Tech Talks
by Dave Thelin
Prof. Pattersons’ math, classes
are going full-blast. If you would
like to know the area of a hexa
hooptagon, just ask any of his
students and they will be glad to
furnish you with the formula..
Progress is being made in the
Behrend Center Engineers Club.
Spring projects are to be discus
sed at the next meeting.
Bob Taylor and Bob Hilgendorf
have mastered the morse code.
' In the Physics Department, the
students of Prof. G. Baker are
working on the derivation of time
from the solar system.
A new A. C. alternator has been
added to the E. E. lab.
It is reported that Prof. R. Baker
produced 2700 volts from a 5 volt
filament transformer. Isn’t science
wonderful!
Jim Rasmussen, an aeronautical
man, said that a great variety of
model airplanes have been built in
the dorm, and that Mrs. Ring now
has all the balsa wood that she
will need for many years to come.
We have had more weather this
year than ever before.
Office News
Irvin H. Kochel, administrative
head of Behrend Center, will at
tend a conference on higher edu
cation at Gettysburg College, Get
tysburg, Pa., on March 28-30.
Some two-hundred deans and ad
ministrative heads will hear ad
dresses by speakers from Harvard,
Yale, etc.
Mr. Kochel has also been elect
ed chairman of the National Edu
cation Extension Association, Mid
dle Atlantic Region,and will attend
a planning session on March 26
and 27.
Classes for our office staff were
not cancelled because of snow, and
the girls turned in a perfect at
tendance record. Mrs. Kelley of
the kitchen staff had to spend one
night on campus, and slept well
until things grew quiet in the dorm.
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BERNIE RUSIEWICZ—
"Contagion" Hits Dorm
By Edie Tins man
Perhaps, as you have walked
through the cafeteria during re
cent weeks, you were aware of a
strange odor that of airplane
cement—emitting from the up
stairs rooms. We of the Nittary Cub
feel that you are due for an ex
planation of this phenomena.
With the coming of the spring
semester, a new boy moved into
the dorm. This good-looking young
man, who had spent the fall in
Wesleyville, did not come empty
handed he brought with him a
hobby which swept the dorm with
the rapidity of measles. Bemie
Rusiewicz is this mechanical en
gineering major from Natrona, Pa.,
and model airplanes are his hob
by.
The spreader of this curious
“virus” said that he spent quite a
bit of his time building planes un
til about three years ago when he
gave up the hobby for other acti
vities. He admits that he even once
attempted a helicopter model, and
when a test flight proved unsuc
cessful, he turned to building
model racers.
While staying in Wesleyville,
Bernie began building a plane to
pass his idle time. This craft,
which he successfully launched, is
now complete, and he is planning
to start work on a new, bigger
plane. •
Perhaps Bemie, who claims to
be the dormitory checker-champ,
developed his interest in mechanics
from working for his father’s auto
mobile agency.
Model planes, however, are not
Bemie’s only interest. He is fond
of sports and particularly enjoys
water skiing, swimming, and deer
hunting when he is “back home.”
Bemie likes to have time to
himself, but he also, much to the
frustration of the rest of the dorm
boys, likes to play pranks and
TBS NITTAKT CUB
make noise. Among his favorite
“pranks” is one he recently play
ed on Dick Riggs. It seems that
Bemie ran into Dick’s room, bolt
ed the door from the inside, and
jumped out the window.
One of the few who claims no
“girl back home,” Bernie says he
can tolerate almost any kind of
music, but prefers popular tunes.
When asked “did you read ‘Peyton
Place’?” Bernie’s answer was an
emphatic “No!”
Bemie Rusiewicz
Bemie has no favorite food, but
attests to a fondness for coke, a
phobia developed last summer
when he worked at the Coca-Cola
plant in New Kensington.
One thing for sure, although
Bemie will take none of the credit
(or blame), everyone is in agree
ment that he is the “carrier” of
“model airplaneitis”. When Bemie
came to the dorm, there were only
three model planes in progress.
but not too much was being done
on them. Now there are at least
eight victims of modelitis among
Mrs. L’s boys.
Around the Campus
(Continued from Page 2)
kneesie at lunch .... Funniest
dam thing—Mr. BALMER almost
exploded while shaking a test
tube full of H 202 & phenoTHELIN
.... Florida bound for the Easter
vacation are LEA MOSES &
George with RUTHIE & Walt . . .
What they are saying—Doris Mi
esel on crew neck, sweaters “These
things sure give you a shape.” .. .
Ron Raymond on love—“I am ad
verse to all girls.” . . . DR. SMITH
on practical homemaking—“ The
best way to keep milk from turn
ing sour is to keep it in the cow.”
. . . HERM HANNAH “Ten out
of ten and I still haven’t bought a
Poly Sci. book.” Interesting re
sults of last assembly—Dorm coun
cil profit $140.00; loss from cig
aret machines $140.00 . . . DICK
CULVER is “going steady” with a
Warren lass . . . Seems that
nurses are the latest fad on cam
pus. ED ROBERTS is in love!! . .
LITTLE LAZ is up with the Big
'uns now—celebrated her 19th
birthday recently . . . Old familiar
face seen in the cafeteria recently
—LEWIS GWIN, who is now stu
dent teaching in Warren ... JUDY
THEOBALD has too many loves . .
It’d be great if TERRY HERRICK
had someone to co-operate with . .
SARA LEWIS will never give up ..
Stull Hall has switched to choco-
late milkshakes during Lent ....
Attention, girls! The Marines have
landed . . . EDIE, do you think
that orange hair will do it? ... .
RITA has joined TUDY’S “Throw
the ball backward” club
Parties, parties everywhere and
not a drop to drink . .. Ah Spring!
Plans Begun For
Speech Contest
The Center Speech League will
hold its annual contest on April
11 and 12 this year. Under the
direction of Nyla Falkenhagen,
instructor of speech, three stud-
ents will be selected to go to Al-
toona, where representatives of all
the centers will meet for the con-
test. Speeches of entertainment.
information, and persuasion will
be given.
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The Phantoms
The phantoms strike again!
Is it true that the reason for
Sara Lewis wearing black stock
ings is that she has a wooden leg?
George Brecosky thinks so. How
come Harvey Bain is becoming an
outcast at all social functions?
What’s the big attraction on West
ern Lane at 3:00 o’clock in the
morning, Dave R.? George Burke
wants to know—ls Ed Roberts
really a pygmy?
FLASH: Have found out what
freshman girl Marsh returns to
after every weekend. To find out,
ask the Phantom.
Why is Frank going out with a
high school girl? Won’t the
Behrend girls date him?—Will Sid
receive his degree in DD.T. or
model airplanes? Why does Ed
M. thumb to Pittsburgh as often
as he can—What made Jerry take
on his new job as bowling alley
manager? Carol? Has Bemie
ever built an airplane that has
gotten off the ground?—ls Jim R.
trying Chuck S.’s plan for losing
seven pounds a day?—Does Chuck
B. give the shirt off his back to
every girl who asks him?
Has Wes been making all the
phone calls to his parents or his
wife? Is Mel trying to enter the
Air Force Academy to get away
from women?
In the wee hours of the night a
light was burning in the dorm. The
villain was George Place. His mis
sion was to write a nasty letter to
his former girl. His associates, all
members of the Burners Club,
otherwise known as the Dear John
Letters Club, pitched in and help
ed. Their identity is unknown.
Rumor has it that Ed Roberts is
the greatest “Furer” since Adolf
Hitler. His iron-clad rule of the
dorm is fantastic.
Gerry Sedney is perhaps one of
the most dashing young cavaliers
in the dorm. After every date he
manages to ride in on Cloud No. 9.
Hovis is one of the busiest men
in the dorm. During the week he
attends classes, at night he eats,
and then heads for town. When he
returns from his date, he is on the
phone from dawn to dusk. He was
asked about his study habits. His
reply, “And be a square?”
The Phantoms could find noth
ing about the rest of the monkeys
as Fred Paulk calls them, but they
will maintain a steady watch.
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