CENTER CORNER
I snapped the left clamp in place
and straightened up, eager and
ready for my last run. The hill
stretched down and away; its
snow-covered slopes lay one upon
another until the last leveled off
to meet the first of the scattered
houses of the city below. Four
times I had made the swift de
scent to the edge of the City; each
time, with skis slung 'over my
shoulder, I had laboriously trudged
and slipped my w.ay through the
snow to the top of the hill. Dusk
would soon be night. Far below,
the street lights'of the city snap
ped on, silhouetting the blackness
of the houses into neat squares. I
shook the snow off each ski and
headed them downhill. With a
quick push of the ski poles against
the snow, I jerked over and down
the first slope. I crouched lower
and lower, leaning my body into
White foam boiled in the wake
of our sturdy little fishing craft as
it roared noisily out of Aransas
Bay and headed for the tarpon
fishing grounds off Port Aransas,
Texas. It was early in .the season
and the region had not yet had the
“weather” necessary for the best
fishing results; therefore we had
resigned ourselves to a day of
lackluster fishing and a restful
cruise. After an hour of trolling,
with negative results. I suddenly
noticed a huge shadow rising to
the surface about twenty feet off
the port bow. „ _ _
“What the devil is that?” I
shouted, frantically waving my
arm in the general direction of the
shadow. The rest of the party
gasped in amazement as the skip
per yelled, “It’s ‘Old Grandad’ him
self! I’ll try to hook him!” ‘Old
Grandad/ clearly revealed in the
glancing rays of the morning sun,
was a giant turtle with a body
larger than a dining room table
and a head the size of a medicine
ball. He puffed lazily on the sur
face, his massive, bony shell bob
bing up and down with each swell,
while the skipper expertly cast a
line within inches of his nose. On
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THE LAST RUN
the wind, as I silently gathered
speed; the skis cut through the
powdery snow as the bow of a
ship sprays aside the waves of the
sea. The first tree loomed black
against the snow, then suddenly
was behind me in a blur of trunk
and branches. Out on to the first
level I sped, momentarily coming
out of the crouch I had assumed
only to squat back into position as
I hurtled over the bank onto the
next slope. The buffeting of the
wind forced tears to my eyes. Each
snowdrift swirled into a misty
mound of white, jerking me for
ward as I plowed through it. Then,
in a flash, I was down, plunging
headlong into the snow. In a flur
ry of arms and legs I tumbled and
slid, toboggan fashion, cutting a
sweeping path through the snow as
I struggled to cuss and couldn’t
with my mouth full of snow.
By Ed Kittka
OLD G
AND AD
the third cast the monster lifted
his bulbous head, snatched .the
hook in his mouth and with a de
fiant flick snapped the strong line
like a piece of yarn. Then, with a
final snort the denizen of the deep
sea, said to weigh between seven
hundred and a thousand pounds,
sank slowly beneath the surface.
The spectacle left us tense with
excitement and tarpon fishing the
remainder of the day held little
thrill.
GIRLS’ FORUM NEWS
The Girls’ forum was originated
at the beginning of the spring sem
ester by Mrs. T. Reed Ferguson
.and Mrs. Platon 'Gottlund. Betty
Lou Volk is acting secretary. The
Forum was started for the benefit
of the girls, to give them a new in
terest. The meetings are discus
sions of things in which the girls
are interested. They have had two
forums thus far which were open
to the student body, and more are
scheduled. The girls are taking
turns in going to the Erie Infants
Home every Saturday and Sunday
morning and afternoon. The girls
stay there for two hours at a time,
feeding and entertaining the chil
dren. The girls find this service
far from being work, and usually
leave the Home anticipating their
next visit with interest.
The forum is also planning a tea
early in April, possibly with Mrs.
Behrend as the guest of honor.
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THE NITTANY CUB
Behrend’s Backstage
By Carol McKrell
Mrs. Shuttle-
Erie, Pa. is the home of Mrs.
Izero Shuttle, Behrend Center’s
“dinner cook.” Mrs. Shuttle attend
ed St. Peter’s Cathedral Primary
School, and Central High School in
Erie. Before coming to Behrend
Center, she was employed as “din
er chef” in Erie at Kreske’s five
and ten cent store.
Mrs. Shuttle enjoys her work
very .much here at the center be
cause of the friendly attitude of
the students.
Mr. Shuttle has two daughters,
and a son. Pearl, her first daugh
ter, is married, and is employed as
“head chef” at Clark’s Restaurant
in Erie. Cynthia, was a fingerprint
technician, and formerly worked
with the F. B. I. in Washington,
D. C. Roy, her son, is an employee
of Erie’s General Electric Corpor
ation.
We the students of Behrend
Center, would like to thank you,
Mrs. Shuttle, for the fine effort
you have put forth in the kitchen.
Easter Dance
Continued from Page 1
meat; Howard Heskith, publicity;
Don Blair, decorations; Joan
Bau'dino, table decorations; and
Nan Weston, refreshments.
The two following week-ends in
April will be reserved for general
date nights. In May,'the annual
“Bowling Banquet” will be the
topic of conversation among the
athletic bowlers.
To top off the semester success
fully, the big gala event in May
will be our Spring dance schedu
led for the thirteenth of May.
Preparations by the Activities
Board have already begun to make
this dance the best that Behrend
Center has ever seen.
Science Club
Continued from Page 1)
ing in Chemical Engineering and
Janet Brown, who is studying to be
a medical technician.
Richard Shaffner and Charles
Amend comprise the committee
whose purpose is to plan for the
tours through the industrial
plants and arrange for the movies
on atomic energy under the di
rection. of Louis Balmer, chemistry
instructor, and faculty advisor to
the Science Club.
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CENTER CHATTER
By Sal Dickson
While sitting- at my typewriter,
my mind goes almost blank as to
the events around the B. C. camp
us lately, but a few outstanding
instances remain such as:
Last week Marilyn Garden had
a very welcome visit from her
brother Jimmy, who is a student
at the University of Chicago.
Jimmy liked the college very
much, but couldn’t understand
why the students insisted on going
to classes!
Frank Thompson has finally
started to notice the female pop
ulation at Behrend Center, and
Anne litmus is the cause of it all.
Better watch that, Jerry!
We were all glad to see so many
students attending the St. Fat’s
dance Friday night. The talk of
the evening was Mrs. John Earn.
“Pretty nice stuff” was the general
trend of thought on the subject.
Tommy Tucker, George Hamil
ton, and Bob Schultz all seem to
. have one thing in common. Name
ly, Betty Lou Bollinger.
In case any of you haven’t
noticed, Benny Bernard is start
ing to get that “going steady”
gleam in his eye. Wellll maybe.. .
We are all glad to see Betty
Lou Volk and A 1 Leibeau. keeping
company again. It was also good
to see Jeannine again, Jim.
Dick Shaw seems to be spending
more and more .if his. time
around campus now- _ -days. Won
der why?
. A great tragedy took place in
Beth Dunlap’s life last week! She
•missed -two of Mr. Turnbull’s
That will never do!
■Anyone who would like a few
polka lessons Should see our “king
of polkas”, Gene Chesley. He
gives free lessons in he Rec TTn.n
between 7 and 9 every nite.
Jean Kimble is recovering very
nicely from her “little accident”
the other night. Of course it was
all a plot to get Mr. Shields in the
dorm so the girls would be SURE
of the zoology assignment! Jean
isn’t quite sure that it was worth
it.
Our campus character, Dunk
Zimmerman is becoming quite
skilled at writing English themes
an hour before class. He is
seriously thinking of going into
business!
There is quite a complaint being
raised against students such as
Alexander, Bob Rathfone and
Edwin Beethoven who insist on
having their work in on time. Just
think of how hard you fellows
make it for students like Sturge
and Ray .Metz. You ought to be
ashamed! !
Jim Milliard is, still brushing
tears from bus eyes because o'f the
death of- one of his best friends,
“'the crow.”
Question of the week: Do you
have the “urge to regurge?”
Quotation of the week: Spring
is sprung!
Prediction of the week: The car
nival will be one of the biggest
social successes of the year;
Couple of the week:*Chen and
Ohok (and Bob Gallagher).
BEHREND CENTER BAND
Continued from Page 1
joined the Marines in 1945/ and
while there formed an acquaint
ance with Howie Starks, another
Behrend band member.
After receiving his discharge, he
enrolled in the School of Business
at Cincinnati College, but left
after finishing one semester, and
entered the School of Education
at our own Behrend Center. He
plans to enter Obarlin College of
Music and continue in his field of
Music Education.
Mickey Monahan, also a native
of Erie, is a graduate of Erie’s
Strong Vincent High School and
also of the Erie Conservatory of
Music. He studied at the Erie
Conservatory for a period of seven
years under the noted Erie musi
cian, Tony Luciano, and graduat
ed in June of 1948.
Aside from his activities with
the Behrend Center Band, he
participated in the orchestra of
Matt Poramer which is one of the
four top dance bands in Erie at
this time. He is enrolled in the
School of Commerce and Finance,
and plans to become an account
ant.
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