Peru State College - Peruvian Yearbook (Peru, NE)

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ELMA GOCKLEY: Keeps president's office in order . . . does things by the short- cut efficiency method . . . her accuracy score in keeping financial records is 100% . . . Santa Claus of the pay checks. Secretary to the President. Bursar. E. H. HAYWARD: Explains the facts of the college bulletins . . . helps students get into some groove after they have completed their sampling course ... a family man first, last, and always, but is generous with his time and service to all . . . his patience is appreciated . . . his advice, easy to take. Registrar. MARY L. HILEMAN: Possessor of a million-dollar smile that is reflected in her pupils faces . . . carries out life-situation projects based on child curiosity . . . likes to crochet . . . newest accomplishment—some water color paintings of which she is not ashamed. Assistant Professor of Education and Supervisor of Third and Fourth Grade Teaching. MABEL D. HOATSON: Operates the campus health resort . . . good-natured nurse who cures ill-natured” people . . . thermometer and throat-sprayer are her basic equipment . . . would appreciate a trolley from the infirmary to the dorm during a flu epidemic . . . and a light on the campus all night. College Nurse. C. A. HUCK: Teaches practical math and tells jokes interchangeably . .. threat- ens to cut a hole in the floor and build a fireman's pole so super energetic high school pupils can slide down and play with the kindergartners . . . caretaker of training school finances . . . tinkers with radios and clocks and has a green finger. Associate Professor of Mathematics. V. H. JINDRA: Likes strings-grouped in fours and tuned in fifths . . . will dance a polka if coaxed ... is here, there, and everywhere . . . friendly as they come . . . opens a convention as easily as a housewife does a can of beans. Director of Instrumental Music and Instructor in Violin. BURTIS KENNEDY: Helps keep the library conducive to study and searches for books until they are found ... is a capable manager and business woman . . . gives an extra special smile to each person she meets . . . has a song in her heart and a pleasing alto to sing it Assistant Librarian. Gockley Hayward Hileman Hoatson Pm»- fitter»!!

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S. L. CLEMENTS: Job-finder for Peru's student teachers . . . has a generous supply of adrenlin . . . assists in directing band and perfecting a softball team . . . raises a garden and chickens .. . delights in exhibiting prize vegetables and odd-shaped eggs to envious friends. Superintendent of Training School. PHYLLIS DAVIDSON: Keeps in trim running up and down the mountains of Peru v ith her tennis classes... demonstrates to admiring aquabelles how to swim without leaving a wake and how to dive v ithout emptying the pool ... is willing to try anything from shorthand to painting. Director of Physical Education for Women. MARY O. DELZELL: Quiet force in the college office . . . takes meticulous care of Mr. Hayward's files . .. grants that extra hour of v ork to greedy scholars . .. sponsor of S.C.A. and an inspiration at every meeting. Assistant to Registrar. NORMA L. DIDDEL: Says 'abra cadabra ’ makes a few graceful motions with her hands, and there is a masterpiece of sculpture. . artistic designer . . has had water color paintings on exhibit at Joslyr. Memorial . . teaches students to ap- preciate all forms of art from way back when. Professor of Art. MARIE FAULHABER: Assigns themes for v ritten expression and throws a jellybean banquet . . . can't digest infinitive spits . . . teaches Merchant of Venice by records .. . sponsor of high school freshmen. Associate Professor of English. FRANCES FIELDS: Knows a touch for every kind of tone . . . trains stubborn fing- ers to relax . . . never trips on a syllable whether going up or coming down . . . writes for music mazagines . . . attends numerous conventions and is up on the latest in her line. Instructor in Piano and Organ. BLANCHE A. GARD: Limber as a jumping-jack when leading first and second graders in rhythmic calisthenics . . . prepares teachers for the skilled labor of teaching reading . . . has difficulty keeping pins in her naturally curly hair. As- sistant Professor of Education and Supervisor of First and Second Grade Teaching. A. B. CLAYBURN: His knowledge of Geo- graphy penetrates the globe's surface to the core ... as Boy Scoutmaster directs building of character . . . carries around film projector and treats his classes to movies .. . finds a reason for a budget ticket and then punches it. Professor of Geography and Geology. Clemen ' Clayburn Davidson M. Deizell Diddel Faulhaber Fields Card Page Fourteen

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Kirk EMILIE KIRK: Teaches fifth grade, and art and pen- manship to the intermediate grades . . . is skilled with the brush . . . delights young “daubers by showing them how to put the Missouri River on paper . . . has had paintings exhibited in Joslyn Memorial. Assistant Professor of Art. SELMA S. KONIG: Traces word cousins back to their common ancestor . . . serves as interpretor for French, German, and Spanish students at Foreign Language Club meetings . . . has an ear carefully tuned for accents . . . laughs and lives con gusto ... is thrilled by Chopin—plays piano beautifully herself. Professor of Modem Language. A. V. LARSON: Colonial Virginia cabinet makers had nothing on him . . . understands wood from its be- ginning to its finish ... in his classes students draw it—then make it ... a just grader, but his dog, Snookie, is the petted one of his class. Professor of Industrial Arts. WILHELMINA LARSON: Every chapter of history is her favorite . . . correlates, motivates, and accentuates all phases of the subject . . . sparkling conversational- ist—speaks German and French too . . . enjoys mak- ing and hearing good music . . . leads the songs in high school convo. Assistant Professor of Education and Supervisor of High School Teaching. V . Larson ISABEL MASON: Her quiet smile is a request and a reward for pupil perfection . . . stitches with the needle and keeps herself neat as a pin . . . makes things from copper worth anyone's gold. Assistant Professor of Education and Supervisor of Fifth and Sixth Grade Teaching. L. B. MATHEWS: The early bird at the training school. . . gives valuable help free of charge . . . accomp- lishes work without fuss . . . when the bells don't v ork, he makes the rounds of the classrooms and brr-r-r’s at each door. Principal of High School and Associate Professor of Education. RUTH V. MATHEWS: Teaches Biology, Physics, and Chemistry as well as any man and adds a woman's neat touch to the laboratory ... is a solid rock in the Kellogg Health foundation . . . her saleswoman personality brings her the cooperation she needs in this project and others. Assistant Professor of Educa- tion and Supervisor of High School Teaching. P. A. MAXWELL: Advocates scientific definitions of words, scientific evaluations, scientific reading mat- ter—and anything that is scientific ... is a scientific farmer . . . knows that by the time a student has worked 60 hours on a problact, he has done some serious thinking on a problem . . . his pride—Kappa Delta Pi, and his joy—singing in and directing a choir. Head of Education Department. Mason L. Mathews R. Mathews Maxwell Page Sixteen