“ian Who Came to Dinner”
Chosen By Drama Club
By John Churchill
Mr. Benjamin A. Lane, faculty
advisor and director of the Beh
rend Center drama group, has
started plans moving for the
spring play production, -which
will 'be “The Man "Who Came To
Dinner" toy George A. Kaufman
and Moss Hart. This is a comedy
in three acts which played on
Broadway in 1939.
The main character, Sheridan
■Whiteside, is visiting a small mid
western town on a lecture tour
when he slips on the ice in front
of his host’s home and is incapa
citated. The neighbors rally round
to hear the oracle utter gracious
words of wit and wisdom- Instead
he insults his admirers, bullies his
host, swears at his nurse, and
makes life generally disagreeable
for those forced to associate with
him-
He gets people to do as he wills
by fair means or foul. When his
secretary, Maggie Cutler, wishes
to leave -him in order to marry a
local newspaper editor, he is
practically demoniacal. White
side, knowing that the editor has
written a play which he is anxious
to have produced, develops a vic
ious plot involving an actress, an
English lord, and a celebrated
mimic.
As plans run now, try outs will
be -held in the first week of March.
A-schedule will be posted on the
bulletin board, and all those in
tstested.in a part should try out.
A copy of the play will be put in
the library in plenty of time for
those interested to read through
before trying out- Mr. Lane stres
Off and On the Campus
By Bill Loell
“Come to ttie Mardi Gras”, oh,
such a pleasant song, and such
a memorable event! In. case the
students of Behrend haven’t al
ready heard, we remind them not
to forget the event on Friday, Feb
'lB, 1955. Speaking of the Mardi
Gras, there are some pictures of
Jack Rimp floating around the
campus; seems he was trying on
some “real crazy” costumes. I
think he should come as “Smokey
the bear”, but in the pics he looks
like a cross between Charlie Chan,
and Eric the Red.
The new semester has descend
ed upon us with a loud crash, and
much confusion. Jack Fogleboch,
Jay Ruling, and Don Catlin were
sitting in the cafeteria staring at
their perplexing schedules, when
Don looked up and said, “Hey, I
just figured out where I should
have been an hour ago.” “Oh; well,
you can’t hardly get them no
more.” Joining in the mass con
fusion are many new students
We take time out at this time to
welcome Janie Bastow, Jack Abe
le_ Gordon Mac Michaels, William
Gordon, John-Burrows, Nick Cris_
tea, Peter DeDad. Frances Cic
cozzie, Randolph Ibebau.
Also Robert Renshaw, Robert
O’Connor. Gayle Williams, Bever
ly Chace, Alfred Grimm, Bill
Wagner, and Donald Mitchell.
Jack Abele. by the way, is a new
addition to the Nittany Cub. From
•the sound of things, “DI” Fagan
spent most of her time on the
telephone during the vacation. I
guess she must have just about
paid Jody Borkowski’s salary for
a couple of we eks.
Vacation time is travel time, and
ses the fact that many people are
needed for technical jobs in all
departments.
Detisch Leads
Dean’s List
The close of the first semester
work found twelve of the more
fortunate students on 'the Dean’s
list. They were: Robert Detisch,
2.94; Haro Id Schcch, 2.88; Lloyd
Brooks, 2.83; Geraldine Guzik,
2-80; Sylvia Haise, 2.77; Victor
David, 2.76; Thomas Vieira, 2-63;
Charles Agnew, 2.62; Charlotte
Flack, 2.60; James Hendershot,
2.59; Ronald Schrimper, 2.50; and
James Taylor, 2.50.
Those on the University honor
roll include: David Bemella, 2.48;
Roberta Johnson, 2.44; Edward
Gabriel. 2-41; Howard Timsman,
12-40; Donald Catlin, 2.38; Donna
Cramer, 2.38; Albert Maxson, 2.38;
Clifton Merchant, 2.37; Norman
Lewis, 2.35; James Culbertson,
1 2-33; Philip Hazen, 2.31; Gerald
Manross, 2.29; Russell 1 Waechter,
2-28; Carlton Bates, 2.25; Nancy
Johnston, 2.24; Robert Lemmler,
2-'22; Rodney Beals, 2.19; Melvin
Waxham, 2.19; Carl Grisier, 2.18;
James Bowman, 2.15; Charles
Hick-in, 2.13; John Jamison, 2.13;
David Hawkins, 2-12; Phillip Or
losky, 2.12; Norma Michael, 2.07;
John Klinehamer, 2-06; Warren
Rose, 2.06; Arthur Carroll, 2.00;
Deborah Cookman, 2.00; -Marga
ret Duff, 2.00; Lambert Hartle,
2-00; Ernest Kittka, 2.00; Richard
Striker. 2.00. Congratulations to
(all those who made the “Grade.”
our students were no exception.
Tom Green spent his vacation
pleasantly by driving his girl, Nat.
back to her school. One of the
most unusual trips was taken by
Dotty Maxwell, to the hospital.
Hope it was nothing serious; prob.
ably just an ulcer from final ex
aminations.
Seems like all the forces of man
and nature were against Mr.* Bak
er the other morning. His car
tires didn’t gain any traction on
the icy streets; all but one of the
streets were blocked off; the
bridge at 18th and East Ave. was
closed, and then, according to Mr.
8.. every milk truck, garbage
truck, bus, and mail truck in the
city of Erie was on Buffalo Rd.
We hear the price of helicopters
is coming down.
Congratulations are in order
to the new members of the Dorm
council- Four vacant seats are to
be filled by student vote. Let’s
all get out and: vote.
Dave TTiTiman has finally, and
I do mean finally. moved into
his new home. It’s a nice little
place located on East 38th St.
The word “finally” reminds me—
ask Bob Detisch why he may have
to change his name to “Finally.”
Jim Lay can be seen in the
cafeteria every so often trying to
make smoke diffuse from one
empty coke bottle to another. Ah,
these scientific minded people.
Another Jim, Seyboldt, that is,
turned into a pinochle whiz at
some of the too numerous to men
tion parties that were held over
the vacation. If any one should
Challenge him, make sure you
have an old shirt on. one .that you
don't mind if you lose.
THE NITTANY CUB
Philatelists Look Over Albums
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Rorrnie Thomas Has Fascinating,
Inherited Stamp Collecting Hobby
By Charlotte Flack
A stamp album, for Christmas
back in 1947 started, ten years old
Ronald Thomas, better known as
“Chief”, on his way toward stamp
collecting. Ron’s gift was from
his father who had already accum_
ulated a large American collec
tion. Now, eight years later, hours
of careful mounting and. hard-,
work (have . gone into his stamp
albums.
“Chief’s” large collection cen
ters around 'his special interest
of stamps issued by the British
Commonwealth for the seventy
fifth anniversary of the Universal
Postal Union. Of these, he spe
cializes in issues from Canada,
Australia, New Zealand, Egypt,
and the British West Indies- For
his neat, extensive assemblage of
mint issues from these countries,
he received second prize ribbons
in 2949 and 1954, while winning
OFFICE CHATTER
Congratulations to Mrs. Mar
garet Stewart, former receptionist
at Behrend Center, on the birth
of her baby 'boy. The blessed event
took place on Sunday morning,
February 6.
With all the new faces around
campus, the office is not left out
of the picture. Welcome to Mrs.
Helen Greene, Mr. Hughes’ new
secretary who hails formerly from
Warren, Pa.
When asked for some news, all
that Barbara Dopierala could say
was that she was awfully glad
registration was over!
And as always at this time of
the year, Mrs. Adam starts look
ing for the first crocus. With all
this snow, she’s bound to have a
long, long wait.
That little machine in the office
that has everyobody wondering,
is nothing less than a recording
barometer or scientifically, a baro
graph. Its function is to record in
inches of mercury the atmospheric
pressure. "At the time that the in
formation was gathered, the pres
sure was 29 degrees, which is pret
ty low according to Mr. Shields,
instructor of botany and zoology.
** ** *•
first place In 1951. These came
from exhibits for the Erie Stamp
Club, of ■which both Ron and his
father are members. “Chief” plans
to enter his compilation again in
the next exhibit.
As a side line from the British
colonies, jovial Ron also “eats
up” colorful ‘'‘Stamps depicting
| sports. These comprise a beautiful
| section' of his collection. This
chemical engineer major estimat
es his entire group of stamps to
•be -worth several hundred dollars.
Ron comes from Strong Vincent
high school where he played wa
ter polo. Besides collecting stamps
in his spare time, he enjoys read
ing and most any type of sports.
Stating the benefits of stamp
collecting > “Chief” said, “Stamps
are just like money in the foank
their price increases with age.”
’So you see, stamp collecting, to
Bon and all philatelists, is fun.
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B. C. Faculty Wives
Hold Successful
Get-together Te
By Diane Fagan
The Behrend Center Association
of Faculty Wives and Women
presented a very enjoyable tea
on Monday, February 7, 1955.
The tea afforded a wonderful
opportunity for the new girls to
become better acquainted with
the other co-eds.
The Melodies of Stephen Fos
ter, which were popular during
Abraham Lincoln’s time, were
played by Lib Guerin, and set the
theme of the tea. Mrs. Lane gave
a welcome speech and introduced.
Mrs. Falkenhagen, instructor of
speech and English at Behrend.
In the comfortable surroundings
of the Memorial Room, Mrs. Fal
kenhagen gave an excellent re
view of Irving Stone’s “Love la
Eternal.” Her enjoyable review of
this story about Mary Todd - Lin
coln was both Interesting and ..in
formative.
The table, simply but beauti
fully set m gleaming silver and
candles, carried out the Lincoln
theme. A rustic log cabin sur
rounded by red candles in silver
holders made up the centerpiece
Tea and sandwiches were served
to round out a memorable even
ing of entertainment.
The tea was attended by the
Misses Natalie Kobasa, Sue Lock
ley, Diane Fagan, Beverly Ghace,
Gayle Williams, Jean Ciccozzi,
Janie Bastow, Fran Nielsen, jet
Turner, Norma Michael, Donna
Cramer, Nancy Johnston, Fat
Stocker, Charlotte Flack, •Runni*
Champney, Janie Kennedy, Mae
©choch, Venice Ceccacd, Joyce
Gouger and Dot Maxwell.
Also in attendance wefe the
faculty wives Mrs. Benjamin
Lane, Mrs. David Thurbon, jMtb.
Arthur Shields, Mrs. Robert Bak
er, Mrs. Louis Balmer, Mbs. -Mil
ton Simon, 'Mrs. Max TCapijm
Mrs. Nyla Falkenhagen, Mrs.
Ernest Fryer, Mrs. Irvin
Mrs. Harold Werner, Mrs. Thomas
Turnbull, and 'Mrs. Richards.
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