THE NITTANY CUB Volume XV, No. 9 Easter Play To Be Held March 22 Publication of Yearbook Underway The Yearbook Staff, headed by- Cindy Hawkins and under the di rection of Mr. Norman Patterson, has recently sent in sixteen pages to their publishers, the American Yearbook Company, for publica tion. This is the first of many deadlines which the BITS OF BEHREND Staff will have to meet for the publication of the 1959 yearbook. The yearbook associates found themselves faced by varied prob lems involving the compilation of line. Since an off-set method of production is used, these prob lems involved the compilation of a dummy, arrangement of layout, scheduling of pictures, and writing and re-writing copy. j This year’s staff exclaims that, j“The ’59 BITS OF BEHREND will be the best ever published.” They also have the distinction of in augurating a new feature of year book activities, for the staff mem bers organized a Common Hour assembly program to promote the [* 959 BITS OF BEHREND. This irogram marked the beginning of he sales campaign which was he Latest on Dr. Smith's Scientific Field Trips i By Lorraine Prokopowicz - ; —; — 7Z I, . . .. . an ounce.” A bat bite seldom I “Last Thanksgiving was the day , , , . 3 , , . , . breaks the skin. “Rabies is rare m ! was lucky enough to have very , \ , ~ L . .. bats, much less common than in soor chili for Thanksgiving din- , . _ ... r _.. ~ .. . . ' . . dogs and cats.” Doctor Smith never fer.” This situation is typical of 6 . . . .... . . F . ... . , , _ . wears a scarf when handling bats, lie hardships endured by Doctor . It- „ ... __ * , _ “There is no known case where Elizabeth Smith, Professor of Zo- , \ x . . . „ _ I . _ . , _ , .. bats got tangled m hair.” We can logy at Behrend Campus of the „ , ° ... L , - „ . ..all relax on sweltering summer fennsylvama State University, ... . , .... r . .. ~ . . .. . mghts when bats swoop hither on p her many field trips mvestigat- . . .. , . , « ~ . . . . , , yon, for these mammals have keen is that long-neglected mammal . i. Ith'e bat direction sense and approach peo- Lrtor'Smith’s interests first *Ple merely because mosquitoes are Iveloped bats about ten years attracted to Bats are ex |o, since which time she has been valuable as mosquito jjjirking alone and collaborating ea rs Jth the Cincinnati Museum of fitural History. . Bats are a source of curiosity identified by npniature bands se ice little is known about them, cured to their wrists, and released. >ctor Smith believes that the tra- Dr- Smith’s field trips to spotted jional fear of bats is bred in ig- caves in these regions are at rance. “Bats are very small. Pull tempting to find where bats from Own bats weigh one quarter of (Continued on Page 2) OFFICIAL STUDENT PUBLICATION BEHBEND CAMPUS—Pennsylvania State University Professor Benjamin A. Lane, dean of students, is a busy man this week as “Junior Miss,” Behrend Players’ spring play, be gins tonight and runs through Friday, March 13. headed by John Polko, business manager. A last drive for subscriptions is still underway, and the sub scribers will receive their copy sometime during the first week of August via the mail. Bats have been brought to Erie from Kentucky and Tennessee, STUDENTS OF SPEECH CLASSES WORKING ON VARIOUS PROGRAM COMMITTEES The annual Easter Play will be presented Sunday afternoon, Mar. 22, in Erie Hall at 3 pm. “I Made Christ’s Cross” is the story of the man who fashioned the cross on which Christ suffered and died. It has for its site Jeru salem, during the end of Christ’s ministry. There are four scenes entitled respectively, “He That Cometh in the Name of the Lord,” “The Making of the Cross,” “The Death of Christ on the Cross,” and “The Discovery of the Mes sage of the Cross.” Since it is a project of the speech classes, Mrs. Falkenhagen is directing the play. She has chosen the following cast: Mike Eccles will play the part of Abner, the middle-aged carpenter; John Miller is cast as Joel, Abner’s Qualification Test Applications for the April 30, 1959 administration of the Col lege Qualification Test are now available at Selective Service Sys tem local boards throughout the country. Eligible students who intend to take this test should apply at once to the nearest Selective Service local board for an application and a bulletin of information. Poliowing instructions in the bulletin, the student should fill out his application and mail it immediately in the envelope pro vided to SELECTIVE SERVICE EXAMINING SECTION, Educa tional Testing Service, P.O. Box 586, Princeton, New Jersey. Appli cations for the April 30 test must be postmarked no later than mid night, April 9, 1953. According to Educational Test ing Service, which prepares and administers the College Qualifica tion Test for the Selective Service System, it will be greatly to the student’s advantage to file his ap plication at once. The results will be reported to the student’s Se lective Service local board of jur isdiction for use in considering his deferment as a student. Thursday, March 12, 1959 neighbor, about the same age; Di anne Reynolds plays Phoebe, the wife of Abner; Lois, the daughter of Phoebe and Abner, will be done by Nancy Altman, and Dick Chase is portraying a Roman soldier. The assistant director is James Robb. The stage crew, with Bill Ro berge and Chuck Blass as co chairmen, is made up of George Guriel, Prank Barbich, Roger Lansberry, Bob Nelson, Chuck Simons, Bob Amendola, Bill Wood, Jack McLaughlin, and George Place. The Properties Committee, head ed by Jerry Rochin, is composed of Jim Higgins, Bill Welch, Pat Williams, Bill Chapin, and Lou Morrow. The make-up will be han dled by Bob Scott and Jerry Sed ney. Music will be provided by Walt Parker, Marjie Rex, Grace Row land, and Gay Kinsinger, with John Beatty as chairman. Bob Scott is the chairman of the Publicity Committee. Helping him to do the job are Marjorie Krebs, Ike.Sosnowski, John Lloyd, Don Nogay,. John Polko, John Campbell, and Alex Hahn. Rounding out the set of neces sary committees is the House Committee. Denny Sterrett and (See Page 4) In charge of Behrend students selected to participate in the an nual Reading Festival at Penn State’s main campus in the spring will be Nyla Falkenhagen, speech instructor.
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