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VOLUME VIII—No. 3
Drafting Students’ Turkey Trot Big Hit
Annette Agner, popular and friendly elementary education major from Coraopolis, poses prettily
for the Thanksgiving holiday theme. She was recently selected coed of the month by Behrend
Center’s photography club. (Photo by Patterson and Young)
Centerites Express Varied Views on
What Coming Holiday Means to Them
What does Thanksgiving vacation, mean to you? This question
was asked of a few unsuspecting Behrendites, students and faculty
members alike, while one of the slyer Cub reporters stood by with
quill and scroll, taking down notes and quotes behind their backs.
Here are the results of the survey of people who will be hustling
away from our beloved Center this week as soon and as fast as car,
train, bus, or plane will carry them:
~ The most prevalent thought
•among the students is getting
away for a while. It’s not that
they dislike Behrend; it just
.seems that they hate school work
in general. There are several
people, including Annette Agner,
-.Boss Caruana. Dennis Polatas,
and Peggy Forbes, whose
thoughts turn to food, when they
think of Thanksgiving.
Barbara Bell, Laurie Brutout,
Meet Miss November
BY BEVERLY SMITH
Bonnie Hugus, and Dot Blazer
answered the query with an
emphatic “Sleep!” Wonder why
only dorm girls think of sleep as
a vacation.
Of course, there are the illus
trious few who have their own
special interpretation of what
this Thanksgiving is going to
mean to them. To Laurie Hill, it
means - relief; John Kolpien is
looking forward to "Joyful relax-
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUILICATION
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1955
ation.” Connie Taylor is going to
forget about Compy’s plan and
gain, quote—“ten more pounds.”
Marilyn Buchanich plans on buy
ing new clothes. That ecstatic
look in Lala Terlizzi’s eye tells us
bettc than anything else that
she is already anxiously looking
forward to seeing Bill. Elaine
Deets is going to catch up on
work (Dreamer!). Mary Ann
Wasilewski thinks of snow in
connection with Thanksgiving—
well, there’s something different!
Phyllis Stadler’s first thought
was of getting her history book
report out of the way. Suppose
she wants a clear conscience to
make her vacation a little gayer.
Turning now to the adults on
campus, who stopped to think a
bit before answering:
Thanksgiving vacation to Mrs.
BEHREND CENTER—Pennsylvania State University
Neil Charles Orchestra Plays for
Festive Behrend Thanksgiving Dance
The annual Thanksgiving dance was held in Erie Hall on Nov.
20; Jim McCarthy and his co-chairmen, Robert Jackson, Dick My
tinger, Alan Reed, John Reed, and Jay Roling took long and careful
consideration for the theme, band, and decorations.
After a long debate, “Turkey Trot” survived the battery of test 3
and was chosen as the general theme for the dance. Neil Charles
was chosen to provide the music due to his past performances at
our Behrend dances.
Belle Lettres Group
Organizes for Year
Recently the Belle Lettres Club
organized for this year. Last year
the club was very successful in
introducing many of the students
to art, poetry, and music. Mr. Lane
was the advisor for the group last
year, and will act as the advisor
again this year.
The Club’s meetings will be in
formally planned, as the club feels
that the arts are meant for every
one, and that this method will
help to better carry out its pur
pose. At a weekly meeting, the
evening might be spent listening
to a talk by one of the members
on a subject such as informal
reading of a play, or a good round
table discussion on an aspect of
the arts.
At the first meeting, Mr. Tj»nt»
■will speak to the group on modem
poetry.
The group plans to explore
many of the fields of the arts
in order to give the members a
taste of each. All students are in
vited and urged to attend the
meetings.
CONGRATULATIONS !
Congratulations to Mr.
and Mrs. Benjamin Lane
on the birth of their baby
daughter, Ann Elizabeth,
a beautiful little six-pound
er, bom on November 12,
1955. The Cub staff is glad
to hear that mother and
daughter are fine.
Longnecker means a chance to
see her family and get away from
the confusion of the dorm. To
Mrs. Bolla, our nurse, it means
four days in which to give her
undivided attention to her home
and family. Mr. Gordon thinks of
this vacation, oddly enough, as a
time to relax. Can’t ■understand
how we students tire out the
faculty with such little effort on
our part.
The main point of this expose
has been partly to prove that the
people of Behrend Center have
definite ideas about the signifi
cance of Thanksgiving vacation.
It certainly is astounding to find
that Behrend students do have
opinions on something, even if the
survey didn’t tax their minds too
greatly; and only a small percent
age of them pleaded the fifth
amendment. Seriously though,
most of the Centerites will agree,
or at least we hope they will, that
after vacation is over, they will
be glad to get back to Behrend.
Numerous ideas for decorations
were suggested to Jay Roling and
his co-workers. Finally after a ser
ies of scale estimations and var
ious consultations with various
students and administrative heads,
a simple but intricate design was
decided upon.
The decorations consisted of a
curved lattice work constructed of
crisscrossing yellow crepe paper
strips which diminished the size
of the dancing floor. Archways in
serted intermittently in the wall
provided easy - access from the
semi-secluded tables.
Many friendly comments were
received by Mr. Richards, profes
sor of drawing and graphics an
alysis, following the dance. Neil
Charles did live up to his reputa
tion and provided the necessary
enchanting music. All in all, the
drafting technology students can
certainly be proud of the toil and
sweat that they put into their
dance. The Thanksgiving dance
was truly a success.
CLUB CORNER
By Sylvia Kunkle
PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
On November 8, the Photogra
phy Club met with a small num
ber of members present. At this
meeting the Christmas cards were
ordered, and it was decided that
printing will be done for students
at Behrend. The members also de
cided to sponsor a photography
contest. The contest will be open
to two classes: amateur and ad
vanced, with pictures being ac
ceptable in either black and white
or colored prints. For this contest,
Eugene Garland, an Erie photo
grapher may be asked to Judge
the entries. All pictures must be
in by Dec. 2.
CHORDS
The chorus, under the direction
of Jay Rollng, met again to prac
tice for the Christmas program
One of the songs the group will
do is “O Holy Night.” A soloist will
be the featured attraction of this
number. A cordial invitation is
extended to anyone desiring to
sing with the group.
ASTRONOMY CLUB
The Astronomy Club held an
organization meeting under the
direction of Mr. Baker. The club
began to repair the observation
tower by purchasing a new eye
piece for the telescope, which will
be installed soon. The group plans
to begin observing as soon as con
ditions permit. New members are
invited to attend Ore meetings.