SPARKS CUBS By' Ron Raymond "What' a game! What a finish! Wonderful Ah, wonderful! Re cently the Behrend Center Cubs successfully opened their basket ball schedule for this year with an exciting 62-60 victory over a strong McKeesport team. It was a hard-fought and well-deserved victory for the home team. Taking advantage of weak pass ing and opening night jitters, the visitors managed to muster an early first quarter lead. The Beh rend five soon settled down, how ever, and at the end of the first half were ahead by a 29-21 score. As the second half began, the Cubs held their own, but the vis itors were far from being finished. When two fast breaks brought them within one point of the leaders, it took a pair of jump shots by Wes Carter to tempor arily quell the storm. Soon the Pittsburghers were at it again, and with thirty seconds remain ing. a foul shot knotted the score at 60-60. As the clock moved on, the ball changed hands a number of times while both sides franti cally tried to tally. In the final ten seconds a Wes Carter pass set Mike Nagel up for his game winning hook shot. Although slightly lacking in height, our Behrend boys held their own under the boards and gave their loyal supporters some thing to cheer about. Actually, the game was won at the foul line where they made 24 foul shots to the visitors 12. Mike Nagel paved the way with 27 points and carried the bulk of the rebounding. Bud Seiffert, with 11 points and Wes Carter with 10 also added to the cause. All in all, however, it was a team vic tory and an exhibition of fine basketball. Certainly, the game provided valuable experience which will aid the Cubs in future games. With this optimistic viewpoint. we are looking forward to an ex- citing and successful basketball season, * » Meadow Brook Harry’s Jack Frost „ , Donut shop y airy Barber Shop With Drive-In Window ICE CREAM AND Buffalo Road 2119 Buffalo Road PROD I UCT|- WESLEYVILLE, PA. Erie, Pa. Phone 46886 Phone 8-3157 G. V. THOMAS JEWELER Wesleyville, Pa. Established 1919 N. Y. C. RR Watch Inspection Forty's Cleaners 2914 Buffalo Rd. WESLEYVILLE, PA. LEVINE’S AUTO SUPPLY 3340 Buffalo Road Wesleyville, Pa. AUTO SUPPLIES & ACCESSORIES Our Customs Our custom of holly as a Christmas decoration dates back to the time of the ancient Ro mans who used holly in connec tion with the celebration of their Saturnalia which occurs about the same time as Christmas. Since the leaves of the holly tree were always green and it was most beautiful at a time of year when other trees were barren, holly is hateful to witches because of its thorns and was therefore used on doors and windows to keep evil spirits away, and down through the years it has become one of the leading symbols of well-being at Christinas. Another custom, that of the yule log, originated in ancient times when the Teutons and Celts celebrated the Yule period. Since it occurred at about the same time as we observe Christmas, it has become customary for us to consider Christmas as the Yule tide. The age-old custom of burn ing a large log ol hard wood at this period became a festive oc- casion. Great ceremony was de- veloped, such as pouring wine on the log and decorating it with rib bons and flowers. Each year a brand was saved to start the Yule Log the following year. Prom this early origin we get the custom of the Yule Log as we know it to day. MARTIN'S Atlantic Service Gas - Oil - Lubrication Washing - Accessories BROOKS IDE, PA. VILLAGE CUT-RATE Cosmetics - Soda Fountain Baby Needs - Sick Room Supplies PHONE 4-9286 2912 Buffalo Rd. Wesleyville, Pa. Schaffner's ESSO STATION TOWING Phone 8-3681 - 24 Hr. Service WESLEYVILLE, PA. Compliments of Lohse Florist 2806 Buffalo Road Wesleyville, Pa. FOR FINE JEWELRY SEE FORD E. O'DELL 24 W. 10th St. • Next to Shea’s “I’ll Be On the Watch for You” Cafra bone's News 2907 Buffalo Rd. WESLEYVILLE, PA. 39-3 Sff* We are all aware that it was much to Dr. Smith’s horror when she first discovered that the Behrend Pine was not a pine at all but a pretty spruce tree. In order to justify this grave mis- take, the editors have done a con siderable amount of research to find out why the spruce tree in the circle is called a pine tree. But after many, many weeks of ques- tions with no satisfactory answers, the editors just about decided to give up the whole idea and allow Dr. Smith to think that some botanical fool merely walked around campus and named every tree he saw a pine tree. However, one of the editors struck upon a unique way to find the reason for the misnaming of the tree. We simply asked the tree and the tree simply told us. Here, for the first time, as told tby the Behrend Pine to your feature editor, we present for Dr. Smith, all botany students and the whole campus, “The Legend of the Behrend Pine.” “Once upon a winter starlight at the annual Harpstring Coun cil, the Christmas angels gathered to discuss the choice of the Christmas Tree of Honor. This year was chosen as the Year of the Pine; and, according to cus tom, it was the privelege of the youngest angel of the council to select the Honored Pine. As fate would have happen in this Year of the Pine, the youngest angel was indeed young. In fact, he was so young that he hadn’t even com pleted his angel college course in “Earth Treeology.” Naturally, a completed course on Earth Tree ology was a necessary require ment; tout in all the confusion none of the older angels noticed HOWARD’S MOBILGAS SERVICE Complete Service for Your Car ; Pick Up and Delivery Buffalo Rd. and Eastern Ave. WESLEYVILLE, PA. SIMON HARDWARE DuPont Paints • Tools Housewares - Sporting Goods Gifts Electrical and Plumbing Supplies Phone 8-5821. 3014 Buffalo Rd. WESLEYVILLE, PA. .. Compliments of LAURENCE J. SPAEDER & SONS Plumbing - Supplies - Heating 3412 Buffalo Road WESLEYVILLE, PA. Western Auto Associate Store Everett A. Drew, Owner 2918 Buffalo Road Wesleyville, Penna. Auto Accessories and Household Appliances Literature By David "LEGEND OF THE BEHREND PINE" Our youngest angel’s name, as it should be, was Xlykmorzqa. * Xlykmorzqa, himself, -was so ex cited about going to earth to choose the Christmas Pine that he, too, forgot about the incom plete course. Therefore, in the Year of the Pine, Xlykmorzqa rocketed from his silver-blue cloud to earth. After a second of scanning the earth a number of sputnik times, the youngest angel spied a beau tiful evergreen tree in the north- eastern part of Pennsiyvania. Thinking that this evergreen was a pine, Xlykmorzqa snatched the tree and returned with it to the Harpstring Council. ostrich soup, the pine was not a pine at all but a spruce tree! Toot the angel horns! Conference—con ference of the - Elders!! Xlyk morzqa has mistaken a spruce tree for a pine! Never, never in the history of the Harpstring Council had the angels mistaken the Christmas Tree of Honor. Well, naturally only one way remained to clear the scandal. The tree must 'be returned. And re- gretful or not as it may seem, the angel who returned the tree never finished his college geography course and could not distinguish between east and west. Thus he hastily dropped the spruce on the opposite side of Fennsylvnia into the Behrend circle. And with these words, ‘Spruce tree, hence forward thou shalt be known, as pine,’ the angel vanished into the winter starlight and left the Behrend Pine majestic on the cold Christmas Eve.” Erie Insurance Exchange that the youngest angel was un qualified) for this privelege of choosing the Tree of Honor. But, praise be to Aunt Minnie’s Compliments of WALT’S BINOR Wesleyville, Pa. Parking In The Bear Phone «9SSI Compliments of Plubell Hardware Company Buffalo and Station Road BALLENGEJTS 5 & 10c Wesleyville, Fa. The Pioneer In The Insurance World TOBY'S SHOES FOR THE FAMILY Men’s and Boys’ Wear 3113 Buffalo Rd. WESLEYVILLE, PA. The Behrend Pine Ed. Note—Xlykmorzqa, trans lated into English means “Little brother of the higher spirits to McGregor XIOL. Abstract Painting Causes Comments The current art display in the library, in addition to adding to the cultural atmosphere of the campus, has been causing much comment. Included in the display are a work of Maud Miller’s, “Areas of Waiting”, Carole Laza rus’ “Abstract,” oil paintings by Janet Warren, Sandra David, Al Kuhns, and also an uninhibited work by Prank Hursen entitled “My Dog and Me.” The winning photographs of the recent photography contest were Mr. Patterson’s “Night Light” and “February Shadows.” Three tick ets to the recent “Othello” pre sentation at Villa Maria Auditori um were awarded to the winners of the Othello contest, Carole La- Evelyn Bernhard and Sandy David. A Christmas-tree trimming- party was held in the library. Among those present were Ron Raymond, Fred Monoco, Fred Faulk, Frank Hursen, Dave Lord, Clyde Beatty, Evelyn Bernhard, Sandy David, Carole Lazarus, and the hostess, Miss Filer. Benjamin Electric PHONE 8-2203 Electrical Servicing CONTRACTORS PHONE 8-2203 3207 Buffalo Rd. Howard Roth WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER 3206 Buffalo Road Wesleyville, Pa. Compliments of RUSS' DINOR 2902 Buffalo Bd. Wesleyville, Pa.
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