NITTANY CUE VOLUME —No. 4 Campus Preparing For Gala Mardi Gras Council Elections Slated For February 14 Student Council elections for the spring semester will be held in Erie Hall, Friday, February, 1958, in the form of an assembly. Pe- titions for nominees have 'been turned in by Edie Tinsman, Lea Moses, Kathy Shreve, Bob Hilgen- dorf and Forest Campbell. Present Council members up for re-elec- tion are Carole Lazarus and Dick Januleski; however, a list of all candidates will be distributed to each student on election day. Recently Benjamin Lane, Dean of Students and advisor to the Student Council, complimented last semester’s Council on the excellent work accomplished throughout its term of office and hopes that the newly elected members will carry on the fine example. Allen Burns, instructor of history and) also advisor to the Council, at the first official fac ulty meeting commended the Council for handling the budget so well, and expressed a desire that they run the economic func tions of the government. 40 Students Achieve Positions On Dean's List And Honor Roll The forty students to achieve Dean’s list and. honor, roll this past semester deserve our hearti est praise and congratulations. In coder to become worthy of the Dean’s list you must have an aver age of 3. 5 or higher, and to get on the honor roll an average of at least 3.0 must be reached. Those who axe on Dean’s list axe as follows: Frank Bote, 4.00; Ruth Angelotti, 3.82; William Waiter, 3.77; Evelyn Bernhardi, 3.75; Lucille Mae Gardner, 3.71; Ronald Raymond, 3.70; Charles Curtis, 3.68; Burl Henry, 3.66; Alexandra David, 3.62; Karl Seif fert, 3.60; Thomas Zielinski, 3.59; Francis Griffin, 3.53; Robert Hil gendorf, 3.52; and James Swarm, 3.52. The honor roll students are: Gary Raimy, 3.46; David Barnett; 3.43; Robert Ferguson, 3.43; David Rundquist, 3.41; Anthony Krain ski, 3.38; Sara Lee Lewis, 3.37; Charles Nelson, 3.37; Leslie Haw ley, 3.33; Doris Aim Miesel, 3.31; Max Cobb, 3.29; Robert Taylor, 3.27; Lea Moses, 3.21; Rita Ander son, 3.18; Frank Olsofka, 3.18; Robert Pius, 3:18; Milton Bryant, 3.15; Richard-Fryling, 3.18; John O’Connor, 3.12; Richard Maloney, 3.11; Wallace Findley, 3.06; Ed ward Roberts, 3.06; Charles Sim ons, 3.06; Roger Clicquennoi, 3.00; Bernard Lachowski, 3.00; Suzanne T. Russell, 3.00; and David Thelin, 3.00. Reach For The $ Meanwhile, back at the Mardi Gras . . . Bang, bang, bang, bang, . . . Needless to say, Calypso Girl will not appear at the gala event and Peter Pan has gone off to Never-Never-land. Pictured above, left to right, are a student co-chairman, Glenn Straight, decoration chairman, Janice Maclver, and Sandy David. Try-Outs Scheduled For Reading Festival Mrs. Nyla Falkenhagen. instruc tor of speech, has announced that try-outs at Behrend. Center for the Pennsylvania State University Reading Festival will take place in two weeks. Each Spring the Department of Speech of The Pennsylvania State University sponsors a Reading Festival to which all the colleges and uni versities in the state are invited to send participants. Interested persons are asked to prepare a selection of poetry, prose, or drama, which will not exceed five minutes in length. The persons selected will be giv en training in interpretative speech. More details about this event can be obtained from Mrs. Falken hagen, Evelyn Bernhard and Sandra David. Behrend’s best average on.the Dean’s list was earned by Frank Rote with a 4.0. Pictured above left'to right, are Bill Waiter, Lucille Gardner, Ruth Angelotti, Evelyn Bernhard, and Frank Rote. OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION Speaking engagements have kept several members of the Behrend faculty busy in the past few weeks. Gordon L. Baker, as sistant professor of physics, spoke recently to the Erie Rotary Club on same aspects of the Interna tional Geophysical Year. The kindergarten mothers of Lakewood school were instructed on the subject, “Speech Develop ment of the Pre-School Child,” by Ernest Fryer, assistant professor of psychology and guidance coun selor. Louis W. Balmer, assistant pro fessor of chemistry, addressed the Business and Professional Wom ens’ 'Club at the Y.W.C.A. His subject was “From Alchemy to Alchemy,” and included a variety of demonstrations. Top St Thursday, February 13, 1958 Pawdner! ky, Faculty Flashes idents O New Orleans Costume Festival Complete With Dance ; Booths Mardi Gras time at Behrend Center will be from eight to midnight on Saturday, February 15. A combination carnival and masked ball, this event, which takes place on campus in Erie Hall, with admission free, and open to everyone, has at tracted several hundred Erieites in past years. Costumes are optional but preferred, since the affair is patterned .after the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans. Yearbook Siaff Plans For New Publication The 1958 Behrend Center Year book promises to be “one of the best we’ve had,” according to Nor ma n Patterson, professor of mathematics and faculty advisor for the yearbook. This edition, like last year’s book, will be a chronological re cord of campus activities. Included will be candid shots of anything from a quiet pinochle game in the student lounge to a riot at Kan garoo Court, a section devoted to individual portraits of the seniors, and exciting sports shots. This complete pictorial record of ac tivities will have a cover picture of Behrend Center. Staff members working with editor, Carole Lazarus and assis tant editor, Evelyn Bernhard, on business, photography, and layout are Ray Stancliff, Dick Stenta, Bob Metzgar, Bob Loesch, Lea Moses, Sara Lewis, Janice Mac lver, Ruth Angelotti, Sandy David, Fred Faulk, Noel Ripley, and Bill Leonard. A two dollar down payment or i the full price of four dollars can be given to any member of the staff or a student council member. Yearbooks are mailed to stu dents during the summer. In this way, the events of the entire school year can be recorded, be ginning from the hectic week of customs through the solemn day of graduation all “Bits of Be hrend.” Dean's List CENTER— Pennsylvania State University Tlte literal meaning of Mardi Gras is “fat Tuesday,” and for the Latin speaking peoples it was the last fling before Ash Wed nesday, the beginning of the. Lent en season. It was then extended to two days before Lent in New Orleans, and) is also celebrated in Quebec because of the many French speaking people there. The celebration at Behrend last year was given a southern touch with the stage decorated like a New Orleans wharf. The backdrop was a river scene, complete with, in the distance, a steamboat, “The Magnolia,” and a Southern plan tation. The dancing, area was en closed by a white picket fence and lit by Japanese lanterns, and similar decorations will probably be used this year. Door prize will be a radio, and the best costumes, one boy and one girl, will receive pen and pencil sets. The music for danc ing will be provided by the Joey Jay Combo, and there will be a refreshment stand. Booths, decorated; with paper streamers of red, white, blue, or ange, and yellow will include a penny pitch, ' cork shooting at cigarettes, darts at balloons, ring toss, shooting baskets, fortune telling, and weight guessing. There will also be a plant booth, fish ing, and a cake stand with cakes donated by the faculty wives and women, Behrend cooks, coeds, and wives of married students. The faculty advisors are W. L. Richards, professor of engineer ing; William Hover, romance language and music professor; and Joseph Vigorito instructor of ac counting and economics. General co-chairmen are Dick Januleski and Glenn- Straight. Chairmen and committees are orchestra and tickets, Dick Janu leski; publicity, Dave Brooks, chairman, Dick Covatto, Tom Feeney, and Ron Cote; decor ations, Janice Maclver, chairman, Doris Miesel, Gerald Sedney, Ed Roberts, and Gary Raimy; and prizes, Gary Raimy, chairman, Bill Roberge, Dick Amendola, Carole Lazarus, and Chuck Sim ons. Those setting up booths and decorating are Jim Cameron, A 1 Chikosky, Dick Constable,.Bernard Donatucci, John Donovan, Herb Durkee, Fred; Faulk, Walt Findley, George Hall, Bob Jones, Paul Lipiec, Marsh Fisk, Ron Higbee, Walter McCallion, Bill Manno, George Brecosky, Forrest Camp bell, Wes Carter, Bill Curtis, Rog er Lansberry, Lea Moses, Bob Nel son, Gary Rupert, Suzanne Russ ell, Donald Shelly, LaVem Tingley. Richard Walkow, Bob Verbahic, and Lyle Watrous.
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