·Nebraska's Oldest College
Meeting Of Nebraska Councn Of Gllurehes Held On Campus A meeting of the Nebraska Council of Churches was held Monday, Sept. 20, at 8:00 p.m., in the Conferenee Room of the Student Center. Those attending from the faculty were Dr. Neal s. Gomon, Dr. Keith L. Melviri, Dr. Galen Dodge, Dr. Wininger, F. H. Larson, and Miss Fried.a Rowoldt, and other organization sponsors. Thos~ attending from the Peru clergy were Father Rm:old Birkle of St. Clara's parish; R~verend Robert Linder, Methodist minister; and Reverend Wilfred Carter, Christian minister. Those representing the Auburn clergy were Reverend .Scht>ciler, Reverend Norman, and Reverend Jurgens, Lutheran $isters. Others attending from out of town, were Pastor Alvin Peterson, Representative of the Nebraska Council of C~ches; Carol H. Lemon, of Liil'eoln, executive secretary of .the Nebraska Council of Churches;/and William 0. Haney, eh~ of the Departinent of Campus Ministry. Three students from the college attended. They were Dennis Flattre, Midwest Region president of L.S.A.; LaVelle Hitzemann, vice president of the Peru L.S.A.; and Gary Newman, pres• ident of the Peru Wesley Fellowship. The. meeting was held for the purpose of discussing a lack of . fadlities for the campus ministry on the Peru campus. The meetings had in previous years, been held in the music hall, and last year they were held in the Campus School. The council decided the C a mp u s School would be adequate again this year. There were suggestions made to have the ·six campus denominations have their meetings as one single body. There was also discussion of a common chapel for all denominations. This ehapel would be used as a meeting place of discussion between the student and the minister of his choke. It was concluded that a meeting next month of the various religious sponsors should be in order.
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Peru Pedagogian PERU. NEBRASKA
Volume 61
Number 1
these people is getting smaller each year as more schools are requiring a minimum of the bachelors degree for beginning elementary teachers. Off-campus classes are being held at Beatrice, Falls City and Plattsmouth with a total enrollment of 66. At least one more off-campus class will begin next week at another center. These students are not counted in the total of 1,041. Total Campus Laboratory S ch o o I enrollment is 289, up four students over a year ago. There are 109 students in senior high (9-12) compared to 118 in 1964-65; 48 in junior high (78), seven more than a year ago, and 132 in the elementary school (K•6), compared with 126 last year. "Future growth of the college will depend in ability to house students," President Gomon said. "Our dormitories are above capacity a n d classroom space is at a premium. Opening of the Fine Arts Center later in the fall will provide some much-need-
ed additional classroom space but will fall short of present requirements and need in the immediate future. Nearly 200 would-be students were denied admission or were discouraged from attending Peru State this fall because of an acute housing shortage in college-operated facilities or the community. "The housing problem will be no better next fall as the earliest additional dormitories could be made available, if approved; would be the summer or fall of 1967. The 1965 fall enrollment exceeded our most optimistic estimates by more than 100 students and with a backlog of another 200 failing to gain admission, another 300-bed dormitory would be filled as soon as its doors would open. With no major classroom additions approved for the next two years, the college will be hard-pressed to meet the needs of the area until a major break-through in construction of added facilities is made."
Bus Stop Scene Of Peruvian Supplement Cash Payments The supplements to the 1965 For Students Homecoming Play' Peruvian were distributed last The cast for the annual Home- week. The 12 page addition to Now Available
coming play is in the second week of rehearsal on William Inge's Bus Stop. The play, originally a Broadway hit, was also made into a popular movie. The action takes place in a small town restaurant and the plot involves the lives of eight individuals brought there together by a storm.
Bus Sf op is a challenging scri:pt for actors and stage crew alike, but the director, Mr. Robert D. Moore, expressed high hopes for the success of the production. The performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. on the evening of October 23, as a traditional part of the Homecoming celebration.
the annual completes a pidure record of the entire college year. Spring sports, May Fete, the spring play, Open House, the Fine Arts Center Dedication, and Graduation were included in the final pages. Any student not receiving a supplement should contact Mr. Stewart Linscheid or any member of the Peruvian staff. Copies are being mailed to the 1965 graduates and to those students who did not return to Peru this year.
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OCTOBER 4, 1965
Enrollment Of 1,041 Taxes Facilities; Housing And Classroom Space Short Peru State College has set an all-time enrollment record of 1,041 students for the first semester of the 1965-66 academic year, an increase of 20.2% over last year's 866, according to President Neal S. Gomon. Full-time enrollment has increased even more sharply from 723 a year ago to 943 this fall, up 30.4%. Part-time enrollment dropped from 143 to 98. The freshman class leads the way with 376 full-time students compared with 263 a year ago. There are 211 sophomores, 64 more t h a n last year; 164 juniors, two fewer than in 1964-65, and 188 seniors compared with 143 last year. The number of special students, four, is the same as a year ago. Evening class enrollment dropped sharply from 143 to 98 due largely to a reduction in offerings as well as smaller demand. Most evening class students are elementary teachers in service in the area with less than a bache!or's degree. The number of
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Monthly cash benefits now can be paid to students who qualify under a change in the social security law. Students up to age 22 may be eligible for benefits on the account of a parent who has retired, become disabled, or died. Students whose benefits were stopped when they reached 18 will have to file a new application in order to have their payments started again. Benefit payments can be retroactive to January 1965 and may be made for a vacation period of up to four continuous months.
Check with your social security office if: The cast was selected through Miss Dorothy Bock, senior at open try-outs on September 16, Peru State and president of the and parts were assigned to many -you are a full-time student Student Education Association of students new to Peru this year. Nebraska, attended two national -you are not yet 22 or atThese newcomers include Alicia education meetings this summer. tained that age in 1965 Andrews, playing .the part of a In Washington, D. C., Dorothy waitress; Janice Hauk as the -are unmarried or were marwas Nebraska's voting delegate chanteuse; Brian Collins porried after January 196& to the Student NEA National traying a sheriff; and John. SautConvention, June 17 to 21. Highter playing the young cowboy. -you are the son or daughter Four members of Peru's facul- Returning to the Peru stage lights included a special tour of of a parent who worked unthe White House, a visit to NEA ty traveled to Kearney Friday, again this season are Myrene Dader social security but is now Sept. 24 for a joint annual con- vis, in the role of the restaurant National Headquarters, and meetretired, disabled, or deceased ings at the Mayflower Hotel. ' ference sponsored by the Nebras- owner, and Dan Knudsen playThe national NEA convention Lka Council on Industrial Ar t s ing the pathetic college profesThe people at the district social Teachers Education, Nebraska In- sor. In the part of the bus driver was held in New York City, June 22 to July 1. Dorothy, along security office or a field represendustrial Education Association is Ken Boatman, and Mel Hester and the Nebraska Vocational As- portrays a lonesome ranch hand. with other student state repre- tative who visits in or near your sentatives, was a stage guest at community, will be glad to ex.sociation. the NEA General Assembly at plain further and help you apply Attending the eonference were The stage manager is Jon Da- Madison Square Garden. A tour for benefits if you think you are Dr. C. Vernon Siegner, Mr. D. vis. Assisting backstage are vol- of the United Nations Building eligible. The office serving this Jarvis, Mr. Gordon Gavin, and unteers from the Peru Dramatic was included in sightseeing trips. area is located in Room 400, NaMr. Don Weiner. Mr. Harold Johnson, SEAN ad- tional Bank of Comme11ce BuildClub. Dorothy Bock, assistant divisor, also attended the New ing, 13th and 0 Streets, in LinMr. Ray Karnes from the Unirector, and Dale Burgess, publi- York convention. He plans to coln. It is open from 8:30 a.m. to versity of Illinois gave the main city manager, are also members discuss his trip and show slides 4:30 p.m. and on Thursday eveaddress entitled "Inereased Exat a future PSEA meeting. nings. of the behind-the-scenes crew. (Continued on page four)
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Peruvian Pictures Dates Oct. 12-13-14 Organization Pictures To Be Made Oct. 14 The Peruvian individual and organization pictures this year were again ·contracted with Bill Oliver of Delmar Studios. The schedule for these pictures will be: Tuesday andi Wednesday, Oct. 12 and 13 and Thursday morning, Oct. 14, individual pictures; Thursday after no o n , Oct. 14, organization pictures. Since a yearbook represents a record of a person's school career, the Peruvian staff hopes all Peru students will strive to have their photographs taken· during these three days. Students are to be reminded that there is no finandal obligation for the s e pictures.
Nebraska Poet Laureate To Appear In Convo Dr. John G. Neihardt internationally known American epic and lyric poet and poet laureate of Nebraska, will present a reading from his works at P e r u , Nebr., at 9:10 a.m., October 27, 1965 in the college auditorium. Dr. Neihardt's appearanee will be sponsored by the convocation committee. Currently Dr. Neihardt is lecturer in English and poet in residence at the University of Missouri, Columbia; he has held that position since February, 1949. The program by Dr. Neihardt in Poetic Values is one of a series he is presenting throughout Ne bra ska over a tour of the state that is a reenactment of a personal appearance series he presented 40 years ago. At that time he made a "laureate tour" of the state which so many years was his home, appearing at most of Nebraska's universities and colleges, and before many civie and other organizations. Recently it was suggested that the tour be repeated in the light of his extensive accomplishments· in the field of literature and the widespread recognition as one of the country's leading poets during the intervening years. The recognition has induded his success as a lecturer and reader of poetry. Although born in Sharpsburg, Ill., 84 years ago, Dr. Neihardt is a son of Nebraska by adoption. With his family he moved to Nebraska when he was ten years old; he received his higher education at Nebraska Normal College, where he completed his studies in 1897. For many years he made his home at Bancroft. It was while a resident of Nebraska that he wrote all except two of his lyric poems, all hi s short stories, and two of his great epic poems in the "Cycle of the West." The Nebraska State Legislature in 1921 made Dr. Neihardt poet laureate of Nebraska. He holds an honorary degree from the University of Nebraska, where he was professor of poetry in 1923, and another from Creighton University, as well as one from the University of Missouri. (Continued on page five)
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