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!!!
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Speech
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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
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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.