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Piano Team Gives
Lecture-Recital
Dallas Weekley and Nancy Arganbright, a
husband and wife team of concert performers
who are on the music faculty, featured a piano
composition by Franz Schubert, which has probably
never before been played publicly in its
original form, in a lecture-recital at the University
this spring.
Weekley located the original manuscript of
the composition, dated January 1818, in the
Nationalbibliothek in Vienna aQd obtained a
photocopy. The composition was published for
the first time in 1835, after the composer's death,
but was substantially altered. Weekley and his
wife plan to include the selection in their concert
repertoire.
One of the few professional piano-du.ettist
teams in the United States, Weekley and Arganbright
have been at La Crosse since 1965, soon
after they returned from an extensive European
concert tour. They spent several months in
Vienna where Weekley sought out and studied
manuscripts of original one-piano, four-hand
music. The couple also performed on television
from Vienna, and since their return, have appeared
on CBS and ABC from New York and
Chicago. They have twice been guest performers
on the "Captain Kangaroo" program, and have
been invited back for a third appearance late
this spring.
Dallas Weekley· and· Nancy Arganbright met
at Indiana University where both were solo
pianists and students in the School of Music.
Nancy was made a member of Mu Phi Epsilon
and Pi Kappa Lambda (the musical equivalent
of Phi Beta Kappa), and was graduated Cum
Laude. Weekley was a member of Phi Mu Alpha
Sinfonia and Pi Kappa Lambda, holds a
master of music degree from Indiana University
and is currently doing research for his doctorate
dissertation on Franz Schubert.
The Weekleys began giving recitals of onepiano,
four-hand music after their marriage in
1957. They now make annual concert tours
throughout the United States.
Dates have been set for next year's lectures and concerts series. Alumni and friends
are invited to attend these events which are sponsored in part by the student activity fee.
All lectures and concerts will be held in Main Auditorium.
September 24
October 7
November 4
January 27
January 29
February 11
March 6
March II
April 16
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Dr. John Harris, Lecture
Gregg Smith Singers, Concert
ManhaUen Percussion Ensemble, Concert
Jose Molina Bailes Espanoles, Dance Concert
Carey McWilliams, Lecture
Malcolm Muggeridge, Lecture
Fredd Wayne, "Benjamin Franklin, Citizen," Lecture
Paul Winter Consort, Concert
Turnau Opera Players Production of "The Barber of Seville"
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Placement Office
Is Participating
In New Service
The Placement Office is participating in a
new, world-wide placement service established
by ASCUS, the Association for School, College
and University Staffing. With the use of a computor,
ASCUS will establish a national manpower
bank of educators available to school and
college officials in need of educational personnel.
Teaching positions available during the 1968­
69 school year will be in the ASCUS FILE (the
Fast Index to Locate Educators). FILE will provide
the school official, who sends in notice of
job vacancies, with a list of prospective employees
who fit the job qualifications. Names
and addresses will be mailed within 24 hours
after a request is received.
The service is free to all teacher candidates.
Those wishing to be listed in the ASCUS FILE
may register with Dr. Harvey S. Ideus, LSU
director of placement.
WSO Becomes a Chapter
Of Gamma Sigma Sigma
The Women's Service Organization has received
its charter as Beta Delta chapter of
Gamma Sigma Sigma, national service sorority,
after a year as a probationary colony.
The purpose of both national and local groups
is "to assemble college and university women in
the spirit of service to humanity."
The 45-member La Crosse Chapter provides
such services as proctoring for examinations
and ushering for lectures, concerts and commencement
exercises.
A coffee for alumni was held on the morning
of Homecoming, and there are plans to make
this an annual affair.
Assistant Placement
Director Appointed
Vincent L. Avallone, former counselor at the
McCoy Job Corps Center, has been appointed
assistant director of placement at La Crosse
State, and will have primary responsibility for
educational placement, according to Dr. Harvey
S. Ideus, placement director.
A native of Hartford, Conn., Avallone is a
graduate of the University of Hartford. He received
the M.A. degree in guidance and counseling
from Northern Arizona University, and
also studied at the University of Arizona.
Avallone had been coordinator for the Navajo
Rehabilitation Project and Institute of Human
Development at Northern Arizona University
before joining the Job Corps staff last
October.
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Clubmobile Worker
Helps in Vietnam
A laugh . . . a smile . . . a stateside touch,
that's what Jacqueline Bray '65, an American
Red Cross clubmobile worker, brings to the
troops in Vietnam.
Each week Miss Bray visits between 15 and
20 military field units providing entertainment,
recreational activities and other ideas to break
up the routine of the fighting men. Some of the
popular events provided by the clubmobile are
chess, checker and card tournaments, folk singing
and team sports.
Before leaving for Vietnam, Miss Bray completed
a two week orientation program in Washington
D.C. which included studies in military
protocol, background on Vietnam and details
regarding the recreation program for servicemen.
The military provides transportation and
security for clubmobile members.
Previously, Miss Bray was a physical education
teacher in Illinois.
Coaching Staff Hosts Breakfast
The university's coaching staff hosted the
13th Annual Alumni Breakfast for high school
coaches attending the Wisconsin State High
School Basketball Tournament in Madison.
Coaches Bill Vickroy, Lane Goodwin, Rollo
Taylor, Bill Otto, Phil Hey and Bill Terry were
hosts.
Approximately 60 high school coaches representing
40 cities attended the breakfast.
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Basketball Team
Takes Fifth Place
Under new head coach Phil Hey, the La
Crosse State's basketball team finished one
game under .500 with a 10 and 11 record this
past season. In conference play the Indians
placed fifth with an 8 and 8 mark. Highlight of
the season was a 102 to 86 win over conference
champion Oshkosh, which finished third in the
NAIA tourney at Kansas City. Joel Hafner, a
junior from Thiensville, was the team's leading
scorer, Most Valuable Player, winner of the
James Stearns Award, and All-Conference selec-'
tion.
Coach Jim Howard's gymnastic team posted
a perfect 10 and 0 season record and captured
the State University Conference title for the
sixth straight year. In winning the conference
championship the Indians took first in 5 of
the 7 events and finished 22 points ahead of
runnerup Stout. They also placed fifth in the
NAIA tournament at Hays, Kan.
The wrestling squad, coached by Tom Bigelow,
fashioned a 7 and 10 dual meet record during
the past campaign and finished seventh in
the conference me.et. The Indians had one individual
conference champion, Steve Willett of
Madison, who placed first in the 177 pound
division.
In swimming competition the Indians closed
out with a 6 and 6 dual meet r.ecord and finished
sixth in the conference championship. Dave
Lilly, sophomore from Greenfield, was the outstanding
swimmer for Coach Bill Otto. He was
beaten only once in 11 dual meets in the 200
yard individual medley and was the only member
of the team to score 100 points. He also represented
the school in the NAIA meet at St.
Cloud, Minn.
La Crosse State University hosted two conference
spring meets, the track and tennis competition.
Terry Joins Staff
As Freshman Coach;
Succeeds Batchelder
. Robert Batchelder
William Terry
William Terry M.S. '61 has joined the university'sstaff
as freshman football coach and assistant
baseball coach. He will also have teaching
assignments in physical education and health.
Terry succeeds Dr. Robert W. Batchelder '51
who will devote his full time to his duties as
chairman of the department of physical education-men.
A native of Cresco, Ia., Terry is a graduate of
the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.
His coaching experience includes seven years
as head football coach and .eight years as head
baseball coach at Westby High School where he
has been since 1957. His football teams were
Scenic Central Conference Champions for five
y.ears and his baseball teams also took five conference
championships. Before joining the Westby
staff, he spent two years at Maxwell, Iowa,
High School where his team won a conference
championship, and two seasons as basketball
coach at Mildenhall Air Force base in England
where the team won the 1953-54 Air Force Conference
championship.
Connaughton Turns to Professional Bowling;
Expects to Compete in 20 Summer Tournaments
La Crosse State made its second contribution
to the world of professional bowling this spring
when 22-year-old Jack Connaughton announced
his intention to turn pro. A June graduate, Jack
expects to compete in 20 tournaments during
the summer, beginning with the Seattle Open.
Another former LSU student, Dick Ritger, '60
is a member of the Professional Bowling Association
and is currently one of the leading
money winners on the tour.
During his amateur career Connaughton became
the only collegiate bowler to win the
National AssoCiation of College Unions tournament
twice in a row. He won the second title
in March this year and in the process set two
records, the high three game series, 683, and
total series, 1,253. The win also gav.e him the
right to represent the United States in the world
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amateur tournament for the second straight
year, but he turned that down in order to become
a professional. In November of 1967 Connaughton
won the world amateur title in Paris.
His bowling for the La Crosse State team in
early April helped the team qualify for the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
tournament in Kansas City. La Crosse won the
championship a year ago and Connaughton
teamed with Ron Hedrich to win the doubles
title during the meet.
Following the National meet Connaughton
signed his pro contract. He will be backed
financially on the tour by South Lanes Inc. of
La Crosse and will call La Crosse his home. His
application for pro status was signed by Ritger,
Dave Davis leading money winner on the '67
tour, and Wayne Zahn, formerly of Milwaukee.
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Marriages
Jo Ann Isabella '56, Minneapolis, and Edwin
J. Allen, Shell Lake, Dec. 30. The couple will
live in Shell Lake where the bridegroom is
associated with the Allen Gas and Oil Co. and
the bride is a teacher.
Nancy Hudson '59, Kenosha, and Willard Roe,
Eureka, Mont., Nov. 18. At home in Seattle,
Wash., where the bridegroom is an electrical
engineer at Boeing Aircraft.
Jeanne Rector and Ronald Parker '61, both
of Spooner, Dec. 23. The couple live in Hammond
where the bridegroom is a teacher and
coach.
Mary Ann Walsh '64, New Richmond, and
Thomas Quinn, Green Bay, Feb. 24. The couple
live in Green Bay.
Jane Nickolisen, Rodney, Iowa, and James
Olson '66, Cashton, Sept. 9. At home in Minneapolis,
Minn. where the bridegroom is a food
chemist at General Mills, Inc.
Betsy Ross and Dennis Stannard '66, both of
Fort Atkinson, Jan. 20. At home in La Crosse
where the bridegroom works in the admissions
office at LSU.
Roberta Zahn, Whitefish Bay, and William
D. Stark '66, La Crosse, July 21. They are living
in Ann Arbor, Mich. where the bridegroom is
a graduate student in social work at the Universityof
Michigan.
Bonnie May Boyer '67 and George Walter
Crary, both of Onalaska, Feb. 4. The bride is
an elementary school teacher and the bridegroom
is an electronics technician for Control
Data Corp. The couple live in New Brighton,
Minn.
News of Classes
1911·1920
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel S. Hosp (Hazel Brokaw
'12), celebrated their fiftieth anniversary Dec.
24. They have a daughter, 2 sons and 12 grandchildren.
The Hosps live in Roanoke, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Brandenberg (Marion South·
worth) both '12 celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary Oct. 8. Brandenberg recently retired
as executive director of the Y.M.C.A. Retirement
Fund. The Brandenbergs live in New York
City·
Florence Ladd '20 has retired from teaching
junior high school in Escanaba, Mich., where
she lives.
Elizabeth DeWiU '20, a retired teacher, is
working in the Tomah volunteer teacher aide
program.
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Linda Norman and Neil Hovind '67, both of
La Crosse. The couple will live in Eau Claire
where the bridegroom is a social worker.
Saralie Sands, Rockford, Ill. and Larry Pruess
'67, Hilbert, Dec. 22. The bride is completing her
senior year at La Crosse and Pruess is attending
warrant officers' flight school in Ft. Wolters,
Tex.
Alyce Schneeberger '67 and Wilbert A. Wehrenberg,
both of La Crosse. The couple live in
Rosemount, Minn. Wehrenberg is a managertrainee
with Super Valu stores in Minneapolis
and the bride is a third grade teacher.
Gail Stewart '68, Madison, and Robert Wilson,
Bethpage, N.Y., Feb. 24. The couple live in
Flushing, N.Y.
Nancy Sweeney '68, Onalaska, and James D.
Smart '67, Mauston. At home in Chicago, Ill.
where the bridegroom is a claims adjustor for
the Social Security Administration.
Virginia Lommen '68, Green Bay, and Karl
Iverson, La Crosse. At home at 920 Cameron
Ave., La Crosse.
Pamela Gibson and James Webster '68, both
of Darlington, Jan. 27. The groom is a high
school teacher and coach in Mauston.
Portrait of Miss Drake
Presented to Dormitory
A portrait of Miss Alice Drake was presented
to Drake Hall as a gift from alumni and friends.
Miss Drake, retired director of the elementary
education division, was honored at an informal
reception in February when the portrait was
accepted for the residence hall by Drake Hall
president, Jo Anne Bogacz.
1921-1930
Mrs. Walter Kleinsmith (Mable Moe) '22,
Middleton, retired as the full-time bookkeeper
and general office worker of the Middleton
Farmers' Co-op to become a part-time employee.
Future plans include spending more time
with her family, hobbies and some traveling.
Rose Erickson '24, B.S. '45 retires this spring.
She has been principal at Hamilton School, La
Crosse, since 1949.
1931·1940
Mrs. Raymond Steidl (Esther Runnestrand)
'31, West Allis, is a first grade teacher. During
the past two summers she has demonstrated the
Initial Teaching Alphabet for Dr. Carrithers
workshop for teachers at the University of Wis­
.consin - Milwaukee.
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Hubert Parr '65 is teaching .7th and 8th grades
in Readstown.
Mrs. Roger Ready (Lois Johnson) '65 is teaching
in Rochester, Minn.
Marlin Schneider '65 was a finalist for the
Outstanding Young Educator award given by
the. Wisconsin Rapids Jaycees. He is a social
studies instructor at Lincoln High.
Robert Shimanski '65 was appointed staff
psychiatric social worker for Marathon County
Guidance Center.
1966
John P. Clements '66 has graduated from
Officer Training School at Lackland AFB, Tex,
and has been commissioned a second lieutenant.
He is being assigned to Williams AFB, Arizona
for training as a pilot.
Karen Currie '66 is teaching at the American
International School, P.O. Box 2803, Victoria
Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Dennis M. Fitzgerald '66 graduated from the
Officers Candidate School at the Army Artillery
and Missile Center, Ft. Sill, Okla. and has been
commissioned a second lieutenant.
Karen Krueger '66 is a medical technician at
Parkway Hospital, North Miami Beach, Fla.
James E. Miller '66 is a pharmaceutical sales
representative with the Upjohn Co. He and his
wife live in Wausau.
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1967
Bruce E. Berg '67 has completed basic training
at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned
to Amarillo AFB, Tex., for specialized training
as an administrative specialist.
Kathryn Deppeler '67 is a district food supervisor
for the S. S. Kresge Co.
Mary Donnermeyer '67 has joined the Juneau
County Department of Social Services as a
social worker.
Michael Ehrhardt '67 is a physical education
instructor at Benton High School. He lives in
Platteville.
Neil N. Greinke '67 has been commissioned a
second lieutenant in the U. S. Air Force. He has
been assigned to Moody AFB, Ga., for training
as a pilot.
William E. Gries '67, Nancy Hoff '67 and
Maribeth Peiniger '65 are doing graduate work
at Pennsylvania State University.
Frank Grover '67 has been commissioned a
second lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He has
been assigned to Chanute AFB, Ill. for training
as a weather officer.
Lynda Howell '67 is studying Christian Education
at Evangelical Theological Seminary,
Naperville, Ill.
Phillip L. Johnson '67 has completed basic
training at Amarillo AFB, Tex. He has been
assigned as an administrative specialist with
a unit of the Air Defense Command at Kincheloe
AFB, Mich.
Dennis M. Fitzgerald
Neil N. Greinke
1968
Bruce E. Berg
Duane .1. Mara
Mrs. Duane Kidd (Sandra Lau) '67 is a second
lieutenant in the Womens Army Corps.
Duane .1. Mara '67 has completed basic training
at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned
to Sheppard AFB, Tex., for specialized
training as a statistical data specialist.
Shirley Walsvik Merrill '67 is teaching deaf
children in Racine, Wis. She lives in Oak Creek.
Telotey A. O'Brian '67 is teaching physical
education in Medford.
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Tooke '67 report the birth
of a daughter, Laura Lynn, on Jan. 26.
Thomas Adams'68 is teaching social studies
to seventh and eigth graders in Arcadia.
Dan Ehler '68 is working toward his masters
degree in rehabilitation counseling and has
been awarded a $1,800 fellowship from the
University of Illinois.
Thomas Pellet '68 has been accepted by the
U.S. Navy Officers Candidate School in Newport,
R.I.
Kenneth Pliskie '68 is teaching physical education
in the Montello school system.
Harry Warriner '68, former La Crosse State
golf ace, has turned professional and will take
the head pro job at the Maple Grove Country
Club, West SaTem.
Barbara Zimmerman '68 participated in the
Women's A.A.U. National Basketball Tournament
help in Gallup, N.M. earlier this spring.
Miss Zimmerman was previously selected to
the second team All-Stars during the Wisconsin
A.A.U. Tournament in Milwaukee. She is presently
teaching physical education in Green Bay.
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