711 to tall Volume XXIII No. 9 Dean Benjamin Lane, SGA President David Scypinski, and Father Guy Patrick participate in the hanging of the wreath at the Behrend Chapel, one of Behrend's most memorable traditions. Behrend Tradition Continues by Mark Reese The longest continuing tradition at Behrend College, the hanging of the greens, was held last week. The Behrend Chapel, a lovely Dutch Colonial style chapel nestled in a corner of Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery, was the setting for a candlelight service in honor of the Behrend family. Two members of the Behrend family are interred in the chapel. Warren Behrend, and his father Ernest Behrend lie behind the doors upon which the - wreath is hung. Warren was killed at the age of nineteen in an automobile accident near Christmas time in 1929, when he was forced off the road to avoid a schoolbus full of children. - - - Started in 1948,-by the Behrend College and the . Student Govern"- ment Association to insure the memory of the Behrends and their contributions to our school, the service has been performed twenty-six times since then. Hanging the greens has come to be the traditional start of Christmas festivities at Behrend. Dean Lane has had charge of the event for twenty-two years, and has kept it a beautiful tribute and a stirring experience. The opening sentence, by Craig Latimer, started the service which then proceeded to the conclusion without direction, according to the program. Kathy Lipinski led a responsive reading taken from Isiah. Students SGA Struggles with Budgets and Finances With the New Year about to be ushered in, it seems that the SGA is having trouble dealing with one of its major problems—that of funding. The difficulty, in part, is due to the fact that many bu.dgels were submitted too late and the procedure for processing the budgets was not adhered to by the Association. Budgets were .to have been submitted in the spring, but this creates problems if new student organizations are initiated in the fall. The SGA hopes to remedy the situation soon. Heading the finance list is the Spring Arts Festival, which is looked upon by the SGA as an item of major concern. The SGA does not feel it can afford to meet some of the financial requests made by certain organizations, especially when the other organizations requesting the funds have no means of partially subsidizing their own activities. Published by the students of the Behrend Collene Pennsylvania State University Dreibelbis and Mikel Wolfram of the Theatre Arts department read the Christmas story as written by St. Matthew and St. Luke. The hanging of the greens was performed by Student Government Association President David Scypinski, who spoke the meaning of _ the ceremony, J.' saying,- -"The ceremony we have just per formed bestows honor upon the Behrend family and keeps their memory evergreen...the greenness of the wreath sym bolized the freshness of hope Nostaigi _ . The Joint Residence Council will be getting underway again this term to try to improve resident life and initiate student activities. Their first meeting was Tuesday, December 17. At this meeting a permanent day for meetings will be set. Students may attend these meetings if they wish, they are open meetings. The meetings are held in Lawrence Hall Conference Prom. The visitation survey taken by_ JRC is now being reviewed by Dean Lane and Student Affairs. Each dorm will be holding a Christmas party. Behrend students were "Rock'n Around the Clock" in the Rub Quiet Lounge on Sat., Dec. 7. Nostalgically dressed in bobby socks, saddle shoes, pegged pants, T-shirts, and Lettermen sweaters, they all looked very much like a scene from the Continuing Education Offers Televised Course The spectacular and thought provoking series, "The Ascent of Man," will be used as a part of a college credit to be offered for students by Behrend College. The three credit course, Science, Technology, and Society 198 (STS 198), is a survey of in tellectual achievements which highlights mankind's attempts to understand nature and shape the environment. . The show will be televised on Channel's 4 from 8:30 to 9:30 pm every Tuesday for 13 weeks, starting January 7, with repeat showings every Saturday (8-9 pm) for 13 weeks starting January 11. There will be three workshops conducted by Mr. Michel Small and Dr. Don McKinstry on Saturdays. Attendance is not required at these sessions. They Camp Glinodo Hosts. Behrend Leadership by Paul Corbran Executive Editor "It was an eerie evening as darkness set in over Camp Glinodo. The wind rattled the doors and shook the curtains. In the distance were the waves on the lake leaping out at the shore. A feeling of apprehension swept in. Then it happened! Through the rain could be seen, like a fly in a spider's web, the milk truck." And so began the Leadership Workshop this year. About twenty people arrived at Camp Glinodo, on the evening of November 20, for a three-day Leadership Skills Workshop. Included in this group were student representatives from a number of_ organizations at Behrend, faculty members, and which was the Behrend family's bequest to us." Father Guy Patrick delivered a short inspirational message from the elevated pulpit for the remainder of the service. Throughout the program the congregation sang Christmas songs,. to .the _accompaniment of trumpets played by Bernard Ball and Bob Schofield. All those students and faculty members who participated ex pressed their enjoyment of the event. JRC Activity "Hatnw Days." Not only were they dressed to fit the occasion, but their hairstyles, too, set_ the mood. D-A's, ponytails, and pigtails spotted the dance floor. Students were seen doing line Choral Concert Tonight by Tom Stanger Entertainment Editor Tonight the Behrend College Chorus will present its 1974 edition of the annual Christmas Concert. The performance will take place in the Reed Lecture Hall at 8 p.m. and admission is free. A variety of musical styles will be presented, including 16th century motets, French and Spanish Christmas folk songs and Christmas favorites by Bach and Handel. Several chorus members are provided to answer questions and for general discussion. All reference books and audio cassettes will be provided in the library with textbooks on sale in the bookstore. Those who are enrolled as full - time students will not be charged for the course. Grades be determined by one exam—a take home final. Students interested in this course should check with their advisor and try to register for it by January 7, 1975, although students will be accepted into the course through January 25, 1975. As the show runs statewide on the educational network, students will not have to miss the one show over term break in March. For further information, contact Continuing Education in 108 Turnbull Hall. representatives from the ad ministration. The group discussed such things as: The organizations at Behrend, University rules and policies, agenda building, problem solving, group dynamics, and Parliamentary Procedure. Hopefully, the ideas that were gathered at the workshop will be disseminated to the organizations and eventually the whole student body. Beverly Romberger, Area Coordinator, and Mrs. Cathy Mester, Speech Instructor, coordinated the project, which was the first of its kind held off campus. Also included in the staff were: Benjamin Lane, Dean of Student Affairs; Rose Bainum, Asst. Dean of- Student Affairs; John Giesmann, Resident Community Coordinator; Jay DiFrank, Resident Area Coor dinator; and, attending the discussions on Thursday evening, Ms. Cynthia Krishna, advisor to the Black Student Union; Dr. Richard Tomsic, advisor to the Collegian; and Mrs. Melody Laudensack, advisor to the Cheerleaders and Booster Club, also attended the first night of discussion on Wednesday. Each- organization at Behrend was invited to send represen tatives to the Leadership Workshop. The following are the students who attended: Alan Kirk, SUB; Marti Black, Cheerleaders; Chris Hitchie, Booster Club; Sandy Borkowski, dances, the stroll, the jitterbug, and the all-time favorite, twist. . There was a jitterbuggin' contest and an album was presented to the winning couple. will also perform instrumental compositions including an original arrangement for piano. Part of the program will be devoted to the singing of familiar Christmas Carols with audience participation. Soloists for the evening will be Linda McWilliams, Neil Burkhard, Karen Zielinski and Linda Bisbee. The chorus has already begun the Christmas season with a very successful performance at Emmanuel United Presbyterian Church on Sunday, December 15th. The combined choirs of Behrend and Emmanuel per formed three of the compositions to be performed at tonight's concert. The program, which was broadcast on WJET radio, was extremely well received by the Emmanuel congregation. It was "greasers galore" Saturday, December 7th, in Erie Hall, as Behrend students donned bobby-socks and saddle-shoes to the tunes of the 'so's. Thursday, . December 19, 1974 Workshop Student Staff; Chuck Little, Behrend Players; Mary Beth Finke, CWENS; KaLyn Cooper, Forensics Union; Craig Caldwell, Biology Club; Paul Corbran, Collegian; Tyrone Clark and Rick Himes, JRC; and Mike Woods, Jennifer Gregor, Nicki Sylvester, and Dave Scypinski from the SGA. Discussions, on the first night, were on the organizations at Behrend and the ways of im proving them. Thursday morning included a review of University policies, rules and budgeting: Agenda building and problem solving discussions were held that afternoon and in the evening the students observed and analyzed video-tapes of themselves in discussion. Friday concludedthe workshop with a review of Rules of Operation (Parliamentary Procedure) and an evaluation of the project. The group gave a favorable evaluation of the workshop. The overall consensus was that it was well organized, enjoyable, .and informative. Many remarked that the relaxed atmosphere played a large role in the ability of communication. Dean Lane added, "Because of the very conscientious and inspired par ticipation of the students and because of their dedication to their offices and organizations that the leadership conference was successful and should result in improved planning and enrich ment of the co-curricular program at Behrend." The degree of which this project succeeds remains to be seen. It is, though, a step toward better communication within the college itself. Anyone wishing to find out what happened to the "milk truck" in the first paragraph should ask one of the students who attended the workshop. While you're at it, ask him about the workshop. The chorus, directed by Mr. Giersch, consists of ap proximately forty-five members, with a fairly even distribution of membership in the various vocal parts. Due to a large turnover between the terms, the bass section is made up of over fifty per cent new members this term. The group has overcome this difficulty, however, and Mr. Giersch promises a fine per formance. If past experiences are indicative the performance should be a good one indeed. The chorus plans to continue its Christmas program in the community with Christmas carolling in local hospitals and nursing homes. The chorus has developed a reputation locally for sharing the Christmas spirit with concerts of this type.
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