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.