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VOLUME/X—No. 5
NEW STUDENT COUNCIL TAKES OFFICE
Speech Class
Exacts Easter Play
“Were You There When They
Crucified My Lord” is the title of
this year’s Easter Pageant to be
presented by the Behrend Center
speech class. The program will
take place on Palm Sunday after
noon under the direction of Nyla
Falkenhagen, instructor of speech,
with Edith Tinsman acting as as
sistant director.
The play relates the events of
Passion Week and the effect on
the lives of seven men who were
touched by Jesus Christ as He was
sent to the cross. Through a series
of monologues, the men reveal the
effect the crucifixion had on their
lives. Simon Peter, Judas Iscariot,
Joseph Caiaphas, Pontius Pilate,
Simon the Centurion, and John
are the characters to be portrayed.
Kathy Shreve is in charge of
arranging costumes; Bob Hilgen
dorf has lighting arrangements;
and Dan Johns is stage manager.
Nyla Falkenhagen
Participants Chosen
For Interpretative
Reading Festival
On the weekend of April 24 and
25, Karl Boyer, Bob Scott, Sandy
David, and Evelyn Bernhard will
travel to the main campus to par
ticipate in the Pennsylvania State
University Reading Festival. Each
spring the Department of Speech
of The Pennsylvania State Uni
versity sponsors a Reading Festi
val to which all the colleges and
universities are invited to send
participants.
Selections for the Reading Fes
tival are chosen from the four
classes which poetry,
drama, prose, and miscellaneous.
Highlighting the weekend of the
Reading Festival will be a banquet
held for all who participate in the
Festival.
Mrs. Nyla Falkenhagen, instru
ctor of speech, will accompany the
group to the main campus. .
NEWLY ELECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS: (I. to r., row two) Allen W. Bums, advisor, Bob Hilgendorf,
Norm Thomas, Frank Rote, Dick Januleski, John Cipriani, and Bill Murray; (row one) Lea Moses,
Ruth Angelotti, Carole Lazarus, Evelyn Bernhard, and Kathy Shreve. (Photo by Hugh Francis)
Engineers Club To Sp
Sunday, May 4, is the tentative
date of the “Open House” sponsor
ed by the Behrend Center Engin
eers with the co-operation of the
other departments on campus.
This “Behrend first” was originat
ed by the Behrend Engineers to
provide valuable information to
prospective college students inter
ested in science or engineering. Jr.
and sr. high school youths will be
able to secure knowledge concern
ing courses which are necessary or
desirable for preparation'into these
fields. Another very important
purpose of the “Open House” will
be to stress the definite relation
ship between the sciences and the
humanities. For this reason, in
Erie Hall, instructors from the
various departents will be avail
able to answer questions or to give
advice. Also, on exhibition will be
demonstrations on scientific prin
ciples.
Interpretati
Sandra David, Evelyn Bernhard, Bob Scott, and Karl Boyer read
their selections in the balmy spring air.
OFFICIAL STUDENT PUILICATION
onsor "Open House"
Robert Baker, professor of engi
neering, and Herb Bair, instructor
of engineering, said that a formal
program lasting approximately iy 2
hours will include lectures, discus
sions, and possibly movies dealing
with the subject, “How You Can
Prepare For the Space Age,” which
is the theme of the event. All
buildings on campus will remain
open permitting the high school
students to examine the facilities
of Behrend Center.
Supplementing this program
some of our Behrend Center stu
dents will speak in local high
schools to stimulate interest. Ben
jamin Lane, dean of students,
Louis Balmer, assistant professor
of chemistry, Gordon Baker, as
sistant professor of mathematics
and physics, and Ernest Fryer, as
sistant professor of psychology,
have offered their services for
the event.
e Reading Finalists
Friday, March 14, 1958
(Photo by Hugh Francis)
BEHREND CENTER—Pennsylvania State University
Library Week
Slated To Begin
March 17th
Library Week is to be commem
orated this month during the week
of March 17 through March 21,
just in time to “help recover from
the Ides of March,” as Margarita
Filer, the librarian, says.
Various projects are being plan
ned in observance of libraries and
books all over the country. These
include an English Literature post
er, three-dimensional displays de
picting brief scenes from American
Literature including Benjamin
Franklin, Nathanial Hawthorne,
and Edgar Allen Poe, and a dis
play on how to use the newspaper.
Free bookmarks will be distri
buted the first day, and all over
due books will be accepted free of
charge during the whole week.
Current Programs
Planned For March
World traveler and big game
hunter, O. Carlyle Brock, will be
the speaker of an assembly in Erie
Hall on March 17. Mr. Brock will
illustrate his talk on his latest sa-
fari to Africa with colored slides.
At 8 pm. on the following evenr
V,
ing, Tuesday, March 18, Erie Hall
will be the scene of a program
geared to inform Penn State
alumni in Erie County of the long
range planning of the University.
C. S. Wyand, Vice President for
Development, will give the address,
to be followed by an informal dis
cussion. Behrend students, their
parents, and Penn State alumni
are invited.
Council Elections
Held In Erie Hal!
Despite the fact their first meet
ing was cancelled because of the
snow, Student Council is neverthe
less already in full swing. Elections
were held February 14, and the
following members were re-elect
ed: John Cipriani, Norm Thomas,
Dick Januleski, Bill Murray, Eve
lyn Bernhard, Carole Lazarus,
Ruth Angelotti, and Frank Rote.
This semester we welcome three
new members: Lea Moses, Kathy
Shreve, and Bob Hilgendorf.
The first meeting was held
recently in the Memorial Room.
The initial order of busi
ness was election of officers.
The results are as follows: Frank
Rote, president; Norm Thomas,
vice president; Lea Moses, secre
tary; Carole Lazarus, treasurer;
and Dick Januleski, activities co
ordinator. A budget committee
consisting of Norm Thomas, Dick
Januleski, and Carole Lazarus has
been appointed and will submit the
budget allotments for the various
clubs and activities at the next
meeting.
One of the questions before
Council at the present time is
whether or not Behrend should en
ter a basketball league consisting
of various junior colleges in west
ern Pennsylvania. The biggest acti
vity that will face Council this
semester is the Spring Prom.
Captain D. J. Hunter
Officer Training
Team Visits Behrend
Recently, Behrend Center was
visited by the Marine Officer Pro
curement Team. All those men un
dergraduates who were interested
in the Marine Corps Officer Train
ing received information from the
team which was headed by Cap
tain D. J. Hunter.
Applications were accepted from
the freshmen and sophomores for
the Platoon Leaders Class.
The accepted PLC candidates
will receive officer type training of
two six-week sessions attended at
Quantico, Virginia, during two
summer vacations from college.
Candidacy in these two programs
can lead to a Reserve commission
in either of the ground or aviation
activities of the Corps.