3U Nil I I ANY CUB Vol. VI—No. 2 Neil Charles To Play For Annual Snoball Synthetic Fibers To Be Displayed On December 11, 1953, the stu dents of Behrend Center ■will have the opportunity to attend an in teresting assembly in Erie Hall, which will be presented by the DuPont Company. It will consist of a lecture including a brief his tory of the textile industry; char acteristics and application of the fibers nylon, orlon and dacron; problems involved in production; and the future of synthetic fiber. The program will feature demon strations of these fibers and a dis- play of wearing apparel developed through synthetic processes at the DuPont Company. The-dacron fiber, probably the newest and. .least known of the three fibers, is an improvement over both nylon and orlon fibers as it definitely holds creases after swimming.: Furthermore, unwant ed creases fall out of the material when it is- hung on hangers after wearing or washing. This -program promises to un fold the. magnificence of man’s strides in the field of synthetic production, and was arranged for and will be bi ought to as by the courtesy and cooperation of the Erie section of the American Chemical Society. Office News By Jo Borkowski Mrs. Ruth. McCardle, our most charming receptionist, who resided in Mendenhall, Mississippi, most of her life, will witness her first White Christmas. Many wishes for an enjoyable winter are extended in the hopes that Mr. and Mrs. McCardle will stay with us a long, long time. Rainbow Gardens provided Moss Joyce Herbstritt with an exciting and pleasant evening on November 21. Joyce attended the Vienese Ball sponsored by the Erie Phil harmonic, and waltzed away in the newly decorated Ballroom in a dreamy shrimp-colored formal gown. The wondrous splendor of the' Laurel Room in 'the Lawrence Ho tel will pulsate with gaiety and good cheer as the Office Girls of Behrend Center congregate to have a Christmas dinner and ex change Christmas presents. A trip to the Playhouse will end the eve ning. Mrs. Adam is progressing ra pidly with that knitted suit. We can’t wait to see its beauty in its completeness. It must be beginner’s luck or else good coaching because Mrs. Adam is so pleased with Mrs. Ruth McCandle’s knitting. Ruth is knitting a sweater for her husband which, when finished, will be the most perfect, from all reports. A question to Mr. Patterson. Have you done any hunting lately? ■ A note to the veterans from Mrs. Adam: Don’t forget to come into the office and sign your Allowance Forms. No need for repetition about this. Mrs. Ben Lane The'former Miss Carolyn Ann Schall, daughter of Mrs. Violet Schall of Kiski Heights, became the bride of Mr. Benjamin A.. Lane, Behrend Center language instructor, on Saturday afternoon, November 21, in the Saltsburg Methodist Church. Mr. Ernest Mc- Luckie sang traditional wedding music, accompanied by Mrs. E. Barton. The bride, given in marriage by her uncle, Charles Moore, appear ed in an ivory, tissue-taffeta gown styled with a V neck and winged collar, long sleeves point ed at the wrists and full skirt. Her fingertip length veil of silk illu sion depended from a tiara of p.earls and rhinestones. She car ried a bouquet of white mums. The maid of honor, and only attendant, Miss Louise Bair was attired in a purple taffeta, waltz length gown, and carried a bou quet of bronze mums. Following the reception, which was held at the home of the bride, and' a southern honeymoon, the new Mr. and Mrs. Lane are re siding in Wesleyville, Pa. Shirley Comstock To Receive Award Mrs. Shirley Butler Comstock will be honored Friday, Dec. 11, when she will receive the Profes sional Honor Award of the Penn sylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education and Recreation when the Association meets in convention at Hotel Penn Alto. Mrs. Comstock is director of physical education for women at Behrend Center, and until recent ly was supervisor of girls’ activi ties for the City Bureau of Recre ation. She is also president of the Erie County Chapter of the PSAHPE & R, active on the First Aid. and Water Safety Committee of the Erie American Red Cross, a member of the Y. W. C. A. Health Committee and a home maker as well as an enthusiastic athlete. . - A graduate of Strong Vincent High School and State Teachers College, Slippery Rock", Mrs. Com stock is married to Maynard E. Comstock, ■ and the _ couple and their-two children live at 945 W. 10th Street in Erie. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1953 Christmas Season Opens Social activities of the Christ mas season will be opened on Tuesday, Dec. 15, with the tra ditional Hanging of the Green festivities. At this time there will be a short memorial service in the chapel .in Wintergreen Gorge Cemetery in honor of Mr. Behrend and his son. | The high point of the ceremony j is reached when one of the stu j dents, after saying a few words of dedication, places a wreath on the door into the burial vault. This wreath, usually a produbt of the ingenuity of the students, is left hanging there for a full year. A social hour is planned to follow, and will consist of a lunch, singing carols, decorating the Christmas tree, and hanging of varied Christmas adornments throughout the dorm.. The annual Christmas tea, given -by Mrs. T. Reed Ferguson, will be held Wednesday,' December 16, from 4 to 6 p. m. Invitations to attend are extended to all faculty wives and women students. A very formal occasion, the tea will pro vide the opportum-y for the fe male students to become acquaint ed with the wives of their instruc tors, and to spend some time with them before Christmas vacation begins. GJVI.C. Presents Progress Previews On Monday, November 23, 1953, in Erie Hall, the General Motors : Corporation presented “Previews of Progress.” The speaker, a for mer accounting major in college, and a public relations man for G. M., ambled through a maze of scientific instruments and demon strative gadgets. He, for example, polymerized (built - up) six ounces of a liquid synthetic rubber base into an elas tic solid many times as large. Also in the. field of chemistry he formed a compound from three liquids that changed color exactly seven seconds after mixing. A glass bot tle which, when formed, was cool ed very rapidly on the outside and slowly on the inside, demonstrated two strange properties’of this im portant substance. The outside was hard enough to drive a nail, but the inside could withstand no force at all. A micro-wave relay system, similar to that used on the west ern leg of the coast to coast tele vision network, transmitted Pee Wee Hunt’s “Twelfth Street Rag” across the stage. For his finale, the GMC representative demon strated "a combination alarm clock and cigarette lighter better known as a jet engine. When turned loose, this engine can attain a speed of more than 200 miles per hour. ' This program is presented by G. M. C. throughout the country in an effort' to get young men in terested in engineering as-a career. BEHREND CENTER—Pennsylvania State College Winter Wonderland Atmosphere Will Prevail at Christmas Dance Christmas trees, lanterns, and an old-fashioned sleigh will set the stage for Behrend Center’s annual Christmas dance, the “Snoball’', which will be an event of Thursday evening, December 17, in Erie Hall. Enhancing the holiday spirit and “Winter Wonderland” atmosphere of the dance will be a complete false ceiling of red, white, and.green streamers; and a revolving crystal ball. Tables and chairs will surround the dance floor cabaret style, and members of the dance committees will maintain a check room. Dancing will be from 9:00 to 1:00 a. m., to the music of the ten piece band and vocalist of Neil Charles. Tickets may be purchased at the door, or from any committee mem ber for $2.00 a couple. Honor Students Mr. T. Reed Ferguson has an nounced the Honor Roll for the first eight weeks’ period. To be placed on the high honor roll an average of 2.25 or better must be attained. Led by Barb Orchard, with 2.75, the list was as follows: Donald Finley, 2.70; Anthony Baran, 2.65; Jack Tupitza, 2.53; Dot Parks, 2.50; Dick Kuneman, 2.44; Jim Culbertson, 2.29; and John Gott, 2.25. Honorable mention for averages of 2.0 to 2.25 were extended to: John Rimp, 2.24; Nancy Elms, 2.22; Brent Curtis, 2.20; Tom Vieira, 2.19; John DeArment, 2.16; Keith Bartley, 2.13; Norma Mich ael, 2.12; Dot Kaliszewski, 2.11; Gerald Deutschlander, 2.08; A 1 Kaufman, 2.06. And with 2.00 were Rodney Beals, Robert Detisch, Charles Fleischmann, Carl Schmid, Sylvia Shay and Art Vetter. Contest Winner The silhouette contest that was introduced to the student body for the first time in the last issue of the Nittany Cub, will become a regular feature of the paper. In the picture below, Syb Shay is presenting Lou Laube, who guessed that the first silhouette was Dave Larkin, with her prize, a stuffed kitten. Prizes for being the first to identify the silhouette will vary according to whom the winner is. For this issue’s silhouette, please refer to page 4. By Dot Parks Hie refreshment committee, Knoll, lias planned to serve free punch and cookies. Jim Culberston, chairman of the affair, stated that dress should be semi-formal; the women in cock tail dresses or formals, with cor sages, and their escorts in suits. Mr. Harold Werner, intruetor in engineering, and Mr. Norman B. Patterson, instructor in mathema tics, are the faculty advisers and sponsors of the “Snoball.” Chair men of additional committees are: Vernon McKenzie, plans; Dermis .p'!b! i 'c i 'ty.;. A 1 _ Kaufman, band; and Harold Adams, decora tions. Other members of the advisee groups of Mr. Werner and Mr. Patterson, who are working very hard to make this first formal dance a success, are: Bill Maeder, Ray Metz, Emmett Miller, Blaine Minhinnick, Max Peoples, Will Raygor, Glenn Raymer, John Rhinehart, Carl Schmid, Anthony Baran, Bill Buies, Domenico Ci priani, Gerry Deutschlander, Chuck Fleischmann, Tom Graczyk, Bill Hamill, Bob Karney, Dave Larkin, Dave Moorhead, Bill Sim mons, Don Stranahan, Jack Tupit za, Sam Wallwork and Charles Young. Alumnae Tea A tea was given for faculty wives and women students by the Penn State Alumni Association on Sunday, December 6. It was held in the Memorial Room from 2:30 to 5:00 p. m. The tea provided an opportunity for alumni, students, and faculty wives to become ac quainted with each other.
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