Wednesday, November 4, 1959
Music and All That Jazz f
Ginny Gandieman and Jack Raeder compare notes (musical,
of course) on the future plans of the Jazz Club.
A VISIT to the JAZZ CLUB
I knocked on the closed door. As it opened mysteriously, the
pitch of Maynard Ferguson threw me back, numbing my ears. Yes,
this was unmistakably the right place, the first Jazz Club meeting of
the year.
My senses returned and I be
held the founding father, Jack
Raeder, and “Egor” Edwards
hovering over the record player,
selecting the next swinging side
to be spun. The meeting had just
been called to order to the wail of
Ferguson by President Jim Knes
trick. and it slipped into the busi
ness at hand accompanied toy the,
throaty blues of Anita O’Day.
This was most appropriate and
soothing.
Relaxing, I looked around for
a few of the prominent members
of this organization. Over in the
comer was “Sky” King, legs out
istretehed, fingers tapping, lips Knestrick as he was leaving and
found out that the other officers
besides the president are Don
Shelly, treasurer, and Beverly
Britt, secretary.
“Mr. Wells, I don’t care how
many scientists Miss Pan
ameroff claims Russia grad
uates r'ach year! I don’t feel
a patriotic duty to give you a
passing grade!”
By Beethoven
mouthing the words of Miss
O’Day. Next to him sprawled Ed
Onorato, calculating the rhythm
on his slide rule.
Suddenly, Jack Raeder’s voice
changed my stream of thought.
“We should appropriate funds,”
he snickered, “Burn’s style”, “for
- -uh- -refreshments. I move that
we set aside...”
When the meeting ended, I
walked dazedly out into the quiet.
It was then that I remembered
that I was there to get a story for
the Cub. *
Rushing back in, I caught Jim
At present there are twenty
actively interested members who
hold meetings every Friday or
Saturday night at one of the
member’s homes. In the future,
the club wants to establish a lis
tening library in Erie Hall and a
reading library on Jazz, its musi
cians, and its history. Other
dreams of the club are to entice
local jazz musicians to Behrend
Campus for jam sessions and to
buy for their library Leonard
Feather’s “Encyclopedia of Jazz.’
THE NITTANY CUB
★ Behrend Terra Firma ★
By Nobru
I would like to introduce my
self to you. My name is Nobru,
end I see all,, hear all, and know
all. From my listening post in. the
girls’ dorm, I have overheard
many things of interest.
Why is Mlarcia complaining
about a swollen lip? Relax, kids,
it’s from a bowling pin. How wa„
the trip to Pittsburgh? A bit
crowded I’d- say! Lucky Andy, in
the back seat with five girls. Hap
py birthday, Sandy. Now can I
have another piece of cake? Well,
gotta hurry to the. parking lot
and get my ride home. Knit one,
pearl two. dorm girls.
There’s so many crowded car's.
I’ll be lucky to squeeze in a cor
ner of the back seat. Oh, lucky
me. I just found a seat right next
to Rita Panameroff This is great!
The group is starting to tell
many things.
Ron Polak is wondering how
two left foot prints got on the
back of his sweater at the last
party. By the way, he was wear
, ing it at the time. Jim Altman
relates that a few weight con
scious girls went to a local steam
bath to get the works. Names are
being ■withheld for obvious rea
sons. (Initials: BE, P.R., M 8.,)
Eddie Mandel is trying desper
ately to win a ping pong cham
pionship. Likewise with Egor in
pool.
“Why the sudden rush to the
woods?” asks Hal Newcomer. Set
tle down, it’s only for botany
leaves!
Suddenly the car jerks. Gail
Anderson is shifting gears again.
What’s with the boys taking up
If You Ask My Opinion ...
The diversified opinions of the girls’ new gym suits seems to be
a subject of much interest to all students. When asked what they
thought about the suits, the following answered:
Pat Raftis—All we need now is a think of the girls’ gym suits.
bow in our hair. Ann Nonymus—They look lifro a
Bin Wiegand—Too much cloth! worn out housedress.
Jeanne Chambers—A mistake, a Jim Stevens—Campus ballet??
waste of money, and an abso- Mary Constable They need
lute farce. pleats.
>avc Prizinsky—Crazy!
Betsy Spaulding They go over
like a 400-lb. high jumper.
Lloyd Patterson—Tantalizing and
teasing, but would prefer the Fuzz Bevevino—l think they’re
short, kimono type. kind of cute.
Katie Johnson—They look like an Jack Bechtel—They’re not short
Alaskan bikini! enough!
Anita McCallister We should Bob Davis—l’ve seen worse.
have been able to choose our Egor Edwards ; I suppose you
own style, since we’re paying could say they’re nice—if you
for them. want to say something like
Jack Raeder—l prefer not to that.
knitting? Will all the girls please
take their lipsticks, compacts, bob
by pins, and other junk from the
back seat of Jim Stevens’ car?
By the way, what’s it doing there
anyway?
Dave Prizinsky had better get
on the ball! It seems the other
boys are passing him up, with a
certain girl that is!
Boys, wake up. You’re losing
several freshmen girls to a local
college. Tom Wood seems to be
giving too much assistance to the
girl bowlers.
Brains are really being strained
by many a freshman. Reason:
Learning to play bridge. No one
will ever know the fun that was
had by the nine ingenious
couples under their costume at
the Pumpkin Prance!
Will someone please tell Gerry
Lewis, pin setter, that there are
two balls to a frame, not one. The
drafting boys seem to be doing
'better in their drawing now that
Miss Kisiel has been helping
them. Some sophomore boys have
the most provocative legs! John
Lloyd looks a little chubbier. I
think he’s been eating better.
Why does Linda Steiner have
Jack’s name in her notebook?
You’d think she’d be more con
cerned with “Lover” Knestrick.
Clayton Witherow and Jo-Anne
Kisiel should get together. Their
troubles seem to run in the same
stream.
“I love you more than chocolate
cake and loUipops”, says Phyllis
Rosenblatt. (To Phil, of course.)
A certain student (J.S.) has been
aceing every Accounting 5 test.
What’s the secr et?
By Diane Janowski
Eddie Mandel—A disgrace to Erie
Hall!
John Miller—l-haven’t seen them
yet.