Soccer Team Goes To UP Finals (See Page 5) Tt.thrtnb - etottegian Volume XXIII N 0.6 Clarke Discusses Year 2001 Arthur C. Clarke, inventor of the communications satellite and co-author of the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey", spoke at Behrend on Thursday, October 28. The topic of -his discussion was "The Woild of 2001." In his hour-long talk Clarke made it clear that he was not "at-, tempting to predict the future ... only attempting to predict the possible future." Several of £he predictions Clarke made were: 1. Con tact with extraterrestrial beings. 2. Rise of the in telligent machine: a) An automat which, by the push of a button, will deliver a completely cooked meal in five minutes. b) a central communications console that will put a man in touch with anyone in the world in seconds. c) a com munications satellite which will project images on TV's simultaneously in any part of the world. Cla.rke's predictions pose some distrubing questions, however. For instance, his statement, "The ultra-perfect machine will be the last in vention man will have to make. It may be the last he is permitted to " make." This leaves the question of what man will do with himself unanswered. Clarke believes in education for education's sake though; though, with no practical application of this education, what will man's alternative be? With 99 per cent of all human activity suspended, "how will man function?" As Dr. Daniel Frankforter, assistant Professor of History at Behrend asks, "what is the world going to be good for? What will man do with his education? Can all men rise to the level where education in itself will be sufficient?" With the possibility that man will overcome these obstacles, Clarke's predic tions may one day become fact. And the year 2001 "could mark the great divide bet ween barbarism and civilization; the final end of the dark ages." $4,000 Robbery On Campus Over $4,000 in cash and checks were stolen from the safe in Mr. Sosnowski's office in the ad ministration building late Mon day evening. State police, who are currently investigating the robbery, believe it to be the work of professionals. Due to the delicacy of the in vestigation, however, no further information could be obtained. Future Outlook Arthur C. Clarke - outlined various developments that could possibly take place within the future. A machine that could make man obsolete might be in the future of humanity. Dean Lane Welcomes New Members Of SGA Dean Benjamin A. Lane welcomed the newly elected members_ of the Student Government Association during 'the meeting Wed nesday night, October 27. It was stated that 176 student tickets and 10 non student tickets for the All-U- Day football game were sold, and there were 65 concert tickets purchased for the John Mayall and Crazy Horse performance. Elections for secretary of SGA were held later. Sudee Potter, the acting secretary was unanimously voted into the secretarial opening. The SGA plans to draw up a directory consisting of all organizations on campus; which would contain detailed explanation of. all functions of each organization. Those electing to serve on the directory committee are: Lauren O'Leary, Rick Frost, and Amy Bishop. Eight Students were nominated to serve on the University Council. Those nominated were Larry Bayle, Ray Geiger, Al Quinlan, Joe Zani, Elaine Chandler, Ken Mushrush, Linc Meyers, and %'ti4ti~i:{? 4:>.~i:ti~; ;"tip Free Film Series 11 See Page 3:>< MEMEI E=M Published by the Students of the Behrend Campus of the Pennsylvania State University Station Road, Erie, Pa. 16510 Kim Anderson. Of the 8 nominated, 5 will be chosen. The final decision will be reached at the November 3 meeting. The University Council will meet at least once a month to work out problems that could not be worked out in SGA. "The election of Two SGA members to serve on the Student Affairs Committee was also held. Those elected were Reese Friedman and Line Meyers. There is still one opening for a student on this committee. Applications can be obtained at the RUB desk. The Student Affairs Com mittee consists of 3 faculty members and 3 students. It is essentially an appeals board, the only committee of this sort authorized by the University Council. Lastly, four standing committees were formed within the SGA. They are as follows: 1. Political Committee: to bring political speakers to the campus-election year. 2. Parking Committee: to take care of the Com muter parking problems and those residence student parking problems. 3. Improvement of Reg istration: this com mittee will try to establish a more efficient form for registration. 4. Cqurse and Teacher Ai;talysis Al Quinlan stated most emphatically that all SGA meeting are open to the entire student body. Nilson Pavilion Dedicated Nov. 9 The dedication of the Wilson Pavilion in the Picnic Grove will take place at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, November 9, with Mrs. Mary B. Behrend, 93, and her daughter, Mrs. Harriet Behrend Sayre, as guests of honor. The structure, which ac commodates 120 people, was built on the bluff overlooking Trout Run, which leads into Four Mile Creek and Win tergreen Gorge. The gift was presented by retired industrialist Norman W. Wilson, a longtime member of the Behrend Advisory Board, as a memorial to his Wife, the late Flora Nick Wilson. Wilson, director emeritus of Hammermill Paper Co., was originally hired at the age of 16 as an office mail boy and mill hand and eventually rose to the vice presidency of - the company by the age of 29. "I'll never forget the kind of reception I got from Ernest R. Behrend the day I went to see him about a job," Wilson recalled. "I had a letter of introduction from a minister but remember, I was just a young boy, not even through high school. Yet he treated me as a man and put me to work." Wilson has enjoyed a long history as friend and con fidant of the Behrend family since their emigration from Germany, where their father operated three paper mills. Because of the future in Europe, Behrend persuaded his sons to emigrate to the United States in order to establish a new mill, where they would employ the Birdseye View An overall outlook is provided by this aerial view of part of the Behrend Campus. Included in this scene are the three dormitories and the soon to be opened Food Service Building, Dobins Hall. _ Thursday, November 4, 1971 revolutionary method of using wood fibers instead of rags. After searching carefully along the area of the Great Lakes, Erie was selected as the final site of the plant, where they later built _a home for the Wilsons. !'They both believed in management being on the property," Wilson noted. He remembers their decision to purchase Glen Hill Farms on Station Road in the 1930'5, an estate which would eventually be donated to the Pennsylvania State University for the establish ment of a commonwealth campus. The Behrends hired a Philadelphia architect to construct a home in the style of the Pennsylvania Dutch, which is still used as the administrative building of the Behrend Campus. The donation from Mary B. Behrend helped build the Otto F. Behrend Science Building, an act which further cemented the relationship between Hammermill and the Behrend campus. The second Behrend classroom building (the Edwin W. Nick building) was dedicated to the cousin of Wilson's wife last Fall term. The picnic grove has been utilized to a greater extend with the addition of the Wilson Pavilion. This past summer it provided a meeting place for alumni; during Orientation Week the wiener roast was held there and several coffee houses have been held there instead of the cafeteria because of the better at mosphere provided by the pavilion
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