1983 The Peru Stater (Nebraska)

Figures 'dazzling'

Enrollment· nears record

Davidson scholarship established

When Phyllis Davidson, longtime professoi: of ·women's physical education at Peru State, died last spring her passage was mourned by numerous former Peru State students whose lives were touched by her.

None felt the loss more deeply than did Lois Christensen, '48.

Miss Davidson has already etched her name in the rich history of Nebraska's oldest college. She was a pioneer in the development of women's atheltics and physical education in Nebraska. It is doubtful if her name would

ever have been forgotten on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks.

principal is to be added to tlu:lt principal until earnings allow PSC to award additional $500 scholar·ships.

But the effort hopefully will not end there. Dr. Christensen hopes that more of Miss Davidson's fonner students will add to the Davidson Memorial Scholarship by donating to it via the Peru Achievement Foundation at PSC.

Peru State College the dramatic rise to Nebraska."

In spite of the monetary continues to defy predic- "greater effort by PSC in While many people are pinch, Dr. Gallentine tions and dazzle observers general to get the word out pleased and impressed predicts continued growth another - better public relations, with the. enrollment boost, at PSC His projection for 1ump. m .enrollment this more printed material for it has caused some the spnng semesterfall. dispersal, and ·con- "growing pains" at PSC.. traditionally a, when a siderably more ad- "People have to realize, number of students leave decline 19 s vertising." as enrollment increases we school · enrollment

'S' by 21percentat Peru State, according to Jerry Gallentine, PSC president.

And .it will creep hjgher, as several courses have yet to begin as of presstime.

"We should hit 1,200," Dr. Gallentine projected.

As of early November, Peru State's total enrollment stands at 1,150, up from 950 in the Fall of '82. The on-campus enrollment is 837, up 33 percent from 629 last year.

The full-time equlvalency (FTE)which reflects credit-hour production - is up a phenomenal 31 percent, from 675 last year to 887 this fall. That figure will rise to about 900 when the classes just beginning are added.

Dr. Gallentine attributes

witn new prokfatrlmillg in housing demand computer science ·and and parking problems," business, and increased Dr. Gallentine said. interest in pre-professional PSC's scholarship funds programs in the natural are in greater deman!l as sciences division." well, he said. "As we at-

"Growth is also related tract more .students and to our more aggressive · expand·our effol'.ts to serve .effort in admissions, our region, the need for whereby we've spent much mote scholarship money more time developing becom,es evident. better relations with high "Our ability to attract school counselors and other top-notch schlllars from school officials," he said. Nebraska is limited by our One of the most ability to , offer them satisfying aspects of the scholal:ship possibilities," increased enrollment is he concluded. where the students are

With federal and state coming from, Dr. support declining and Gallentine pointed out. enrollment surging, the "Ninety-five percent of need for private funds to our students come from assure PSC labs and Nebraska and surrounding classrooms are equipped states (Kansas, Missouri with state-of-the-art and Iowa)," he said. "And equipment has risen 60 percent are from the drastically, Dr. Gallentine · eight counties in Southeast added.

Hall of ,Fame honors Al Wheeler

By VINCE HENZEL Sports Information · Director

Former athletic director and longtime Peru State coach G. (Al) Wheeler was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame Saturday Oct. 1 at halftime of the University of Nebraska-Syracuse football game in Lincoln. Wheeler served PSC for over 27 years in his career and was one of the win-

ningest coaches ever on the small college level. Wheeler was selected to the honor by the Board ·of Directors of the Nebraska Football Foundation.

While at PSC, Wheeler was a highly successful football coach. His teams won or shared seven Nebraska Conference titles from 1939-60. Wheeler a

won 26 straight games

from mid-1951 to mid-1954.

Wheeler also displayed his great coaching ability in basketball, as five PSC teams qualified for the NAIA national tournament, with the 1940 team reaching the semi-finals. Wheeler compiled an overall basketball record of 79-59, and won conference championships in

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But Dr. Christensen, dean of the school of humanities and fine arts at California State Univer· sity-Chico, has taken a step to guarantee. that at least one Peru State student will benefit annually from Miss Davidson's legacy.

Dr .. Christensen has di:mated $10,()00 to Peru

"I'd certainly like to encourage alumni to contribute additional funds to the scholarship," Dr. Christensen said The Davidson-Christensen friendship goes baek. to the time when young Lois Christensen from tiny Clarks, Neb., arrived in Peru to begin college, majoring in history and minoring in physical education.

Their friendship continued after Lois' graduation in 1948. Lois was able to keep in ·since She Peru State f.or .five'· summer

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· · Memorial SChoTurship," to headcount·or around 1,220; be awarded•each·fall•to a Peru State College is on, women's physical the verge of setting an all-: education major with a 'time enrollment record, high grade point average, Jsurpassirig the 1,264 character and financial stridents enrolled in the need. · Fall of 1969. Dr. Gallentine The annual sCholarship remains committed to· his will be in the amount of 'projection of 1,500 students $500. Excess interest from at PSC by 1987. the investment of that

Grand Marsha./s

rogetherhiifi1:•1twas ttiat year a seriou81y ill Miss Davidson was forced to retire from Peru State. At the same time, Lois earned her doctorate and was hired· by what wa8 then known as Chico State

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Mary Ruth and Gil Wilson served as Grand Marshals of the 1983 Homecoming Parade at Peru State •.. The Peril couple, who retired from PSC just last spring, remain active in both college and community affairs.

(Photo by Mike Northrup)

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Hello Alumni, and welcome to another edition of the Peru Stater! .

Hopefully my name will be somewhat familiar to a few of the more recent grads. I came to Peru to work in the r1dd7V'11, and eJJrOlled at the college here in '78.

I worked 1111 way through college as Peru State's.sports tllformatlon Clirector, domg sports stories for the Stater as we)J. I earned my degree in '8l, and have been away from the Campus of 1,000 Oaks until July, when I returned to run the "college advancement" program under the dynamic leadership Of Jerry Gallentine, our president.

Being a loyal alum, ·I have taken great interest in the Stater. Some improvements have been made in this paper's fonnat; hopefully there is a bit more news about your friends and classmates. This means there is less room for news about campus activities tOday; for more inlonnatlon in that regard, you'll just have to stop by for a visit!

A number of alums and former students have done ·just that Folks like Desda Smith Miiier ('23), now retired and living in Glenwbod, Iowa. Or Geneva Saathoff Pitt {'37), who came here from her Tulsa, Okla., home not once but twice for visits, and took part in the Elderhostel program on campus {see the Elderhostel story elsewhere in this edition).

Freida Woltzel ('27) and her sister Erna Wolbel Duncan, a former student, stopped by in late October, but I was out Of the office and missed them. I didn't miss Rick ('79) and Rhea Harshbarger C'l2> sP.,.rs, now residents of Mesa, Ariz. It was great seeing them again, too.

I encourage my alums who happen to be in the area to make a point of stopping by my office, located on the second floor of the AdJDfnistrnttonBullding. The coffee pot is always on, .and ·we've got some annuals and such .to peruse.

We also have a variety of alumni directories at your ser· vice. H you want to look up an old friend and get back mtouch with them, please let us know.

You can help me out by sending in your news items, newspaper clippings and the like. Photographs are welcome, too: we'll use them if space permits, and return them if requested. /

Finally, keep.our toll-free numbers in mind. H you'v-e got a short news item, an address or name change (or correction), or can locate a "lost" alum for us, give me a ring.

Those toll·free numbers are (800) 742-4412 in Nebraska; and (800) m-8811 out-of-state.

I hope you like the "new", Peru Stater. I'd appreciate hearing your suggestions on ways to improve .this publication. So please,· take some time and keep in touch!

Katrina, the cookie lady

<EDITOR'S NOTE: The. following story first appeared in the June edition of "New Orleans Magazine." It is reprinted · here with pennission of Katrina "Kathy" Staack, '72, who dedicates it to the memory of the late John· Mclntire,'69, "whowasmy close friend during my' lime at Peru." The photo of Kathy appears courtesy of Pat Jolly).

bySAMUALROBERT i New Orleans Magazine 1

She's known around town1 as Katrina the Cookie Lady 1 and the Muffin Magnate., Her all-natural cookies,! · muffins and cakes are! available uptown, down-, town and even on thel Mississippi River. I

They'r.e at Tulane: University, the Whole Food Co., the Prytania Theater, 1 One Shell Square and on the riverboat President and other boats of the New' Orleans Steamboat Co.

"I'm proud to be offering some kind of food that's\ good for people," says 1 Katrina Staack, '72. "It's al locally:.made, good.for-you product that's available several places in town. It's an. alternative to junk food."

She handles both major aspects of her business: .the baking and the deliveries. She is strictly a wholesaler and emphasizes that the bakery itself, at Frencman Street in New Orleans, is not a retail store.

Staack rises early each day, typically by 5 a.m., to bake iri a four-tier pizza oven. Later in the day she delivers the goods.

"I want to be the one

delivering," she says. "I• want to· be accessible to people." Some people who regularly eat her food are surprised to find out that she's not like Sara Lee but is a. real human being.

which she made at home· and brought to a bar across the street. A man there tasted one and reacted, "Katrina, I hope you're not thinking of doing this for a living."

A music lover, brings muffins and sand· wiches to local musicians. On the riverboat Presiden1 she remembers bringing snacks to B.B. King, Fats Domino, I>r. John and Dave· Bartholemew.

The Cookie Lady enjoys her music and her work. Says she: "I'm the same creepy broad I always was I get away with more. I can be more expressive, bolder in what I do, take the initiative. People say 'That's Katrina. She's OK."

(Kathy dropped the Peru Stater a delightful note recently. She believes herself to be "the first student in Peru's history to have been allowed to student teach while she was on 'social probation' ,, as a result of the pilfering of "a box of chicken from an unattended delivery truck owned by the local ·short-order campus restaurant."

Katrina "Kathy" Staack ('72) recently completed her fifth year in the bakery business in New Orleans.

.Her thriving business grew from an idea she had when w-0rking · at the French Quarter flea market in 1978.

"I couldn't find anything good to eat. I ·thought something with wholesome ingredients would sell out there," she says.

She sold her first cookies at the flea market and got her first retail buyer early in 1979. She remembers her first batch of cookies,

WANTED: Hall of Fame honors Al Wheeler 'Lost' alumni

1943

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1939, '40, and '46.

Akers, Edith L. (Harms) Wheeler won his share of Atwood, George Henry • Banks, Earl Dewayne state and national honors

Blumberg, E.H. at the small college level.

Burroughs, Max A. • In 1956 he received his Butcher, Madge <W1ll1amsJ · · ' • b carpenter, Dorothy J. most prestimous ponor. y

Coon, Nettie F. (Hanlon) being one of the first three Drumm, Pauline CTack.ett) coaches to be inducted into Emm, Mildred M. (Prine> · hl

Faris, Margaret J. (Balfour) th(! Helms At et1c

HalbrQOk, Jessie M. (Jones) Foundation Football Hall

Haff&.rtv'. Phyllis <J?elongJ .· Jenkins, Setty A.. (Riley) .· · ·.; · c,.Q.9:.,- ; · · •·hon···• · • :·

Lathrop, J.;;ucile csandfortJ .• ... · ·.· qr, Marshall, Maxine <Showen> .was ··· Mc Alexander, Lav.ara • · ..i•· ·· ._,.. ttn.••1 als · coakleyJ ac"'ve coa,,;u. er o McAlexander, Robert served as the. Meier, Louise national President in Richard E. 54.

Morris, Howard R. He as. selected as the Owens, Beulah W .· Poe, Jennie s. "Nebraska College Coach . Pumphrey, Bonnie (Beezley) of the Year" in 1952 by the Rizor, SOphie E. CBohtlngJ Omaha W Id-Herald and· Rohrs, Kenneth or , Roizor, Sophie E. <Bohling) in 1981 by the lJncoln · Slagle, Annetta. Lee Journal and Star. In 1952, · Mary A {Hacker) he was honored as the. Widmark, Robert E. Little All-American Coach;

of the Year by the Rockne Club of Kansas Citv. Mo.

But the 32-year-<>ld baker has come a long way. "I learned by doing it," she explains. "Every time I bake l learn something. I don't measure anything except for the baking powder, the leavening."

Staack bakes hundreds of cookies a week - chocolate chip-oa1meal, raisin and her favorite, carob chip. Her muffins include banana; blueberry, apple and chocolate-banana. The products contain honey instead of sugar, and she uses no preservatives, ·artificial flavors or colors.

She adds that a poem she wrote in the Middle English style was selected in 1973 for use in a national advertising campaign for Steak 'n Ale restaurants. Her prize for winning was four steak dinners"ironically; I was a vegetarian at the time.''

She finished the note, written to Stater editor Kent by saying "Best wishes to you in your work at my beloved Peru. Most sincerely, Katrina (Kathy)." And best wishes to you, too, Miss Staack!).

Anative of Ohio, Wheeler was a · 1922 graduate of Oberlin College. He was a three-sport letterman and captain of the basketball team for three · years.·

Quite an athlete in his day, Wheeler was selected \'All· Ohio" in both football and

basketball, and in 1921 led Oberlin to an upset win over Big Ten power Ohio State.

After coaching two years at Manual Arts High School in Los Angeles, Calif., he served as freshman football coach at Iowa State for two years, and nine years at Amherst (Mass.) .·· College bef-0re ·· to. Nebra$l. Wheeler came to.Peru in · 51938, where he remained until his retireinent in .1965. At that time Wheeler was the Dean of Nebraska College Coaches.

Nicknamed "Coach Al '" Wheeler died last June 16 at Charlotte, N.C. at the· age of 83. He will long be remembered by n0t only his winning .record, but for his philosophy of fair play and sportsmanship.

Staack's first job after graduating from Peru State College near her hometown of Avoca was as a high school English teacher. Next she was a training supervisor at the Ramada Inn reservation center in Omaha.

But it was her position as a route salesperson for Leggs Products, Inc. that gave Staack the experience she finds useful in her business today.

''You• have to. ·be op-. timisUc give an aura·. of confidence and cooperation, and sh9w a positive frame of mind anq belief in your product."

For her baked goods, Staack says, "The best salesman is me. "She develops a close personal relationwhip with those who sell her products, and they prom9te the c9okies and muffins for her.

The Peru Stater is the o.fficial alumni publication of Peru. State College. The Peru Stater is published three times yearly.

EDITOR Kent Propst

ASSISTANT Esther Doiel

SPORTS Vince Henzel REPORTERS, Jay Huwaldt, Pearl Dean PHOTOGRAPHER•••• Mike Northrup ARl'.IST ••••••••• Doug Hutson PSC :PRESIDENl'., •• 'Jerry •Gallentine PSC_cVlCE:PRESIDENT.•.Clyde Barrett DEAN OF STUDENT AFFAlRS•••••••• Jerry Joy DEAN OF BUSlNESS AFFAIRS••••• Ken Billups DIVJSION HEADS.Applied. Arts·Lester Russell; BuSiness-Don Jacobs; Edu· cation-Esther Dlvney; Humanitles·Le· land Sherwood; Natural Science· Dave Pippert; Physical Education· Wayne Davidson. The :Peru Stater requests changes of address end news notes from its alumni. Write to The Peru Stater, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 68421; or call (402) 872·3815, (800) 742-4412 (in Nebraska), or (800) 228-8811 (out of state)

(Photo courtesy Pat Jolly}

1910s

Anna Emrick ('16) was honored on her 90th birthday last March. Anna taught in the Alliance, Neb. schools from 1916-1958. She noted that she earned $55 per month teaching sixth, seventh .and eighth graders that first year. ·

Dorothy Hope Mutz Young {'15) dropped the Stater a note updating us on her life. She now resides in Clovis, Calif. Dorothy's sister, the late Mamie Russell Mutz ('04), taught art at Peru State for many years. Dorothy and William Young had one son, William Jr., who is supervisor ·of library facilities for Fresno City Schools at Fresno, Calif. Some Peru Staters may recall Dorothy's father Otto, who lived in the basement of President J.W. Crabtree's (1904-1910) home and "stoked the furnace for his keep while attending schO(!l. ''

1930s

The Gordon (Nebr.) Journal featured a story regarding Musetta Campbell Gilman ('34) last spring. Musetta wrote a book, "Pump on the Prairie," a chronicle of a road ranch on the OregonCalifornia trail during the 1860's. Her husband's grandfather and greatuncle operated the· ranch house in Nebraska's Platte Valley during that time, and ·the ranch became a fort during the 181)4 Indian war. A copy of Mrs. Gilman's book can be obtained by contacting the Nebraska Writers Guild Clearing House, 318 E. 12th Street, North Platte, Neb. 69101.

Mrs. Norma Arnold, who attended Peru State from 1938-40 and returned to complete· her degree in 1968, was honored last spring upon her retirement

from the Falls City public school district. Mrs. Arnold taught for 36 years, with her first four years spent in Percival, Iowa and the next 32 in RichardSon County including 28 in the Falls City system. Also honored was Wilma Heiser (see 1950's).

Mrs. Merlyn Arends, who received her two-year certificate in 1938 and her bachelor's degree in 1971, was honored as "Teacher of the Year" by the Auburn (Neb,) Education Association this past summer. She has taught sixth grade at Auburn Middle School since '74, with prior teaching assignments at Brock, Nebraska City and Tecumseh in Nebraska and ·Council Bluffs in Iowa.

Robert W. Murphy, who attended Peru State in 1936· 37, retired from J.C. Penney Co. in August after 40 years of service. He resides in Atchison, Kan.

The Rev. Ward Merritt, who attended summer school at Peru State in 1932 and '33, received much attention for his 50th anniversary in the ministry this fall. Rev. Merritt had performed over 750 baptisms, over 5,000 weddings, and over 8,000 funerals. The Merritts live in Humboldt, Neb.

1940s

Ernest ('47) and Marian Dick ('46) Strauss wrote to the Stater last spring with their change of _address (now living in Prescott Valley, Ariz.). Ernest retired in June '82 after a 29-year teaching career.

Marian reports that Ernest completed work on a project that spanned three summers - their new home in Arizona. The Stratisses, who have four sons and two grandchildren, "do enjoy the paper."

·Lyle Mason ('42) was guest of honor at a retirement dinner in Columbus (Neb.) last spring hosted by the Nebraska Public Power District. Lyle has retired after more than 37 years of service to the utility.

Paul Dalton ('48) and his wife Frances were honored this past summer on the occasion of ·their 40th wedding anniversary. The Daltons reside in Petersburg, Neb.

Jack Snider, who attended Peru State in the early '40's, stepped down as director of the marching band and concert band at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ·· last spring. Jack, who taught at UN-L for 33 years, is taking a sabbatical in Washington, D.C. before returning to UN-L, this svring, this time • as a classroom instructor. The Lincoln Journal-Star news

Teachers honored

Two Peru State alumni were honored for longtime service to the Lincoln · (Neb.) Public School system this fall

Harold D. Lantz ('41) and Oscar Bretthorst {'42) total 79 years of dedication to LPS, and were recognized in ceremonies in September.

Lantz has been principal 1f Pound Junior High in

Lee Kohrs ('80), a new computer science teacher at Peru State, demonstrates some of the new equipment purchased by the Natural Sciences.division recently. PSC had just seven computer science majors two years ago but 57 this fall - and more expected as the computer boom continues.

story reports that Jack went to Peru on a football scholarship, but left because "Everything was football, football, football."

(The Peru Stater finds the comment from someone who spent so many Saturday's in Lincoln's Memorial Stadium a bit baffling, but wishes Jack the best).

The headline on the frontpage story in last spring's Nebraska City News-Press read, "NSVH holdS extraordinary party for extraordinary retiring teacher." The party was in honor of the Corrine Whit· field Adams' ('42) retirement from the Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped. Corinne didn't begin teaching until 1960 as she was raising her family, but said "I can't understand why anyone would want to do anything besides teach." The wife of Ellis Adams {'40) reports that she hopes to spend her time helping on their farm near Peru, to write, and to travel.

1950s

Bob Resz ('50) was one of five Lincoln (Neb.) teachers who were interviewed by the Lincoln Journal recently in an article headlined "Awardwinning Lincoln· teachers: Quality still high, despite problems." Resz, who won the first Distinguished Teaching award in 1965 while at Lincoln Northeast High, said "Schools reflect the community and when the community as a whole values teachers and what they do, the status will go up. People need to take this more seriously. It can't just be· the teachers that change it." Resz is chairman of the general and related studies depart-

ment at Southeast Community College.

Richard W. Wohlfarth'&2) was nominated for the Presidential Award in Mathematics this past summer. One of only two nominees from Nebraska, Richard has taught math at Onlaha South High since 1956, and has taught at Bellevue (Neb.) College and Metro Technical · Community College as well. Richard maintains contact with Peru State faculty member Lyle McKercher and with former. faculty member Jerry Stemper. ·

Ron Wagner ('54) was the subject of a July article in the Nebraska City News. Press. The article noted that "There. are at least 1,900 people in Otoe County (Neb.) who are glad a man like Ron Wagner has the

type of job he's got. Those 1,900 people are all veterans, and as veterans service office of Otoe County, Wagner tries to take care of all of them."

Ron taught and coached in the Syracuse (Neb.) school system for 24 years before deciding to devote all of his time to service for veterans.

Mrs. Eunic.e Epley Parrish ('55), the media specialist for the Tecumseh public schools, received her Doctor of Education degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln last spring. ·

Phyllis Constant Didio ('55) got a rather nice bit of recognition from her employer, Mary Kay Cosmetic!S Inc., this past spring. An independent (co11tinued on page 4)

HAVEi GOT NEWS FOR YOU!

We sincerely hope you enjoy reading about the accomplishments of your friends and classmates in the "Peruviana" section of the Peru Stater.

· Lincoln since it was opened in 1963. Before that he was a teacher and principal at Everett Junior High in Lincoln since '48. Lantz wrote to PSC President Jerri Gallentine and said, "Of an the good fortune and recognition that I have been lucky enough to receive, the one that stands out in my memory is playing fullback for the late Al Wheeler and with Rowdy Jack Mcintire as center in 1939 and 40.

"We were state champiQns both years,'' he _said. "The man (Wheeler) changed a lot of lives. I shall elways cherish my years spent at Peru State College and the many friendS I had while there." Bretthorst is on the Lincoln Southeast. High science faculty. He started out at the former College View High and went to Southeast in 195S.

But we know many interesting items go unreported. Did you or someone you know get promoted, change a job, get featured in a newspaper article, get marriad or engaged, win an award, retire, or anything else· that might make good reading in the PERU STATER?

Perhaps we just haven't heard from you in a spell. Let all your friends know - via the PERU STATER!

HERE'S SOME MORE "PERUVIANA''

(Please type or print legibly, and send to: The Peru Stater, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 68421. We reserve the right to edit the information)

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Harold Lantz

(Photo by Mike Northrup)

(continued .from page 3) sales director in Colorado Springs, Colo. for Mary Kay Cosmetics, she received a brand new pink Cadillac in recognition of her leadership and sales achievements.

Don J. Pickering ('57} is the new principal at the Kansas State School for the Visually Handicapped in Kansas City, Kan. He had been director of th< Educational Resource Center at the Nebraska · School for the Visually Handicapped in Nebraska City .,..for the previous 13 years.

Dr. Alonzo "Earl" McCain ('58) of Morgan, Utah wrut presented the Silver Beaver award for distinguished service to youth by the Boy Scouts of America. Dr. McCain is a 'professor of secondary education at Weber State College in Utah.

Mrs. Maryon Adams (59), who began college at Peru in 1938 but took time off to start a family with her husband Ross ('41), has retired after 30 years as kindergarten teacher at the Peru elementary school. She began at Peru Prep and stayed there. until its closure in '68, when the new Dist. 29 facility was opened. The former Maryon Thomas claims to have no special plans for her retirement years.

, Joseph W. Workman, who earned his bachelor's degree in 1951 and his. master's degree in 1962, was recently named superintendent of the Holt (Neb.) County schools. Workman, a Tecumseh native who has been a superintendent for 26 of the 29 years he has spent in education, has served in that capacity at Table Rock, Doniphan and Lynch school systems in Nebraska.

Darrell Mudra ('51 >, the former Bobcat who has gone on to coach major college and professional football clubs, is the head coach at the University of Northern Iowa this fall. He came to the Cedar Falls campus from Eastern Innilois.

Wilma Heiser ('55) was among two Peru Stater's to be honored last spring upon her retirement from the Falls City (Neb.) public school district after 46 years of dedicated service.

1960s

Chris Salberg ('60) has retired coaching after 23 years, 20 of them at Platteview High near Springfield, Neb. He will continue to teach geography and to serve as

PHS athletic director. A former pro baseball player with the Chicago White Sox organization, he was a letterwinner cm the Bobcat football team and helped· coach baseball at Peru State. ·His 1967 and '68 Platteview High football teams went unbeaten and claimed the state Class c title in '68. His son Jeff C'78) played football for the Bobcats as well. The Platteview Booster Club raised. money. to send Mr. and Mrs. Salberg to Las Vegas for a vacation.

Alan Wheere·r ('68) is tue new Planning .services Unit Director for the Wyoming State Depart· ment of Education. He has been with the department for 15 years after · a teaching stint in Thermop0lis, Wyo.

The Peru Stater was happy to hear from Ralph ('63) and Sandra Craig Plummer in Newton Square, Penn. Ralph is vice president of Academy Life Insurance Co. in Valley

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Forge, while Sandy is a diet and nutritional counselor. They have two children, 17year-old Kimberly and 14year-old Christopher.

Russ Hicks ('63), secondary principal at Tri County Jr.-Sr. High at DeWitt, Neb., was invited to meet with President Reagan as part of a summer seminar for presidents-elect of state associations representing secondary school administrators. Russ began a one-year term as. president of the Nebraska State Association of Secondary School Principals in

The family of the Rev. Gary Schlosser {'63) was hom>red atan open house at the United Methodist Church in Central City last June. The Schlosser family moved to Central City, where Gary will serve the church.

Mike Chu ('65) continues to work on his doctorate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Mike

has translated a Taiwanese novel, "Town Crier," into English.

Richard Kennedy ('65) was hired this swiuner as the new superintendent of the Franklin (Neb.) public school system. The former superintendent of the Waverly (Neb.) public schools, he bas· served as principal at Palmer and Geneva, Neb.

ministration, planning and development for Hydrocarbon Transportation, Inc., an operating Unit of Northern Liquid Fuels Co , a part of InterNorth, Inc. The Nebraska· City native has been with lnterNorth since 1979. In his new position, he is responsible for administration within HTI and· coordinates planning and development of business opportunities.

Virginia Cockerham McKim ('65) is the new English teacher for grades seven-12 at the Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped. _She has taught previously at Lourdes Central Schools in Nebraska City and in Hamburg, Iowa.

Richard Duponcheel ('67) wrote to the Stater about what has to be the alumni meeting held farthest from the Campus of a Thousand OaksMangilao, Guam, where Richard and Jack Stettenben' ('60) get together

regularly. ,They live in the same condominium on that Pacific island. Lon Bottcher ('60) also lives and works there. Richard and ' his wife are finishing their 15th year as teachers at George Washington High in Mangilao, ·where Richard is in the business education department. .Their son Lawrence is .on a swim team and has· participated in several international meets. "We look forward to receiving the Peru Stater and would enjoy hearing from any old friends," Richard writes. "W.e've been around the world and to the Orient many, times, but have never. made it back to Peru State.'' Paul Fell ('67), assistant professor Of ·art at Peru State, remains active in both his artistic and educational endeavors. His artworks were displayed in Brownville's. (Neb.) Schoolhouse Art Gallery this past summer. Other (continued on.page 5]

Dr. Frank Heck hisorian, author and educator who taught at Peru State some ·years ago, passed away last March at the age · of 78 in Danville, Ky.

Hannah J. Ferguson, form.er Peru State student and teacher in Fillihore (Neb.) County, passed away in Friend last March.

Helen· Fryer, former Peru State student, passed away at Norfolk at the age of 88. She had taught Latin and German in Greenwood and Verdon schools.

Emma M. Juilfs, form.er Peru State student, passed away in Nebraska City earlier this year at the age of 93. She had taught near Burr.

Barbara C. Benson, former Peru State strident, passed away earlier thi11 year in Sun City, Aro:. age 79. A NebrabJt... City native, she liv d and worked in Washington D.C. before moving to Arizona 19 years ago.

Katherine E. Clancy, former Peru State student, passed away last April at age 79. sµe worked in the First State Bank at Pawnee City, Neb. for many years.

Marguerette May, former Peru State student, passed away last April at the age of 70. She taught school in Otoe and Lancaster (Neb.) counties for several yea5s.

Gertrude Kucera, '34, passed away in Lincoln in September at age 6.7. She was a schoolteacher f()r

seve.ral years after graduation.

Lal!ra J. Rogge, former Peru State student, passed away in AuguSt at the age of 80.

Etta M. Remmers, former Peru State student, Prutsed away in August at age 77.

Truxton W. Routh, '35, passed away in June He was a superintendent and coach at Dalton (Neb.) before moving to Kearney in the 1940's, where he was associated with Pioneer Publishing Co.

Agnes H. McDonald, '33, passed away in Omaha in June.

Forrest George Bell, '24, passed away in Omaha earlier this year at age 77. He was a retired agronomist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was listed in "Who's Who In America," 1962-63,· .and· in ., American Men of Science," 1960.

Melvin former Peru State student, passed away in Texas in Sep;. tember at age 53.

William J. Knapp, '28, passed away at his home in Salem, Ore. at age 76. A Brock native, he lived and worked in Kansas City, Kan. many years before moving to Salem in '76.

Edythe Bowers, former Peru State student, passed away in Humboldt at age 87. She taught in the Humboldt school system for over 40 years.

Lucille R. "Tillie" Russell, former Peru State

student, passed away in March at Tabor, Iowa. She was a teacher in the Tabor and Clarinda, Iowa school systems.

Ada Crooker, former Peru State student, passed away at Auburn earlier this year at age 71.

Clarence Russell, '17, passed away earlier this year at age 86. A Nemaha (Neb.) native, he farmed in that area most of his life except for a brief career in education in Oklahoma and Nebraska.

Cecilia A. Gleason, a former Peru State student, a way earlier this year at 79 years of age.

Esther Wick, '49, passed .away .earlier this year at the age of 71. She had taught in the Beatrice area.

Blanch Emma (Wells) Snyder, '11, passed away in March at the age of 90. Her teaching career took her to Beaver Crossing, Davenport and Ong (Neb.) schools, and she · a superintendent at Davenport.

Ruby G. Heineman, former Peru State student, passed away in August at the age of 87. She taucht in Richardson County .(Neb.) schools.

Etta Pasco, former Peru State student, died in August in Auburn at age 83.

Arthur B. Gelwick, '11, passed' away earlier this year at age 94 in Neb. He taught at Geneva, Hardy and Red Cloud (Neb.) schools and served as superinendent ·in Falls City (Neb.) for 24 years. He was a veteran of World Wars I and II.

Ethel Jeanette Kobler, former Peru State student, passed away EBrlier this year in Papillion, Neb. at age 70.

· Eva P. Leslie, former Peru State student, passed away in Fairbury in September at age 89.

Leona Mccallum, former Peru State student, passed away in September at age 89.

Merle Hartwig, former Peru State student, passed away in September at age 93.

Iva M. (Peterson) Sappingfield, former Peru State student, passed away earlier. this year at South Sioux City (Neb.) at age 80.

LaVon Frates, former ,Peru State student, passed away in July She was a resident of Brule (Neb.) for over 50 years.

Laura Stone, former Peru State student, passed away in August at age 84. She was a longtinie teacher in Jefferson and Thayer (Neb.) ·counties.

Harold L. Schwenker, former Peru State student, died earlier this year in Lincoln at age 88. He wa.> retired vice presicJ., • and actuary for Lincoln .....,,.,erty Life Insurance Co.

Loure E. Firovid, '16, died in At1gust at age 87. She taught in Ainsworth, Neb., Hobson, Mont, and Wells, Nev.

carrie Hesseltine, '04, passed away in October at age 98. She was a Peru Normal. School graduate and later served as a Baptist missionary in Burma.

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Copeland, i. rmer Peru State student, apssed away in June at age 96.

Theresa Belle Taylor, former Peru State student and a native of Verdon (Neb.), passed away in July at age 78. She taught near Verdon.

Pearl Alvernia Stoddard Hayes, former Peru State student and a teacher in Nemaha (Neb.) County for some time, passed away in Humboldt in July.

Calvin c. Walden, 'SO, passed away in June at Tucson, Ariz. at age 58. A David City native and an outstanding athlete at Peru State, he taught in Stella, Bratton Union and Phillips (Neb.) schools before moving to Tucson, where he taught for 25 years. passed away EBrlier this year at age 66. He was a WWII veteran.

Do.nna L. Nun, '79, passed away in May at Fairbury at 22 years of age. A Geneva native, she was manager of the Fairbury Pizza Hut at the ti.me of her death.

Edna Douglas Warnke, who worked in the Peru State cafeteria for 25 years, died in June at age 72.

Robert Craig, '68, passed away at Vicksburg, Miss. in April at the age of 37. He was a graduate of the T.J. Majors training school in Peru and a Peru native.

Ingrid Stina Johnson, '13, passed away in October at Wakefield, Neb. at92 years of age.

Mayda Pryor Owens, former Peru State student, passed away in Auburn this year at fr1 years of age.

James L. Snyder

James L. Snyder {'66) has been appointed manager of ad-

Peru State's service to the region includes more than just college credit courses. Here, Mrs. Cindy (Plantenga) Hoffman ('82) instructs Julie Gerdes during a youth swimming lesson in the college pool.

(continued from page 4) cartoonwork by Fell was displayed at Ohio State University in October during OSU's "Festival of Cartoon Art." In addition, Fell has been elected third vice president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Fell somehow finds time between art classes at PSC to do cartoon work for the

elected to the Phelps County Community Foundation Board, a public, charitable foundati-On created for the benefit of Phelps County.

Ralph Dicesare ('68) has been appointed president of The_ Security Trust and Savings Bank in Shenandoah, Iowa. A former teacher in the Glenwood and Essex school systems in Iowa, he has 11 years of banking experience and had been president of the Security State Bank in Mt. Ayr, Iowa prior to his new position in Shenandoah.

Raymond Eickhoff ('68) and his kin were honored as "Fartn Family of the Week" by television station ,WOWT in Omaha this September. The Eickhoffs have a grain and livestock farm near Shubert, Neb. Raymond teaches and coaches in the Rock Port (Mo.) school system as well. ·

Dan Reed ('69), a 14-year veteran of the Missouri Valley (Iowa) school system, was the focus of a "Faculty Spotlight" article •last spring. The father of four teaches social studies and enjoys outdoor sports in his spare time.

Chuck Mizerski {'69), head football coach at Southeast High in Lincoln, Neb., was an assistant coach for this summer's Shrine Bowl all -star football game in Lincoln. His other coaching· and teaching assignments have included Granite City, m. and Plattsmouth, Neb. Chuck's head coaching mark going into the '83 season is 42-22-1.

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('67) has been appointed ·environmental officer for the Lower Colorado Region by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. He and wife Jan (Johnson) and their two children live in Boulder City, Nev.

1970s

Larry· Cotton ('70) was elected president of the International Management Council's Midland Chapter. Larry is .a computer systems analyst at Union Pacific Railroad.

Bob Desimone ('70) is the new head football coach· and health and physical education teacher at St. Cecilia High School in Hastings, Neb. He returns to Nebraska from Don Bosco Prep ·School in Ramsey, Ij.J. He stopped by to visit the current Bobcat football tea:m when they played at Hastings College early in September.

Donna Lovejoy .('70) is teaching remedial math and reading in Glenwood, Iowa. Donna taught previously in Houston, Tex.

Diana L. Robinson Wohlers ('70) was the subject of a "Teacher Feature" in a spring edition of the Weeping Water Republican. A Nebraska City native .who went to high school in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Diana teaches kindergarten at Weeping Water schools. She also , taught in the Raison (Neb.) school system before coming to Weeping Water in 1972,

Pearl Allgood Rainforth ('70) has been appointed junior high math teacher in Nebraska City. Mrs. Rainforth · lives in Syracuse.

IPaul Johnson ('70) was the subject of a lengthy ·feature in a September issue of the Shenandoah {Iowa) Sentinel. Paul was the only person seeking reelection to the Farragut (Iowa) school board. He is purchasing manager at Eaton Corporation, a position he has held for the past 12 years. He and his wife, the former Marianna Sober ('80) and a third grade teacher in Shenandoah, have two children. Paul is a member of the Peru State. College President's Advisory Council.

David A. Davison ('71) graduated last spring from the FBI National Academy in Quantico, Va. He is an 11-yel').r veteran of the Loveland (Colo.} Police Department, where he and his wife and two daughters reside.

Jon S. Tackleson ('72) finished his Master of Arts degree from Northeast Missouri State University in the field of counseling

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looking Back. •

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following bits of infonnatlon were gleaned from the pages of past issues of the Pedagoglan, the campus newspaper. It is intended to bring back happy memOries of your days at Peru. We hope you enjoy it, and plan to make it a regular feature in the Stater).

10 YEARS AG0-1973

Thirty-three year old Dr. Douglas }>earson became PSC's 2oth president in July Norma L. Diddel, on the art faculty from 1929-66, died earlier that year ... Roxanne Hill picked Billy Jean King and Mkhael Kelly predicted Bobby Riggs to win the tennis "Battle of the Sexes" after 23 years of service to Peru State, Jerome Stemper resigned to enter the insurance business "How the Other Half Loves" was the '73 Homecoming play, directed by Mary Ruth Wllson••.freshman Gary Rosenbeck rushed for 133 yards but Concordia downed the 'Cats 2.8-7 Watergate and the reopening of the Kent State investigation were topics of an October Pedagoglan, Terrie Funkhouser, interviewing folk singer Kent "Lobo" LaVoie, quoted him as saying "In 10 years, Led Zeppelin will be part of a last era and people will still be drawn towards songs like "A Dog Named Boo" .••fall enrollment was 853, down considerably from 975 one year earlier ... Jack Mcintire, 18-year teaching and coaching · veteran at PSC, resigned in November.

20 YEARS AG0-1963

Mike Guilllatt was elected freshman class president a million-dollar expalsion program was announced by President Neal Gomon, inclu:llng a new fine arts building, an addition to Majors residence hall, and an extension to the student union Louie Frit.z, Jim O'Donohue and Frank Grahar.:i spearheaded the Bobcat cross country team Jan Bemmer was the '83 Homecoming Queen•••JoAnn Frerichs was the Pedagoglan editor "Donovan's Reef" starring John Wayne and Dorothy Lamour and "PT 109" with Cliff · Robertson played. at the Pioneer Theater in. Nebraska City•.. Leland Sherwood joined the art faculty the practical arts division, which included the industrial arts, business_ and nome economics departments, led all other divisions in enrollment, division head Dr. C. Vernon Siegner said Judy Hunzeker, Rudy Eichenberger, Winnie Sporer, Tom Aitken, Elaine Gerdes, Ray Ogle, Susan Sharp and Dick Elmore were named to "Who'_s Who" the Varsity registered a M-80 basketball win over the alumni. Jack Rinne and Wendell Wiksell paced the Varsity, while Bob Buettgenbach tallied 30 for the alums.

30YEARSAG0-1953

Marguerite Haugen was named dean of women and head of women's residence halls, while Dr. Gordon Kenyon was picked to head the history department Dee Jarvis took a leave of and Lester Russell began teaching in his absence two Peru Staters began teaching overseas. Dr. C. Dwight Waldo was to lecture at Oxford University in England, while Ruth Stoneman went to the Netherland· · s Charlton Heston and Forrest Tucker starred in "Pony Express" at the Peru Theatre Virginia Ferguson was the '53 Homecoming Queen offensive stars like Bob L&de, Ned Eckman, Ken Clark, Fred Applegate, and Del Stoltenberg helped the Bobcats to an unbeaten season and extended their win string to 21 Ervin R. Pitts was the newest addition to the coaching staff...despite a strong Alµmni basketball team that included All-American Omer Meeker, Bob Davis and· Jack and Tom Hallstrom, the Varsity prevailed 66-66.

40 YEARS AG0-1943

The '43 yearbook, edited by Reuben Fanders, received a first-class rating from the National Press Associationdramatics club president Evelyn Rodgers was aided by vice president Virgie .Lee Johnson, Rebanis Frankforter as secretary, and Bill Woods as treasurer among the new faculty members are Mrs. A.V. Larson and Mrs. L.B. Mathews. Art Ronhovde was a student assistant teacher at the training school. Betty Berger was the Pedagogian editor, assisted by Donna Steffan..•cheerleaders included Verner Nelson, Floyd Honsberger, Mary Belle Dougherty, and Pat Hill Glendora Galloway was the Homecoming· Queen Eunice Bogle was senior class president, while Louise Roettger headed the sophomore class it was reported that Phyllis Parker had five brothers in different branches of the service Peru's first woman fiyer, Isabel Tynon, graduated from the Women's Alrforce Service Pilots' school in Texas, while Pfc. Dean Karr, an instmctor in the flying training command, returned to Texas after a short furlough Lt. Jack Hazelton was - killed in action in Italy grad and fonner assistant coach Jack Mcintire, playing for the Ft. Leavenworth Flyers, tied the game in the final seconds and his team went on to edge the Bobcats in a 41-89 overtime basketball game.

(Photo by Mike Northrup) Lincoln Journal, the Hastings Tribune, and Maverick Media of Syracuse, aU in Nebraska. His wife is the former Arlene Borcher ('67), and she is assistant professor of home economics at PSC.,

Dennis Kennedy ('67), executive vice president of the First Security Bank in Holdrege (Neb.), has been

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This is my first full year as sport information director at Peru State. My goal has been and is to provide all of you readers the best coverage of PSC sports that I possibly can, and to make my services available to you. Bear with me, I'm stlll learning new things all the time, but I enjoy the work and I enjoy covering the .Bobcats in action! So here's to a good year!

SPRING REVIEW

Backing up to spring, the baseball team closed out a highly successful season under first year coach Nick Petrillo ('69). The 'Cats finished 11-14 overall, which included the first Bobcat victory over Kearney State in ten years and a berth in the NAIA District 11 playoffs. 1983 also marked the end of four senior's careers that were the backbone of the team.

The Lady Bobcats softball team was less fortunate ending with a 1-11 overall mark. Coach Maxine Mebus has an ex· tremely young, talented team, and the group is optimistic about th!s spring.

A TRIBUTE TO A GREAT ONE

As many of you may have read, the legendary Al Wheeler was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame. He was quite a man who made· some of ·the greatest accomplishments at the small college level. He gave fans .an exemplary football program and helped make Peru the fine institution it is. He will long be remembered as part of the good 'ole days and the football tradition at Peru State College.•. Not to worry now though, head coach Jay Adcox has the Bobcats headed in the right direction. He's a real fine coach who will get tbingsiturned back around. Stay tuned!

CAN'T STAY AWAY :

Head Lady Bobcat basketball coach James Libal is a fine choice as mentor of thew.omen's squad. I should know, he was my coach for four years at Lewiston High School. I thought.that going to college would solve the problem, but I guess be just couldn't stay away very long. I always was his favorite player!

PLAYOFFS SURE A POSSIBILITY

John Gibbs, third year coach of the men's basketball team, has perhaps his most talented squad. Gibbs returns five players from a 19-13 team that tied for first place in the Nebraska Athletic Conference 'With Kearney State and earned a berth in the District 11 playoffs.

Morris Lieserneyer, Pat Harrison, and Mike Miller were all starters last season while Brian Strother and James Collins return.

Gibbs has a fine group of newcomer,s to replace five valuable seniors. Greg Thomas, a highly recruited forward from Iowa Western J.C., is maybe the finest athlete to step on the courts atPSC. Add to that Tyrone Willis, a deadly outside shooter who Gibbs says is maybe the best he's seen, center Mark Ortmeier, and freshmen Kermy Blue, and the loss of graduation won't be felt long. ·

If the Bobcats jell as a team and play up to their potential, they are destined for great success in 1983-84.

Head coach James Libal takes over a talented group of Lady Bobcats that finished with a disappointing 6-19 record in 1982-83. Not to worry,.Libal is a great fundamental coach who knows how to bring out a players' talent, and the Lady Bobcats have that talent to make 1983-84 a fine year.

Start with the top returning scorers Colleen Chapman, Alice Andersen, both seniors, and Linda Shepard, a super quick junior. All three ranked in the top fifteen in the district, and all were starters last season. Carla Frauen and Georjean Schimke were also starters last season.

Recruiting again could be a key factor this season. Leigh Moss, a &-0 freshman from Burr, is hard for a starting center spot.··BeckY Lane. (freshman, Omaha) and guard Jennifer Kastens of Otoe, a transfer from Platte, will help add depth to the team. Libal also enjoys the largest squad since··the beginning of women's basketball at Peru State.

RUNNING TO SUCCESS

Remember when Peru State used to have a nationallyranked cross country team back in the late 1960's with such runners as Jack Weyers? Well coach Dennis ·Obermeyer, ('70) hasn't equalled that quality yet, but he has a good start on the course back. Obermeyer will rely heavily on freshmen Brian Bradley, Tony Markey, and Brad Miller to build a strong team around. The women can count on sisters Cheryl and Nancy Corey, quallfie1s for the national Marathon last year, and Jodi Parnell.

All in all, the Bobcats aren't ready yet to challenge the top District 11 teams such as Kearney State, but definite strides have been taken.

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Alum.ni run results

The fourth annual Homecoming alumni cross country run was staged in the hills of Peru on Saturday, Oct. 8, with the current Bobcat cross country team, former PSC running stars and "fun runners" taking part.

Verissa Ruenholl {'82) was the women's alumni division winner, covering the hilly three-mile course in 31:25.

Tim Hendricks {'72), the

former Bobcat running star, showed he still has the stuff as he took the men's alum.qi division first-place award. The 37-year-old Hendricks ran the grueling five-mile course in 28:52.

Dennis Brady ('75) and Tom Banks ('78) won prizes for competing in all four alumni runs, while Banks took the award. for traveling the farthest, 237 miles from his Sioux Falls, S.D. home.

Netters record-setters

The 1983 volleyball season at Peru State College turned out to be a successful one. as the Lady Bobcats finished with an overall record of 24-17-3. Head coach Maxine Mebus produced a winning season with only three upperclassmen and a fine .group of recruits.

Senior tri-captains Missy Trujillo and carla Frauen provided leadership throughout the year.

Trujillo, a native of Ogallala, was the top server on the team. converting 368 of 372 attempts (98.9 percent), including a PSC record of 353 straight without an error. Frauen (Lincoln) was consistently

one of the better servers and hitters on the team, · earning her honorable mention All-Nebraska College Conference honors. Mebus received good play from three sophomores this season. Bonnie Mick of Hampton, was one of the top net players as she earned second team all-conference honors this season. Michelle Workman, a Plattsmouth native, was a fine defensive . specialist and i:tn excellent server (94.7 percent). Connie Pulse, a Lincoln High grad, likewise was a fine defensive specialist. The top newcomers to the

·and

Downing (Seward). earned first team "all-conference honors in her freshman year at PSC, while Schroeder (Liberty)

earned honorable mention all-conference.

The Lady Bobcats also set a school single season mark for the most wins with their 24 victories this year.

Tough schedule tests football squad

With the close of the 1983 football season · ap· proaching, the Peru State Bobcats own a 3-5 overall record under first year coach Jay Adcox.

The Bobcats started 1983 by winning two out of their first three games, but fell into a four-game .losing streak. The •cats had a tough schedule which included five away games and only three at home, plus the annual Applejack Bowl in Nebraska City.

The Bobcats opened on the road at Crete, Neb., with a 10-7 victory over Doane College. Doane opened the scoring on a 79 yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, but Bobcat Jeff George scored on a two yard run to.tie the score at· M.

Rick Reigert, a sophomore kicker, converted the winning field goal in the fourth quarter giving the Bobcats the win. Individually George rushed 34 times for 133 yards and one touchdown.

Week number two saw the 'Cats travel to Hastings to meet the always tough Broncos. The Bobcats were without the services of quarterback Mark Sievers,

who sustained an injury in the opening game. The Bronco defense allowed the 'Cats just 11 yards in the air, in earning a 12-0 shutout. Individually, Jeff George continued his rushing success as he carried the ball for 130 yards.

Sept. 17 marked the 15th annual Applejack Bowl between rival Tarkio (Mo.) College and. the BobcatS.

Mark Sievers returned to action and was named the "Offensive Player of the Game." The Lincoln senior threw for 213 yards and one. touchdown in leading the Bobcats to a 22-13 victory.

Split end Barlow caught a season high nine passes in the game and running back Jeff George rushed for 122 yards and one touchdown.

The fourth week (Sept. 24) was the home opener for the Bobcats as they hosted Concordia College of Seward. The Bulldogs had been rated as high as ninth in the national NAIA polls.

Rick Reigert's 35-yard field goal gave the Bobcats a 3-0 lead at halftime. Concor<fia runnini:! back

Cleve Wester broke for touchdown runs.of 71 and 66 yards in ·the second half enabling the Bulldogs to come away with a 16-6 victory.

The Bobcats again took to the road as they played at nationally-ranked Benedictine College of Atchison, Kan., on Oct. 1. Terry Armer's 35 yard field goal was the only scoring in the first half as Benedictine led 3-0.

A pair of Raven passes in the second half preserved the hosts' victory 16-0, marking the second shutout on the Bobcats this season.

Oct. 8 marked the week of Homecoming, as the Bobcats were again to host a nationally ranked NAIA team. Northwestern of Iowa, which is currently ranked first in the nation, invaded the Oak Bowl with one of small sollege's most potent offenses.

All-America quarterback Lee McKinstrey led Northwestern to a 45-0 lead at halftime, and wound up winning 51-7. Sophomore quarterback Mike Moore had the only Peru score as

he scampered in from 26 yards in the fourth quarter. The Bobcats made their next road trip the longest as they traveled to Chadron to play the. Eagles. Chadron was previously ranked as high as ninth in the NAIA, and at one time boasted the nation's best scoring defense.

Eagle running back Jeff Roggasch gained 146 yards and scored three touchdowns, as Chadron defeated Peru 30-14. That marked the fourth straight loss for the Bobcats, and the fourth straight to Chadron.

The Bobcats broke that losing streak as they defeated Westmar College of LeMars, Iowa 20-8 on Oct. 29. The Florida backfield tandem of Jeff George and fullback David Pasley combined for 234 yards and three touchdowns, and the Bobcats' secondary plus an aggressive pass rush, limited Weatmar to 21 yards passing in the game.

The Bobcats ended the season on Nov. 5 as they hosted the Huron College (S.D.) Tribe in the Oak Bowl.

James Libal, who attended summer school at from 1962-65 but earned his degree elsewhere, is the ne1 head coach of the Lady Bobcat basketball program.

(Photo by Mike Northru11 team were Anita Downing

Sue Schroeder.

London tour open to alumni

Peru State College is now accepting registrations for its London tour, scheduled to take place next June 520, according to Dr. Charles Harper, associate professor of speech and drama.

Dr. ·Harper, also tour director for the event, said the 16 day, 15 night tour will cost approximately $1395 per person. This will include roundtrip airfare to London, two nights at private guest houses in

Stratford, 13 nights at the Royal National Hotel in London, a continental breakfast each morning, guided tours of the west end of London, and ticJrets to a performance the Royal Shakespearean Company.

The tour price does not cover passport fees, lunch and dinner, personal and baggage insurance, car rental and admissions and tours other than the West End Tour of London.

According to Dr. Harper, St. Paul's Cathedral, ·the ·Houses of Parliament, Big Ben, the British Museum, and Westminster Hall are all available to · tourists with no admission fee.

The London Adventure Tour is being presented by the Continuing Education division at PSC. For more information contact the Office of Continuing Education, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 68421, or call (402) 872-3815.

PSC hooks up with Elderhostel

PERU - Recently Peru State College became involved in the Elderhostel program, according. to Robert Baker, dean of continuing education at PSC.

Elderhostel is an international program which allows senior citizens and their spouses to spend a. week participating in activities and ·classes on college campuses all over

the world.

The Elderhostel program is designed to provide educational opportunities as well as a social outlet, Baker said. It gives senior citizens a chance to travel, meet old friends, and make new ones.

Elderbostelalso provides the students on campus with an opportunity to mingle with the older generation - a

learning experience for all.

According to Baker, PSC has completed two successful sessions of Elderhostel and a third is planned for the week of April 22nd - 28th 1984.

The spring Elderhostel will consist of historical tours of the area and courses in managing money, Nebraska and literature, and agriculture in the eighties.

The 1984 fee for Elde.rhostel is $190 per person. This includes course registration, room and board, and transportation to and from the tours; ·

Rocky Mountain Assoc. gathers in Denver

By WILLIAM FANKHAUSER, '42

Remember the fun and friendships during your days at Peru State?

, Remember those walks up cemetery hill? Those hilarious times in Mt. Vernon, Delzell or Morgan Halls? Those cold fall days in the Oak Bowl, or cozy winter nights watching basketball games?

Remember those favorite classmates and teachers?

WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?

If you don't know, maybe we can help. Send us the name or names (married names if possible) of your long·lost pals, roommates and teammates. If we know where they are, we'll send you 1heir address - in time to surprise them with a Chrlstmas card! ·

"FIN

"We are pleased to be a part of the Elderhostel program and will continue to participate in. this program," said Bake Peru state is lookh. forward to seeing man)' alumni in the spring. For more information about the Efderhostel program, contact Robert Baker in the Continuing Education department, Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska 68421, or call (402) 872-3815. Nebraska residents call toll free 800-742-4412, while outof-state residents can call 800-228-8811.

The annual meeting of the R-0cky Mountain Chapter of the Peru Alumni Association was called to order Sept. 24 by the presidentRev. Tod Hubbell who welcomed those present at the Wellshire Inn in Denver.

Thifty-eight alwnni and guests were in attendance. Dr. and Mrs. Gallentine and Mr. and Mrs, Kent Propst represented the college.

The president reported the classes which were present and the. number of people in attendance from each class. The class of 1930 had the most members present.

The minutes of the Oct. 9, 1982 meeting were read and approved. A report was given concerning the illness of Frank Koerner

and a notebook was circulated for everyone· to write a message to him i! they so desired.

Dr. Gallentine reported that the renaming of the Oak Bowl was proceeding slowly, that the proposed name would be the .Al, Wheeler Oak Bowl, and since Peru is a state college that the renaming would have. to be enacted by the legislature.

Dean Karr was nominated as president elect and Art Majors as secretary-treasurer. They were elected by unanimous ballot.

Sept. 29, 1984 was selected as the next meeting date and it was suggested that the Wellshire Inn again be the location.

Letters were read from some of the alulnni that were notable to be present.

Those who were present introduced themselves and if they desired made· appropriate remarks.

Dr. Gallentine addressed the group regarding the progress on the· campus, emphasized the increased student registration, and projected increased enrolhnent for the coming year.

Kent Propst showed a movie of Peru taken in 1928 to 1930. It proved to be most interesting and entertaining with some familiar faces. More recent slides were also shown and narrated by Dr. Gallentine and Kent Propst. Propst also distributed .an aluumni examination and after several minutes to answer the questions, he supplied the correct answers.

The meeting was closed by. singing the Peru Color Song.

Davidson scholarship established at PSC

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field · in California. She "retired" for the second time in the mid-60's.

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Please send me the address of the following Peru State grads, if avai.lable: (please Include year gradu-ated). , Send

So Lois, who had rented a room in Miss Davidson's home during her years in Peru,, returned the favor by inviting Phyllis to aoin her in ·California. Miss ·Davidson·. was .skeptfoal about leaving Peru.

"After considerable thought and anguish, she agreed," Dr. Christensen said. Miss Davidson remained with Dr. Christensen for the rest of her days.

A .partial recovery from her illness allowed Miss Davidson to enjoy. a short career in the real estate

Meanwhile, Miss Davidson's ties to Peru remained strong. She returned to <>n se•aI ·one of which was the. silver an-niversarf of the anntial PAC Invitational High School Volleyball tourney, which she had initiated in 1946.

Phyllis made her last visit .to her beloved Peru State in the summer of 1981. Dr. Christensen noted that "She wanted to see the new gym {HPER Center);" the college's two million

dollar health and physical education facility.

Miss now. She will probably be remembered as the person who did more for women's: phys ed and· athletics at Peta State than any. other.

.... Now, ·thanks .. 1to · Lois Miss Davidson's naine ·will be 'recalled every year at Peru State. For some fortunate

· Peru State student will be able to say, "I received the Phyllis Davidson Memorial Scholarship."

EDITOR'S NOTE:

Persons wishing to add to the Davidson Memorial Scholarship ,are asked to ·.• Serid their• tax-deductible check t-0: The Peru AChievement Foundation, Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421.

Tangeman. featured

Former PSC president Larry Tangeman was the featured speaker ·at a dedication ceremony for the Reta King Library .at

Chadron State College this fall. Dr. Tangeman, who served PSC from 1977-82, is now farming at Chambers, Neb.

Robe.rt Moore, the former professor of English and speech from 1937-70, makes a point to Arthur Majors ('51) during the annual Rocky Mountain.Alumni Association meeting in Denver in September. The next RMAA meeting will be Sept 29, 1984 at Denver's Wellshire Inn.

(Photo by Kent Propst)

1980s

Lonnie Bane {'80} has been promoted to labor relations manager for the Indiana Frito-Lay Traffic Distribution System, the Frito-Lay Manufacturing Processing facility in Frankfort (Ind.), and the Frito-Lay Manufacturing Processing facility in Indianapolis (Ind.). A native of Nebraska City,, Lonnie and his wife Darla and their daughter live in Frankfort.

Keith Rippe {'81), music instructor at DawsonVerdon (Neb.) High for the past two years, has taken a position as vocal music director at Hiawatha (Kan.) High School and at Robinson Middle School in Hiawatha.

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(continued from page 5) and guidance this fall. He is teaching business at Notre Dame High School in Burlington, Iowa, where he resides.

Kennard Larson ('72), instructor of industrial arts at Peru·State, is·taking a sabbatical leave of absence this academic year to pursue his doctorate at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

Priscilla N. Miyoshi ('72) has been appointed home economist for Tony's Pizza Service in Salina, Kan. Prior to that appointment she had been with the Corporation in Nebraska City and taught home economics in that community.

Susan K. Hanley ('72) has taken her talents to St. · Louis, Mo., where she is. now Manager of Product P9blicity for Banquet Foods Corporation. Susan was formerly a com-

(YJ8ddings

Sandra Grate ('82) and Alan Urwin ('82) were married in October in Omaha. Urwin, captain of the Bobcat football team for two years, is a manager for American Parts Systems in Des Moines, Iowa; lives.·

John teten ('82) and Vicky McDougle were manied in September in Nebraska City. John is a health and physics technician at the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brownville, Neb. They are living in Auburn. 1

Deborah Dageforde atid Mark Craig {'83) were married in June in Fairbury. The bride is a student at PSC. Mark is employed

munications specialist for the C8mpbell Soup Co., · Camden, N.J.

Steve Lawson {'74) is the new superintendent of the Gresham Public School system. A native of Elmwood, Neb., he has been a teacher and elementary school principal at Mead, Neb. for the past nine. years. His wife Kay ('74), who taught business in Gretna prior to the move, will serve as a substitute teacher in the Gresham schools while raising their three children.

Jim Wolken ('74) and his wife Sh.erry are the proud parents of young Mathew Ryan Wolken. Jim has taken the job of Relief Telegrapher and Base Agent for the Union Pacific Railroad and works out of Colby, Kan.

Ario Wusk ('76) is the new history teacher at Sterling. (Neb.) High School. A Sterling native and former Peru State football player, Ario has

(Photo by Mike Northrup) been engaged in farming since graduation. He and his wife Barbara have two sons.

Carol Tynon Hayhurst ('70 is the new intramural director at Peru State. Carol, the mother of four, is a native of Peru and now lives in Nebraska City. She has already instituted a nUIJ1ber of activities for PsC students.

Bill Cole {'76) has been promoted to branch manager of Midwest Federal Savings and Loan's -Nebraska City office. The Nebraska City native had been branch manager of Midwest Federal's Falls City (Neb.) office

Dennis ,J. Carroll ('78) was awarded a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant ,last spring. Dehnis is employed by Larsen, Schroeder and Associate, P .C., in Grand Island (Neb.)., He and his wife Diane have a twoyear-old datmhter.

Kathi Vanderford ('81) received several awards from Pizza Hut for her outstanding performance in the managerial and supervisory fields, according to Dave Curnutt, president of Pizza Hut. She was honored as the midwestern region's "Pizza Hut Manager of the Year,'' and her Fairbury restaurant was recognized as the best run .area Hut.

Mike Victor ('81) recently enlisted for one year in the Auburn unit of the Nebraska National Guard. Mike is married and the father of two and presently lives in Auburn.

Lori Stortenbecker ('81), vocal music teacher in the Nishna Valley (Iowa) Community Schools, was a candidate for the title of "Miss Nishna Valley" last spring. She plans to pursue her master's degree in music education.

Mark Johnson ('80) has been appointed head football coach at Malvern (Iowa) High. The former Bobcat gridder and cocaptain had been assistant coach at Malvern, where he and his wife Susie live.

Eleanor Preston {'82) has been appointed ad, ministrator of the Heritage of Red Cloud (Neb.) nursing home. She had been employed by the Heritage of Fairbury (Neb.) for five years.

Ginny Aufenkamp Novell ('82) is the new business teacher at Douglas (Neb.) Community School. husband Del C'80) is an industrial arts teacher and a coach in the Auburn public school system. Del and Ginny and their son Adam live in Auburn.

Wendy Groves ('82) has been hired as a special education instructor in the Wolbach (Neb.) school system. She had been teaching at the Peru day care center.

Laurie J. Graham ('83) is the new kindergarten teacher at the Peru elementary school, replacing the retired Maryon Adams {'59). A native of Malvern, Iowa, Laurie is the only new teacher in the Auburn school system.

Tony Nebelsick {'83) ,is the vocal and instnimental teacher for grades K·12 at Bladen (Neb.). Tony, who hails from Nebraska City, brought his Bladen High marching oond to Peru for, the PSC Homecoming on Oct. 8, and in return invited Marching Bobcat Band to Bladen for a perfonnance later that month.

Patricia Beckman {'83) recently placed ninth in the nation in the economics competition at the annual Phi Beta Lambda National Leadershi}> Conference in

San Franciscl', Calif.

Philip Hall {'83) is the new science teacher, assistant football coach and assistant girls basketball coach at ·Elk Creek (Neb.) High.

Kimberly Grinstead {'83) has been hired as a sI>ecial education instructor at Ashland-Greenwood (Neb.) schools. A former Lady Bobcat basketball player, she was an assistant girls varsity basketball coach while she was student teaching at Papillion (Neb.).

Jeff Smith ('83) is the elementary physical education and drivers education teacher and a coach at Pawnee City (Neb.) schools. A Lincoln native, Jeff was a basketball and baseball standout at Peru State. His wife, the former Robin Nelson ('83), has been serving as an admissions counselor for Peru State this fall.

Chris Hutt {'83) is the physical education (7-12) and drivers education teacher and head boys basketball and assistant football coach at the Spalding (Neb.) Public Schools. Chris was a Bobcat baseball all-star.

Carla. Hinkle {'83) is the new resource teacher at the Cambridge (Neb.) school system.

Beth Propst ('82) has been hired as an admissions counselor at Peru State College. She taught for one year at Waverly (Neb.) before returning to her alma mater in July.

Wanted: 'Lost' Alumni-1923

Albine, Beaula (Hansen) Boesen, Mildred (Wilkins) Hild, Lyndia A. (Hansen) Larson, Hettie (Wheeldon) McDaniel, Bernice F. (Parkinson) McDaniel, Ross Meents, Henry C.

Morford, Alfred M. Pitney. Zella M. (Chaplin) Pomeroy, Dean Schafer, Ruby A. (Thomp· son) Vance, Robert L · Yates, Thelma (Hague) Young, Anna M. (Nelson)

oy Fairbury Pipe and Supply, and they live in Fairbury.

Mary Gail Beccard. {'81) and Nile W. Farris were married in August in Nebraska City. They live in Omaha.

Brenda Wilkinson {'82) and Scott Schaefer {'80) were married.· this sumBrenda was a member of the PSC women's basketball squad, while Scott was an assistant coach on the men's teams. , They are living and working · in Waco, Tex.

Linda Grotrian ('83) and Stan Post were married in April near Johnson.

Kathleen H. Mclarty ('72) and Wayne D. Matherly were married

last spring. They live in Hermost Beach, Calif., where he works at the Santa Monica Evening Outlook newspaper.

Stacy Applegate ('79) and Barbara Brim were married in. July. Stacy is employed by :Pankonin, Inc. in Louisville. Neb.

Sherry Biere ('82) and Ronald H. Heskett were married in September in Auburn. She is .the city clerk in Auburn, and they live near Nemaha.

Mark Johnson ('80) and Susie Burdic were manied in July jn Omaha. The former Bobcat football captain is head football coach at Malvern, Iowa.

Susan Kay Henrickson ('78) and Craig D. Dallegge ('75) were married in

September. They are currently living in Hampton.

Thomas A. Wooten ('80) and Denise Yates were married in Apr'.J. Both work in Beatrice, where they are living.

Angela Marie Gress ('83) and Patrick Sheldon were married in AugUSt. They live in Percival; Iowa.

Jitn E. Hambright {'77) and Beverly Forney were married in June and are living in Council Bluffs.

Cindy L. Platenga ('82) and Timothy A. Hoffman were married in August. Cindy teaches at Peru State and Tim is a PSC student and a member of the Bobcat baseball sguads of the past couple of years. They live in Peru.

Kent Propst {'81) and Becki Young ('80) were married in August at Seward, Neb. He is director of college advancement at Peru State, while Becki is a loan officer at the Carson National Bank in Auburn. They live in Peru.

Robert Michael Little ('78) and Sue Marie Plugge were manied in July in Ralston. Sue is an elementary teacher in Nebraska City, while Bob teaches junior high art in Nebraska City, where they live.

Michael B. Dorn and Sandra R. Johnson were married in November in Shickley. Mike is a former Bobcat football player and Sandra attended PSC.

JHomecoming '84

The date of the 1984 Homecoming, Peru State's 62nd annual celebration, has been announced by PSC President Jerry Gallentine. Alumni are asked to mark Oct. 13, 1984 on their calendars. More information regarding Homecoming activities will be sent in the latter part of next summer.

Any special groups (classes, clubs, athletic teams, etc.) that might be interested in reuniting at that time are encouraged to contact Kent Propst in the alumni office. Propst will assist with efforts to locate members' addresses and other details.

The '83 Bobcat football coaching staff of (from left) Dennis Obermeyer, '70; head coach Jay Adcox; Wayne Davidson; and Nick Petrillo, '69, have been guiding a promising young Bobcat squad through a rugged '83 season that included .inst three home contests.

Honored classes 1984 Homecoming plans underway

The Classes of 1944, 1954, 1959, 1964 and 1974 will be honored at the 1984 Homecoming celebration at Peru State, according to PSC President Jerry Gallentine.

Homecoming 1984 is set. for the weekend of Oct. lZ. 13 on the Campus of a Thousand Oaks.

Dr. Gallentine exteild.S an invitation to all alums to attend the 62nd annual·

celebration at PSC, but ' encourages honored class members in particular to make art· effort to return.

Additional information will be·· sent to honored class members later this summer, he added. In the meantime, honored Class members are encouraged to contact each other and make plans to meet in Peru in October._

'84

Published by Peru State College·

· "<:ampus of a tho-usand oaks"

·May reunion to recognize Classes of 1934 and earlier

The first of two alumni Fewer activities are will feature the 1984 reunions on the Peru State scheduled around com- recipients of Peru State campus -. this one for: the mencement and the week- Co 11 e g e ' s · an nu a I members of the Class of end is slower-paced, "Distinguished Service" and earlier c!88ses - The May reunion kicks award, given ·.to · wilrhe held on Fnday and off with a 7 p.m. dinner, standing alumm .or mSaturday, .11-12. compliments of the co1lege, who, l.l,18de ·. TJlEl reumon is set to .coin· .· in the Student Center's significant. contributions to

· Pel'll:·State<Coll.ege, /

Peru State, according. to tlirie to reminisce look ., end with ·annu'!l 1 eoniPresident Jerry .Gallen- through· annuals, a mencement exerctSes at 2 tine. movie of the campus made p.m.. !n the college Health,

The second ,reunion in the late 1920,8, and Physical .Education and that for the Classes of 1944, generally reflect on their Re c_re a ti on ( HPE R) 1959, and 1974 - days at the college in Peru. Center. will be held m the fall to · Information regarding coincide with annual Saturday morning's · the fall reuni<>n for the Homecoming activities. .highlight will be an auto Classes of '44, '54, '59, '64 That date is October 13, Dr. tour of Peru and the college and '74 will be mailed later Gallentine noted. with Kent Propst ('81), this summer. However,

The two reunions were alumpi affairs director. alumni who wish t<> contact separated for a number of The tour will inelude a other classma\tes early in reasons. College officials driye to River," road order to arrange their own felt the Homecoming and weather conditions "reunion" for ·Home. reunions are larger and permitting. coming can contact Propst busier and thus more at- A noon luncheon, once at the college for addresses ·tractiye to later graduates. again compliments of PSC, and <>ther information.

PSC develops ag program

Nebraska's. primary industry, agriculture, may not be new to the state.

However, deveiopment of an agriculture-related program is new to Nebraska's oldest college, Peru State ·College, according to PSC President Jerry Gallentine.

'Dick Tracy' creator on campus

Dr., Leland Sherwood ('57) gave a few artistic "tips" to 1983 Pulitzer Prizewinning editorial cartoonist Dick Locher (right). during· Locher's January appearance at Peru State. Locher, who was invited by fell ow editorial cartoonist and PSC art teacher Paul Fell ('67), presented a pair of seminars for area artists d-:.1ring his visit. In addition to his editorial cartooning for the Chicago Tribune, Locher spoke on comic strips and syndication. Locher now draws .the comic strip "Dlck Tracy" as well as the nationally.;syndicated "Clout Street"' strip.

(Photo by Mike Northrup)

Peru State College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have signed an agreement providing 4or an agricultural transfer program unique to the State of Nebraska, and Peru State is right now offering agri, courses. ·

The concept developed in

the Fall of 1982, when two sur\reys done in SQUtheast Nebraska identified an ag program as a pressing need in the area and as something Southeast Nebraskans would like to 8ee at Peru State College.

Peru State College then initiated discussion with Dr. Ted Hartung, dean of the UN-L College of Agriculture, about possible development of. a cooperative program in agriculture at PSC;,

Dr. Hartung sent a representative to the ·Campus of a Thousand Oaks last February to discuss the· propo!!Ql, and the result

was a request from UN-L that Peru State draft a plar. mapping out relating to the ag program. PSC representative} visited UN-I. last June for a tour of their agriculture facilities and more discussi0n about the cooperative agreement, called a 0 Gener'al Agricultural Comprehension Transfer Program."

Based on the June visit to ·UN-L, a memorandwn of agreement was signed by both Peru State and UN·L and later voted on and approved by the Board of

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by kenl /lllJ/I/ lll11mnl t11hlr1

NEVER BETTER

Alumni, it's, a grand time at our ahna mater.

I

Whlle 1 won't presume to tell you things have never been '>etter here at Nebraska's oldest (and fastest.growing) college, because there have been many, many fine moments m of this institution, our alma mater is ex· penencmg great successes. ·

Much of the cause for celebration is, of. course due to our recent surge in enrollment. Studies tell us should be declining due to the shrinking number of high school graduates.

LOTS OF HARD WORK

But here we are, setting school enrollment records enjoying a 45 percent growth in the past two years. · '

Many colleges (including some of the state's bigger ones) have asked us "How do you do it?" · ·

Our president, Jerry Gallentine, has brotight a number of innovations to campus that have helped pave the way for' growth.

And there has been a lot of hard work. By fellow alumni like Joy,, dean of and his staff mcluding premier recrmters-adm1ss10ns reps Chuck Reed Beth Propst and Robin Smith. I'd hate to have to recruit them.

Hard work by our faculty, which has been asked to do much, much more with less in the past couple of years. (Our enrollment growth has been accomplished with virtually the same and staff size .as three years ago; we're educatmg .hundreds more with the same people and dollars as 1980-81)

alumni take note

Alumni living in Colorado, Western Nebraska and Wyoming are reminded that the date of the next Rocky Mountain Alumni Association meeting has already been established.

The 1984 RMAA meeting will be held on Saturday, Sept. 29. Jn all. likelihood it will once again be held at the Wellshire Inn in Denver.

Alumni are asked to mark their calendars accordingly: Nearly 40 attended last year's gatherings.

Bill Fankhauser, '42, is serving as 1984 president of ·the RMAA. Inquiries regarding the gathering can be directed to him at his home at 2653 Monterey Drive, Sidney, Neb., 69162, or to Kent .Propst at Peru State College.

Everybody has had a hand in it. It's not been easy. More information about ALUMNI SUPPORT the. gathering be Many alumni have played their part in our success story, ma!led to m that too The most obvious way is by donations to the Peru region later this summer.

motley to deserving students. .•,,w,···

· Others have directed students our way, That is a task we

P·SC now toll f·ree

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• can all .a hand in. If have a child, a ni,ece or nephew or grandchild, or a student m your class who is seeking an Per1;1 State College relatives and· friends who education, direct him or her our way. · · now have access to might be interested.in PSC

With the implementation of our nationwide toll-free phone · their alma mater through or who would like to numbers (except in Hawaii and Ala£ka as our friends Anne in-state and n.ationwide toll receive admissions Epley Hill and Maybelle Gorder in have discovered), free phone numbers, ac- materials are .to call studen.ts can call us requesting information without ·a <'._Ording to Je;ry Gallen· the Office of Admissions at comrruttment of any kind. We'll send t:llem all the in· tine, PSC president. Peru State. formation they need to help them discover Peru state. of address, For Nebraska residents, NO APOLOGIES weddings, engagements, or the toll free number is 800I must return to the subject of donations for a moment. other. news items Cifil now 742-4412. Outside of Unlike larger schools, we don't have a fund be phoned in to the alumni Nebraska the number is raiser. We rely on volunteers and letter campaigns and on office at PSC, Dr. 800-742-4412. Persons the initiative of alumni and friends for our donations. Gallentine noted. calling the alumni office

How often have you heard (or said), "Afl fever get from Hefurtherrequested that can askforEstb.er Doiel or them is a request for donations?" alums use the toll-free Kent Propst, while anyone

Fact is, we don't do it often Unless you live in Southwest numbers to aid in the with ·a student referral Iowa, Lincoln or Omaha and surrounding areas, it's been college recruiting efforts. should ask for the adsome time since you've heard from us. Names (and addresses) of missfons office.

In the past, we've been rather timid about soliciting nonstate funding from alumni and friends. Downright apologetic at times.

No more. We make no apologies. Alumni have certain rights and privileges (admittedly less visible since the departure of the inimitable Don Carlisie) ; by the same token, we feel we have the right to ask for alumni support. THANKS

It's fun to be working for our alma mater, particularly ·when things are going so well ,for Peru State.

In many jobs one only hears the gripes; in my case, I usually hear tales of the "go(ld.ol' days," or of.how great a job we're doing.

Earlier I said this college hasn't "taken care of" its alums too well since the days of the beloved Don Carlisle (a man I never. met, and I regret that deeply).

Keep sending me those articles pictures. If you i;tre "in ·the area, stop by and see me. Share your experiences and memories with me.

No matter where you are, h.ow long you've been gone, or whether this place was called a.Normal School or a Teacher's College when you went here, it is still YOUR college. The band still plays the color song, the hills. are every bit as 1gorgeous; the riv;er,sti:ll rolls11 by. ·

Mus.ic alums mee.t; off ice rs selected

The Peru State College Music Alumni Association held its anilual fall meeting last November durl,ng the Nebraska Music Educators Convention Clinic in Kearney.

the organization's scholarship is Tammy Tyson, a PSC ·music major from Hastings who was. in Kearney for the Convention Clinic and was on hand to receive tllt. award.

Elected to serve as the group's officers for this Graduates of Peru State year were Dianne Rees who are interested in the Lahman ('76) of Wilber PSC Music Alumni president; Peggy BiaggI · Association can contact ('80, Hampton.,, vice Di_anne Lahman (Box 231, president; Danny Ehmke Wilber, Neb. 68465) for ('78>> Seward, .secretaif; more infonnation. and .Tom Osborne {'70J, I>uesofonly$10.peryear \uburn,·tr.easurer. . . . . cm;ibe.sentto·T.omQsborne

The .1983-84 recipient of, ·.·1 • (Rt.

Ag program new to PSC

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Trustees of the Nebraska State College's (PSC's governing body) and the Board of Regents CUN-Vs governing body).

Under· the agreement, students spend their first three to four semesters studying at Peru State. At the end of their sophomore or start of their junior year, the students spend a · "visiting semester" at UN· li sampling the coursework and lifestyle.

program. Dr. LeonWalk:er has been hired by the college to teach some of the basic ag courses.

The Peru Stater

At the conclusion of"this is the official alumni u n i q u e ' ' \d s it i n g publication of Peru State • semester,"· students can College. The Peru Stater is complete their degree published three times requirements at UN-L or yearly. they can return to Peru EDITOR Kent Propst State to finish their degree. ASSISTANT E.sther Doiel D G II tin ted th t .SPORTS••••••.••••••.• Vince Henzel r. a en .!'! no a PHOTOGRAPHER Mike Northrup the transfer agreement ARTIST.. • Doug Hutson "provides for a smooth PSC PRESIDENT•• '. Jerry Gallentine t "t' f p State PSC VICE PRESIDENT. Clyde Barrell rans1 ion rom eru · DEAN oF to the UN-L College of STUDENT AFFAIRS Jerry Joy Agriculture " DEAN OF ' BUSINESS AFFAIRS, .••. Ken Blllups

He added that the agree- DIVISION HEADS·Applied Arts·Lester ment calls for joint advise- Russell; Busines$.Oon Jacobs; Edu· .ment of the student's cation·Esther Divney; Humanities·Le• land Sherwood; Natural Science· acadeitllC progress by both Dave Pippert; Physical Education· Peru State and the Wayne Davidson. University of Nebraska no The Pes:u Stater requests changes of address and news notes from its later ·than 1987. alumnl.Write to The Peru Stater, Peru Peru· State. has already st.ateCollege,Peru,Nebra11ka68421; taken the first steps> ..•or call 742·4412 •.·. ..,-.-·.-·-.'ti.•"'.·..r · ·i.."'·.· · (ln'Mebraska),or(BOO) 228·8811 {out of , state)

'in February destroyed what is called "Tire REAL Home of the Bobcats,"the Little Acorn Bar and It was previously Duffy's Inn.

(Photo by Mike

1900s

The. Stater was given a letter from Stella M. Harriss ('08) directed to President Jerry Gallentine in which Stella reported she reached her lOOth birthday last December. A former chemistry professor af Kansas State , University (for 36 years) i until retiring in 1954, she. I wishes all attendants at the

May reunion a "joyous" · time.

Hazel Marshall Cook ('16), in response to our invitation. to the May reunion, writes from her home in SanJose, Calif.: "How I'd love to attend." She said over 100 guests came to see her on her 90th birthday party last June. "I was in some classes with Laverne Mathews ('15) '', she writes.

Helen Parker Hanika ('17), who lives in Falls City but cannot attend the. reunion due to health problems, notes "I am 87 and tire easily. But I still Jove Peru and wish you well." She plans a visit to Peru State sometime this summer.

Opal Rice Johnston ('10) writes from her home in La Jolla, Calif. (in flawless penmanship, the Stater · adds) that she too cannot attend the May reunion but is "93 years young and feel wonderful. Ethel Rae Robinson ('10) and I still correspond. We write about our wonderful college days in Peru. Peru was always a beautiful town, and I think turned out the best teachers and professors in the world."

Beulah Nedrow Patterson ('18) of Falls City writes, "I doubt if many of my friends are about these days, and doubt if many remember those years. If so, would be happy to hear from them." (Her address: Ketter Manor Nursing

Home, Falls City, Neb. 683.55. She might be surprised at the number who remember).

1920s

Bessie M. Schimpff ('20) wrote to the Peru Stater that she enjoyed the last edition, even though she only recognized one name, Mamie Mutz. She recalled her days in Mt. Vernon Hall and in Dr. House's English classes. Bessie is 88, retired, and living in Red Oak, Iowa

Edith Wortman Fisch· bach {'22) wrote to PSC's Kent Propst with a request for the addresses of several friends last fall. The former Oklahoman now lives in Rapid City, S.D., and wonders where her classmates are today.

1928 grads Joseph and Johanna Zabel Jones. both. penned notes to I;>SC regarding the May reunion. Joe said "It's hard to turn down free meals, even harder to forego the opportunity of seeing old friends, but I'm afraid we can't make it this time."

He is a retired. English professor (University of Texas, Austin). Johanna n_otes "I'm pleased to hear PSC is flourishing. Happy reunion!"

Dr. Mark Delzell ('25} sends his regrets as he ).)?Ck for the May. reuniorl di.le to a prior commitment in Vermillion, S.D., but wishes his best to the Class of '25.

Yola M. Lamb ('24), a year teaching veteran now retired and living in Palmyra, cahnotattend the reunion, either. "May it be a happy and successful reunion!", she writes.

Grace Grant Merrick ('21) now a resident of Tucson, Ariz., "would love to. hear from any of the atteru:lants of my years."

(Her address: 8750 E. Cooper, Tucson, Ariz 85710).

1930s

Musa Wagoner Malde ('38) sent a note in December with a newspaper clipping about her visit to Paris, along with her husband ·· Roland, to visit their daughter and son-in-law. During a "cruise ·d<>wn the Seine," according to the article in the Bremerton (Wash.) Sun; the Maldes were embroiled in a riot between fully-armed French police and students rioting to protest "educational changes" in that country.

Musa said, "We had a wonderful visit and really came to like Paris, in spite of" the altercation.

Robert and Mildred Knoflicek Weber ('39} recently moved back to Nebraska (Shubert) from their home in Staten N.Y; Bob, who

recently retired after 41 years with the Boy Scouts of America, and Mildred, a secretary with the American Bureau of Shipping, stopped by PSC and toured the campus with Kent Propst, PSC alumni affairs director.

"Bob was particularly interested in the theater," Kent reports; "I think he said that is where Mildred first caught his eye." PSC drama profs Dr. Royal Eckert and Dr. Charles Harper took ti:ine from their work on the set of the production of Gershwin's "Girl Crazy" to visit with the Webers.,

Inez Pettinger Warren ('34) is seeking the address of her friend Rachel Albright Berg ('35). Can anybody help locate Rachel? If so, please write the Peru Stater.

So far, some of the "takers" on the May reunion inclutle Lora Majors Vlasak ('34), Hazel and Bill Emslie ('34), Mr. and Mrs. Wally Sugden ('32), and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Andrews ('32).

Moras L. Shubert {'34) writes from his home in Denver that he is a retired professor emeritus in biological·· sciences from the University of Denver. "I have lost c·ontact with all of my .classmates and friends through the years, and w.ould like to hear from any who might me." (His address: 2131 S. Columbine St., Denver, Colo. 80210), Pauline Lyle Scott ('30) can't be back in May, but "would welcome renewal of friendships from my college days. Memories, even nostalgia, can keep us young." (To contact Pauline, write 2323 Ocean St., No. 29, Carlsbad, Calif. 92008; or call (619) 7295692).

, Helen Kucera {'30), unable to be back in May, writes: "Fling Abroad Our College Colors! I'm 82 and find it best to limit my activities. I may live in Hastings, but I always want Peru to win when Peru and Hastings Colleges (or any other one) are involved! The· best to Old Peru and the ''Blue and the White." Keep the Thousand Oaks well nourished."

While checking out the PSC alumni mailing list, it was discovered the. college was sending Staters to Mrs. Alice E. Covalt ('31) and. to Mrs. A. Elizabeth Covau · ('311, both .in Fairhope, Ala. Kent Propst in the alumni affairs office dropped "them" a note inquiring as to whether they perhaps knew each other - or maybe even were the same person. If so, he wondered if she would tell him which name she went by.

A lively couple of letters between the two followed.

After teaching in Missowi for some time, the Covalts retired to Alabama - "it is always pleasant there," she remarked. Unable to stay strictly "retired," Mr Covalt ( a retired farmer) began helping a neighbor grow wheat a11d soybeans. Mrs. Covalt began. tutoring a neighbor girl, teaching her to read phonetically and to do math the "Chisanbop" way.

Propst received another letter from Mrs. Covalt about her experiences at Peru (the entire year, 193031 cost her "just under $200 bus fare and all"). funny, though, that she never mentioned whether she wanted to be "Alice E." or "A. Elizabeth" ("they are both my name" she wrote). She signed both .her letters Mrs. Covalt!

1940s

William Rachow ('47) has announced his resignation. as director of business services for the Gering (Neb.) Public Schools, effective June 30. He was at various times superintendent, assistant superiptendent, and athletic director in Gering.

Clay Kennedy ('45) has been named president of the Nebraska Crop Improvement Association. He lives near BroWI1ville.

Ross Adams ('40 was named Peru "Citizen of the Year" by the local Kiwanis chapter. A Peru native, he is the current president of· ,[the Peru Achievement Foundation, the college's non•profit organization for the benefit and support' of PSC.

Dean Karr ('41) called from Colorado last November and provided us with the current address for George ('43) and Evelyn Trunkenboltz ('41)

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Atwood. George and Dean were Delzell Hall roommates when that facility was brand new, Deannoted.

Patricia Rockwell Brittain ('42), in a letter to the Stater last December from her home in Salt Lake City, Utah, observed, ".Y:ou're doing a GREAT job. I surely enjoy the paper."

Donna Patterson Wilson ('43) of Madison, Mo., fondly recalled the late Phyllis Davidson in a letter to the Stater. Though Phyllis' swimining classes

were full, "she let me come to an advanced class and practice in the shallow end I'm grateful to this teacher who took my individual needs into consideration." Donna sent along a contribution to the Phyllis Daviason Scholarship fund in memory of thiS special educator. ·

Mildred "Marjorie" Prine Emm ('43), who had not received a Stater since she moved to Alexandria, Va. in 1959, is now back on our mailing list thanks to (continued on page 6}

{ Yledflings )

Alice Nicho·1as ('81) and Jimmy Roberts were married in Kansas in"· October. She works at the State Develop· m'ental Center in Beatrice, where the couple resides.

John Teten ('82) and Vicky McDougle were married in September in Nebraska City.

John is a health and physics technician at the Cooper Nuclear Station near Brown· ville, and the couple lives in Auburn.

Mervin J. Carmen ('43) and Marian Salzman were married in October and now reside ir. Lincoln, where he works at the University of Nebraska.

Sherry ·Biere ('82) and Ronald Heskett were married last September and liv.e near Nemaha, Neb. Sherry works for the City of Auburn and Ron farms

Kevin M. Timothy ('77). and Maria L. Deah.ler were married in December in South Sioux City, Where. they now live. Kevin is employed as an accountant by Iowa Beef Packers.

Dawn Daniels ('81) and Charles Bennett were married last Kimberly Buethe ('83} and Rod Whitehead were married in February.

James W. Robb ('82) and Kimberly Kay Richardson were married in November in Guide Rock, Neb., where Jim works for the Ely Grain Co.

Ronald· Nolte ('70) and Beverly Todd were to be married in April in Platts· mouth. Ron· is a corporation jet !·pilot and farms near Murray, 1 Neb.

HAVEi GOT NEWS FOR YOU!

'We sincerely hope you enjoy reading about the accomplishments of your friends and classmates in the "'Peruviana" section of the Peru Stater.

Brenda Hunzeker ('831 and Randy Frederick were to be married in April.

Teresa "Teri" Rhinehart ('82) and Glen Miller were to be married in June. Teri is teaching in the Callaway Public Schools, and the couple will live on a ranch near that community.

David R. Uldrich ('821 and Janet Peterson were to be married in May at Allen, Neb., where Dave teaches s6cial studies and coaches.

Ken Christensen ('78) and Sheila Young were married Dec. 26 and live in Guthrie center, Iowa.

Scott Schmidt and Tina Wise, both Peru State students, were married in December in Geneva.

Former PSC studE!'nt Julie Bane and Mark Vasey were to be married in May in Nebraska City ; former student Edward Russell and Debra Smith were married in November PSC student James Welter and Amy Lechner were married in october PSC student Jenny Stutheit and Lee Moerer were married in December .former student Roxanne "Roxie" Fischer and Robert Aitken were married in October in Falls City.

Darnice Butts ('73) and Duane Nyce were married last March. They now live near Durant, Okla., where Oarnice attends graduate schoo.1 and works as directo'r ,of the Wesley Foundation Student Center. Duane is pastor -of a Presbyterian parish covering four churches, she reports.

JBut we know many interesting items go unreported. Did you or someone you know get promoted, change a job, get featured in a newspaper article, get married or engaged, win a.n award, retire, or anything else that might make good reading. in the PERU STATER?

Perhaps we just haven't heard from you in a spell. Let all your friends - via the PERU STATER!

HERE'S SOME MORE "PERUVIANA"

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Nancy Redfern and the Ice King

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article is reprinted with the kind permission of editor James P. Gannon and the Des Moines Register and Tribune. The article first appeared in the Sept. 25, 1982 Register under the headline "Nancy Redfern and the old Ice King").

By Robert Hullihan Copyright 1983 Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.

Cedar Falls, Iowa- Odd, what Nancy Redfern has come to.

After years of leading and sometimes pushing the town in general directions of betterment.

After all. the time she spent with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Cub Scouts, P.T.A., the historical society.

After being named "Representative Citizen" here by the Chamber of Commerce in 1978.

After the governor of the state cal led her forth for recognition of service to her ·Community.

After all that - all that difficult, demanding · and often thankless and always unpaid work for the good -why is Nancy Redfern spending so much time down at the old ice house with the spirit of Hugh Smith?

She isn't quite sure.herself.·

"I'm still surprised I'm in this," said Reafern, looking across the vast, circular room that once contained of Hugh Smith's hopes and fortune.

This ls the ice house Smith built on the banks of the Cedar River in 1921.

The building is 100 feet in diameter. The hotrow tile waifs are 30 feet high. The wooden roof, showing extensive fresh patches of repair, is a dome.

Redfern is "in this" unlikely building because she led the fight - "went out and shook up the town" as one friend puts it to save the ice house when the city wanted to tear it down because the old roof was falling in and there seemed to be no use for the place.

The use for the building now is to preserve and display what may be the nation's only large collection of ice harvest tools from the days before ice came in cubes.

Hugh Smitb's round building, built to hold 6,000 tons of ice from the Cedo.r River, now is the Ice House Museum, and Nancy Redfern is its principal keeper.

She has become one of the world's foremost authorities on the history of ice and on the methods of natural ice harvesting.

She has the knowledge and the tools - from ice plows to spud.ding bars - to bring in another harvest of ice from the river should one be needed.

But the need for natural ice ended here in 1933, the last time Hugh Smith and his crew cut ice on the river.

"The winters of 1932 and 1933 were very mild," said Redfern. "They only cut 2,000 tons of ice in 1932. Hugh Smith lost his business in 1931."

Not only was the harvest small that year, but artificial ice companies and refrigerators were beginning to drive natural ice merchants to the wall.

· There was a bitter fight between the artificial and natural ice people, Redfern said. There was a national association of natural ice merchants, an9 they met in emergency sessions to try to savethei-r industry · .·

They charged that refrigerators generated "chemicals" and gases tl:tat would taint food.

They sa.id a refrigerator was blamed in the poisoning death of a young.girl.

The refrigerator and artificial ice people clamlY spoke of "'electric, ice," free from dirt and horse manure.

"Yes, that was a problem," said Redfern,

She is married to a lawyer, and they have sent four cf:'lildren unerringly into the professions: doctor, lawyer, teacher, accountant.

The Ice Museum is open 'from May 1 to.Oct. 31, from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday. It Js closed in winter because, of course, there is no heating system.

When it reopens each spring, Redfern and · her volunteers mt1st dust each of the hundreds of items, including a large, framed photograph of Hugh Smith.

Smith looks out over the tools of his dead industry. His face is that of a confident, vigorous man, yet untroubled by the. news that people were making germ-free ice:"

"Poor Hugh Smith. He lost everything, even 1his house," said Redfern. "In the end, he lived. in a little near here and sold a little ice a stand."

"they .had to .have a boy with a scoop following horses that pulled the ice plow on the river."

Hugh Smith had lived with· a certain style when he was the "Ice King" of Cedar Falls and surrounding country

''He drove a Rolls Royce in the 1920s," sai'd Redfern. He often was called upon to issue statements to an attentive press.

There was great local interest in the ice harvest each year "and always five or six stories in the paper" as the ice cutting approached, said Redfern. There was afways a statement from Hugh Smith that "the ice. is of good quality this year."

"Well, think about it," said Redfern, speaking of men in the Eastern United States. Who had been ice millionaires. "They didn't have to own ifor develop it. All they had to do was harvest it and sell it."

Ice, delivered to a home two or three times a week in summer, cost half a cent a pound in Smith's time and usually was purchased in 25 to 50 pound pieces.

The ice often was installed, here and around the nation, in a "Herrick" ice box manufactured in Waterloo. "It was the best ice box made," said Redfern.

Two Herrick ice boxes stand in the display of ice age artifacts, which includes even a genuine ice wagon in which sturdy "respected" men delivered the blocks to ho'uses around.the town.

The museum contains many other exhibits, most of them displays of agricultural tools and machines of the past. "People are always giving us things," said Redfern, who had arrived that day carrying an old "hay knife." "Do yo.u know what this was for?" she said. "They used to cut bales of hay in half with· this." She made sawing motions with the long, rusty blade.

Redfern sems to feel an obligation not only , to preserve the past but also to understand how it worked.

When _someone gave the museum a broom making machine, she came to Living History Farms near Des Moines to be instr.ucted on how the machine works.

Now,-if need be, she can make a broom. When she.was leading the effort to save the old ice house, she felt it her to know the history of ice and the mechanical process of harvesting it. ' ·.

Who invented the ice box? "Thomas Moore, a Maryland farmer," sai!J Redfern. "In 1803."

couple

LeRoy ('41) and Nancy Jones ('42) Redfern live in Cedar Falls, Iowa, where LeRoy is an attorney and Nancy administrates ·the Ice · House museum.

LeRoy is active in the Iowa State Bar Association, as well as the University of Northern Iowa Foundation and the Cedar Falls Industrial Development Commission.

Nancy, as if the lee House project isn't enough, recen.tly got involved in an attempt to save the Old Administration Building on the UN-I campus.

"It is the only 19th century classroom building still

standing," she notes.

LeRoy and Nancy spent several weeks in California in February visiting his parents, long-time Peru residents L.C. "Don" ('12) and Grace Hallett ('10) Redfern.

The Redferns recently contrib u'ted to the newlyestablished Phyllis Davidson Memorial Scholarship, too. "She did a great deal for Peru State and we think it is good she is being remembered," LeRoy wrote. ',

The Peru Stater wiShes to extend its thanks.to LeRoy, to Nancy, and to the Des Moines Register and Tribune for thiS feature story.

Winter Harveet

LeRoy and Nancy Redfern

Tdm Morrison 'lives' history

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The months.I was in charge of following feature story the recreation program for appears with the kind the city of Gretna and I got permission of Tom \'ery interested in it.I've Morrison, '67). always· liked the outdoors.

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"I knew I probably

Tom used to ·wouldn't stay in the teach some classes. educational field all my Now, as supermtendent of Ufe so when I went to Buffalo Bill's Scout's Rest graduate school I decided Ranch for the Nebraska t-0 go into recreation and and .com- parks administration. At ffi1Ss1on, he lives history that time the recreational every day. field was a lot stronger

lookidg Baek. ...

( E o ITOR'S NOTE: The following bits of information were gleaned from the pages of past issues of the Pedagogian. It is intended to bring back happy memories of your days at Peru. We hope you enjoy it!)

10 YEARS AGO-SPRING'74

A,bill calling for legalization of alcohol on college campuses has been introduced in the Nebraska Unicameral. PSC's Barry Reed was a 10th round draft pick of the Minnesota Viking footb8.ll team Frank D'Adessa is Ped editor, Rick DeKlotz sportS editor, and·Bob Wernsman and Bobbi TtiJesfeld contributing editors; Deb Barton assumes editorship in March.•. candidates for "Glam.our Girl" include Laura Ackerman, Deb Baum, Judy Buddecke, Lucy Giersch 1Kim Hahn, Deb Ht!bda, Patty Johnson, Teresa Kingery, Patty McLaughlin, Roxi Smith, Mary Ann Stanley, Carol Warnke, and Barb Wilkinson senior art exhibits are being presented by Ramona Tuxhorn and Gladys Lawson .leads in "No No Nanette" are played by Dennis Ehmke and Diane Rees winners of the second annual Silas Summers Writing Contest include Emily Rosewell and carol Wheeler Br9wning is the Peru Kiwanian's pick as "Citizen of the Patt Hopp is Governor of the Nebraska-Iowa Circle K .leadingCoach En'Pitts'.golf ttiam are lettermen Guy and Dave Lamrnle, Kurt Kent, Rick DeKlotz and Dick Morrissey fire struck the tavern side of Rex's Tavern & .cafe Steve Shupe and Dan Cotton are assisting Tom ·Fitzgerald with the baseball team Spring Week King and Queen are Scott McKercher and Laura Ackerman.

20 YEARS AGO:.._SPRING'64.

Second term enrollnient of 738 is a post -WWII high.•. Jim Agnew, Ruth Dorland, Richard Ferron; Sam Rankin and Joe Ward have earned PTA schOlarships Eleaner Frandsen writes in the Ped that "The new sem::ationals from England, the 'Beatles', have the backing of the majority of the girls in hair': .(others seemto think .their.hair style· is great)!t,.;cage star; Mike Harmon is a collegiate rarity, having never played high school basketball Elaine Gerdes was cJiosen as "Peru Pin-Up" by the Omaha World· Herald "Magazin¢ of the Midlands''. "Cbanging Times" magazine, noting the nationwide teacher shortage is due to low wages, predicts that within the next 10-15 Years teachers will .. be' among the highest paid .professionals in the world Dick Elmore is driving a new '64 Plymouth Fury Harvey Fisher is president and Lonn Pressnall VP of the SGA (}ary Stover and Linda Stephens reign as May Fete royalty Natalie Wood, Steve McQueen and Edie Adams head the cast of "Love with. the Proper Stranger" at the Pioneer Theater, where admission is 25 cents and 75 cents Gary Ohnoutka drowned in the Missouri north of Peru in May retiring as.division heads at the end of the school year are R.T. Benford and "Coach" Al Wheeler.

25 YEARS AGO- SPRING '59

DUilding program totaling nearly $1.5 million for a new student center, industrial .arts building, men's dorm and addition to Morgan has been announced by President Gomon .•. Big Bob Mayo, 6-8 center, was selected to the South Central NAIA Tip-Off Tourney first team G.M. Pryor presented Professor Victor H. Jindra witb tqe P,erq Kiwanis' "Citizenship Award'' Lois ij.owe is Ped managing editor.••in his final appearance before graduating mid-term, Bruce Smith tallied 19 points and as many rebounds to lead the 'Cats pastHastings, 6!M>3 •••S.E.A.N. has nominated Al Brady, J.D. Levitt, Stewart Linsheid, L.B. Mathews, and Dr. Paul Petrie for "College Teacher of the Year" honors Jane Kunkel .and Jack Johnson are Queen and King of the Valentine's Dance Thornton Wilder's ''Our Town" is the spring play, with Dick Rottman and Rose Clancy in the leading roles, according to R.D: Moore the Normal Board is considering raising tuition from its current rates of $75 per semester for Nebraskans and. $125 for non-residents, despite protests from students campus school supervisor Zelma , Wonderly has retired, while Pres; Gom<m has announced the appointments of Lyle McKercher (math).and Gush (education).·

30 YEARSAGO-SPRING'54

Peru's A.D. Majors is the new president of· the State Normal Boatd.;;Phyllis Heinkeis featured in the Ped. She is a biology-PE major many_ recalled the of former Peru student-W W. Millikan, whO has jtist set a ne:W transcontinental speed flight record of. four hoilrs and eight minutes Robert Barge is Ped editor.•• women coaches of all the state colleges have risen in defiance of an Omaha WorldHerald artiCle. which favors.intercollegiate basketball for women They feel introducing tbe sp9rt on an interscholastic level would have.many bad results •..,An.11.Fellows is the new president of the Nebraska Home Economics Association of College Clubs two scores b}' }he Wi:te team's Rodger .Majors offset a pair of TD's by the Blue's De] Stoltenberg as the .Whites took a spring footba.11 scririlmage, 20-13.

40 YEARS AGO;_ SPR.JNG'44

How does a person go than it is now " from teaching high school · history and physical He received his masters education to running. one of degree ill 1973 and soon the nation's most famous went to work for the attractions?

Nominees for King and Queen of Future Teachers includE'. Gary Adams, Jon Appleget, Robert Bohlken, Ken Majors, Lonnie Weidenhaft, Marlene Behrens, Marilyn Benecke, Ruth Linscheid, Jo Ellen McNergney, and Jean Ruyle a

Maj. John Jimerson, former PSTC dean, has been transferred to the morale division of the army air force· training command.•• Evelyn Rodgers, Joe Reese, Lois Grundman, Mitchell Sanford, Mary Meister and. Robert Widmark are cast in the February production of ''Papa Is All" Ped ads urged Peruvians to ' 1Keep on Backing the Attack with War Bonds." F.DR ads, "Curtail Spending. Put your savings into war bonds every payday" :l?at Carmine will take over as YWCA president for the year, while Barbara Dressler will serve as yice president. Hazel Williams is Ped adGordon Ackerman's 17 points paced the Wheelermen to a hard-fought 46-39 win over Wentworth Cadets Elizabeth Gehringer is president of the art club new members of the Morgan Dorm Council include Rose Lee Weatherfield, Mary Rishel, and Twilda Epley Lavonne Graves is the new president of the Personality Glub ... Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour are starring in "They Got Me Covered" at the Peru Theatre Betty Kennedy is the new Student Advisory Council president.

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Nebraska Game and Parks

''When I was a kid I Commission as assistant thought about • going into of Two forestry," Morrison said. ·Rivers State ·Recreation ·''It was always in the back Area.near Valley. .· of my mind. When I took In 1979, he was appointed aptitude tests in school, superintendent of Buffalo they showed my major Bill's. Scout's Re8t Rarich. in.terests were in outdoor "This type of job is very activities. The tests appealing to me," dicated I would do best in 'M:orrison says. "But I have an outdoor job;" nothing against education.

However, Morrison, who I enjoyed every minute I graduated from Peru State taught. I still think in 1967 with ·a physical education is one of the most education major, took a important things in a rolindabout route to his. community. Education is career - 10 years to be what makes the .United exact. States so strong. T9<iaY, if I

"After I fi:om wasn't dofug what I'.m ·Peru State, 1 taught schOol doing .n!>w I'm sure l would · at (Neb.) fot ontf be the year ·and at G:retna (Neb.) field!' .· ·

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and two daughters.

"Living at a tourist attraction doesn't bother the girls at all. They grew up at a state park. They don't know any other life. Living at the ranch is common nature to. them, · not something out of the ordinary. They never had to adjust to life· at a, state park. They take tourists and everything else in stride."

mastered," he says. "It's a c9ntinuous learning experience; When you think

•you know everything, something else comes up. I spent all of ..last W'inter c11ta1oging artifacts and U'JH:lating dono.r agreements. There's always something."

"You have to be a little bit of to run the ranch - a ·mechanic to , ·. ·•. " ·. work Oil equipment, a Running·· Buffalo· ·Bill's.· carpenter to< repair ranch is an. and buildings, a hQrticulturist tO 8n<i \VOrk on says. · tbe. gr9un,ds, and /:l public.

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"I like my job real'well; ptlblic· and <:Work with but I'm gomg·toiret:it ,.,, ·variolis ··brgm:nMtfon8:>•·

WANTED! 'Lost' alumni '44

(EDITOR'S NOTE: .ff you can provide us with the whereabouts of any of the following, please contact Kent

1944

Frank Andrews George Bandy Jean B.ond

James Burkey

Campbell

Emory Clifton

Conklin

:Est.her Doiel at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. Response to our "lost alumni" search in the last Stater was outstanding!).

L Elaine. Foster Leicester

Opal Lisenby ' Katherine Schaecterle Paap John G. Palmer Margaret Reazer Perkin!:>

Powers

Tom Morrison ('67) is enjoying his job as superintendent of Buffalo Bill's Scouts Rest Ranch near North Platte, Neb,, for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. ·

(Photo courtesy Tom Morrison)

·Per-iana

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r:n her sister, Carol Prine c Hickman ('4\), of Bushnell. ,t Marjorie and her husband lived in Alexandria, where she taught German, lllltil.. '82 when she retired. They

tonow live in Las Cruces, N.M.

Two. more grads who were on our "lost" list but are no longer thanks to a brother is (Dr.) Robert and LaVara ()akley McAlexander ('43). Robert reitred from Penn State University in December, where he was assistant dean and director of international agricultural programs. He received the di$tinguished service award from the National Association of U.S. University Directors of International Ptogran:is for his efforts to advance and modernize world agriculture. He was on the Penn State faculty since 1956. The Stater thanks his brother Carl of Sidney, Iowa for the information on this outstanding PSC alum. writes.

Sending along compliments on the Stater were Mark "Mick" (51) and Pat Benford ('52l Bornemefer. "It was espeeially nice to read about Miss Davidson, 'Uncle' Al, and see a picture of Mr. (Robert) Moore,,, she wrote. Mick was honored by the Greeley (Colo.) Central High School, where he has. taught for 28 years, as "Outstanding Teacher of the Year, 1982-83." He was nominated for Colorado Teacher of the Year in '82.

The Bornemeier's '

(EDITOR'S NOTE: If you can provide us with the whereabou'JS; bf any of the following, please contact Kent Propst .or Esther Doiel at Peru Sta1e College, Peru; Neb. 68421. Response to our "lost alumni" search in the last Stater was outstanding!).

1934

Velma Novotny Armstrong

Lucille Arnold

Gail McCormick Atkinson

• Maxine Robertson Bark·

meler

John Becker

Viola Carlson

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ties with PSC alums and PSC teachers Dr Lester Russell {'50, Dr. Leland Sherwood ('54), and Dr. Clyde Bar.rett ('56) during a visit to PSC not long ago. "We are so that the pictures of my dad {R.T. Benford), Mr. Jindra and Miss Diddelare on the wall of the Fine Arts Building," Pat adds. "Peru is still a very special part of our lives."

Brendan c. Mallam ('58), now living in Lewisville, Tex., has been promoted to capu,iin by Delta Air Lines. A 14-year Delta veteran, he is assigned ·to Delta's B-737 fleet based in.Dallas.

Ruth Ann Finck. ('58) of · Falls City received a 15year leadership award by the Richardson County 4-H association. ·····

Jerry and Norma Cleary Ludwig ('5(1) dropped us a line from Zaragoza, Spain, where Jerry is the assistant principal for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools

Norma

('64) Of Dunbar and her husband Joy are the 1984 Honor Farm Family in conservation from Otoe County. Mary is a fourth grade teacher in the Nebraska City public schools, and the WurteJe s li:ve near Dunbar.

Larry Hershberger ('65) of Tecumseh, Neb. has been selected as director of maintenanee operations for the Nemaha Natural Resources District. He taught for 18 years including stints in AdantS, Douglas and Tecumseh in Nebraska.. ·

Anne Epley Hill ('66), an educator in the Hawaii school system, corresponded with PSC assistant admissions coordinator Beth PrQpst ('82) when Miss Propst was planning a trip to the islands in December. Though Anne and Beth never made personal contact, Anne wrote "I like what I have been reading in the Peru news· paper what's happening on the..•campus of a Thousand Oaks' If I can help in any way to boost attendance even higher, like give literature to high schools, use my name as a contact, put ads in newspapers, or if I can help in any. other way please Jet ···me I remetnber'

years he has been assiStant basketball coacn and counselor at UN..Q. The Mav's have had only two losing seasons during that stretch and made no less than six NCAA Division Il national tourney appearances.

1970s

Florence Hall Richard· son ('71) of nearby Verdon, Neb., shared a few of her many accomplishments with the Stater in a January letter. many years of rural and small town teaching,! have become a community worker and active in lodge and' clubs," she writes. Happily married for better than 45 years and grand· mother of no less than 11 , children, she has been extremely active in the American .Cancer Society. She has served Verdon as a.. practicaJ nurse;. village of the Verdon Centennial, and more.

Vernon Hazen ('73) and · bis wife Jeanine of Sterling are the proud parents of four sons, the most recent one checking in last December.

Terry Criger ('74) , teacher and coach at Murray ConestOga (Ne:ti,)

Carla Walkinshaw Gilli· land ('74) and her family were honored as the outstanding Young Family by the Nemaha County agricultural agencies recently. cat:la teaches first grade in the Humboldt ("Neb.) schools and is active in 4-H.

Phillip Chapman ('74), former Bobcat ba8ketb8.ll player, has been promoted to assistant basketball coach at Prairie View A & M College in Texas. The Chapmans have two young sons.

Terry ('74) and Marlene Meyer ('72) Neddenriep of Bradshaw Neb. are the prwd parents of their third child, born in December.

Mary Beth Paap ('75) is the new e:x:tension home economist in Grundy and Butler (Iowa) Counties.

Bernard Geschke ('77) has been a busy young man of late. He works for .Gufil" gan Water Conditioning in ·· Nebtaska. City as a salesman, and recently took over Auburn's only vacuum cleaner dealership and r..epair shop. He, his wife the former Lucinda "Cindy" Dunlap ('77) and their three children, live in Nebraska.City.

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for bis sales efforts at the Fort Howard Paper Company. Meanwhile, wife, the former Joyce "Jfl' Kuck (76) is working on her. Master's at the University of South Dakota. The Banks' live in Sioux Falls, S.D., with their daughter Elaine.

Linda Sepp {'78) · was recently· elected vice president of an Dlinois savings bank, and is nearing completion of her Master's <legree.

Mike Streit ('78) dropped · a note to Stater editor Kent Propst in Mike is in bis fourth year at.; West Holt High in Atkinson; < Neb.; where he teaches ··• . physical education anq ..• ·· history and coaches (head •·• wrutling, assistant footb8.ll and track). Mike./\ and bis wife Brenda. ar'e. ; proqd parents of a son, ••. born last July. "It sure is .: fun to run into Peru grads 3. teaching in this area/' Mike says. · •.

Doog and Diana Sullivan Thomas ('78) are the parents of a second child, born in February in Oml:lha, where they.· now "', <-, '' _,;<:

Kevin Perkins {'78) was ; the subject of. a "Meet the Teachers" article in the h. Wymore (Neb.) Arboi:-. ; ·state in January. business and teacher, he also (assistant footb8.ll, junior ·•1 high boys' baSketball an«t < track). He and Dis wife:.N have. two children. ·.

• Debi VelJa {'78) .wrote -·_,;;.

l:ta)tdnterbtink has been named executive director of the Midland Association for Retarded Citizens. Ray, the former director of residential services for the State of Dlinois, and bis wife, the fonner Penny Thorkildson C'61>, are now living in Midland, Texas.

Mildred Hinton Appleoff ('69), choral director at Falls City, (Neb.) High School, has been elected state chairman of choral affairs for the Nebraska Music Educator.H Association.

Mary Neubauer Wurtele

· Willard Cox

Ruth Mead Curtis

Bettie Hinchey Dallam

Hubert Filley

Lucille Dewey Filley

Lovisa Albert Glaze

Verna Hayward

Lois May Hoyt

Frieda Mueller

Dale Pike

Robert Flatt Pike

Claude Rowley

Helen Gilbert Smith

C.A. Spurgin

Mary Rhoades Stephenson

Kathleen Fr.azler Stookes

Ethel Lueck Utley

Evelyn Davis Witt

.• vmfcro.computet. catalot for students and teachers. The catalog allows people to find specific information available through their district's computer . programs. Nancy is the daughter of re.tired PSC educator Dee Jarvis.

Alan F. Shipley ('66) is current president of the western Association of Student ·Financial Aid Administrators, comprised of 600 meinbers in the eight westernmost states. Alan, who worked at PSC as business manager until 1973, has been director of student fmancial aid at Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff for the past 10 years. Alan notes. that Dr. Merle Lange C'55}, director of financial aid at Glendale Community College in Phoenix, was president of that same organization in 1977-78. "It would probably be safe to assume that few, if any, ·colleges the size of Peru State could claim two regional presidents of a higher education association."

Dr. Bob Gibson ('62) has been named as Director of Career Planning and Pfucement Services at the University of Nebraska.Omaha•. For the past 12.

,Ohifaarles

Ethel Clary Nation ('17) passed away in Decet,nber at Auburn; tngrid Stina Nyberg Johnson ('13) passed away in October in Wakefield Dean E. Grass <'32) passed away in October in Santa Barbara, Calif••• Rena Keith Peters, C'J3) passed away in Denver last October. She was Peru's "best debater" in the 1912-13 ·season...• Mary Hiatt Christensen C'27) passed away 1n Sioux City, Iowa in October. She was a· retired teacher...• Carl .,Ludington ('34) passed away in Mesa, Ariz., last November LaVerne Setzer Lunsford ('51) passed away in Lincoln on Jan. 7. She taught in Iowa and Kansas and was an iilstructor and librai'ian at Falls City High School for 28 years..• Martin. ''Rocky" RockwelJ ('38) passed away last April. The new science wing at the school where he taught in Hobbs, N.M. for 40 years has been named in his· bonor.•,Harvey M. Sanford ('44) passed away recently longtime Peru State employee Stacy F.

Va nee passed away in January in Auburn...former CU$todian Robert E. Coulter passed away in Nebraska City in January former night watchman Urban D. Spoor passed away in January Faye · Gaisford Kuper ('28) passed away in May of '83. in Topeka, Kan .•• Edlth Evans Miller {'27) passed away .in Dece.mber in Gardena, Calif••• Russell J. Hale ('13) passed away in January in Superior, Neb Dorothy Glathar Ast ('31 P passed away in February in Humboldt Ruby Knickerbocker Heineman ('15) passed away · 'in August. James F. Walz <'52>, longtime Nebraska educator, passed away in January in Butte, Neb•.. Landon. G. Whitfield ('26) passed away in July of 1982. He was an accomplished engineer who once displayed bis works at Peru Nelson ('34) passed away in September of 1982, bis wife the fornier Helen Marking reports. He had. taright and worked ln Nebraska,

Colorado,.

Wyoming•.. PSC received word of· the death of }'6! Kenneth Priefert ('32) Jr1 • Fairbury several years ago several individuals; ·•· sl reported the death of the' popular Henry C; Meents C'23) some years back... PSC has received word of. the deaths· of the follosillg fonner students: Robert D• Fitch, Mary Rose Row,ell, Gladys Ray Roe, Pat Spurgin Gebers, Helen Ring Mclean, Lester F. Hays, Helen Dettmann Spring, Melvin Hayes, Catherine "Katie" Goeres Marek Wilbur D. Young ('30) passed away in 1980 in Chester, Calif•.• Bernard "Bun" Galloway ('32), much-belOved Lincoln (Neb.) Northeast High School teacher and coach, and bis wife Marie were killed in a car accident in Nebraska in. January. "Bun's" teams won two state football championships, and was North-· east High·athletic director from 1957 through 1974. He was an outstanding player during bis days .on the Peru campus as well.

Writing a rewarding field for mother and daughter

(EDITOR'S NOTE: This story is reprinted with .the kind permission of Cyndi Jacobsen, managing editor of the Nebraska City NewsPress).

By Cyndi Jacobsen

Writing has turned into a slightly .profitable· fi!!d award:}Vinning avocation for a Julian (Neb.) mother and daughter.

Although Dorothy Wiltberger Rieke ('61) and her daughter Cindy each "do·their own. thing," both have recently been recognized for their efforts.

A one-act play written by Cindy is one of three plays chosen for performance in the first play search by the LaFem Willian1s Center Stage in Omaha. -The theater has won an international competition for community theatres in Tokyo, Japan.

Miss Rieke's play, "You Can't Be Too Careful," is described as an absurd comedy. The other two winning playwrights came from Omaha and Palm Coast, Fla.

·The plays were per., formed as an ev:ening of one-acts on March 24 and 9-11 •

publications in the last two or three years.

Mrs. Rieke's articles have been· published by Nebraska Farmland News and Maverick Media. Another article appeared in the November issue of Kitchen Klatter.

"I like writing nostalgic articles the best," Mrs. Rieke said.

Her interest in nostalgia combined with history has been demonstrated in articles. Mrs.· Rieke has written for the News- Press. Stories about the Missouri River and Nebraska City in the 1930's and 40's were included in a special edition published in July 1982.

Mrs. Rieke said she was interested in Writing by her English teacher at Nebraska City High School, Ida Kay Roberts. An English teacher at Auburn Middle School ·for approximately 20 years, Dorothy has incorporated her interest in writing into

(IJ her teaching. A story about '! her letter-writing program : has been published twice in Read magazine.

The project;· carried on A. for several years, has ·involved a letter exchange with classes in various parts of the country. This year's seventh graders are corresponding with seventh graders in Skogie, m.

Instructor magazine also published an article on bulletin boards written by Mrs. Rieke.

Dorothy started teaching when she was 16, jlll,lt out of high school. Before starting in Auburn, she taught for five years in Stella (Neb.) She received her bachelor's and master's degrees at Peru State, has studied creative writing at ·the Uriiversity of and taken graduate work at the University of Nebraska.

"I'm just starting, really," she said. "I think the more you w;rite, the more you improve."

looking Back.

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The Avenue Store

Remember the Avenue Store? A familiar place to many Peru Staters, only its memory and photograph remain. Note the "closing out" sign in the window, · (Photo courtesy PSC library).

Peraviana

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her life. She is employed by the Erie (Penn.) County Area Agency on Aging as a case worker. She has been with that organization for five years.

....,

•.· The play is Miss Rieke's fourth one-act. Two of her previous plays won in the ·annual Silas Summer Writing Contest at· Peru State, and one was produced at the college She has also won in other categories in the competition. ...

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workshops at Dawn's mvitation.

Donna Loper Lunzmann C'80) and her husband Paul are the. proud parents of their second child, born in Auburn in January.

Steve Stehlik ('81) earned his juris doctor degree from the University of Nebraska College of Law in December.

...

50YEARSAGO-SPRING'34.

Desi KHne Hajny ('79) was chosen to exhibit her work at the Mid America Woodcarver Association's annual show in Omaha last November. Desi teaches art half-days at Rock Count}: (Neb.) High School and isgirls'. track coach. Uni ersity.

Dawn i:.ytle Holmes ('79) is living !and teaching in Mart, :Tex., where her husband farms. He attends at Baylor

Bob Bebout ('79) and his Aurora High School marching band were the subject of a lengthy Tom Allan feature in a January edition of the Omaha World-Herald. Allan noted that Bebout's Huskie Band "is preparing for. a May trip to perform at Disney World by doing it the old fashioned way." The 99 students plus 12 adult aponsors had raised over $24,000 of their goal of $43,000. "They are earning it," Bob said.

1980s

D wn Rees Sempek ('79) , has been at Wahoo Public Verissa\ Ruenholl ('82),

Sch°'ols for two years, who had be.en working as a imparting her artistic data at Peru abilitY\onto her students. State, is lnow a Cobol She spe8k!I glowingly of her Progranir,iier in the data collegiate art. teachers, Dr. process)rig and accounting Leland SherwCiocl ('57) and divisiefn of Lincoln TelePaul Fell ('67). and Telegraph in· been to Wahoo for art Uncoln, Neb.

Renee Kruse Mann ('83) had been a vocational education teacher at the Nebraska School for the. · Visually Handicapped ·in Nebraska City, temporarily replacing Alvin Haack ('61) when he suffered a broken vertebra while trimming a tree at his Auburn home in

But "¢ting is not· Miss Rieke's primary interest. She is a senior art and elementary education major at Peru State, and recently held her senior art exhibit Her ·career plans .are uncertain, as ·she is interested in pursuing both art and teaching.

Dorothy Rieke says writing is a hobby that is very enjoyable; but that requires hard work. Sheshe feels justly rewarded since she has sold several articles to various

Operations Manager for Exeter, Nebraska was Eagle Roofing and Sheet the subject of an Omaha Metal Supply· in World- Herald feature by ville, Fla. He and his wife Tom Allan recently. Exeter Lisa were expecting their won a first place award in first child (a boy, Kirk the Nebraska Community promises) in February. hnprovement Program. · Danelle Lytle Miller ('80) contest. Part of the reason · is living in Fairbury, doing for Exeter's success was a a bit of Qart-time coaching mural designed and and preparing to start a painted by former Bobcat family. She had worked at football pl8yer Tim Alvis Wheeler Central in Bar('81) and his students. tlett, Neb., and for Head Kirk Ochs ('80), former Start in Fair!lury ("what a Student Senate president switch from high_ school and Bobcat football player, age to 3-5 year olds!", she was recently promoted .to writes.)

November.

I II

Wilma1James edits the Peel, asSisted by staffers Camilla Haskins, Frances Ray, Chester Bowen, Kenneth Haywood, Gerald Tyler, Bernard Gourke, ·Helen Brooker, Vivian Shales, Neal Parsons, La Ree Clarke, and Doris Hogue an ad encourages students to "Look. Collegiate" with haircuts from Bob Knapp, "The Student's Barber'' •. ;wAA basketball captains include Beryl Darting, Helen Davey, and June Lorlmor Prof. S.L. Clements was honored by Peru Kiwanians for service to community and school .Adele Penterman is the new YWCA president, replacing Marjorie Young Henry Strosburg is the new Kodak Club presidenRobert Cannichael has been chosen captain of the basketball team for the coming year in a vote by his teammates a recent Peru Dramatics Club production was "In· the Shadow. of the Rock" by alum Ellsworth P. Conkle, considered by many one of the top five playwrights in America; •. a violin quartet ccmiposed of Eunice Burbridge, Helen Gilbert, Ruth. Naviaux, and Wilma Silence. gave the a recent convo led by high point man Bo Cowel, the Bobcat tracksters crushed Omaha U., Doane and Nebraska Wesleyan. · ' I

(EDITOR'S lllOTE: If you can provide us with the whereabouts of any of the following, please contact Kent Propst or Esther Doiel at Peru State College, Peru, Neb. 68421. Response to our "lost alumni" search in the last Stater was outstanding! J.

1974

Ray Bleich

Ronald Christman

Roger Craft

Thomas B. Craig

Linda Eichenberger

Thomas H •. Froehlich

RandY Hansen

J.anine Hauschild

William Hunter

Charles Jackson

Michael Kelly

Jerry Koeneke

Richard Kohel

Kerry. Krause

Trudy Jones Lainson

Patty Mclaughlin

Dick Morrissey

Ziyad Nather

Roger L. Oviatt

Merle Rakes

Barry Reed

Dennis Siems

Gordon Thompson

Susan Beaman Williams

Janice F. Winter

Peru State College thanks donors to Foundation

and organizations made

contributions to the Peru

Peru State College thanks one and all for:their ·generosity!

Adele Reed

Enoch Shephard

Gladys Grush

Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fichter.

Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Wininger.

Marion Gomon

Dr. and Mrs. Leland Sherwood

Dr. and Mrs. Clyde Barrett ·

Dr. and Mrs. Lester Russell

Mr. and Mrs. Ward

Adams

C. t.oyd Shubert

W.G. Jantzen

Mr. and Mrs. Arthur

·Wagner

Mr. and Mrs. John Stevenson

Mr. and Mrs. Clay Kennedy

Nellie Morehouse Senator and Mrs. Wiley Remmers

Bob Baker

J.H. Marren

Frederick Wolter

Annie Laurie Smith

Helen' Clark

Hun:unel's Variety Store

Lincoln Telephone and TelelU'ar>h

Guy Guilliatt

Mr. and Mrs. Don Coulter

Mr. and Mrs. !..&Von

Covault Casey-Witzenbur g

Funeral Home

Dr. and Mrs. J.C. Bauserman

Layson Realty and Insurance

Mr. and Mrs. John Chaney

· The Genoa Agency

Gleri. Dfµg Company

·Mt. and···Mrs. Jerry Stemper ···

Auburn Press ·Tribune

Schneider OK Tire Store, Inc.

Allison Pharmacy. Moody Implement, Inc.

Johnson Motor Co. Inc.

Obermeyer Motor Co. Inc.

Hemmingsen's Inc.

Hahn Clothing

Auburn Consolidated Industries ·

Mr. and Mrs. Sterling Vanderford

Wayne Stoller

MMMClub

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Johnson

Mr. and. Mrs•... :B.ichard Good

Albert Brady Memorial

Mr. and Mrs. Ted Russ

Mr. and Mrs. Paul

Stevenson

Mr. and Mrs. Lyle McKercher

Lois Northrup

Dr. and. Mrs. John Jensen

·

Dr. and Mrs. John Christ

Mr. and Mrs. Don Kruger

Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Northrup ·

Mr. and Mrs. Randall

Jensen ·

Dr. John Hahn·

Mr. and Mrs.. Darrell ····

wfuinger Jr. · ··

Dr. and Mrs. Daryl:Long

Mr. and Mrs. Dale Vos8

Mr. and Mrs. Mark

Ellen Zink Vandervort is 'Citizen of the Year'

Erickson

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Long

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph

Darling

Mr. and Mrs. Evan Van

Zant

Dr. and Mrs. Larry

Tangeman

Mr. ··and Mrs. Paul Lunzmann

F.H. Larson

Auburn Educational Association

Mr. and Mrs. Neil Lunzmann

Mr. and Mrs. Don Eschen· <contfouedonpage12)·

.

Mr. ahd Mrs. Robinson·

Grace. caster Estate

Faculty Women's· .Club

Kop

Founru

Antoi

Stella

Mt. and Hamet ·

chie

When Ellen Zink Vandervort ('32) won· the 1983 "Citizen of the Year" award' in Greenlee County, Ariz., last May, it should not have come as a surprise t() anyone. ·

In ta.ct, based on her accomplishnients in. just the Past. few years, the surprise would have been if · she had not won the honor.

, : PIU'tial .list of her

and .awarqs was

Mi'. and Mrs; A.B. RitLewis forward.ed>·t'<>·.the Peru st,ater by Ruth Naviaux Hansen C'35) of Omaha•. thought yo1l might want tti write a feature article" on

C.E. Mathews

Mrs. Maud Heskett

Ellis Pryor

Carson National Bank

Auburn State Bank

the· Murdock native, Ruth wrote: · Prior to her ''retire-

YOU'VE MOVED?

ment" - a term wholly inappropriate here - in 1976, Ellen had devoted 43 years to the teaching profession in Nebraska, West Virginia and Arizona.

She spent 20 years at Morenci High Shco.ol in Arizona teaching such diverse subject matter as journalism biology. She was Arizona's "Outstanding· Biology Teacher" in 1965, it's "Outstanding Teache.r'.' in 1973 andthe 1976 "Arizona Teacher of the year."

But it was after rettrenient that her list .of activities began to swell - so much so that space in this publication would not

to take thePERUSTATERalong!

If you have moved or are. planning to "':'"" or if we have misspelled your name or ha.:ye an inco.rrect .address or if you were recently or if household receiv(;!s .more than one.copy of the PERU Sl'ATER if we a(e stilJ.sendi.ng your STATER to your parent's address

permit a complete listing. Some, but not nearly all, of these activities include running successfully for election to the local school board, during which time she was a member of the state Scho91 · Bo!ird Legislative and Resolutions Committee; · · · ·

chairing Girl's State, Hugh O'Brien Foundation, aA.d pheyron, student.$. contests for the Duncan (Ariz.) Women's Club; chairman of the ed:ucation department of the Southeastern District Arizona Federation of Women's CI:ubs; active in Eastern Star and Delta Kappa Gamma;. a member of the Duncan zoning and .planning. committee; active in many senior citizen projects.

Lost alumni '54, '64

I(EDITOR'S NOTE: Jf you can provide us with the where· abouts of any of the following, please contact Kent Propst or Esther· Doiel at. Peru State College, Peru, N.eb. 68:421. Response to our "lost aJu rrin i" sea rC::h In the 'last Stater was outstanding!);

1954

Robert Lee Barge

Chester Berger

Donald Besom

Doris Royer Bredberg

Ross Brown

Nelle Currie

Marlene Happel Doran

Freeman Green

Mary Moore G'ress

Rosioa Gross. ·

Lt; col. R.J. Thomas

Mary Ann Leybold Thomp·

son Howard Ulin

Bette White

Delores Young

Donner Zanders

1964

Jerry ·Ball

William Bliss

Penny Born

Janice Jones Bradbury

Roy Broadbook

Thomas Buchholz

John Chase:

George Chicoloff

Jam.es C)lrist

• Phyllis Daniels Beverly 'Pa'rde c:>rummdnd

M.;,FaU<, 'Roo!lrt Galleranf"

Franklin Graham Hi<!f.\S.E!J:t,

Carolyn .Reiber Hauptmeir

Arthur Howe

Duarie. J:iufnagel

William Hunsaker

MeJissa Fulkerson. Jarecke

'Mi'ldred Kin>gs''Olver

Kesterson

Nlichae1 t..eif

'Jerrfldfberg

Jack.Miller·

Phillip. Nielsen

Dorothy Edwards Norman

Raymond Ogle

Joseph Perina

Michael Peterson

Gary PflaiJm

Charlotte Rankin

Steve Rankin

Kirby Roach

James W. Robbins

Rosemary Robbins

Kathleen. Rosenbaum

Nancy .Niemann S,chuerm.a.n.

H.arlan Seyter' · · ·

·Mary··Stieehan

Genevieve Short (ester star:nn ·

Gary Strange

Gereldi,R. Timothy

Patt;Y. Crow .J.wedt• ·i<.· Wavnewanace·

Margaret Dickey Wilsoh· · ;0;r:rill ra*,Gor(jon::w.90.d

Ellen Zink Vandervort ('32) was a most deserving winner 'of the 1983 'Citizen of the Year' award in Greenlee County, Arizona. ·

(Photo courtesy Ellen Zink Vandervort)

Johnson.was key at 'growing' UN-LV r:ri -

of Nevada - LaS Vegas at the end of September after 15 years of service that included a central role in developing UNLV's e:ttensive continuing education program.

Johnson caine to UNLV in 1967 from an Iowa school district where he had served as superintendent for 12 years. He started at the Las Vegas campus as lecturer and coordinator of a now-defunct division that was primarily made up of two-year degree programs.

In the spring of 1968, Johnson was named director of the Evening Division and of summer sessions. When the Evening Division was discontinued in 1969, he ·became director of the new Division of Continuing Education, a position. he held Wltil 1978.

Plains Adult Education Association, an organization of leaders in adult education for a sevenstate western region.

"Although I have held offices in many organizations, this. is the one I'm most proud of," Johnson wrote to the Pe.ru Stater.

Johnson began his career in education in 1940 as a math teacher and coach in Iowa public schools. At UNLV, Johnson has worked to take the university into the com·munity by traveling around southern Nevada, setting up classes in smaller towns. ·

here as to, say, the .':" University ·of Utah, more local people began :::i. enrolling at UNLV."

Johnson now has enough · activities to keep him busy. .a. He is getting in more' than a few rowids of near his home, he and his 'wife Winnie hope to drive· their motor· home to Canada to Visit cousins he has not seen since childhood, and he plans to build a cabin on a plot of ground near Bryce Canyon in Utah this usmmer.

(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following article was to the Stater by W. Rtilter1' ••·ttootlil" Johnson, '40. He and his

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wife, the former Winifred Hall, who got a two-year degree in '40 and a bachelor's in '57, are retired and living in Las

· Vegas, where son Stan, '66 · is a media. speeialist in the Clark Cowity Schools). W. Hubert·. Je1hnson n•tired from tlie University

Briefly Speaking

ENROLLMENT', HOUSING FIGURES SOAR

In 1978 he received the title of speeial assistant to the vice president for academic affairs, with assignments as director of mini term. and summer sessions, coordinator· of classes offered at Nellis Air Force Base, and coordinator of videotaped courses offered at several off-campus locations. He has held.a number of positions, including president, in the Mountain

Noting that UNLV's enrollment has from fewer than 2,500 students to more than 10,000 since 1967, Johnson said, "When I first came here, 90 percent of the local students were going somewhere else to school. But as UNLV gained in prestige and it became as honorable to go

(The Peru Stater congratulates this native of Ong, Neb., as wen· as Winnie, from the Elk Creek and Tecumseh, Neb. area who spent 30 years mearly elementary education. Hugh reminds us that the late Bobcat great Bert Swenson, '091 was his mother's cousin, while his brother Wiflis "Bill" Johnson, '55, played on some of PSC's finest basketball teams).

and countywide areas in Southeast Nebraska, with

The good news continues at Peru State. . committee11 of volunteers conducting the drives. Donations

On-campus enrollment for the second term reflects an out- from businesses as well. as alumni are being ·sought. standing :21; percent jump over the Spring 1983 enrollment A letter campaign to alums· has been implemented in the count, to President Jerry Gallentine. , Omaha and Lincoln areas and Southwest

Meanwhile, occupancy iti the college. dormitories is up by At press time, around one-third of the goal had already

better than"31 percent from Spring '83 figures, he noted, with been met, thanks in a .large part to over $5,000 from PSC 478 students living on campus as compared to 364 one year staff and students. , earlier. ·

"Peru State College continues to grow and to attract more

On-campus enrollment - which does not include most of Southeast Nebraska and Southwest .Iowa stuc,tents," Pr. the Continuing Education courses or educational television Gallentine said. ·Courses"'- stands at 802 this spring compared to 634 one year "We are experiencing a critical demand for more earlier. scholarship dollars, since 'n:lany middle-iticome fainilles no

A major factor iti the enrollment growth is improved longer qualify for some federal financial aid programs and of students. While PSC usually experiences a 10 yetfhiditdifficult to wholly subsidize a college education, percent "drQpout" rate from the first semester t(J.the second, even at scnoois such as ours with low tuition rates." which is about the national norm, the rate fell to about four Alumni wishing to contribute to the fund drive are enpercent this couraged to do so. Checks should be made payable to the

Dr. Gallentine noted that college residence halls are at Peru Achievement Foundation and mailed to Dr. Jerry ' about 80 percent of capacity as compared to 60 percent one Gallentine, President, Peru State College,.Peru, Neb. 68421. year ago. He predicts on-campus h9using may soon be hard TV COURSES POPULAR to c'Ome l>Y at PSC, as he has forecast another 10 percent

The opportunity to earn college credit .at home through enrollment increase next fall. Peru State College has been taken advantage of by better

FUND DRIVE INITIATED

A fund drive with a.goal of $25,000 is in progress in Southeast Nebraska and Southwest Iowa, according to officials of· the Peru Achievement Foundation.

Proceeds from the drive, which is to be completed by May 1, are to be. used for scholarships to deserving students, retention and recruitment programs" and other areas where state funding levels fail to meet current needs of Peru State eon.ae.. . . .. . . . .··

The .fund drive bu been divided several community

than 150 Nebraskans this term.

Peru State College began offering four courses in January over the Nebraska Educational Television Network (NETV), the state's public broadcasting system whose signal is available to nearly all Nebraskans.

PSC's first experience with the telecourses is considered an overwhelming success, and plans are underway to offer even mor0'courses on NETV in the.future.

The C<Jutses include .a bushiess. .1r .psychology course, ·a a microco1nputer course. : ,..

Hubert Johnson with the gavel he received when he assumed the presidency of the Mountain Plains Adult Education Association. Hubert is now retired from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

(Photo courtesy W. Hubert Johnson)

PSC trackster Brian Bradley, son of Dale Bradley (!56), and the rest of the'Bobcat track squad have been hard at work reestablishing a top-notch indoor and outdoor· program under the of. head Coach Dennis (''70). Brian· is.

· (Photo by Mike

BOBCAT $PORT$

Mehus athletic director

Maxine Mebus, veteran head volleyball and softball coach at Peru State College, has been appointed athletic director by the Board of Trustees of the State Colleges, according to Dr. Gallentine, PSC president.

Mebus replaces Dr. Wayne Davidson, who served as the interim director from January to December of 1983. Mebus, on the PSC staff since began her new duties in

Newcomers the key to '84 softball hopes

The women's softball team at Peru State will look to get off on the fight foot this season, as they open hosting Wayne State College March 24.

The Lady Bobcats will have a new look this season, as ·they have many new faces on the ·team, says veteran head coach Maxine Mebus.

The Lady Bobcats will look to improve on last year's 1-11 season that was projected as having good. potential, but never got things rolling; ·

Mehu8 has three players·· back, including seniors BeckY Gauchat and Colleen Chapman.

Gauchat, a native of nearby Brock, was the team's short stop and batted above .400, but may also see catching duty. Chapman, a Grand Island native, is a versatile athlete who will catch and play first base.

The other veteran, Connie Puh1e, is a sophomore from IJncoln and was a starter at second base a year ago.

The team received a·· blow early this season when last year's starting first baseman Sara Donovan injured a finger in practice and is lost for the season.

Mebus will rely on a lot of newcomers to fill the voids, and she feels she has the players that can ·dd that.

Freshman. Peggy Allgood (Auburn) and Kim Searcey (Elk Creek) have experged as· tw'O ·top pitching prospects. Other. top newcomers •. Becky Lane, Anita· Downing, Brenda · Rippe, Kelly Fallon, .and Jonna Simms.

Mebus says that she has several players, from the women's basketball team that Will be .playing, filter they have completed theft .season, that could see a spot in the. lineup.

The Lady Bobcats have a stiff schedule, including Wayne State and Kearney State,. both NAIA national qualifiers last season. The ·Lady Bobcats will also host a six-team tournament in April.

January, Dr. Gallentine said.

"Sh\ was a unanimous choice by the screening committee," said Gallentine. "We're delighted she lias accepted the posjtion."

Dr. Davidson, who is associate professor of physical education at PSC, will remain on as the Chairman of the.Division of Physical Education. He. is also an ·· assistant Bobcat football coach and the head golf coach.

Mebus guided the 1983

Lady Bobcat volleyball team to the most wins in the school's history last season with an overall record of 24·17-3. Her te;:ims have compiled an overall mark of 91-85-16 in five seasons of play.

Mebus came to Peru from Dakota State College (Madison, S.D.) in 1979 where she served as director of 'women's athletics and as ·an instructor of physical education

M.ehus began teaching a the Turtle Mountain India1 Reservation in Belcourl N.D. in 1972 as a junior higl physical education in structor, and as junior am .senior high track coacll In 19731 Mebus bega1 teaching at Mayville Stat College (Mayville, N.D.) She served as an assistan volleyball and head softbal and basketball coac: through 1976. Her 197 softball team qualified fo the national cham pionships.

.500 season eludes cagers

The Bobcats men's basektball. team at PSC just missed the .500 mark as they were defeated in the season finale 76-63 ar , the University of MissouriKansas City Saturday, Feb. 25. ·

Peru finished the season 14·16 under John Gibbs, third year head coach. Gibbs' three-year mark now stands at 45 wins to 44 losses.

The Bobcats struggled throughout the season, o11ly twice breaking above the

.500 .level. Eight times the 'Cats were at the .500 record after a slow 1-4 start.

The season finale finished the careers of four fine seniors, Mike Miller, Brian Strother, Pat Harrison, ·and ·Morris Liesemeyer. Liesemeyer was amongst the District 11 leaders in field goal percentage at 54.6. He averaged n.o points per .game and 6.0 rebounds, both the highest mqrks of his four-year career.

Liesemeyer became o11ly the 12th player in PSC history to score over 1000 points, finishing at 1001. He als.o became the eighth all· time leading rebounder, tying Pete Stewart ('70) with 547.

Other top performers for Gitlbs this season include junior Mark Ortmeier CW: est Point), a 6-6 forward who averaged 4.8 points pe·r game, and Jam es Collins, a 5-10 sophomore guard (Kansas City, Mo.) who averaged 3.6 points per g8tx:\,e.

Baseball team optimistic

· The Peru State baseball team will take the field this season with an optimistic outlook, as they return most of their top players from 1983's squad.

The Bobcats are under the direction of secondyear coach Nick Petrillo ('69), who guided the Bobcats to an 11-14 recrod last season, one of the best finishes in recent years, and a spot in the N AIA District 11 playoffs.

Petrillo has several players returning that. should make the Bobcats a contender in the District 11

race again. ·

Heading that group is senior Kevin Sykes. Sykes was the top newcomer to the team a year ago, and stepped into be the starting second baseman. A native of Granite City, m., he set the school record for the most ·stolen bases in a season at 27. · Other seniors include a pair from Oklahoma, Brian Strother and David Miller.

· Strother (Broken Arrow) is the team's power hitter and can play both first base and the outfield, and may even see time at the catcher position. Miller (Skiatook) was the starting centerfielder last year and has good speed and is a fine defensive player.

Sophomore Mark Williams (Hastings) is ·a. versatile player that Petrillo can use in several spots. Williams was the top pitcher a year ago at 4-3, and also played in the outfield, but may see. starting duty in the· infield this season.

A big asset to the team will be junior Jeff Parker, who was ineligible last season. Parker, from Granite City, ID., can play infield and pitch as well. Other players who should see extensive playing time include junior Dick Haneline, third base, and pitchers Tony Foster (So., Falls City), and Jeff Krzycki (So., Columbus).

The Bobcats have a good group of newcomers, (including catcher Vince Mitchell), and will need contributions from them if they hope to go far this season.

The Bobcats open their season March 5 ·at the Missouri ·Southern State College in Joplin, Mo.

Gibbs did experience bright note late in th season from a pair of fresh men .wbo were forced int' playing time. Todi Abrahamson, a 6-4 forwar1 from Palmer, Iowa, scorei a. season-high eight point in his first start as a Bobca vs. Tarkio Feb. 24 at home Scot Hogan, a 6·5 center carded six .points a Benedictine, Kan. February 4.

The Bobcats did no enjoy the great success a home that they did in 83-83 That year, the 'Cats wen 12-1 at home, but manage1 to win just five of tei games this year. Peru wa 9-11 on the road this season Of the 'Cats' 16 losses, si: were 1to playoff-boum teams. Twice Peru lost t' ' Kearney State and Doane and once each to Hasting; and Nebraska Wesleyan all headed for post-seaso1 play.

For the second straigh ·year, the Bobcat defens1 ranks first among th1 District 11, yielding 61 points per game.

Gridders finished 4·6

The 1984 Peru State football · team ended its season on November 5, with a 26-6 victory over Huron College in the Oak Bowl.

The win upped the Bobcats' final regular season record to a much-improved 4-5. The Bobcats had finished 1-8 in 1982.

Other Bobcat victories "included the season opener at Doane .(Sept.. 3), Tarkio (Sept. 17), at the 15th Annual Applejack. Bowl,

and Westmar. College {Oct. 29).

First year coach Ja) Adcox had nine players that received post-season honors, including two firs1 team All-District per· formers.

"Overall we didn't win as many games as I w0,uld like to have," said Adcox, "But we had high ex· pectations, and we .played a lot of young kids, which will help to build for next season."

Maxine Mebus, head softball and volleyball coach, is Peru State's newly-appointed director of athletics.

(Photo by Mike Northrup)

Lady Bobcat basketball player Leigh Moss, daughter of Marilyn Giesman Moss ('62), and her teammates have been enjoying unprecedented success on the hardcourts this fall. (Photo by Mike Northrup)

lady Cats 'best ever'

The women's basketball tieam at Peru State enjoyed their .most successful · ever as first year head. cmrcn· .•has guided the Lady Bobcats to post-season play f<>r the first time. ·

The Lady Bobcats' record currently stands at 18-9 (thru Feb. 28), and will play Midland Lutheran, ranked seventh in the nation in NAIA schools, in the semifinal of the District 11 playoffs.

Libal has helped the Lady Bobcats establish a new school record for the most wins in a season at 18 this year, and tie the record for most consecutive victories at six. Last season, Peru finished 6-19 overall.

Libal took over a program that returned all five startiers, including two of the top players in trict 11, Alice Andersen and Linda Shepard..

Andersen, a senior from Omaha, has been a steady force at center for Peru with her 11.4 rebounding average, third .in the district. Andersen has also increased her scoring average to 14.0 points per game while shooting over 50 percent from the floor.

Andersen has gone over the 1000-point mark for her career with 13 points vs. Kearney in a state-college playoff· game.

Shepard, a 5-7 junior, h8s been tile Lady most ex'.plosive scorer this ",

Although I'm fairly new at writing a column, I hope that you enjoyed my last effort. There are so many things to write about, I'm sure I have forgotten something, but I'll try to hit the highlights. ·

'fHERIGHT DIRECTION

First year coach Jay Adcox did a great job with the Bobcat football team this season, turning the program around ffom 1-8 ('82) to 4-5 in 1983. The 'Cats fell just short in some clo8e games (Concordia and Benedictine) of making their record look great. Take into consideration the change to a new coaching philosophy and new offenses and defenses, and they made the adjustments superbly.

Adcox, if you haven't met him yet, is a great salesman and notch speaker, so look for a .good year of recruiting. Last year he brought in George "Yogi" Taylor, an honorable mention H.S. 'Maybe he won't bring another Yogi to our campus, but look for this year's recruiting class to be just that, class.

I don't want to divulge any names yet, but from what I've heard, I can tell you that some of them are going to be good ones and could become an All American like Jim Rosenquist, a guard· on the Bobcat team .back in 1958 !

RIGHT CHOICE FORA.D.

Maxine Mebus, fifth year coach of the women's softball and volleyball teams, stepped in in January to take over.the athletic director position. Mebus previously held the positiQn at Dakota State College. Now add to those duties softball coaching and recruiting, all which keep her quite busy. Nonetheless, she is the best choice for athletic director. She already has the ball rolling with many new ideas. If you note any changes around, credit Maxine Mebus for having a hand in it.

MEN FALL SHORT, WOMEN EXCEED

season. A graduate of Lincoln Northeast, ·she is averaging 18.7 .ppints per game, but also leads in the team in.assists and steals.

Shepard has received "District Player of the Week" honors twice this season.

Shepard has broken many records this season and in her career at Peru. She is already the all-time leading scorer with over 1200 points, and has set records for the most points, field goals, field goal. attempted, high scoring average, assists and steals in a season.

She also owns the career marks for most field goals scored, attempted, high scoring average, most points, assists, and steals, and has. one whole season of eligibility remaining.

Colleen Chapman, a 5-8 senior from Grand Island, has also been a valuable asset to the women's team this year. Chapman, a · transfer from Mid Plains .Commuiiity College, has averaged over 10 points per game and five rebounds. In just two seasons, Chapman has moved into the fifth spot on the all-time scoring list and seventh spot in rebounding.

The top·newcomer to the team was freshman Leigh Moss, a 6-0 forward from Burr, Neb. Moss entered the starting line-up during the season and averages seven p.oints and five >reoounds .pet game.

Remember when I said the PSC men's basketball team would be destined for great success if they played well as a team? Well the best way to describe this season.islike Jello that never thickens: Start with good ingredients, but maybe not quite what you.wanted in: the end. Head Coach John Gibbs suffered through a lot of problems this season with ineligible · players and the lack of team basketball at times.

The 1984 season marked the career end of a good basketball player in Morris Liesemeyer. The 6-5 senior from Syracuse moved into the 12th spot on tlie all-time scoring list behind Tom Yopp ('63) and tied for eighth in rebounding with Pete Stewart {'70). ·

The ftnal game against UMKC also marked the. ca of seniors Brian Strother, Mike Miller, and Pat Harrtson. Thanks for some exciting basketball!

Maybe the biggest surprise of the year was the Lady Bobcats' basketball team. Head coach Jim Lioal gets almost. all the credit here. Take virtually the same team, except add freshman T .eigh Moss, ,and turn a program from 6·19 to 18-9 and a District 11 playoff berth.

I'd say coach Liba1 did an excellent job and should receive some type of award. That's why he gets my vote for District coach of the year. What a success story for a tnan who never coached on the college level or women before!

I shouldn't fail to mention Linda Shepard, who is certainly one of the most explosive players in the state, and Alice Andersen, who is the most underrated player in the District. The women have showed a lot of poise, determination, and hustle, and thus the results·

Good luck to them.in the playoffs, a first ever in women's basketball, arid also thanks for all of you who supported them this year.

TRACKSTERS BUILDINGQUALIFY FOR NATIONALS

The indoor track teams finished the season at Kearney on Feb. 20 with a very respectable showing. The Bobcats , finished the season undefeated at home in both duals and triangular meets. . ·

Head coach Dennis Obermeyer ('70) had 12 runners qualify for the NAIA national indoor meet in Kansas City, the most since he has been at the helm. The women's team finished fourth at the .District meet and the men in sixth, hut a close look reveals the development· the track program has had since Obermeyer took over.

The women set a total of 16 new records in the '83 lndoor season and the men 14.

The outdoor tea,tns will consist of primarily the. same personnel, so look for a· good outdoor program· as well.

SPRING SPORTS LOOK GOOD

·· After' talking >with the· respected· sOftball and b88eball · coachf.!s, each ·sp(nt to be >shaping up n,tcelr..

who a member Gauclmt from team. Coome Pruse, a from is about other regular from 1983.

Mebus will have to rely on alot of freshmen, and has quite a few to pick from.

Last season, the Lady Bobcats were 1-11 and never got off ,... on the right track because the bad weather cancelled numerous games. If things hold up .better this spring, the .14 Lady Bobcats.could surprise some this season, which I think they have the t.alent to do. ·

The diamond outlook is bright as head coach Nick Petrlllo ('70) has quite afew of his top performers back. Heading the list. is second baseman Kevin Sykes, a sure handed infielder with good base speed.

Add power hitter Brian S,trother, who can play several positions; Mark Williams, iast year's top pitcher who will also move to the infield; Jeff Parker, who was ineligible last spring but has raw t.alent; Tony Foster; and David Miller. The Bobcats could make another run for the District title, as they did last year, but some help from newcomers will be needed .If they can hang together, they have that chance again.

NPT A DANGEROUS PLACE

If you've heard any rumors that old PSC is a dangerous place, don't believe it. The following is a list of the athletes who have been on crutches since the. beginning of fall semester. Theresa Bohling, Robin Broz, Bonnie all ankle injuries; Anita Downing, Ann Tierney, Morris Liesemeyer, George Taylor, Jim Krajicek, Mark Smith, Molly Baird, all knee injuries

Five of them are volleyball players, three football, and two basketball. If you're planning a trip back to the Campus of a Thousand Oaks, don't forget about the hills; you could be the next to be using crutches!

Remember the fun and friendships during your days at Peru

Remember those walks up cemetery hill? Those 1 hilarious times in Mt. Vernon, Delzell or Morgan Halls? Those cold fall· days in the'Oak Bowl, or cozy winter nights watching basketball games?

Remember those favorite classmates and teach.ers?

WHERE ARE THEY TODAY?

lfyou don't know, maybe we can help. Send us the name or names (married names if possible) of your long-lost pals, roommates and teammates. If we know where they are, we'll send you their address - in time to surprise them with a Christmas card!

"FIND·A·FRIENO"

From Peru State College

ADDRESS: ______

Please send me the address of the foliowing Peru State grads, if available: (please include year graduated).