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?