i Ml lANV i n f ■ | VOLUME, IX—No. 1 Punkin Ball Planned For Oct. 18 Sacuify Elects Officers, For Coming Year f I 1A special meeting of the Faculty Organization -of Behrend Center }■ . was held in the .Memorial Room ' for the purpose of elect- J ing new officers for the 1957-58 .;/ year. • Mr. Richards, assistant pro- * fessor of engineering, presided / J£~Over'the meeting and entertained nominations for the various of fices. Elected as chairman of the fac ulty group/was Ernest E. Fryer, assistant, professor of psychology and guidance counselor at the Center.. Serving with him will .be Allen W. Bums, instructor in his tory, “vice” chairman; and Will iam A. Hover, assistant professor of languages, secretary. . 1 Selected to head standing com mittees were Benjamin A. Lane, 'assistant professor of languages, student welfare; W. L. Richards, community relations; and Gor don L. Baker,-assistant professor of physics, faculty welfare. Margarita M.- Filer, librarian, was chosen to he in charge of the . regular faculty bulletin. Behrend Represented At ißfercollegiafe Council Recently at the Junior Red Cross building in Erie, Behrend Center, represented by Lea Moses. Suzanne Russell, and Sandy . David, met with the representa —. tives of Villa Maria College, Edinboro State Teachers College, and Gannon College for -the -first fall meeting of the Red Cross In . tercollegiate Council. The council outlined the im portant meetings and projects io; the coming academic year. Four dates were selected to present en tertainment and variety acts at the local hospitals and children's homes. The entertainment will be selected from the student bodies of five colleges. * i , The Red Cross Intercollegiate Council is made up of -representa tives .and faculty "advisors from the five colleges for the purpose of interesting the college student in .community service and organ izational volunteer work. The council provides a number of .community services and pro- vides an opportunity for the col lege students to take an active Part in volunteer work. In ad dition to providing .entertainment for the local -hospitals, safety ser- vices in first aid. water safety N -ana - small craft, and home nursing are pi-ovided. Also, letter's from Junior Red Cross members in ror eign lands are translated; discus sions and; talks on Ground Ob- server.. Corps;. Civil Defense, and Disaster' Relief are "held; courses for teacher sponsors of Junior Red Cross-, activities' - conducted. These are-but a few, of "the ac tivities that; the'- ; Mr.- Patterson, advisor' of Pu'akin Ball, explains decorating: scheme to his advisees. L. to R.: Mr. Patterson, Joe Kaliszewsld Ray Stancliff, Jim Stewart, Dick Sprankle. general chairman, Dick Stenta, and Dave Felde. Council Members Elected After two weeks of vigorous campaigning with such clever slogans as, “Yes indeedy. vote for Eddie,” “Bemie and Laz, the best Behrend has,” “Don’t get stuck, vote for George and Chuck,” “Be merry with Terry, vote Dawdy,* voting for Student Council finally took place on Friday, September 27. The eleven students elected to Student Council are Ruth Ange lotti, - Evelyn Bernhard. John Cipriani, Herm Hannah, Dick Januleski. Carole- Lazarus, Janice Maclver, Bill Murray, Frank Rote, Chuck Simons, and Norm Thom as. Mr. Burns and Mr. Lane are advisors for Student Council. The newly elected officers for Student Council are John Cipri ani. president; Norm Thomas, vice president; Janice Maclver, secretary: -and Carole Lazarus, treasurer. - They have set up ' a tentative social calendar and a tentative budget for the year and are plan ning the first dance of the semes ter. the Punkin Ball,-, which will be" held- on October 18. The home coming festivities are being plan ned for the weekend of November 9. - . . Student, Council has. set. Wed nesday's at 7:00 P. M, as their meeting date. Mafric Pictures Taken ! On Thursday afternoon,. Oc ! tober .3, an. assembly, for the pur pose of . taking pictures for matri culation cards of the bacculaure ate and associate degree students, took place in" Erie; Hall. The two cameras used were operated by two officers from the Main Camp-- us. Dr. Stanford and Mr. looser. .It was. decided ..last semester that matriculation pictures would be. taken , during" the fall semester nni : y. and;. then -.0n1y.; phce.- a y%aiv OFF ICI AL S THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1957 Behrend Legacy Of $750,000 After fulfillment of specific be quests, the estate of Dr. otto F. Behrend, co-founder of the Ham mennill Paper Company, has turned over some $750,000 to Behrend. r Dr. Behrend, who died in May, named many persons and organ izations as beneficiaries in his will, but-Behrend. was to receive what ever remained after these specific bequests. Dr. Eric A. Walker, President of PSU. said that this bequest is the largest in the university’s 102- year history. • Yearbook Sales Zooming Who will win the race to buy yearbooks? -The freshmen or the sophomores? At present, the sophomores are in the lead, per centage-wise, but the freshmen are breathing down our necks. We •must get out and support our yearbook. Mr. Patterson, assistant professor of mathematics and chemistry, with Carole Lazarus head the committee. ?. - Soliciting - advertisements for this year’s‘-book are Carole Laz arus, Evelyn Bernhard. Ruth Angelotti, Janice Maclver. Sara Lewis, Anthony. Krainski. and Bop .Metzgar. Working on the layout are "Sandy David, Carole Lazarus, Eveljm Bernhard, Lea Moses, Ray Stancliff, Dick Stenta. Edie Tins man,. Sara' Lewis, Terry Herrick, and Fred Monaco. - The students enjoyed the year book, last year, and, as Mr. Pat terson says, “With the staff we have this semester,: I’m - sure '-we’ll turxr out' a: better .student i year book; this, ybar.”.: ; UDIKT FOI L I CAT IO H BEHREND CENTER—Pennsylvania State University Chorus And Glee Club Despite the lack of female stu dents on campus, the girls have ! successfully organized a Girls’ ■ Chorus. They held their first meeting i-ecently. In this meeting they decided to continue to meet every other Monday of each month. Returning members from last year include Carole Lazarus and Evelyn Bernhard, who will direct the group. The new members are Barbara Wagner, Ruth Angelot ti. Janet Warren, Edith Tinsman, and Sara Lewis. The girls are looking forward to performing at various teas throughout the year, the Christ mas - program in the Behrend Chapel at Wintergreen Gorge, the Christmas program on campus, a concert, and several other events. The Boys' Glee Club is-also off to a good start this year with a total of twenty members. They met recently, and are under the {direction of William A. Hover, as ! sistant professor of romance languages and music. The members include: Bill Cur tis; Kari Boyer, Paul r McQueeney,-. Bob Sokoloff, Oliver Sexton, Tea Larson, Clark Johnson, Gary-Ru pert. Jim McDonald, Jim Turner, Bob Nelson, John Beatty, Richard Stenta, Ron Raymond, Fred Mon aco. Roger Lansberry, Chuck Vandervort, Lee Cleveland, Robert O'Conner, Dick Walkow. Wesley Carter, Bert Hackenberg, .'Allah. Westbrook, and Lavem Ting ley! Several of the events they ; are planning to sing "at are" tne Christmas programs, a concert, and at intermissions of- some ;of the dances. Both groups are looking' for ward to a successful singing sea son.' _ ; '_• - Pumpkins, Haystacks, Create Aulunsn Scene At Erie Hail Large, orange pumpkins, rust ling corn stalks, ■ white picket fencing, and a harvest moon will add to the festive Halloween spirit for the coming dance to be held on Friday, October 18, in Erie Hall. As in previous years, the dance will be semi-formal .and will last from'B P. M. until midnight. The program committee has not of ficially named the band for the affair. j Mr. Patterson, assistant pro j fessor of mathematics and chem i istry, and his group of advisees are in charge of the various com mittees including program, en tertainment, and decorations. The committee members con sist of Clark Johnson, Robert Jones. Joseph Kaliszewski, Dave Felde. Ray Griffen, Donald Sar gent, Paul Scholl. Karl Seiffert, Richard Sprankle, Richard Stenta. James Stewart, and Rav stan cliff. The dance will be either stag or couples. The traditional Halloween re freshments, apple cider and do nuts, will be on sale. Organize Preview of Homecoming Plans for the annual Behrend Homecoming are underway under the direction of Gordon L. Baker, assistant professor of physics and math, and the sophomore class. Homecoming, scheduled for No vember 9th, invites the alumni to revisit the campus, former friends, and faculty. A basketball gamp, between the alumni and the cur rent Behrend students, and a buf fet dinner followed by a- dance highlight the affair. Suzanne Russell and Sandy David are general chairmen for the Homecoming committee. Dec orations will be under the direc tion of Lea Moses and Rita And erson, while Carole "Lazarus and Evelyn Bernhard will take charge of the invitations. Irwin Kochel, head of Beh rend, - will address the Erie -Rotary Club on Oct. 16.
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