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 .
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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.