To Pilgrims from immigrants
We, the newcomers to this campus, are settling an ac
count that we have recently incurred —the debt of gratitude
that we owe those who showed us the ropes. Many of us ar
rived here in a rather bewildered state, not knowing where
to go, when to go there, or what to do when we got there.
Through your warm and easy friendship we have come to
feel like old hands, although we’ve been here little more
than a week.
Aside from your friendship and information we are al
so grateful to those of you who lent or sold us your used
books- These have saved many of us a great amount of time
and expense.
To those with cars, bless their souls, who pick up hitch-
hikers, we also give our thanks. Through your cars, trucks,
and jalopies we have been able to chalk mileage on our
'thumbs that would, in a number of cases, been put on our.
feet.
For all these and other kind aids, we extend to all stu
dents, instructors, office workers, cooks, and anyone we may
have momentarily forgotten, our deepest, most sincere,’ and
most fervent THANKS!
CORNER CHATTER
“Brush Those Tears From Your
Eyes” chums and “Take it Easy”
cause there have been “Some
Changes Made” around the Beh
rend Center campus.
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Judy Thomas’ theme song lately
has been “Don’t Fence Me In.”
Maybe things would be different
if “That Certain Party” wouldn’t
“Always” insist on “Five Minutes
More.”
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Ann Titmus insists that “Some
body Loves Me.” She Must be
right ’cause “A Little Bird Told
Me” that she was one of the first
gals to get a date for the hayride.
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Pauline Rhider insists that she’s
“Mad About the Boy!” “It Seems
to Me I’ve Heard That Song Be
fore.”
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“Day by Day” Janet Brown may
be seen “Stumbling” over to the
Chem Lab!
Jean Kimble and Jim Halodnak
have been ‘hitting it off’ pretty
well “Together.”
H! & HU
Couple of the Week: Joan and
Don.
Marvin Stein
Last week when anyone asked
Bill Richards how he was he re
plied, “Lonesome, That’s All!” He
also "feels as if he'll be taking
Spanish I “Till The End of Time.”
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“I Wish I Knew” how Mary
Hough manages to get to bed so
early every night. Maybe it’s cause
she’s “So Tired.”
S :js
Margie Flemming and Bob
Schultz have been seen “Side by
Side” a lot lately.
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Chuck Amend feels a little bet
ter now that “Somebody Else’s Pic
ture is In the Picture Frame.”
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Ruth 'Gross is excited about go
ing to the “Dark Town Strutters
Ball” at “F.ar Away Places.”
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Betty Lou Dolinger is making
Ed Kittka happy by telling-himhe
is “The Best Man.”
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When Penny O’Neil saw her
Chem grade she almost told Mr.
Balmer “You Broke the Only
Heart that Ever Loved You.”
THE NITTANY CUB
BITS OF BOOKS
By Judith Thomas
"Kitty Foyle,” Christopher Mor-
ley; Philadelphia, New York, Tor
onto: JJB. Lippincott Company;
340 pp. $2.50.
- Kitty Foyle is the thought
diary of a Philadelphia girl of
middle class who falls in love with
one of the Main Liners. The book
takes her from her girlhood to her
early thirties. It shows with amaz
ing clarity her life at home, her
life in Manitou, her affair with
Wyn, her Me in New York. More
than that, the book gives a good
picture of Philadelphia—the closed
clique of the Main Line, the sat
isfaction of the people of every
class with what they were given
in Me, their resignation to their
lot.
Although Kitty never describes
herself or never says, “I am this,”
or “I am that,” one has an amaz
ingly good picture of her, physic
ally and spiritually, by the end ol
the book. She is common, yes, but
there is in her personality a good
ness, a loveableness, a grace that
endears her from the outset to the
reader. Some people would say
that she was bad, but she really
is not, if what she says about her
self is true.
Morley, through Kitty, brings
the other characters sharply into
focus. Wyn, Kitty’s love, for in
stance, is clearly pictured as an
idealist bom out of his class but
not having the strength to move
out of it. Kitty’s father and his
Pope’s which was Vat.
69 whiskey * his constant swearing,
and his genteel interest in cricket
are part of the Philadelphia para
dox. Delphine, the beauty expert
in New York, is typical of her
breed, but there is a subtle in
dividuality in her. makeup that
sets her apart from her sisters.
These are'just a few, but the
other characters are defined with
equal clarity.
Kitty goes to a little mid-west
ern town for her high school.edu
cation. The glaring difference be
tween the small town and her
home city are brought out in an
uncompromising manner. The
easy familiarity of the people of
Manitou and the class conscious
ness of Philadelphia is thrown in
to a hard relief. Taking Kitty to
Manitou was the best thing that
Morley could do to point up his
story.
This is a good book, well worth
reading. Morley uses a clever
technique —one that’s refreshingly
new to most readers. He uses Kitty
as the reconteur and with great
success. He makes her important
at the right times so that she does
not overbalance the story.
You will not want to put down
Kitty Foyle until you have finished
it.
Quotation of the Week: “No
boodling in the boodling booth!”
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Question of the Week:“ I Don’t
Know Why.”
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Prediction of the Week The
Scavenger Hunt will be a big suc
cess.
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See you in the lounge from
“Sunrise to Sunset.”
have been east at the cute little
house behind the barn, we reply,
Why, that’s the home of Mr. an.l
Mrs. Arthur G. Shields.” The clea’'
white, neat, and likeable appearance
of it suits the personality of its oc
cupants. We believe that the Shields
are one of the most popular couples
on the campus.
Mr. Shields is getting a reputa
tion for his torturing (i.e. rugged)
“Bugology” courses, but we feel
quite sure that if it weren’t for his
cheerful smile and friendly good
morning’s at 8:20, our classes
wouldn’t be half as interesting.
Through questioning we found
out that Mr. Shields is a native of
northwestern Pennsylvania; he
grew up- in Titusville and graduated
from Titusville High. He went on to
study at Slippery Rock College, where
he majored in Phys. Ed., and minor
ed in Science. After graduation he
taught Phys., Ed. for two years, and
then in 1940 he received his mas
ters degree from Pitt; he then taught
high school science in Albion until
he went in the Army in 1942.
Mr. Shields entered the Army as a
buck private; shuttled back and
forth across the States four times,
pausing enroute to view the 1943
Rose Bowl game and the 1944 East-
West All-Star game, and was then
sent back east to attend school at
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Mary
land. Emerging from there as a full
fledged Bomb Disposal Officer. He
was sent overseas in February, 1944
and was assigned to General Pat
ton’s 3rd Army.
He traveled through France into
Germany where he was injured and
then flown back to England. While
recuperating he got a job as Infor
mation- Education Officer which he
held for several months after the
Our personality of this week, Tom
Pearce, needs little introduction. He
is known and liked by the majority of
he campus. This fine specimen of the
male sex is 5 ft. 11% in. tall and
weighs 160 lbs. Tom has blue eyes
and brown hair.
Tom was born in Johnstown, Pa.,
on November 3, 1928. He then
moved to Chicago, Detroit and to
his present residence Mt. Lebanon,
Pittsburgh, Pa. While in high
school, he excelled in baseball, bas
ketball, and football. Tom gradua
ted from Mt. Lebanon high school
in June of 1946.
In September of 1946 Tom joined
the Paratroopers, at which time he
and Bob Gallagher became very good
friends. Tom spent two months in
Fort McClelland, Alabama and then
was shipped to Sendai, Japan, where
he participated in baseball and bask
etball. He was discharged Dec. 23,
1947. ' i
In the fall of ’4B Tom began col
lege at our own Behrend Center.
Along with his studies, Tom is
president of student council, captain
of a basketball team, and in the
running for the championship of
ping pong and a great enthusiast
for hunting. Tom’s favorite ward
robe would consist of a light blue
gabardine suit and of course many
sport clothes. His favorite program
“Till Then”
Meet Y our Faculty
To the questionable looks that
Personality of The Week
ARTHUR G. SHIELDS
war, and then returned to the States
were he more than welcomed his
discharge.
Mr. Shields “toured" (gratis
Uncle Sam) through eleven foreign
countries and picked up a hobby of
collecting souvenirs. He now has two
trunks full of them, including many
fine pieces of Irish linen and Eng
lish and Bavarian China.
Once back in civilian clothes Mr.
Shields made up for lost time and
traveled through New England and
into Canada to pursue his favorite
sport fishing.
His main interests are trout fish
hunting, photography, and
woodworking; as for sports, swimm
ing comes first with volley ball a
close second.
After his trip through New Eng
land and Canada Mr. Shields, accept
ed a teaching job in Titusvil'le High
School which gave him his summers
free to continue his work toward a
Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State
College.
TOM PEARCE
is “Suspense. - ’ When asked what ho
“Per-
wants- in a girl, his reply is,
sonality and good looks.” As far as
food is concerned Tom isn’t particu-
lar. He’ll eat anything you put in
front of him.
After graduating from college
Tom intends to go into the real
estate business. It isn’t very dif
ficult to locate Tom; just look for the
nearest ping pong table and there
you will find Tom Pearce.