NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Center,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Published by the Breeze Publishing Co., North East, Pennsyl-
Editor-in-chief
Assistant Editors Rita Anderson, Carole Lazarus
Feature Editor Sandy David
Sports Editor
Photo Consultant
Staff Writers Ruth Angelotti, Fred Faulk,'
Terry Herrick, Sara Lewis, Janice Maclver, Lea Moses,
Ron Raymond, Suzanne Russell, Edith Tinsman, Janet
Warren, Jack Randinelli, Jill Fritz, Wes Carter, Dave
Thelin, Bill Curtis.
40 Cups Of Coffee
Have you bought your yearbook? How much does it cost?
Only $4.00 a copy. You can make a down payment of $2.00
now and $2.00 later. You don’t have any money now? Well,
when do you think you can make your first payment?
How many times have you been button-holed in Erie
Hall, Turnbull Hall, or the cafeteria and barraged with these
questions by some conscientious Student Council member?
Since there has to be a minimum number of yearbooks sold
in order to keep the publication and Student Council from
suffering a great loss, these seemingly high pressure tactics
must be used to make the printing worth while. But why
should this be so?
At the end of the 1957 spring semester the student
body was asked to vote on various amendments and additions
to the constitution, among which was an article stating that
an additional $4.00 should be added to the original tuition
fee to cover the cost of the yearbook, thus eliminating the
hit-and-miss affair of haphazard planning as to how many
books should be ordered and the question as to how much
money Student Council would have to underwrite the publi-.
cation the funds, of course, being taken from your $7.50
activities fee.
At that time the amendement was defeated. On discus
sing 1 the issue again this year, it was discovered that the
reason that the amendment had not been passed was that
it had not been thoroughly explained to the students, and
many of them didn’t understand the context of the amend
ment. Consequently, they voted against it.
Perhaps some of you are unaware of exactly what you
are getting for your $4.00. From cover to cover the year
book is a faithful record of the. year’s leading activities such
as the Punkin Ball, Sno-Ball, Homecoming, and Mardi Gras.
Also included are action shots of the past semesters' sports
—bowling, basketball, soccer. There are candid shots from
the sign-bearing, beanie-topped Customs Week through to
the star-spangled, mystical Spring Prom. Of course, we can’t
forget the individual pictures of our graduating tech stu
dents.
Since many of you will be returning for the next school
year, vote for the amendment when the issue is again brought
before the student body. But for this year, order your year
book now so that you won't miss out on getting your record
that will recall happy memories in future years.
Pay the price of 40 cups of coffee painlessly with your
tuition fee instead of latter on in the year when the pay
ments would really hurt. Vote for having the $4.00 to cover
the yearbook added to your tuition fees beginning with the
next fall semester!
Evelyn Bernhard
Dick Covatto
Norman Patterson
THE DITTANY CUB
Around The
Campus
By Terry Herrick
Thanksgiving vacation gave
many students bloodshot eyes and
headaches plus some very full
stomachs. Some of the students
journeying to faraway places were
Evelyn Bernhard to Rochester;
Carole Lazarus to Chicago; the
dorm boys went home, yours truly
to Philadelphia for the Army-
Navy game.
Some of the Behrendites are al
ready going into business. Jill
Fritz is selling slightly used tires.
Ollie Sexton has a missing per
sons bureau, and Bob Lugo is sell
ing a switch-blade that he found
in his backyard.
Janice Maclver and Ron Ray
mond are Behrend’s party dolls
of the month. Jan attended four
parties during Thanksgiving, and
Ron was the life of one at Murray
Hill.
News from Stull Hall:
Frank Hursen was given a huge
homecoming party last week-end
complete with toilet-paper ban
ners. To show his appreciation he
staged a wrestling match on his
bed. Where is the bed now, Frank?
Did you graduate from high
school last year? If you did, you
rate a kiss from Jan Maclver.
How was it, Clyde?
Be good and keep running
“Around the Campus.”
+ Dorm Chatter *
By Fred Faulk
It was only a day after- the
mid-semester grades came out
and a few of the boys here re
ceived telephone calls from home.
One went somewhat like this:
“Heilo Mom. Yes, well you see—
yes, well, yes. No, well you see.
Mom, these grades really don’t
mean that much. It’s the semester
grades that count. Okay, Mom,
I’ll try harder. Yes, Mom, I’ll be
home next week-end. Yes, I’ll
study. Bye, Mom.” After coming
upstairs with a worried look, he
just had one thing to say, “Boy!
Mail sure travels fast!”
Dave Miller has been spend
ing a lot of time at a certain
place on West 26th Street. Now,
Dave, you wouldn’t be one of the
first of us to depart from bache
lorhood, would you?
Girls, watch out for the silent
ones. Mel Szarleta is about the
most silent we have. He may be
the most dashing when given a
chance.
Pictures of strange things to be
given away by George Brecosky
and George Burke: Ed Roberts
posing nicely in his tom and tat
tered pajamas.
The Homecoming was a big suc
cess. The dorm boys were indeed
happy to talk with some of the
dorm girls of last year. Mrs. L.
was also very pleased to see some
of her girls again.
Why didn’t Henby Durkee dance
with Dee Rankin at the Home
coming affair? Could it be the
difference in their sizes?
The latest weapons in the dorm
have 'been water pistols. It’s okay,
boys, maybe they will install
drains in each room. This sure
would help mopping up after the
battles.
Congratulations, Marsh Fisk on
getting a nine-point buck! We all
wish we had a tractor to drag in
the venison.
We dorm boys are proud to
MEET YOUR FACULTY
By Rita Anderson
Just mention girls sports at
Behrend, and one name bounces
to the top, Mrs. Shirley “Compy”
Comstock. She claims that she
was honestly bom to sports on
November 29, 1919, when her
mother wouldn’t let her father go
to referee a football game because
of little “Compy’s” arrival.
“Compy” attended three Erie
schools: Emerson, Gridley Junior
High, and Strong Vincent High
School, from which she graduated
in 1936. She has athletic letters
from all three, including varsity
swimming letters from junior and
senior high. Swimming was her
only sport as a scholastic activ
ity, and she still holds the Erie
100 yr. record of 1:04.2! She also
enjoyed playing 'basketball and
softball.
After graduating from Slippery
Rock State Teachers College with
a B. S. in Health Education and
minors in English and science,
Mrs. Comstock taught high school
for two years, one in Springdale,
Pennsylvania, and one year at
Erie East.
Sports also introduced “Compy”
to her husband, Maynard, who
met her when he coached a girls’
“mushball” team. They were mar
ried at the AAF Base In San
Angelo, Texas, in 1942. Their two
children are a daughter, Lee, four
teen, and ladylike: and a son,
Dave, eight, and an athlete.
“Compy” started teaching phys
ical education at Behrend Centra:
in 1949, and also teaches part
time at Mercyhurst. However,
teaching is only a small part of
Behrend Center Presents ...
By Jack Randinelli
The tall, dark fellow frequently
seen on campus with Norm Thom
as is John, “Are you going to the
dance Friday night?” Cipriani.
John probably needs little intro
duction to the freshmen of Beh
rend Center, for it seems that
during freshmen customs all the.
“frosh” met him. When a fresh
man came running into Erie Hall
yelling, “Cipriani is coming,” every
freshman headed in the opposite
direction of the warning. However,
all is peaceful at Behrend now,
and John is regarded as a friend
to all.
John is from Erie, and before
coming to Behrend attended Erie
East High School. While going to
Behrend, John is working part
time at a service station, and dur
ing the summer months is also
employed there.
After vigorously conducting a
campaign at the beginning of the
fall semester, John was elected
to Student Council. He is now
boast of our two basketball repre
sentatives, George Place and Wes
“Cupcake” Carter who are work
ing hard to help our team win.
A word to the wise is sufficient,
they say, so I would like to note
here that you should think twice
about going out on a blind date.
Ed Muirhead, Ron Raymond,
Dave Lord, and yours truly got
some cold turkeys for a certain
dance. For more information ask
the afore mentioned.
I would like to take this op
portunity to wish everyone a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
New Year.
Shirley Comestock
this lively woman’s activities.
Among those to her credit axe:
Supervisor, Recreation Bureau,
City of Erie from 1949-1953; and
currently, playing basketball with
B. P. Field’s Lassies; Water Safety
and First Aid Instructor, and
vice-chairman of Safety Services
Committee, Erie Chapter, Ameri
can Red Cross; Health Commit
tee of Y. W. C. A.; and the Health
Education Policies Committee of
the Pennsylvania State Associ
ation of Health Physical Educa
tion and Recreation.
Shirley Comstock, columnist, is
also familiar to readers of the
sports . section of the Sunday
Times-News. She also edits the
Bowling Bulletin for the Erie
Women’s Bowling Association, and
bowls one night a week, with an
average of about 160.
The result of all this activity is
the sports-and-fun loving “Com
py,” as we, the Behrendites know
her.
John Cipriani
serving as our able student coun
cil president and doing a very
commendable job. President Ci
priani has been doing everything
possible to promote dances at Beh
rend and has accomplished a great
deal in this direction.
His only pet peeve is, quotes
John, “I work so hard for a dance
and then there is not one woman
in the place.” When asked what
he thought of the girl situation at
Behrend he replied, “VERY
POOR! I’d like to see about fifty
more girls come to Behrend next
semester.”
As for John’s outside interests,
football ranks the highest; but
whenever you would like some
stiff competition at the ping pong
table, John is just the fellow to
make you think that table tennis
is not your game.
John Cipriani, hard worker, able
student, and true friend will be
greatly missed when he no longer
strolls the hallowed halls of the
classroom building.