NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, IS4B, 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
vania
Editor-in-chief
Assistant Editors
Feature Editor
Sports Editor
Photo Consultant
Staff Writers
Terry Herrick, Sara Lewis, Janice Maclver, Lea Moses,
Ron Raymond, Suzanne Russell, Edith Tinsman, Jack
Randinelli, Jill Fritz, Wes Carter, Dave Thelin, Bill
Curtis, Forrest Campbell, Dick Januleski.
Anyone for a Little Culture?
Did you attend the last lecture and coffee hour that
was held in the Memorial Eoom? The answer that would be
received from most students on the Behrend campus would
be “no.” The big question is, why aren’t these lectures well
attended? The answer is not, in the majority of the cases,
classes, as the lecture periods were arranged to be held at
a time when they would benefit the majority of the students.
However, at a corresponding time in Erie Hall a ping-pong
match is in full swing, the juke box is going full blast, and
over in the corner are several students playing pinochle. It
can be readily admitted that these extra-curricular activities
are all important: but they shouldn’t be practiced when there
is a lecture to attend, where you might learn something. The
Memorial Room lectures aren’t the only things that lack
popular attention, however. The music and dramatic pro
grams have all but completely fallen apart because of lack
of interest and active participation. These two fields play
an important part in our modern educational program and
shouldn’t be completeley omitted from the college schedule.
It is practically impossible for all the students to actively
participate in these programs; but some keen interest should
be developed. Complete ignorance of the fine arts is not
creating a well rounded and educated individual. Many of you
may be wondering how you can achieve an interest in these
activities. The answer is a very simple one. In the city of
Erie there are several active cultural organizations: the Erie
Playhouse, the Erie Philharmonic Society and the Erie Civic
Music Association, among several others. If a person is in
terested or wants to become oriented in these fields, he or
she has many splendid opportunities. This editorial may
sound as though it is directed only to the students in the
technical and business fields, but I assure you that it isn’t.
The Liberal Arts students should also show some enthusiasm
for the curriculums other than their own. The current remedy
for this deplorable condition is very simple. If you would like
to attain some knowledge about dramatics or music or both,
contact the instructors on campus who can best discuss the
fields with you. I think you would soon find your life to be
a more enjoyable one. Now is the time, when you are em
barking on your college career, to lay aside the more trivial
things, and indulge in activities that will better benefit your
education.
Don't Hand Me That
If you don’t like wiggly snakes, buzzing, bothersome in
sects., and warty old toads, and dream of a land that is free
from these pests, let me suggest that you take the next plane
or boat to Ireland. With St. Patrick’s Day being next Mon
day, I thought that we should get ready to produce our four
leafed clovers, blarney stones, and green apparel to celebrate
this fine Irish occasion. Everyone, whether he is Irish or not,
wears the symbolic green of the Emerald Isle, and sings the
quaint old Irish ballads; but you can spot an Irishman on this
day just by the sparkle in his bright, typically-blue eyes.
Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, the date
of the death of the apostle and patron saint of Ireland. Saint
Patrick is said to have been born at Kilpatrick, Scotland, in
the year 387, of Roman parentage. He was captured and
sold into slavery in Ireland at the age of sixteen. Six years
later he escaped to Gaul where he became a monk. Later he
returned to Ireland and converted the Druids to Christianity.
It is said that Saint Patrick banished the snakes and pests
from the island, and that Ireland is, consequently, pest free.
Evelyn Bernhard
Rica Anderson, Carole Lazarus
Ruth Angelotti, Fred Faulk,
Blarney , McDoogle!
Sandy David
Dick Covatto
Norman Patterson
THE NITT AN Y CUB
Around The
Campus
by
the SWoRD
Lucky number four! You win as
your first prize Doris Miesel!
Lucky boy, 808 SCOTT, but does
Doris know about it?
Four in four days! What an
average, TOOCHE! . . . Why is
DICK WALKOW called the
“Jamestown Kid?” . . . Where did
GARY RAIMY get those chain
marks around his wrists? Could
Sue have something to do with it,
Gary? .... Billy Curtis’ song:
“Don’t Let The Sand Get In Your
Eyes.”
Question for ED SOLLENBERG
ER: Where’s the tan, ’57 Olds?
Are you color blind, TOOCHE?
Seems like you’re only stopping for
green lights, completely ignoring
the red.
Notice! FRANK HURSEN’S
really come out of his shell. Now
he’s earned the title of “the party
doll’s doll.”
JOHN CIPRIANI has become
very popular with some of Compy’s
Cooties with his lunch time oration
in the cafeteria on the proper
method of removing a tapeworm,
complete with vivid descriptions
and adjectives synonymous with
after-dinner speakers ... in his
latest theme FRANK HURSEN’S
descriptions of winter went some
thing like this “When the frost
is on the pumpkin Here’s
something we dug out of the inter
esting past of our editor, EVELYN
BERNHARD, when Bemie was . . .
censored . . . she . . . censored . . .
you little devil!
EXPOSE . . . There is a plot
among Chem. students to saw Mr.
Balmer’s double eraser in half . . .
Chenne, SWoRD, and Miss Filer
are one and the same .... The
article on SANDY DAVID in the
Erie Times was written by SANDY
DAVID .... Is HUGO FRANCIS
for real? .. . MISS FILER is build
ing doll houses in the library these
days to keep busy .. BILL CURTIS
is Cheyenne’s first cousin . . . ED
ROBERTS claims accounting stu
dents have the highest I. Q. . . .
BILL LEONARD has been spend
ing his extra hours in the dispen
sary . . . MRS. L. had better start
building airplanes o r leave the
dorm . . . PETE NATHONSON has
gone to Hollywood . . . GEORGE
PLACE has perfected the art of
oral aggravation and is quickly
gaining admirers FRED
MONACO is building a bottle in
side a boat. . . Saw MURRAY and
NOVATENY studying physics in
their office at Russ’s at 3 am. . .
Often heard but rearly believed
ROBERT PAWIiAK after receiv
ing a test grade “Not bad for not
studying” ... COACH GOODWIN
after exhibiting a gym maneuver,
“Even LEONARD can do that one”
. . . MRS. L. after cleaning the re
mains of a firecracker from under
her bed—“ They’re not really bad
boys.” . . . Poor RUTHLE was in
tantrums describing her wild
guesses on the last calc. test. It so
happened that she aced the test
. . . Rumors around campus—Sat
urday Classes (ha-ha) . . . Mr.
BURNS is moving into the chem
lab . .. DAVE LORD is looking for
a woman . . . CLYDE is giving
romping lessons to a girl from
Hamot . . . Urn mm, TUDY and
TOM were window shopping on
State St. one springy evening . . .
Mr. PAT’S “Sneaky Yashica”
caught JAN and HARVEY playing
(Cont. on Page 4)
MIST YOU
by
Dick Januleski
West Pittstown, Pa., a small
coal-mining region near Scranton,
also well-known for its production
of excellent athletes has honored
us here at Behrend Center by one
of its products in the likeable,
good-natued person of Henry
“Coach” Goodwin.
Upon graduation from the local
high-school, he entered Lockhaven
State Teachers College where he
participated in the majority of
college sports. In his favorite game,
that of football, he excelled as a
defensive linebacker.
Much more can be said of him
scholastic-wise, for his name made
the Dean’s List for seven out of
eight semesters. Asked what hap
pened the one semester, he imme
diately explained unfortunate ac
cidents in football, that of “bang
ing” his head into the opposition
many times instead of “banging”
his head into the books.
Obtaining his bachelors degree,
he moved on to the Pennsylvania
State University, and studied for
his masters degree, majoring not
only in physical education, but
also in biology and science.
This broad education had not
swelled his head in the least, as is
seen in the modesty typical of one
so good-natured.
Married, and the father of two
children aged three and two, he
told us of how well the tots can do
“forward rolls” in the sport of
tumbling. Last summer he enjoyed
Behrend Cent
by
Sandra David
The new student with the inter
esting continental look on campus
this semester is Hugo Thomas
Francis. Contrary to the comments
overheard from B. C. students,
Hugh is not a foreigner spying for
the Russians but a native from
Union City. He also speaks English
quite well and is not taking Ger
man in . order to learn English.
Hugh attended Union City High
School and Messick Military
School in Memphis. His formal
education from that point was fol
lowed by NATO Intelligence
School where he studied Slavic
tongues, and the Industrie Dolme
tche Sehule in Stuttgart, Germany.
The Behrend Campus, where Euro
pean Area Studies electives mark
up his present curriculum, is not
new to Hugh, for he attended this
Penn State Extension in 1953.
Although spending most of his
Army life time in Germany, Herr
Francis had the opportunity to
travel through France, Switzer
land, Austria, the British Isles,
Majorca, and Spain. On the
American continent, Canada, the
New England States, California,
and the Southern States have been
visited or lived in by Hugh. Hugh
smiles when he says that Majorca
the “Isle of Love” and cham
pagne for breakfast —remains high
on his list of pleasant memories.
Hugh is thoroughly engulfed in
his program of enjoying life. In
addition to attending classes at
Behrend, Hugh’s interests vary
from photography to the European
philosophy on women. Chess, hik
ing, boating,, horseback riding,
Russian martinis (6 parts Vodka,
1 squirt lemon—you’re welcome)
and fencing are just a few of the
FACULTY
Coach Goodwin
training them in the art of swim
ming at the Behrend Center pool.
One of his future objectives is
that of the Athletic Expansion
Program now being worked upon.
The start will be that of entering
our basketball team in a league
coMprise.d of Penn State Centers
throughout the state. If action is
taken, the “Coach” believes this
will eventually lead Behrend Cen
ter into many other competing
sports such as football and base
ball. Another plan on his mind is
that of teaching physical education
majors in the future.
We, the student body, appreciate
the many things “Coach” has done
and is doing for us; and we are
rooting all the way. Best of luck
in your future.
r Presents ...
Hugo Francis
items on his “program.” In the
music department he prefers Tch
aikovsky and Rachmoninoff. Oh
yes, about that European philoso
phy—says the man, “Live life in
stead of talk or read about those
who do.”
Individualist, non-conformist,
hedonist, pragmatist, liberal all
the way—discriminating Hugo
Francis!
Get A Job!
Interviews for fourth-semester
tech students by various compa
nies will be held throughout the
months of March and April.
Following is a schedule of tire
interview dates.
March 6—Babcock & Wilcox (ddt)
March 11—Talon Inc.
March 13—Bell Telephone Labs
April 11—Copes Vulcan
April 14—LBM.
April 29—Elliot Company