Friday, March 18, 1960
THE NITTANY CUB
Established October 26, 1948, as the official publication for the
student body of Pennsylvania State University, Behrend Campus,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Published by the Lake Erie Printing Co., 1115 Powell Ave.,
Erie, Pennsylvania.
Associate Editors
Assistant Editors
Picture Editor...
.... Linda Bemis, Judy Benson, Karen Blashford,
Virginia Gandelman, Diane Janowski, Ira Kelly,
Carol Ripley, Phyllis Rosenblatt
Writers
NOW HEAR THIS ...
The C. Or wants a detail of four volunteers to make
repairs in the recreation area, frequently called the lounge.
The four volunteers are Clayton.Witherow, Doug Fritz, Tom
Wood, and Jack Suppa. Will these men please report to head
quarters at 0600 hours 1 April 1960?
Someone on our base made a serious mistake when he
put his fist through the bulkhead. Is this an example of the
discipline we have in our regiment? I am sure that you
people have been trained to have a higher respect for gov
ernment property.
I am taking it upon myself to appoint the detail in repri
mation for this malicious deed only because the guilty party
is in hiding.
If this individual will give me (discreetly) his name,
rank, and serial number, he will be given only an extended
tour of duty policing the area.
It's about time this regiment gets squared-away. If you
people don’t shape-up immediately, your liberty will be sus
pended as of 31 March 1960.
Did You Know ...
That Mr. Fryer and Mr. Musso are
in the proverbial dog house at Beh
rend? The Guidance Building was
the dog kennel of the Behrend
estate.
That only half of all students who
start college actually receive a
degree?
That there are 1,443 books in the
library and that there should be
1,444 but that some sticky-fingered
student lifted Kinsey’s report on
the “Sexual Behavior in the Hu
man Male.”?
That the library also subscribes to
Behrend Briefs
On March 24, Mr. Hahn of the ing at Westlake Junior High
General Electric Company met School. His subject was “Selecting
with associate degree students to a College Program.”
discuss employment possibilities. * * * *
* * * * Mr. Jenkins of the Balfour Com-
Mr. Fryer spoke at a PTA meet- pany will be here this week to sell
.Mary Lloyd, Jeanne Chambers
Linda Williams, David Weekley
Jo-Anne Kisiel
75 periodicals?
That there are 130 steps from the
back door of Turnbull Hall to the
cafeteria?
That at least half of all students
change curriculums during their
stay in college, and that one third
of these changes are during coun
seling?
That the fall semester Freshman
of 1959 mean average was 2.3?
That Turnbull Hall was once a
stable and the library was a studio
and guest house?
THE NITTANY CUB
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
In a system that owes its exist- it still ends up as exactly what it
ence to a smooth functioning of the is, an uninformed body that reiter
representative form of goverment, ates the unexplained dictates of
Behrend Campus student council the administration. This is the
sticks out as a mere amplifying main reason our Student Council
system for the ideas of the ad- is what it is, an amplifying sys
ministration. The Cominform of tern refusal of the administra-
Russia might be equated to our tion to give the council enough in
student council. In request for formation so they can plan in ad
more information on where our vance.
money for expenditures comes
from, the Student Council receives
the blanket answer, “It’s none of
your business.” I ask you, is this
an answer that should be given in
a SUPPOSED democratic system?
At the last meeting of the Stu
dent Council a budget was pro
posed by our most profound and
unfailing administrators, and the
impi-ession was given that this was
a cut and dried budget that could
not be altered. This impression has
since proved to be false, but we
wonder if even after the vigorous
protests of the Council it will be
altered to any extent. Past expe
rience has proven that no matter
how violently the council protests,
If You Ask My Opinion ...
For this issue I asked a few
Freshmen just what they remem
ber about the things they had to
memorize for Orientation week.
Here are some of their replies:
Larry Dunst —All I remember is
that next year the freshmen
have to sing.
Bob Johnson—Singing them! On
the diving board!
Mike Simmons—Nothing!
Dave Kendall—l just remember I
learned them for nothing because
I never had to know them.
Mike Mulligan—Red and white
fight, fight.
Eleanor Moseman—Fight!
Ed Mandel—Our lifeless Alma
Mater.
Mike Loesch —I remember stutter-
ing Don Kelly.
Sue Anderson—l remember the
can-can line better than any
thing.
Janice Logan—l try to forget
rings to graduate A.D. students.
On March 24, Mr. Kochel repre
sented Penn State at Saegertown
High School’s Career Night.
Doctor Brown and Mr. Berk
strom of the College of Agriculture
will be here today to meet with
those who are participating in the
agricultural survey over Easter
Vacation. The meeting will be held
in Room 204.
Why Have a Student Council?
By Judy Benson
We have two choices as humans
who believe in representative gov
ernment, either continue as an un
informed student body or insist
upon our rights as students to be
informed. If we are refused the
right to be informed, we may as
well disband the Student Council,
for an uninformed council is just
putty in the hands of the adminis
tration.
I leave you with this question: Is
our Student Council going to be
continued to be uninformed and led
like a child by the hand, or is it
going to be a self-guided body
working for the things the student
body wants?
A STUDENT
things like that.
Carol Ripley—l always wanted to
sing in the picnic grove.
Marcia Consedine—l didn’t memo
rize anything and I didn’t get
caught, either!
Beverly Britt—Oh yes, Fight on,
State. Wasn’t that fun? And,
well, I remember my name. - .
Ron Burkell—l heard one of the
fight songs on TV the other
night. I don’t remember much
about them.
Gary Mootz—When was Orienta
tion Week?
Dennis Newton —I remember sing
ing, “Hell to the lion . .
Dan Moore—
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tures he draws heavily on his own
Mr. Moore is active in civic
affairs in the Greater Cleveland
area. He is chairman of the Near
East College ssociation; chairman
of the Muscular Dystrophy Asso
ciation; and a trustee of the Na
tural History Museum. He is an
industrialist consultant on Middle
East and overseas problems for
American manufacturers.
A gifted writer as well as a
speaker, Mr. Moore’s articles have
appeared in The Saturday Evening
Post, Reader’s Digest, Blue Book,
Adventure Magazine, Science Fic
tion and other publications.