May Schoch
Graces Campus
.-A land of: windmills, .canals, and
fields: .of'tulips is tile-first impres
sipair tfoait.sa- person; gets when the
country of ,Holland is mentioned.
To-,fill- in. other details of life in
Holland, Behrend is fortunate to
■have May Schoch, a Dutch girl,
who is a freshman at the Center
this year.
May and her,family, immigrated
to, the United. States from the land
of, .the. Dutch ‘last August.. Her .par
ents .and her younger sister and
brother live in Pittsburgh at the
present time, while her older sis
ter works in New York.
May’s formal education began
in. Holland, and she graduated
from Rijnlands Lycium last year.
(Lycium means high school in
Dutch.)' At Behrend, she is taking
a "home economics course. The
campus, in heir opinion,' is beauti
ful "and she enjoys her first taste
of college very much.
According to May, Holland' is
an agricultural country with flat
rolling terrains. In the south of
the nation, there are a few hills,
which the Dutch fondly call their
“mountains”. A mild climate is
a 'pleasant aspect of the country,
since it us never very hot or cold
ait any one time.
May was'born in a village called
Laren.- She and her family have
had the- opportunity to live in
many parts of Holland, so May is
fortunate to have a varied back
ground about the people of hear
nativev-land.
Goritrary to’popular belief,' May
tells' that the majority of the pop
ulation do not wear wooden shoes.
Only -aPfew-'of'/the farmers and
fishermen wear them.
(Since at is so close to Christmas,
one might find it interesting to
know how the feast is celebrated
in May’s homeland:. There are two
Christmases in Holland (which
many of'us.dream aboutj hut never
seel- On. December,- 6,. called St
Nick’s' 'Day, presents are exchang
ed.. . Instead .of signing his name
to a gift, the giver writes a rhyme
about something that happened
during the previous year. This bit
of poetic endeavor adds >to the
gaietjr of the occasion, since it
keeps the receiver guessing. De
cember 25, the time when Ameri
can boys and girls are opening
their presents, is celebrated as
strictly a religious holiday in the
Dutch land.
May enjoys the people and the
country of the United States, but
hopes to pay a visit to her home
land as soon as she is able.
What Pri
Nancy Johnston and Bob Detisch, in order to maintain their
“status quo” on the Dean’s List, spend long hours with the print-,
ed page. Yes, it would he fan on that toboggan, wouldn’t it?
Behrend Meets Holland
May Schoch points to her native land, Holland, on the world
globe.
Off and O
By Jodie Borkowski
Sam Wallwork spent his first
week-end at Behrend Center due
to the bad condition of the roads.
He stayed at .the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Jim Culbertson. They at
tended a basketball game on the
campus Saturday night and were
very disappointed to see the num
ber of spectators that turned put
•for the Altoona Center vs. Beh
rend Center game. • I hope Sam
doesn’t go home and find his wife
throwing rocks over her shoulder.
Pat Lentz is going to Penn State
for the Military Ball and the for
mal pledge dance of Alpha Sigma
Delta. Hope you have a swell time,
Pat, but don’t forget to come back.
Sally Muleahy stayed last week
end with Jet Turner in North
East. They had an exciting time
together and just loads of fun. Oh
yes, I forgot to mention that Jet’s
father is an .undertaker.
A 1 Kaufman extends an invita
tion to all students, all mature
students -that is, .to visit the Ken
yon Hotel Grill Room. He works
as a part-time bartender there.
The second year technical en
gineering group wishes to thanfr
the freshman year tech group
for their cooperation in. decorat
ing Erie Hall for the Sno-ball
Dance being held on Thursday
evening, December 16.
Dick IShirley, a great friend of
Jack Gott’s, had a terrific .party
at his uncle’s house over the
Thanksgiving holidays. Help
ing to consume the refresh
ments were: Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Gor
nall, Jim Lay, Ray Metz, Don Kaz-
ice Glory?
TSE- NiT-TM¥-- CUB
the Campus
maier, Bill Maeder, Ron Cionco
and his date, Lou Laube, Joe
Schmitt, Jack Gott and bis date,
Glenn Raymer and his date, Tom
Vieira and date, and several
others.
Have you noticed the big smile
on Mr. G. Baker’s face the last
few days? All .that pounding and
sawing going on in the classroom
building, and interrupting classes,
was for his benefit. Wall to wall
shelves were placed in tits office.
He was heard to exclaim, “At last,
no more cramped feeling, I have
some room.”
That new .pickup truck you see
zooming past you is Gallagher’s
new pride and joy. He hates to be
seen in the old station wagon now.
Jan Jackson seems to be the
number one casualty around the
campus lately. First she spilled
acid on her hands, then this past
week she fell, and shook the build
ing in the dorm cafeteria. On .the
same day, she tripped and fell on
the icy path by the tennis court.
Tom Hagen, you had better sell
her some insurance, or is she a bad
insurance risk?
Two scholarships have been of
fered by Franklin & Marshall
College for the term 1955-1956
school year, to graduates of jun
ior colleges. Applications can 'be
found in l Mr. Kochel’s office to
anyone interested.
Billfred Loell had a party on
Friday night, December 3 »at his
home. Whooping it up at the ga
thering were: Fran Nielsen, Norma
Michael, Joan Throop. Dot Kali
zewski. Jody Borkowski, Marion
Davitt, Bob Detisch, Jack Rimp,
and host Fred Loell.
Diane Fagan suffered a bad fall
on the ice, by the swimming .pool,
shortly after turning in an editor
ial about the ice around the cam
pus. Diana really takes her assign
ments seriously, doesn’t she?
Glimpsed on the dorm reception
room were Dotty Maxwell, and
Janie Brown. Nothing unusual
there, but Dot had somehow man
aged to get Janie on the floor, a
foot on the stomach of the down
ed girl, trying to make her squeak,
for two cents if both held out for
five minutes.
Bill Simmons returned to Beh
rend Center heaving a sigh of re
lief and still thinking about his
hazardous trip to W)ilcox, Pa. The
trip took four hours instead of the
usual two. and a half hours. Glad
you made it back, Bill.
* Club News *
The Behrend players cast,
production crews, and Director
Lane—are to .be applauded for
their November production Night
Must Fall. The caliber of the per
formance, artistically and drama
tically, pointed out that this is
one of Behrend’s most valuable
organizations. However, opening
night has come and gone, the sets
have been taken down, the pro
perties have been returned, and
the club is taking a much needed
rest before planning further ac
tivities.
On December 14, the Science
Club, as a group, is planning to
attend the American Chemical
dinner at Villa Maria College. The
speaker will be Dr. Cavelti, who
taught at the University of Hawaii
under the status of exchange
teacher. The topic of his speech
will be concerned with a general
impression of residence in the is
lands.
The Behrend Center chorus re
cently held an election to fill po
sitions in its executive council.
Betty Rishel was chosen to as
sume the duties of chairman, and
Carl Anderson, Bob Gornall, Ro
berta Johnson, and Sue Lockley
were elected as her aides. It will
be the council’s job to manage the
business affairs of the group and
plan for public appearances.
The chorus has been devoting
its practice time in recent weeks
for the preparation of several
Christmas numbers. The group
will, present these selections at
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displays in the showcase.. in jhe
classroom building. It is a , pleas
ure to pause and look at ..the.-.ob
jects placed there, and read their
informative histories.
Recently, there appeared a.diS;
play of turtle eggs in the* .show
case, which caused much..excite;
ment. Many students, who,, wit
nessed for the first tame, the. on
usual eggs, watched them every
day, and in good humor, placed
bets on the one .particular egg
a t the present moment ..the
they thought would hatch first...
display case offers a story about
an undersea fight to the death
between a turtle and a crayfish.
We look forward to many inter
esting displays which add to, our
knowledge of natural science.
the Hanging of the Greens on Dec.
14. This incidentally, will mark
the first time that the chorus has
sung publicity. They have also been
invited to sing during the inter
mission of the Sno-Ball dance.
Last year whenever a flash
bulb was used by a member of the
photography club, it was dropped
into a partition in the wall. No
one kept track of the number of
bulbs put there. This year to raise
money for new equipment, the
club is selling chances to the Beh
rend Center students.. A chance
will entitle the purchaser, to. .one
guess. The club will award, a prize
for the person wiith the closest.es
timate.
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