Page Four
Awards Presented
to Three Students
Three Behrend students have
been chosen through the Office of
Student Affairs to receive
scholarships that they un
doubtedly deserve.
Miss Yu-Hwa Cheng, a sth term
Mathematics major, was
awarded a $5OO scholarship from
the Erie Engineering Societies
Council and will receive the
scholarship at the Engineers’
Week Banquet to be held
February 23. Miss Cheng not only
achieved the highest score in her
high school in a mathematics
competition sponsored by the
Mathematics Association of
America, but was chosen, along
with three other students, to
participate in an experimental
honors course in calculus offered
furing the Winter term 1972 at
Behrend. During the Spring term
1973, Dr. Roland E. Larson,
Assistant Professor of
Mathematics at Behrend, plans to
conduct coaching sessions with
Miss Cheng to prepare her to
enter the national college
mathematical competition also
sponsored by the above named
Society.
Art Review During May
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present “songs-to-eat-supper-by”
that evening in Dobbins Hall.
Later on, a film critic, Mr. Robert
Colaciello who has written for
Harpers’ Bazarre and Vogue, is
cheduled to present a film,
possibly by Andy Warhol, and a
discussion on it afterwards.
Student art films from Eastman
Kodak might be shown too,
providing a forum forum for
spontaneous critiques on their
value in the film arts.
If jazz piano is to one’s liking,
Friday afternoon should be just
right. Local jazz pianist, Mary
Alice Brown can be enjoyed in the
RUB Lecture Hall. For the night
people, the committee is trying to
obtain guitarist Stan Shepard
from main campus, who has a
fine reputation for his musical
ability.
Crafts, from the local “head”
shops and other independent
artists will be displayed (some
for sale) starting Saturday and
into Sunday. Such items of
jewelry, pottery, ceramics, and
macreme should be included.
The JRC is considering a “Gay
Nineties” theme for the late
afternoon and evening, with
music on piano, guitar, and banjo.
Also in the planning stages is a
film presentation of some renown
Area Summer Jobs
Ten companies in the Erie Area
are interested in hiring students
lor the summer on a full and part
time basis.
Calsicat Division-Mallinckrott
Chemical Works (Division of
Mallinckrott Chemical Works, St.
Louis, Mo.) located on Gaskell
Ave. in Erie, is interested in
hiring a technician for summer
work. The student must have a
background in Chemistry and
should apply in April. The job will
Kolisch Demonstrates Skills in ESP
Hypnotist, John Kolisch, exhibits fantastic ability to
perceive vibrations from a Behrend students mind, as he
copies exactly on the blackboard a Vietnamese phrase while
blindfolded.
Karl Haltimer, Jr., 2nd term
student in Mechanical
Engineering, has been awarded a
$3OO scholarship by the Wives of
Professional Engineers, Erie
Chapter. The scholarship is
awarded each year to an
engineering student with high
academic standing at Behrend.
He, too, will receive the
scholarship during the ob
servance of Engineers’ Week in
late February.
Patricia Hargenrater, a sth
term student in Business
Administration, has been in
formed by the Purchasing
Management Association of Erie,
that she has been awarded a $5OO
scholarship. The award was
presented to her at the
Association’s membership dinner
held on February 14 and she
presented a brief, meaningful
speech. Miss Hargenrater has
maintained a 4.00 cumulative
average throughout her five
terms of college work.
Sincere congratulations are
extended to these three people for
their high achievement!
on the ski slop, a perfect way to
enjoy the cool Spring evening.
The crowning event on Sunday,
the “Outdoor Music Festival,” is
scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 8
p.m Such groups as “Basilla",
“Anacrusis”, “Ruby Port’’,
“Lincoln”, and “Calico” will
provide the entertainment.
Weather-permitting, their per
formances should give the Arts
Festival a stirring conclusion.
All events and exhibits will be
presented free of charge. The
only prices will be on food and
individual purchases of those
crafts and paintings offered for
sale.
Some of the names of per
formers, artists, groups, etc., are
only tentative arid more definite
commitments are not in yet. Also,
events or exhibits yet un
mentioned can be included if they
are brought to the committee’s
attention soon enough. If any
student wishes to make further
suggestions, he should . try to
attend the next meeting, March 1,
at 7 p.m. in the Memorial room.
Any help in planning or ap
plication of the plans will be
appreciated, initially by the
committee itself, and finally by
the students when they see an
example of beauty in the Festival
and one of those places comes to
mind.
pay $3.00 an hour.
Other companies interested in
hiring students are Copes-Vulcun
Company and the Static Cor
poration. Copes-Vulcun, in Lake
City, is searching for an M.E.T.
graduate and the Static Cor
poration is interested in a Junior
Tool Engineer..
If interested, see Mrs. Krishna,
Assistant to the Dean of Student
Affairs in the Administration
building.
Behrend Collegian
The Portable Circus
Erie Hall will be the sight for the performance of the reknowned Portable Circus, Feb.
24 at 8 p.m. This group has established a name for themselves onstage and television.
Hypnotist Astounds
With Feats of Mind
By Jeff Holland
Staff Writer
Last Wednesday night Behrend
College was treated with a
program of mystery and wonder
in the form of hypnotist John
Kolisch. Mr. Kolisch, a little man
with a goutee and a thick Vien
nese accent, flourished onto the
Erie Hall stage and performed
feats of mind control, ESP (extra
sensory perception) and hyp
notism which had everyone there
astounded.
The first half of the program
was devoted to experimentation
with ESP. Two volunteers were
called up from the audience to
assist Kolisch. They helped him
bind his eyes closed with silver
dollars, surgical tape and a
blindfold on top of all the'rest.
When assured he could see
nothing, the assistants collected
various personal articles from
the audience for Kolisch to
identify. This he did, with
amazing accuracy and without
touching the articles. Han
dkerchiefs, glasses cases, and
even a membership card to the
“Erie Tall Men’s Club" were
identified, and even personal
traits of some of the owners. The
first half was climaxed when a
voung veteran wrote a phrase in
Vietnamese on a blackboard on
stage, and without seeing or
touching the board, Kolisch
copied exactly the phrase upside
down from behind the board!
After a short intermission,
Kolisch began the second half of
the program with a short talk on
the subject of hypnotism. He
explained that the word, “hypno
tism” is actually a misnomer, as
“Hypno-” is Greek for “to sleep"
and the hypnotic state is not a
sleeping state, but one in which
the mind is extremely active and
perceptive. Kolisch went on to
say that it was a myth that one
can be forced to do something in a
hypnotic trance he or she would
not normally do consciously.
Personal morals and rules of
conduct cannot be violated in this
manner.
Circus Performs Comedy
The Student Union Board’s
featured entertainment activity
this week is the performance of
the Portable Circus on Saturday,
February 24 at 8 p.m. in Erie
Hall.
The four members of this fast
paced comedy troupe combine
satire and light comedy to con
centrate their heaviest fire on
social and cultural issues. The
performance of The Portable
Circus is done without the aid of
any props or costumes, hence the
name “Portable.” The comedy
team has been in existence for
nearly four years and has played
numerous eastern colleges and
nightspots, where they’ve
received much critical acclaim.
Prices for this event are a
dollar with an activity card, $1.75
without a card, and $2.50 for the
public.
Registration for the SUB’s
When Kolisch finally called for
volunteers, the stage was flooded
with eager Behrend students.
Many were asked to return to
their seats, but still two rows of
chairs at the breadth of the stage
were filled. One lad from the front
row was chosen for the first
demonstration. Kolisch claimed
he could hypnotise him in ten
seconds. Actually, the young man
dropped his head and was un
concious before Kolisch reached
the count of nine. Kolisch com
manded him to raise his arms
straight ahead of him, and his
subject responded, his arms
effortlessly stiff in the air. He
remained in this position for a
long time, while Kolisch ex
plained what was happening to
him.
Turning to the others, Kolisch
told them to raise their hands
directly above their heads, and
slowly bring them down so that
their hands covered their eyes.
The hypnotist again counted to
ten, and about halt of the
volunteers on stage slumped
slightly into the trance. Those to
whome Kolisch’s commands had
no effect were asked to leave the
stage and return to their seats.
Eleven remained, being under
Kolisch’s power of “hypnotic
suggestion.”
What followed for the
remainder of the program will
undoubtedly be embellished into
the memories of each member of
the audience for quite a while.
Following the mode of a three
ring circus, Kolisch had one
young lady give an impassioned
speech on women’s liberation;
each time she said, “Ladies and
gentlemen”, another girl shouted
at the top of her lungs, “Shut up! ”
another yelled, “What are you,
crazy or something?” at which
point, another young man would
rock back and forth in convulsions
of spontaneous laughter. All the
while this was going on, another
girl gave her impression of Diana
Ross of the “Supremes" fame,
two young men did a soft shoe
across the stage, and a third
attempted an impression of
pinochle tournament ends Frida..,
February 23 at the RUB Detsfe.
The entry fee per team is seventy
five cents with an activity card
and a dollar without a card.
Also on Friday,- a local talent
coffeehouse will take place in the
RUB cafeteria. Starting time for
the coffeehouse is 9 p.m. and
admission prices are ten cents
with an activity card and a
quarter without.
This week’s Sunday night
movie is “Kelly’s Hereos”. The
action-packed film stars Clint
Eastwood, Don Rickies and Don
Sutherland.
The Wednesday flicks return
February 28 at 7 p.m. in the RUB
Lecture Hall. “Beach Blanket
Bingo” is this week’s feature and
stars the king and queen of
California surfdom, Frankie
Avalon and Annette Funicello.
February 22,1973
Behrend
Control
Groucho Marx. When Kolisch
stomped his foot on the stage
three times, another of the
volunteers jumped up, the
seeming victim of an electrical
charge in his chair, cursing the
fellow sitting next to him.
Later, the program turned to a
more serious vein, as Kolisch
performed an experiment in age
regression on one of the female
volunteers. Through the hyp:
notist’s suggestions, she soon
became six years old again,
printing laboriously her name,
“Marcie” on the board and
drawing a house next to it. One of
the young men became eight
years old again, claiming he
wanted to be a doctor when he
grew up. Not surprisingly, the
fellow is now majoring in pre
med. An attempt to determine if
Marcie was reincarnated from a
previous life was abandoned by
Kolisch, when, even though she
claimed her name was “Elsie"
and she lived on a farm in
Sweden, it was discovered that
she could speak no Swedish.
“This is not definite proof that she
is not reincarnated," said
Kolisch. “But neither does it give
us anything to go in this short
time period."
Several other examples of the.
power of suggestion were per
formed by Kolisch and his band of
volunteers, such as when the
hypnotist claimed he had stolen
everyone’s navals, and, sur
prisingly, each of them believed
him. Especially one young girl,
who, clutching at her stomach to
make sure it was indeed gone,
began to bawl so loudly that
Kolisch h*-.d to return her naval
before he became the cause of a
real psychological trauma. The
program ended with a reper
formance of the trick illustrated
in the publicity photo in the
Collegian two issues back: one
young man was told to lie down on
three chairs and stiffen his "body.
The middle chair was then
removed, and the fellow spanned
the four-foot gap between them
effortlessly. Then a girl was
brought up from the audience.
She stood upon the man's ab
domen while he remained stiff as
a board across the chairs.
In an informal backstage in
terview with interested students
after the performance, Kolisch
answered many questions about
the psychic phenomenon. He
denounced most of the lately
prominent “mind dynamic” and
“alpha-wave” institutes and
programs as being a “farce” and
a waste of money. “Faith,” ex
plained Kolisch, “is the most
important part of life. You must
have a goal and you must believe
in it.” He feels that with faith (not
necessarily religious faith)
human beings have unlimited
potential.
Kolisch went on to explain that
ESP is a latent talent which is not
present in everyone’s mind. “If
you are not born with it,” he said,
“you cannot develop it.” He went
on to say that he did not believe in
reincarnation as described by the
psychic, Edgar Cayce, but “I.
keep an open mind on the sub
ject.”