State Celebrates Hundredth Year By Pat Ingersoll Nine hundred and fifty-five marks the 100th anniversary of Pennsylvania State University. It shares with Michigan State the honor of being the first collegiate institution to combine academic and practical training. The idea for Penn State, then called the Farmer’s High School of Pa., was formulated in 1851. By 1855, the idea began to become a reality. At this time an offer of 200 acres was received from James Mills of Erie County as a site for this school. Governor Pollock granted a new and better charter in February of the same year; this may be said to be the beginning of the formal history of State. The purpose of the school was to educate the youth to become farmers. The school officially opened on Feb. 16, 1859, despite very un favorable circumstances. Only one wing of the main building was in use, and it confined no chapel, dining room, nor kitchen, so they had to use temporary buildings. A shanty that leaked and couldn’t be kept warm, was used as a din ing room. The whole campus was a sea of mud at the beginning of spring. Until 1866, there was only a course of study. The principal con sideration was instruction in theo logy and agriculture; science was emphasized. In 1861, the first class of Penn State was graduated, 11 in number. The college became a land grant college in 1862 when the Morill Act was passed. The name of the school was changed to the Pennsylvania State College in 1874 and became a uni versity in 1955. In contrast to the humble beginnings of Penn State, the university now owns 8,979 acres of land including 12 centers, has a faculty of almost 1,400, an enrollment of 14,271, and a living alumni of 46,000. Compliments of Lobe Flower Shep Specializing hi Corsages and Wedding Designs PHONE 8-3981 MARTIN’S ATLANTIC SERVICE TOWING SERVICE Lubrication - Oil - Accessories Cor. Henry and Station Rd. 84418 FORD E. 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Last May, he entered the student theater of the Erie Play house and acted his first Play house role in the comedy, “Janie.” He also starred in “The Wizard of Oz.” Behrend is well aware of Jack’s abilities, because many of the stu dents and faculty have seen him in such plays as “The Proposal,” “Out of the Frying Pan,” and “Night Must Fall,” in wMch he had the starring role of Danny. His most recent acMevement was the acquisition of the lead in “The Man Who Came To Dinner.” Jack will portray a famous writer, Compliments of SANITARY FARMS DAIRY Erie. Pa. FORTY’S CLEANERS 2914 Buffalo Rd. WESLEYVILLE, PA. ★ Cameras k Films ★ Supplies Lay-Away or Easy-Pay-Plan Erie . Camera Center 14 E. 10th Street GUS & GENE’S TEXACO SERVICE Local and One-Way Trailer Rental Service Wheel Alignment and Balance PHONE 999226 PEACH & LIBERTY THE NITTANY CUB HING” For Smokey who breaks Ms leg on the ice in front of the home of the Stanley’s. The little town in Ohio where the action takes place is honored by Ms presence and he is constantly being bothered by characters who bring Mm gifts or try to talk Mm into getting one of their books published. Besides these dramatic inter ests, Jack recently became a disc jockey for a Sunday afternoon program at WERC. TMs job oc cupies a great deal of Ms time as he has much preparing to do for the show. His favorite hobby, col lecting records, has helped him in selecting records for the disc jockey program. As a student, he carries a good scholastic average. He finds time to work on the Nittany Cub as as sociate editor, to sing tenor in the Behrend chorus, to attend the meetings of the Belle Lettre Club, and to fulfill Ms duties as presi dent of the dramatics club. Versatile, talented, and perser vering “Smokey,” as Ms friends call Mm, is certain to acMeve suc cess in Ms chosen profession. Easter Service (Continued from Page 1) Altsman, Lawrence Arduini, Ross Caruana, Raleigh Chesley, Bill Howell, and Chester Macer. The members of this committee will seat the campus visitors for the program and serve as guides for anyone wishing to tour the cam pus. The service is to be conducted in the manner of a speech. Marilyn DeMarsh will give the introduction and Bill Gordon will read the scriptures. The three main points to be stressed will include the cus toms of Easter in other lands, the woman’s view of Easter, and the religious aspects of Easter. The speakers for .these topics are Bob Detisch, Donna Cramer, and Jack Abele respectively. Ron Schrimper will present the conclusion. After the program, refreshments will be served by the reception committee. Joyce Gouger, commit tee head, and Earl Baker, Fran Ciccozzi, Ardelle Johnson, Ran dolph Liebau, Jim Bowman, Bill Mong, Max Peoples, Bob Schnei der, Bob Bainbridge, Venice Cec caeci, Dave Heinlein, and WMtney White. All students, faculty members, relatives, and friends are invited to attend the Blaster service. Off and On the Campus Diane Pagan, John Churchill, Sue Lockley, Jody Borkowski, Dennis Duffy’s Tavern, “where the elite ! Pelatas, Nat Kobasa, and, last By Bob Detisch meet to eat,” was the scene of and least, Dot Kaliszewski. one of Behrend’s truly memorable Spring means golf, and golf evenings. Bill Loell as Archie, Fran Nielsen as Miss Duffy, and, of all people, Mr. Balmer as the elbow bending Finnigan, did a magnifi cent job in their portrayals of the crew of Duffy’s. Every act was crazier than the previous one, and all the patrons, both students and faculty mem bers, literally rolled in the aisles, and that’s not a trite expression. In addition, Mr. Balmer and his advisees had raided Kohlers brew ers' plus two or three liquor stores in order to give the basement of Erie Hall a real alcoholic motif. Some of the acts (and there were just too many to mention) included Jack Rimp and Nancy Johnson in a breathless interpre tation of the Charleston; Sue Lockley and Dot Maxwell in some very fine warbling; a take-off on the Liberace brothers by Chuck Agnew and Jay Roling; and piano tinkling by Doug Epp, Marge El liot, and Mr. Balmer, who played with a rather heavy hand. Donna Cramer made like LiU St. Cyr, and “Finnigan” in return made like the bald headed row at the Roxy. But Ron Thomas, Tom Baker, and A 1 Benton pulled a real show stopper wtih their lampooning of three hill-billy sing ers. Man, that act was the craziest! Even the faculty produced their share in the evening’s merrymak ing when about ten of them troop ed in looking like a gang of refu gees from a moonshine raid by the revenue agents. Mr. Hover gave the authentic version of Carmen; and then the whole facility, aided by some ver ses supplied by the vitriolic Chen ne, serenaded several of the more fortunate students. The “lucky” people included Jim Culbertson and his key to the student lounge, Marge Elliot and her “suicide” hair, and Joe Schmidt and his ad ventures as Casanova. All we can say after Duffy’s is, “Wow!” But since we have now mention ed Duffy’s just briefly, let’s turn to the human side of the news. For instance, most -of the dorm girls and many of the other stu dents enjoyed a performance of the Erie Philharmonic Society re cently. Behrend’s Jay Roling, in his new role as a violinist in the orchestra, helped produce some of the immortal music of Tchaikov sky and Gershwin. Bob Brandt and Pat Stocker, not satisfied with this, attended a performance of the Don Cos sack dancers at Strong Vincent. Are you trying to get into trouble with McCarthy or something? Saturday, the 19th of March, John Mallory and Bob Gomall at tended a student council leader ship program at the Pennsylvania College for Women. Mallory was mumbling something about “group dynamics,” whatever that is. In cidentally, they had a telephone conversation with Jan Jackson, who is now a student at Pitt. The Erie Playhouse recently ex tended an invitation to the Beh rend Center dramatics club to come to a free showing of the thrilling “Dial M for Murder.” Some of the spell-bound audience included Joe Benacci, Max Peo ples, Jane Eisenberg, Joan Throop, means that Howard Tinsman is beating Bob Brandt daily at the Lake Shore golf course.' And speaking of sports reminds us that Joe Benacci is the only person who became a Behrend student after he played for the alumni basketball team in the homecom ing game. As a closing note to this column, we can only think of a remark made by Jody Borkowski a few days ago. “Gee, pretty soon there'll be more crutches than students on the campus.” Clinically Speaking... By Sylvia Madde As a type off change from regu lar gossip, Sylvia IMaCkie, who writes this column, decided to give Cub readers some informa tion about the speech difficulties that Mr. Fryer and Mir. Kaplan, instructors of speech Clinic, work wriith. I The clinic deals with those people who for anatomical or emotional reason have a speech abnormality. Those problems which cause the most trouble are stutter ing, articulation, difficulty and cleft palate. Stuttering is the abnormality where there is repetition and pro longation of sounds. Often there is a spasm-like tension which causes facial contortions. A stut terer is very often misunderstood and ridiculed for his attempts to speak. Fear is closely related to this difficulty. For some usually unknown reason, the stutterer learns to fear certain words and situations. It is these words and these situations which cause the repetition of syllables. In articulation difficulty, the individual learned erroneously how to manage his tongue while speak ing. In some cases there is an organic reason for distortion of speech. Articulation trouble ha»r also been misunderstood. The af flicted individual probably hoc been accused many times of talk ing baby talk. Cleft palate is the condition when there is a cleft or separation in the hard palate and/or soft palate and sometimes both. This separation makes one cavity in stead of the normal two: nag?] and oral. The resulting speech sounds like that produced when one’s nose is held. A cleft Up, or hare Up as it Is sometimes caUed, very often occurs with a deft palate. These three are the most com mon types of speech abnormality worked with in the speech clinic. Other types worked with are cere bral palsy, hearing impairment, and voice disorders. FOR FILMS AND CAMRP AH * occ CHARTLEY PHOTO STUDIO 3208 Buffalo Rd. DiMiCHAELS PIZZA SHOP RESTAURANT Wo DoUvorl BS6-E6 - 28-9433
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