1989 The Peru Stater (Nebraska)

t enrollment for PSC

The student populatio9 at = Peru State College set an all; time record for the · sixth Q.. (Ii consecutive year this past fall, .c PSC President Jerry Gallentine has announced.

The final enrollment count for the Fall term reached 1,663, up 4.5 percent from the Fall '87 record of 1,591, Dr. Gallentine said. Paving the way for the gaii:l wa.s a 21 percent increase i n f i r.S t -t i m e fr e s h m a n enrollmerit, up to 259 from 214 last fall.

"l feel the college continues to strengthen its reputation as an undergraduate institution," Gallentine said. He saidthere was no one, single reason to account for this year's growth.

Full-time equivalency, reflecting credit hour production by all enrolled students, grew by 1.4 percent (from 1,085 in '87 to an even I, 100 iri '88). On:-campus enrollment was up a healthy six percent, to 1,090 students from 1,031 last year.

PSC officials were also pleased with a 5.4 percent

increase in residence hall occupancy. A total of 548 stayed in PSC halls this fall, up from 520 the previous year.

Peru State College has posted enrollment gains every fall starting in !982. Its '83 enrollment (l ,306) broke the previous record of 1.26 l set in the Fall of '69, and the college has posted record numbers ·each year since '83.

Mike Barks Joins Peru Foundation

Gaining private funding for a public college is the aim of Mike Barks, the new director of development for the Peru Achievement Foundation at Peru State College.

Barks, who has five years of in fundraising, joined the P AF staff last fall.

The Foundation is Peru State College's non-profit organization for charitable and educational• purposes.

"The selection committee was particularly impressed with the

fact that Mike has several years' fund raising experience not just for a public agency but at the collegiate level," noted PSC President Jerry Gallentine.

A native of Ottumwa, fowa, Barks was associate director of gift programs at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater from 1986-88.

At OS U he led a research project on potential major donors, assisted with a SJ00,000 telemarketing program, and

led the effort to raise over SJ00,000 from class reuni6ns and alumni clubs and for their library endowment, marching band and other projects.

Barks served as campaign director for United Way of Burlington County in New Jersey in 1985-86, and was associate director for United Way of Lincoln and Lancaster County in Nebraska from 1983-85.

"I am struck by the

Starts in March

friendliness of the Peru State College officials and alumni that I have met so far," Barks said. "That friendliness is obviously a big plus for the college.

Barks will solicit funds from Peru State alumni and other supporters, regional businesses, and charitable foundations. He will also work with existing PSC alumni associations around the country and attempt to establish new alumni chapters and related activities.

'Peru State Calling'

When your phone rings sometime during March or early April, chances are that it just might be "Peru State Calling."

The second annual phone-a-thon wilJ begin in early March, noted Mike Barks, director of development.

Approximately 6,000 alumni ·and friends will be called by PSC students and area residents during the campaign. Calling will be done by the Peru center for Telecommunications Marketing, Inc., located in the Centennial Complex on campus.

Proceeds will go to the "Greater College Fund" for the Peru Achievement Foundation, Barks said.

May 12-13

Golden grads to gather

The sixth annual Peru State College "May Reunion" for 50year alums is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, May lf-13, PSC President Jerry Gallentine has announced. Several members of "honored classes" are already calling and writing classmates to encourage attendance, Dr. Gallentine noted, and the typical big crowd is anticipated.

Details are not yet finalized, but the agenda will include a social hour in the President's home, dinner and a program, campus tours, and plenty of leisure time to get re-acquainted. This year's featured class will be the Class of '39. Special guests will be the 49-year Class of 1940.

Th.e formal invitation will be mailed later this spring.

NEW DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR FOR THE PERU ACIEVEMENT FOUNDATION, MIKE BARKS, REVIEWS MATERIALS WITH FOUNDATION AND ALUMNI SECRETARY MRS. CAROLYN BREDEMEIER. BARKS WAS APPOINTED

THE POSITION IN OCTOBER. HE HAD BEEN WITH THE OKLAHOMA ST A.TE UNIVERSITY

California assembly

Northern Californians take note: the '89 meeting is coming soon!

The Sheraton HQtel in Concord (45 John Glenn Drive) will be ··the location for the annual rendezvous; President John ('48) and Donnie Parriott ('47) Lewis have a.nnounced.

Formal invitations will be mailed soon, but alums in the Northern California region are to make plans today to atten.d. ·

June meeting for Omahans

Omaha-Council Bluffs-area alumni are. encouraged to mark down Saturday, June 17 on the calendars as the date of the next Metro-Area Reunion.

Chapter President Al and Sandy Grate Urwin (both '82) and vice president Mark Shively ('79) have an entertaining event planned.

At press time, it appears as though the meeting will be held at the Bellevue Yacht Club (formerly the Bellevue Queen restaurant) in Haworfo Park on the banks of the Missouri River.

Watch for yout invitation later this spring!

Homecoming '89 announced

Peru State College will celebrate its 67th annual Homecoming Day on Saturday, Sept. 30, 1989, President Jerry Gallentine has announc- e({'.

Enjoy Homecoming!

.Class· reunions and other a.lumni activities will be complemented by the annual parade, Homecoming play and football game, Qr. Gallentine noted. ·

Formal plans have not been finalized, but alums should mark the date on their calendar and make plans now to enjQy Homecoming Day at PSC next fall!

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News about pe<>ple you know

1900s

Benjamin Rowan ('06) of L.incoln was featured. in a December story in the Lincoln Star headlined "Ben Rowan, 100, is still independent." It notes that Rowan cooks his own meals, cleans his own apartment, does his own shopping and banking, and runs. errands for others. R<'!porter. Kelly Gold noted that ·He fondly remembers those days at Peru as some of the best of his life."

1910s

Myrtie Weatherhogg Kuster ('13), whose senior yearbook quote is "lt is the initial business and purpose of life to be " was honored upon her 90th birthda; in Nt)vember. She LrneolrL

A glimpse of the. past

ANOTHER.GLIMPSE OF DOWNTOWN PERU OF AN EARLIER ERA IS IN THIS BURRIS DRUG CO. POSTCARD OF AROUND 1910. THIS SHOT, OF THE EAST .SIDE OF "MAIN STREET" (ACTUALLY FIFTH STREET), IS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE ARLENE REVEBAUGH HODGES, CLASS OF 1912, AND WAS PROVIDED BY YVONNE DALLUGE OF PAWNEE CITY.

Aprill3

Alums sought for ''Career Fair''

Achance to visit with over 200 PSC graduating seniors is , being offered to alumni this spring, according to· Mrs. Linda Warren, director of career planning and placement. PSC's annual "Career Fair" will be held on Thursday, April 13 from JO a.m. to I p.m. in the Al Wheeler Activity .Center. "If you would like an

from college days. She lives at Dayton, Ohio.

1930s·

Margaret Mitchell Palmer ('18), of Kearney, Neb.,· is keeping occupied writing her life story. Her son's encouragement got Mrs. Palmer into the project, and he provides her with a "writer, editor and publisher" to complete the work.

1920s

· St;ven fiS) was a recept recipient of the "Service to Mankind Award" given by the Pawnee City (Neb.) Sertoma Club. He was selected for the honor for sharing his musical talents with residents of at least l l nursing homes in the area ·and for playing at many benefits and community function&.

Neva Nutzman Pick.well ('23} her friends

Dr. Jim Perdue ('37) former president of the State University College at Oswego, N.Y. (among other impressive career stops), authored an article entitled "Presidential Sabbaticals: A Need for Policy" that appeared in an August newsletter published by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCUJ. a visit to his alma mater on Homecoming weekend, Peru State was able to get Gerhard Deubler ('35) back on the alumni mailing list. He is a retired IRS supervisor and Jives in Wichita, Kan. Gfad you enjoyed Homecoming, and we lqok forward to having you back on campus!

Wiley Remmers ('38), defeated by just 46 votes in his 1 un for the .Nebraska state

opportunity to see our 200 graduates, and other upcoming talent first-hand, or can share 'inside' informatiQn on the real world of employment and job search, we encourage you to take part," Mrs. Warren said.

Booth space is available at no charge. Mrs. Warren emphasized that it is not just for legislature this past fall, will be around the Capitol this year anyway as a lobbyist for .the Lincoln of Tews and Radcliffe.

Ralph Scholl ('38) of Columbus, Ohio, filled the PSC alumni office in on. his activities since leaving Peru. After a short teaching career in Iowa and Virginia, he joined the Navy during ,WWII and then got a job with the Defense Department after the war, retiring in 1979. He notes that college at Peru cost his father s500 for four years, two of those years .sp.ent living on campU$. He and his wife Elizabeth keep busy by playing golf and gardening.

Wayne Riggs ('37), whose accomplishments on the field, court and track at. Peru State were noted in the last Stater upon his induction ii'lto the PSC athletic Hall of Fame, recieved a similar honor this past fa!L The Shubert, Neb. native was one of JO charter

prospective employers, but that people who can help PSt students to better themselves are wanted as welL

For more information, or· tn reserve a space, contact Warren by calling (402) 872:, 38l5 or toll free in the continental U.S. at J-800-742· 4412.

indµcted into the Richardson County Athletic Hall of Fame. Six of the 10 iriduc.tees were Peru grads. The irrepressible Ellen Zink Vandervort ('32) of Dµncan, Ariz., dropped PSC's alurylni office a note this past fall which included an extensive feature on Ellen's sterling career in education. A science, English, history, geography, and Spanish teaching career on both the high school and college level ; took Jier from Nebraska to Colorado t.o West Virginia and, fin1.dly, to Arizona, where. she has h veq since l 956: awards in A.rizona as Biology Teacher of the Year ('65), Outstanding Secondary Teacher ( 73), and finally, Arizona State Teacher of the Year ('76). Outside interests earned her Citizen of the Year honors for Greenlee ( County in. '8.3. At the present she serves as volunteer tcac!i.er's aide Duncan {

···perusings

By Kent Propst

for Chapter 5

Want to help write another chapter in Peru State's book?

The "chapter" I spel(lk of is an alumni chapter. The establishment of an organization along the eastern seaboard this past fall brings to four the number of active chapters for PSC.

They also include the Omaha chapter, the Rocky ·Mountain chapter, arid the Northern California chapter. The Lincoln chapter has not been active in the past couple of years. but we plan to change that in the near future.

It Takes You '

PSC once had an active chapter in southern' California, but that has. laps'ed. A great meeting in Phoenix iQ '86 failed to in the necessary to make it an established, ongoing group.

It takes you, the alum, to make the organization succeed. We are willing to travel about anywhere to bring a taste of Peru to you, but if you are interested, you must show the initiative.

That is what our friends on the eastern seaboard d.id. They called us, and we responded with a program that we hope was fun. Old friendships were rekindled, new ones made, and excitement was high.

Just Call

Of course, there are many an;:as of the couritry and the world where we lack an adequate concentrated population of alums. That makes establishment of.a chapter rather difficult.

But there are areas ripe for a chapter. Southern California and the St. Louis 'area come immediately to mind, and Phoenix, too. Other Nebraska communities are also strong possibilities.

For the organizers, it really isn't that much work actually, it's more fun than work (or so they say).

If you're interested, just call me (on my dime, even: 1-800742·-4412 anywhere in the continental U.S.), and we'll try to 1.vork something out.

ln case you are still suspicious, I havea better suggestion. Call one of our current or immediate past chapter presidents Janet Vance ('77) or Al Urwin ('82) in Omaha; Janey Moore Fowler ('65) or Bob ('64) and Judy Wilson ('63) Gallerani in Virginia; John ('48) and Donnie Parriott ('47) Le\vis or Carlos Harrison ('51) in northern California; Rita Russell Hanna ('40) in Aurora, Colo. · ·

They can tell you what it takes to make an organization go, and still have fun doing it. ·

Keep in touch!

California girl adopts ,Peru State

Peru State College has been (ldopted by ll.. sixth-grade .: ,student in California!

,,An- interesting program developed by the Edenv;ile S.chool in San Jose, Calif. students· ther.e to get ,JJ1volved in its adopt-aThis year, esc has been adopted Edenvale sixth .. grader . Pat

Letters to the Stater

!_leader appreciates alumni publication

Dear Stater -

What a joy it is to receive the Peru Stater, and the memories it brings back of when I attended Peru State from 1.97072.

I worked as ·. a student' in Special Services with the late

Don Carlisle, and helped to type the address labels for the mailing of the Peru Stater and the Peru Achievement Foundation, so can appreciate the hours it takes to Write I and tfublish this wonderful and. informative

paper. Keep up the great work, and a special "hello" to all my friends from Peru State and my home town of Peru!"

Patsy Stephens Hiltihrandt Odessa, Neb.

After 56 years, alum gets back on mailing list

Dear StaterAstounded is the word since I graduated from Peru in 1932 (56 years ago), I had never · heard from any one there; never before have I seen a copy of the Peru Stater.•.

After finishing my degree at

Peru, I taught at DuBois, Neb., then on to the University of Chicago to work on a masters degree in social work

Retired to North t:arolina in 1973, and I remain here in the same house we built upon

retirement. Thank you for the copies of the Peru Stater .,,_ it was nice to hear from you,

Cordially, Louise "Bobbie" Sonderegger Foresman ('32) Hendersonville, N.C.

Former coach writes tribute to Lade

EDITOR'S NOTE: On Saturday, Sept. IO, 1988, several athletic greats from Peru State's past were inducted into the PSC Hall of Fame, including the late Bob Lade, '54. Dr. Paul Gilbert, a coach of Lade's at PSC and later a , fellow coach at Tarkio was to present remarks, bht his remarks were cut short; following is the text of his speech that day).

"Newt Kyle wrote me a 'letter in late July and followed it with

greater privilege of playing with him at those three levels.

J'm not sure I know him better as a coach than others on our staffs who coached with him; or those athletes who played for him at Tarkio High School and Tarkio College.

I'm not sure I know him better as a'man than his own family whom he loved and cherished so; or that marvelous physician who "hung tough" with him and helped him in his final months.

a phone call a few days later. , But I know I was very One part of his message was the · fortunate to have a close part in same. He encouraged me to his life when he was a student, make myself available for this an athlete, a coach, a friend, occasion and said, "Paul, and a man you're the only one left that I remember Bob, the student, knows how great an athlete, as a very dependable, capable coach and man Bob Lade was." person. One of the things•that I'm not sure I know him better tried to handicap him, but as an athlete than other coaches could not get it done, was his who had the privilege of eyesight. coaching him in high school, at Almost blind in one eye and Peru, and in the pro's; or his deficient in .the other, he was teammates, who had the even still an avid reader, a studious·

individual who did not shirk the difficult chore of being a good student. And he was one of the best baby-sitters my wife and I· ever had capable, dependable.

continued to develop it at the college.

In addition to the basic knowledge M the skills· and

Lawrence. Students involved in the program must contact their "adopted" college and find out information about the institution. A T-shirt sent to Edenv(lle by participating institutions is worn by the student on special days.

Wekomt< to the Peru State College family, Pat!

Bob started coaching at Tarkio (Mo.) High Sch6ol. After two years, we had an opening 'at Tarkio College and there was no question in my mind about who we wanted on our staff. Fortunately for us, he was ready to make the change. A strong tireless worker, · he always did more than he was asked. He had demonstrated "the touch" in. his coaching at the high school and he

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how to· teach them, he had creative: insigh't on t!:ie game strategy an immediate grasp of what to do and when to do it.

Great coaches, as great athietes,: are able to plan and thin;k ahead as the game is in (see page 13)

Peru· Stater

EDITOR Kent Propst ('81) ASSIS•T ANTS

Carolyn Bredemeier ·. Jackie Williams ('81)

SPORTS Henzel ('86)

GRAPHICS

Paula Winkelman ('82)

THE PERU STATER is publishe(i'by Peru State College with support of the Peru ·Achievement Foundation at the Nebraska City (Neb.) News-Press.

Carving a career out of wood

(Editor's Note: The following feature appeared in the December '88 issue of "NEBRASKAland" magazine, published by the state Game and Parks Commission. It is reprinted with permission of the author).

by Ken Bouc NEBRASKAJand Magazine

"An ARTIST has to • take chances in order to give life to a sculpture orcarving. Too many artists are afraid to risk exaggerating a posture or an action, yet that's something they should try, because it might add a new dimension to their says Desiree (Kline) Hajny ('79) of Columbus, a wildlife artist rapidly earning nation.al recognition for her wood \ carvmg.

Exaggeration, a trick of the cartoonist's trade, creates .a sense of life and motion in three.;dimensional figures just as it does on a comic page or a Saturday morning TV screen, according to Desiree.

But what may be perceived as .• ¢}(ft.ggeration in a piece of work

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Dr. Paul Landolt ('33) of Lincoln, Neb., has retired once again, and maybe this time it will stick. The former University of NebraskaLincoln professor PSC Distinguished Service Award recipient has retired from the faculty of Southeast Community Collegefo Lincoln after I I years. "Really· enjoyed seeing Bo Cowel and Wayne Riggs at the PSC Athletic Hall of Fame Induction (in September). They are really very worthy recipients of the award, as was the late Phyllis Davidson."

Laura Hickson Stoltz ('33) of Jerome, Idaho is trying to locate a friend from. college Ciays: 'Marjorie Keipe. The college alumni association is unable to help can anyone put these two back in contact?

Let Mrs. Carolyn Bredemeier at the college know if you can locate Marjorie, and we'll forward the information to Laura.

may not really be exaggeration at all.

"If you watch an animal move in slow motion on film or video tape, you will see that its motions are more pronounced than. what we perceive at normal speed. $0, the extra bend I show in the leg of my running deer,. for example, is dos.er to realjty than .what we think we see in deer," she said.

She learned the value of cartoon techniques · at Peru State College while earning a B.A. degree in fine arts. There, her art instructors included Pa.ul Fell ('67), now an awardwinning cartoonist for the Lincoln Journal.

' More than a knowledge of cartoon and animation techn)que contribute to Desiree's success. She inherited her mother's love and talent for drawing. From her father, a carpenter, she learned to understand wood, and·· to appreciate its feel and smell.

Her· grandparents in Iowa offered encouragement and many reference books on ;/!'

w1!dl1te, and her other taught her about wildlife during long hikes in the mountains near her former Colorado home;

Her sketches as a five-ye4r-old dealt mostly with princesses and horses, but shifted to deer and horses by the time she was a teenager. She also spent considerable time sorting through the scrap piles in her father's shop, asking about the many varieties of wood, learning how they responded to crude whittling.

She wasn't too impressed 1.lntil, she got hold of some basswood, a dense, white, easily carved wood that she later discovered is a staple of the carver's art. And, her walks in the mountains with her grandfather, wliere she observed and learned about deer, coyotes and beavers, continued until the family moved to Iowa just before her jupior year in high school.

But these elements didn't come together to make Desiree a wood carver until she was teaching art at Rock County •High School in Bassett. ·

l940s

Marjorie Moore .Rider (twoyear '42, bachelor's ;64) retired

from teaching in May '87, but keeps close to the educational scene. She is house mother for the Ag Men fraternity in Lincoln, Neb.

Marvin Schacht ('40) of Cook, Neb. was recently honored by Phi Delta Kappa for distinguished service to education. Marvin is an emeritus member of the professional education fraternity. His wife Vivian earned a degree from Peru in '62.

Ross'Adams ('41) of Peru was recognized for distinguished service to the District 29 (Auburn-Peru) school djstrict in December. A long-time school board member who declined to run for re-election this past fall, the forrner schoolteacher and current farmer and rancher is married to the former Maryon Thomas f59). He continues to serve his alma mater as a board member for The Peru Achievement Foundation.

Elmon "Brownie" Velvick ('41) and Mildred Filmer Velvick ('37) expressed their appreciation for the Home(see page 6)

"I faced a real problem in attracting ranch kids into an art class. Art is not considered a practical skill for a racher, and it also seems kind of sissified. Then, I though of carving. Woodcarving is not far removed from whittling, and that's kind of a traditional and masculine activity.

"I started a carving class, and learned the b.asic skills right along with my students. My class grew, and I got hooked on carving in the process," she said. She began attending carving shows and competitions, and learned many of the finer points of the art from other carvers.

But the opportunity to make carving a profession did not come untll 1986 when her husband, Bernie ('81), took a position in the Columbus school system. Desiree wanted to remain at home to take care of their infant son, Jeff, but the family needed a second income. That's when Bernie encouraged Desiree to give carving an all-out effort. They hoped her carving would supplement Bernie's income as a teacher. And that's the way it appears to be working out.

"When I was in Bassett, I thought I'd have to keep teaching, or do custom tee-

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shirts or something like that, if I wanted to remain in art. I never dreamed I would get i,nto woodcarving professionally," she said.

,J)esiree's wood sculptures depict only mammals. "I like birds and fish and other things, but I just don't care for them as · carving subjects," she said. Ideas for her mammal carvings often come from wildlife programs on television.

"I'll do lots of quick sketches while watching the program, then put them aside for a while, and work on them later. I now have tons of old sketch books, and I'm continually sifting through them for ideas and postures. 'Then, I'll check old wildlife magazines, zoo photos or museum sketches, looking for colors and tones, head positions and i{le way the hair flows. Next .to the animation that slightly exaggerated featnres provide the Jay of an animal's fur is most important to realism, "she said.

After bandsawing a. rough shape from basswood or jetutong (another wood favored by carvers), Desiree draws a few features before she carves the rough shape. Once the final shape and features are achieved, the fur texture is added with a special wood burning tool.

Painting is done with acrylics, topped with a coat of tung oil. Bases are either waxed walnut or driftwood. "I don't use Clay

models before I start carving, and I don't use glass eyes. All my eyes are part of the head, carved in place and painted. ·· Like animation and fut, eyes are a critical part of the work."

Once carving is complete and the fur patterns laid down, Desiree often delegates the wood burning, base constructt10n a:rid some other finishing processes to Bernie. She also gets help from family and friends in Nebraska, Colorado and Washington, whe ofkn send her large boxes if driftwood and stumps for use as bases.

When she started carving professionally in 1986, Desiree began entering and winning nationally prominent carving shows and competitions. Since then, she has won honors at shows in ·canada, Alaska, Missouri, Iowa and Oklahoma. Her WQrk is now offered ln seven studios in Nebraska, Colorado, Missouri and Ohio, and she has sold ca.ryings t.o cOUectors, including Barbara Mandrell, in 28 states and three foreign countries.

(Editor's Note: Desi was also featured in the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal-Star in January, and will be the subject of a story in the magazine "Better Homes and Gardens" in the near future Her work is represented in collections across the U.S., and in Canada, England, Germany and China).

Downey launches visiting scholar program.

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Marian Downey, a 1952 Peru State College graduate and head of the Roxanna Oil Company of Texas, was back on the PSC campus in

November to initiate the a.I college's new "Visiting Scholar" program.

Downey is a Falls City native ende'd a 30-year career with the Shell Oil Co. in 1987 to start Roxanna Oil, concerned with oil exploration abroad.

The PSC ViSiting Scholar program is designed to expose PSC students to people of national ·· and international renown, with an emphasis on guests with ties to the Peru college and/ or community, noted Dr. Channing Cox, PSC vice president.

Downey, who has strong views on the Middle East where he spent time while with Shell, discussed the probability of another "energy crises" within the next few years in two public lectures during his visit.

Downey also visited business, science and world civilization classes during his stay at Peru State College, and wasa special guest at student and faculty receptions.

International honor

Energetic scholar

MARLAN DOWNEY ('52) WAS BACK ON CAMPUS IN NOVEMBER TO KICK OFF PSC's NEW "VISl.TING SCHOLAR" PROGRAM.

(PHOTO BY TERESA.FISCHER)

Research rewarding

Working with insects certainly doesn't bug Peru College student Ellen .Kruger.

In fact, her research with a species of gnat known as "Culicoides" has earned her a scholarship awarded to the outstanding undergraduate student in North America and Mexico, .given annually by the Entomological Society of America.

The honor is particularly meaningful to Dr. Larry Pappas, professor of biology at PSC, since it marks the second time in four years that one of his students has won the international award. Genelle Grossman, a 1987 Peru State graduate now involved in graduate school research il't Harvard University, was PSC's previous recipient.

Mrs. Kruger, a PSC junior majoring in pre-pharmacy, officially received the award at the Entomological Society's national meeti,ng held in December in Louisville, Kentucky.

During the meeting, involving many of America's premier

entomologists, Mrs. Kruger presented her research effort, entitled "Temporal Spring Emergence Sequence of Tree Hole Culicoides."

The. opportunity to do extensive research as undergraduate students at Peru State is something that sets PSC students apart from many others, as evidenced by the fact that two Peru State students have received the prestigious scholarship in recent years.

It is also a testimony to the efforts of Dr. Pappas and other members of the college's natural sciences division, noted PSC President. Jerry Gallentine.'

Mrs. Kruger, a lifelong resident of southeast Nebraska, did her research locally. It isn't the only research work she has done, however.

She has been involved in research since her freshman year at PSC, and has worked on a project with Dr. Ralph Howard of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Grain Marketing Reserarch LaboraManhattan, Kansas.

Dakota Centennial Alumnus" in recognition of significant achievements during his

(from page 5) lifetime. Lowe, who died in

coming invitation they received 19 72, was governor of this past fall. Residents of American Samoa and governor •Garnett, Kan., they retired of Guam, was an official United Nations observer and a after 34 and 31 years teaching, Iiason officer for the National respectively. "How about that Education Association.

football team in 1939. It was a Ruth Kennedy Haney ('43) good one,,. Brownie recalled. was one of several alums Jack Mcintire ('41), former · , .,heeding the call jn the Jas,J:. athlel'ic aMicoaching great '·''"Stater for issues''

· longtime PSC faculty member, of the "Peruvian" yearbook. added still another honor to his Mrs. Haney, retired as registrar list this past fall. Mcintire was one of IO cl'iarrer members ·.f;x,om · d d · h R. h d University-Long Beac;.h and m ucte mto t e 1c ar son now living in l?arker, Ariz., County (Neb.) Hall of Fame sent her alma mater copies of during November ceremonies the ,38 , •39 , •4 1, '42, and '43 in Falls City. Mcintire, current "Peruvians.,, She writes "I'd president of the Peru A h F. d d enjoy hearing from any of my c ievement oun at10n an friends from my Peru. years." a Nebraska City resident, taught and coached in Falls City for several years before joining the staff at his alma mater.

Mary Ann Schutz Holter ('41) of Tecumseh, Neb. has retired from her positon at the Tecumseh Building and Loan office after over 26 years.

Richard Barrett Lowe, whp came to Peru during the second World War to direct the Navy V-p program and after the war served briefly as PSTC Dean of Men, was designated a "South .,

1950s

Ray Ehlers ('58), act1v1t1es director at Lexington ({'/eb.) High School, has been nominated for National Athletic Director of the Year honors by the Nebraska Coaches Association. Now in his 19th year at Lexington High, he previously served in Fullerton and Blair in Nebraska. The national honor won't be announced until 1989.

(see page 7)

PSC STUDENT ELLEN KRUGER SPENDS A LOT OF TIME IN THE SCIENCE LAB .DOING RESEARCH, BUT IT HAS PAID OFF FOR THE WIFE, AND MOTH:ER. MRS. KRUGER WAS AWARDED A 5 1,000 SCHOLARSHIP BY THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA AFTER BEING SELECTED AS THEIR OUTSTANDING UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT IN NORTH AMERICAN COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.

Despite her success in the insect field, and a love for · biology, the study of pharmacology is her first choice. Ellen hopes to attend a

(PHOTO BY TERESA FISCHER)

college of pharmacy after leaving Peru State to obtain a graduate degree in that field. Ideally, £She would like to be involved in pharmacological

research , so that she could combine her two interests.

Ellen ll:nd husband William Kruger live near Brownville with their son, Adam.

HERE THEY ARE AGAIN, BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND, THE YELL LEADERS FROM PERU STATE CIRCA 1931. MANY. ALUMS AND FORMER STUDENTS RESPONDED TO A REQUEST IN THE LAST STATER TO HELP IDENTIFY THESE BOBCAT BOOSTERS, WHO INCLUDE (FROM LEFT) LOUISE "BOBBIE" SONDEREGGER FORESMAN, EVELYN BRECHT SISK, CYRIL PAUL "ANDY" SVOBODA, AND WALLY SUGDEN.

Readers ·respond to ''Vellers" request

•Tile response to a request in the' last , Stater for the of an early 1930s yell squad was, to say the least, a pleasant surprise.

Among those identifying the "Old Yellers" (see page 6 of the Fall '88 Stater) were: Dr. Paul Landolt ('33).of Lincoln,. Neb.;

Peruviana

(from page 6)

Sharon Reagan Beck ( attd. '55-'57) of Omaha has been appointed to the Nebraska legislature by Gov. Kay Orr. ' Mrs. Beck fills a vacancy created by the resignation of formerSen. VardJohnson,and represents Nebraska's Eighth District in the 49-member Unicameral.

The late Merle Bauer ('50), who won scores of honors during a distinguished career as aPeru .State athlete and a high school coach and administrator, received another.. honor this past November. Bauer was one of lO charter inductees into the Richardson (Neb.) County Athletic Hall of Fame at a banquet held in Falls City. The Shubert native was one of six of the inductees to earn his degree from Peru State.

Arta (Mrs. Bruce '59) Smith of Lincoln expressed

PSC offers East Coast tour

American history and early American literature are the focus of a tour of the East Coast being sponsored by .Peru State College.

March is the· deadline for a SJOO deposit for the tour, scheduled for July 15 to July 28. The deposjt can be fully refunded up to May 15, and partially refunded. afie.r that.

Dr. Dan Holtz, assistant professor of.English at PSC, will lead the toµr, which is cosponsored by the PSC English department and the college's Continuing Education division.

Liberty and Ellis Island, Wall Street, Rockefeller Center, a Broadway play, the Empire State Building, the United Er .... Nations, Central -Park, 5th Avenue and Greenwic.hVillage. :

Bo Cowel ('34) of Ft. Collins, Colo.; ·. ,·

Kathleen Kelly Gilbert ('l>9) of Fans· City, Neb.; Gertrude Beauchamp Poppino ('31) of Omaha; ·S. Clay Coy ('31) of Co·eur D'Alene, Idaho; Elizabeth Bartling Kahler ('35) of Sturgis, Mich.;

appreciationfor the article on their son Jeff ('83) that appeared in the last Stater making riote of Jeffs new position as graduate assistant basketball coach at the University of NebraskaLincoln. Arta was wondering if we realized t.hat Jeff's father Bruce was a pretty good football and basketball player himself for Peru State from 1956-59,and that his brother is Brad, a current PSC student, three-year starting offensive lineman and an All-American. "PSC is a family tradition in the Smith family," Arta noted. (She failed to mention that Jeff's wife, the former Robin Nelson '83, was an awfully good volleyball player for PSC, too!).

Mary Alice Polsfus McDonald ('54) put her home ec skills to work at the 1988 Colorado State Fair, and earned the" tit!!! "Queen of the Kitchen" for her efforts. Mary Alice entered no less than 111

(see page 11)

Louise Cemore Grasso ('32) of Ne.v.; /Jt.aura · Hickson Stoltz ('33) of Jerome, Idaho; Helen Gilbert Smith ('34) of Ashlagd, pre.; Helen James Madsen ('33) of Nehawka, Neb.; Ila Mae Winkelhake Heinke ('31) of Kansas City, Mo.; Lucille Russell Elliott ('31) of Lincoln; and Dr. John Bath ('37) of Ames, Iowa.

· Oh. yes, another pers.on who responded was the first person pictured Louise "Bobbie" Sonderegger Foresman ('32) of Hendersonville, N.C., who was tracked down by a lot of hard work by the · PSC alumni office's Carolyn Bredemeier. It was the first time Bobbie had heard from Peru State since leaving college.

Others pictured (from left) include Evelyn Brecht Sisk ('33), Cyril Paul "Andy" Svoboda ('31), and Wally Sugden ('32), now living in Oak Park, UL

A hearty thanks to all who wrote or called with the identification; we hope all enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed hearing from you.

However, your next mission is to help the college track down the two "yellers" who are on the college "lost alumni" list Evelyn Brecht Sisk and "Andy" Svoboda. Can anyoQ.e help? If so, write or call the PSC Alumni/Foundation Office!

Highlights will include a stop in Washington, D.C. · to visit the White House, Mt .Vernon, Ford's Theatre, the Arlington National Cemetery, the Jefferson, Lincoln and Vibtnam War Memorials, the Capitol, the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, and more. The next stop will be Baltimore for visits to Fort McHenry National Historic Site, Edgar Allan Poe's gravesit.e, and the Marine Maritime Museum.

Next it is on to Philadelphia for a visit to Independence Hall, the Liberty Beli, the Betsy Ross House, plus a foray into Camden, N.J. to visit the Walt Whitman home.

New York City is the next stop, with visits to the Statue of

The group will take to the \C) road for visits to Washington Irving country, a tour of West Point, the Franklin D. Roosevelt home and library, and the Vanderbilt Mansion. Massachusetts is next up, with a stop ·in Plymouth and its Pilgrim Museum, the Mayflower II, and Plymouth Plantation. Then four Cape Cod including a harbor cruise before heading to Boston. ·From Boston, the group will visit Lexington and Concord, including Ralph Waldo Emerson's home "Old Manse," and Walden Pond, made famous by Henry· David· Thoreau.

The price per person is SJ ,400 ·for double occupancy, st,260 ·for triple and s1,175 for quad. All lodging, roundtrip air fare :from Kansas City, all ground .transportation, admission to all mentioned attractions, and · most meals are included. For more information, contact Dr. Holtz or the PSC Office of Continuing Education by calling toll free at 1-800-742-4412. A free brochure is available.

.By Mike Barks

Peru State College is and always will be a "College of Opportunity" for those having no other means to make their dreams into reality. ,

Supporting this statement is this fact: 45% of all full.,.time students at Peru State come from families with incomes at or below the fedei:al poverty ·guidelines Over 90% of those enrolled are Nebraskans. ·

These s,tudents are not satisfied with station inJife. They are bold enough to raise their sights to the world of to those earning a college degree. Most of our students don't have the means or desire to attend the state University, much less a private college. Here at Peru State, students can thrive in the comfortable, relaxed atmosphere and benefit from the personalized attention and care from qualified faculty and administrators.

I ask you to follow the example of Peru students and raise your sights. Rethink the importance of _Peru State College in terms of impact on students and residents in southeastern Nebraska in particular, and the country in general. Evaluate your level of involvement and commitment to this institution.

Peru Achievement Foundation is the single agency to generate, receive, manage and prudently distribute private gifts for Peru State College.

In suppott of the of the College, the Foundation is developing programs to gather private funds for student aid, · faculty enrichment, .instructional equipment, library collections, endowed faculty chairs, campus beautification and athletics. ·

In 1.989 the Foundation will contact 6,000 friends and alumni for "'Peru State.Calling'', our annual telemarketing effort. Commun1ty drives in Auburn, NebraskaCityand Peru will be conducted to gather · funds from business and industry. Mem6tial gifts will be encouraged. Giving in commemoration of the $0th year class reunion will be.

t;Jnrestricted gifts of'all sizes go t.o the Greater College Fund to ttelp cover.needs across the ca1llpµs receiving inadequate or no furtding iri division budgets. Annual donor honor societies will donors· arid· offer attractive incentives.

While the Greater College Fund. helps .to meet immediate qpaUenges, endowed gifts provide a perpetual benefit on which to build excellence. With a minimum investment of $5 ;000 you can forever memorialize.or honor the name borne by the fund. Outright gifts and the inclusion of the Peru Achievement Foundation in estate plans have created the .endowment.

For many of you who have given to the Foundation it's an expression of thanks for your education enabling you to s:Uceeed in life ·Your gift. serves as. an endorsement to the importitnce of higher education to .the future of our society.

gift can encourage,. inspire and reward the dreamers and · striving tQ better by attending the of .Opportunity'; in Peru.

Yotir support, solicited or not, is welcome and truly. wanted. Stop by next time you are on campus.

'88 P donors

Ftillowing are names of donors to PSC's 1988 alumni Phone-A-Thon, to be added to the extensive list that appeared in the last Stater:

Phyllis Adamson-Lompoc, CA

First Delzell "Mom"

Mrs. Ruth Russell, a lifelong resident. of Nemaha County and the first "housemother" at Delzell Hall, was honored on her IOOth birthday this past November.

The special gathering was hosted by her children, Dr. Ross ('4\l'' of

IChattanooga, Tenn., Roger Russell ('59) of Sterling, Colo., and Rita Russell Hanna ('40) of Am:ora; Colo., and thei.r spouses. Dozens of family members and friends ?Y to pay. their active by

scores of Peruvians.

Her family also announced the establishment of the Ruth Russell Scholarship Fund with the Peru Achievement Foundation at PSC. Happy birthday from the S!ater to a very special Peruvian!·

LeRoy and· Diana Dyer

Behrends - Omaha. NE ·

Perry Biaggi-Omaha, NE

John Boyer-York, NE

James Challis-Chula Vista, CA.

Harold Christy..:Fremont, CA

A VISIT BY JOSEPillNE (MRS. WOOLSEY) DAVIS OF NEBRASKA CITY to PS.C THIS FALL WAS MlJSIC TO THE EARS OF PSCPRESIDENT JERRY.GALLENTINE (LEFT) AND.MUSIC PROFESSOR DR. THOM4S EDIGER (RIGHT). MRS. PRESENTED THEM WITH. A. 510,ooO ··GIFT TOW ARD. THE PURCHASE OF A STEINWAY PIANO, T() BE PL.ACED IN A STUDIO IN THE JINDRA FINE ARTS. CENTER. MRS'. DAVIS HAS BEEN A EDIGER'S FOR THE PAST YEAR (PHOT().BY TERESA FISCHER)

Patricia Tho111pson DiskinSan Mateo, CA

Dorothy Hawxby DuerfeldtShenandoah, IA

Leatrice Hauptman Fulop, M()gadore, OH

MarceH<t Geiger-Los Angeles, CA

Da,vi<l Linda Stephens Gomon'-Milford, OH

Larry Good-Lawrence, KS

G.order,..Walnut · Creek, CA ·

Mary Trussell Gordon-Lisle, ilL

Robert Graham..,Liverpool, NY

Zeta Feighner HannaBakersfield, CA

Lloyd Heim-Omaha, NE

Patsy Stephens HiltibrandOdessa" NE

Ron & Linda Jones-Auburn, NE

Elizabeth Bartling Kahler, Sturgis, MI ·

·Max Kerns-Brewster, ME

Roy L. Klaurens-Minneapolis, MN·

Sundae Knott.:.Lenox, IA

Dr. Jere & Jan Lillethorup

Krakow-Lakewood, 'CO '

Paper.,Hamburg, IA

Stephen R. Parker-Glendale, AZ

Neva Nutzman PickwellDayton, OH

Stephen Rabourn-Aztec, N.M. Gregory .Reinders-Council · Bluffs, IA

Melvin Larsen-Springfield, IL Dr. Robert Reitz-Sioux Falls, John &. Virgivia • Mobley S.D.

•. ;• .•• "'" Mirgie'·''lee •Johnsc,n "Shaw.,:; Tim ·$4 J•eari Wewel Lpgsdon- .Coral Gables FL•· ·· · ·

· · •. A'Z .• ·.. . . Fred&

James MqAUister:-Godfrey, IL Rockaway Beach, OR

Ray & Myrna Bohling MeisterFremont, NE.

Genevieve Gieck MooreGering, NE

Marjorie Young MyersSterling, IL

Al Nardone, Jr.-El Paso, TX···

Roger Niemann-Phoenix, AZ & Ruth Leuenberger

Bruce Smith-Lincoln, NE

Bonita Kite Steinback-Rapid City, SD

Carmen Gersten.schlager Sterner-Phoenix, AZ

Jo Ellen McNergney Vinyard'Pleasant Ridge; Ml

Robert Williams-San Diego, CA

JANEY MOORE FOWLER('.65) PREPARES TO OPEN A GIFT FROM HER ALMA MATER, WITH ASSISTANCE FROM HER HUSBAND, BILL, GIVEN FOR HER EFFORTS IN HELPING TO ORGANIZE PSC's EAST COAST ALUMNI REUNION HELD IN O.C::TOBER. CO-CHAIRING THE EVENT WERE BOB ('64) AND JUDY WILSON ('63) GALLERANI. (PHOTO BY BECKI PROPST)

Rocky Mountain meeting musical

PlentyofthePetuspiritwasin the minutes of the previous lnd1v10ua1 mtroducttons evidence last Sept. 24 during meeting. revealed the fact that Mrs. the 'annual meeting Of Peru A highlight was a Cotton was the most recent College's· Rocky · ance of origin<:.! music writ.ten · gra<l in attendance, while Fern M,ciq in.e-lumnip•AssociatiQ'n gy the late . college :°?'l!sic Ferree Pickering C20) of. m ··"ed•"Behm:lld•• ,; .was. the e.a.rliest suburb Colo.' · · Ellen .·.· · graduate in·attendance. ·

Ptesident'Rita Russell Hanna ('40) convened the meeting after lu.nch. Secretary Dr, Dale Moore ('54) of Lakewood read

First East Coast '"e assembly

Peru spanning the shared by Doug Cramer, '68, of years 1919 to 1980 gathered on Rushville, N.Y., and Butch and th,e Bay for th; Barbara Lasko Miller (both first-ever of s ··· of Waterbury, Conn.; gifts East Coast Alumm Association for organizers Jane Moore "" on Saturday and Sunday,, Oct.

Qxganized by Jane Moore Fowler ('65) of Hampton, Va. and Bob C64) and Judy Wilson ,('63) Gallerani of Poquoson, Va.,· the event was held at the histdric· Chamberlin Hotel. A Saturday evening reception and Sunday evening dinner and meeting were the highlights,. though many in attendance spent time at nearby Colonial Williamsburg, Jamestown or the Yorktown battlefields.

Representing the college in the absence of President and Mrs. Jerry Gallentine, who were at PSC's Homecoming that weekend, were Kent ('81) and Becki Young ('80) Propst.

Among the highlights were individual introductions during which alums related an incident from their schooldays, and a Slide show of Peru State featuring scenes from bygone days as well as curr.ent shots.

'89 meeting "°

Plans are being made for the 1989 meeting of Peru St11te College's East Coast Alumni Association, and alums living ahmg the upper eastern seabord are encouraged to mark-· the dates on; their calendars.

The gathering will be held on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8, at a place to be determined later.

Rocky ('64) and Penny Hays ('65) Edwards of Natick, Mass., and Butch and Barb Lasko Miller (both '65) of Waterbury, Conn. were selected to co-chair the gathering.

Ted's·tunes

Cotton ('71) of Anton, ,Colo. Among the offSpring of played piano on three songs, former college employees in and was accompanied by attendance were Pat Benford vocalist Dick Fankhauser ('S7) Bornemeier ('52) of Greeley, of Denver on another daughter pf the late Mr. and

Mrs.· Ted Benford; Marjorie Rouse Green of Denver, daughter of the late President and Mrs. E.L Rouse; Sue Moore Johnson ('60) of Grand Junction, daughter of Mrs. Bess and the late R.D. Moore; and DeVore Organ ('39) of Westminster, daughter of ·the late Mr. anti Mrs. George De Vore.

College President and Mrs. Jerry Gallentine were on hand to update alums about recent happenings and upcoming activities on the Campus of A Thousand Oaks. Also representing the college were Dean Of Student Affairs Jerry Joy ('63) .a.nd his wife. Chris ('88), and PSC alumni offic;:er Kent Propst ('81).

R.ita Russell Hanna was reelec;ted president for 1988-89, and Alice DeVore Organ was chosen to serve as secretary for the coming year.

Bob Gallerani also showed slides from the mid•60s era, and served as the ·Master of Ceremonies.

Prizes were given to a number of alums, including the earliest grad, Florence Wittwer Oaks, '19 of Washington, D.C.; most recent grad, Bill Pursley, '80 of Palisades Park, N.J.; alums the .greatest distance,

More information about the gathering will appear in future ' editions of the Peru Stater. Fowler and :Qob. and Judy Galleranj; and bronze 50-year medallions for Florence. Oakes; Dale ('34) and Ruth Chatelain·('37) Epley; and Bob and Helen Linville Sayer (both '35).

Discussion about future gatherings resulted in plans for an '89 meeting further north up the coast, t.o be by ·· Butch. and Barb Miller .t·atrd ·· ('64) and renny. Hays ·('6S) Edwards of Natick, Mass.

DICK FANKHAUSER ('57) AND F;LLEN COTTON C71) TREATED THOSEATTENQING THEANNUALROCKY MOUNTAIN ALUMNI MEETING IN AURORA, COLO. LAST FALL TO SEVERAL ORIGINAL SONGS BY THE LATER. TED BENFORD. (PHOTO COURTESY JUNIOR KARAS '57)

Alums in the region are encouraged to mark Saturday, Sept. 23 on their calend.ars for the date of the next meeting. Plans call for it to be held in Fort Collins.

BILL PURSLEY ('80) OF PALISADES PARK, N.J., AND FLORENCE WI'ITWER OAKES ('19)0F WASIHNGTON, WERE THE MOST RECENT AND THE EARLIEST COLLEGE GRADS IN ATTENDANCE AT THE EAST COAST ALUMNI MEETING HELD LAST FALL. (PHOTO BY BECKI PROPST).

Death claims c·oaching great Kyle

Newt Kyle, who guided Bobcat basketball teams to some of the best seasons in history from 1947-52, passed away in November in Fairfax, Mo.

Kyle, a 1986 inductee into · PSC's athletic Hall of Fame, is

also remembered as a fierce

competitor while coaching at Tarkio (Mo.) College from 1927-40 and 1952-62 and Hastings (Neb.) College from 1941-44.

Also a member of the national (NAIA), Tarkio College and Hastings College Halls of Fame, Kyle compiled a 97-39 basketball record at Peru. Three of his squad (1947-48, NEWT KYLE

Obituaries ...

Oma Standerford Masonbrink (attd. '29 and summer school) passed away in Humboldt (Neb.) in November.

Edith Davenport Linn ('29) passed away in October. She was a resident of Ness City, Kan.

Rosella Brown Whittemore ('33) passed away in November in Lincoln.

Former PSC student Lena Block Huston passed away in November in Binghamton, N.Y.

Dorothy Evans Wilkinson summer schools '27-'38) passed away in November in Griswold, Iowa.

Sara Rishel Schlichtemeier (attd. '37) passed away in November in Spencer, Iowa.

Edna Tjaden Fergus (attd. '30-'31) passed away in December. She was a rural school teacher in the Humboldt, Neb. area.

Harold Axtell (attd. '21) of Beatrice, Neb. passed away in December.

Jean Newton Stukenholtz ('49) passed away in December. She was a resident of Onawa, Iowa.

Ruby Pressnall Smith ('26) passed away in December in Cozad, Neb. ,

Frances Gustafson Carlson ('30) of rural. Holdrege, Neb., passed away in December;

Bessie Hutchinson Maxted ('14) passed away in September in Kimball, Neb., where she had lived since 1944

Margaret Smith Markel ('60) passed away in September in Nebraska City. She taught in· Otoe County (Neb.) tary schools for over 50 years.

'48-'49 and '49-'50) earned spots in the NAIA national tournament in Kansas City, and four of his five· teams won conference titles.

As an assistant ·to Coach Al Wheeler, he saw Bobcat football teams win 26 and lose 17 with two ties at PSC. The '50 and '51 gridderswent7-2and82 respectively.

His 1940 Tarkio College squad won the national NAIA basketball title. He also founded and operated the Kyler Co. construction firm in Tarkio.

He was preceded in death by l!is wife, Mary Elizabeth, last August.

November. Her husband John preceded her in death.

Art Jones passes away

Art Jones, who talight and coached at Peru State College from 1938 through 1942, passed away in January in california. He had been living in Rockford, lll.

Jones, who was lured to Peru State .· teaphipg in area schools at Avoca, Elk Creek and Nebraska City, helped PSC achieve the resurgence of Bobcat squads during his service to Peru State. ·

He left Peru State in '42 to aid the war effort with the U.S. Red Cross, and remained with the Red Cross after the war ended.

Tressa Borland Gill (attd. early 1900s) passed away in September. She had been a longtime resident of Sargent, Neb.

Frank Brinkman ('28) passed away last July in Pawnee City, Neb.

Darren West(attd. '39)passed away in Grand.Island, Neb. last July.

Margaret Jewell 'Potter ('15) passed away in September. She was a resident of Creighton, Neb.

PSC has received notice of the death of Clara Erikson Beckman, who attended in the early 1900s.

'Carrie Peterson Nelson. ('18) passed away in September in Colo.

Dr. Lloyd Kite, who was director of student teaching at Peru State from 1960. until retiring in 1974, passed away in October in Manhatten, Kan.

Nellie Juhl Fisher ('19) passed away in September at Potter, Neb.

Ethel Elanor Barton Pritzel ('20) passed away in April in Denver.

Beulah Urwin Sanford ('17) passed away in December in Omaha:

Elizabeth Vap Kucera ('26) passed away in December in Broken Bow, Neb. Shespent25 years teaching in Nuckolls and Clay Counties in Nebraska.

Mattie' Adee Baker ('15) passed away in October. She was a resLd.ent of David City, Neb.

Mrs. Anna Cejka, who hundreds of Peruvians will remember as co-owner and operator of Peru Cleaners and Tailors, passed away in

James Davis (1900) of Humboldt, Neb., passed away in October ac the age of 102.

Alice Hildebrand ('24, '31) passed away in September in Lincoln, Neb.

Hilda Ihde Hulse ('32) passed away at Friend, Neb. .in September.

Esther Keefer Wrede ('24) passed away in Omaha, where she egjoyed a 45-year teaching career, in November.

Alvin Haack ( '47), who battled a tragic accident a few years ag'O that had made him a quadraplegic, passed away in November in Lincoln.

Edna Furrow Fitzsimmons ('17) passed away in November. She was a resident of Elwood, Neb.

Mrs. B.J. Parneil, Whose huband was a minister at the Peru Christian Church some time ago, passed away in November at Harrison, Ark.

Alice Redenbaugh ('57) passed away in January. She had been a resident of Tabor, Iowa.

Margaret Beezley Wilhelm ('42) passed away in January at Syracuse, Neb. Her teaching career was spent in. Nebraska and Illinois.

Lena Schmeling ('18) passed away in January in Superior, Neb.

Willis Furman ('17) passed away in January in Alliance, Neb.

Velma Hoffman Lillich ('26) passed away in December· in Tecumseh, Neb.

Daisy Heskett Stitzer ('67) passed away in January in Auburn, Neb.

Lessie Lockhart Brehm, a 45year Jeaching veteran in southeast Nebraska who earned her degree from PSC in

Arriving the. same year as Al Wheeler, Jones came ori board to teach, serve as athletic director, and assist Wheeler in coaching all Peru State.sports. During his term at Peru State.• the Bobcat football teams went 19-11-4 (including a l-7 mark their first year) and the basketball squads were 60..,31, while the track squads were also highly successful.

1954, passed a way in September in Syracuse, Neb.

Caroline "Kelly" Koerner Hahn (add. 19-'31) passed away in November in Chadron, Neb. She was a longtime teacher in schools across NeJ'>raska lil1d. had Jived near. Hay Springs since 1943.

Mary Duder, a forrner teacher in southeast Nebraska who earned her degree from PSC in 1968, passed away in December in Falls City, Neb.

Nelle Turner Johnson ('21) passed in December in california.

Henderson ('30), a former teacher and coach in Shubert, Verdon, Holdrege and Bertrand in Nebraska, passed away in December in Denver, Colo.

Marian Cjrlson Sugden ('28) passed away in October in Fairbury, Neb. ·

He.dvicka "Vicki" Koci (attd. late teens) passed away in October in Omaha.

Marquerite Trost Mahoney (attd. ·'63-'64 su.mmers) passed away in September iq Lincoln.

Jack Wolken (attd. '44-'46) passed away this past September in Tecumseh, Neb. A longtime lt;ader in thaf community, he· served on the PSC President's Advisory Council.

Alta Hunter Hall ('65) passed away in September in Hastings, Neb.

PSC has received word of the deaths of Phil Malone ('66) of Plattsburg, Mo,; Beckman ('11) of Wahoo; Louis Ehlers ('73) of Syracuse;

and Eleanor Wiles ('08) .of Syracuse, Neb.

James Dustin (attd. '34-'35) passed away in October in Mesa, Ariz.

Donald G. Stokes (attd. late 1940s) of Diamond Bar, Calif:, passed :away!•ll'l· October:•••

James Gillispie ('47) passed away in .October. l;le and his .. wife, the former Audr:ey Kennedy ('47), lived in Newton, Kan.'

Doris Hogue Engelkemeier (attd. '29-'34), a resident 9f the Platt!tmouth,·. Neb. area for most of her life, passed away this past November.

Russell D. Bailey ('40) passed away in January in Marshalltown, Iowa .. He was a retired school administrator in Iowa. Emily Burns Miller ('16) passed away in January in Falls Citi She was a lifelong resident of Verdon, Neb. Sarah Starns Morrison (attd. '57-'58) passed away in January in Lincoln.

Rudolf Andersen ('16) passed a way in Decem her in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Former 'PSTC student Gwendolyn Allgood Peters Ford (attd. late '30s) passed away in January in Omaha. Sh:e was a longtime Auburn resident.

Odus Bates Brunner ('60) of Auburn passed away in January.

Georgetta Moore, who attended PSC around 1940, passed away in January in Hampton, Va. She was active in helping to set up last fall's East Coast Alumni Reunion.

ART JONES

.Library upgrade continues

The latest improvement in the library at Peru State College will make checking out materials as as buying ·groceries, •to> Paul Kruse, director of learning resources.

The installation of a system, part of ilf{ comprehensive library automation project at PSC, is virtually complete. Patrons of· southeast Nebraska's largest library are encouraged to get their own ·library card with personal bar code, Kruse said. The system is much like that being used at many supermarkets. Each book has a small square with a series of black lines in it, and an "electronic pencil" reads the code. The· "pencil" is also run over his or

'74 yearbook sought

.The PSC library is in need of a 1974 "Peruvian" yearbook. Anyone with an extra or ' unwanted copy •of the Peruvian can forward it fO Kent Propst at the college, and he will see it added to the archives.

Peruviana

(from page 7) items in the fair and won more ribbons than any other. A retired teacher, she stated that she learned to cook as a young girl while growing up during the Depression. ·

Robert Jones ('56) of Omaha has organized a music group called the Metropolitan String Quartet that performs at functions in and around Omaha. He was active in PSC music groups during his days on campus.

William Kochheim ('57) is a revenue field representative for the Kansas Department of Revenue. He lives in Empoi:ia.

Dr. Ron Witt ('58), who has been with the Millard (Neb.) Public Schools since leaving Peru, was named Superintendent of Schools there, effective this summer. When Witt arrived 30 years ago, the district had about 200 stµdents; today, its 16,000studentsmake it the third-largest district in the state. He is married to the former Fran Larson, '58.

'88 "Peruvian" available

The f988 "Peruvian" yearbook Peru State's first in -· 14 years is now on hand, notes advisor Mrs. Paula KiteWinkelman ('82). :

Members of the graduating \&: Class of '88 who paid their's:25 fee can stop by the PSC printing services office and pick up their copy: Mrs. Winkelman has a list of students who ha\.·e paid their fee.

her bar-coded library ID card, which records information about the person che9king materials out.

The old system of pulling a paper card out of the back of the. book to check it out will · thus be obsolete. ,

"One of the best things about it is, we will be &ble to generate statistics about usage,." Kruse said. "We will know what materials are being used heavfly, what materials· are being requested that wedon't

Lois Willoughby Larkins('50) has retired from ; the Alamogorqp (N.M.) Public Schools after 28 years of service. She lives in Tularosa, N.M.

Wayne Pressnall ('59) anq his wife, the former Gloria Epps ('66), live in North Platte. Wayne is in his 16th year teaching science at the senior high school there, while Gloria works as .a postal clerk. :

Richard Arington ('5?) of Humboldt, Neb. was appointed Richardson County veteran's service officer effective with the new year. A former teacher and a Humboldt ·merchant since I 963, - he is married to the former Norma Fairbanks ('60).

Alvin Lowe ('55) has joined the Silver Lake (Neb.) school system as a social studies teacher and b9ys basketball, coach.

Curt Sederburg ('54) was quoted this past year in the New York Times for a program he is involved with ·. as the coordinator of academic studies at Southeast Community College in Lincoln,_ Neb.

have, and what materials are not being used extensively." Area school's libraries, public libraries, and individuals with personal computers and telephone modems will ·also benefit from the new system. Kruse said. When requesting materials from the PSC library, patrons will learn not only whether it is in the PSC collection, but whether or not it is checked out and if so, when it is due back in.

sec has started a program. to teach the fundamentals of reading and writing to adults who are either functionally illiterate or are· literate in a language other than English. The classes are taught at the worksites of the students, not just at the college, partially to help avoid what workers might perceive the "elitism" of a college campus. ·

Doug "Hoot" Gibson ('58), now living in Yorba Linda, Calif., was back in his hometown of Falls City, Neb. as one of I 0 charter inductees into the Richardson County Athletic Hall of Fame this past November. Gibson, wbose remarks allegedly kept the audience in good humor, was a standout at both Falls City High and at PSC. Six of the IO charter inductees graduated from Peru State.

Ron Wagner ('54) is back ona job he thought he'd never have again mayor of Syracuse, Neb. He served in that capacity from I 980-84 but was defeated in a bid for re-election, but this past fall, Syracuse voters put him. back in that office.

Patrons will be able to reserve materials for their use through the new system.

· Kruse· emphasized that the PSC library is open to the pubilc, and alUmni living in the area are encouraged to use it. To get .a library card with perso11al bar code, a short form must be filled out before the card will be issued. For more information,· contact Kruse's office or stop by the PSC library o'r media center.

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Dan Leuenberger ('65) is teaching junior-senior high mathematics and assistant volleyball coach at Nemaha Valley High School in Cook, Neb. He previously taught at NVHS from 1977-81.

Dr. Ross Pilkington ('61) recently completed 20 years as a professor in counselor education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. During his tenure at UN-0 he has presented over 100 workshops to schools and educational agencies and has 15 articles published in professional journals.

PSC was pleased to field a call from Joseph Keys ('67) of Clayton, N.J. which allowed us to remove him from the "lost alumni" list. A friend had given Joe the last issue of the Stater, and Joe decided to give us a call. He is a history teacher at the Clayton High School, and serves as Dean of Students there, and is a certified Ale.oho! Counselor. In '87 he received New. Jersey Governor Kean's "Teaching Award."

A limited number of extra yearbooks is available, Mrs. Winkelman noted. A special 27-page section covering the years 1974- 77 is filled with pictures and news items from that era and would be of special interest to former students who attended PSC when a yearbook was not published.

Copies will be sold on a firstcome, first-served basis at $25 each, Mrs. Wipkelman said. Anyone who wants a "Peruvian" mailed to them must pay SJ .95 for postage and handling. This fee applies to members of the Class of '88 as well.

For more information, contact Mrs. Winkelman at (402) 872-3815 or toll free in the continental U.S. at I..,800-742• . 4412.

Mary Tackett Foster ('67) has joined the sta;ff of the Shenandoah (Iowa) Evening Sentinel as a general assignment reporter. She is serving as society editor as well. Roy Rubenking ('63), a teacher at the Nebraska School for the Visually Handicapped in Nebraska City, was one of30 Nebraska educators to receive 1988-89 Cooper Foundation Awards for Excellence in Teaching. The program is designed to reward innovative teachers. Rubenking and fellow NSVH teacher Candace. Rehmeier received the citation for develOping an innovative approach to internalizing mathematics concepts, called "Outdoor Math."

John Vanderford ('69) now "Dr. John Vanderford" after earning his doctorate from the University of NebraskaLincoln last spring. The former Johns<m-Brock (Neb.) school sup,erintendent and board member on the Peru Achievement Foundation now lives in Osceola, Mo. where he is superintendent of schools.

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MRS. CAROLYN ALLGOOD (LEFT) AND BARBARA GEORGE DISPLAY THE NEW AUTOMATED CHECKOUT SYSTEM IN THE PSC LIBRARY. (PHOTO BY KELLY SANDAHL)

DR. CAROL PAPPAS, A PROFESSOR IN THE PSC SCIENCE I5:EPARTMENT, DEMONSTRATES A COMPUTERIZED IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM PURCHASED WITH A PORTION OF THE FUNDING FROM A s7s,OOO GRANT FROM THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION. THE TWO-YEAR GRANT IS TO FUND DR. PAPPAS' RESEARCH PRO.JECT INVOLVING DISEASE-TRANSMITTING FLIES. (PHOTO BY TERESA FISCHER)

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Regina Kreifels Barrett ('68) was a "featured teacher" in .an October issue of the Syracuse (Neb.) Journal-Democrat. She has spent 13 of her 22 years teaching at Syracuse, where she teaches third grade.

Anita Norman ('69) is head of the refen::nce department for the Calvin T. Ryan Library at Kearney (Neb.) State. College.

Al Blankenship (attd. '65-'66), guidance counselor and boys track coach at Waverly High School, has been named head football coach there.

Lon E. Bottcher ('60) of Tamuning, GJiam has retired from teaching after 28 years. For the seven years he had served at the Guam Community College. Lon has accepted the position of executive director for the Guam Federation of Teachers.

Mary Ann Kreifels ('69) is a third grade teacher in Syracuse, Neb"., where she has spent 25 of her 30-year teaching career.

Dick Estes ('68) was honored this past August by the Nebraska Coaches Association for service to that association. He teaches and coaches in the Cedar Rapids (Neb.) school system, as does his wife; the former Karon.Rathe ('66).

Dave Rainforth ('69) teaches industrial technology at Syracuse (Neb.) High School. He has spent I 5 of his I 9 years

Science prof gains gr·ant

A S75,492 National Science Foundation grant to conduct a study on three species of flies has been awarded to Dr. Carol Pappas of Peru State College.

The grant funded the purchase of a computerjzed image analysis system and will pay the salaries otDr. Pappas and two student assistants to conductthe research during the summers of 1989 and 1990.

They will conduct research on flies, most commonly found in the forests of the eastern and southern U.S., which transmit blue tongue and epizootic hermorrhagic disease (EHD) to cattle and deer.

This spring, she and two student assistants will travel through the southern U.S. as' far as Florida, Georgia and Tennessee collecting more samples. In May, they will travel to the east coast and into

New England, plus the upper and central midwest, coflecting still more flies.

A preliminary report must be submitted to the National Science Foundation in a year, and ·the final report will be issued after August ofl990. Dr. Pappasindicated that both she · and the students will present reports and publish scholarly articles to academic and entomological groups as their project develops.

The NSF funded the full amount of the grant sought by Dr. Pappas, who noted that the equipment to be purchased with grant funds 1 will be a valuable addition to .PSC's natural sciences program and can be used for purposes other than her specific project. An assistant professor of natural sciences at PSC, Dr. Pappas has been a full-time faculty member at Peru State since 1985.

in education at Syracuse.

Louis Fritz ('66), a physical education teacher at Falls City, Neb., was one of IO charter inductees into the .Richardson County Athleti.c Hall of Fame this past November. A Bobcat track and cross country star, he continues to run in road races and marathons.

Bob Kelly ('65) of Lincoln, Neb. keeps his feet flying, too. He finished second in the 40-49 age group at the l 988 Cornhusker State Games held in Lincoln this past summer.

Frank Bostic ( '63) of Chicago, Ill., is principal of the offcampus learning center, a special education high school for emotionally disturbed and behavioral! y disordered. students, in Skokie, Ill. He also serves as girls basketball coach at Niles North High in Skokie.

Tony Vecchio ('64), who left his native Omaha in '69 for the San Fran"cisco Bay area, dropped the Stater office a note recently. After working for 18 years servicing movie equipment on jet aircraft, he is now a maintenance controller for U.S. Fleet Leasing in San Mateo, Calif. A summer highlight was a visit to Peru State, where he spent time with Dee Jarvis, Dr. Lester Russell, and Dr. Leland Sherwood, former teachers of h;is who he hadn't seen for over two decades.

Pa-.l Fell ('67), editorial cartoonist for the Lincoln (Neb.) was honored

by the Nebraska Recycling Association in November for his cartoons reminding readers of waste problems and the dangers of air pollution, deforestation and other environmental hazards.

Jack Gilbert (attd; '66-'67) and his wife Debbie are the new owners and ·operators of Harold's Foods in Syracuse, Neb.

Janice Jahn Carre' ('60) is student records clerk at Overland Higl;i School in Aurora, Colo. Husband Larry ('60) has retired from teaching after 28 years due to congestive heart failure, and is pursuing a writing career. He has had several articles, stories and poems published, and/his short story "One Man's Gift" received one of only 50 Certificates of Excel.le nee (out of over 1,500 entries) in the Teachers USA contest, and will be published sometime this year in their anthology.

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WiHis Meyer ('75) and his wife, Glenice, are proud parents of their third child, daughter Til'ra, born in October. They live at Johnson, ·Neb.

Michael McLarty ('72) lives in Laguna Niquel, Calif. with his wife and son, where he is in sales and marketing for Alpha Therapeutie Corp.

Larry Peterson ('72), industrial arts teacher at

Auburn High School for the past 16 years, was a finalist in the '88 Nebraska Industrial

Tech no 1o gy Education Association "Teacher of the (see page 13)

Early cagers

INTERCOLLEGIATE. ATHLETICS fOR WOMEN AT PERU ST ATE IS RELATIVELY NEW, BUT THAT IS NOT TO SAY NEBRASKA'S FIRST COLLEGE HAS NOT HAD ITS SHARE OF ATHLETICALLY GIFTED .FEMALES FOR MANY YEARS. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE 1907 "NEBRASKA ST ATE NORM.AL SCHOOL" BASKETBALL SQUAD.

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Year" competition. At AHS, Larry has implemented many of the latest technol'ogies into the curriculum.

Dawn Rees Connelly ('79) and her husband Danl are proug · parents of a daughter, Letti Renee, born ·in November. They reside in Hallam, Neb.

Church goer

THE OLD FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN PERU PACl{ED UP AND LEFT TOWN THIS FALL, ON ITS WAY TO BECOME THE BROWNVILLE CONCERT HALL. THE NEARLY 85-YEAR-OLD STRUCTURE, LITTLE USED SINCE PERU'S PROTESTANT CHURCHES MERGED IN THE .EARLY 1970s, WAS PURCHASED BY MR. AND MRS. JIM KEENE OF OMAHA AND BROWNVILLE. (PHOTOS BY KENT PROPST)

Lade tribute------

(from page 4) progress, and make changes· · 'wnen die situation calls for it. Bob had that ability m abundance.

He was a master at the decisive "coacliing call" and his athletes and teams were able to change the outcome in many situations because of that ability and, more importantly, because of the rapport he had established and the confidence he had engendered in those athletes.

As an athlete, Sob was finely conditioned, strong, quick, fast and a tremendous competitor. He was a fast learner. When he moved from the one-room country school to that "bigger" school at Tecumseh, he was exposed to athletics and football for the first time

He had a coach who understood simple, basic instruction and when he. saw h.ow confused young Bob was, he put him on "Now, Bob, run to the man with the ball and throw him to' the ground." He did that very, very well from that point on! He took all other instruction well, too. When he came to Peru, it did not take his coaches long to recognize the characteristics I have mentioned. However, he had such good natural talent that if took us a bit longer to re.cognize his eye

In one of his early college games, he was playing his position - tackle "'- and he was trapped very badly two or three times in a fairly short period of time. When we took him out of the game for some "discussion," we discovered the blocker was coming from his blind-:eye side. We put him at the other defensive tackle from the next series on and his effectiveness went right back up.

We played him more and more as a nose tackle on defense and with his strength and quickness he probably had some of his greatest games there. Against Nebraska Wesleyan once, he was by that center and into the backfield so quickly that he took the handoff from the opposing q9arterback about four yards behind the •line of scrimmage and just sprinted straight on down the field for a touchd()wn.

You don't get to see that very often! Thanks forthe memory, Bob.

He played both ways and with his explosive strength he was a great blocker. Our ball carriers, passers and kickers had much confidence behind him. In track, he threw the discus, put the shot, high jumped, and ran on the spring relays anytime he was asked, and I ·. broad jumped in one

meet for us. He earned a letter in basketball his junior year. He wasn't much of a "holler guy" hut he was a prime exemplar of leading by. the way he vtayed and competed.

In. the I 952 season, our football squad went IO and 0. Our last regular season game was against Kearney, a good team, in this Oak Bowl. It was a rugged, bruising contest and we

Dominic Vitticore ('71) has completed his 15th season as head football coach of Red Jacket High School in New York. His ?88 squad qualified for the New York sectional playoffs, the fifth time this decade that his teams made state. His record is 8346•5 at Red Jacket, where he also 'serves as athletic director. He and his wife and three s<fns live in Shortsville, N. Y.

Dennis Ehmke ('75) and his wife Carol are proud parents of a son, Jay, born in November. The Ehmke family, which includes three daughters, lives in Auburn, where he serves as a music instructor at AHS; he took his '88 Bulldog Matching Band to the Citrus Bowl parade in Orlando, Fla. in January.

Dean Teten ('71) and his wife Debbie are proud parents .of a son, Jeffrey, born in December. The Teten's, who also have a daughter, live in Omaha.

Vicki LeCure Pickering ('71) was featured in the Syracuse (Neb.) Journal-Demcorat this past fall, where she teaches reading in grades one through s1;x. Sbe has spent 17 years of her 19-year career at Syracuse.

Norm Janssen ('72) has been appointed vice president of the Thayer County (Nebraska) Bank's lending department. He recently moved to Hebron from Stanton, Neb., where he

was in a similar capacity for a barik there since '83.

Dianne Dunn Dickson ('73) has returned to teaching full time at Friend, Neb. The music teacher lives in Crete, Neb with husband Jim ('72) and their two sons.

·wayne Young ('79) has been promoted to the position of manager of financial services with the Capital Analysis Group,' affiliated with U.S. Sprint. Young and his wife, the former Dee Dettmer ('80), live in Lenexa, Kan.

Ray and Carol Sbiel!s Woerlen (both '76) are proud parents of their second son, Wade, born in January. The Woerlen's reside in Johnson, Neb.

Robert Winter, who last attended PSC in '73-'74, is president of Winter Brothers, Inc., affiliated. with Atlas Van Lines, with offices in Lincoln and Omaha.

Dave Green ('74), a teacher and coach at Wausa, Neb., has a brand new Pontiac Grand Prix, courtesy of the PepsiCo la Co. Pepsi held. a nationwide drawJ.ng, and Green was the lucky winner., His wife is the former Henry ('74).

Eldonna Hazen ('78), Mary Ann Mellor ('80), and Sheri Jensen all former · teachers at J ohnson-Bi:pi;k (Neb.) schools, have left the field of education to · enter private business. They are the owners and operators of"HMS ·· Brown Baggers," a sandwich, soup and salad restaurant at 70th and Van Dorn in Lincoln.

Lincoln Star critic Reid Warren gave the new business high marks in a January review.

BOB LADE were extended in order to win.

It was a weekend game, and with very little recovery time for our players, most of whom played both ways, we played a post-season game on the following Tuesday or Wednesday.

Augustana College, with over a week of rest, was our opponent and after receiving the opening kickoff, they scored on their first scrimmage down oh a long run. That pretty well set the tenor of the ·. first half.

We recovered somewhat and fought back, but Augie was beating us and we didn't look good. What we·did look was

tired! I've never seen a squad as fatigued as ours was at halftime. But somehow that team reached down and found those hidden. reservoirs and we came back in the second half to win the game and finish that great season, l 've never been more proud of a group of athletes!

Now, I know one man does not make a. team; and I assure you I know there were many good football players on that team; but I submit to you that because of the way Bob Lade cooipeted throughout his career, as. well as that season and that game, he helped teammates play better than. they thought or knew they

Tom Frech ('73) was a (see page 14) could. And that was another part of his greatness.

His competitive desire never deserted him and he fought his problem with cancer; the loss of his leg; and the impending loss of his life in the same way: His stature as a man was never greater than at .the end. He WAS a great athlete, agreat coach, and a great man. I am happy that Peru honors· him today and that you have let me be a part of it.

Now, I'm still learning from Newt Kyle and I ani going to parapharase a little from his remarks when Al Wheeler was inducted in 1986 when I say, with celebration, thank you God for allowing Bob Lade fo come to Peru.

public school systems.

Mike Fisher ('88) is employed with, the Arizona Public Serv:ice commission in Phoenix.

Nancy Glasgow ('87) has been hired'. as a community living assis:tant with the MidNebra.ska Office of Mental Reta;dation,

Maiilene Bartels Gakle ('85) is vice ;president. for Con:iputer Inc. in Beatrice, .Neb.

Sharon Van Ert ('87) is erriployed by Heubel Material Handling of Lincoln.

Arlene Wiebusch ('87) is teaching at St. John's school in Lincoln.

Marcia Younker ('86) is teaching in the DawsonVerdon (Neb.) school system.

Xavier z,atizabal ('87) is with the Dimare company in Iridio, Calif. as a 'computer programs analyst.

PERU'S "LOVERS LANE" w.4s CAPTURED-IN THIS POSTCARD FROM EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY. TODAY, T.HE ROUTE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT THE AIM IS THE SAME. FROM THE COLLECTION OF THELATE ARLENE REVEBAUGH HODGES, '12 •. -

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featured teacher in a December iss.ue of the Syrcause (Neb.) Journal-Democrat. He has spent his entire 15-year teaching career at Syracuse, teaching industrial technology .on the junior and senior Mgh level.

Rick Black ('73) of Murray earned a Doctor of Education degree frQm the University of Nebraska-Lincoln during Commencement exercises in December.

Al Nardone ('72) has enjoyed a highly successful teaching and coaching career since leaving the Campus of A Thousand Oaks. He is in his third year as an administrator with the El Paso, lex. public schools, and holds masters degrees from New York University ('78) and 'Sul Ross (Tex.) State University ('84). He coached championship wrestling teams at Roosevelt High in Yonkers, N. Y. from '73-'77, earning "Coach of the Year" honors twice. He was aJso an assistant football and assistant baseball coach on champiQnship teams .while at Roosevelt. He ended his coaching career in '83 at El Paso High. And he was married ·last May to Caroll Ferguson.

Robert Davis ('73). a sixth grade teacher at Cozad, Neb. for the past !7 years, was recogn zed last fall for dedication to education by Cozad's "Power of Positive Students (POPS)" program.

Ta1ni Gr:ooms Coleman Hanrum

Tri-Center High

School. She and. her husband_ Jeff have two children.

Mike Mahlindorf ('71) has been named President of the Washington County Bank. in Blair, Neb., effective last fall. He had spent the previous five years as a banker in Sibley, Iowa, four of those as the· Sibley State Bank's chief executive officer.

Vicki Hall Chandler ('72) received a master of education degree in December from the University of NebraskaLincoln. She is a teacher and coach at Southeast Consolidated High School at Stella, Neb.

Judy Werner Souder ('73) earned a master of science degree from .the University of ·Nebraska-Omaha in December. She and her family recently relocated to West Germany, where her hu,sband is stationed with the Air Force.

Daniet (attd. '72-'77) and Susan Wheeldon ('76) Bace are proud parents of a son, Joel, born in September '87. They live in Omaha, and thanks to a phone call from Susan, are off the college's "lost" alumni list.

John ('73) and Patricia Stu)cenholtz ('72) Steinman of Falls City are proud parents of a son, Jay, born last Sept.ember.

Julie Bane Vasey ('77). and husband Mark are pr<md parents of a son, Scott, born in September in Lincoln.

1980s

Dianna Keane Prosser ('86) has been promoted to the department head of business administration, sales and marketing at the Lincoln (Neb.) School of Commerce.

Nee,ls ('88) has been hired to .teach at Trenton (Neb.) junior and senior high school, where she is also cheerleader sponsor.

Dan Casey ('87) has been promoted to systems analyst for the firm of Automation, Inc. of Omaha, Renee Cheney ('81), physical education teacher at Syracuse, Neb., was featured in the local newspaper last November. She also serves as head volleyball and girls junior high track coach.

Deborah MooreStemple('81) has been hired by Continental Grain of Brownville, Neb. Husband Ed (attd. '80-'81) is the owner-operator of MayDay Kennels of Nemaha, Neb., where he raises greyhounds.

Todd Sievers ('86) has been hired. to teach in the Kearney (Neb.) High School

Paula Dangerfield ('86) has been hired as a resource specialist by the Eastern Nebraska Human Service Agency in Omaha.

Mike Gerdes ('88) has' been hired as an advertising representative for United Standard Distributors of Omaha.

Billie Kay Bodie ('84) has been promoted to corporate compliance officer and internal auditor for the American National Corp. of Omaha. It is the parent company of banks in Omaha, Tecumseh, Elk Creek, Dawson, Humboldt and Louisville.

_Cheryle Bowles ('87) is a housing counselor with the Urban Housing department in Omaha.

Joni Bennett etm is teaching business in the bxford, Neb.

Nick Harling ('87)is an officer trainee for the First Nationa:l Bank of Fairbury, Neb. He was' also featured in a November issue of the Lincoln Star for his job ''.moonlighting" as sport§_ ' announcer for tht; local radio station in Fairbury during the. '88 football season: It was his first experience behind the mike Me,anwhilt;, his wife the former Laurel. Smith ('87) is teaching at St. Michael's Catholic School in Fairbury.

Carol Isaac ('86) is teaching in the (Neb.) scho,ol system.

Joe LaRosa ('85) is teaching high school industrial arts and is assistant foot ball coach in Hesperia, Calif. His wife, the former Leigh Moss ('87), has been hired as a fourth grade teacher in Hesperia.

Patricia Lewis Reilly ('82) is working at Iowa Western Community College's Council Bluffs campus.

Joe Semin ('87) has been hired by Vickers of Omaha in its hydraulics testing department.

Helen Aldrich ('87) is teaching· at the District 77 school near Bassett, Neb.

Everett :Qailey ('88) continues with the U:S. Air Force at its Offutt Air Force Base near Omaha.

Elliot Berg ('88) is a computer operator with the Lozier Corp. of Omaha. '_Chris ('88) is now working witb Rent-A•Center in Omaha:

Joe Coffman ('88) is in a sales management position. with Telecommunications Marketing, Inc. 's Peru center.

Jodie Core ('88) is a speech therapy aid for the Educational Service Unit in Auburn.

Juliann Gauchat ('88) is working for the firm Black & Veetch of Nebrasl<a City.

Gordon Green ('88) is a graduate student attending Northwest Missouri State University.

Arlene Grosch ('88) is data processing manager for Jones Petroleum in Lincoln, Neb; (see page 15)

Weddings, engagements

Mark Williams ('86) and Pamela Reid ('88) are planning a September wedding. Pamela is employed at the American National Bank in Omaha, and Mark is with the Nebraska State' Patrol as a trooper.

Brent Yaw ('88) and Theresa Vlach were married this past December in Auburn. Brent is attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law.

Diana Stanley ('83) and James E. Augustyn were married_ in November in Stella, Neb.

Diana is an elementary school teacher and high school. coach at Ord, Neb. ·- ·

Janet Kay Wachter ('88) and Mark Andrew Knobel were married this past August. Janet is assistant county supervisor in _

• the Gage County Farmers Home Administration office in Beatrice.

Rhonda Sue Hunt ('88) and Steven were married last and reside Blue Springs, Neb.

Pamela Armstrong '88) and

Guy Herrmann ('88) are planning a July '89 wedding.

PSC student Tim Gebers and Deborah Adams were married in October.

PSC student Jeff Schlend.er and Joan Ba rflii;i-g were married in Debra Lynn Funke (a,ttd 'S<J'88) and Kevin Rettig were married' last September in Nebraska City.

Paula Larson ('86) and Lon Hoschar '68-'70) were, married .at Coryell Park near Brock in De.cember.

PSC students Brenda Hosier ail-d Rpbert Masat were; married in December.

Karen Gerking Heideman ('84) and David Wolken Jr. were married last July. Karea teaches in the Table Rock (Neb.) public system.

PSC student Bmce Dorn and Glenna Osborne were married in October.

Stanley Stierwalt ('87) and Linda Hatzenbuehler were married in December in Lincoln.

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Life is busy for Nancy Heidemann ('87) of Plymouth, Neb., who is the current · president of the National Corn Development Foundation. In addition to those duties, she is a commodity qroker in Plymoutb, helps to farm a 900acre grain and livestock operation, and is mother to four childre11. She has been on the Nebraska Corn Promotion Board since '83 and was that group's president in '85.

Landy Schwiesow ('88) has enlisted in the Air Force, and is scheduled to receive training in their communications/ computer systems program.

Merrie Orenstein (attd. '86'88) has been hired to teach in the Tilden (Neb.) public school system.

Ruth Karon Pipkin ('88) is executive assistant for Better Way Products in·.Falls City, Neb.

Mary Scheidies ( aitd. '86- '88) is teaching in the Plattsmouth (Neb.) Head Start program.

Jerome Brink ('84) began studies last September at St. Charles Seminary in Philadelphia, Penn. in preparation for a career as a Catholic priest.

Linda Gerdes Volker ('85) and her husband Duane are proud parents of their second son, Lance, born in January. They are Auburn residents.

Kathryn Nolte Keithley ('87) a11d her husband Jon are proud parents of a son, Jonathan, born in January}. They live at Salem, Neb.

Danne Jo has been

hired in the accounting department of the Columbus branch of Northwest Electric, Inc.

Diana Dyer Behrends ('87) has been hired by the First National Bank of Omaha.

Garland Shafer ('83) has been named as one of 10 initial inductees into the Richardson County (Neb.) H;lll of Fame; He was .an All-:American football player for PSC.

Tim Boerner ('83) was featured in a Qecem ber issue of the (Neb.) Joun1alDemocrat. He has spent his sixyear teaching career at Svracuse, where he teaches and computer science and is head girls basketball coach aqd an assistant in football and track.

Kevin and Theresa Tietz Rabner (both '87) are living in Ames, Iowa where Kevin is working on a masters degree in toxicology at Iowa State University. Theresa is working at the National Animal Disease Center as a microbiology lab technician.

Teresa Simpson Hansmire ('86) is teaching business education in her hometown of Fairbury, Neb. For the past two years, she had been a parttime business instructor 'for Southeast Community Cqllege in Beatrice, Neb.

Chris and Michelle Workman Salberg (both '86) are proud parents of a daughter, Kharisa, born in September. They live in Sterling, Neb. where Chris is teaching.

Teresa Eheler Smith ('84) and heF husband Gary are J?roud parents of a daughter, Tara, born in August. They are

residents of Ericson; Neb Kristie Curtis ('81) and her husband Keith are proud parents of son Jordan, born last September.They live at Brpck, Neb. Ralph and Laura Lutz Blevins (both '80) are· living in Spearville, Kan. where Ralph is junior and senior high principal. Laura is the bilingual program director for the Dodge City (Kan.) public schools, and they have a foury11;ar-old son.

Lahodny ('85) lives in Grand Jsland, Neb. where he teaches at Grand Island High. He is ass.istant football coach and head swimming .coach. He has applied to medical school and is hoping for admission; in the meantime, he continues to lift weights and compete in bodybuilding meets. This spring he hopes to compete for the national light-heavyweight title.

R. Troy Graham ('86) is a mainframe coordinato.r for Bryant & Stratton Business Institute in Clay, New York. He resides inLiverpool, N.Y. Janet Lewis ('81) is the recreation director for the City of Los Angeles at Baldwin Hills recreation park, and she lives in Valencia, Calif.

Bethene Erbst Boardman ('81) is state rehabilitation teacher for the visually impaired in South Dakota. She and her husband live in Sioux Falls.

Susan Richardson Bassinger ('83) and her husband Jim are proud parents of a son, Tyler, born in November. He has an older brother to welcome him home.

Keith and Brenda Sandfort

Reigning royalty

REIGNING AS THE1988 HOMECOMING ROYALTY IN OCTOBER WERE SENIORS GENE KENNEDY OF WINNEBAGO AND KRISTY OLBERDING OF FALLS CITY. (PHOTO BY TERESA FISCHER)

McKim (both '82) of Humbolqt, Neb. are proud parents of a daughter, Elizabeth, born in November.

Aaron ('80) and Sheryl Schultz (:81) Larson are proud parents of a son, Adam, born this fall. He is their second child. Sheryl teaches school and Aaron is restoring a Victorian house in Rapid City, S.D. '

Bruce Schwenke ('86) and his wife Diane are proud parents of a son, David, born in January. They live at Beatrice, Neb.

Jan Wachter Knobel ('88) of Fairbury, Neb. has been promoted to assistant county supervisor of the Gage County Farmers Home Administration office in Beatrice. She has been. with the FmHA for 11 years.

Guy Herrmann ('88) has been ! appointed b).1 Hampshire {Ill.) High School as a teacher and coach.

John Hoefer ('87) continues to serve the U.S. Air Force's Offutt base, as does Kevin J oh'1son ('88), Randy Nicholson ('88), and Ronald Ward('88)•

Ken Kerby .('88) is a lobbyist for the Coalition for the Environment in the State of Missouri. He lives in St. Louis.

Steve.Matthews ('88) has been transferred from a management position at Telecommunications Marketing, Inc.

{TMI) in Peru to TMI's Omaha office.

Teresa Million ('88) is a customer services assistant at Dorsey Laboratories in Lincoln.

Christine Morrissey ('88) has

moved to Memphis, Tenn. where she has been hired as an accountant for the firm of Touche Ross.

Jeff Reed. ('88) is serving the Perkins County High School in Grant, Neb.

Beverly Schwab ('88) is vice president of Genesis, Inc. of Fairbury, Neb. and is a correspondent for the Beatrice (Neb.) Daily Sun newspaper.

Marjorie Souder ('87) is an industrial engineer for the Outboard Motor Co. of Lincoln.

Jennifer Kleine Stites ('88) is teaching at the St. Viator School in Las Vegas, Nev.

Steve Tegtmeier ('88) is a. procedure and systems analyst for the Lincoln (Neb.) Electric System.

Melissa Tietz ('88) is with Mid-America Shirt & Textile Printers in Omaha.

Carl Scott Vanderveen ('88) has been hired by the accounting firm of Goracke & Wilcox in Nebraska City.

Rita Roumpf ('85) is teaching visually handicapped students in grades K-12 at the Norfolk (Neb;) Public Schools.

Duane Arntt ('87) is teaching physical education and history in the public school system in Friend, Ne1'.

Jeff Oliver ('86) is teaching math and business and serving as head boys basketball and assistant boys track coach at Medicine Valley High School at Curtis, Neb.

Karen Coover Frazee ('83) is attending graduate school at the University of Nebraska(see page 16)

PRIZE-WINNING COSTUMES AT THE GIRLS CLUB PARTY IN FEBRUARY OF 1937 WERE MADE BY (FRONT LEFT) EUNICE BERGMAN, (FRONT RIGHT) MARGARET LORIMOR; (BACK ROW FROM LEFT) EVANGELYN BYRAM, MARGARET ROBBINS, JANE DRESSLER, MARY KATHRYN HANLAN, JEAN SPIER, AND LUCEEN MAAG. COURTESY VIRGINIA JOHNSON MARBURGER.

KAYLEE MICHALSKI

Academic PSC junior

For PSC volleyball standout Kaylee Michalski, the postseason honors just kept coming.

Michalski was named to the 1988 GTE third-team Academic All•America. volleyball team in December. The 5- ll junior from Ord High School is only the second · PSC volleyball athlete to elirn Academic All-America honors. Michelle Workman-Salberg,. a setter from Plattsmouth, Neb., was a first-team recipient in 1985.

"It's an outstanding honor for Kaylee," said Peru State athletic director Tom Shea. "The GTE award is very prestigious. She's worked very hard both academically and athletically to reach t.he level she's at now."

Earlier, Michalski was recognized by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) as one· of 24 scholar-athletes, a program formerly referred to as Academic All-Americans. She was also chosen to the District VII All-Academic squad on Nov. 30 in the first step of the GTE process.

Michalski, an elementary and special education major, has a 3.87 cumulative grade-pointaverage (GPA). She has been a member of the PSC Dean's List for three semesters.

Football team better than 6 - 4

Nine points

That's all that the 1988 Peru Stae College footbfill team from a probable 11ationfil playoff berth as the Bobcats finished 0-3 in conference play as a new member of tthe Tri-State Athletic Conference (TSAC), and posted a 64 mark under Coach Tom Shea.

After an openjpg 21-7 loss at Missouri Valley - in which starting quarterback Rod Olson was lost for the season to a knee injury on the game's third play - the Bobcats found their stride behind freshman Nate Bradley to win their next five straight

The transfer from Rutgers University passed .fo'r 281 yards < ang three touchdowns to spark a

38-10 victory over Nebraska Wesleyan University in the home opener. He followed with a school record for pass completions by hitting 26 of 46 for 324 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-20 win over Tarkio in the 20th annufil Applejack Bowl.

Peru State's defense then took over in weeks four and five. The Bobcats stymied Concordia College to just 82 yards rushing .on 33 cimies in a 28-12 triumph at Seward, Nebraska. Junior linebacker Steve Rasmussen intercepted an early · third-quarter pass and returned it for a touchdown, leading a 24-15 comefrom-behind victory over Midland Lutheran at Fremont

Despite an "off" day in Bradley's fifth start against Chadron State, the Bobcats exploded for 20 first-quarter points - including Cornelius Riley's yard interception return for a touchdown - and then held off the Eagles to earn a 37-22 victory in Homcoming '88.

The TSAC Conference opener vs. Northwestern Iowa proved to be a showdown between two nationfilly ranked squads. The 51 Bobcats led the .6-0 Red Raiders 28.:14 midway through the third period, but NWC rfillied for 17 foUrth-quarter points to pull a 38-35 victory in the Oak Bowl on Rob Brommer's 32yard field gofil with five left

Spikers post record with 41 wins

The. 1988 Peru State College volleyball team almost did it all.

The Lady Bobcats, under the direction of third-year coach Jennifer Nelson, placed second in the Independent League Tournament. qualified for the NAJA District II playoffs for an unprecedented third straight time, and broke the school record for most victories in a ·season with a 41-9 ledger.

As a team, the Lady Bobcats had no trouble finding offense, finishing as the No. 5 hitting team in the National Association of Intercollegiate

Athletics (NAIA) at 13.8 kills per game. Seniors Kristi Olberding and Pam Davis, both four-year starters, anchored the attack.along with 5-11 junior Kaylee Michalski and 5-10 sophomore Kristi Deleeuw.

!ndividually, setter Michelle Levin turned in another solid performance, ranking eighth in the nation in assists, 9.35 per game.

The '8.8 campaign was highlighted by three tournament crowns. The Lady Bobcats, who. climbed to as high as 16th in weekly NAIA

poll at one point, won titles at Northwest Missouri State, the University of South Dakota. and the 20-team Graceland (IA) College Invitational.

Peru State also knocked off Southwestern (Tex.) College, ranked No. 2 in the polls at the time. while competing in the Missouri Western Invite in St. Joseph, Mo., and defeated 12th Doane College twice during the regular season.

Peru State lost to the Tigers, however, in the opening round ,of the District playoffs at home.

Three Lady Bobcats were

The next two conference games proved to be near misses as well. Peru State dropped a 2825 decision to Westmar, Iowa, at home, and a 24-21 setback at Benedictine, Kansas.

Peru ·State ended the rollercoaster ride with a 39-0 thumping at Iowa Wesleyan.

The Bobcats placed seven players on the All-Conference squad. In addition. to All-American's Brad Smith and Shane Alexander, other PSC choices were senior defensive tackle Dan Blackburn, senior cornerback Tony Perry, junior linebacker Kory Lind, sophomore Joe Parks, and senior placekicker Brian Levin.

chosen to the All-Independent League squad, including Michelle Levin and Davis, the team's co-captains, and Michalski, an Academic AllAmerican.

Davis, who led Peru State in digs, se·rving, and a career-high in k1lls, earned All., District honors by a vote of the District's , coaches. She completed her career as the Lady Bobcats all-time leader in digs, third in kills, and fifth in blocks.

Levin, a Granite City, Ill. native who finished as PSC's career leader in assists with 1243, was twice named the District "Player of the Week",

Peruviana

Bobcat offensive tackle Brad Smith was named' to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II AllAmerica football team.

Smith, a senior from Lincoln, Neb., and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce ('59) Smith, was selected to the 1988 first team while teammate Shane Alexander, a senior defensive end from Hershey, Neb., earned honorable:-mention consideration.

Smith, widely considered one of Peru State's best lineman in ;ecent times, was a se.condteam choice.as a junior.

Smith was part of an offense which ranked second in the Tri- · State Athletic Conference (TSAC) with a 362.0 yard output per game. The 6-5, 265'pounder started 29 of 30 games at right ta,ckle for Peru State after transferring f.rom the University of NebraskaLincoln in the fall of 1986.

BRAD SMITH

As ajuriior, Smith became the first lineman in 30years to earn NAIA All-America honors.

The last was Jim Rosenquist in the '58 season. His '88 selection makes him the first lineman in school history to repeat in back-to-back years.

Earlier, Smith was named an honorable-mention Associated Press Little College AllAmerican, consisting of players

SHANE ALEXANDER

from NCAA Division II and III schools, and NAIA institutions.

Alexander, a 6-3, 240pounder, was the Bobcats third:-leading tackler with 75 stops, 30 unassisted, to rank ninth overall in the conference. He also led the Bobcats with four fumble recoveries and was secopd on the squad in quarterback sacks with 5-1/ 2.

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Omaha, where she. is a grad assistant in their .thea.ter. department:

Jim Sapp ('81) and.· his wife Sue are proud parents of a son, Mitchell, born last July . .They live in Hiawatha, Kan. and Jim teaches a( Kickapoo Nation School in Powhattan, Kan.

Carrie Nelson ('85) has returned to her home state to teach special education for the Falls City, Neb. public schools, Mark Fankhauser ('84) has been hired as a draftsman for the Omaha firm of Taylor Mears & Schrotberger Technical Services, Inc.

Shari Brown ('87) is teaching chemistry and is the head girls basketball coach at Melbourne (Fla.) High School.

Cary Culler. ('84) is teaching high school English and coaching. football and basketball at Hueneme High School in Oxnard, Calif.

Bill Snyder Elevated To Vice Presidency

Dr. Bill Snyder is the newvice president of academic affairs at PSC, president Jerry Gallentine an-· nounced. ·

Dr. Snyder, whose relationship with PSC goes back to .1970, began as Vice Presid.ent onJuly 1.

"The difficult part is to give up teaching," said Dr. Snyder formerly a business professor. "I have always liked to teach.· TJie reason I wanted to make the transition (to adrninistrati<,m) is because I felt I could be of more set'vice to the college in this capacity," he said.

"My main concern remains quality teaching, because it most directlyU:npacts upon our students."

:, pr,Snydc:;r, aPawnee.Pty n.a:nve, replaces Dr, Chamning Co:t, who resigned.

Dr. Snyder taught at PSC from 1970-'73, and rejoined the

faculty in 1979. He received his bachelors, masters and doctoral degrees from the University. of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Dr. Snyder began his ca:reerin education as an instructor in the Johnson-Brock (Neb.) school system. He was principal at Johnson-Brock from 1969-70 and from 1976-79.

He taught at Columbus (Neb.) High School during 1973-74 and was executive director of the Peru Achievement Foundation, PSC's non1 profit corporation for charitable pnrposes, in 1974-75. He was assistant cashier for the Bank of Peru ih 1975-76.

Under the PSC adrninistra,tive structure, Dr. S'1yderwould be the.college's only vice dent. Pfimru-y respo!lSibilities include aU13.cademk programming, oversight ofPSC's learn• ing resources and its co11tinuing education program, and

Spring Enrollment Sets Record

The Student population for the Spring 1989 s,emester at PSC was virtually unchanged, but students· were taking more classes than ever, PSC President Jerry Gallentine noted.

Final enrollment figures relect record spring semester credit hour production at Nebraska's first college, resulting in higher ''fulltirne equivalency" (FfE) enrollment, Dr. Gallentine said.

FTE enrollment is determined by compiling the total number of credit hours taken by PSC students, and dividing by and average per-student

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Reunion Notes ... Omaha-Area Alums Meet On Missouri

The mighty Missouri River seemed an appropriate lY.ackground for the June meeting of PSC's .Metm-Area Alumni, held at the Bell.evue (Neb.)

"BillSnyderwilldo :fn outstanding job as vice president, just as he has always done an outstanding job .in the classroom, " Dr. Gallentine said. "His thorough knowledge of· this institution is; of course, a p!Us and will allow hin:: tq hit· · the butI·feel that he wotild have been otir top ch6iceevenlf he hadnevet been on campus."

President Al Urwin ('82) called the meeting to c)rcler with over 50 in attendance. In addition to college speakers including President Jerry Gallentine, Dean of Students Jerry Joy ('63), Development Director Mike Barks and Athletic Director Tom Shea, the group heard remarks by retiring educator D:h M°;tl'garet Applegate

Vice President Mark Shively ('79) was .elected to serve as chapter President in 1990. Checyl Urwin ('85) will assist as vice president.

load of 15 hours.

-spring'89 FTE. enrollment was 1,084.2, up 3.3 percent from the record Spring '8$ count of 1,049.7.

Total headcount ment was up slightly. This past spring, 1,503 students were enrolled-a hike of twelve Stu" dents from the Spring '88 record of 1,491. That is an increase of .8 (eight tenths) of a pei:cent.

Dr; Gallentine is forecasting a Fall 1989 enrollment ·of over 1700for the corning term, which wouldbe an increase of two percent lhst fall'; alltirne record of 1,663.

Reunion Notes... Homecoming Planned for September 30

P.SCis gearing up .for its annual .. Homecomiilg celebration on Saturday Sept. 30.

•Everyone is to return to camfils for the festivities. · Highlighting the day will he the PSC vs Midland CoHege football game at 1:30 p.m. in the Oak Bowl

For more information, contact Mrs. Lori Gottula at PSC.

Successful Gathering in Northerit California

Sixty-six Pefuvians got together in Concord, Calif. in April for the yearly meeting Of PSC's Northern California Alumni Association.

· The meeting was chaired by John ('48) and Donnie Parriott ('47) Lewis. Highlights included singing ''Happy Birthday" to John ·and, of course, watching the Navy V12 program veterans re-assemble,

The Lewis's have agreed to head the 1990 meeting, with plans to stage it in the Sacramento area. More information will be sent as the meeting approaches.

Hytrek Named to Post Gayle Hytrek was named presidentcelect of the Cooperative Education Association of Nebraska ( CEAN) at its annual "Partners in Growth" conference held in April. An instrnctor of business at Peru State since 1987, she is a 1982 graduate of State.

Dr. Bill Snyder faculty appointments.

Stater Boasts New Look

Things are changing rapidly hereat Nebraska's oldest institution of higher education, including the appearance of your Peru Stater newsletter. . ·

We hope you enjoy the new format. The Contents are not changing to any discernible degree; we still emphasize ALUMNI news in the alumni paper.,.-..:.and feel we do a better job of it than most colleges or universities;

Our number one goal in each issue remains: to do our best to see that every reader, no matter when she or he was at Peru, sees at least one familiar name in the publication.

PSC News, Too

Oh, we try to mix plenty of college news in with the alumni items-it is important to keep you abreast of developments at PSC. It is essential that you care about Peru State College.

Yet we know that the vast majority of our readers turn to their "section?' ofPeruviana first, then leaf through the remaining news. That's the way it should be.

A tremendous amount of effort goes int.o compiling and preparing each issue for publication-just as a significant amount of resources (i.e. $$$$)goes to publishing and mailing each issue.

Part of those "resources" are provided by the Peru Achievement Foundation. If yowenjoy this paper, and aren't supporting the Foundation, you should be; consider it a scription".

More News Coming In

We1ve noticed that more of you are sending in news items about yourself, friends or family and that is appreciated. In particular, our more recent grads are submitting more information than in the past, and that is heartening.

' If we haven't heard from you in a while, drop us a line. We would especially like to know your opinions on our "new look". ··

Keep in touch!

Students Main Benericiaries of Science Grant

The National Science Foundation has awarded a $28,226 grant to Peru State College to allow eight PSC students to conduct scientific research, according to Dr. Lany Pappas, professor of Biology.

The award, PSC's second major NSF .grant in a year, following a $75,492 award received last year, will allow the students to conduct research on insects the midwest, examining how and why they vary from one geographic location to another.

Seven of the eight student resear<;]lers have been selected, including one - Andrea Brown of High School - who will not enroll at PSC 4ntil this ,fall. The NSF and Dr. Pappas are interested to see how a student as young as Miss Brown performs with her research project.

In fact, Dr. Pappas emphasized, the makeup of the undergraduate students was a major factor in·gaining the NSF grant. Three others already selected are categorized as older, or "nontraditional", students .whose rural southeast Nebraska background would not normally low them to conduct scientific research.

Current PSC students selected for the project include Betty Bricker, Chris Haussler, Davin Holman, Ellen Kruger, Courtney Lamberson, and Catherine Matthews.

$16,000 of the grant will provide each of the student researchers with a $2,000 stipend to conduct the research projects. Part of the funds will pay for their travel expenses this summer when they collect in-

(EDITOR'S NOTE: PSC esetves the right to edit any letters to the Stater that are selected for inclusion)

One player transferred to Peru that year from ·a "trade school" in Missouri. ·He saw ve.ry limited action at that school Dear Peru Stater: 1 the year before. NeWt: knew In going through old pie- nothirtg of this at the time.. Offitures I found the enclosed that cials said that he would be inelimight be used •.in "(ay gible. for the first semester; ·it so down "memory lane m Old : happeneq that the had Peru ip.y mother in these cards only one conference game that is OratCrook, attended prior to first semester-Hastings.

1910. Ira Crook is her brother, (The ineligible player) ,h<; probablY, started ,in.the fy!Jl of played onlya couple of minutes

1906. of that game, scored no points. He did very well with his Peru won that game but it was Peru education, foundi.ng the taken away by forfeit at the end very successfµl Lincoln Liberty of the season. The Bobcats were Life .Insurance Co.. of Lincoln, 'denied a fourth consecutive trip Neb. to Kansas City as. well as the ·Thaflks for the good work official conference on the }>eru $tater, fhope r can ship. ·. enjoy .it for years· to eome. coaches Wheeler and Kyle Sincerely, 1 did arrange a tou:mament trip to Beulah Smith Arnold Denver· to the National MU as Hiawatha, Kan. ·

Reirlembering

Newt·

consolation

SincereJy, Gale.Eshelman {'51).

:Elliott, Iowa

Dear Peril Stater: f Wearesorrytohearofthe Memories 0 death of Newt Kyle. Many Christian Church ries can be. toid about the man Dear Peru Stater: while coaching at Peru. My re:son for writing you

Most of the stories will is to add a few morefacts to the probably com.e from the players nostalgia of seeing the picture who played for him, including of the Peru Christian Church the "zits" games that played building being moved to on our travels to ballgames. Brownville (see Winter '89

It was noted that Newt had Stater). four consecutive conference During '33 and '34 some titles. Unfortunately the '50-'51 of us students of various detitle was taken away and an- nominational persuasions, feelother trip to the NAJA tourney at ing a lack of spiritual influence Kanas Citywasforfeited because on our campus, formed a Bible of a twist offate. study class. This class met once

a week in the living rooin of girl members' landladies' homes for the purpose of studying the Bible and carrying on related business.

Things went well, we caught a little missionary spirit "froin our discussions and decided tq Je11d a hand to gregations of churches who wanted us and who needed a supply of preaching and Sunday school· teachers.

It happened that the Peru Christian Church was the first to fit that category and .gave us "a call". We conducted tlie entire morning worship services, helped out in the Sunday school, and furnished special music

It was a big job, green as we were; suddenly 'we conceived. the idea of asking some of the PSTC faculty to supply the pulpit part of the time. It was amazing and very gratifying tnat we received so many positive replies to our request for help.

We received some very fine moral and spiritual lectures, two of which I vividly rec?ill. One. was by Esther Ann Clark. it or .riot, one of our other faculty "preachers' was Jewish-Dr. Hirsch of the History department.

I'm very happy that the Peru Christian Church building, where most .of this "missionary work" started, is being preserved in an historic place like Brownville.

Respectfully, Rev. Gilbert N. COOk {'34)' Jansen, Neb.

Grant Funded...

Dr.Larry Pappas, aPernState College professor of biology, has secured a $28, 000 grant from the National Science Foundation to allow eight PSC students to conduct research projects. Tbe eight students will be researching differences in insects across the ·midwest.

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sect samples, covering a range from Illinois tq Wyoming and from Kansas to North Oakota.

Part of the grant will also alloyv each student to visit cooperating research experts around the country who will assist them with their projects. Funds are also earmarked to .bring each of

the experts to the Peru State College campus to work with the students, Dr. Pappas noted.

Cooperating researchers include Dr. Willis W. Wirth of the U.S National .Museum in Washington, D.C. and a 1938 PSC graduate.

Jackie Williams ('81)

Sports Vince Henzel ( 186)

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Music, EGucation <Comerstone

For Rischlings - All ,14 The111!

(EDITOR'S NO'TE: The following reed player. Bill played everystory reprinted with µie kind · thing, mostly l)rass,". she said. sion of author AITierman, and Married in 1950, Bill taught first appeared m the Alliance (Neb.) c th 12 · · h' l · · · 1or e next years m paroc ta Times-Herald last fall). h · l •· T.h l ?Q B"ll sc oo s., e ast _ 1

F.amily is where'• it starts has- spen.t teaching. in publi_c and ends. schools. Before conung to Alh-

That's whatMaraleeWick- ance in 1985, he taught at Bayard, iSer IUschiing. C'50} says, and Neb. hethusbandBill(att4; '48-'49) Throughout Bill's· teaching agrees as he plays with a toy years the. Rischlings were raisaitplane left at their house by one of the grandchildren.

Bill is the instrumental music instructor at the (Neb.) Middle School. Ma1:alee plays the piano and substituteteaches in the Alliance school system.

The Rischling family could be compared to the Von Trapp family of the famed musical "The Soun.cl of Music." However, the Von Trapp family's dedication to music didn't span three and a half decades as the Rischling family's has.

Mr. and Mrs. Rischling were raised by families with musical backgrounds and all 12 of thei.r children took music lessons on some kind of instrument

To Bill, music is a way of life. "It's one of those things that most people get a great deal of satisfaction out of but don't know how to .make a living at," he said.

It seems the Rischling' s were. destined to a life of music.As a child in 'Hebron,1 Neb., Bill's exposure to music was a matter offact. "I had a great uncle who played in Sousa's band. There was a great interest in music on both sides of my family. rt'was an automatic thing that I had piano lessons.and was involved in music in school," he said.

"I graduated out. of a funny time. We just C:'\me out ofthe Depression and WWII. There · were no Joans or government money and you had to pay your tuition and room and board."

Several times during his college years, Bill had to quit school make money. He tavght .music off'and on. He attended all the state colleges and received his degree from Kearney.

Maralee, born in· Fal,ls qty:, Neb., came from a similar music.al background. "I ·was a music major from the beginning. My father was a professional musician."

They met at Peru State. "We were both mu$ic majors; I ;wias a

two years of college;'' Bill said, "because you can,'t unde.rstand · what you've never been exposed to." And thefr children have been OJ:' are going through·. college in<rnusic, educatibn or ;field: · ·

"We've a.s ·a family band but pl:'9fessionally," the Rischling$ said. "We always· played for:the girls' weddings."

Becoming More Open, Visible, Influential

Under the leadership of Peru Achievement Foundation President Jack Mcintire., The Foundation is moving to the position of playing a major role.in advancing Peru. State College for generations to come.

During its May meeting the Foundation Board of Trus.tees f', voted to amend its bylaws 1,1989.

Open•. Current bylaws allow for 25. sears on the board of Trustees with meetings held quarterly or more. There al'e many friends and alumni who have generously given tin;ie and money to advance Peru State. College. It ma.kes sense to the board to have these ViOple be in vited to b<=ca.me more closely involved in1the Foundation's activities:

Since many potential Trustees don't live,within a convenient drive to Peru, one or two major Board meetings will be held each year to accommodate these long distance travelers, making this gathering of elite Peruvians a celebration. Supplemental Board meetings will be held for the benefit of local Trustees throughout the year. Up to 150 seats are allowed under the new. bylaw. ·

HARMf!NY. .• Mardttee and Bill Risch ling try out a couple o,fthe 30 or so musical instruments theyhave in their Alliance, Neb. home. The Rischtings have made music and education the cornerstones of thetrchild-rearingphilosophy. (Photo courtesy BelindaAmerman, Alliance .'Jlmes Herald)

ing tl:ieir 11 children .. Bill said of them can playmusiCal instruments.

With the expense of raising their children,. many times it was necessary to do outside work Bill has an affinity for working with his hands and ·building houses or additions.

Mrs. Rischling said, "We have always had a deep and abiding · love for music and education."

Although the Rischling's didn't require their children to take music, they did have a requirement about·college.

"They had to have at least

It could be that education .and music are the factors that provide the individual Rischlings with so much in commo:r;:i. · Maralee. said it's more than that -' it's family.

"We were incredibly lucky and. most of the basic values in which we believed have proved valid," said Bill in regard to the way his children were "But we're not done. We can't pass judgement. There are kids who could .have picked up the good things in spite of you. There are people who think they have all the answers - and I don't want to sound like I do."

Peru Achievement Foundation

rr1ie most sweeping 1. in the 34-year history of the :Peru Achievement Foundation were enacted by its Be;,ard of at'its ,meeting held this past May. ·

The Foundation, founded in 1955, is the agency to receive, manage, generate and disburse. private gifts for Peru State College.

An amended set of bylaws were adopted by Trustees on Tuesday, and are scheduled to· go into effect on Sept. L The most obvious change involves

the organization's name, which will switch to the Peru. State College foundation

The number of. Trustees will from its ro as many as 150, serviµg three" yearterms. The expanded Board will be. more. in nature noted Mike Bark;s, the Found.ation's Dired:or of Dc;:velopment.

*More Visible. No longer will the organization be known as the Peru Achievement Foundation. Instead the Peru State College Foundation will be its new name to more closely affiliate the Foundation with the College.

*More Influence. PhilAnthropy can shape the destiny of Peru State College. An expanded of Trustees will cause more gifts to come to the Foundation to benefit the College.

Dr. Jeny Gallentine, Peru State President, is leading the College in a long-range process. Input from administration and faculty will formulate institutional priorities. This will be the starting p9intfor telling the.,Peru college story-the needs and deeds.

It will be the Foundation's job to help. take this story w friends and alumni of the College to get your reaction to the loo;k: of the Peru State of the 1990' s: .. aI).d show how private gifts can make this vision real.

This Fall the Foundation will become fully automated. This means more personal and meaningful communication can be had for the many diverse groups of PSC friends and alumni. ·

With all tfiis· talk of the future, I would be remiss to overlook the past. Sincere thanks is due to the many people who have had a hand in helping the Foundation reach this evolutionary point in its 34 year history. Special thanks are clue to the current. Board members.

Floyd Vrtiska and his. Bylaw Committee otJane Randle and Marcia Longsine took in· tlie huge task of first crack at making a blueprint to propel. the into the future :President Mcintire'.$ Executive Committee-Allan 'Casey, Hausermari,John Chaney-refined the Bylaw Committee's work. and finally the full. board offered insightful comments and questions to shape .the document to its final form for ratification. ,

I'll be stepping up my visits to friends and alumni. to hear your impressions an<;i interests as it relates to Peru State College now and the future.

Much has been accomplished, So much is left to. do. In! the challenge to adv.ance Peru State College the Foundation will be ready and able.

A. smaller, nine-member tee .includes Foundation officers committees.

Executive C().tnmitteewill .direct (prdident, vice president, sec- The full Board of Trustees operations of the Foundation on, retary, treasurer) plus .• the im- will meet annually, in April, and ongoing basis, meeting ev- mediate past t.president.. and. at other times as needed. ery other month. The.Commit- chairpersons of four standing

HIGHEST HONOR. Former PSCfaculty member Dr. Kennard Larso:n ('72) came back to carripus in April to present the Epsilon Pi Tau "Distinguished Service Citation" to PSC's Dr: Le$ter Russell ('51). The citation is the highest in the national honoraryfraternity tn industrial technology. Dr. Russell is the senior member of the PSC facul(y, while Dr. Larson left PSC to .foin the faculty of Norlhern Arizona University.

Russell Honored with National Citation

LastApril's initiation ceremony for the Pern State College chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau was anything but routine for Professor Lester Russell ('51).

Dr. Russell, trustee of the PSC chapter of Epsilon Pi Tau, pleased. to see five new 10 the natipnal t,..,,.,,,,.,.,,,." in industrial technology.

A of the

staff, Ariz. to present him with Epsilon Pi Tau's Distinguished Seivice Citation.

Dr. Larson, a formerPSC faculty member, had nominated him for EPT's top honor some time ago. The nomination was approved in February, but not revealed to Dr. Russell until Service

son was formerly co-trustee. A native 2£ Nemaha Counzy, Dr. Russell is professor 9f industrial arts at PSC. Dr. Larson last fall joined the faculty of Northern Arizona University.

The late Dr. Charlotte Pollock Seiver (attd. 1902.:03}was this past spring in a Frem<!nt \Neb.)Trihune newspaper noting het' ti:ail.bfazing acck:rmplishments. She taught in Hartington, Neb. for two years after leaving Peru, then attended Creighton University's n1edical school and practiced medicine in tlie. frerpQ.t1t. area - ·.often a,cc;eptiQg hom¢: baked goods and fresh as payment - for decades. She passed away in 1982.

The late Dr. E C. Beck ('12) has been selected to receive one ()fflve" Michigan Heritage Awards" for 1989, chosen by Michigan State Dniversity. Pt B.eck, who headed the Peru State English Department from headed the English department at Central Michigan State University from 1928-58. He is being recognizedfor :'his. many contributions to Michigan folklore through his collecting and p{lblkation of songs and stories of Michigan lumoetjacks," ac-

c9rding to MSU.

·William E. Kuebler of St. Petersburg, Fla. wrote of his experience atand after Peru fast February. After a di:X;torate from the ·Of Chicago (in his class were. several Peruvians "the two Emmert boys and Rose Clark, a former .teacher of Peru"), he spent 36 years with the YMCA, following io years of military seivice. He remains active in church 1 work and other projects in St. Petersburg.

· With 'his election t<r the· HankAmende (attd. '16-'lS) recalled his experience as a life long resident of Syracuse, Neb. in a feature sto1y in a May editiQn of the Syracuse]ou.rnat-Democrat. He did eve1ything from selling a farm implement

organization himself, stretching to EPT. Only those whb have governing board.

to his undergraduate days achieved the second leveI ·. Dr. Dean, at Peru State College, Dr. Russell· ("Laureate Membership"), have • Class of :42. and retired (rom had the pleasure of announcing·· a long record of membership California State University-Long his election to Epsilon Pi Tau's with EPT, and are at least 50 Beach, is the Western Region's six-member international gov- years df age, possess a graduate director eming board. ' degree, are recognized as lead-

·But the 33-year member of ers in thy industrial technology the PSC faculty was especially field, atid meet other criteria are surprised when one of.his for- eligible. merstudents,Dr.KennardLar- Dr: Russell is Trustee of.th.e son ('72), came in from Flag- Eta ChapteratPSC, andDr. '.4ar-

a scholarship each.year's Chappell High School ating dass Amanda served as a Nebraska educator for 65 years. Noted playwrite Ensworth P. Conkle ('19) of Austin, Texas was honored in July on the occasion of his 90th birthday. He was a long time professor at the University of Texas.

1920s

This past April b10ught about the 30th anniversary offirnest LOngfellow's{'21) newspaper column "Sportsmen's News;" The· longtime college employee, author of.t6.e official Peru State histdry, " The Normal On The Hill," and recipient· of PCS's Distinguished Seivice Award,has written the columh for the oldPeni?ointer, the '::T1helateL,B.Mathe:ws,cme Peru Challenge, and the AuburnPresswTribune. He has written J. of the most popular of "almol)t 2,000 columns without getting my, nose flattened or being all members. of the Peru. State suedfor slander.or plagiarism," he noted.

Tribute Paid to L.B. Mathews

College staff, was memorialized ·.. MargaretClineburgHerveyJones'C29)bf Lincoln, Neb.at the May; 1989 meeting of the an occasional campus visitor -,. wrote of her long career in the Nebraska Schoolmasters Club. challenging and rewarding career of teacher. She. taught math in ·M'.athews; .Class of1915 various Neoraska communities,. at Kearney State College, at. the rerumedto Peru ih '1927, whe;e University of Wisconsin, and at the University of Northern Iowa, he spent 20 years as principaJ of where was a full p!'ofessor.

th.e T J::JVIajors Training School Edith Wortman Fischbach ('22) recalls her days on cam.pus (Peru Pi:ep). He spent four years during the term of President A.L. Cavinness, who was at Peru St:<lcte as coUege registrar, then from 1921 After leaving Peru, Edith attended the University of eluded his service to PSC by New and taught in that state and in Montana before teaching science until retiring.in n:arrymg.and.moymg.to. South Dakota. lives in.Ban1961. mng, Calif. and would like to hear from friends from her school ·nays.

diec:l. in 1985, has been made a ·· 1· <> part .0 f ··· .i the ;Nebraska. Schoolmasters : Vogele,. }\'ho eqrned J;>.er Club. Cate in attendled sd:1\'.fol ln the '30s, '505' at'id befoi;-e eafning a bachelors in '67, retired this sprink filter 56 years qf teaching fn 1tie Richardson (Neb.) County schools. ·

HONORED Class••: The honorable <.,/ass of '39 was well represented at their 50-year assembly this past May. Among those in attendance were (from left)Marjorie Zarillo Harris, Marjorie Trenholm Tatman, john Boyer, Alice Devore Organ, Dorothy Coatney R. Howard Dean, Mary Grush Hove, Harold Boatman, Roberta Gowell Gerber, Glenn Yont; Marjorie Hul!Zink, Gary Fichter, William Chapin, Glen Sheely, Rex Wayman, MaryMatthewsSolie, Robert Mason, and Helen Larson Seiger. They spent the weekend on and around campus as part ofthe annual May Reunion festivities.

Memories, Friendships

Rekindled at May Reunion

Dozens of "golden ·· grads"fromacrossthe nation rolled into Peru for the 1989 "May Reunion" on May 12 13.

It was another outstanding celebration for Peru State's 49year and earlier classes. campus tours, an open house inthe President's Home, a.n awards banqtiet, '89 Com1nencement ex:erdses, and lots. and lots of conversation were the order of the day.

Featured were the 20 members of the 50-year Class of '39 who attended, coming from 13 different states ranging from Pennsylvania to Florida to California.

Special guests were several members of the 49-year Class of 1940. Their class will be special guests on May 11-12, 1990.

Those in attendance for all or part of the activities included:

·cJass of'l 4: Myra Moore, Nemaha, Neb.

C1assof'29: Margaret ClineburgJones, Omaha, and Mona Monteith Schroeder, Lincoln.

CJass of '32: Paul Armstrong, Lincoln.

CJass of'33: Paul Landolt,

Lincoln., Cla8s of '34: Rev. Gilbert Cook, Jinsen, :Neb.

cb$s of '37: Evelyn Wib

Iiams Sheely, Auburn, Neb.

c&Ssof'38: Arrene Heinke

· ·Omaha; R. Wiley ·

Refumers, Auburn; Fritz Wolter, .West .Chester; Penn.; Dorothy

Witmer Yont, Bella Visa, Ark;

Bernard Barisas, Ft Collins, Colo.

Class of'39: Harold Boatman, Tarkio, Mo.; John Boyer, York, Ne.!;>.; Bill Chapin, Heinet, Calif.; Howard Dean, Hot Springs, Ark.; Gary Fichter, Naples, Fla.; Roberta Cowell

Gerber, San Benito, Texas; Mary Grush Hove, Belvidere, Ill.; Robert Mason, Hamburg, Iowa; Alice DeVore Organ, Westminster, Colo.; Helen Larson Seiger, Sea Cliff, N.Y.; Glen Sheely, Auburn; Mary Matthews Solie, Gaithersburg, Md.; Marjorie

Trenholm Tatman, Ralston, Neb.; Rex .Wayman, Kansas City, Mo.; Marie .Wellensiek Wells, Lincolni Dorothy Coatney

Wolter, West Chester, Penn.;

Glenn Yont, Bella Vista, Ark.;.

Marjorie Harris Zarillo,. Carlton, GA.; Marjorie Hull Zink, Ster-

ling, Neb.; and Maxine Aufenkamp Remmers, Auburn.

C1assof'40: Martha Clifton Boatman, Tarkio, Mo.; Gladys Grush, Falls City,' Neb.; Aridst Christian.· ·McCormick, Albia; Iowa; Eula Redenbaugh, Boulder, Colo.; Marvin Schacht, Cook, Neb,; and Louise Matthews Shires, Porterville, Calif.

CJass of '41:' Dr. Ross Russell, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Dr. Frank Larson, Madison, Janet Walker, Weston, Conn.

Class of '42: Grace Muenchau Russell, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Class of'45: Leonore Larson Graf, Easton, Cotjn.; Becty Berger .Weirick, Colfax, .Iowa. Y·

Class of '62: Vivian Vermule Schacht, Cook, Neb.

Class of'66: .Walter Zink, Sterling, Neb.

Class of '74: Gladys Nofsger Layson, Auburn, Neb.

From President Jerry Gallentine. and the rest of today's PSCfaculty and staff, thanks for coming, and circle your calendars for May 11.:.12, 1990!

50th Reunion Scholarship

Creating an endowed scholarship is the goal for this year's 50th Anniversary Class of 1939. To pay ·tribute to Peru Sta.te College and honor their class spirit, a permanently endowed scholarship fund is being created.

HalfWay to the $5,000 goal, all friends and alumni are invited to join the Class of '39 and others attending the 50-year reunion to fully fund this important scholarship by making a tax deductible gift to the "Peru Achievement Foundation".

Mail your gift to the Foundation to Peru, Neb. 68421 and write "Class of'39" on the memo line of your check.

Peruviana <continued)

Elinor Majors McGee ('36) and her family spent part of last summer and fall driving from California to Tennessee to Texas and all points in between on a site-seeing trip. Elinor's sister, Sarah Majors Wrightsman, was particularly interested in their stop in Pem to see the T.J. Majors Building renovation project, as Sarah was in one of the first gradi.'tating classes.

Lenore Harris Hughes ('33) ofEl Paso, Texas keeps her alma mater updated on her activities by sending a copy of a ne\.Ysletter she puqlishes. Lenore has written several books, published through the Hughes Pi1blishing Co.

Tom Goldenstein (attcl '37-'38), a retired engineer for the Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph Co., was named the Lincoln (Neb.) Engineers Club "Distinguished Member." The amateur archeologist has done a number of digs for the University of North Dakota, does volunteer work for the Nebrask State Historical Society and the Better Business Bureau, and is active in the United Way and church work.

Responses from Gertrude Beauchamp Poppino ('31), Emma Kubovy Cunnimgham ('26), and Evelyn Kilpatrick Sedoris ('36) enabled Laura Hickson Stoltz ('33) to get back in touch with her college friend Majorie Keipe Kamman, a resident of Mound, Minn.

Delia E. Ernst Burck ('37) of Oceanside Calif. reminisced about tl1e good.old days at PSC in a recent note.

Helen Gilbert Kline (attcl '29-'31) was pleased to $ee familiar names in a recent.Stater. She is a resident of Malvern, Margaret Troyer Holmes ('33) enjoys crafts and painting since her retirement from teaching in Summerdale, Ala: years ago. She al$O the recently published yeti squad picture (see last two is ·deceased: That leaves Cyril Paul "Andy" Svoboda as the .only unaccounted-for member.of that squad.

Elsie Jean Perry Ellington ('37) .of Garden City Kari,; a former. student of the late Prof. R.T. "T:ed" Benford, ha$ Jxie.h teaching piano lessons for 42 yeat-s.

Marjorie Young Myers ('34), claiming the late Prof. v:H. Jindra as her inspiration, continues her interest in music .a$ a member ofa string quartet in Sterling, JU. ·

Mrs. Virginia. McNeal Conkle ('32) of Austin, Texas W01i119: like to get back in touch with classmate. Mari.on Virginia Mfltthews ('33), who mapied a gentleman by the name of Stapp and lived in Oregon, the last she had heard of her. Anyone who can help is asked to write Kent Propst c/o the Peru Stater, Peru$tate College, Peru, Neb. 68421.

· Maria Wieneke I.a.as ('38) was a recent inductee into the Omaha .Westside Alumni Association Hall of Fame. She served the district from 1952-81, including 24 years as director of elementary education; after retirment in '81, she wrote the history of the school district (District 66).

Dr. Leo Hauptman ('32) of Muncie, Ind. was featured in May article in the Muncie Star. Dr. Hauptman, a PSC DistinguishedService Award recipient, spent 28 years as Registrar at Ball State University in Muncie. He is also a noted public speaker and continues to collect note cards filled. with articles and sayings.

Dr. D.J. Nabors, director of speech and drama from 1931-37, in March was inducted into the Pi Kappa Delta Hall of Fame. PiKappaDeltaisanational. forensic society with· chapters· in some 250 colleges and tiniversities; Dr. Nabors was a member of its national council from 1948-75, indl,lding 10 years as its executive secretary. Dr. Nabors, who was Dr. DJ Nabor.s chairman of the speech aqd drama department at East Central (Okla.) University from 1937-72, is now retired and living in Madill, Okla.

Five .PSC Faculty Promoted IPeruviana ccontinuea>

, ive members of the Peru Dr. Pappas, a full-time PSC State Cbllege faculty re- faculty member s.ince 1985, was ceived promotions approved in promoted from assistant April by the Board ofTmstees of sor of natural science to an assothe .Nebraska State Colleges. date professor.

spet;ch and theatre to professor. He has been a PSC faculty 111ember since 1978.

Dr. Ediger was promoted from associate of music to professor. He has been at PSC since 1979.

Dr. Harper was promoted from associate professor of

The five, according to PSC Dr. Hytrek was promoted President Dr. jerry Gallentine, from associate professor of eduil:lclude ken Anderson, Dr. cation to professor. He has been Thomas Ediger, Dr. Charles at PSC since 1979. Harper, Dr.Jack Hytrek, and Dr. Carol Pappas.

Anderson, a member of the PSC faculty since 1984, was promoted from as.sistant professor of art to associate professor.

I PSC Gains New Sound System

TIhe sound.s of Peru State College theatrical programs and other special events in the College Auditorium will be better than ever, thanks to a newly-installed sound system.

The new system made its public premiere last April when the Peru Players staged "The Martian Chronicles," Ray Bradbury's science fiction classic.

The equipment, valued at ments of the new sound system $2,000, was purchased with was the money saved on instalproceeds from ticket sales to lation. The lowest estimate on Peru Players performances. instaHing the amps and Coupled with the $10,000 light- speakers given to PSC was ing system installed five years $6,800. ago, it marks a substantial im- PSC senior Tim Dejonge, provement in the College Audi- working with professor of torium capabilities. · speech and theatre Dr. Charles Dr. Royal Eckert, professor Harper, did the bulk of the inof speech and theatre at PSC, sfullation over the last three noted that one of the best ele- months.

50 YEARS LATER After keeping a Round Robin letter going for· halfa centwy, these six ladies return.eel to Peru State in ]une for a reunion, including (from left) Lorraine Flau Coates, IngridJohnson Alexander, Arlene Steiner Mildred Moore Bright, Eva Jane Bundy Meisinger, and E{frieda Dahlgren Haynes. (Photo cow1esy Mrs. Meisinger)

After keeping in touch for 50 years after several of their" group" left Peru State in 1939, a number of alums returned to campus on June 7 for a special gathering.

Actually, it wasn't the first "reu.nion" for the group, which totals 11 and who have kept a Round Robin Letter going for 50 years. In '49, eight of the 11 met in Omaha, and they've gotten together about every five years since, though never at PSC.

Six of the 11 decided to meet at Pc;ru State on the 50th anniversa1y of their leaving school, includingf\dene Steiner Ellermeier of Wayne, Neb.;IngridJoJinsonAlexander of Medford, Mass.: Eva Jane Bundy Meisinger of Murray, Neb. ;Elfrieda Dahlgren Haynes of Silver Spring, Md.;Harriet Flau Coates of Nebraska City; and Mildred Moore Bright of Auburn.

After touring campus with alumni. officer Kent Propst, the group enjoyed lunch at the home of Mrs. Coates and browsing through yearbooks and college pictures.

1940s

Dr. Margaret :Applegate Fitch(attd. '43) retires from an outstanding career in education this .August. Presently the assistant superintendent of staff developmt;nt with the Omaha Public Schools, she has been a teacher arid administrator in that system for 38 years. OP,S is developing a scholarship in her honor.

THE 49ERS Among the 49-year alums of tbe Class of 1940 wbo were getting a preview of tbeir 50tb celebration setfor next year during PSC>.1989 May Rew1.ion were (/rom lcqft) lvlarvin Schacbt; Louise Mathews Shires, Ardist Christian /VfcCormick, Eula Redenbaugh, Gladys G17Jsh, and (front) Mai1ha Cl[fton Boatman. They and their classmates will be tbe honored group 1Vlay 11-22, 1990.

1990 Spring Tour To Cover England, Ireland, Scotland

History will come alive when Peru State College hosts a totir to England, Ireland and Scotland in the ,Spring of 1990, according to Dr.Charles Harper.

Dr. Harper will once again direct the venture, scheduled for .May 31. - June 20, 1990. Anyone interested in more ;1bout the tour should cont1c1 him at Peru State College.

The first four days will

spent in London, touring sites such as Royal Albert Hall, the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey and Big Bt,:n. One .day with no scheduled events has been set aside to pa1ticipants can do as they please. The next four days will be in and around Edinburgh, Scotland.

Freddie Drexler ('46) was presented with the Fairbury (Neb.) "Community Service Award'' this past winter by the Fairbury Chamber:of Commerce. He is a Jongtirne educator in the Fairbury area and past president of the former junior college there.

Milton K. Schulz ('43), one of the top guidance counselors in Iowa, has retired from his position at Marshalltown. Dr. Robe1t Fitzsimmons, coordinator of professional services for School Admin.istrators of Iowa, hailed him when saying, "His motivation has been soley for the good 0£ the student."

MaryI.ee$tockWeinea(one•year'40, bachelors'70)has through England's Lake District retired from a 32-yearteaching career in Richardson (Neb) County, and the Welsh countryside to including the past 19 as second grade teacher in Falls City. the Irish Sea for a 3 1/2-hour Harriet Mn"Well Clark ('43) of Lewiston, Neb has been ferry ride to Ireland. The remain- na1ned the "Nebraska Mother of the Year'' by the Nebraska Mothers der of the trip is spent in Ireland, Association. Gov. Kay 011' recognized the acheivement in cerernoinducling Dublin, Sligo, Killar- nies at che State Caoitol in March. She been active in countless ney, Ring of Kerry, and school and civic ,;ffairs while helping t6 n:iise her and husband Limerick. Dean's (att£L'39-'41) four children. ·

The tour then winds its way

Dr. H.arper can be contacted Bernard('49) andElaineJulifs Bliefernicb. (attd. '43-'44) him at Peru State Col- have ended their careersin education a11cl are making their retireNebraska 68421. or n1ent home in Geneva, Neb. Bernard spent most of his 39 year call or toll free at I career in school administration. while Elaine taught elementary 1-80U- • +2-+fl 2. · ; grades for 32 years. Continued

REf!NlTING at PSC's Mti;V Reumionfestivtt:ies iiJere sever;,_! in the 1'Post-1940 11 t,"atago1y, incb,tding (from. Vivian Vermiule Schachf; Dr. Fcmk Lctrson, Betty Bet-ger Weiri(fk, ·Gt(ice Muenchau Russell, Leonore Larson <;raj; Ross Harris •walker, .and y1alter Zink. PSC is alreac(y lqyingplans for the 1990 Mqy Reimion, set for the second weekend in May and featuring the Classes of' 140 and '41. ·· ·

Area· Educators Named to PSC.Advisory Committee

"T"1

hi_rteen area· educators .• ·1 have been named to Peru State Colfege's Teag1c;r · .Ealication Advisory Committee3 according to Dr. Jerrold HanS,Q11, PSC dean of graduate · ies chairperso:n of the edt;_. cation division.

Teacher Education

Adviso1y·Con1mittee advises the PSC education division on such new t.eachers are .z:c,uege can a..ssist them and other concerns that should be addressed in its preparatjon of tead1ers.

The Committee advises on undergraduate and gradu-

ate education programs) at Pero State College, Dr. Hanson emphasized.pr. Hanson chairs the .•

Delive;·hi.g the keynote addr.ess at the Advisory Committee :meeting wasMrs. Cathy Repp Joh.nson ('62) of Coltimbus, current president of the Nebraska Scl10ol Boarc) Assodation.

Advisory committee members include Caroline Allen, Senior High; Teresa Sweeney Frields('80), special education teacher at Northside Elementary School in Nebraska City;Judy Grotrian ('72), business teacher at Johnson-Brock Senior High; Lee Heflebower, .administrator for the Educational

Nancy Kite ('77), teacher at the Sheridan· Elementary School in Auburn; Larry Munn, .education teacher at .City 'seniqr 'High; (ieµe princlpalof the Syracuse S<?niQf High School; Oxley, superintendent the Nemaha Valley Schools; Bob Robinson, principal of the bum Elementary Schools; f?aryScha1for('68), the

Consolidated Charlene Glathar Tomek ('65), teadt,;r at the George Weiss ('65), science teacher at the Tecumseh Senior High SchooL

Peruviana (continued)

Doris Starkebaum Taylor ('40) of Anacrortes, Wash, .her "retirement" by rolling gingerbread cookies for ;i' supplies Hickory .Fanns, Sa:x Fifth Avenue, Macy's and playing organ for a local church; doing volunteer work at a hpspital;··and trying tokeep herdassic.'64 Mustang / LouisePetersonHarshbarger(attd. '40&'49)

Neb. was named "Employee of the Year" at the Colonial .Acres Nursing Home in that community. Louise, who saw tvvo childrenTedandRheagraduate fromPSC, hasvyorked there since 1985.

Dale Bfankep.shi.p '44-'46} has ended his career in law including 11 years as a Buffalo (Neb.) deputy sheriff and 30 years as a Nebraska MiltonLore:oz C48), a guidance counselor at Omaha's !aen· son High School, has retired after .35 years in the Omaha Public Schoc)ls.

Leora Libhart Mu.ck ('40) has retired and she and her husband recently built a new home near Wellston, Okla. / Lew Weick (attd. & '60) has been an engineer at Caterpillar's Technical Center in Mossville, Ill. since 1964. Lew received a masters degree in engineering from Bradley University in '71, and he and his wife live at Washington, Ill.

Jessie Rhoten (attd. 1149), an English teacher in the Omaha Public Schools. for 34 years, has retired.

1950s

BillVossen{':50), principal ofFalls City{J>ft;:P:)Middle Scho9l since 198:1, has retfr 1 ed. The Fall tohi.n1 ·· "popular q;dminisfrator". and ·'respected'' !n;)tS, retir(:!menL

Phil.Bohl (':53) of Lincoln, Neb. was recognized tipon occasion of his 30tli with the Lincoln'Te!ephone Co; He is a service control supervisor for the LTC. late Mede Bauer (':50) waB

able career of teaching, coaching and scho<>l

Wilma Walker Douglas Scott (two·p\ar ''5, retired frorn a 45-year teaching career this vear. mosr of it Otoe County, Neb. She .now lives in San Ray Ehlers ('58), athletic director at texm.i;ton Nebraska, has been nominated for national Director of the Year by National Coach m<.<g<b1;.u Sporting Goods,

Jack Hallstrom ('50) announced this past. retiring as principal ofNorthwest High School in Omaha, ending distfoguished career in education. He has been the principal· Northwest High has ever l1ad, serving there for 18 years Calling it "a tough decision,"'.Hallstrom stepped down with the encouragement of his five children, He'll continue to follow the .• 'field. of education closely, and will serve his term as president of the Nebraska.Seconda1y.School Principals Association. ·

Dr. Ron Witt ('58),whohas just beg{Jn his term as supe:rintenof the Willard (Neb.J Public Schools,' has 'beeri to the .National SthooI "E)l;ecutive Ed1.wator 100" honoring 100 top school ,America. has retired· after

·2Syears.with

Dorothy Gillespie s,pring issue of the Syr:icus,c;, 1 ; Jhestory noted her 23-year teaching career mott<ling 19'tn Syractise:

Tom Percell (':57) has been named wastewater treatment plant operator for the City of Wymore (Neb.). .He hacj. been* managing the American Legion Club in that community, where he lived from 1970-76. Continued

OLD MAIN.•• One of the better angles of "Old Main" at Fern State is shown in this picture, circa 1906. It was provided by Buelah Smith Arnold,from the collection ofher Ora Crook Smith, Class of'JO.

JayWiechmann('88) and Lauri White (attd. '84-'86) were married in June in Nebraska City, Neb. Lauri is a dental hygenist in Omaha, Neb. and Jay is the assistant baseball coach at PSC.

Cheryl Urwin ('85) and Alan Nonte De Ramos will. be marriec::!. 1n September. Cheryl is employed as SACFederal.Credit Union in Bellevue as an Insurance/VISA representative.

Peru Sate College student JanetReneLyons of Diller.was married in April to Todd Randall Krajnik. ·Janet is presently employed as a bookkeeper and secretary at Lottman Carpenter Construction Inc. while working towards her b.achefor of arts degree.

Joann Pohl ('87) and Steven Thurlow will be married in Augusto They will continue to live in Omaha where 'Joann is employed at Christ Child Creative· Learning Center.

Virginia Carol .Ottelllan. ('79)ofJohnson, Neb. andJames A. Baack were married in February. and Btatrsovsky will. be ried in Septe.rn.ber. I,eslie is empfoyed as a cost acc<:>unting ::;upervisor at American . Mete!' Co. in Nebraska City, Neb.. ·

Rita Roumpf ('85) and Mikeal Best were married in April in Nebraska City, Neb. Rita is a teacher of the visually qandicapped in the Norfolk Public School.s in Norfolk, Neb.

Ronda Schoeder ('84) of. Lincoln, Neb. and Jerry Club were married in June, 1989. Ronda is shipping and recieving clerk at Electronic Contracting in Lincoln.

Steve Dingman ('86) of Magnolia, Ark. and Kathleen Ford were married in June in Magnolia. Steve. is attending

Southern Arkansas University as a graduate student and a graduate assistant football coach.

Donna Jeann Christoffersen ('88) ofAuburn, Neb. and Mark Ross were married in May. Donna was a teacher in the Jqhnson-Brock Public School system this past year.

KrlstiBuller('88) and Kurt Jensen were married in June. They reside in Lincoln, Neb.

PSC students Jona McAlexander of Sid;ney, Iowa andMichaelBeckof Louisville, Neb. were married in May.

Michael Apple ('86) of Hayes Center, Neb. and Shirley Villegas were married in June in Hayes Center. Mike has been and coaching in Hayes Center since graduation.

Curtis Hiatt ('88) and Kelly Witecki ('89) were mar.tied in April in Omaha.

Pam· Otteman ('84) a.nd Edward Sunneberg were married inJl.lne near Johnson, Neb; Pam has taught at Butte. and Nelson in Nebraska.

Ruth Ann Grap ('89) and Tony Bennet were married in June inCharter Oak, Iowa.

Elliot Berg ('88) 4ndJoni Bennett ('87) were married in June in Neb. They live in Omaha, where Elliot is a computer operator at Lozier Corp.

<;hristopher Gregg (attd. 'S.4-'85) and Connie Persinger were married in May. Christopher is with the U.S. Marines.

Mary Leigh Sullivan('83) and Frank Flllaus were married last December at Crofton, Neb. Mary has been teaching in the Croti:on Public Schools:

Michelle Klopfenstein ('89) and Todd Ellis were matried May 6 in Lincoln.

Anne LaHood ('89) and Jim Larsen ('88) were married in Mayin Omaha. Jim works for

Nash Finch .Co.

KevinMalcotn(aud'85--'86)

and Ann.eta Noe were

in·Mar.ch. in. Allen; Neb. Harry Grafe ('53), superintendent;.of Zion National park in David w. Crouse (attd. Utah,. has recieved the U.S. Department ofthe Interior's "Meritori'85-'88.) and Dawn Marie :g:or7 ous Service Award" for his workin the Natioria} Park Service since neychuk were married in. l966. Aformer jet fighter pilot forthe Afr commercial airUne ruary in Albin, Wyo. · ·· ·. pilot,. and Harry work as a seasonal emraul ·Hubsch IJ.hda ployee at National Park in.Colorado during summers Rose (b()th '87) wete. · off from .scl:iooL He enjoyed the work and in '66 joined up with the this past spring in Nebraska City. National Park ·Service on a full-time basis. His wife is the former They 1ive near Talmage. Marilyn Coad ('52), and they have four daughters.

ChristieTrussell('89) and Dorothy Schanot Wander (one-year '55, })achelors '71), Gerald Kfuntorad were married sixth-grade teacher at the Syracuse (Neb.) Public Schools, was June 24 in Bellevue, Neb. featured in a local newspaper article this past spring. She has spent Christie is employed with 18 of her 24-year teaching career in Syracuse. Square-D in Lincoln.· Eunice Buhrmann Bogel ('53), has retired from an over 45PSC student Chris Angel year teachiqg career in Nebraska and California. She spent 31 years and Jack Denker were married teaching in the Crete, Neb. district. · June 30 in Papillion, Neb. LaVon Covault('53), who recently finished his 20th year Beth Propst('82) and John teaching at Pawnee City, Neb., was featured in a Pawnyi?epu.blican Mierau are to be married in article in February. It noted that Covault; who has spent 36 years September They planto reside in educatiOn, also raises livestock on his farm near Table Rock. in Cofombus, Neb. Befu recently Norma Dea Walker Bremer {'58) has .·ended· a 40-year received .a degree in teaching career and. begun a life of travel _:_ or, n1ore accurately, counseling fr.om Mankato d.evotedmore time to travel. .she and Don havi;! already (Minn.) State l)'niv7rsjty. ·· · visited Europe, Russia, <;hina, India, Egypt, .Pakistan., South Am.ef': Dayle Trout ('83) and ica and Africa. .she had been teaching in Nebraska City, Neb. Kevin Wisnies.ki are t9 Del Stpltenberg ('57) chairmanof the Tarkio (Mo.) College ried in Seprem.ber i11 Beatt;ice, division of physical education and recreation, has. been appointed I\Teb. She is a m.ath a11d :C9:m- director of athletics at the college, . Stoltenberg also serves .as puter teacper at:Oodge, assistant professor at the college and rs·assistant football and track ·· coach there. . .. and Stetling Haynes wete .mar- Bill Tempelmeyer ('58), superintendent of the FiUey(Neb.) ried inJune near Brock,Nel). Schools, i$ planning to retire in two more years, winding up an Former PSCstudent:Angela. interesting career. He has been a chemist and a speech pathologist Kile and Anthony Warren were as well as a school teacher and administrator. He lives in Eagle, married in May in Superior, Neb. Neb. along with his wife and the youngest of his 11 children. They live inVista, Calif. Evelyn Straba Rahe ('58) of DeWitt, .Neb. is enjoying a Gary Staples (attd. '75- "second career" since ending a 43::year teaching career three years '76) and Mary Pat Lrunpe ,;ere ago. She has begun writfrig songs, captilizing on an interest. in married last April in Carroll, music that dates back to when she was four years old. Iowa, ·where they reside. Ila ·Mae Alden Chatfield ('55) retired from Jeaching at Jeffrey Slagle ('86) and Omaha's Westside.High last year and .now.devotes her full-time Melissa Wenz are planning .an attention to her business, "Ila's Cozy Creations, "a company that August wedding in Falls City, designs, manufactures and sells baby quilt patterns. Neb. and will live .in Council Dr. Harvey Ideus ('55) now lives i11 Arlington, Texas, where Bluffs, Iowa. he is president of the Collegiate Advisory Association, Brenda Palik ('89) and Beverly Brown Thompson ('59) is a supervisorfor United Shawn Ostransky ('86) were Parcel Service, overseeing the loading and unloading of UPS married in July in Lincoln. airpl?nes at the Des Moines, Iowa airpo1t. Husband Richard Brenda at.the Goodyear {'59) ts ·employed by Nabisco Brands, Inc. in Des I\loines, and they Child Care Center and Shawn liye in Ankeny, Iowa with two of their four children. works for Better Builders. '

Dave Fulton('60), of history at Platte Con:imunity College in Columbus, Ne,b., was named the Faculty Member of the /I Yeardl.lring commencement ceremonies in May. Prior to joining Platte in 1970, hetaughtatjunior colleges in Iowa and Illinois and in the Clarinda, Iovva public schools. He and his wife, thr,z: former Rae Henry ('60), have three children. ·

Carol Chandler ('68) received a "Staff Recognition Award" from the Ralston (Neb.) Public Schools this spri11g. She is a physical education teacher there. The award was base i'.l on job performance, involvement ifl the school and community, and "positive impact on students. and programs.,,

I.arcy Aylor {'69) will be teaching sociil studies, head girls •. basketball coach, golf coach and assistant football coach

than lin Louisburg, Kari. . . Continued.

EARLYOAKS, ••

it appears today, bu.t.Jtill recognizable looking from the northeast corner to the sou.fhwest. From the collection of Arline Revebaugh, '12.

n,;t;::tinguished Service Awards, Honorary Doctorates. . . • to Four Top Officials

Foutstanding May, r <""'··.::. :<. ·. maS, Morrissey received Dis- and dear to our_hearts, and hand v1duals representing l\iebraska Governor :&:ii)' ti.pguished Service Awards. them out Dr. Jerry thefields of law, Orr µ.st Gallentine, PSC president, said. edtication arid public servk:e Gene:ralUerbertBrowneJlreJ """'"·£ommencement "But this year's group of honwere recipients of Peru State cei:ed h?norary degrees, exercises for grads, orees is truly special. The hon.or, College's highest honors, the whtle sc1ent1st-educator Dr. May 13 111. quite frankly, is ours." Distinguished Service Award Armon Yanders('48)and fo·.r- Act1v1ty··. c. enter. ·· .· ,.. 1l b f b" hy · · · · · · · · · ·· · · · owmg 1s a ne 1ogra.p and Honorary Doctorate in mer State College TrusteeTho- "We hold these award1> near ol'h::. ' · · ., c1p1ents.

served five terms in the New York State· Assembly, and was canwaign manager for Thomas E. Dewey during Dewey's successful 1942 campaign for the of New York.

Brown.ell was selected as Republican National Chai:rmim in 1944' and remained in that role for two years. He was campaign chairman during Gov. Dewey's unsuccessful bids for the U:S. Presidency in 1944. and in 1948.

Herbert Brownell

... ·H·· .·. e:rbert Brownell was born in Peru in 1904. Hisfather, Herbert Br<?"7!lell Sr., was· a faculty from 1893-1910 at Nebraska's ·first college.

Brownell began a brilliant law career after receiving his law from Yale sity. He has beenaffilial:ed with _the prestigious York law firin of Lord bay and Lord for over 50 Brownell has always taken an active in politics. He

Thomas Morrissey

,,.....,ecumseh, Neb. native l and resident Thomas Morrissey was recognized for his efforts as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges. He began a distinguished six-year term mi that board in January of1983. \ Morrissey admits that "I did not have a great deal of contact with. the institution (Peru State College) before my appointment to the board."

Active in the successful Dwight Eisenhower campaign of 1952, Eisenhower later named him U.S. Attorney Ge,neral, a p6sition he;h:eld from··1953-57. Interestingly, his .brother Samuel, also a Peru native, former ,principal ·of the campus traini,ng fSC .Distii;tgu;shed Sen'ice ,Award. Wifl!ler, was U. S Co.m.missioner of Equcation :tluriJig. the Eiseh·: hower a<;lminist:ration Brownell wa$ ,als.q. principal pf. the 25th. aglehdment ··to 'tfle lJ:S. Constitution, dealing With the tra,l1Sfer of power ·ih :case of Presidential

nr.·Arm.on Yanders

Dr. Yanders' cai·e as a research associate Oak Ridge National laboratory in Tennessee. He served as a biophysicist with the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory in San Francisco while with the U.S. Navy.

He was an associate geneticist at the Argonn,e National Laboratory in Illinpis before entering field-of higher education. He was firstan associate professor, then a full professor of zoology at Michigan Staie University, where he remained for over 10 years.

He joined the faculty of the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1969 as professor ofbiological sciences. He was dean of faculty in MU's College of Arts

D.:r. Armon Yanders is a and Science from 1969.-82···.· graduate of Peru Prep ,, Dr Yanders .is married to .and of the Peru State College the fon:rter Evelyn Gatz, a '48 Class of 1Q48. PSCgraduate. His achievements in the are well noted. He is· currently the of the EnV'irorime.ntal Trace Sub-: (:{!nter the University o{fyfiss()ufi. ·

Gov. Kay history in 1986 when she. became both tfie-·.c first woman to be elected Gov-. ernor of Nebr.lska and the first Republican woman Qovernor in the United States. ·

A natiVe Iowan, she has lived in Nebraska since 1963 and became active in the Republican party shortly thereafter. She co-chairedforiner Gov, Charles Thone's Governor in 1978, and later served as Thane's executive assistant·unti1 June, 1981.

She was then appointed Nebraska State Treasurer, a post to which she was subsequently elecied in November, 1982. It marked the first electio.n of a woman. to statewide constitu tional office in Nebraska's history

Governor Orr has been an elected delegate to the past four Republican •. national conventions, and ii:t 1988 w::ls the first woman to chair the Republiqm National· Platform Co:i;nmittee

That'c.hangedquickly; and he became··known as an _outstanding .· champion of the causes ofPeru State College and its sister institutions in Kearney, Chadron and Wayne. was particularlyfortunate to be involved (with the state colleges) at a time of growth, both in quantity and quality,'' Morrissey $aid.

Others are quick to point out that Morrissey and his fellow trustees played an active role in that growth.

, Since leaving the Board of

9f t!le Morrissey has tinued; to <m behalf of ·Pent icollege. J;{7 ·1$ ·a mernbet< Of. the g6V:ernjng boarctbf FoqndatiOn, PSC's orgatl,iZa:'. tionfor educational apd chaii-• table•.

He is the senior partner in theTecumseh law.firm.of Morrrissey, Morrissey and Dalluge. He attended and. :received hi$ jur.is doctor degree Creishton. University:

"I· strongly believe Governor Orr has made great in education and in economic , development,· improvements thatare significant and measure:. able," Dr; Gallentine said.

t:Chromatography Award To Dr. Fred Regnier At Purdue

TheAmerican Chemical ciation with Purdue as assistant Society Award in Chro- professor of biochemistty, and matography was presented to attained his present position in Dr Fred E. Regnier, Professor 1976. of Biochemistry and Chemistry, As an educator, Regnier's Purdue University, April 10 in contributions over the past decDallas, Texas. " ade include training eight doc-

Among the leading scien- toral and seven postdoctoral tists ion the field of biochemical entists, the chromatqgraphy;'Regnier stands book chapters ou.t with. his accomplishments. publication (,&/'.'f25 scientific He has. pioneered the of is high-performance liquid chi;o- b9?...¢ of Analyt19al B10chem1smatography for the analysis of Chromatography, proteins and nucleic a<;iq:,;·/"'··. Chromatography,

retutnt, bein,g narned Director of Athletics at the .of at0111aha in May is a 20-year of UN-0, including 12 seasons as assistant basketball coach and the past five years as director of career planning and placement. li,e was a ·letten11a11.at. Petti'•·5tate P:sc City, 'N'eb.

Ron Steiner ('69), social studies a11:d fan:guage arts teacher at Syracuse (Neb.) High School, was the :Subject of a newspaper feamre this past spring. He has spent 17 of his 20 years teaching in Syracuse, lives in Lincoln.

SharllynVrtiska Knock ('63), who retul'Q,ed to the teaching ptofession five years agd, teaches kindergarten in Terr:e Haute, In<:i. She recently earned a ma5ters degree in edµcation at Indi.ana State Regin.ier .receiv:_¢..·.:··:a ·B.,S. . and Chromatography degreejn Peru Magazine.

a Ph.•D peen the recipie11;t of · Universit:Y. > ·• ,. :

CatltyR.q>pJohnS+i;l.<'§,2).ofCoNl'Ubus,:Neb. began serving a term as president of We · Oklih()ma State the David B. Hime Award.for IJm'l!'efsityin1965; He did Achieven;eµt In Chr6matogra:'"

0 a.c :n e l'cl.sUanuary. She has 14 Ye.ars Ame.nca11 ·Schools Bqarctof Education and is orkfrom····1965toJ96.8 phy and the sre.phenD.al N.og- f;; ;i at·.OSU, the University of Chi- ara Award for Achievements. in cago, and Harvard University. He is a

In1969 he began his member of Phi· Lambda Upsi-

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ati,? often returns td PSC as / · an : · M ' Rutli Rplla in .teathllig inre?ide · est .• dudes 18 in SyraCJ.lSe,. JN°eb'., •;was featured .in a local newspaper with their daughter StephanJ.e. article in March. She teathes vocal music to scfiool

First Ever Alumni Direc,torp

Ot.··h.e surnmer,al.umni Cqrpo.ra. of 'Bloom- included Y.ou w.ill beasked to will. be asked to com- ·mgton, Ind.·· The d1tecto.ty will return the survey card to plete a s.urtreyforthe purpose of cqntain alphabetical, class yedr, your listing is correct.. Voluntary publishir).g the first-ever Peru and geographical cross refer- contributions of '$15 are reState College alumni .directory. listings. quested, but all those returning 'fhe directory will be .pub- Professional information, a completed survey card will lishe<li by the Peru Achievement ·maiden names, home addresses ·receive .a• directory. Foundation and Universicy Pub-. and telephone numJ?ers will be

students there, Terry Harl. ('Gl)i who is entering his 23rd year ofteaching in Pawnee City, Neb.,wasthe.subject o1"'a local newspaper story 1n March:, lie teaches matl).and.cbmputer.science and coaches, ('65) recei\r;ed {ln"OutStariding at banq-µet held •·in March, He is coordinito.r of physical education ai;:id ath.leticsforth:e ··· Omaha .Public Scho9ls'. 1 · •·. • · • ·. : • J()hn VaruledQrd ('69) has.been selected as one ofthe fii:stMissouri to bec9we·a trained as.sessor for .theMissouriLeadersWP AcademyAssessm:entCeriter: He will be part of a panel to and assessfuti:tre superintendent can., dida.tes wishing tq become certified in Missouri. He is superintendent of the Osceola (Mo,) public school system.

Mll#ed .Hinton Aippleoff, who. attended classes at PSC throughout the '6Cls and' earned a bachelors degree in 1969,. was presented. the "Outstanding ·Educator Award" by ·the Falls· City (Neb.) public schools last winter - "a presentation that was overdue," noted Ff!lls Cityjoz:trnalpublisher Bill Sph9ck. She ls a higl1lyregarded and extremely popular music teache.r in Falls City. GarySchm.ucker('65) has been appoirite? seconda,xy school principal at Sidney, Neb.· tie .had been an officer witl'i Platte Valley and Loaii. in Scottsbluff, Neb, priotto the appqihtment.

Mary :8eth Lavignel{ernes ('68) of Julian; Neb .received a masters degree in education fro1n PSC in May. She teaches in Nebraska Cify. Her husbandBen graduated in '64.

La.Vern Fisher ('67) of Verdon, Neb. retired from teaching after 56 years, much of it in rural Richardson County schools.

Chadotte Hershberger Nedrow ('68) was recently named Nebraska Cooperative Education Teacher Coordinator of the Year. Husband Larry('68) is field service coordinator for the state Civil DefensP- Agency, and they live at Neb.

CHANGING TIMES••• Tbis Bums Drug Co. fiostcardfrom theearly 1900s shows the old observatory and Peru standpipe, both long gone from the PSC scene. A te.lescoptJ from the observatory can still be found in the Hoyt Science Hall, but the standpipe is only a memory. In fact, it was replaced in about 1911 by a watertower that, in many ways, was a Peru trademark; yet that watertower came down this past spring, replaced by a newer, larger capacity tower. Times change.

Edna Steele Fritz ('61) of Adams, Neb., who first attended Peru State in the late '20s and early '30s before recieving a bachelors degree in 1961, recalls that she was a member of the first pep dub and still has her white. megaphone.

Michael C. Chu ('65) is now teaching in the Kansas City, Mo. public schools after retiring from 20 years of teaching in Juneau, Alaska. He plaps to teach another 10 years before he "might become interested in .real. retirement." Continued

T.J. Majors Renovation P10ject Complete; Rededication in October

Students and faculty have begun to return to the T.]. Majors Building at PSC after a long absence from PSC's primary classroom building.

The facility had been shut down for nearly a year and a half for a $2 million renovation of its interior. The first classes in the 73-year-old former campus Training School ("Peru Prep")

vy:ere held in June.

College officials are planning an open house and rededication program for the building on Oct 12, noted PSC President Jerry Gallentine.

Alums and former students of the college and/or the Prep School are invited to return for the special programon giat day, Dr. Gallentine said.

Peruviana (continued)

Named after one of the college's founding fathers, the T.]. Majors Building housed the kindergarten-through-12th grade school until 1967. Since that time; it 'ftfis. been home to PSC's two largest academic divisions, business and education, along with several other departments and programs.

]>au1Horel('69) has recently been appointed vice.president of National Crop Insuranc.e Services, Inc., located in Overland Park, Kan. Paul will be in charge of its education, research and pro- ' cedure functions and will act as liason to the federal government in activities relating to crop insurance programs. He and his wife, the former YVonne Pfannebecker ('78), live in Stilwell, Kan.

l)avid Rainforth ('69) was recognized as the "Outstanding Educator of the Year" by the Syracuse, Neb. Jaycees. His wife is the former Pearl Allgood ('70), also a teacher in Syracuse.

Marjorie Edwards ('66), who has been teaching at the Willard Elementary School in York, Neb. since earning her bachelors degree, has retired. She has moved to Kearney, Neb. where she and a daughter-in-law are opening an antique store.

Chuck Wellensiek ('66) was the subject of an 'extensive feature in a March edition of the Grand Island (Neb:Vairy Independent. The story noted that the size of his Cairo (Neb.) Centura High band has more than tripled since he began serving that district 20 years ago - with nearly 70 percent of the high. school students playing 1n the band. For. eight straight yea(s, his groups have recei\red superior ratiQ.gs .at District <music contests.. The .story noted that he sra.rted. with. a 38-men:iber. l::>al'ld his first ye,ar there, and. last. year it numbered 125 -;:::out a total high .school enrollment of 180. •'

1970s

Stq>hen·PWii.melC74)has beenhired.asprincipalofLoQ.gfellow .Elementary SchooHn Hastings, Neb. He previously worked fot school districts ih Sidney, Iowa and Kan

Von ('76)· and Mary. Bauman ('75) .Bachle of Omaha are proud parents ofa sq,n, Randal Charles, born in January.

Shively {'79); a teacher at Omaha's Northerri High School,. has• been invited in.to the graduate school of education. at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H.

hasjoinedthe staff of Butler Paper Co: of St. Paul, Minn. as a sales. representive.. His wife, the f9rmejoyce 'Kuch.('76), is office rnan.agerfor iaveen Machine & EI).gineering and they live in Burnsville; Minn ·.

Carol ('71)/ sociology and social work.instntctor a:t.Midland Lutheran College, in Fremont, Neb,. has "Teacher of the Ye.ar" a:tthe schooL She was sdected by the '89 Cato! is working' on her doctorate aMhe University of

Tom Thomas ('72) and his wife, former .stud.entLorl Eckard are proud parents of daughte,r Mariah,. born last .November. Torn is employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and they live near Falls City, Neb.

Larry Peterson ('72), industrial arts teacher at Auburn, Neb., has. been named "Teacher of the Year" at Al1burn High School.

Statistics prpve .that a majority of incotning freshmen choose PSC because of the influence of alumni;. If you've been talking t:o a student about PSC, let us. know. we'll help !

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·Leon B<>Se ('71) was honored by the Syracuse (Neb.) Jaycees for I.1eading: the local high school boys basketball. tearp. to' the state ·tourney, and for acheiving his 200th. career win, during the 1988-89 season.

Janet WilrrickMcMUllen ('71) received her rnaster of arts_ degreefromthe University of Nebra:ska-Li1'lcoln in May. She iS an English and speech for Southeast Consolidated Schools in Neb. ·... .· of Shubert, Neb. rece.ivedher masters degree from Peru State in May. She is an art instructor in the Falls, City,,(Neb.) schools.

Tom.Osborne ('70) of Peru received his master of arts in · religious studies degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas; City, Kan. this spring, gradua:ting magna cum laude. The former musicteac:her.serves churches.at Petu and Brownville, and is tl:ie campus minister at Peru State c()11ege. -

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Gerald Neemari ('73}of Syracuse, Neb. enjoyed a four-day trip to Washington, D.C. in January for the inaugural parade of President Bush. Jerry has been, a member of the Nebraska Army National Guard's43rd Army Band for 15 years. He works for the Soil Conservation Service in Syracuse, where he lives with his wife, the former Ruth Rulla ('65). Continued

Emma Wood Cunning- Word has. l3een recieved

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ham('29)passedawayinJanu- of the death ofRowenna Pol- Neb. High School. ary. She lived at Table Rock, lardJacobson('13)ofSeattle, Elm.on Velvick ('41) of Pat"PJ."SchultzCriger('74)livesinLincoln,wheresheis Neb. She was a retired teacher, Wash. · Garnett, Kan. passed away in executive assistant at Woodman Accident & Life Co. Husband having ta\lght commercial stud- Rose Marie :fields. Story March. He is survived by his Terry ('74) teaches and coaches at Conestoga Schools near Muries mainly in Pawnee County, ('55) of Falls City, Neb. passed wife, the ·former. Mildred ray,.Neb. Neb. schools. away in March. She taught in · :Filmer ('37). · Sharon Moser Sµook ('73) teaches at Omaha North High

Margery Kinsey Wallace Falls City from 1946-1980 at the HowardCrilly('18) of Su- School, where she has served for 15 years as an instructor in McGrew (' 41) passed away in junior high level. perior, Neb. passed away in May. Marketing. She is also co-owner of Sharon's Restuatirant & Lounge Lincoln, Neb. in January. She James Conn ('50) passed I::Ie was a fgft14er in Pawne,,e City, ·. .·• was a retired administrator for away in Los Alamos, N.M. in publisher,owningvariousnewsthe state I)epartment of Social March. His wife is the former papers throughout the state of Systems and Procedures Analyst at the. Lincoln Electric System in Services. Marie Kean ('50). Nebraska. He was also the au- Lincoln, Neb. She .is also certified to teach customer relations there.

VoniaM. TenHulzen Van- Viola Ganzel Hackman thor and phblisher of nov- • Patricipa Hopp ('75) hal) workJd for the past eight years as derbeek('43) passed away last ('26) of Lincoln, Neb. passed els. r Volunteer services coodinator and recreation coodinator at the January. She lived in Panama, awayinApril. Shewasaretired HesterA.NicholasHobbs Thomas Fitzgerald Veteran Home in Omaha. She is working Neb. school teacher. ('28) passed away in May. She toward a masters degree in therepeutic recreation from the UniverShirley Barrett Grovert Elmer M. Antons ('60) of was an elementary school sity of Nebraska at Omaha, and in May presented a research paper ('39) passed away in Ft. CoLUns, Odell, Neb. passed away in teacher before her retirement. at the Midwest Symposium ofTheraputic Recreation in Springfield, Colo. in February. She was an March 1989. He had taught in She lived at Wilber, Neb. Ill. elementary school teacher.. several southeast Nebraska area FrankB. Cl;tapinJr. (attd. Dr. Ralph '.Arnold ('75) is on the faculty at. the University of Jack Headley ('53) of schools and most recently had of Lake Havasu, Ariz, Wisconsin, in the field of animal research.

' Lakewood, Colo. passed away taught English and was the prin- passed away in May. He is sur- ri:;c.:;ently Jievised an identitica" in February. He was employed cipal at Lewiston, Neb. public vived by his wife, the former .Pubik by the U.S. of Land Man- schools. Gene Richardson (attd. '38). · >service agement as an instructor in arti- Word has been received of Gertrude :Murphy for 20 years. His wife is the fonne:ChriS Bieck ('70). fact preservation at the time of the deaths ofthefollowing:Ada Thurber ('26) of Tecumseh, Terry Neddenriep ('74), an industrial arts teacher at Bradhis death. He is survived by a MilesEkstrun('21) of Bennet, Neb. passed away in April. shaw;, has earned national recognition for an industtialarts brother, Lee ('48) of Auburn, Neb.;NevaHoakNiche>ls('21) Thomas Chinnoek ('40) projectthatheandtwoofhishighschoolstudentshaveworkedon Neb. of Buena Park, Calif.; Mabel passed away in January 1n since the boys':v.rere lfl the eighth grade. They designed a hydr<:j.ulic Word has been received of TrepkaKubert ('34) of Dorch- Biloxo, Miss. He was a ·former robotic arm whi<::h is both functional and inexpensive; a New y prk the. death of Margaret Woth ester, Neb.; <;atherine Pot- teacher and retired.Commander electronicS1Jil1Jl sought riglits to use the plans to sell to other Hawkins('18)ofCasper, Wyo. teiger Powers ('37} of Farm- in the1U.S. NaVY. vocational teachers. Terry's.wife is the formerMarlene Meyer:. Word .has been received of ington, Mich.; Helen Taylor Virginia Bundy Brown. ('72). the .Thomas ('20) of Sheridan, ('25) passed away in March in Debra ('70) and her Bowie ('14) of Chelan, Wash. Wyo.; Donald Greever {'39) Ogallala, Neb. She taught school proud parents of a I)anielle, born in April. ';('.heyJive in 1 ElmettaDickersonJones of Lakeland, Fla.; Roy lively· in Nebraska for 32 years. Overland Park, Kan. ('28)passed away in January at ('39) of Bend, Ore.; Mrs. Le- David L. Rombach ('75) Bernard Geschke ('77) of Nebraska City was recognized by Topeka, Kan. She was a garden Roy Gatesof Col'Vallis, Ore.; passed away it1 March in a the local Jaycees chapter as "Outstanding Young Citizen of the egitorfor the TopekaStatefour- Robertehrisdan ('37) of Hav- drowning· atcident near Grand Year" · I-fis wife is the,fometLucinda Dunlap ('77). nk/andalso a contributing edi- erhill, Maine; Marvin Hun- Island, Neb. · , . . and ('78) Thiesfeld of Gardner, tor to :Kansas CityStar. She zeker('40) of:l;.ongm()l'lt, Colo:; · .· Dr. lloycl Kite, director of are P1'()Ud parents adopted daughter, Karina Kumari is survived by her husbanqy. W. HarryMcGinley('36) of Nyssa, student teaching at Peru State Karina is from India and bornJulyof 188 and adopted this past Jones (29). Ore;;MildredSpencer,Alconi frohi 196o t01974, away April. She has two brotliers; _foey and Nathan,'to welcome her Word has been received of ('10) of Portland, Ore.; Edith in. October 1988 in Manhattan, home. ·.· ·• ·. ,; ' ·. thedeathotEstherE.sclteiger Samuels Lorraine ('40) of Kah. ·· ('19J of Hastings, Neb. · Ventura, Calif.; andErnestHill ' · MeraMcLellanRiddell, an cently.;n;ioved·to Syrac'!lse, .Neb. where Linda opened a State Farm · Catherine Wolter All- ('41) of Wathena, Kan. art professor at Peru early and Don Gontinues with Temp's T-Shirts busipress ('32) passed away in Word has been recieved of century, passed away in Li!lda taught 13 years .and then discovMarch. She was a resident of the death of J>hn Beatty ('37) Findlay, Ohio last February. ,she ;l,ered tht'ou& a part-tirri! job that she the .insurance,busi· Silver ,Spring, MD. She is sur- of Bell, Calif. was 105. • · ·. · ·. · · ness. Her agency alsomcludes an office m Weeping Water, Neb. vivedby a brother,Frederick}. WilliamR.McClary(attd.

Elizabeth Lucy Conable Ruth Wilkhl$on GerdeS ("W of Rumbolt, Neb. has Wolter.('38)·of West Chester;· '15-'18)passed away in April McDonald.('31)passedaway after 31°years schools!, She Penn. 1989 in Rockport, Miss. He was ihJanuary ihSerteca, Kan. schooling in '42 by attending summer school at Peru a:nd started · teaching in a cou11try school in ·'43.

ALQNGT!IE BURLINGTON. .•

.This interesting panorama of the Missouri River boJtoms near Perit is pictured in a penny postcard from early in this century. Times change; the river is channelized with the rnain'cbanel about a mile east,, of Peru-and the Burlington bas announced plans to abandon th(:! track that for so long was the main of transportation to Peru ·

Carole RariCk ()bermeyero has left the staff of .the University of Missouri to take a position as Dean of Student AffairS for Newberry (S.C.) College startihg in August.

(''iO), a former PSC teacher and coach, will be an associate professor of health and physical education at Dan Wirth ('72) has been named employment and recruitment coordinator at the AlabamaJnstote for De:a:f arid Blfoci. He had been a teacher there for the past four years. He had .also worke<:l at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving Schoo the Kansas School for the Blind and th School for. the. Visually Impair(;d.

!')een Pfesipent for t't1PP()rt for Penton Publishing 9evelancJ., 9hlo. She has been with Penton 'Yas formerly viFe,p.r<;:i>i9t::I1tfpi;:cirs\llatio:n $he lives in Lale.ew.ood, Ohio Contifiu.·.ect Gloria Bean Adams

Mildred Green Retigler Earl Andrews a · lillian Hanson Car:lson' ('18) passed away last Januaty longtime Nebraska City business (attd. teens) passes away last

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in southern Texas. mari, passed away lastMarch. December in Arcadia, Calif. Renato Korus ('72) of Omaha is anxious t<> track down Leora: Priefert . GailMcAuliffe.Wellsandt •· Vester E. ",Butch" Hol- collegefriendFoUadKaloti, who attended Peru State in the early ('65) passed away in March.in ('27) of Browriwood, Texas man('47)passedawayinMay. '70s Fouad's.brotherSami was a professor of goveP"}01ent and Santa Barbara, Calff. She was a passed away last Febru:.iry. The forn1er resl.di=nt of Ara- at Peru State from 1967-70 .A!lyone who. knows the 41-year teaching veteran. Willis l'urman ('1'7) of N- ·· pahoe; Colo. spen(,?8 years in whereabou.ts of either Fouad or Sami Kaloti is asked to contact the Berenice Kroh BQwers Hance, Neb. passed away in teaching, c6acJ:ring and schooJ ·PSCalumni .Office. ('17)passed away this Spring in January. administration, · John Chatelain,('76) recently received a master of business Falls Cify, Neb. · DavidEnck(attd. '78-'79) .Mary NiccoliPizer ('49) administration degree from the University of Nebraska- Lincoln.

Mabel Ewers away in February in of Edmonds, Okla. passed away M attorney; John serves on the board of the Peru Achievement berger ('20} passed away in Seargeant Bluff, Iowa. He lived in June. , foundation. In Fepruary, John passed the certifiedpublic accountBealeton, Va. in April. in Sioux City, Iowa. Stella Sanburg Landgren. ant exan:J.iliation.

Dorothy Hanks Smith

MildredPenn('41) passed ('14) passed away last April in Roxann l)alton Coudeyras ('78) of Liberty, Neb: received a ('42) passed away in Sunnyvale, away in June in Tabori .Iowa. Geneya, Neb. · masters degree in e<iucation from the. University of NebraskaCalif in April. She was a retired school teacher. PSC has received word. of Lincoln in May:

Monna Lee Morelock

HelenMaf6.tt('61}passed thedeath ofBeatricePate Yan:- . Kurt Ehlers ('73) is a real tor and broker with Home Realty Co. Gubser ('42) passed away in away in June in Sidney,: Iowa. ders lasi:: Novembef; She was a. in Seattle, Wash. Hamburg, Iowa last March. Effie Clara Scripture Pe- daughter of the late. PSC · ·

RuthKelligar('21) passed terson ('12) passed away last President •W.R. Pate and the away .this past spring in Omaha. /April. at Greeley, Neb: mother ofalumnusl)r. Armon.§ She had taught in Omaha for 41 .Laura Alverda Yanders ('4';0. · '1"f; years. Latigner('12) passed away last Anna Soucek McClurf!

April ip. Seward, Neb. ('21) of Boulder, Colo. .';•JSetty I.Ou eamed her bachelors ('27}p:.issed away iri·April in l\jyrna Whitla.Frledrl,ch away in May, She taught in·. degreemagnacun:ifau<ie from theUniversityofNebrask:.i".Ornaha Elmwood, Neb. ·.. · ('26) passed away in Jam1ary: Milligan, Neb. for.35 years be- 1n May, ·. ·. lb, Jean Swin- She was a residentof ,Spencer; •fq.re serving in.. · .. ·..·......• l.OJ;-etta ('73) received a mastei;s degree in.edu:n,e-y passed av,raylast De- Neb. • ; · rado·. 6itjon from.the uqiversit;y of in May. Neb. MarlonOowlirigq>rnell Macy•'Nielsen A:ufrecht .• LattyK.osch('j6) is employed with Technical Management, PSC has word. of {'22) passec:f in (attd;'20s) passed away in May Inc. in Lincoln, Neb: ' the death in July 1988 ofl\jae:, Dayid fity, Neb. [ ih Auburn. Steve Chatelain (attd, '75-'78), managing editor of the True ('12) of · IJaiel Hop{>()Ck> Taylor . ;Peru,-le Prante Burgeson Kearney Sub newspaper, saw his. publication win top honors for Lyons, Colo, · .(attcJ.. '()4-'69). passed ('16) passed away Jn June in general exceUence in the 1989 Nebraska Press Associationnewspa'Aitna ·Zimtn.erma:n, awaylastjanuary. Oniaha. Shetaughtfor43years, per cQntest this pastspdng. TheHub also won a top award for Kreµtz ('13). passed .away in Farragut, Iowa; she taugift for 49 •39 of those ,at Park Ele¢entary community service. Aurora, Neb. last °April. years. ; School in Omaha, befpre retii- :8obJj.ngles ('73) received the Auburn Chamber of Commerce

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Dr. DonAufenkamp('46) ing in 1959... "Man.oftheYear" award this past spring. Bob worked for financial teens) passed away last March passed away. last Jauary in Be- Mary(:llrlStinaJohnsQn falls.City and Nebaska City, Neb, before returning to in York, Neb. thesda, Md He was an official ('20) passed away 1n All\;)um intJ1979; he andhis Pat operate Engles Oil Co.

' Elsie May Osbourn with the National Science Foun- May in Auburn, Neb.. • (attd. '71-'.75)andDianne Rees ('76) I.ahman of Carothers ('10) passed away dation. , Ruth Dougherty Wilber, Ne\:>. our instruments out of the 01oth balls" and in Omaha in May.

Mary Graul ('22) '48). returrted.toPSG's '88Homecoming.to play inthe Alumni Bobcat

Alma Wendeln Paulsen passed away las.t November, passed away in]une in l)aven- Marehing Band. Lennie .is paJ.:ts manager for Saline J:lqliipment Inc. ('27) of Bi,1rt, Neb. passed away .1988 in Ashland, Neb. port, Wash. of Crete, and Dianne continues to teach elementary music for the in May. Wilber and Tri-County school systems. They have two children.

Sherri :8ogatz. Hehnan ('.79) and her h\isl?and Randy are prmfd parents of daughter, Hannah, born in June of '88. Hannah has a brother at horne. Shem is bookkeeper and office manager for Fanners coop Oil Assoc. Jn David City, Neb. and they live on a farm near there. ·

'MID.-k):orl ('78) ofErie, Penn., a former NAIA wrestler at PSC, cc>ntinues .to build a· top-notch high school. wrestHng program atHarbor Creek High School in Erie. His '89 squad postec\ a·16-l-l record, best in the hist01y of the school. ·

··MarcyNavrkalBeck{'79)and her a former PSd student, are proud parents of son Robert Jr., born in January. Marcy has been teaching PE and coaching volleyball for the past eightyears at Turkey Creek Junior High in Plant City, Fla., while Bob drives a truck for a local grocery store chain. The have two daughters, too

Catherine Warkentin (attd. '71-'72) was featured in a column by Omaha Wlorld-Herald reporter Tom 41Ian past May. Mrs. Warkentin .lead an effort to put together a Centennial Garden for the lOOth anniversary of the town of Elgin, Neb: She and husband Duane recently moved to Greeley, Colo. ·

FredRobertson('73) of Westlake Village, Calif. was selected by the California High School Athletic Assodation to oftldate the final1? for the 1989 finals of the Southern Section basketball playoffs. Fred, who started his officiating career under the .tutelage of Jerome Stemper: with the PSC intramural program, works for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. Continued

BACK AGAIN... at the [989 MayReunion at PSC wer:e a number: qfpr:e-1939 alums. Those on hand when pictur:es wer:e taken include (fr:om left) Rev. Gilbert Cook, Mar:gar:et Dr:. Paul · Landolt, Dr:. Fritz Wolter; Bernard Bar:isas, Eve{yn Williams Sheely, and James Oppenheimer:

Candise Reese ('89) of Nebraska City · the recipient ·

Center in Omaha, avvard is designed "to recognize the exceli(;nt constiiting work done by (:andy for velopment of industry background information and market research for a potential new business in southeastNebfaska," noted M:rs. Dottie Nelson Holliday (!87), director of the Peru NBDC Center.

Ms. Reese works for Fof)te.rWheefer in Nebraska City.

AWARD WINNER••• Candise Reese le.ft, a December '88 grad of Peru College, received the outstanding business consulting ··award.forberwork w'ith thePeru branch ofthe Nebraska Business Development Centero heqded by Mrs. D6ttie Holliday ('87), at.a banquet held. ;in Omaha in May The NBDC progra?J:! is a cooperative ef.forif., UJjth the t)s ·.Small Business Administration helping smallbusiness in all parts c!fNebraska. ·

two y<;ars. .·.. , DaveKhnball('87)and his wife. the fonnerTracey:Searce:y (attd. '86-'87) are proud parent,s their second child, daughter Dariane Lynn, born in They live in Neb. Schultz Sparks ('84} is ltving in Bosto11. Mass; and working for Electronic Data Systems.

Rose Marie Jones Schulenberg Rastovski ('81), V.rho in May rE:ceived a mfister of arts degree i.n curriculum and instruction: from the University .of Nebraska-Lincoln, has- resigned from her sevenMyear position as Spanish.and English teacher at the Jphgson,, Brock (Neb.) public schools. Husband Ed Rastovski has accepted a job as superintendent of schools at Tri-Center schools in.Neola, Iowa.

TO<fd Kipliri.ger ('86) has been hired by the Norl()lk. (Neb.) Public Scho.ols as senior higb special education. teacher and asi;is.tant football a.nd wrestling coach. ·He. had been. teadli.O:g and coaching in Ainsworth, Neb. ·. > · ·

Norma Burns Orton ('87) began working ip department of Wells Dairy this past 1\pr.il. as a husband Corey{'8'fr) live in LeMars; )()yva. . , ... ·: \.

Kent('81) and Becki Young ('80) Propst of parents of their second child, son Charles Step.lien; Kent works for Peru State aJ.1d Becki i$ witl1 the Bank Aubtlft1. .· .·

RogerKennell('85) and his wife Sandra are proud j.)[tre!)ts.of son Scc)tt Eugene, born in June. They live in. Lduis, Mo. 1 · • Jeff-Smith (83), graduate' assistant basketball of Nebraska-Lincoln last season.

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Janine Uldrich Kattes ('83) parents ,r:.)i daughter Clarisa Lynne, ru:ral {)t.oe

.Kim Alexande1· .Bender ('85} Pawnee Ci February .atti<::lc isresponSib!e for the high .school. cheedeading

Jim Krajicek ('86) nearing completion of his masters degree (rom Southeast Missouri'State Universitv and recently accepted a job with .the I)epartment of Water Quality for the State of Nebraska .t;fe'lI be in charge of testing vyarer for hazardous heavy metals which can contaminate. water

A FINE GROUP OF MUSICIANS•.• comprised aiiearf:yve'f'Sion of "The State NomzalBand'i_from early in this centruty. This postcardwas provided by Beulah Smith Arnold of Hiawatha, Kan., and was to her by her mothe1:. the late Ora Crook Smith, who attended in the ear{y.1900

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PSC'ssecondannualEast· be Butch·ahdBarbara Lasko Coast Alumni Miller (1.>oth '65) and R()cky tion meeting will be held on the ('64) and Penny Hays ('65) weekend of Oct. 7-8 in the Wa- Edwards. terbury, Conn. area.

Organizers of the affair will board are encouraged to mark

6alerida1·ti,and. make .plans to enjoy the autumn beauty of Connecticut on that weekend. For more details, contact the the Edwards, or Kent Propst at PSC.

I>atti,c!cHarrison ('84), a .semina.dan from the Archdiocese of .· Omaha, has been institute« as a Reader at Mt. St. Mary's Se!ninary 1 inEmmitsburg; Md.

Jeff Wignall ('83), along with his wife Rose, both/ received master of science degrees in elementary and secondary counseling from Northwest Missouri State Uriiversity last fall. Jeff is employed at Creston High School. Continued

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PSC Alumni Baseball Game ... Bobcat Greats Return To Diamond

Atotal of 17 ex-Bobcats, including a collection of some of the top pl:ayers over the past decade, strapped on the gear again to participate in the 1989 PSC alumni baseball game held April 22 at the Auburn Legion Field.

Under the direction of former mentor Nick Petrillo ('69), who' compiled a 27-52 mark from 19$3-85, the graduates came from behind to earn a 12:9 victory over a mixture of current varsity and reserve players,

The alums, however, got off to an inauspicious start. The Bobcats varsity turned a rare firstinning triple play when Kevin

Sykes ('84) singled to lead off, advanced on a walk, but was thrown out at home plate trying to score from second base amidst a <:fouble play.

Peru. State's varsity then jumped to a 7-2 lead on homers by Jeff Ogden and Phil Burlingame, but the elder Bobcats proved they weren't over the hill just yet.

A six-nm sixth inning, all off reserve pitching, vaulted the alums ahead 9-7. They added three more in the eighth to survive a late varsity rally.

The alumni roster, with names in alphabetical order, position, years played, and

BACK ATBAT. Former Bobcat baseball star Bill Bruhn ('81) and other "aging warriors''. came back this past ;,prtng for an alumni baseball contest. Bruhn m 1d his mates (including Danny Cotton, '76, in backgrou ndJ scored a 12-9 victory ot>er the. playoffbound Bobcat squved in the April contest.

hometown included: Mike Breault, P, '85-87, Omaha;Brad Brown, IF, '84-87, Indianola, Neb.; Bill Bruhn, OF, '78, 808l, Verdon, Neb.;MarkCzapla, C. '84-85, Genoa, Neb.;DanCotton, C/P, '70-73, Humboldt;Jeff Gordori, lB, '85-88, Bellevue, Neb.; Dave Miller, OF, '83-84, Tulsa, Okla.;

JeffParker, IF, '84, Granite City, Ill.;JeffKrzycki, P, '83-86, Columbus; Jeff Schlender, C, '85-88, Pawnee City, Neb.;Steve Shupe, OF, '72-73, Bedford, Iowa; Brian Strother, OF, '8284, Broken Arrow, Okla.;Kevin Sykes, 2B, '83-84, Granite City, \ Ill.; Jay Wiechmarin, OF, '8588,. 0maha; WaltWilliams, OF, '84-87, Lincoln; and Don Umland, P, 'S7-88, Weeping Water, Neb. InfielderEd Stemple (attended '80-81). a native of Carter Lake, Iowa, also played for the alumni squad.

Following nine-inning contest, many of the participants - both present and past - gathered at the Peru city park for an evening cookout and later adjourned to the Peru VFW to rekindle past memories.

Wyczawski Great Season Out

,.,...,_me and time again this ·· 1 Pent State baseball coach Paul Wyczawski pulled his own version of the squeeze play.

Wyczawski didn't use it to win any one game specifically, bur rather to produce one ofthe school's most productive baseball campaigns with a 22-19 record.

"411 in all, it was another good year for us," said · Wyczawski, who on March 24 moved ahead of the legendary Al Wheeler as PSC's all-time winningest baseball coach with a 91 victory over Northwestern (IA) College.

"We played about as w.ell and squeezed about as much out of our players as we possicould,"

\\'.lyczawski's fourth PSC overcame an 0-5 surt to the school's second-best 1xin total ever. earned an unH·,::...-"',.:,,-·i..:::.v·d·t::.>.rf fourth co11.scc1Jtive

NAIA District 11 playoff be1th, and posted an impressive 16-4 home mark at· the Auburn Legion Field.

"It 1.vas also the first time since I've been here that we've. beaten all the teams in the District at least once du1ing the regular season," he said.

Although the '89 Bobcats weren't as proficient at producing runs as the '88 squad (N(). 2 in the NAIA with a .382 team average), they did find success behind a much stronger pitching staff.

As a team, the Bobcats lowered their earned run average from 7.14 in '88 to 6.49 in '89, a 0.65 difference, while allovving fewer nms and hits collectively inning.

The Bobcats had a pair of six -game winners in seniors Kevin and Rod Olson. vvho were both named tO the All-District honorable-mention Hst

COACH-TO-COACH. .. Current Bobcat baseball Co({;ch Patti Wyczau•ski (left) compares notes withformer Bobcat rnentor and '89 Alwnni team Coach Nick Petrillo ('69) prior to t/Je start qf'the · Varsif:y vs. Alwnni game thispctst April. Petrillo '.s sqtwd cfaimed the 12-9 triumph. Nick coached at his alma mater 1083-85; V:lyczawsld, who thispastseason passed the late Al W'bee/erasPSC's winningesr baseball coach, bas theBobcatsjbr I he pastfour seasons,

Women's Roundballers Give "Tremendous'' Seasoit.Show

""f"'1he Peru State College Guard Connie who 1 basketball team was named.to the '89 GTE Acadid it again this winter. demic. All-America first team, Coach Wayne Davidson's finished as PSC's No, 2 career veteran-bJen Lady Bobcats Foragainst<Midland-Lutheran. turned a superb 1988-89 cam- 'i:\'ard Tammy tallied Olsoq. was the Bobcats' paign, matching the school rec- 1,035 p<)ints to novelty. The 6-2, 190-pounder, · ord for most victories - estab- that list. who had a 5.19 ERA andled the lished by his 1987-88 squads's Forward/post Kristi Olberstaff in innings pitched (69.1), 23-7 mark - and finishing as the ding snared a school career mark was named the District 11 runner-up in the NAIA District of 805 rebounds; guard Annga '"Playeroftl1eWeek"threetimes. 11 playoffs, advancing further Kpssow dished out a single-

A 6-foot- 7 l efthander, Mowery had a team-leading 3.08 ERA and combined with junior Robb Wright to toss the school's second no-hitter on. March 30

A brunt of the Bobcats' of- than any previous squad. season record of 132 assists this fense was supplied by outfielder "We had a tremendous sea- spring, while swingman Denise Jeff Ogden. The sophomore, son,"Davidsonproudlydaimed Cave was third in the nation second in the nation as a fresh- of PSC's 23-9 ledger. "Our two- · (NAIA) in three-point field goal man with a .508 average, batted year record and accomplish- accuracy at 5J.2 404, rapped 21 of his 57 hits for ments are right at the top of the Guard Elaine extra bases, and drove in a team- heap of .women's basketball in an outstanding softball season high 44 RBI's, nine of which the state," by doubling her output were game winners. While exuberant of hi::; and dishing out

Ogden, the Bobcats' lone team's mark the past two 119 assists. 1\ll-District selection, is one of seasons. Davids.on will Viner and several quality underclassmen, several holes next year to fill [,Jt:.nges, a ferociou:-· along with Shawn Semler, Dan with th,: '.uss of six seniors, wi:re both name Shea, Kevin Helter and Jeff whose comributions during th<_'i!· District first team. Paulson expected to r':'turn next career been numerous, si:::ason.

Outlook Promising For Shea & Bobcat Football

After three straight sons of near misses, Peru State football coach Tom Sh'.ea is due for a few post-game celebrations.

The Bobcats? who have dropped nine games by a total of jusL25 points since Shea's takeover in 1986, appear to have enough talent ,and depth - 36 letterwinners and 17 starters - to avoid any future heartbreaks.

Shea's fourth club will be especially deep at linebacker, where AH-Conference pick Kory Lind, '88 pre-season All-American Steve Rasmussen, and Ne.braska transfer Tim Herman could be one of the nation's pest starting taridems, not to mention quality in Darrell Wring and David Foster.

Oil 6ffensefseniors Pat Haxton· and;Dave ·Addison will aneht:>t>asiZeable; veternri intetior line: Quarterback Nate Brawho pissed for 11384 yards aria 11 .touchdowns to earn Rookie of the Year honors, full-

back Joe Parks, and receiver ALUMNI COACHES Darrell Cory Catterson are all young, Rm-enquist('55)(right)andBob talented players, at skilled Engles ('73) (below) bad a positions. chance to put their armchair

The top newcomers in- quarterbacking skills to the test dude offensive tackle Chuck. this past fall. Bobcat Head Trom, a 6-5, 250-pound transfer FootballCoacbTomSheatumed fr<:)mAnoka Ramsey (MN) Com- thespringintrasquadgameover munity College, Bryan Sullivan, to the pair qflocal boosters, ant( a running hack/defensive back Engles' White squadscored on a from Conestoga (Neb.) High long pass with seconds School, and Dellyn Feighner,. a remaining to ·edge Rosequist's runnirlg back from Auburn, Neb. Blue team 14- 7 in the late April

The main areas ofcori- matchup. Engles thus retires cern include the. kicking game from the college coaching ranks and at tight end, which failed to with an unbeaten record. produce .a single reception last season.

If the Bobcats have ambitions of post-,season play, they will have to duplicate their nonconference performance of '88 (5-1, No, 17 ranking), but fare better in the Tti-State. Athletic. Conference. Peru State dropped each contest to Northwestern, Westmar and Benedictine by .three. points apiece.

Softball Team on Upward Path

T:hePeru State College softball team gave first-year coach Larry Brown exactly he hoped for this spring - a winning record.

The Lady Bobcats, enduring one of the school's most rigorous schedules with a relatively young squad, dosed out the '89 campaign with an 18-17 ledger.

"Even though we made some.. mental mistakes, we still played with a lot of intensity," Brown said. "I can't ask the girls to play any harder than they did."

"!wasn't at an disappointed with our level of play this year. We just need to refine some areas to seriously qhallenge the powerhouse teams."

In addition t_o posting the school's third-best win total, the Lady Bobcats' four seniors, Elaine Ferin, Tonja Jones, Denise Cave and Lynette Matthews, chalked up several gratifying victories, which induded:

• the first triumph ever over Wayne State since the series began in 1974.

• only the third and fourth victories this decade over per-

ennial favorite College of St.

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Student Athletes

named to the NAIA All-Amenca · first team. Pitcher Erin O'Grady was also named to the NAIA Scholar-Athlete squad (see related story).

With Ferin a member of the All-District team, the Lady Bobcats placed three players on the second unit, including Jones, a first baseman from Battle Creek, Neb., catcher/pitcher Kristi Deleeuw, a sophomore from Waverly, Neb., and outfielder Kim Horsham, a freshman from Wahoo, Neb.

The Lady Bobcats had two honorable-mention choices in third baseman Bridget O'Neil, a freshman from McCook, Neb., and O'Grndy, a junior from ·

To see two of the nation's top softball student-athletes, Peru State College fans didn't have farto look this spring.

Second baseman Elaine Ferin, a ·senior fromA)maha, Neb., was named to the 1989 NAIA All-America first team while pitcher Erin O'Grady, a junior from Council Bluffs, Iowa, was selected as a NAIA ScholarAthlete.

Both announcements were made May 18.from, the National Association of··. Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) office in Kansas City, Mo.

Council Bluff..<;, Iowa. ging percentage C330 to .372).

Brown's technical influence With experienced veterans had an obvious effect on the back in O'Grady, D.el.eeuw and team's offensive execution. The outfielder Ann Masters, and Lady Bobcats brought their team promising young talents in Horbatting average up from .253 in sham, O'Neil and pitcher Cindy '88 to .285 this spring, and in- Grossman, Brown is hopeful of creased in runs scored ( 4.1 to moving the Lady Bobcats in an 4.4), RBI's (2.7 to 4.1), and slug- upward direction next spring.

Ferin, who led the Lady Bobcat:S with a· .391 batting average, was one of only two A psychology-sociology players from Nebraska's District major, O'Grady has a 3.67 grade 11 chosen: to either the first or point average (GPA) on a 4.0 second team All-America. scale. She was also active in "She was really deserving numerous campus organizaof the honor as far as I was tions. concerned," PSC Coach Larry The 5' 10" righthander WM Brown said. "I don't know if I 7-9thisspringwitha2.43eamed saw a better second baseman, run average. She had 16 comor any infielder for that matter, plete games in 17 starts ang led all year." the staff with 47 strikeouts

With her selection, Ferin O'Grady became the secbecame PSC's first first-team ond Peru State recipient of.the female athletic All-American in NAIA's recognition for excelany sport. The highest previous Jenee on the field and in the post-season distinction·came to classroom during the 1988-Sg Sue Schroeder and Linda academic year. Kaylee Michalard, earned honorable- ski, a junior hitter from Ord, mentioh in volleyball and bas- Neb., earned the honor last fall ketball, respectively.· · in volleyball.

O'Gradywasoneof26play-

To be considered for the ers and three from Nebraska's scholar-athlete program, a state and private colleges to player just be a junior or senior receive'the NAIA's Scholar-Ath- and maintain a 3.50 GPA or lete formerly referred to higher. The player must also be as Acaqemic All-American. a starter or' key reserve. ·

Nevv ·Coach Brings Experience, Enthusiasm To\ PSC Volleyball Program

Gindv Brauck. a 1984 \ ·gradt1ate of State University. take 'over as head coach· of the Peru .State College •volleyball program thiS fall. ·

Brauck (pronounced brocl<), who served the past three years as 'a graduate assistant· at SWMSU, replaces Jent'lifer Nelspn, who resigned the position last November after compiling a ·113-42 mark1n three seasons at the helm. Nelson remains at PSC.

"I _thil'lk Cmdy will bril'lg a great •deal of enthusiasm at'ld experience to our yolleyball program, both as art outstanding plftyer and a student assistant coach," said PSC athletic direc-

tor Tom Shea of the selection.

Brauck .will enter her first he;:td post PSC, high school or college, but has a prosperous playing career to fall back on.

The Highland Park, IIL, t'lative started as a freshmaJ} hitter at Northwestern University bf Evanston, Ill., then transferred to play three seaspns at S.WMSU tlnder coach Llhda Dollar, the winningest college vol.leybaU mel'ltor (621-188-21) il'l the country.

She was voted the team captain her junior campaign ('79), and earned AJJ.:sub Regional and All-Region· hoqors.

As a senior, she repeated the All-

Sub Regional recognition.

. The Lady Bears were 11547 overall during Braucks play· ing career, and qualified for the AIAW national tournament times.

During her tenure as a graduate assistant, S(Jc1thwest Missouri State averaged over 20 wins per season and posted a 70-23 mark. Last fall, the Lady Bears finished 26- 7 and were the runner-"up in _the Gateway Athletic Conference.

This summer, Brauc.k completed work on.a masters' in. secondary education administration at Spril'lAAek\, Mo.,. where she attait'led her hachefor's degree in psychology. •..

Cindy J3rauck

.Rebuilding Year Po.ssible For PSC Lt;idif!S

The. Peru State College •volleyball team could find itself in an unfarniliar

1 l's IDfJSt eminent over the. ··. Lady B:obcats could, face sible. rebuHding year in Coach

The top freshmanprospects include 5-8 Bev Wedding of Hickfoan. Neb., and 5-8 -Iaflberg of Neb

· Bobcat Men Come On In, Second Semester

Cindy Brauck's debut, follow, B··· . · to ·• ·•· ef6re th.eseas(:n beg3;n, Richards, transfer from graduati()n. tn All-D1stn<,'t h1ti:er .. ·.·. Coach John Gtbl:;is pre- Bellevue College, and PamDavis,.s.etterMiShelleLe:V-in, ,··dieted .the- 198$-89 Peru State Townsend, both earned honorarn:t rb.idche hitter .Kristi Qlber'-/ men's basketbal}team would be able-mention All-District ding. .a str()ngseco11dsemester dub'. ors. After sitting out.the flrsU7 Kaylee Michalski, a 5-11 out- ;H,is prop):lecy provea •true games· _under NAIA. rules·;"· 'side li,itter;·he,adlines tO' form. ._. Richards averaged a. team-high

The seri-- The. Bobcats rebounded 17.6 points per game. ior from.. Ord, Neb;, was. an from an early 5-8starttopost the Gibbs also received solid ..,.4.11-J?istritt th.ird-l'est. record in.Gibbs' eight- play, especially late in the. seapick, All-Independent league year tenure, 1<$-12, and even son, at the forward spots from choice, and first team Academic . the .right t? host local the 6-7 Mowery (10.4 ppg, S).3 All::American as a junior. powerhouse' Hastings in the rebs) and.the 6·5 Hall (8.0 ppg, Her. supporting will in- NAIA District .11 playoffs. 5.6 rebs), and revealed several ·dudefellow senior Lynda Hein, · ·":We told the kids from. the pr19mising. youi;ig talet'lts in Bill juniors ;H,olly Neitzke and-Kristi be a strong Richards, Otis Crimpton and Deleeuw. who will provide ,second semester team," Gij;)bs Darwin Robinson. amp'le si?:e up frontat:6-0 and said. "After our, new people OFlce again, the Bobcats 10 •respectivli;ly, and sop settle'! in, we kriew tliere were a aiso proved a tough assignment mores IVIargo Lal'}rie, . D.ana. lot of h9me gamfis after the break at home il'l the confines of the Al ·Kruse, and Traci 4.dams. _to gehuntr;:t9ked.'.' Wheeler N:tivity Center, where .:(,aBrie, who played spw · · Despite 66755 first-roqnd the Bobcat5 were 10-3 overall. ingly as a frO'sh, wil;l big s.etba()k .JQ the Broncos, ,Jt was A highlight of PSC's 1989790 as the team's setter. still a season for the season will be their D<?c. 15.-16 Leyin{itiJshed (ls·i:iscs Cecitic California trip. wiU assist Andy face· Cal. Poly-SLO ·on·,the -15th · · and Cal State-Bakersfield the . • · , '.b. following night; aiums in the ·'l"ll¢ area are ·encouraged to coine backcourt 1:am:lem of Brett see their alma mater play.

Roclcy Mountain Assembly September 23 ·

One of the most a<::tive of PSC's_ alumni chapters; the Rocky Mountain. Alumni Association, will gather in Northglenn, Colo. on.Saturday, Sept. 23..

Organizers areRitaRussell Haruia ('40) and Alice DeVoree Organ ('39), and another pleasant afternoon at the foot of the Rockies is planned.

Contact Rita or Alice, ot call Kent Propst at PSC, for more information.· Invitations will be forthcoming.

Farewell to'An Infamous Place ...

FAREWELL •.• 71ois Peru home on the corner qf 5th and Hoyt Street,. known to early Peruvians as the Hoyt home and to recent ones as the bome qfWard and.Ellen· Harpei'--'-bUt best remembered vis tbe·home of the late PSC psycbology prof. Dr. Barney K. Baker--stands no more. The house was purcbased for the college a few months ago.and, after no buyers could be found to remove it, was used for a J¥re depm1ment practice burn this past spring. Dr. Baker is the man who, in 1950, murdered PSC President William Nicholas and education department head Dr. Paul Maxwell before tak1ng his own life. The college will use the propert_y, just north of Dezell Hall, for additional parking

"Lost'' Alumni

The following Peru Statets James and Tamra have recently joined our "lost" Gentry Murphy alumni.list. If you can help us to F. Lessor locate them, we can get them Katherine Leigh Jones back on our Peru Stater ma.iJ- Mary B. Norris ing .list. Send address updates Dorothy Cowan to: The Peru. Stater; Pei;? State Armstrong College, Peru, Neb. 68421. Nicholas Zimorino

Tom L. Sawyer · 1972 Rodney Kettelhut

Sandra Bruns 1976 Peter Holdorf, Jr.

Jeffery Panko · 1987 Thomas. L. Jones

Brett Davenport 1987 A1lan and Nadine

Etic A. Gardner 1981 Haulk Powers 1972 Walter Marshall

Bob Krajicek 1975 Robert Troy Graham

John S. Beck 1977 Bernice Peters.Newman

Jeanne Dewald Greening 1977 Mary Raben Heeber

Bertha Poteet Kuhlmann 1917

Peruviana

Connie Pollard Mitchell (attd. '79·'82) has been in Springdale, Ark since May of '82, and married Dennis Mitchell in 1986. She workd for Tyson Foods PriritingServices as a design and layout.artist: The Mitchell's are.proud parents of son Wesley Miles, born ii). January. ·

Renee Pappas Rowell('84) has been hired as area public information coordinator for U .S, Ecology in Neb. '·

Jeff Carney (attd. ;84-'86), editor of the Ashland (Neb.) Gazett<:f, won several top ptizesfrom Nebraska Press. Association newspaper contest this past spring, including an award for general excellence in weekly newspapers.

· Kris Fraser Schuetz ('89) and husband Bruce are proud parents of son Zae11ary Micheal, born .in May in Rumbolt, Neb.

Mlke Gay (attd. '82-'89) has. purchased the Beatrice (Neb.) Breadeaux Pisa franchise: He has managed the restaurant since last August

TOdd Anderson ('86) has been named a recipient of the American Chemical Sodety award, based on academics, scholarly publications. ansJ.,. promise. for professional accomplishment. ·Todd is a doctoral candidate in.environmental toxicology at the University bf Tennessee.

M;J.t'k Shepard ('86) coached his Dawson-Verdon (Neb.) high school boys basketball team to the 1989 state tournament, the first appearance ever for the consolidated school. He was assisted by his brother Scott, a PS<'.; student Last season, his brothe6reg ('85) coached his Lincoln. Christian squad to the Class C-2 state and their father and an uncle have also coached teams to the state tourney.

Shirley Rothell ('82), a member of the faculty of sbutheast Community College in Beatrice, Neb and part-time instructor for PSC, presented a session on "beating burnout" at the annual Missouri Valley Adult Education Association convention in March. Afan ('85) and CarolBrady ('82)Lunzman of Millard, Neb are proud parents of son Thomas Alan, born in Februa1y. have one 6ther son.

Jerr)r GallentifieJr. ('88) has joined the Falls City, Neb H & R Block tax prepatatio:n firm as administrative assistant. The owner of the office isCraigMartinosky ('83). .•

DebbieDiehi°Pal:tt\er ('80)has been promoted to director of 'ctivisioh of the Texas EducationCorp. She lives in Ft. Worth, Tex. ·

Barb whitney('83) is employed by Cen,tel Bank ofLincoln. Jun Larsen('88) is with Nash Finch/Econo Foods· of Grand Island,:Neb. ·

John Mueller ('87} is employed by the Louisville (Neb.) Bank.

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Jhii Myers ('80) has been appointed assistant principal and athletic'. dit:ector at Ulysses; Kan. He had taught and coached at Natoma, Kan. for, the past seven years. is ·working.in the. Pamidastore in Seward, Neb. ;

Topi: Woote:n {'SQ) is employed by Hil.ti Inc., an international based in Germany, as a terr,itory representative and consultan.t .for Nebra$ka. )-Ie and his wife, Denise, are proud parents qfdaµgJlter Kellyni born last October, who joined a· brother at home, ·.

· sli9res watt()n ('83) is.working for Centel Bank in Lincolrt Neb. '

Hipp(!n Ramsey('81) have both resigned from the school system, w;here they hadtaugijtforthe past · ·.. ·

Tma Cofin.{'86) recently grnduated with honors ·from Inter':· national Air Acaderny of St. Louis, Mo., and has. accepted a position/ with Continental at Hooston, Texas.

Mike ('88} proudp:irents

·.of son Jµstin Michael, bomin May. TheyJive in Neb: wife Renee are proud parents of daughter Ashley Renee, born in June in Memphis, Tenn.

Ken Myers ('85) has been hired'•to teach and coach at Newcastle, Neb. He ha:d been with Nebraska City Lourdes for the past two years. · Continued

Athletic Field Irnprovernent S\ought

Alum seekS, · YearbookS/ From Late:'30s

Peruviana (continued)

Sharl Vaughn ('SS) Teten and her husband Scott are proud parents of son Nathan Scott, born in June. They live near Brock, Neb.

/ $15,000 is needed for improvements to the ?ak Bowl HowardDean(' 39)ofHot Teresa Million ('SS), who marriedRichard Falk (attd '84football fi(,'!ld and new baseball dtamond under construction south- S : v· 11 , Ar.k :. h. 'S5) last July ('88), is working as a Red Cross Volunteer as a legal f . pnngs i age, . ., w o at- . . . west o. campus. t d. d th ,89 M. ··R assistant at Spangdahlem Air Force Base m West Germany, · I d h 1 · th hl · · h en t e ay eumon, · d. ( ) c d · · b d' · f h

Former payers an ?t erscpst:( .J': ave has·'in uired about al 939 Peru:- Gary Ben er 'SS Leature ma Fe .ruarye it1on o t e been asked to make a gift so both m.ay have a spnnkler system · q Pawnee, Neb. Republican newspaper. The article noted that Gary installed and be seeded. Gifts are need'rd as so?n as possible so d 1 · h' 11 · has been teaching at PSH-C for three years in junior high and high work may begin and end in time for the fields to be pla)iable this fall. tb. owkar ostht is co egde school business classes.

If d .d , 1 b. th. b t yea oo s over e years, an de ( 4) f b k b h 1 nt get a :ettera 91,1.t ,)8, ,u are would a reciate receivin Susan 'S .o Ne. ras .a City, Ne as interested m a lush and safe surface for the football- team through- ···.·· , PP ,37 ,38 been awared ·a grant to attend special Umvers1ty of Nebraskaout the season, or having bas'rball played on campus fqrJhe first anyo°:e1s1··. b' k. 'Can Lincoln workshops to update her science and math teaching k d. d 'bl ift. h "P A. h' " espec1a

WHAT'CHA B·EEN DOlN'? WE WANT TO KNOW!!!

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son, Michael Alan, born in April.. The live at Syracuse, Neb. Kathy Maddox ('84) Garver and her husband Gary are proud parents of son William Daniel, born in March. The are Auburn, Neb. residents.

KelleyCombsBallue('8S) and her husbandJohn are proud parents of son Jonathan Michael, born in April. They live in Peru and also have two daughters.

D.oug and Marla Moody ('84) of Auburn are proud parents of son Trent Allan, born in April. Trent has a sister home. Marla teaches elementary school in Auburn.

Robin Mayer ('86) and his wife Diane are proud parents of son Miles D<ivid, born in May. They reside in Cla.tonia, Neb, Jeff Schiebur ('82} received his Juris Doctor degree from Creightoq University in May.

Hewitt ('85) will return to the faculty at Southeast Nebraska Consolidated High School at Stella this fall to teach junior and senior high science. She.had taken a year'offto get acquainted with a newly-adopted son last year. Husband Dale C=72) farms hear Auburn, Neb.

Mr. and Mrs.JeffMeyer('82) of Fairbury, Neb. are proud parents of a son born in May.

TomBock.('84) and wife Lisa are proud parents of son Tanner l\1d:(ay, born last November Tom teaches and coaches in the Rock Port, Mo. school system. ·

North ('83) Whisler and husband Jerrr are proud pare.nts of a son, Reese Charles, born inJanuary. Suzanne teaches in the Peiu Elementary schooL

DougGoltzC86), a teacher and c\.>ach at.Sacred Heart High School in Falls City, Neb., is going to have a tough time maintaining the pace his boys basketball teams have set. In his three years, the Irish have won. three conference tides and two state championships in Nebraska's Class D-1.

Chris Harrison ('87) is working as a firefighter for the City of Omaha.

Tom Gepson C86) is employed as a health underwriter for Continental General Insurance Co: in Omaha and lives in Ft. .Calho

jfulAJiern('86) is the K-12 physical education instmctorat Arcadia, Neb. Bis '8.6 and '88 football squads qualified for the state playoffs, an:d h<;! .is also head track coach and assistant basketball coach.

Pamela Wertz Wflitwoi:tJt ('S8) and husband Kenneth Mark, a former PSC student, ate proud parents of Kyle Ross, born in February. They live at Nemaha, Neb.

Nancy Heidemann ('87) of Plymouth, Neb is putting her talents and training to good use. She is president of the National Com Development Foundation; is a commodity broker in Plymouth; and along with her husband operates a 900-acre grain and livestock operation. She was also a special guest speaker at PSC's "Farmer-to-Farmer" program this past spring The Heidemann's have four teen-aged children.

Peru Historical Foundation Shows Great Strides In Three Years (

by Barbara B. Clayburn

peru Historica:l Founda-

tion began its fourth year on June 1, 1989 and has accomplished a great deal in the three yea1;s' of its existence. It has become incorporated, attained tax deductible status, and bought a museum building.

The first fund drive, titled "Open The Doors", was directed toward the building purchase; the second drive, "Let's Raise The Roof", accomplished just that. The building at the corner of 5th and California (to some it may be the Carey Garage or the Hallenbeck Garage while to others it will recall a laundromat, dentist's office or a newspaper office) .has been re-designed by site-development chairman Ansel Clayburn.

Paul Kruse constructed thirty-three trusses 48 feet wide and weighing 500 pounds, each. · The preliminary work of tearing off the old flat roof and bracing was done by Clayburn anc!Jack Longfellow. Then in the manner of an old-fashioned barntaising the calls went out and volunteers came. to lift each truss in place. In all more than four thousand man-hours were expended. It was truly a community cooperative effort and the · new silhouette looks most attractive.

The current fund drive is to pay for electrical wiring, plumbing, heating ducts, sheetrock, and other.s.uch essentials needed to prepare the inside of the museum for use.

Meanwhile some twency committees are at work planning displays, furnishing, ties and inventorying. A gift policy and commemoration policy are being formulated as individuals as well as organizations offer artifiacts, documents, photos, and memorabilia.

Even though the building is as of yet unfinished. it was the site of the 3rd Annual Barbecue headed by Darrell and Phyllis Rosenquist. This featured allnight pit-cooked beef and a day of happy community fellowship.

During Old Man River Days in June, the Museum Board Committee organized an outstanding Quilt Show consisting of more than seventy, all of which were made by or are owned by Peruvians. Ullian

Schottenhamel , Nita Pryor, Mary Ruth Wilson, and Bob Lewellen put this mostinteresting display together, which was greatly enjoyed.

In further attempts to utilize what we can o( the building, even though it is undergoing remodeling, several window displays have been presented, beginning with an "Old Fashioned Chirstmas", complete with antiqe toys, cradles, and tree decorated with home-made trimmings; an array of Girl Scout ·'t.mifonns and memorabilia honoring Girl Scout .Birthday Month; and, most recently, a "Happy Birthday, .America" exhibit in the July 4th window, showing artifacts fr,om the Civil War, through the Viet Nam era, including a Spanish-American War uniform, plus many other uniforms and items exemplifying Pero in America's wars.

Other displays being planned include Nebraska's First College and Pioneer Rural Education, a living history project on Blacksmithing, and Peru Area Drainage and Levee Districts and their rqle played in conservation and· in harnessing the Missouri River.

We are attempting to find out more about Peru's part in the Underground Railroad and much, niuch more.

One very interesting committee, headed byPhyruS Davenport Rosenquist, is collecting cassettes and video tapes of our .local oldsters relating Oral History. This collection will become more and more valuable.

If any of these areas strike a response in you, please do contact us, for we are anxious to acquire any items which will enhance and expand our goal of preserving history. And, of course, we gladly accept financial assistance as developing such a repository requires money. care to become a member or to contribute, write to Jack Longfellow, Treasurer, · or Co-Chairman/Membership Nita Pryor or Maryanna Gnade.

Once we complete the "inside story"· and continue to "create beauty from what's at hand" (this year's theme), we will. proceed in specificaliy developing our Treasury of Memories.

WATEREEJ DOWN.

Tbis longtime Pi?rn trademark, the old watertower, no longer dominates the Pern skyline. It wasremoved this past spring and replaced with a new, larger-capacity tower two blocks south of camptis. Tbis tower, climbed by scores qf dartngPen.tvians, was. erected nearly 80 years ago.

PSCTV Ads Win Admissions Award

Apair Qf Peru State College televisicm commercials have earned merit awards by the "Admissions Marketing .Report," the national newspaper of admissions marketing.

PSC was recently notified

Former Faculty Return for Tour

April brought a visit to the Campus of A Thousand Oaks by two of PSC's most distinguished former educatqrs.

AlmaAshley, emeritus professor of elementary education and a faculty member from 194670, and.FriedaRowoldt, emeritus professor of business education and a faculty member from 1952-70, paid tl1e visit.

that the · spots, produced by the Omaha firm of Culver & Inc., were recognized in the "Television f\dvertising, Single Spot" cate.gory for schools with enrollment of 2,000 and.less.

More than 900 entries in several categories of competition were received by Admissions Marketing Report. Judges made their selections based on quality of promotion, creativeness of concept, and clarity of message.

PSC developed the commercials as part of an overall effort to improve awareness of the college and its programs in eastern Nebraska urban markets.

Reminder: Change in PSC Toll Free Number

WHO'S WHO?

They brought several friends from a Lincoln, Neb. chapter of the American Association of University Women for a tour of campus and luncheon in the Student Center. Both live in Lincoln.

A highlight was a visit to the just-completed T J. Majors Building rei:1ovatio11 project.

Alums are reminded that the toll free phone number for Peru State College is nowl-80.0-7424412 nationwide (continental U.S. only).

The extensions for the Alumni Office (Kent Propst) is 2225, and for the Foundation (Mike Barks) is 2304. Call us anytime during business hours!

Tbe picture above was sent to PSC by Lorraine Rohse Benson of Albuquerque, NM. this past spring, with no ID Tbus, PSC would like to know the names ofthe pair, the approximate date the. photo was .taken, and the event at which it was taken. Forward information to Kent Propst, The Peru Stater, Peru State College, Pern, Neb. 68421.