CENTER CHATTER Greetings and heartiest sal utations from your roving eye re porter who is ready to “give you the word” about the latest happen ings at Behrend Center. Plash! Francis Finesod has finally stopped hibernating! She has been in the “Rec. Hall” twice this week and is always anxious to play cards. If any of the fellows on campus have any questions about blind dates just ask our authority, Tom Pearce! Nona Ottaway and Benny Bern ard are finally finding out they have a lot in common. A certain blonde in the dorm is trying tc think of a way to get rid of all cards and ping pong equipment. I don’t think Bay would like that! Clark Johnston seems to have made quite a hit around here. When are you going; to give one of the gals a break? Last Saturday Janet Brown got a little mixed up on her “Bills”. She also had a red face ’till Sun day morning! Mary Hough gets a certain gleam in her eye each time Don Mallick goes by (accompanied by Frank, naturally). Penny O’Neil took a brief visit to Pittsburgh last week-end, but not quite as brief as Chuck Am end’s. The now rather small kitchen Behrend Host to Am. Instrument Society Members On Tuesday night, February 22nd, the regular monthly dinner meeting of the Erie branch of the American Instrument Society was held at Behrend Center. The so ciety, nation wide in scope, is com posed of persons interested in in struments used in industry, who Mr. David Thurbon and Mr. W. S. meet regularly to exchange data and information concerning mod ern devices. The meeting was presided over by the president of the local branch, Mr. R. B. Gray, of the American Meter Co., with the pro gram under Program Chairman W. Efenbeck. Tuesday’s meeting opened in the Behrend Center dining room at 6:30 P. M. with dinner, after which the group ad journed to the library for a lec ture by Mr. H. E. Becker, of the •General Electric Co. Mr. Becker talked on thermis tors. which are extremely small devices used to measure variations in temperature. Following his lecture, the members of the society engaged in an open forum,. during which previously prepared ques tions were asked and answered. The meeting adjourned at 11:00. staff quite heartily welcomed a new member to the klan. The lucky party is Blair Smith and he was welcomed with a dishrag and mop. Jerry Musser and Dick Dunn seem to be very satisfied with the new crew of girls. Likewise Ann Titmus and Jean Kimble are sat isfied with the fellows. Carol McKrell always seems to find herself mixed up in the “eternal triangle.” Dick Gordman never seems to be alone any more. Chemistry WAS a good excuse, Dorothy. If you people have been wonder ing where Betty Lou Volk has been lately you’ll find her in her l oom busily knitting on her argy les. She is really making progress. Congratulations to Gibb Brown lie, our new ping pong champ! At lost Sturge has found some thing to take his mind off “going South”. Namely Allene Benton. Does anyone have any sugges tions as to how Lois Braden can eat lunch on Mondays when she has classes from 10:20 to 3:20? Question of the week: What can I put in. this column about Rita Jackson? Quotation of the Week: What’s the scoop? Prediction of the week: Swimm ing Before April!! Couple of the week: Judy and Chuck. DRAMATIC CLUB ELECTS NEW HEAD By Bill Klaban At a meeting of the Dramatics Club, held Monday night, Ray J. Reed, President of that organ ization, announced his resignation. .The meeting was 'then thrown open for nominations. Bay Sturgelui sky and Judith Thomas were nomi nated-. In the voting which follow ed immediately, the members chose Judy as future executive. Facing the new president are such problems as the Carnival and two plays. These plays will pro bably be selected at the discretion of the members and on the advice of William J. Horean, faculty sponsor director. ‘ Permission to hold a carnival sometime in the near future has been received from the Activities Committee. Although there is little known concerning this affair, some ideas were presented to be included in such a function. Featured will be a sideshow (let’s hope for hula-girls), dancing, and the usual “stuffing” of stomachs with food and wine (un-fermented fruit-juice). Other probable feat ures, typical of carnivals are the penny-pitch, fortune telling, toss ing baseballs at milkibotfcles, movies, and who knows—Platon Gottlund, Math instructor, may even supply the equipment for a ski-jumping contest (weather permitting.) Along such ridicul ous lines may be an all-boy chorus. In any event Miss Thomas and her associates have qui-te a job ahead of them. You can look to the “dramats” for the pepping up of quite a few dull Friday even ings. Sports Dept. PALACE HARDWARE HOUSE 913-915 State Street ERIE, PA. THE NITTANY CUB Freedom The drums rolled, the flags waved, the bells chimed, and the b3nd played on and on. Friday, February 25, Inde pendence Day had arrived For weeks the martyr had suffered in silence with only an occasional outburst of hysteria approximately every 30 minutes. Ambassa • dors had been sent across the way to Rec Hall on “missions of mercy”—namely to pur- I chase cigarettes. Other dig nitaries were dispatched to Wesleyville and Erie to pro cure such necessities as sham t poe and bobby pins. The re volution had ended. Judy Thomas, the “campused , queen” is free!!! r . ye if «*• Speech (continued from Page 1) in this treatment is plastic sur gery. The second step is to get a prosthetic device, called a speech aid, to take the place of the hard and soft palate. After the operat ing cause is eliminated, an anal ysis is made of the speech defect to determine at what point the cor rective work is to begin. When this initial step is accomplished, the corrective work continues in a step by step attack on the re maining sound distortions or symptoms. The purpose of the work under the supervision of Mr. Horean is to equip the trainees •to achieve their economic, educa tional, and social potential. In the future, Mr. Horean hopes to be able to expand service to the residents of the Erie com munity in the form of an out patient clinic. It will be open to both children and adults. But at •the present time, only tentative arrangements have been made to carry on the clinic through the summer session under the program already established. So far, Mr. Horean has had to do all diag nostic service on his own time. Next year the program is to be greatly enlarged. It is planned that the teachers of the surround ing districts interested in advance courses in Speech Education will be trained here at Behrend. These classes will be held during the evening sessions under the sup ervision of Mr. Horean. Night School Spring Term Opens for Technical Students February 7 marked the opening at the Evening Technical Institute of the Pennsylvania State College for the spring term of 1949. Classes of the institute meet between 7:30 and 10:30 P. M. on Mondays and Wednesdays. The institute is under the direction of Mr. T. E. Campbell, a member of the Behrend Center Faculty. The courses offered are, for the most part technical, the four major curricula being Mechanical and ! Production Tool Design, Produc | tion Management, Industrial Elec tricity, and Personnel management ' Subjects are under the direction of [leaders in local industry who are [specialists in their respective fields. The class in tool design is taught by Mr. C. Bennett, of Stand ard Stoker Co. Mr. Russell K. Schlosser,, design engineer for the General Electric Company teaches three classes, advancing alterna ting current, electrical power mea surements, and electrical testing and Mr. F. Schneider and Mr. H. Fogle, also of the G. E v teach job analysis and evalution and tool and die design, respectively. The Ham mermill Paper Co., is represented by Messers. Amos J. Aubin and Robert T. Sternberg who teach engineering drawing and Algebra respectively. Motion and time stu dy is directed by Mr. Robert Guelcher, assistant superintendent of the Uniflow Manufacturing Co. Mr. David Thurbon and Mr. W. S. Horean are members of the reg ular center faculty and teach technical writing and speaking. Queen (Continued from Page 1) weeks ago when more than 200 college newspaper editors were asked to name the twelve schools where the greatest concentration of freshman pulchritude could be found. So wide and divergent were the opinions that it was decided to throw the contest open to those schools winch would be represen tative of each part of the country. Penn State College has been selected as one of the 16 colleges or universities in the nation having the most beautiful, talented, and active freshman, women. Of Penn State’s many branches, Erie’s Behrend Center has been chosen along with six others to select a representative. An Erie" girl a queen in Holly wood? You never can tell! Best of luck, Rose. Frank Gatto Best in Shoe Repair WESLEYVILLE, PA. Dorm Girls Sponsor Card Party Poker, blackjack, bridge, pinocle, gin rummy, casino, double soli taire, hearts, rummy—you name it and it was played on Friday evening, February 25. The dormi tory girls under the leadership of Beth Dunlap, dormitory president, sponsored a card party for the students, faculty, and friends of Behrend Center. The library and dining room of the main house was the scene of all activity. The cards and scoring pads that were found on each table were supplied by the com mittee in charge. This committee included Penny O’Neil, Dorothy Holmstrom, Margie Fleming, Ruth Gross, and Nan Bierman. The signs that have been posted were made by Lee Delle Donne and Betty Lou Volk, who were in charge of publicity. Cards placed first as the order of the evening; but refreshments ran a close second. Betty Lou Dahlinger, Lois Glick, Francis Finesod, and Judy Norton were tented guests departed. The witching hour, or 11 P. M. arrived too soon for most of the card players. The proctor locked the doors as the happy and con tended guests departed. Center Faculty Visits Home Campus Feb. 11 Over the week-end of February 11, the entire facility of Behrend Center, with the exception of the physical education instructors, Mr. Marvin Demp and Miss Janice Painter, journeyed to State Col lege for a conference of the faculty members of the centers and tech nical institutes of The Pennsyl vania State College. The seven centers represented were Dubois, Altoona, Hazelton, Swarthmore. Pottsville, Harrisburg and Behrend. The Conference opened with a dinner meeting held Friday even ing February 11, at which time J. Orvis Keller, Vice President in charge of extension, his assistant, Edwin L. Keller, and David Pew, Supervisor of Instruction and Ex tension, gave talks concerning ex tension policies and extension work in the future. At the dinner various faculty members became acquainted and discussed related problems of the centers. Saturday from eight o’clock in the morning to one o’clock in the afternoon the staffs met according to departments. Discussions were confined to educational policies and subject matter content as established for college centers. Most of the meetings terminated Saturday afternoon. The purpose of the Conference was to coordi nate all center instruction in keep ing the standards of the main campus.
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