Friday, October 23, 1959
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of Pennsylvania State University, Behrend
Campus, Erie, Pennsylvania.
Published by the Breeze Publishing Co., North East, Pennsyl
vania
Associate Editors . Mary Lloyd, Jeanne Chambers
Writers - - Diane Baldwin, Linda Bemis, Judy Benson,
Sandra Berkey, Karen Blashford, Virginia Gani - i>.
Diane Janowski, JoAnne Kisiel, Karol Orzepowski. Phyllis
Rosenblatt, David Weekley, Linda Williams.
Revision of Customs ?
At the common-hour assembly held some weeks ago for
the advertised purpose of electing Student Council members,
that portion of freshman customs called Kangaroo Court took
place.
This is in keeping with the usual pattern of events. A
few hapless freshmen were put on trial, found guilty of
seme minor infraction of freshman customs, and punished by
having lipstick applied liberally to their faces, eggs and flour
put into their hair, and by suffering through several other
small forms of indignation.
However, the sophomores who sat on the court and per- E Skf E D 1 £|IS R 11 8 T
mitted the cutting- of one boy’s hair with a pair of clippers I® o***. In w« w b a BBS
because they didn’t approve of his hair style and thought this ASTRONOMY CLUB item Hover, meets every Thurs
would be a fitting- form of punishment were guilty of being u promising day at 6:30 in Erie Hail.
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If conduct of this nature is permitted under the present Gary Mootz, vice-president; and Betsy Spauldmg-, Anne Taylor,
dictates of freshman customs, then perhaps this is the time Sue Anderson, secretary-treasuser. ° iane Janowski, Gerry Lewis,
for student council to draft and adopt some revisions for the Ten other people comprise the Sandy Kain ’ Eleanor Mosem f n ,
above- mentioned customs. group. Mary constable, Sandra Miller,
. Pat Raftis, Linda Bemis, Janice
Webster defines a custom as “common usage or practice. A point of interest concerning pranke, carol Ripley, Marcia
Custom carries the authority of long standing and public ac- the dub is that there are no sci- HaySi Mary peduniak, Carole
ceptance.” How well’ accepted by the public directly concern- entiflc prerequisites necessary for Kahabka> Kat cragun, Irene
ed is the custom of hair butchering in Kangaroo Court? membership. In fact, all that is Kelly> Jay Krimmefl, Henry
needed is a curious interest m Sproat> Don Brown> James Wes .
science coupled by a deaxe to ner _ Larry Johnsonj Ed Mandel,
have that interest satisfied. The william sturdevant, Don Detisch,
meetings axe held the third hour Jim Higgins> John Rog er
on Thursday and any dear night Carrierj mke Zurkan> an d> Gary
when the stars are visible. Mootz.
ENGINEERS’ CLUB BEHREND ALUMNA
With Mr. Smith as their advis- (Continued from Page 1)
or, the members of the Engineers’ ing Phi Beta Kappa.
Club plan to attempt various At the present Miss Panamer-
projects to improve the campus off is engaged in graduate studies At present the club is busily
this year. Right now they have no at Penn State where she is work
definite plans for any special pro- ing for her master of arts degree
ject. in political science. She plans to
There are approximately 18 en^er the field of International
boys in the club, but they are delations.
always looking for new members. The students will have an op-
At a recent meeting, Tom to eak With
Raleigh was elected President of after the assembly
the club and Paul Shattuck was fn “vjatoon has been extended
elected Secretary-Treasurer. At to her to have lunch m our cafe
the present time, they are meet- and f® 8 they may meet
ing twice a week. S f ask her about
Heard at midterm exams: Suppa: « r see that in New Yor k
“How far are you from the cor- a man run over every half
rect answer?” hour.”
“Two seats.” Chuck: “Poor fellow.”
THE MITTANY CUB
THE NITTANY CUB
“Don’t wait, vote for Kate!”
During customs week, this fa
miliar slogan was seen, accom
panied by some very talented art
work, on every campus tree.
These campaign signs belonged to
Miss Katie Johnson, a perky,
dark-haired, dark-eyed freshman
from Bradford, Pennsylvania. In
terested in drawing, Katie is a
student in the Scientific Liberal
Arts curriculum and plans to con
tinue on to graduate school with
■a major in scientific illustration.
Here at Behrend Campus, her
name appears often on the bulle
tin boards on the respectfully
submitted minutes of the secre
tary of the Student Council, the
position to which she was elected
in that organization. Another of
the important groups of which
she is a member is the yearbook
staff, where she serves as editor
in-chief.
Energetic Katie is also inter
ested in sports, especially skiing,
and wishes very much that the
Engineers Club would finish the
ski-tow.
engaged in repairing the observe- yp * ■dtjaatt - ct l a 'S r c t
tory;‘ painting the walls, Katie Johnson been elected
the door handle, applying oil editor _ in _ chief of the yearbook,
cloths to telescopes, and) similar „ Bits of Behre nd.”
activities. The staff includes Dave Ken-
More long range plans, how- dall, Assistant Editor; Myrna
ever, include mapping the moon, Trimble> Business Manager;
noting the canals on Mars, fm - jviaryanne Feduniak, Business
ing the various' phases of Venus, Manager (Subscriptions); Bever
viewing the red. spots on Jupiter, ly B onnie Campbell, Judi
and, if possible, it plans to pick Caplan> Barb George, Sharon
up comets. It is hoped that the Haise> Irene Ke]ly> j£> Anne
dub will be succcessful m its en- jviazeako, Karol Orzepowski,
dpfl,vors
Cindy Reader, Pat Raftis, Phyllis
Rosenblatt, and Jeanne Upper
man.
choir
The Behrend Campus choir, Mr. Patterson is the advisor of
under the direction of Mr. Wil- yearbook.
Personality Parade
By Diane Baldwin
Katie Johnson
Characterized by a warm smile
and a bouncy way of walking and
talking, this friendly Miss can
be found studying in the dorm or
funning about the campus to
classes and her other numerous
activities.