Off and On the Campus
By Mary Ann Jackson
Here we are back to tbe old
grind after a peaceful (?) Thanks
giving vacation. Mr. Lane return
ed more confused than ever, walk
ing around with his coat on in
side out, collar turned up, and his
glasses on upside down. He even
walked into 'Mr. Thurbon’s E.
Comp. 1 class on Monday to teach
German. The snow came too, and
drove A 1 Brooks and Noreen
Knoll into a library they
can’t walk the nature trail any
more. Barb Edelman arrived and
brought with her the “Froth.”
Even John McGraw is back.
Noticed a few changes on the
campus since we got back. Joe
Schmitt has changed his curricu
lum; he is no longer taking up
space, he switched to seamanship.
You can see him steering his
craft in the southwest corner of
the first floor in the classroom
building. Eleanore Bitzer is now
going steady and has the best
wishes of Jack Übbersack, Hans
Honowinkle, Fritz Fon Roben
snitch, Otto Keib, and Willis Gill.
Also noticed the “iron curtain”
on the second floor of the class
room building. Ray Metz received,
in the mail, two good seats for the
Sportscope
By Dick Moore
November 28 ended the football
season with Maryland and Notre
Dame, the top two teams for the
second year. This winter may see
the unlimited substitution rule re
vised. Several coaches have al
ready spoken in favor of this,
mentioning that costs were not
noticeably less under the single
platoon system.
Saturday, November . 21, found
the Lions ending their second at
the Smokey City, against the Pitt
Panthers. A 17-0- win gave State
a 6-3 record, losing to Wisconsin,
Penn and West Virginia.
As the basketball season swings
into action the Behrend Center
combine, after winning a preli
minary game against the Alumni
27-22 at homecoming, prepares, as
we go to press, to meet a highly
rated Altoona five at Erie Hall
Saturday night, Dec. 5. Coach Mil
ler is hoping his balanced squad
can pace the down staters. For
board work he’s depending on Be
nacci; Nagel, Moore, Brandt, and
Seyboldt. At the guard positions,
showing speed and deception, are
Haney, Yoehim, Mattson and
Vieira. Almost any combination
is equal to any other, making sub
stitutions no problem. While prac-
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Rose Bowl game, but can’t go.
Anyone interested in going, please
get in touch with Ray. In the
dorm, short-sheeting has gone
out; now it’s pie-bedding and
substituting shampoo for tooth
paste. Jack Rimp looks real col
legiate in his new hair cut. Dottie
Parks has a new addition to her
hope chest. She is now the happy
owners of three plastic bowl cov
ers discarded by the astronomy
club because they are too small to
cover the telescope.
But basically, everything is still
the same. Harlean Benec still walks
pigeon-toed; Lou Laube has trou
ble keeping track of her clothes;
Jan Jackson uses the “hunt and
peck” system, on the typewriter,
that is; Nancy Elms is spoiling the
punch lines for everybody’s
“knock - knock” jokes; Whitey
wants to know just what Lynn
accounts for in accounting class;
Joe Benacci is trying to sell his
1952 Plymouth Belvedere for
$1795. Poor kid, never will learn,
Anne Walsh is still knitting her
t argyles; Sue Williams receives
numerous long distance telephone,
calls. And most of all, w« are still
receiving loads of homework
everyday.
fcices haven’t been too frequent,
improvement is being shown. The
season’s schedule is as follows:
Dec. B—Edinboro, Away—7 p. m.
Dec. 12 Allegheny, > Away—4
p. m.
Jan. 12—Slippery Rock-—Away,
8 p. in.
Jan 16—Altoona Center—Away,
8 p. m.
Jan. 30—Edinboro—Away, 7:00
p. m.
In the. world of ping-pong, Jake
G-ehrlein rules supreme. For the
second year running, Jake has
copped the men’s singles tourna
ment. The semi-final play-offs
were among Bud Schultz, Jack
Geiger, Tom Vieira and Jake
Gehrlein. Schultz, considered to be
the favorite, lost by decisive scores
of 21-15 and 21-10.
Because of the strenuous walk
to Erie Hall, the girl’s tournament
faded away.
Also in the ping-pong world, the
doubles tournament is about to
get under way. Already for the
fight are Reid Yaple, Jim Lay,
Dennis Driscoll, Bud Schultz, Jack
Geiger, Emmett Miller, .Tim Sey
boldt, Glenn Raymer, Bob Brandt,
Jim Yochim, Skip Mattson, Tom
Vieira, A 1 Fine, and “Doc” Miller
and “TJncle Dave” Thurbon.
THE NITTANY CUB
Chenne (Cont’d)
Continued from Page 2
I can tell he’s hot strictly from
hunger because I can see it spilled
all over that .brown rag he laugh
ingly calls a suit, that he eats
well. I’ll bet that rag stands alone
in the corner, if he takes it off be
fore going; to bed that is.
Wac-ky “Coffee in her veins”
Borkowski seems to . have a great
fascination for all the would be
cats on campus. Isay would be, be
cause they try but sure louse it
up good. Willis Pretty Boy Gill,
Jerry No Other Could Be So Re
pugnant Sandlestein and Ed There
Just Aren’t Words In The Web
ster to Describe It Grossman are
a few of the little ones she mo
thers. Maybe it’s her very strong
desire to write science fiction
that draws her. to them. They sur e
look like fugitives from War of
the Worlds anyway.
These dorm girls are really
gone this year, or should be any
how. I was out taking my mid
night stroll the other night, (I
have to every night, master’s or
; ders you know?) and I happened
to see chubby (that’s the polite
word for that tank that rolls
around the B. C. campus) Jack
son prowling around in the cata
combs of the dorm to secretly un
latch a window to let the curfew
crasher kids in alter one of the
many disgusting “revival” meet
ings.
Larry Markham and Anne
Walsh take top honors this term
for the gooiest make-outs around.
In every class they hold hands
and roll their eyes ■at ’ each other.
Sick calves I call it. Anne’s being
so true to Jimmy in her
fashion.
I guess it’s time to. wander back
to Dußois where I live, but I’ll
be seeing you Around the Fireplug
again next issue. And remember,
though away, I still can get all
the dirt, you just can’t keep a
good news hound down. Arf arf
yip yip, that’s really the last, ex
cept- for a word to Reggie: You
had better stay in that hole where
you belong and let a good report
er take over. (You know, I used
to be very conceited, but I’m not
anymore. I’m real, nice now! !)
Willis Gill
Uncovers Relics
By Ed Grossman
Some of the students have heard
about Willis Gill’s Indian relic col
lection and found it very inter
esting. Not only has he uncovered
relics in other parts of the coun
try, but also right here in our own
territory. Willis has been digging
in a gravel pit by! Wintergreen
Gorge, only a few miles from Beh
rend. So far he has! found an ar
rowhead, two beads, and a piece
of pottery at the gravel pit, about
four' feet from the surface. He
took the arrowhead to the mu
seum and was informed that it
had: been, made by. the Iroquois.
Willis finds that digging, for
the most part; in gravel and loam
is the most favorable.
Although .he has ceased his
searching, for ;the duration Of the
winter ; season, he plans to at
tempt' to uncover the old burial
mound of the Iroquois in this ter
ritory.
Willis wishes to inform our
readers that anyone wishing to
sponsor ' an , expedition should
please see him, and a safari will
be arranged as soon as possible.
Dorm Dragnet
By Lynn Montague
Friday, 9:45 a. m.—l-am work
ing out of the Nittany Cub office.
Chief hands me the Dorm Detail.
Some eccentric girls, who inhabit
the dorm, are rumored to be har
boring a few strong medium-sized
horses. My job—track down their
hobbies. I begin investigating the
situation armed with a sawed-off
pencil.
First suspect questioned is Lou
Laube who answers, “Collecting
beer signs.”
I stealthily sneak into a suite
and observe Anne Walsh, perched
atop her bunk, writing furiously,
a secret code undoubtedly. When
asked what she is doing, she
counters with, “Writing to Jim
mie.”
Thinking that sufficient, I at
tempt to trap Sue Gill and Sue
Williams, executing • a real crazy
getaway. “Jitterbugging must be
their racket,” I decided.
Crouching behind a “One Mint
Julep” record, Jan Jackson waves
her white flag and surrenders with
these words, “Okay, okay, my line
is sabotaging the campus with re
cords by the Clovers.”
She leads me to the head of
the ring. Along the dark hallway,
we pass a figure. “Dottie Parks,”
says Jan, and to my inquiry as
bo the girl’s activities, continues,
“What more do you want!”
From the center of the main
suite, the hide-out, Eileen Lardo,
head of the espionage ring, “Lar
do Enterprises,” formerly known
as Murder Incorporated, hands
out the assignment sheets for col
lecting more strong, medium-sized
horses. Wtih my trusty telescope,
a relic of Mr. Baker’s, I survey the
situation. . '
Nancy Elms immediately pro
ceeds to her point of demolition,
the music appreciation . class, to
annoy “Freddie.” Carrying out
their orders, I see’ Harlean Benec
commencing to knit with her
“telephone poles’?, Ruth Myers
chiming in with some fiendish
ideas contributed by her “hubby”,
and Kay (Powell continuing to
type out assignments for fur
ther destruction of the botany,
English, and history classes.
Ruth Hovis applies her talents
in the direction of, bowling when
she captures a traitor, Barb Edel
man, who has been receiving
strange packages from a reaction
ary town called Ellwood City. This
is an unpardonable sin and there
fore she must serve as a bowling
pin for one month.
After searching - for the strong
middle-sized horses without suc
cess, I eye these scheming females
and defeatedly slump out of the
dorm.
Friday, 1:00 p. m.: I report back
to the chief who asks, “Did you get
the facts?” I answer, “Yes, but I
didn’t play the right hunch.”
Convention Held
At Ogontz Center
The Pennsylvania Association
of Junior Colleges held its annual
convention October 31 at the
Ogonitz Center of Penn State,
which is located near Philadelphia.
Three members of the Behrend
Center Student- Council, Jake
Gehrlein, Nancy Elms, and Larry
Markham, attended, accompanied,
by their advisor,’ Mr. Balmer.
The schedule, though crowded,
was very worthwhile and consisted
of the following:
Saturday morning the delegates;
Everyone is invited to guess
whose silhouette appears above.
The head may be that of anyone
seen around the Behrend campus
student, secretary, teacher, cook,
administrator, caretaker, etc. The
first person to hand in on a slip
of paper to the faculty advisor
of the Nittany Cub the correct
name of the- individual above will
win an award.
Stop the Presses!
By Anne Walsh
Stop the presses! Syb Shay, girl
editor, sits at her table. Just as
she is about to give up and drown
the Nittany Cub in Murine (used
to lubricate tight eye halls at 3:00
in the morning) Dot Kelly, assis
tant editor, reporter, and typist,
falls into the room ' gasping,
“Scoop! scoop! Anne Walsh just
dropped 75 stitches and is- head
ing toward Whitey Mioore brand
ishing a loaded knitting needle.”
Lead: Boy found dead in swim
ming pool, argyles in hand, knit
ting needle in back.
.Tears of joy come to Syb’s eyes.
“Good old Anne (copy boy and
general nuisance) ;• out making
news again.”:
: “All right, Dot,” Syb barked,
“call her in.”
. “Right, chief! Say, chief, I got
thp word that they’re going; to
break the dorm girls goodies ring.
They’ll never get them with old
Lump Lardo driving the get-away
car (?).”
“Well, if it isn’t Dangerous
Dave, the smiling Englishman, our
spy into the underworld.”
“Got a hot tip. Hot checker
game raided down at Erie Hall.
How about the payoff?”
.“AH right, but keep this quiet,”
the bpss snarls, handing him 20
cents for cokes.
; So, for the next 20 or 30 hours,
Anne, Syb, and Dot compose story
after story, writing at a mad pace
all the time (what else could you
expect of three mad editors?) un
til they get near the end. About
this time, 'they’re crawling over
stacks of paper seven or eight feet
high, knocking over coke bottles
that mysteriously found their way
into the room, and plowing through
all kinds of pictures. Every. now
and then, editor Shay will take
time out to look at a snapshot of
Lew for an hour or so, and then
she’s inspired to go back to work.
Finally, the last headline is
written, and the paper is put to
bed, but in the still droning me
tropolis of the doxm, Jan Jackson
is busy making copy for the next
issue, Headline: Case of the Chi
nese Noodles.
divided into four groups to discuss
the general topic selected at the
organizational meeting, which
had been held Friday evening.
These topics were: social activi
ties, student publications, the re
, lationship between adminstration,
student government, and student
body, and sports activities.
An afternoon meeting attended
by all delegates reviewed the re
i suits of the group discussions.