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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
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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