THE NITTANY CUB VOLUME VIII, NO. T. "A NIGHT WITH NEPTUNE" BEGAN SPRING WEEKEND A week ago Friday, May 18, the Student Government Associ ation of the Behrend Campus, pre sented "A Night With Neptune" as the annual Spring Prom. The dance, under the leadership of Dr. Behrend Players Score a Hit Dean Benjamin A. Lane, advisor to the Behrend Campus Dramatics Club and Director of the Behrend Players, waited for three years to cast "Guest in the House" by Hagar Wilde and Dale Eunson. His expectations were amply re warded by the professional quality of students who were perfectly cast for their parts. The play was warmly received by three large audiences May 2,3, and 4 in Erie Hall. Ann and Douglas Proctor (Fran cis Modzelewski and Dave Craley) were a happily married couple until a distant cousin, Evelyn Heath (Juyne Kaupp), comes to visit them indefinately. Evelyn, a scheming neurotic, is in love with Dan Proctor (John Thompson). Doug's brother. After Doug's mar riage is almost wrecked and Eve lyn is about to make off with Dan, the audience is treated to Evelyn's downfall, aided by Doug's wise old Aunt Martha (Anita Kruszewski). Miss Kaupp was outstanding in her portrayal of a woman whose emotions range from those of a charming, sweet young lady to those of a conniving, lying neuro tic. Miss Modzelewski appeared to be always at ease in her polished performance. Dave Craley topped off a year of fine performances in the male lead. Judy Wilcox, Tom Forsyth, Barbara Luce, John Thompson, Phyllis Burke, and Bob Williams were outstanding in the supporting roles. These people ad ded lustre to the whole perfor mance, and the play would have been shallow without them. Pat Stossmeister, Jim Runzo. Don Barney, and Barbara Duda helped to round out the finest dramatic performance in years on the Behrend Campus. BEHREND CAMPUS—The Pennsylvania State University Three New Teachers on Campus Fryer and the SGA, began at nine and ended at one Saturday morn- mg. The Prom had an underwater theme with fish and sea horses swimming above the couples' heads. The center of the gym nasium was dominated by a chor al reef which had in its sandy bosom, a ship's anchor and a pir ate chest filled with gold coins. Don Prescott and his orchestra, which was located along the east wall of the submarine landscape, played a combination of fast and slow numbers. The high spot of the evening came when Sandra Ludwig was crowned as Queen of the Prom and Nancy Kelley and Pat Crevel ing became the members of the Queen's court. The Queen and her escort were honored by a musical selection played in the Queen's honor. The favors presented to the stu dents and their dates were mugs with the seal of The Pennsylvania State University on them, and the date and location of the prom. The refreshments consisted of punch and hors d'oeuvres. Luau Ends Weekend "Pineapple" Thomas and his Howling Hawaiian Hucksters (both of them) finally survived the battle with the SGA Hot-dog Haters. Many voices were raised in the debate to determine what delightful delicacies should be served at the Hawaiian Luau turned Pool Party held Saturday evening May 19 as a climax to Behrend's Spring Weekend. "We could dig a trench and roast Cornish hens," said Terry (Chef Boy-Ar-Dee) Copeland. "I know where we could get some suckling pigs to roast over a spit," chimed in Paul Brown, alias Robert Welch. Fran (Mother Shapiro) Modzelewski put in a bid for "real, genuine shish-ka-bobs." These re quests, in addition to Helen Ro vegno's desire for bigger and better potato chips and candy bars, were all eliminated in favor of Dr. Smith's contribution of "Frogs' Legs al la formaldehyde." (Continued on Page 2) Three new Behrend Campus faculty members have proved to be lively and popular additions to the staff. David Howell, instructor in Sociology, Joseph Schmitt, in structor in Engineering, are the newcomers to the campus. Mr. Schmitt, a native Erieite, was born on November 8, :936, and was graduated from Cathedral Prep in 1953. A former Behrend student with Mr. Thomas, he re ceived his Bachelor of Science de gree in Political Science from the Pennsylvana State University in 1957. After marrying a former Behrend dorm girl, Nancy John ston of Pittsburgh in 1958. Mr. Schmitt received his Law Degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1960. He is the father of a nine-month-old boy, and when he isn't controlling his eight o'clock John Blrchers, he is an attorney with the local firm of Blass and Pfadt. Mr. Fred B. Schneider, carries an impressive record as a mechan ical engineer. No novice at teach ing, Mr. Schneider has for several years taught a review course for professional engineers and me chanical engineering to post-grad uate students at Behrend Campus. Born in Switzerland, Mr. Schneider studied in Zurich at the Technical University of Switz erland. He came to the United States in 1925 and since then has lived in New York City, Pittsburgh, Newark and Elizabeth, New Jer sey, Milwaukee, and Wesleyville. While in Milwaukee, he worked for the A. 0. Smith Company where he helped to develop an automatic steel mill and an auto matic tool fabrication and enam eling process. In 1934, Mr, Schneider moved to Wesleyville and began working for the General Electric Company as a design engineer for steam-elec tric locomotives. He worked for the GE until retiring earlier this Year. Mr. Schneider also has a list of thirteen patents to his credit, in cluding the vortex dust separator. which he developed during his earlier years in this country. He is listed in the Who's Who in En gineering and is a licensed profes sional engineer. Mr. David Howell hails from Trenton. N. J., and came to Erie in 1955. He was employed by the Tuesday, May 29, 1962 GE from. that time until 1960. He is a 1955 graduate of Penn State and holds a B. A. degree in Sociology. Mr. Howell is married and the father of one child. His wife is also a graduate of Penn State and a sociologist. Some of his interests include photography and young peoples' organizations. In addition, he is doing research in audio visual learning processes in a field known as overhead projection. He will journey to University Park this summer to perform more re search in this field. Mr. Howell states that he enter ed sociology because he is inter ested in "what makes society operate" and "why the individual behaves in the way he does." In addition to teaching sociology to undergraduates, he is also a faculty member for the contin uing education program at Behr end Campus. The Question Man Question: What are these blue and white utensils that have sud denly appeared on the Behrend Campus? Pat Creveling—"What utensils?" Mary Gene Shea "They're to keep the litterbugs away." Mel Ross—" Something to keep Tom Larson from driving on the grass after baseball prac- Sharon Salsbury "Bomb shel- Elaine Wasilnak— can holders." Carol Page "Used Penn State football helmets for people with long necks." Mr. Lerch—"Lot's wife, in living color." Chenne—"A comfort station for Penn State dogs." Dale Black—" Just another one of Circle K's contributions to the campus." Cheryl Helms—" Giant blue and white toadstools." Jan Wydro "Empty Campbell's Soup cans." Mr. Gallagher "Doug Prozan's empty lunch buckets." "Patriotic beer-
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