Friday, November 18, 1960
Lit. Club
Attends Play
By GENE NUTTER
At the invitation of L. Newell
Tarrant, Director of the Erie
Playhouse, the Litei'ary Club of
Behrend Campus attended a per
formance of Ketti Frings’ play,
“Look Homeward Angel” on the
evening of November 10.
„ The play is "based on the bril
liant, autobiographical novel of
the same name by Thomas Wolfe.
It concerns the search of Thomas
Wolfe —Eugene Gant for Truth,
Beauty and Wisdom. Wolfe escaped
from his mother’s boarding house
full of “pimps and part-time
teachers” to attend the University
of North Carolina and Harvard.
His brooding, hungry search for
a Father led him across Europe
and America. He could never fully
forget, however, his brother Ben’s
advice that the World, with all its
Truth and Beauty, is within him
self, is within everyone.
While the character roles were
rather well done, a few of the
main portrayals left something to
be desired. Frank Langella, as
Eugene Gant looked too much like
a pseudo-Tony Perkins and his
movments were somewhat akin to
a puppet on a string. W. Munson,
although credible, was slightly
over-exuberant as the father, W.
0. Gant. Dave Byrd demonstrated
fine acting in portraying Ben, the
self-remorseful brother who damns
his inability to break away from
Our career road provides for an accumulation of general knowl
edge. A lot of our courses we may never use again. Perhaps on an
impulse we might take our girls into the woods to contemplate stems,
sclerenchyma and stomates; later on we might take our children out
to ponder a petiole, a blade or an anthocyanin, or we might describe
to them the purposes of the birds, the bees and the angiosperms. But,
other tha nthat, the etxent of our botanical wonderment goes little
further than the final examination.
Likewise, the words of Plato, Sophocles, Machiavelli, Shakespeare
and all those other “hugh-falutin’ ” Greeks may be quality but, all in
all, we prefer the quantity of Science and Western Fiction. The notes
of Beethoven, Puccini and Menotti will, in our estimation, never match
the doped genius of Mulligan (Gerry), Monk, Gamer, Baker and the
rest of the Golden-Arm set. Also, after the course is completed, we
may never choose to recognize the merits of Zoology which, inadver
tently, makes us aware of our animality. The fact is, this is our last
fling before a career in the competitive world and we couldn’t care less
about the compulsory subjects that are adjoined to our major.
However, these courses do have a value for us later on. If, for in
stance, we are in church and, while waiting for late-arrivals the organ
ist plays “Get Me To the Church on Time” in the manner of a Bach
fugue, you may possibly be aware of it. An advertisement: “To sleep,
perchance to dream on a Sealy Posturepedic Mattress” is pleasing if
you vaguely remember Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Similarly, we will always
remember that our cereals and eggs have so many types of pocket
beads ... er ... proteins.
Consequently, it gives us a basis for recognizing these subjects in
our daily life. It gives us a sort of superior feeling, like pigeons defe
cating on church steeples, to be able to automatically react to current
topics based on these tolerated extras.
Ji. crowd of 35,000-plus mobbed the airport on November 1 to hear
president-unelect Richard M. Nixon deliver one of the final speeches
of his campaign.
his home and mother and regards
himself as a “two-bit hack on a
two-bit newspaper.” Jean Tarrant
gave the most profound and con
sistent performance as the mother,
Eliza Gant. In a very taxing role
which called for her to change
from a grasping, money-grabbing
shrew to an emotional, possessive
mother, Mrs. Tarrant creates a
character which is not only real
istic but also human, alive and
penetrating to the audience.
Career Road
THE NITTANY CUB
The Three-Eyed Raven
By JOHN REEDER
The three-eyed raven, hatched in
Hell,
Built his nest where the fall-out
fell.
The mutant worm provides him
meat
To hatch his eggs by nuclear heat.
He lines his lair with uranium
crust
And flies by power of atom thrust.
Mushroom clouds adorn this
heaven
Where dwells the stately three
eyed raven.
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.
Co-Editors
Associate Editor
Reporters:
Don Kooken, Anita McCallister, Dick Merriman,
Harry Milne, Pat Narducci, John Reeder, Marilyn
Sponsler, Art Winschel
If You Ask
My Opinion
After the national election, the
following people were asked what
they thought of Mr. Kennedy's
ascendency:
Mr. Lerch —Kennedy will either
he an outstanding president, or
else he will have the dubious honor
of being the last President of the
United States, depending on how
well he adapts himself to the re
sponsibilities of the office.
Dick Merriman —Kennedy will
get more support from a Demo
cratic Congress than Nixon would
have.
Tom Woodring—Should be able
to accomplish whatever he wants
with a Democratic Congress.
Larry Dunst—l’m glad.
Phyllis Greene—l don’t think
the best man won, but I feel Ken
nedy will do the best he can.
Harry Milne—l voted a straight
Republican ticket, except for
Kearns.
Carol Kubik—l am overjoyed.
Jill Freese—There’s always
1964.
Kathie Dayton—l think the
Electoral College System should
be changed.
Connie Gibson—Yea, Kennedy.
Don Tammaro—Work out.
Mike Mulligan—Prosperity is
ours.
Mr. Hover—The South is Demo
cratic. The South HAS risen!
Jo Ann Hagan—lf there were
no TV debates, Nixon would have
won by a landslide. Nixon is more
qualified.
John Reeder—l’m reserving my
opinion because I’m still waiting
for the rural vote to come in.
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Si
.Diane Janowski, Mary Lloyd
Gene Nutter
—Joe Bennett, Don Detisch, Jo-Anne Kisiel,