CENTER CHATTER .
Hi Kids! Here we go again with
another column of casual chit
chat.
Plash! ! JThere was a man in the
eight girl suite last Tuesday night!
He even took a bath and had his
hair brushed! Yes, Horean’s dog
Choc was given a bath and brush
ed by Joan Baudino and Carole Mc-
Krell. Thanks are extended to Rita
Jackson for the use of her desk.
It seems Wes Pfirman and Miss
Davis have finally gotten things
settled. If Wes doesn’t like tea or
coffee, M. J. won’t force it on him.
Last week when the Rec Hall
wasn’t “open to the public”. the
four girl room, Uncle Dave’s office,
the kitchen and the library served
as poor substitutes.
If you people have been wond
ering where Joan “Kip” George
has been recently, the answer is
“she dosen’t work here anymore!”
It seems that Miss Painter
doesn’t appreciate the visits a
few of the boys make to the Wes
leyville gym Tuesday afternoons.
The girls don’t especially like the
walk home either! !
Francis Finesod is still waiting
for her bottle of perfume! Only
she isn’t certain whether it is sup
posed to be Tabu or Prince Match
abelli!
Nan Weston always seems to be
busily writing and'■scratching out
names in her date book. Seems
she just can’t make up her mind.
Since the snow has melted Ray
Reed and a few others are uncer
tain as to whether to practice golf
or baseball. Some problem!
If someone doesn’t soon give
Mary Hough and Dody Fisher
some “Red Roses for a Blue Lady”
the rest of the dorm gals will be
going crazy.
We’re glad to see Cy and John
still get that gleam in their eyes
when together! '!
Marilyn and Bill have a hard
time managing to get together now
because of conflicting schedules.
But they do manage a few minutes
now and .then.
Have you noticed Penny O’Neil
walking around in a daze and
mumbling to herself? Well, it’s
only because the baseball season
starts soon and she keeps saying
Pirates, Pittsburgh Pirates!
It would be nice if all the girls
around here could be satisfied as
easily as Meida is with a “friendly”
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If anyone dares to ask Gene
Sundberg where his class ring is
he’ll probably reply “Oh, it’s too
small. I left it at home.” I wonder
what the boss’s daughter would
say to that?
Prediction of the Week: Rose
Larsen will come out on top!
Couple of the Week: Bliley and
Gallagher.
Quotation of the week: Keep the
Rec Hall Clean.
Question of the week: Just when
does the official mating season
start? 1 tilt
Memos From
Mr. Ferguson
T. Reed Ferguson, the Admini
strative Head of Behrend Center,
is soliciting for future Behrendites
in the various high schools of the
surrounding districts. He has al
ready visited three of the four
teen schools. Scenes of Behrend
are shown to the seniors with a
slide projector. .Copies of the Nlt
tany Cub and articles about
Behrend are given to them. David
Thurbon, instructor of English,
Platon Gottlund, instructor of
mathematics, and Robert C. Henzi,
Assistant Adminstrative Head, are
helping Mr. Ferguson with his
campaign.
A baseball clinic under the di
rection of the Behrend Center, is
being opened at the Edinboro
State Teachers College. The clinic
opens Friday, March 25th. On that
date, Joseph Bedenk, the Baseball
Coach of the Pennsylvania State
College, will be there to speak on
batting, pitching, catching, offen
sive, and defensive playing. Charles
Medlar, the College trainer, will
also be there to speak on athletic
injuries. On Saturday, March 26th,
at twelve o’clock, Curtis Stone will
speak on the 1948 Olympics. Also,
Norman Gordon, Assistant Track
Coach, will speak on- hurdling, the
high jump, and pole vaulting. This
clinic is being started for the use
of the Coach Association of North
western Pennsylvania.
A Fleet Motor Supervision course
is being started at Warren, Penn
sylvania, under the direction of
Behrend Center. This course runs,
one night a week for eleven weeks.
It is being given to aid the opera
tors of large fleets of trucks, such
as dairy trucks. The class will help
the operators to test drivers, cut
down accidents, and give them
methods of checking trucks and in
surance.
This type of course is being
given,by the various centers of
the Pennsylvania State College in
Hawaii, Canada, and twenty-six
different states. In collaboration
with the College are the American
Automobile Association, and the
Trucking Association.
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The “chief cook and bottle wash
er” of Behrend Center is Mrs. Flor
ence Ryan. She hails from James
town, New York, via Oil City,
Pennsylvania. Her school years
were spent in the Oil City High
School. She lived in Oil City until
she was married in 1923, when she
moved to Erie, Pennsylvania.
Before coming to Behrend, Mrs.
Ryan worked as cook for two of
Erie’s best known families, the
Jareckis and the Parkers. Both fam
ilies are old friends of the Beh
rends. She also worked as the
Head Cook in the Boston Store
Cafeteria for two years. She stated
that she likes her job here at Beh
rend better than any of the others
because there is no comparison at
all between them.
Mrs. Ryan never went to college,
though she always wanted to at
tend the "Margaret Morrison School
of Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. Drexel Institute in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was
her second choice. All her life, she
has wanted to take a course in do
mestic science. So far, all her
training has been confined to her
mother’s kitchen.
Mrs. Ryan has one son, named
Robert. She is quite proud of him
and she has reason to be. He was
a student of the Pennsylvania
Kenneth V. Manning Assistant
Professor of the Physics Depart
ment of the Pennsylvania State
College, visited Behrend Center.
He is the co-author of the physics
text book used here at Behrend. He
is going to check on the possibili
ties of more night classes in phy
sics next semester.
Mrs. Ernest Behrend is ex
pected to pay Behrend Center a
visit in early April. Lately she has
been visiting in California.
Behrend Center may have a
television station in Erie, Pennsyl
vania. Mr. Ferguson is trying to
get the rights and clearances to
permit him to use film pictures of
the Pennsylvania State College.
The. films are:. “Your College”,
“Safe Driving”, and “The Campus
Comes to Steel Workers.”
Harmony in Music
Theme of Recital
ByMr.Bellferman
Behrend Center students were
honored Sunday afternoon, March
13, with the presentation of Mr.
Belferman’s concert recital “Har
mony in Music.” Faculty, students,
and visitors attending the concert
in the Behrend Center library
spent a most worthwhile and en
joyable two hours.
Mr. Belferman was aptly ac
companied by Mrs. Virginia M.
Reed. “Harmony in Music” marks
Mrs. Reed’s second visit here. She
made her first appearance here
last semester accompanying Mr.
Brdely, the celloist.
Mr. Belferman grouped his con
cert into three sections; popular,
semi classical, and classical. Under
these groupings, he wisely chose
selections which his audience great
ly appreciated.
Several selections under his
popular head i n g were, “Best
Things in Life Are Free,” “They
Say It’s "Wonderful,” and “But
Beautiful.”
In his semi-classical grouping,
Mr. Belferman certainly did just
ice to “Pale Hands I Love,” “Migh
ty Like a Rose,” and “Song of the
Flea.”
His classical selections consisted
of several renditions in French and
•German. One which most of us will
long remember, and one which
Mi-. Belferman has recorded, was
his interpretation of “Plasirs d’
Amour.” His excellent performance
of Morire” proved to
his audience what a skilled voca
list Behrend Center has in Mr. Bel
ferman.
From several well-known operas,
he selected several arias. Some .in
cluded, “The Toreador Song”,
“Non Riu Aridrai”, and “Largo A 1
Factolum”.
At the close of Mr. Belferman's
selections, Mrs. Reed played sev
eral Spanish rumbas, Chopin’s
“Polonnaise”, and “Ritual Fire
Dance”. Mrs. Reed is a very talent
ed woman, and one whom is indeed
a master of the piano.
Mr. Belferman’s excellent choice
of selections, and his fine quality
of singing provided an enjoyable,
entertaining afternoon for all. and
will be long remembered here at
Behrend Center.
State College, was in the first V-12
Unit, and served on a mine sweep
er during the war. After the war,
he changed his curriculum to Law
and was accepted at Marshall Col
lege in West Virginia. There he had
excellent marks in his subjects of
Pre-Law and so he was accepted
at the George Washington Univer
sity without completing his Pre-
Law course. Of the three colleges
he attended, Penn State is by far
his favorite.
Mrs. Ryan’s marvelous food and
cheerful smile have made” her a
very popular person here at Beh
rend Center.
Spanish Group
Has Ist Meeting
The Spanish Discussion Group,
an affiliate of the International
Language Institute, held its first
meeting of the year last week in
the Behrend Center library.
Concerned mainly with mutual
problems of Americans and their
Latin neighbors of South America,
the group is made up of South'
American teachers and local in
structors and students.
Speakers last night, included
Miss Maria M. Velez of Puerto
Rico and Mrs. Jose R. XJsuna of
Venezuela. Host' for_ the evening
was Herman Belferman, instructor
in languages.
Student Council
Continued from Page 1
point system was accepted in .part,
with Section C having-to do with
student council members holding
office, to have been voted upon by
the students’ assembly on- March
10.
A committee was appointed con
sisting of James Milliard, Robert
Knoll, and Wes Pfirman, to con
struct a graph showing the divi
sion of the Activity Fee; this graph
was to be made public in order to
acquaint each student -with the
manner in which his money is
being spent.
Both meetings were adjourned by
the President, Tom Pearce.
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