 and 5.1 points per game, respectively. Smith, a senior co-captain from Lincoln, seems entrenched at the off-guard position, but junior college transfer David Miller and possibly multi-sport standout Doug Barlow are seen as serious contenders for Bender's point guard slot. Freshman Randy Wafford may also be a man to watch in the backcourt.

If leading returning scorer Thom Johnson can shake off a persistent knee problem, one forward spot is in especially good hands.

the New Jersey nati.ve can see only spot duty, however, look for crisp-passing junior college transfer

Everett Smith and freshman

John Lepper to pick up the slack, along with junior Brett Narrninga and possibly sophomore Horris Liesemeyer.

Keith McKim, the other cocaptain and a starter for much of last season, is probable at the other forward.

The pivot position is strong with Nebraska College Conference all-star Kip Allison and Syracuse native Liesemeyer holding down the fort. Lepper can also play pivot in spots and transfer Byron Freeman will be eligible second semester to help at both forward and center. The Bobcats may have trouble adjusting to Gibbs' system early in the season, but the head man hopes for steady improvement throughout the year, hopefully culminating in a dramatic improvement over last year.

1981-82 TRACK SCHEDULE

Coach Dennis Obermeyer welcomes 11 returning letterwinners to the 1982 Peru State College truck team. Seven men and four women who eRrned monograms last year return for another go-around.

The men's team is led by senior Keith McKim from Humboldt. i'lcKim, who doubles as a starter on the Peru State basketball team, holds the school high jump record of 6foot-8 and manages to score additional points as a hurdler.

Three juniors return to the squad; Brett Nanninga, hurdler from Humboldt; Mark Tillman, quarter-miler from Ogallala; and Mike Northrup, distance runner from South Sioux City.

Sophomores who lettered in 1981 include sprinter Doug Barlow from Lincoln; hurdler Steve Driewer from Bradshaw; and

middle-distance runner Don Anderson from Stella.

Obermeyer is confident that a slew of newcomers will help improve Bobcat cinder fortuues. Sophomore Jim Chaney, senior Raji Ansari and freshman Leroy Behrends are vying for berths on the longer sprint relay teams, as well as the open 440-and 880-yard runs. The Brownville native also has high hopes for sophomore pole vaulter Steve Adams from Granite City, Ill., and freshman vaulter Ron Pursley from Benkleman.

The weight events will be bolstered by Plattsmouth sophomore Bob Bowman and Hartington freshman Chris Folkers.

Lady Bobcat trackstresses returning from last year include senior distance runner Verissa Ruenholl from Syracuse; junior shot putter Ronda Schroeder from Liberty; and sophomore sprinters Glevon Covault from Table Rock and Robin Jessen from Glenwood, Ia.

Obermeyer hopes that freshmen Rhonda Buethe and Kelly Schriener can score in weight events and that sophomore Kathy Snider and freshman Shari Paczosa can shine in the distance and middle distance races, respectively.

Jeff Smith (above) and Keith McKim have been named co-captains of the 1981-82 Peru State College men's basketball team.

True Blue Week generates spirit

The first annual True Blue Week review was held Nov. 11 in the Student Center West Dining Room at Peru State College with plans made to make next year's True Blue Week bigger and better.

From Nov. 2 through 7, ending with a hog roast following the Bobcat football game against Kansas Wesleyan, Peru State College students, faculty and staff were involved in showing the spirit of the Bobcat Blue.

Beginning with a kickoff speech from Dr. Larry Tangeman, president of Peru State College, the schedule included a secretaries' legs contest, a variety show, a Kangaroo Court that found Chris Walsh and a student jury hearing a case against Dr. Russell Stratton, assistant professor of English who was accused of being a "Preppie"; a water basketball game in the HPER Center, a slave auction that brought in $50, a skating party in the Old Gym, and an "Anything Goes Night" in the Old Gym.

On Friday students filled the shoes of the top administrators on campus and Saturday night after the campus olympics, a trophy was awarded to Delzell Hall which had the most cumulative participation points over the entire week.

Don Ca!_lile at Maryville

Donald K. Carlile, 56, Special Services Director at Peru State College from 1955 to 1971, passed away Jan. 11, 1982, as the result of a heart attack as he sat at his desk as Placement and Career Director at Northwest Missouri State University at Maryville.

He is kindly remembered by Peru State College staff, alumni and Southeast Nebraskans as a strong supporter of the college even after moving to Maryville and he was active in the Brownville Historical Society and the Brownville Fine Arts Society.

While at PSC he worked with alumni, assisted the Peru Achievement Foundation and kept accurate and compiete files on all former students, and also was in charge of the printing office. Ile published the Peru Stater, did all the press releases-and sports information, photography and developed pictures. Ile was fondly called "Mr. Peru State."

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He received Peru State College's Distinguished Service Award in 1977 and treasured it as one of his most valued possessions. He the alumni banquet with his wife, Bonnie, during Homecoming, 1981, and visited this area often.

He is survived by his wife, Bonnie, who is a former physical education instructor at Peru State College. He was a World War II Navy veteran.

Services were held Jan. 14 at the United Methodist Church at First and Main in Maryville Mo. Interment was at his ' hometown Glasco, Kan. Memorials may be made to the United Methodist Church with Price Funeral Home in charge at Maryville or to the Peru Achievement Foundation