Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the student body of Pennsylvania State College, Behrend Center, Erie, Pennsylvania. Published bi-weekly by the Breeze Publishing Co., North East, Pennsylvania. Editor-in-Chief Dorothy Kaliszewski Associate Editor Jack Pimp Assistant Editors Nat Kobasa and Bob Detisch Sports Editor jack Abele Photo Consultants Jack Tupitza and Norman Patterson Staff Writers Joan Throop, Jody Borkowski, Bob Gomall, Jane Bastow, Fred Loell, Pat Ingersoll, Diane • Fagan, Sonya Weidner, Jane Eisenberg, Rodney Beals, John Churchill, Nancy Hendershot, Dot Maxwell, Pat Stocker, Jane Kennedy, Charlotte Flack, Pat Lentz, and Joe Schmitt. Off to Work We Go/ With the coming- of spring, the Behrend students begin to look forward to the annual work day. Each year, this spe cial day is set aside for a general face lifting on campus. The fall leaves are raked into piles and disposed of, the walks are cleaned, and the hedges are trimmed. Inside work on. Erie Hall and the classrooms is tackled by the co-eds. Floors are swept, touch up paint .jobs are done, and any odds and ends that need attention are taken care of. The most fun of all is had by the swimming pool brigade. This group of fellows scrubs down and scrapes the walls of the pool to do away with the accumulated green slime. The pool, when refilled, is chlorinated and ready for early use. .Work day is one of the nicest holidays granted to the students. The administration approves it as a legal day off, and provides the workers with a free noon meal. Everyone has a good time and you’ll be proud of the job you’ve done. The co-operation of each one of you is needed to make work day a success. Student council plans the schedule and supervises the groups. When you get your assignment, re port for duty on time, and get the work done. Several im portant visitors are expected on campus in the near future. Let’s give our campus a new shine to show our school spirit to. anyone who visits us. Children, Beware! It’s been said that grown ups should be treated like grown-ups, and many of the students here at the Center show their respect for that statement. By using the term grown up, we do not mean attaining the age of 21 years, but rather we mean thinking, behaving, and commanding the respect that a mature person shpuld. But, as in all places of our civ ilization there are always the few inconsiderate people that like to be treated as mature persons, but who, in reality, act like juveniles. As an example, take the ping pong paddle situation. At the beginning of the fall semester, the student council pur chased six dozen ping-pong paddles. As of the present date, there are approximately eight or ten paddles left. Evidently, there are a few ping-pong paddle enthusiasts here who de light in destroying things that bring other people some pleas ure. Another example of extreme courtesy is the eating of lunches in the student lounge. Most people who do eat there leave the tables as they found them. They are the mature ones. Others just walk away and leave their papers and gar bage lie on the table for someone else to clean up. Now, if a person has two broken arms, he is'certainly not expected to clean up his mess. From the locks of some of the tables in and around the student lounge and in the cafeteria, one would think there are many broken arms. There are many other instances that should be cited to show the difference between grown-ups and juveniles, but the length of this column doesn’t permit telling of all of them. It only takes a moment of thought in our normal day to.cor rect some of these thoughtless acts. o Let us all strive to improve our manners. Obey the fif teen mile an hour speed limit sign on our. driveway, lest you be the person who accidentally strikes a fellow student hurry ing to a class. Have a little regard for the other students present when you visit the library. When you take your coat off the rack in Erie Hall and brush someone eise’s on the flopr, don’t walk away and leave it on the floor for-the next person to pick up. Remember, someday it might be your c-oat lying-there. <c All of us here at Behrend Center working together can get these few foul-ups on the ball. Let’s give it a try. shall we? NBTTANT CUB THI NITTANY CUB AROUND THE FIREPLUG.... By Chenne The literature that you are aJbout to read is strictly fact; any similarity ,to persons not living or unheard of is purely coincidental. Jason Eades has started a Lib erace fan club. Members thus far are: Rodney (Verdi) Beals, John (harpsicord) Di Pasquale, and James (piano head) Lay- Marge Elliot and Art Carroll are seeing an awful lot of each other lately. I heard, however, that Marge is helping Art with his physics. Arf! Arf! Question of the issue: Who will win out in the fight for Bob Yeager? Marilyn DeMarsh and Pat Stocker are trying hard- Jay Boling and Donna (girl politician) Cramer are always in the Memorial 'Room the past couple weeks. Wait til the law hears about this. “Sit upon my knee, Danny boy.” The other night I took a stroll over to the dorm to see how the student government was doing. On the way I stopped in the park ing. lot to bury a bone and saw Don Catling and Harvey Mclvor looking for their cars. Anyway, upon reaching the Memorial Room, I found nothing but mass confusion. Everybody was yelling at once. James (Zeus) Culbertson seem ed to be doing most of the scream ing, but such able cohorts as John CPhys. ed. needs money) Mallory, iSally (My Bob wouldn’t do any thing like that) Stauffer, and Bill (oh, yes, he would) .Loell were contributing their share. After tihe meeting, I decided- to wag my way over ;to the library to see if the' latest Lassie book was in, and guess who I saw. There, sitting at one of the tables were Bill (Ugly Man) Meader and Jean Ciccozzi reading poetry to each other. Isn’t that just too cute for words! No wonder Patty has been so silent. Predictions of things to come 1. Nancy (hips) Johnston and Howard Tinsman will soon be go ing together. “Don’t cry; Joe 2. The man in ithe play, “The Man Who Came To Dinner,” won’t come. 3. Bob (I -lost at love) Brandt will forget about committing sui cide and will soon be dating Bev erly Chace. Chips (I don’t like girls) Chap pel has certainly changed- his tune. Pretty soon Miss Pagan will have him combing his hair and 1 wearing a tie. At this time I would- like to make some appropriate awards. To Charlie -Hicktog -and Lois Owens goes the aiward for ...the shortest courtship. They happen ed to look at each other in. the cafeteria one day, and they were going steady.' • Fatty, Lentz receives -the follow ng award:” the Ann"-Ring scholar ship, to .the girl having the slop piest desk.. And when Bob (Einstein) Defc isch finishes, his schooling, he’s sure to graduate "Cum Lousey.” - Carl- (Aristotle)- Anderson- "and Bob (traffic ticket) Gornali are MEET YO By Pat Stocker Prom thirty years as a navy man to an instructor at Behrend Center may be a big jump, but Mr. W. Lester Richards has shown to all that it can foe done with ease. Upon retirement on Novem ber 1 of last year, Captain Rich ards became one of -the new addi tions to our faculty and changed his title to Mister. He attended tlie Naval Academy of Annapolis, Maryland and. at graduation, entered tile service- The following year he studied at ISensselear 'Polytechnic Institute, where he took a post-graduate course in civil engineering and obtained his master’s degree. Captain Richards became an in structor on board ship, teaching civil engineering in a very inform al manner, much different than the .formal pattern.' he must now follow. Hawaii, the Bhihipines, and the South Pacific are only, a few sites that Captain Richards visited during his service career. All •who were present at the Mardi Gras can remember the beautiful oriental costumes he and Mrs- Richards wore for the event- The latter were souvenirs of one of his trips to Hawaii. Originally from Maryland, the Richards are now living outside of Erie. In answer to the question Behrend Center Prei By Natalie Kobasa .‘.A welcome addition to the list of student personalities for the year is Jim Seyfooldt, a nineteen year old sophomore of Behrend:. Jim is. a. .well-known figure- on the basketball court of the Center and a popular personage of our cam pus- He attended Cathedral Prep High School before coming to Behrend. In his junior year of high, he was a member of the student council and played- bas ketball there, too. Jim has many interests, but ids deepest love is for sports of any type- To put it into Jim’s own words, “You guessed it. Any sport will do.” He also enjoys reading good books, especially adventure stories. When asked where be spends bis time between classes and on other leisure hours, it caused a slight smile because his reply came, “If you want to see me for. anything, I’ll 'be down in Erie Hall ‘raising eain.’ ” <Tim is also an ardent pinochle fan, as any of his friends can testify. As for pet peeves, Jim, an. easy going guy, has only one at the present time, and that’s the parking lot. Everyone looks forward to reaching a .goal in some part of his life, and Jim, toeing no differ ent, :is .waiting for the day When heU be a full-fledged l state troop- out to make a “3” in' music...'l think that’s the reason that they buy coffee everyday for Mr. Hov er. Is / there - anything serious be tween Dot Maxwell and Pete De- Dad? There better not be, or Bill {plash) Gordon is going to be pretty mad: • : -'Riay Metz, who. thinks, he’s, clev er, is in for a 'big surprise when FACULTY W. Lester Richards of whether or not 'they like this new environment, Mr- Richards nodded his approval- They axe content here, and Mr. Richards hopes to remain at Behrend for many years to come.. At - the time of the interview, Mr. Richards had no pet peeves-, but here’s a warning to the'draw ing students. Don’t make the fat tal mistake of forgetting to label the points in your drawings! We’re glad to welcome Mr. Richards to our campus and hope that his wish of staying at Beh- rend in the future comes true. sents . . . Jim Seyboldt er, that is, if Uncle Sam doesn’t send him a greeting first. If he does get called,, he prefers the navy over all the other branches. Jim is hi the education field and is thinking about choosing history as bis major. A favorite saying of our red haired, blue-eyed, six foot per sonality, “Newer do today what you can put off until tomorrow,” isn’t entirely true in bis own life, because Jim is in reality a hard working guy as his scholastic average and part time work in a gas station can prove. he finds out that Joyce Gouger isn’t, really after bom:- but.is .try ing to make out with. that-cute -Wally (pride of ’Poland) boreal Well, 'i guess • 'l’ve covered'-! enough now- I’m sure that every one 'khowis that Denny Polotas never 'learns- And who doesn’t' know that Peggy. Duff, and Ifel Meals "sneak ’ into Wesleyville anyr fame they feel like it?
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