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Volume XLV, Issue No. 5 Published by the boys ofFatheT Flanagan's Boys' Home, Boys Town, Nebr.

Gene Albert Wichita Kansas

Kenneth Bock Euclid Ohio

John Chesire Omaha

~Nebraska

Boys Town Senior Class Of 1962

Gayle Anders Omaha

Nebraska

Sheldon Bosto Carlton

Minnesota

Thomas Clay Duluth

Minnesota

George Anderson Cleveland

Ohio

Oliver 'Brown Colorado Springs

Colorado

Gary Coberley Fremont Missouri

David Austin Denver

Colorado

Michael Buban Centerville

Iowa

Michael Cole Denver

Colorado

A velino Ayala San Antonio

T.exas

. .)'ohn Buckl~y Chicago Illinois

Edward Colvin Springfield

Illinois

Denni'S Bates Ottumwa

Iowa

James Cad del Chicago Illinois

Joseph Battershall Leo Billingsley Denver Grand Junction

Colorado Colorado

Donald Campbell SpenCer Indiana

John Cannon Seaford

Delaware

Eugene Condren 1George Connolly Thomas Conoboy

Carleton Omaha Fargo Michigan Nebraska · North Dakota

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Michael Binder Chicago Illinois

Nelson Carter Wheeling

West Virginia

LaTry Cook Omaha

Nebraska

David Coyle Omaha

Nebraska

Ernest Crocker York

Nebraska

James Cyr Oxford Indiana

Leroy DavenpOrt omaha

Nebraska

Billy Davis Port Arthur

Texas

Larry Dawson Phoenix Arizona

Joseph D'eitering James Del V e.cchio Sv,:ea City Sioux Falls

Royce Devers Wichita Falls

.Texas

Jerald Diederich Robert Dirkx Sidney Templeton

Nebraska Iowa

Mich;.el Flander Oskaloosa

Iowa

William Floyd Council Bluffs

Iowa

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Wayne Dreessen Lawrence Driscoll Elbert Edwards Omaha Cedar Rapids Willow Springs

Nebraska Iowa Missouri

.Tames Gallegos Denver

Colorado

James Garity Falls Church

Virginia

Guy Garrigan Manitowoc Wisconsin

Fred Edwards Waterloo

Iowa

James Garza Om:Ula

Nebraska

Iowa South Dakota

Lester Edwards Bovill Idaho

James Gauthier Mankato

Minnesota

Roy. Elam San Diego California

Lawrence Gilg O'Neill

Nebraska

Robert Ewing Laredo Texas

Tracy Ginn Chicago Illinois

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BOYS TOWN TIMES

_R_t.,.R_ev_ • .,.M_sgr=-·-N_,_· c_h_o_la_s_H_. _w_e_:gnc_e_r ___ Publisher and Owner Volume XLV, Issue No.5 May 11, 1962

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Copyright 1962 by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home All Rights Reserved. . ·

Permission is herewith given for republication in part or in full of any article published in the Boys Town Tiines.

------------·----- -- -In Tribute _________ _ By John Chesire ·

Mayor of Boys Town

The time is drawing near when we, the Class of 1962, will be graduated from the Boys Town High School. But more important, it is the end of our stay at a Home which'has reared most of us for five years or more. In this we are sad. It is not a sadness which breeds despair, but rather a sadness which fosters determination. It is an opportunity to prove and to perfect those things which we have gained through our stay at Boys Town.

Do y_ou realize what runs through th<;> mind of an 18-year-old when he is faced with a radical change such as this? He is frightened, because he is human. He will shed tears, in secret, because he is proud. He would like to say "Thank You" in such a way that every one will know he is sincere. He struggles for those words and expressions which will 'do this, and he cannot find them.

He does realize that the only way to say "Thank You" is to respond with actions which will make all those who. contributed to his all-around growth proud of him. Upon realizing this he sets out with unwavering fortitude. He sees no chance for failure and he cannot understand it when it confronts him. His path is rugged, but only because he has goals which are not common to the ordinary young adult of our day. Therefore he will not fail.

Boys Town 'instills this spirit into its graduates. The Boys Town graduate must be independent, yet not so inde­pendent that he believes himself an island, incapable of hu­man error. I firmly believe that after eight years in the Home I have gained more than I could have in a 'closely-knit family. Granted, the family type love and protection is miss­ing. This, in turn, makes us realize, respect and cherish these -things when we ourselves :will be fortunate enough to assume our role as head of a family. • . ,

A boy at Boys Town learns that one thing is all-import­ant. That is, of course, human relationship. A boy at the Home must get along with other boys or he does not fit in. At the same time he:! knows that to follow the crowd can be a:S injurious to his character as being an introvert or a misfit. Learning this and experiencing it over the years prepares him for life in the community. .

All this comes down to one thing: we are frightened, but we become strong in our fear, because we are prepared.

It is impossible for me to put into words what I have gained here at Boys Town. I would never attempt this for fear that I would fall short of what I 'really feel. I know it is eJ.:-pected of me. Forgive me that I cannot do it.

What others have said or will say matters little to me. Boys Town perfects the individual and expects him to act like an individual.

Shakespeare, through one of his many characters, said: "To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as' the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man." I really feel that I can speak for all the boys wpen I say that Boys Town teaches this principle day in and day out.

We are grateful, truly grateful, for the service that has been given to us by the teachers, counselors, welfare work­ers, coaches, deans and, above all, Monsignor Wegner. We came from all parts of the eartl].. We leave as a unit, parting sadly; and all because· of the devoted service that has been given us by these people. j

We observed and tried to find those things ih these , persons which would make us assets to society. We found · these things. This is a credit to them, in that we are and will be what they were and are now. When we are judged, they , are judged. Because,of this, we will leave with supreme con- . fidence.

We cannot fail those who taught us, nor can we fail those who believed in us. They are Boys Town. So we say "Thank You, Boys Town." Our only purpose will be to live as they live, helping others.

)3J>YS_TOWN_TIMES -----May 11, .}9.~~

.BOYS. TOWN SENIOR CLASS or' 1962

Mlt:hul'l Ludke Hopkins

MinneSota

Robert Lyons Tulsi:l

Oklahoma

D. McAndrews Mike McCarthy Larry McLeaney Gerald Marity Omaha Sacramento ' Omaha Minneapolis

Nebraska CalLfornia Nebraska Minnesota

May 11,1962_

Donald Marx St. Paul

Minnesota

Paul Niebling Cincinnati

Ohio

Charles Riley Logansport

Indiana

Larry Mayer Sioux Falls

South Dakota

D. Olberding Carroll Iowa

N. Rodriquez Pueblo

Colorndo

Carroll Miller Columbus Nebraska

James Orr Atlantic City New Jersey

BO.Y.~. TOWN TIME~

BOYS TOWN SENIOR CLASS OF 1962

David Mi.llcr Jasper

Indiana

Dcryl Miller Columbus Nebraska

John Miller Brookfield

Illinois

Robert Moffit Hobbs

New Mexico·

James Morgan Sterling Kansas

William Osby Willard Phillips Bernard Prokop William Reed Patrick Render Omaha Lincoln S1oux City Council Bluffs Missouri Valley

Nebraska Nebraska Iowa Iowa · Iowa

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Dennis Morris William Nahson Omaha Dubuque

Nebraska Iowa

G. 'Reynolds Cleveland

Ohio

Edward Rhudy Augusta Georgia

Pierre Ruffin John Rutherford Sam Saitta Des Moines

Iowa

Roy Salazar Scottsbluff Nebraska

Dick Schmidt C. Schratzmeier Ronald Siebler Robert Sitzmann Wichita Russell Kansas Kansas

Wahoo Altoona Omaha Sioux City Nebraska Pennsylvania Nebraska Iowa

Michael Smith Robert C. Smith Robert R. Smith Sigmund Sokol James Spitler Blair Kansas City Medidne Lodge What Cheer ],'ort Dodge

Jerald Staten Austin Texas

Ronald Stell Bethany

Oklahoma

Wm. St. John David Stowers Timothy Subra Omaha Portage St. Cloud

Nebraska Kansas Kansas Iowa Iowa

Edward Svehla Norfolk

Nebraska

G. Van Wieren Grand Rapids

Michigan

Franlt Svehla James Sweeting Mike Swinhart Grand Island Miami Muncie

Nebraska Florida Indiana

R. Van Wieren Grano Rap1ds

Michigan

Daniel Voeller Donald Vo~llt:r ;:;,1oux .b..,alls ~wux Falls

South Dakota South Dakota .

Michael Terry George Throne Washington Smith Center

D. C. Kansas

Bob Tombollo Sioux City

Iowa

John Walsh El Pa•o Texas .

Leo Wegener Jerry Wen ti~J

Nor~hYJ)~kota 1 :eb~f~st

Nebraska Wisconsin Minnesota

Felix Torres Pueblo

Colorado

Jam~s Wolte (.uuncil Bluils.

Iowa

Walter Urban J. Vanderheiden Toledo Laurel

Ohio Nebraska

Karl Woodard Richard Worden AshtabLtla Toledo

Ohio Ohio

1962 Class Of Seniors Gained Seniors Largest Experience In InHome,sHistory City Government

The 145 seniors who will ·re~ ceive their high school diplomas from Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, director of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home, at the 26th annual commencement exercises to be held Sunday afternoon, June 3, at the Music Hall, comprise the largest class ever to be gradu­ated from .the Boys Town high school.

In recent years, since the com­pletion of the building expan­sion program in 1948, the gradu­ates have averaged about 100, with the largest previous class having been in 1957, with 115 graduates receiving diplomas.

The 1962 graduates have an average residence of four years, four months at Boys Town, with a total residence of 628 years.

From the standpoint of resi­dence at the Home, the oldest graduate is Jerry Wentzel, who came to Boys Town from Nor­folk, Nebr., on July 24, 1953, giving him a tenure of eight years and somewhat more than 10 months.

Close behind is Pat Render, who' came from Missouri Valley, Iowa, on August 19, 1953, the youngest of a group of four brothers. The older brothers, Tom, Edward and Richard, all

Among the 145 seniors who are candidates for high school diplomas at the commencement exercises next month are many who have gained valuable ex" perience in governmental aJ:fairs through participation in the B o y s To w n self-government program.

Heading the list is Mayor John Chesirc, who is now servinp; his second term in the top Boys Town governmental post. Mayor Chesire also holds· the posts of councilman and commissioner in the city government,. in addition to his duties as mayor.

Others who have held the post of councilman in the Boys Town government are Michael Cole, George Connolly, Ken Jackson, James Krick and John Vander­heiden.

All five also have combined duties as commissioner with their position of councilman.

Serving as City Clerk to Mayor Chesire in his first term was Duane McAndrews, while Patrick Render is the mayor's City Clerk in the second term. Both boys also serve as com­missioners.

Others

. ··---··--E~~;li~{xi\e~~~ii!~~ge-n--e···----·-l·':'o•;rm,,.~_.,r~la_.u,_,,_Cl!:r.:cntc!"-u;:•~'"·l-~~-~-~;~~~ili~~~~:ill~~llij~~~~~E:!~~~~~~~~~illd~~~=.::::..:_::: who came from Cannon N. D., in January, 1954. Another graduate with more than eight years of residence at Boys Town is Mike Buban, who came from Centerville, Iowa, in April, 1954. "iiihii;tzj~eier,

Eleven of the graduates have e been at Boys Town more than seven years, 12 have a residence of more. than six years, 18 have been at the Home five years or longer, and 34 have been Boys Town citizens for more than four years.

Twenty-eight of the boys have a residence of more than three years, 26 have been at the Home more than two years, and the re~ rnaining 13 have been at Boys Town .for more than a year.

Ninety-seven boys, two .thirds of all the graduates, have re~ ceived their entire high schoo.l education at Boys Town, and of this number, 78 also received their 8th grade diplomas as Boys Town citizens. ----Music Is Popular Wifh 1962 Seniors

A considerable amount of musical talent is represented among the 145 Boys Town citi­zens who wiil receive their high school diplomas this year.

Thirty-one boys have been members of the Boys Town Choir, directed by Msgr. Francis P. Schmitt, while 18 boys have played in the Boys Town Band, directed by Mr. Ira George, and eight have been members of string ensembles, under the dl" rection of Mr. Carl Lyon.

Ten members of the choir also have played in the band, four of the choristers a~so· have played in string ensembles, while three members of the band have add­ed stringed instruments to their music;tl enterprise.

Three boys have sung 1.n the choir, played in the band, and also have played in string en­sembles.

Members of the choir have been Joe Ayala, James Cadell, Thomas Conoboy, James Cyr, Joseph Deitering, Edt Colvin, Leroy Davenport, Billy Davis, Lawrence Driscoll, Dave Herbel, James Hill.

Richard Holmes. Ken Jackson, John Lamphere, Everett Lese~ berg, Arnold Lightfoot, Larry McLeaney, Gerald Marity, Mike McCarthy, William Osby, Roy Salazar, Robert C. Smith, Dean Phillips.

Patrick Render, Pierre .Ruffin, James Sweeting, John Vander­heiden, Gordon and Roger Van Weiren, Raymond Swinhart and Michael Terry.

Of these Conoboy, Cyr, Her­bel; Jackson, Lamphere, Lese~ berg, Osby, Sweeting and the

number of the boys also have served as class of£ioe1·s.

Mayor Chesire is president of the senior, and also headed the junior class, after serving as vice president of his freshrnan and sophomore classes.

Larry Cook was vice president of his freshman class, president of the sophomore class, secretary of the junior class, and is vice president of the senior class.

Duane McAndrews was vice president of his junior class, and is now senior class secretary, while Gayle Anders was the secretary of his junior class.

Most Graduates Have Training In Trades

A great majority of the seniors who will receive their high school- diplomas at this year's commencement exercises also will receive a trade certifi­cate indicating they have com­pleted training in one of the vo­cational courses in the Boys Town trade school.

In addition to the 96 boys who continued their vocational train~ ing through their senior year, a number of others have taken trade coUl."ses as underclassmen, and then transferred to a straight academic coUrse in thejr senior year. Others who have taken academic courses during the regular school year hav:e taken opportunity of the summer school session to obtain some training in a trade.

Van Weiren brothers have doubled in instrumental music.

Others who have been mem­bers of the band are Gayle An­ders, Nelson Carter, Robert Dirkx, James Gallegos, '!'racy Ginn, Bob Lewandowski, Chet Schratzmeier and Robert C. Smith.

Of this group, Carter, Galle­gos and Smith also were mem~ bers of stringed ensembles. Others in the stringed groups, who were also choir members, were Conoboy, Jackson, Lam~ phere and Ruffin.

The only member of a string ensemble who neither sang in the choir or played In the band was Mayor John Chesire.

Participating In choral music, the band, and stringed ensembles were Conoboy, Jackson and Lamphere.

Boys Town Schools Are Accredited By The North Central Association Horne And School O~erctg~ia~tic stan~a~ds, tl)e quai-

lty of sche>ol adnurustratwn and faculty, and the scope an~ ade" quacy of.:the curriculum offered play an· important role in the considerations for membership. Further~ in case of Boys Town, the entire institution was judged and evalUated.

New Members Of 19-State Group

The Boys Town school system has been accredited as a member of the North Central Association of Secondary Schools and Col­leges, Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, director of Boys Town, ha:s an" nounced.

Msgr. Roman Ulrich, a member of the Boys Town staff and Oma~ ha, Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. Harold Crawford, Boys Town Superin~ tendent of Schools, attended the meeting in Chicago ·at whkh action accrediting Boys Town was taken. '

The North Central Association (NCA), founded in 1395, is a voluntary, extra~legal associ­ation of higher institutions and secondary schpols·which share a common purpose-the improve­ment of education.

Membership denotes r<'cog­nition of a school's educational program, and presents an op~ portunity to work with .NCA members toward improvement o:( educational services.

The North Central Association operates in 19 states, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, In­diana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wym:ning.

Initial application for member­ship in the NCA was made in February of this year. The ac~ crediting climaxed a year-long study and evaluation of all phases of the program of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home which was suobmitted to the Association as a basis for consideration of membership.

A school under consideration by the NCA for membership in the Association is judged upon the basis of the total pattern it presents as an institution of its type, and, in terms of its own philosophy, the purpose which it serves in its own community.

Since Boys Town is a Home and a community, as well as a school, and is de,.oted. to the total educational process and de­velopment of its citizens, the study went far beyond the or­dinary considerations lfor mem~

The usual extra-curricular ac~ tivities such as athletics, music, 4~H programs and similar activi~ ties, based on well-defined uur~ poses, and designed primarily to s e r v e important educational needs of the students, were con~ sidered.

In addition, since Boys Town assumes responsibility for the social, economic, religious and recreational needs of its citizens, and their general health and welfare-responsibilities that or" dinarily are assumed by the family unit and by the commun­ity-these factors, as well as the school prqgram, were taken into consideration.

Thus, the quality and adequa" cy of the social work, case work and counseling service offered, the facilities for medical and dental care, the opportunity for spiritual and religious develop~ ment, recreational oPportunities apart from the physical edu­cation programs of ~he school and interschOlastic athletic par­ticipation, Scouting and hobby and craft programs, and all the other various services llnd op~ portunities offered by Boys Town, were judged and evalu­ated.

The Boys Town school system from its inc~ption has been ac" credited by, the State of Nebras­ka, and all :faculty members meet the standards required by the State Department of Education. Not until this year, however, did Boys Town make application for membership in the NCA.

Membership In the North Central. ~Association is recog~ nition that the Boys Town school system- meets not only the re­quirements established by t}?.e State Department of Educat1on, but that it meets the rigid stand­ards established by the NCA for its members.

Four Sets Of Brothers Are Among Graduates

Among the gaduates of the Boys Town high school this year are four sets of brothers, two of the sets being twins.

Memorial Service For Founder Next Week

Memorial services for Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan will be held next Tuesday, May 15, to com" memorate the 14th anniversary of the death of the Boys Town founder. ,

Father Flanagan died in Ber" lin, Germany, May 15, 1948, while on a youth welfare mission for the United St'ltes govern­ment, similar to the ·one which he undertook the previous yea1: to Japan and Korea.

The body of Father Flanagan was flown back to the United States, and was laid to rest in the Dowd Memorial Chapel at Boys Town.

Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, di­rector of Boys Town, will b~ the celebrant of the memorial mass.

Two Eagle Scouts Among Senior Grads

Among the seniors who will be graduated from the Boys Town high school are a con~ siderable number who have been activ.e"in· Explorer and Scouting units during the time they have been citizens of Father Flana" gan's Boys' Home.

Two of the seniors have achieved Eagle rank, the highest award in Scouting. They are NelsOn Carter and Paul Lane, both members of Explorer Post 89. Both Nelson and Paul also have earned the Bronze Palm for earning five merit badges over and above the requirement of 21 merit badges for the Eagle rank.

Other boys who have been Scouts and Explorers at Boys Town are Dennis Bates, .Kennekh Bock. George· Anderson, Dav11l Austin, Joe Battershall, Oliver Brown, Donald Campbell, .Tames Del Vecchio.

Royce Devers, AI Edwards, Fred Edwards, Les Edwards, Michael Flander, Roy Elam, Bill Floyd, Guy Garrigan, Tracy Ginn, Chris Johnson, Michael Knoblauch, Guy Lewis,' Dean Horton, Richard Keegan.

.Tames Kriclt, Otto Kussmann, Michael Ludke, Dennis Morris, William Nanson, James Orr, Bob Sitzmann, Michael Smith, James Spitler and Richard Worden.

The twin brothers are Carroll and Deryl Miller of Columbus, Nebraska, and Dan and Don Voeller of Sioux Falls, S. D.

The other brother coml>i­nations among the graduates are Edward and Frank Svehla of Norfolk, Nebr., and Gordon and Roger Van Weiren of Grand Rapids, Mich.