Established October 26, 1948, as tile official publication for the student body of Pennsylvania State College, Behrend Center. Erie, Pennsylvania. Published by the Breeze Publishing Co., North East, Pa. Editor in Chief Associate Editors Assistant Editor Feature Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager _ - Jacl Photo Consultants Staff Writers Bob Detisch, Charlotte Gornall, Pat Ingersoll, Eisenberg. Welcome, Alumni! A time honored tradition in most institutions of higher learning, is the celebration of homecoming. Behrend Center is no exception to this unwritten rule. Each year, the loyal alumni and students gather on our beautiful campus for the fun filled activities which a homecoming represents. Home coming is always a heart warming experience, for it is at this time that one renews old friendships and makes new ones. This is especially true in a small college such as ours. It is wonderful to think of the advances Behrend has made in the past seven years. From a small, obscure center of Penn State, it has risen to the high caliber it is today. This rise in status is due greatly to the untiring efforts of its alumni and its students. For without their help, Behrend traditions and goals could not have been spread throughout this area and the state. We have come to know and love our campus, with its wooded slopes and racing streams, and strive to place it be fore the public at all times. The increased enrollments over the years is proof of the effect of our work. The traditions formed by the first class of Behrend Center in 1948, have been faithfully carried on by each suc ceeding class. Since Behrend first opened its doors to admit students many changes have been accomplished, and it is the hope of this year’s class that, we may add to the glory that you, the alumni, have brought to the Center campus. So it is for the sixth consecutive year, the faculty and -students of Behrend Center once again- welcome the alumni and graduates. We hope that this weekend will be as well remembered as all the other homecoming weekends at Beh rend have been. Give Thanks For Freedom ... In 1621, when the Pilgrims feasted at the first Thanksgiving to celebrate their first harvest in the new world, little did they think that they would start an annual holiday here in America, the land of the free. America, the land of the free! That’s a startling statement, isn’t it? We have many freedoms. We are allowed to choose our friends, our school, our church, and count less other things. The loss of one or more of these freedoms would make us realize how dear they are to us. The freedom to choose our own school was exercised when we EDITORIAL SHORTS Congratulations are in order to all the students who drive to school. The order that has been kept in the parking lot is a huge improvement over the first few days of school. The crowded conditions are not conducive to even tempers, but steps are being taken to alleviate the disadvantages. * * * “The last rose of summer, left blooming alone.” This old saying should read—“ Leave the last Tose of summer blooming, even if it is alone.” The-wilful destruction of trees, shrubs, flowers, or grass on University property should have as its punishment, the replacement of these decorations by the guilty party, using his own money. NITTANy CUB Jack Rimp, Jody Borkowski Natalie Kobasa Mary Jane Brown : Tupitza, Mr. Norman Patterson Diane Fagan, Sonya Weidner, Flack, Nancy Hendershot, Bob Rodney Beals, Bill Loell, Jane chose Behrend Center to begin our college career. We also have the freedom to receive much need ed vacations during the school year. To many ef the students, Thanksgiving vacation will mean four days of sleeping late, for getting studies, and general loaf ing. Then, on the fifth day, they will scramble to retrieve discard ed textbooks, and complete holi- day assignments. But Thanksgiving Day is what it says—a day of giving thanks. So, take a few minutes on Novem ber 24 and give thanks, Behrend ites, for the many freedoms and the good things that you have! Dorothy Kaliszewski Jan Jackson Robert Heater * » * THE NITTANY CUB AROUND THE FIREPLUG .... By Chenne (canine’s gift to mankind) “I think that I shall never-see, anything so lovely as a tree.” You know, that man Kilmer was really with it. My true poetic preference, however, lies with the poem “The Fire Hydrant,” written toy the famous Danish poet St. Bernard. Moderns, of course, call him “the Great Dane.” Oh well, enough, of this metrical nonsense; it’s about time we had a little prose from the one who knows, so here goes. I happened to be under the sofa in Student Council meeting the other day and heard Sally Stauf fer and Herb Hanson whispering sweet nothings to each other be tween giggles. And one day last week I hap pened to toe out in North East seeing what I could get off the grape-vine and I almost got run over by some would-be Behrend Center cowhands. I just got a dog’s eye view of things, but I couldn’t help growling a chuckle when Don Catlin got on a horse backwards and thought he had a headless horse. That wasn’t bad enough. When the owner, Mr. Hopkins, told Pat Stocker that one of the horses had a loose shoe, she bent over to tie it. That’s the way Pat helps the basketball team, too, I hear. And good ole Val Meals thought her pony (they put her on a pony?) was a female because it was such a good mudder. Sorry to give you fine readers (sure you are) such dog-eared old puns, but the editors cut my salary since Jody (the math whiz) Borkowski took home that pup. It gets all my bones now. : Well, riders, I imagine these Behrend Center westerners -will know their oats toy the time they’re seniors (which will be quite a few semesters from now, I' suppose). By cracky, Nat Kobasa has fi nally lassoed some poor defense less male. And Max Peoples hasn’t slept a night since. There are still plenty left, Max; don’t be too upset. Hiyo, Silver! Whitney (Babs Hutton) White has struck again. This time Jack Murray is the vic tim. Arizona is sooo far away. Arf! Arf! Ay, are the girls in cell block ten alive (south side of the Dorm)? I’ve heard that most of them take Serutan regularly. Of course Venice (that’s Venus with arms, fellows), Ardelle (she’s the pepper-haired blusher), and Bonnie (Pitcairn’s gift to Beh rend) are probably the quiet dan gerous type. Sniffing around campus the other day, I ran across Mugs Metz, Lefty Yeager, Chip Chappel, and Whitey Detisch writing up the week’s football pools. Look out for Verga, gang! Just as I was feeling so blue be cause Carl Anderson has quieted down this year v (so these §ophs tell me), my spirits were perked up toy Charlie “Liberace” Agnew who seems to have finally master ed Chop Sticks. Move over, please, Miss Guerin. And have you seen those shame ful cartoons Dennis (A 1 Capp) Polatas has been passing around the cafeteria? Here comes the ad ministration, Dennis. Ronnie Thomas, the buffoon of German class, might be better off if he would do a little home work instead of such jesting. And speaking of characters, where did Continued on Page 4 MEET YO As our faculty personality of this issue, we present Mr. Ernest E. Fryer, instructor of clinical speech at Behrend Center. Mr. Fryer was bom in Boyertown, Pennsylvania, the same city that Mr. Kochel was bom in. Mr. Fryer received his bachelor’s degree in clinical speech in Lock Haven, Pa., his master’s degree a,t the Pennsylvania State University, and is presently working for his doctorate. Along with his major in clinical speech, he is also minor ing in clinical psychology. During World War H, he spent three years in the Pacific with the Fifth Air Force. A memorable experience, of his service career was a talk with his boyhood idol, Charles Lindberg. Mr. Lindberg' was visiting the Pacific area at that time as a technical repre sentative for an aircraft company. Mr. Lindberg, the first pilot to fly the Atlantic, solo and non stop in 1927, had impressed Mr. Fryer as a young man to such an extent that he worked part-time as a civilian pilot. An amusing situation developed from this par ticular kind of job. Mr. Fryer’s friends used to say that he was the only man they knew of who courted his sweetheart by air and got paid for it. Mrs. Fryer was then studying for her bachelor’s degree in home economics at Ok lahoma A & M, and Mr. Fryer was studying at Penn State. He made flights across the country to his appointed destinations and then would fly to Oklahoma just to see her. The trips were not in vain, for now Mr. and Mrs. Fryer'’ reside on Behrend Campus and have two fine children, Alan and Linda. BEHREND CENTER PRESENTS... One of Behrend’s outstanding personalities is Diane “Dee” Pa gan, a blonde, blue-eyed co-ed of the class of ’5B. Diane first saw the light of day on January 29, 1937. This event took place in Erie, and this has ibeen her home ever Diane is a 1954 graduate of Academy High School; and, while there, she naturally took an ac tive part in the two consuming interests in her life: dramatics and music. She starred in the sen ior class play, and she played a violin in the Academy orchestra. After graduation in 1954, Diane selected Behrend Center as- the college of her choice. She intends to finish her first year here, and then transfer to the main campus at State College to major in dra matics. In connection with this interest, she has been hard at work per fecting the, part of “Olivia” .in the forthcoming production of “Night Must Fall.” Eventually Diane hopes to enter the television field or to do work on the stage. Realizing that this will require concentrated study and practice, she had been studying at the Erie Playhouse as a member of the student theater for the past two years; -and, upon transferring to State, she will continue her stud ies there. In addition to her activities in the theater arts, Diane is a mem ber of the “Cub” staff; she and Nat Kobasa combine their talents in writing the Behrend column for the Erie Sunday Times; she is a soprano in the Center’s chor us; and she is a member, of the cheerleading squad. FACULTY Mr. Fryer Mr. Fryer is a member of the American Speech and Hearing As sociation; and holds an honor membership of the Sigma Alpha Eta, a professional and national speech group. Upon closer in spection, this Sigma Alpha Eta group is one with high standards considering that an excellent scholarship, clinical excellence (which-means working with peo ple), and contributions to the field of clinical speech are all re quired for membership. Mr. Fryer loves seafood and re calls many happy’days in the past when he went deep-sea fishing, and clam and crab digging with his father. •‘Conquer fear by doing” people often hear him say, and in con sideration of Mr. Fryer’s charm antj good humor, we appreciate the good work he is doing in the field of clinical speech and vo-. cational -guidance for speech handicapped students. Miss Fagan She prefers music in a popular vein, and is most happy when hearing the orchestra of Glenn Miller or the vocalizing of Eddie Fisher. Other leisure time ac tivities include dancing and swim ming, and the watching of : a good football or basketball game. -Her likes in food are slightly unusual—cherry . pie and pizza rating high on her list. She also likes to curl up with a good Perry Mason mystery or a novel by Daphne du Maurier, but her fav orite book is Margaret Mitchell’s “Gone With The Wind.” On campus, she can usually be found in .'the girls’ dorm, jitter bugging , loafing, or gabbing with her friends, Patty, “Muggsy,” Sal ly, Diane,; and Jet. . . A girl wiio knows what she wants in life and is willing to work for it is Behrend’s Diane Fagan. *
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