GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP
“Aw;, shut up—go lay an egg—kill the referee —kill him!
Well, 1 never! Did you see that foul? That was no foul! Oh
yes it was!
People certainly do insult each other, simply because they
can’t be good sports! A spectator doesn’t agree with a re
feree or an umpire and he’s ready to insult him and anyone
else. He “boos” the other team when there is really nothing
to boo. When a player on the opposite team makes a spec
tacular play, many people boo instead of giving the person
credit for his achievement.
Good sportsmanship not only applies to games, but to
every thing in life. We should take every thing as it comes
and take it good naturedly. We should never blame our
mistakes on someone else. A great person is a person who
makes everyone around him feel great, and believe me, a
good sport is a great person. He will achieve success where
others have failed; he will help to leave the world a better
place than he found it.
Life is a game! It has certain rules, certain barriers, even
-a limited time When you play the game, play it for sports
manship. A good sport stays out there and plays the best he
knows how, and he doesn’t give any excuses when he loses.
Let’s all of us remember that it’s not how well you play,
it’s how well you can take it.
INTO THE STRETCH
The coming of warm weather has made many of us re
alize how soon this semester will end. Now, just as in fresh
man week, students may be found sitting or sprawling in
any available sunny spot.
This has been a pleasant year for all of us. For most of us
it has gone all too fast. Behrend Center has provided us with
good education and the facilities for many varied activities.
Dancing, hiking, skiing, tobogganing, swimming, archery,
ping pong, basketball' —just about anything the students
wanted was made possible by the combined work of the ad
minstration, faculty, and the students themselves.
The climax of all these activities will be the Spring
Dance on May 6. Open to both students and alumni, it will
take place in one of the most exclusive country clubs in
Erie. Every Centerite should attend! Let’s all get dressed
and go out to the Kahkwa Club for a dance that will be,
fittingly, far superior to any other Behrend event. See you
there!
BE CAMPUS CAUTIOUS
Have you ever stopped and noticed Behrend Center’s cam
pus? But of course you couldn’t help but see how cluttered
and misused it is. Why?? It’s not the instructors’ fault or the
caretakers’. Who’s left? That’s right, it’s YOU, the students
of Behrend Center. It would be different if we had a gloomy,
dirty, old building in the middle of town, but it’s not. We
have a beautiful house amidst acres of green grass and stone
walks—marred by waste paper, candy wrappers, cigarette
butts, and other trash. Most of it is found on the grass sur
rounding the administrative building. This isn’t necessary.
There are waste cans inside the house, rec hall, and the
classroom building where the trash can be disposed. Let’s
not have to be ashamed when visitors, friends, or students
from other schools come, here to see the school and sur-;
roundings.
Are you guilty of this crime wave?
Joan Baudino
Marjorie Fleming
THE NITTANY CUB
Center Chatter
By Sal Dickson
la this, probably the last issue
of The Nittany Cub, we would like
to give a fairly well-rounded pic
ture of the social life around the
Behrend Center campus as we
have seen it.
First we would like to say good
bye to the happiest and best known
couples of the year. First, and
happiest, are Judy and Wes; next,
and a tie, are Marilyn and. Bill, and
Joan and Don. Carol and Bob as
well as Nan and Bill are still to
gether after slight difficulties.
And of course “Cy” and John are
still together!
A few of the newer couples, and
equally happy, are: Nona and
Benny; Ann and Jerry; and Jean
and Dick; and Judy and Chuck.
Mary Hough seems to have
found the “man of her dreams,”
Tom Madden.
Tom Pearce still, at this late
date, is seemingly happy with his
blind dates.
Frances Finesod, after all her
varied dates, is still true to
Johnny, as Meida is to the Navy.
Oops! And we almost forgot that
Betty Lou (2.2) Volk and A 1
(strike) Ldebau are still among
the campus couples.
The old gang of Adele, Shirley
and Mickey are happy with a new
member, Allene Benton, who has
stolen the heart of John Falcone.
Dunk Zimmerman, Gibb Brownlie.
Dick Coll man , and Dick Finney,
never broke down once the whole
year, and stuck to town girls.
On the feminine side of the
story are Penny O'Neil, Margie
Fleming, and Beth Dunlap, who
still have fresh -thoughts of the
good times at home. ,
Rosemary Larsen is happy with
her many letters from State and
the Miss Penn State Freshman
contest.
Lloyd and Ruth are still getting
along, too.
Among the new girls who have
done quite well socially are Laura
Vogel, Sally Gustafson, Marilyn
Boldt, Marily Haise, and Betty
Lou Dahlinger. Glad to have them
all!
I’m surei too, all the student
body would like to thank Jeanne
Shalkham' (and her assistants
Grace and Marian) for her help
fulness and eagerness to do things
for others.
None of the engineers (even
though they were not seen much)
will forget (and neither will Doro
thy) the jokes told in drawing
class.
Lee, Rita, and Lois are still al
ways “deviling” each other in the
8-girl suite.
Don McKenzie, Tommy Tucker,
and George Hamilton are as
happy-go-lucky as they were the
first day.
Would like to mention every
one but am running out of paper.
Quotation of the Week! Wish
the pool was open.
Couple of the Week:
Brown and Bill Kott.
Surprise of the Week: Clean
up day!!!
Well. . ! bout time to close. It’s
been fun.
Education classes at Behrend
Center, under the direction of Miss
Mary Jane Davis, instructor in'
English, have been visiting Law
rence Park and Wesleyville high
schools.
Personality Of Week
Adorable Rita Therese Jackson
ranks high on the list of popular
girls at Behrend Center. Reet, as
she is known to most Behrendites,
was born and raised in Corry,
Pennsylvania, where she attended
the Saint Edward’s High School,
from which she graduated in
June of 1948.
Rita thoroughly enjoys life to
the point that her big brown eyes
glow with haPi-hiess day after day.
She is slow to anger, and her
laughter fills the dgymitory with
a fascinating warmth on even the
coldest Erie evenings. Reet is al
ways in a good mood and is for
ever pulling “clever” little tricks
on the dorm girls. One cute trick
she’s always doing (it’s become a
habit now) is to turn the cold
shower on her roommates while
they’re taking their baths. She
even jumps into the bathtub with
•them when she doesn’t feel like
waiting until they are finished,
and to top everything, she snores
at night.
She has embarrassed all of her
roommates by falling asleep when
Miss Davis, Behrend’s Dean, of
Women, comes in to talk with
them at night. No, no. one gets
angry with her. They can’t be- !
cause she’s so sweet and has such
a lovable way about her that it
gets the best of them and nine !
chances out of ten, everyone will la^r » very pleasant smile. She
sit and laugh about it. She out- 0311 generally be found in either
does herself on most occasions i ® ie Hec. Hall or on the ski run,
though. On cleaning days, she’s as; having a great time. Students of
busy as a bee, patiently dusting Sebrend, join her, enjoy yourselves,
the floor and making the beds. It an<i • tta PP jr - f
By Dunk Zimmerman
Mr. David Thurbon, Behrend
Center’s English Department head
(and one of our best buddies), is
by birth an Erie man but by pro
fession a State Colleger. Davorence
Park, to be even more specific is
“Uncle Dave’s” old stamping
grounds. It was L. P. H. S. that
claimed some pretty nice ath
letic records set by “our buddy.”
It was Mr; Thurbon who helped
bring Lawrence Park High its
first two golf championships.
Likewise, it was Mr. Thurbon that
played a big role as signal-calling
L. H. B. to grab L. P. its first two
football crowns. His brilliant cap
taincy of the basketball team
brought sixteen wins and four
losses. Track, not to be left out,
Grounded off his sports prowess
where he ran. wild as a low hur
dler in the suburban schools great
seasons 1938-39. Don’t get the im
pression, “Mr. T.” was just an
athlete for if you were to’ check
the school records, the name of
David G. Thurbon would be found
as salutatorian of the class of ‘3,9.
After -working for several months
at the local General Electric plant.
“Uncle Dave” enrolled at. the Uni
versity of Pittsburgh to fulfill his
life-long, ambition to 'be a college,
instructor in English. As in high
school, so in college, several
scholastic honprs befell Mr. Thur
bon. Pitt’s golf team was sparked
by a fine record by this pro
mising Erie youth. Two fraterni
ties, Phi-Gamma-Delta and Delta
Kappa,, the latter an honorary
scholastic organization, chose him
as member and “Uncle Dave” made
himself a fine record at Pitt, both'
in athletics and the more serious
business of education.
Janet
After graduation, a teaching
position was opened to Mr. Thur-
Meet Your Faculty
Rita Jackson
is on these days that she makes
UP for all the clever little tricks
she pulls when she feels “devilish”.
Reet has three brothers and
three sisters,- all of whom are
every bit. as nice as she is. She is
quite proud of them and she has
reason to be. Her brother, Fred,
is a “crack” basketball player and
her sister, Amy has a marvelous
job with the United States Govern
ment.
Rita is easily recognized by her
dark, sparkling eyes, jet black
bon, and he jumped in, hook, line,
and sinker, to at last make his
Wiy in the world in his long
awaited profession.
The war of course affected Dave
quite radically and soon he
found himself a deck- officer on a
L. S. T. in Uncle Sam’s Navy. His
ship took part in the Normandy
invasions and after sustaining
terrific damage in combat return
ed to the United States only to
find itself the only survivor of an
original group of eight landing
craft! The Pacific Theater beckon
ed next so off to the far-eastern
war front pushed L. S. T. No. 388,
on board Ijer, Lt. (j. gj d. g.
Thurbon.
After more combat and peveiaj
“close ones”, “Uncle Dave” was
discharged and arrived home
Christmas Eve.
Next, the Pennsylvania State'.
College called and after 'writing
for United Press newspapers fqr
a while, Mr. Thurbon signed up : 'to"J _
teach- English Composition, at
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