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.