BOYS TO'IVi't ..flJ'I\ES Registered in U.S. Patent Office Volume ·xLV, Issue No. 11 November 9, 1962 I . Stephen Polcherf Choir Presenfs I Has Exhibit In Concerf Before International Arts · 1 Leaving On Tour Mr. Stephen Polchert, head oi the ceramics department in the Boys Town trade school, whose work has been exhibited nZ~tion~ ally and internntlonally, ------been·-invited--to-send -so·m<>-O'( -his-·-'--"!­ pottery pieces to mation Agency The "going away" concert will tour Argentina, opened with two 16th Century may be exhibited Madrigals by Thomas Morley nations of the world. and Robert Jones, followed by ·This is but the latest in a series "Der Herr Segne Euch," by J. S. of exhibits which have gained Bach, and two Marienliedcr by :increasing recognition for Mr. Johannes Brahms, along with Polchert's work. He has exhibit­ 14Lo How a Rose e'er Blooming," ed jewelry and met'al work at by Hugo Distler, a 20th Cent·ury the Smithsonian Institute in composer. Washington, and frequently has A· group of Songs !or Twelfth entered exhibits of pott-ery at Night featured some of the well­ Joslyn Museum in Omaha, and at known Christmas carols, along other regional exhibits. with other lesser known but The piece selected for exhibit beaut1ful carols from many in the international show is a nations. ceramic jar. During most of this: portion, In the recent second Omaha the stage was darkened, With Area Artists Exhibit, op.en to 1 each of the choristers lighting a before use because the heat 1 f F d small electric torch. artists within a 20~mile radius of changes their color." 1 0fffi8r Qffi Boys Ar~'Generous In Omaha, Mr. Polchert entet'ed ree The second portion of the pro¥ three ceramic pieces, one of Getting recognition at shows, ' gram was devoted to liturgical which was chosen as one o£ five whether national or local, de- ucs Fund Campaign music which would be a chall­ pends largely upon the tastes of F"Ig hi R II S enge to any professional choral pieces which received honorable the JUdges, Mr. Polchert says. er eca mention at the show. The winn~ Boys Town citizens of· high group. Selections from 15th and 11 spl~ndid 16th Centruy masters of poly­ ~JL~~p~ece was . entitled Flat ''Sometimes you are rejected school age made a when you think you have a record in the :i:-ecent Omaha phony such as Palestrina, DuFa:y, Hungarian Revolt United Community Service-Red Victoria and Jacobus Gallus ·All three of the pieces were winner, and then, when you least Feather-Red . Cross campaign, opened this portion. among the 60 entries at the expect .~t, YOll-7 entry will be ac- A former HuOgarian Freedom Contributing more than $300 to Also included were works of show selected for an exhibition cepted. ..., Fighter and record-holding long this worthy cause. more modern composers such ;os at the Joslyn Museum. £he other I Mr. Polchert is in his: eighth 1 distance runner stopped off at This was the finest record in Anton Bruckner, as well as con­ two entries w e r e "Striped year of teaching ceramics at the IBoys Town recently QD a mara­ Boys Town history, and merited temporary writers like Max Bottle" and "Two-Plant Plant- Boys Town trade school. He thon walk from San Francisco a· commendation from Msgr. Jobst, Russell Woolen and Her­ er." . came .to Omaha to teach sculp- to New YorK, marking the. sixth Nicholas .H. Wegner to the· boys man Strategier. In addition to Mr. Polcht::rt's o ture, c«;ra.mics, and ~ew-o~ry I anniver_sary of the Hungarian for their generosity. The final portion again was in own exhibits, the works of two m_etalsm1thmg at the Uruvers1ty revolll;tlOn. . The contributions were entire­ a lighter vein, being devoted to of his Boys Town students also of Omaha. He lS Istvan. Sere7;1y1, 44, who ly voluntary, being taken by the music in the :folk song category, were entered in the Omaha Area He came to Boys To"WD. as head has. been runnmg smce he w_as boys from their own savl.Dgs such as the sprightly Bavanan exhibit, and all were chosen for of the pottery department when 15. He has v.:on se~erallong-~1s~ funds to share with those in the melody, uHo La Li,'' and the Omaha Community" who are in t~ Joslyn ~xh.ibition. Mr. John O'Neill, who had join- ~;~~1s, ~~ndn~~gor!~i~e h:tt~~ need of help. French "A-pril Wakens Love." ctr John Sop1cki,entered two cer- ed the Boys Town staff to estab- the Hungarian five-thousand and Included.'-M,were two Viennese amic pieces, and Mario Madura ~:d ~ig~fkye~%e:~o.department! 10-thousand-meter records. ~--- numbers -~Which the late Father also had, t:vo ceramic pieces. Mr. Serenyi started his Free- Flanagan, founder of Boys Town, Productlon of clay stonewr.~.re · Mr. O'Neill had taken over dam Walk in San Francisco on Mike PaneUa, 1953 had acquired for the choir while starts with a lll;mP of cl~y, ~- the direction of the ceramics de- Sept. 11, and hopes to reach New he was· on a youth welfare mis­ Polchert explams, w h l c h lS partment following the death of York by Thanksgiving Day. lf Grad, Revisils Home sion for the U. S. Government in shaped as it rotates on a potter's Mr. William· Wilkins. who had he holds to his schedule, he Austria and Germany in 1948. They were found amorig his whe-el. ~stabl~hed pottery as a trade at would break the transcontinental w~ ~1~~n~a~~~i~~ at~ 9~3e g~~:X~ effects following his death in After shaping, a glaze is brush- oys own. walking record of 77 days, set ate of the Boy,; '!:own high school Berlin on May 15 of that year, ed or sprayed on, and the piece Mr.- Wilkins had learned the in 1909. who stopped by while on ~va- and they have been included in is heated to a temperature of pottery trade in, his native Brjs- The breaking of the record, cation to renew acquaintances. the , choir's repertoire on a p~rhaps 2,400 d-egrees. The nre- to!, England, th~ fourth gene- however, is a matter of p~rsonal Mike is now living in Phila" nwD.ber of concert tours. c1se te~perature depends on the ration in his family ' who had pride. The. chief purpose of his delphia, Pa., and is employed by Other selections were the compos1tion of the clay and of followed the pottery trade. walk is to ·call attention to the the Sylvan Seal Dairy. American folk song, "Way Up on the glazes used. Mr. Polchert received his anniV'E!rsary of the Hungarian =:....:::==~=·=='-'---- Old Smoky/' and George Gersh­ 4'You must constantly experi~ bachelor's and master's degrees revolution, and to alert the win's "Summertime," and two ment with glazes," Mr. Polchert from Cranbrook Academy of Art nation to the dangers of com- Spirituals, "Gain' to. Shout All said. uThey must also· be tested at Bloomfield Hills, Mich. munism. over God's Heaven," and "Soon Mr. Serenyi took part :in the . I Will be Done." , Hungarian Freedom Fight six Several encores were offered years ago-a gallant bid for in response to prolonged ap­ liberty which was ruthlessly "·-to>>t-.Lon~ plause by the audience. crushed by Soviet troops and Mr. Emmanuel Leem.ans tanks. 41 ! want to call to the attention of free Americans 'the plight of people living under Communist slavery," said -the man who fought for his country's liberty I six years ago and· lost. Accompanying Mr. Serenyi was the Rev. Tiber Domotor, a Hungarian priest and central president of the Independent Hungarian Freedom Fighters As­ sociation, who also had been an active leader in the Freedom Fight of 1956. Father Domotor and Mr. Serenyi spent a night at Boys Town as guests of Msgr. Nicholas H. Wegner, and tarried several hours the following morning to have an opportunity to see something of the Boys Town program. 04Many Americans feel that Communism could never take ov-er in this country/' Eather Domotor said. 44I remember talking to a South American leader some years ago who claimed that Latin America would never submit to Commu­ nism, but look at Cuba today, Communism came, not bccanse Istvan Serenyi, center, a former Hungarian Freedom Fighter the people wanted it, but be­ and champion long distance runnez:, stopped at Boys Town recently Richar:d Durrett, Nashville, Tenn., is shown working on .a bust cause they were not aware of the on his marathon walk from San Francisco to New York to call at~ which he is sculpturing in the Boys Town pottery shop. Richard, dang-er until it was too l~tc." tention of Americans to the sixth 'anniversary of the Hungarian a senior, made the basic form by the old Indian coil method of In 1960, on the fourth anniver­ uprising. At left is Father Wegner, and at right is the Rev. Tiber winding strips of cla:y into the desired shape. The detailed features sary of the Hungarian revolt. Mr. Domotor, a Hungarian priest, who accompanied Mr. Serenyi on and filtishlng touches are then added. Serenvi ran from New York C!itv his transcontinental iournev. PAG;E TWO BOYS TOWN :IIMES BOYS TOWN TIMES Ronald Loar·Has Registered In U. S. Patent Office Published Monthly at Boys Town, Nebraska, In the· interest or Prize Essay On the Homeless Boy. Rt. Rev. Msgr. E. J. Flanagan, Fonnder Publisher, 1917-1948 Foreign Coins Rt. Rev. Msgr. Nicholas .B. Wegner l"ublisher and Owner Volume XLV, Issue No. 11 -"------::cN:-o-v-em-='b-er--=9:..,.,.1.,.96::-::-2 Mr. Melvin Stark of the Ph\la­ Matic Center staff also is presi- , Subscription, one year, $3.00; :two years, $5.00. dent of the Omaha Coin Club. Also, he has established a little Second Class Postage paid at Boys Town, Nebraska. coin club among Boys Town citi­ zens, with a membership of Copyright 1962 by Father Flanagan's Boys' Home eight. All Rights Reserved. What the boys lack In number, Permission is herewith given for republication in part or in full t~~~ia~~~e T'tre/n ~::£ ~~~en~ of any article published in the B9ys Town Times. week, on Sunday a:.fternoons. , Recently, in a move to stimu­ late further interest in numis­ matics, Mr. Stark gave each boy Father a :foreign coin, with the promise that the boy writing the best paper relating to his coin would · Wegner receive a prize. 1 All hurried off to see s could find. One lad

The end result of proper child training is the formation ·of the kind of habits that constitute the basis for character growth. To grow in character the chlld needs to learn habits of work, habits of play, habits of study, habits of health, and Cage Wars Press habits of worshlp. Habits make the man. Once a habit has been acquired it becomes a part of your personality make-up. Hard On Heels Of We are as we do. This is especially true when an action is repeated over and veer far from his course or to remain out of it very lo'?-g· But the strength of the hold that habits have on us can also be a disadvantage when training is neglected. A bad habit, once it has become firmly rooted, is as difficult to up­ root as a. good habit is to break. Parents who neglect their boy's training are guilty ·of grave irresponsibility which often is reflected in the irresponsibilty of the child. After all, can the boy who has not been taught to !mow better or train­ ed to do better be expected to do better? A habit is a way of doing. It involves action: A habit is a behavior.pattern. Usually when we think of habits we have· in mind those more obvious forms of response commonly as­ sociated with overt behavior. Thus we .think of the habit of worship in terms of church attendance, prayer and the more El B E h h obvious indications of religious practice. The habit of war- even OYS X i it ship indeed emb.races all of these ways of doing, but it also embraces another and broader kind of action that involves Model Cars A1 Joslyn the way we think and feel, such as the habit of reverence. Eleven Boys Town citizens, al'l The attitude a boy has toward life is conditioned by the residents of Ryan Hall, had. kind of habit training he has received as much as the way he ~~~;h~a~~ ~~~er.f~s/;n •J~;~;~ walks or goes about his work. Attitudes of cheerfulness, re- in Omaha. The exhibits were Ia spect, trust, reverence and all the rest indicate that the boy cated in a glass display case has not only learned to do well, but tha he also has. been shared with jhe South Oinahi taught to understand and appreciate why he does. as he does. Model Car Club. It is faii:- to say that no boy's training has been complete Je~o;! 1i~;~Wfy~~·~~~i~~n%~' or entirely efficacious until his habits of mind and heart as Earl Peace, John Aquino, Jame; reflected in his attitudes give meaning to his actions. The and S~eyen Anquoe, Jim Brew cultivation of right habits may begin with the conditioning er, W1lham Penner and Dav1d , of a boy's overt responses, but it does not end there, for it is I SwT.a:so:. d Vl-u.:I'I:ILJI).g'~:a lathe in the trade school machine shop is Philip 1 1 1 y;h3..t a p~rson is and what h~ seeks to become, as mirrored der :he LSfu~;k:'ca: ~!ath~e h~~d ~~~d;·b~~ ±~s~·~:chin~t ;~~~t,isw~:ee ~ ~).dui'o{h:sv~~~~l~~F~~~~ m his attitudes, that matters m the long run. counselor, Mr. Henry Grenier. . cation building offering useful trades to Boys Town citizens. November 9 1962

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Boys Town Romps .. Midget Cowboys

Against 8th-Rated Win League Title I .Michigan Team Eye State Crown Coach Skip Palrang's Cowboys Fifteen football helmets soar~ played alert, heads-up football ed into the late afternoon sky at as they downed a fine Han'l­ Boys Town on a recent Sunday tramck team, 39-12, in the third a,fternoon.. straight victory over the Cosmos. - This was the start ,of Boys Hamtramck, rated the No. 8 Town's celebration over winning team in Michigan, was sparked the Omaha Midget Football by J. B. Keys, a brilliant half­ League championship for the back, hailed by Detrott sports · first time since 1955. writers as a second Willie Flem­ Sparked by Gerald Arvieux•s ing. And Keys showed early in first of the season, the game why he was being com­ and by Dennis Bagley's lcey pared with Fleming, a Ham­ , Boys Town edged Bran­ tramck lad who went on to col­ deis of Omaha, 8-7, in the legiate stardom at the Universi­ championship play-off g~me be- ty of Iowa. .1 fore f9ur thousand fans. George Buckler kicked of:C :Cor · The victory moved Boys Town the Cowboys, the ball going into within one game of the Nebras­ the end zone, and the Cosmos ka championship, with Coach took over on their own 20. On Scott Clark's youngsters meeting the first play from scrimmage, Leons Olf Lincoln. for the state Keys swept around his right end title. . for 52 yards. In six plays; with : The play-off for the league Keys carrying four times, J. B. championship w a s necessary went the final five yards to put when the Midget Cowboys lost the Cosmos in to the lead. the last .game of the regular sea- The Cowboys failed to make . Son. · downs, and had to . This The coaching staff of the Boys .Town football teams ~s composed of the quintet shown ·above. Brandeis, which had dropped time the Cosmos did not make From lett to right are Mr. Clarence M. Stoffel," Jr., varsity end coach; Athletic Director and Head a ·13-6 decision to Boys Town downs, either, and Darrell Os­ Coach Maurice H. "Skip" Palrang; Mr. James Spencer, reserve c6ach; Mr. William Oji!e, varsity earlier in the season, held score­ wald returned a Hamtramck line coach, · an:d Mr. James Mitchell, freshman coach. Mr. Sto:fifel fs principal of the Boys Town less the Cowboys' star, Korean punt to the Cosmos 30. On the grade school, and Mr. Spencer, ·Mr. Oiile and !VIr. Mitchell, the latter being a 1947 graduate of the refugee Paul Pak. Prior to this fifth play, Dave Dirkx hit Fred Boys Town high school, all are instructors in the high school. Coach Palrang is now in his 20th year game, Paul had tallied all but Newman in the end zone to tie at Boys ·Town, while Mr. Stoffel and Mr. Oiile both are in their 19th year of helping coach the one point.for Boys Town. the score at 6~6. Cowboys. · t.J"J",~'tlioth.1~~a~~~~r:"n- · n-a'!:~ Os~dutint~~~er1fed th~ ing over on the Ryan ·16, Bagley's tackle of a Brandeis Hamtramck pass, running it George Buckler scoring with ball carrier in the end zone gave back 39 yards to make ·it 12-6 Omaha Ryan Nips 4:25 left in the first frame. A Boys Town its first two points. for the Cowboys. The Cosmos David Dirkx to Richard Arv!eux swept end for a 1 0-yard was good for the extra touchdown in the second period cam-e right back, marching 62 to·conclude the winners' scoring. /yards in nine plays to tie the Cowboys/ 18-14/ John M. Sterner, a 1957 grad- A pass which halt­ score at 12-12. second quarter, uate Boys Town high ed a Boys Town scoring threat, The Cowboys went into the over after named a.gradu­ ignited ·Brandeis in the fourth lead again midway in the second In Rugged Baffle punted' out of . physical edu­ period. Brandeis reached the frame, the score coming on a 27~ Cowboy ao. On Dakota State Boys Town two, but saw its yard pass from Dirkx to New­ An. aroused band of Black play, Tom Tvrdik fade on an inter- man, and George Bucker ran for Knights from Omaha Archbishop the ·Knights. The try the extra point to make it 19-12. Ryan downed the Boys Town for extra point was not good, Hamtramck threatened again, Cowboys before an overilo,~· and the half-time score stood penetrating to the Cowboy 20, crowd under the 'Boys Boys Town, 7, Ryan, 6. but failed by half a yard to mak-e 18-14. 1 Ryan went ahead, .~2~7 ..... with downs, and the Cowboys took 10 seconds left in the third over. frame when Len Boryca took a Boys Town increased its lead Buckler punt on the Knights' 30, in the third quarter, going 53 and ran it back 70 yards for a yards 'in nine plays, with Byron touchdown. McCane going the final four, and The Cowboys took the lead running for the extra 'Point. again in the final frame on a The Cowboys scored twice long pass from Dirkx to By1·on more in the final frame, both McCane, good for· 43 yards and tallies be~g set up by pass in­ a touchdown, and D.irkx kicked ~erceptions. Tom LaBlanc stole the extra point :for. a 14~12 lc:J.d. one Hamtramck aerial which re~ The Knights took their game­ suited in a touchdown on a 19- winning lead late in the game yard pass from Dirkx to Eddie when Jack Vacek passed to his Keller. Oswald ran the extra cousin, Chuck Vacek, for 45 point. tOUICh<:!OVvn. An in·

Cowboys Trip Tee Jay By 38 To 0 Margin Although riddled by illness and injuries; Coach Skip Pal~ rang's Cowboys struck early and often to defeat Thomas Jeffer­ son, 38-0, on the Yellowjacket field in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Hospitalized wzre Quarter­ The Cowboys·lost their second back Dave Dirkx, Fullback . game of the season, bowing to a George Buckler, and Tom La- · determined Pius X team at Lin.. Blanc, defensive standout, while : coln, Nebr.,• 13~0. . End Eddie Keller, although suit~ The Cowboys took the opening ing up, did not,play because of a kick-off, with Garnett Bishop re" shoulder injury. Guard Robert turning from the 10 to the Cow­ Kurth, also, saw only limited boy 40, and Boys Town started action because of i.nj uries. to march. Four first downs Garnett Bishop took the open­ brought the Cowboys to the l1, ing kick-:-off and returned it to and they were on the Pius two­ the Cowboy 31. On the third yard line, but a on fourth scrimmage play, Byron McCane Jet the Thunderbolts take raced 57 yards, the longest run over on their own 10. . of the evening, for the first of his . Pius made one first down, and three , with less than was :torced to punt. The Cow­ two minuteS gone. boys got 'into Pius territory, but With 6:25 lett in the first had to punt, the ball going into quarter, Mc.Cane went 15 yards the end zone, and the Thunder­ for his second tally. bolts took over on their own 20. Jack Kelly, substituting for In nine plays, aided by a 38- the injured Buckler, scored on a yard run by Pat Ryan, Pius was two-yard plunge in the second. on the Boys Town 15. A pass, Pat frame, and McCane ran for the Fitzgerald to Bernard Rempe, extra point. With 1:20 left in the was good for the touchdo·.vn, half, McCane scored his third with 6:30 left in the second touchdown, and Joe Smith, sub­ quarter. , Mike Zeigler ran for stitUting for Dave DiTkx, ran the the extra point to make it 7-0. extra point, to make the hRlf- The Cowboys drove to the Pius time score 26-0. eight late in the first half, but Kelly scored his second touch- I Shades_ of the. Old West!. That is a real. live bufalo that Buddy Heaton·is riding as a group of again could not score. dovrn. in the third quarter on· a young Boys Town citizens, including a number of midget football players, cautiously .approach for Pius scored again in the third lO~yard run, and scored his third a quick pat of the 1,800-pound animal. Mr. Heaton, who was a featured clpwri at the Ak~Sar-Ben quarter, with Dale Champuux tally in the final frame on a one- rodeo in Omaha recently, brought his buffalo to Boys Town to show the boys. The animal, however, going the final yard, to make it yard plunge. was quite tame, and perfectly safe. · 13-0. Scouts Take Pari. In Eighty-Nine Boys ·• Rare Sculpture Have Birthdays Uniform Observance On Display At During November PhilaMatic Center

Added Library Service Offered After School For the ·benefit of students who wish to take advantage of library facilities at:t'er regular school hours, the high school library this year is open three afternoonS a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, from the close of school to the dinner hour. The library is showing a new look this fall. The stacks have been opened to all students so they may browse, look for favo~ rite books, or for 'new acqui­ sitions, and the books have been re-arranged to make selections

took the picture above. · Town program before being assigned to a colorful sights around the Home during