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Volume No. 20
Pulpit
Dr_ David P. Daniel, Assistant
professor in history, has an
nounced that the second annual
Behrend College Colloquium in
History will be held in the Reed
Union Building on Saturday,
April 27_ Sponsored by the
Behrend Faculty in History, the
topic of the program this year
will be "Religion and Politics:
Compatibility or Conflict in
History."
Inauguarated in 1972, the
colloquium provides an op
portunity for students - and faculty
of the Behrend College and from
neighboring institutions to hear
historians discuss_ their research
and to hold conversations with
them on topics of general in
terest. This year four visiting
scholars will present papers and
engage in a round-table
discussion of the problems of the
relationships between religious
convictions and political loyalties
in both Europe and the United
States.
The colloquium will open at At 1:45, Dr. John Abernathy
9:30 a.m. with a paper entitled Smith, assistant professor in the
"Noel Aubert de Verse and the college of education at The
Debate over Toleration (1680- American University in
1690)" presented by Dr. Paul J. Washington, D.C., will speak on
Mormon, a member of the "American Evangelicalism in
department. of history at the State
-_ The... Nineteenth Century: Religion
University of New York at . or Politics." The colloquium will
Gamblers Beware
SUB Opens Gas
by Gary Schonthaler
Staffwriter
In case you missed it the first
sixteen times it was printed in the
Collegian, this coming Saturday,
April 20, will be Las Vegas Night
in the upstairs of the RUB. That's
right, this Saturday and only this
Saturday will be the annual Las
Vegas Night. See Big Daddy Don
Garlitz in his '74 Dodge Charger
break the sound barrier with his
_radio playing. Watch ex
terminators from all over Erie
County try to wipe out the stink in
the RUB Cafeteria! Free refresh
ments, including shelled
peanuts! Can you believe your
ears?
And that's not all kiddies.
Instead of using that junk you
carry with you in your wallet,
Las Vegas Night officials will be
giving you the privilege of using
their own genuine play money
(with deposit of a measly buck
with an activity card and $1.25
Series To
Daniel Hoffman, Poet
The Behrend College Artist and
Lecture Series presents the
American poet Daniel Hoffman
in a poetry recital 8 p.m., Friday,
April 19 in the RUB Lecture Hall.
An informal reception will follow
the presentation.
Daniel Hoffman's earlier books
The Joint Resident Council
(JRC) has announced that it
will sponsor their Spring
Dinner Dance on Friday,
May 3. Finalized plans will
be announced in the next few
weeks Collegian so keep
your eyes and ears open
because this will be the
chance for the guys to ask
out that special girl you have
been eyeing all year_
Published by the students of the Behrend College, Pennsylvania State University
Or Politics?
Oswego.
The second presentation will be
by a noted scholar of the history
of Pennsylvania, Dr. John B.
Frantz. Dr. Frantz, an associate
professor of American history of
the Graduate Faculty, will
discuss "Religion and Politics in
Colonial Pennsylvania: The
Ethnic Dimension." Author of
several articles and a con
tributing editor of Pennsylvania
History, Dr. Frantz had edited a
book on Bacon's Rebellion and is
completing a major study on the
religious experience of the
German settlers in the Middle
Colonies.
"The Pulpit and Revolution:
Late Eighteenth Century New
England Clergy" will be the
theme of the presentation by Dr.
Bruce M. Stephens, assistant
professor of humanities and
religious studies at the Delaware
campus of the Pennsylvania
State University, at the third
session beginning at 12:30 p.m.
without a card). Besides the
regular old games like roulette,
crap, and blackjack, a new
feature has been added to spice
up the proceedings. This year, a
giant dart board with the pictures
of your favorite faculty members
will be providing fun and games
for mucho frustrated individuals.
However, not to be overlooked is
the student dart board, which
should give the faculty many
hours of whimsical merriment.
The highlight of the evening
Dorm Views Hunt
For the all too brief span of one
hour last Wednesday Behrend
College enjoyed one of the rarest
treats that this campus has seen
- the happy- laughing faces of
children as they hunted for
Easter eggs, played games, and
sang songs at the Easter Egg
Hunt sponsored by Lawrence
Dorm Council.
resent
of verse include Broken Laws.
Striking the Stones. and An
Armada of Thirty Whales. He is
the author also of several critical
studies, among them Poe Poe
Poe Poe P,.e Poe Poe (nominated
for a Nat;:z.nal Book Award in
1972) and Barbarous Knowledge:
Myth in the Poetry of Yeats.
Graves. and Muir. He has
received grants in poetry from
the National Institute of Arts and
Letters and from the Ingram
Merrill Foundation. Now
professor of English at the
University of Pennsylvania, he
has taught at Columbia
University and at Swarthmore
College.
In 1973-1974 Daniel Hoffman is
serving as Consultant in Poetry
-of the Library of Congress.
conclude with a round-table
discussion during which the
participants will comment on
their work and, in an informal
discussion with those attending,
will'answer questions and invite
comment.
The registration desk opens at
9:00 a.m. and while there is no
registration fee, tickets for the
luncheon may be purchased at
that time. For further in
formation contact Dr. David
Daniel, Chairman of the Behrend
College Colloquium in History for
1974, 207 Administration
Building.
Champaign Wheels Churn
by Bruce Pizzini
You may think that it's a cold
spring, but if you were to attend
an SGA meeting the heat of
summer in Africa would seem
like the North Pole. This week
was no different except it took a
little more time to get the fire
really burning. Under the title old
business, Mike Chiricuzio spoke
about the Spring Arts Festival
and said that things are going
very well. The only problem
could come in the fors► of bad
weather. Next the election
will come at the end of the auc
tion, when auctioneer Davis
Giersch unsuccessfully tries to
give himself away. Not wanting
to be a total failure, Giersch told
this reporter that he will exit by
being fired out of a cannon while
the music from the 1812 Overture
plays in the background. Cer
tainly, this alone is worth the
price of admission.
The party starts at 9 p.m.
Saturday night, ya hear? (I doubt
it).
The activity brought smiles
and excitement to fifty-one
Harlin Day Care children, and
also to everyone else involved,
whether they were members of
the Dorm Council or if they just
stopped in. Prizes were awarded
for the most eggs collected and
also a special egg.
The twenty or twenty-five
Behrend students who attended
were entertained as the kids sang
"Peter Cottontail", "She'll Be
"
Comminßound th Mountain",
and, "Johnny Put Your Kerchief
Down". One little jammer even
soloed to "Soul Sister" while
another danced "the bump".
Kids, teachers, and students
alike enjoyed "Duck, Duck,
Goose" a game which is hard to
explain but alot of fun.
Thanks must go to Lynn
Monteverde and the rest of the
Dorm Council, Mark Pfaff and
everyone else involved, not only
for giving the kids something to
remember, but also for
brightening up the day for alot of
students by bringing the magic of
children to Behrend College.
Anyone interested in
helping Keystone Society
and CWENS in collecting for
the American Cancer
Society this Saturday, April
20, should meet in Erie Hall
at 8:30 a.m.
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Spring Has Sprung! Spring has finally reached Behrend
campus although many of us were doubting its arrival
Williard Youger and his friend had unfailing faith as they
fly their kite.
committee was asked to report.
Jack King, chairman, read the
following agenda:
Thursday, April 18 - presen
tation of platforms in the RUB
lecture hall during common hour,
with a question and answer
session following in the RUB
Cafeteria. 7:00 - formal platform
presentation in the RUB lecture
hall and another question and
answer session.
Tuesday-Friday, April 16-19
visual campaigning in the form of
signs, posters et cetera.
Monday, April 22-invitation to
all candidates to give informal
speeches anywhere on campus.
Permission should be obtained
when using dorm lobbies,
classrooms, washrooms and so
on.
Tuesday and Wednesday, April
23-24—Voting—show that you
really do give a damn-VOTE! !!
New Business: Darla Berkey
motioned that the SGA suspend
the constitution concerning the
reading of a constitutional
amendment at 3 consecutive
meeting. After considerable
debate (the fire started to kindle)
- it was seconded and then passed
unanimously.
In the SGA Constitution, con
cerning elections, the two can
didates who tally the highest and
the second highest number of
votes win the offices of Ist and 2nd
Vice-President respectively.
However this year the candidates
running for the offices of Ist and
2nd V.P. are under the impression
they are running separately for
each office. Since the election
would be unfair to those seeking
the 2nd V.P. position a portion of
Publicity Stirs For
Players Production
by Jeff Matson
Executive Editor
The Behrend Players'
production of "The House of Blue
Leaves" will be receiving some
very interesting publicity by the
newspapers, radio stations and,
this term, the local television
stations will carry features on the
coming production.
It is hoped that the Erie Times
will repeat its picture coverage of
the production as it did during the
showing of "The Drunkard".
Also, the Erie Free Press will be
running a picture and story
concerning the production which
will be a highlight of the Spring
Arts Festival program.
Local station WQLN FM will
continue its support of the theatre
program here at Behrend with
various radio spots and for the
first time the production will
receive coverage on television.
! Thursday, April 18, 1974
the constitution was suspended
(three successive readings of a
constitutional amendment) in
order to have a special student
vote on the constitutional
amendment - next week.
Vic Kopnitsky then motioned
that Article 3 section 3 item 1 of
the constitution be deleted (the
part concerning the election of Ist
and 2nd V.P.) It was seconded
and passed unanimously. John
Lammers then motioned to hold a
special election on Friday, April
19-Tomorrow!l It was seconded
and also passed ;Ina 'mously.
The next issue of business was
the JRC Petition. It was not
presented this week but next
week's meeting should be in
teresting.
Mike Chir' icuzio then requested
the floor to read a proposed
constitutional amendment. In an
effort to better serve the student
body this amendment breaks
down the representation as
follows: The five SGA officers,
the president of each class, plus
eight new officers, a single dorm
representative (The JRC
chairman), a commuter
representative at large and the
creation of six new represen
tative positions from each
academic area, 1) Arts and
Humanities, 2) Social and
Behavioral Science.
After a rather long and heated
discussion (the fire was roaring
now) Jeff Lang motioned to table
debate until next week. It was
seconded and passed 12 for, and 1
abstention. Vic Kopnitsky
motioned for adjournment and
everybody thought it was a good
idea. The meeting adjourned at
9:05.
Director Arno Selco has
already completed taping of a
segment for the WQLN series
Community Report and later this
month students will accompany
Mr. Selco to the WICU studio to
appear on the Bea Canfield
program. The students will
perform a scene from the show
and Mr. Selco will discuss the
theatre program that is being
developed here at Behrend.
Others Players' news includes
the announcement of a public
slide presentation of scenes from
the Players' first production of
this school year, "The
Drunkard". Times for the
program will be posted on the
Studio door during the open house
which will also incude previews
of remodeling plans for the Studio
and question and answer on
topics concerning the Players
and theatre at Behrend College.