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Volume XVI—No. 2
Homecoming Crown Changes Hands
Behrend Students Take
Part In State Field Trip
Professor E. Tucker and two mineral industries majors,
Bob Ronczka and Ed Concilla, recently participated in the
annual field trip of the Geology Department of the Penn
sylvania State University. The title of the field trip was
"Cyclic sedimentation in the
Carboniferous of Western Penn
sylvania." When translated into
terms the layman can understand
(with some loss of meaning un
avoidable), this would be the
repetitive alternation of marine
and continetal rock layers which
Seniors Visit Behrend
By Sue Tomer
Ten Conneaut Valley High
School seniors and their guidance
counselor, Martin Schweller, vis
ited Behrend, Wednesday, October
28.
Following a guided tour of the
campus grounds and buildings,
the students were addressed by
Dean Benjamin A. Lane in the
Otto F. Behrend Science Building.
Dean Lane explained the term
system now in use at Penn State
and Behrend, and noted that
since the initiation of the system,
the number of dropouts has been
decreased to half and the number
of persons on the Dean's List has
doubled. The dropout average at
Penn State is 40%, 14 points be
low the national average.
By attending classes four terms
a year instead of the usual three,
one is able to graduate a year
earlier and get into the labor
market sooner.
Concerning financial aid to
Behrend students, Dean Lane
said that few freshman scholar
ships are given, and a very lim
ited amount of student work is
available. Scholarships are now
based almost exclusively on abil
ity instead of need. Loans are
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BEHREND CAMPUS—The Pennsylvania State University
were laid down in the geologic
time period Carboniferous. The
The purposes of the field trip
were to look at examples of cyclic
sedimentation of the Carbonifer
ous period in Pennsylvania and
to afford the student the oppor
tunity of observing problems in
the field and reaching a possible
conclusion from the information
observable.
Professor Tucker, Bob, and Ed
went to University Park on Fri
day, October 23 for an orientation
meeting. Saturday and Sunday
were spent in the field studying
sedimentation in coal and strip
mines around Curwensville, Clar
ion, and Clearfield.
Professor Tucker collected sam
ples of coal, concretions, and fos
silized wood. Ed and Bob collect
ed examples of fossilized plants.
S.G.L. Holds Meeting
The , S.G.A. held their fourth
regular meeting of the fall term
October 27th. The meeting was
held at 3:40 p.m. in room 143 of
the Science Building.
Tom Bundy, president of the
S.G.A., reported that the profit
of the Homecoming Dance was
$25.00.
The election of Traffic Court
members was held and the follow
ing are the newly elected mem
bers: Bill Kern, Paul Wize, James
Brennen, Alan Zeppenfeld and
Bonnie Cass.
A combo will play for the dance
to be held on Friday, November
13th, in the old lounge. Cathy
Salamon is in charge of refresh
ments.
Joan Sulser Is New Queen
Queen Joan Susler and King,
Ray Mead
"La Vie," Behrend's 1964 Home
coming dance, was held Saturday,
Girls Form
New Group
Psi Sigma Upsilon, a new girls'
organization, has been formed on
the Behrend Campus. The first
meeting of this group was held
Tuesday, October 20. Lynn Kos
telnick presided over the meeting
and presented the club's constitu
tion.
The purpose of Psi Sigma Up
silon is to promote the general
welfare of students on Behrend
Campus, particularly women, by
instituting service projects, and
participating in service propects
instituted by other organizations.
All women students on the Beh
rend Campus will be eligible for
membership and are urged to take
part. Officers are being elected
and will preside over the next
meeting. Meetings will be held bi
monthly at a time to be decided
by the organization.
Wednesday, November 4, 1964
October 24, and was highlighted
by the crowning of Joan Sulser
as Homecoming Queen.
Decorations for the dance con
sisted of aqua and white crepe
paper and a blue crystal suspend
ed from the ceiling. In the center
of the dance floor was a revolving
replica of the Behrend seal, made
of white and colored tissue flow
ers.
Following a brief intermission,
Bill Harding presented the Home
coming Queen, her attendans and
their escorts, who were: Michele
Bloxham, escorted by Torn Bun
dy; Shelia Rheinhold, escorted by
Ricky Beinhauser; Joan Susler,
escorted by Raymond May; Terry
Totten, escorted by Neil Kenholz.;
and Joan (Nickie) Zechman,
escorted by Al Ferguson.
Carol Brady, Behrend's 1964
Prom Queen, crowned the new
queen and presented her with a
single long-stemmed red rose.
Joan is from Beaver, Pa., and
is majoring in Arts and Archi
tecture.
Coming Up
NOVEMBER
s—Thursday—Vivi Ryhal, Cos
metologist. Lecture in the Sci
ence Building during Common
Hour at 10:50 a.m.
6—Friday—O.S.G.A. Fall 1964
Term Conference at the Du-
Bois Campus.
CES Real Estate Seminar.
7—Saturday—O.S.G.A. Fall Term
Conference at the Dußois
Campus.
CES Real Estate Seminar
CES Secretarial Seminar
Movie: Confessions of Felix
Krull (German) and Day of
the Painter.
9—Monday Don Krebs Jazz
Quintet-8:00 p.m. Erie Hall.
Navy Information Team Visit
—Lobby of Science Building.