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."
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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-