Volume I—“ No. 10 - * ■ Price Five Cents
Spring Dance
Takesr Place
OnM&y 6th
Every Behrend Center student
must openhis eyes to the date of
May 6th, for it is on this date
that the biggest social event of the
year will take- place. This jsocial
event, the “Spring Dance,” will be
held at 'the Kahkwa Country Club,
noted for its scenic'beauty and
palatial atmosphere, ’is the most
exclusive country;'club in Erie.
For this reason, it is a privilege and
honor to hold such a dance for
the Behrendites. -
Those heading, the committees
for the “Spring Dance” are as fol
lows: Publicity, Don Blair, Nan
Weston; Decorations,.Tom Pearce,
Jim Milliard," Bob'Rathfon, Harry
Schiemeiy .and. .Howard Heskcth;
Tickets, Beth Dunlap;' Invitations,
Judy Thomas; Favors, Joan Baud
ino.
The dance will be semi-formal,
optional lor :the fellows if they
wish to wear’ suits or "evening
dress. Tickets are priced at $5.00
with favors for the girls and bou
tonnieres "for " the fellows. The
evening will begin at 10:00 arid
last till 2:06. -
The Activity Board is planning
to make a week-end of this event.
The “Spring Dance” will be the
beginning of the several activities
mlanned'-rf -week-end. 1 The
glance wih. be. 'followed by break-
jglst, May 7th.
Sunday wili bringforthan after
noon danced which will bring;\a
wonderful- close'to a-terrific week
end.
FeUbwsraskyour-girl now! Get
your date-lined tip for this dance
that will: -be remembered by all
for seme time to come. Your at
tendance-at’ - the “Spring Dance”
will not only assure you of a mem
orable evening tout will help to
make Behrend Center’s “Spring
Dance” the dance of the year.
Science Club’s
Party a Big Hit
The Science Club, held a com
bination- picnic-barn dance-trea
sure hunt on Saturday.
After -the picnic at the picnic
grounds on. the campus, the trea
sure hunt got into full swing, with
the night’s -activities being ter
minated., in “Rec” Hall in the
form, of round and square dancing.
Most appropriately the club
called, .the - affair the “A & G
Party”, with, the initials, as we all
discovered,.- standing for “Any
thing Goes”. - From all reports
everyone .'had - a great time, in
the form, of trick gadgets, stunts,
and the like. .
All seemed to en joy the hot dogs
with. all the trimmings that ac
company .a ‘ good' old fashioned
picnib dinner outdoors.
Everyone came . dressed in old
clothes, and prepared for, all sorts
of fun... They found it!
Haye yoii observed the luscious
Florida'■'•feri.'sbme' of the coeds are
do Iwonders
tiiese days.' '
V/«.NITTANy CUB
Students Make
High Scholastic
Honor Records
The Nittany Cub takes pride in
publishing-the names of the stu
dents who have through ability
and effort earned' a place on the
Behrend dean’s list and 'honor
roll. The dean’s list is one of the
highest honors.a student can hope
to attain. We are happy to an
nounce that seven students made
the dean’s list and twelve the
honor roll:
Dean’s List
1— Keinath, Jean 2.62
2 Gustafson, Sally Ann 2.56
3 Thomas,' Judy 2.52
4 Dunlap, Elizabeth 2.29
5 Pfirman, Wesley 2.29
6 Spacht, Jack 2.29
7 Volk, Betty Lou 2.25
I—Brewer, Charles
2—Brown, Janet
3 Collman, Richard
4 Delle Donne, Lee
5 Gorley, Robert
6 Hamilton, George
7 Rathfon, Robert
8— Schultz, Robert
9 Shalkham, Jeanne
10— Smith, Blair
11— Snow, Clayton
12-^—Thompson, Frank
Golf Team
Drops First
Two Matches
Behrend golfers dropped their
first two 1 matches of the season
recently in losing to Westmin
ster College 5 to 1 in a best ball
match and to Slippery Rock State
Teachers College by- a match play
score of 6 to 3.
Behrend Center’s Cubs, opening
their fnjst season of intercollegiate
golf competition, got underway
in their six-match schedule by
facing .Westminster College at
New Wilmington on Thursday,
April 21st.
The Cubs then return to then
home layout at the Lawrence Park
Golf Club to host, on Friday, April
22nd, to the mashie-wielders from
Slippery Rock State Teachers
College.
Next the locals travel to Slip
pery Rock for a return engagement
there on May 3rd. On Miay 9th
they open a series with Edinboro
State on the Lawrence Park course.
Highlight of the Cub’s schedule
is;, their trip to State College for
the Perm State Invitational tour
ney on May 13th and 14th.
The locals close on the road by
traveling to the lengthy Culbertson
Hills layout for the final match
with Edinboro.
Leading the firing for the
Behrend golfers will be big Jim
Milliard former Erie scholastic
titleholder,'-and Don Blair, num
ber one- 'man- on ■ the East- high
squad for the past two. years.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION
Honor Roll
(over 2.00)
Bulletin
THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1949
BEHREND
OPEN
Welcomes All
T. Reed Ferguson,. adminstra
tive head, set to welcome high
school seniors, parents, friends
and visitors to the Center Cam
pus during the Open House Pro
gram.
BEHREND’S ZOO
By Nan Bierman
. Did. you -know that -Behrend
Center has a zoo of stuffed ani
mals? The beds of most of the
dormitory girls are adorned with
prized possessions. In most cases
they are stuffed cloth dogs, cats,
or other animals, which have a
certain significance to the owner.
In the six girl room a lamb
which has taken quite a bit of
abuse sits on the pillow of Judy
Norton’s bed. It is a dirty gray in
color and its eyes are falling out,
but Judy wouldn’t part with it for
the world.
A huge red and white panda
stands vigil on Ruth Gross’s bunk.
Its size is so life-like that when
the girls enter the room they are
forced to look twice to see who is
on the top bunk.
“Vandy”, a tiny yellow and gray
dog with an “I” on its side guards
Nan Bierman’s top bunk. Its ar
rogant expression is very sym
bolic as it is a souvenir of the
University of Idaho. The vandals
are the symbol of that university,
consequently its name.
At the door of the four girl room
a fuzzy, white kitten greets you as
you enter the room. Marilyn
Garden explains that its name is
“Kitty”. She acquired the pet
through the thoughtfulness of
Dorothy Holmstrom who knew of
Marilyn’s cat craze. “Siegfried,”
a dog whose red cord hair often
needs to be combed, is Kitty’s
roommate. Meida Moskowitz, its
keeper, is the proud owner.
The first thing you notice as
you enter the eight girl room is a
yellow and black striped -. lion.
“Dumpy” is a gift from an admirer
of Rita Jacksons. A clown dressed
in a green printed dress belongs
to Mary Hough. Her -“Buster’s”
dress is completed by three large
CENTER HOLDS
HOUSE PROGRAM
Erie Behrend Center of The Pennsylvania State College will hold, its
First Annual Open House on the local campus on Station Road above
Wesleyville Thursday and Friday, April 28 and 29, from 6 to 10 p. m.
on. each of those days. '
Although the Open House program is designed primarily for high
school seniors in the Erie area, who will be the honor guests during
the two days,, the college is also being thrown open to parents of the
seniors, guests and friends of Behrend Center, and any other interest
ed- persons.
Cabin Party Will
Be Next School
Social Function
■The Nittany Cub sponsored
Cabin-Party will be held Saturday
evening, April. 30, in Cabin No. 2
ort- the Presque Isle State Park.
Chairmen for the event are:Floyd
McGough, refreshment; Meida
Moskowitz, transportation; Bill
telaban, publicity; Sally Dickson,
tickets; Don Blair, coordinator.
Hot dogs, pop; potato chips, and
doughnuts- comprise the refresh
ment criterion. -Round and square
party-goers, but an occassional
polka will be thrown on the “vie”
for Sturg-and his-followers.'
A, fine mushball field is near
by, should some; of the more vig
orous souls desire-activity to di
gest the hot dogs. So some pre
pared to eat, drink, and be merry.
Cars will meet at the Center at
5:30 to provide transportation.
If: you haven’t yet seen Erie’s
pride and joy, the Peninsula, then
this outing will afford am excel
lent opportunity to view its scenic
beauty and find out just why Erie
is known as the Gem City of the
Great Lakes.
ChemicalSoeiety
Has Get-Together
The Erie division of the Ameri
can Chemical Society met-recently
at Behrend Center. It is this
society that sponsors Louis W.
Ballmer, our chemistry instructor,
on the air each Saturday. =
Speaker for the recent ACS
meeting was Dr. Charles F. Fry
ling, supervisor of emulsion poly
merization • research with the
Phillips Petroleum Company in
Phillips, Texas. He spoke on “Low
Temperature Chemical Rubber.”.
Jack Spacht is now among the
elite on the campus since he got
liis new Chevrolet.
The zoology class of Behrend
Center dissected their first frog
last week.
pompoms, on its dopey cap. Nan
Weston mixed , the names of her
friends and in. that way her light
■blue dog was named, “Joley.”
That- completes 1 ,the menagerie
of Behrend Center. If there is
any particular specimen you would,
like to see T am . rime the girls will
try to oblige.
Behrend Center—Pennsylvania State College
For many of Erie’s citizens it
will be their first opportunity to
thoroughly look over the beauti
ful rambling 400 acre estate given
to Penn State College by Mrs.
Mary Behrend last July in order
to provide Erie with a coeduca
tional institution of higher learn
ing.
Also, in addition to viewing the
grounds, the visitors will have a
chance to see how the various
buiWings and attributes—the
fine Dutch Colonial style home,
former show and riding horse
stables, swimming pool and the
like—have been adapted to the
needs and pattern of college life.
Regular student-guided tours
around the grounds, classrooms,
chemistry and botany laborator
ies, recreation hall, women’s dorm
itories, library, cafeteria, ad
ministrative offices and .the like,
will take place at intervals during
each of the days programs.
Although a variety of outdoor
activities will include volleyball,
tbadmSnfcon, (horseshoes and ar
chery, a number of special shows
are to be presented by the science,
language, dramatics, and voca
tional guidance departments.
Also, exhibits will be shown
from 6 to 9 p. m. during the two
days.
Brief skits by the. language stu
dents and members of the drama
tics club will add variety to the
Open House program which will
be climaxed both evenings by
dancing in the Student Recreation
Lounge to the music of Jack
Longnecker’s Behrend Center band.
“Clean-up Day”
Postponed Again
Two tentative clean-up days
were arranged by Mr. T. Reed
Ferguson, Administrative Head of
Behrend Center, but were cancel
ed because of bad weather. The
plans, however, went through Fri
day.
Some of. the jobs which were
completed: taking down storm
doors and windows and replacing
(them with screens, washing win
dows .in the classroom, building
and chemistry laboratory, clean
ing the swimming pool, clearing
the tennis court, replenishing the
wood pile, and cleaning the
grounds in general.
Every, evening before Mr. Turn
bull’s term papers and trave
logues are due, the. eight: girl suite
study room looks as if it. were a
newspaperman’s haven. Theclickr
ing of typewriter keys, the scratch
ing,, of- pencils, the. rustling' of
papers, and the 6:00 A. M. dead
line verify this fact.