Thuxtday, 'Feb; 4, 1965
WORLD MOURNS
• K CENSORSHIP
HITS ERIE AREA
The latest rage in the Erie area
is the censorship game. In case
you don't know how it goes, first
YOU take the dirtiest book you can
find and show it to someone's
mother and let her complain to
the school principal. He can usu
ally carry the ball from there.
Books are being banned left and
right. Fort Leßoeuf and Harbor
creek High Schools are having
some wonderful scandals and
Candy has been banned in Erie.
Wattsburg was first—she got rid
of her good books two years ago.
Behrend Campus, meanwhile, is
buying books like crazy. Every
thing from flying saucer books
to handwriting analysis books to
books by Golding and Hemming
way. Come on Behrend, let's get
on the ban-wagon!
Seriously, though, our library
has been purchasing many excel
lent new books this term. Why
not stop in sometime and Ica
through the 'new books' counter
if you haven't already?
Someone on our campus has the
bothersome habit of heaving us
more scrawny and twerpy stu
dents into snow drifts. But I guess
we can put up with him, as he
and his helper do a very fine job
of keeping our walks and drives
clear of snow and ice. They are
greatly appreciated for this. Now.
if they could only do something
about the wind and the cold . . . .
S. G. A.
The eleven applications for the
four positions on the S.G.A. show
that there is much interest in this
most important of student ac
tivities.
Congratulations to Norman Bal
mer, Bob Carlson, Bill Cook, and
Steve Fine who were elected new
SGA members.
The SGA members adopted a
new policy concerning office
hours. Anyone absent from his
office period will submit an ex
cuse to the S.G.A. If the S.G.A
does not accept the excuse, it will
count as one-half of a regular
meeting absence (three absences
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Awards Given
Eight students enrolled into the
College of Engineering were re
cently awarded a certificate of
superior achievement by Dean
Williamson.
The certificates were presented
to Dennis M. Derion, Robert C.
Arpin, James B. Bates, John E.
Courtney, Richard L. Montana,
Larry L. Clark, Charles L. Cros
key and William K. Cook whc
attained an academic average of
3.50 or higher for the Fall Term
of 1964.
E COATS CAMPUS
Behrend Campus was menaced
by the severe ice storm which
;truck Erie January 22 and 23.
The storm began Friday night
'.nd continued all day Saturday.
One of the losses at Behrend
varrant immediate dismissal from
the S.G.A.) The new schedule
' - ias been posted in Erie Hall. Any
member not in the office during
Ms assigned period should be re
aorted to any other S.G.A. mem
ber.
Y~:l 4'lJ .1
AS LEADER DIES
"Death came to him like a
friend, peacefully and without
pain," were the physicians' words
in describing Sir Winston Chur
chill's death. Struck by a cerebral
thrombosis, Sir Winston bravely
fought against it for the nine days
before he died in his London
Home.
In tribute to "the loss of his
many-sided genius," Queen Eliza
beth II led the whole country
into a week of mourning. She had
St. Paul's Cathedral prepared for
a state funeral Saturday, given
only to the greatest heroes and
statesmen of England.
Born in 1874 at Blenheim Pal
ace, Oxfordshire, he had an ar
dent love of soldiering and a zest
for life unmatched by anyone
else of his time. He played polo,
piloted a plane, obtained a union
3ard for laying bricks, and with
naturity he became a skilled
landscape painter. All his talents
reached their height in his long
3olitical career. He is ranked
unong the greatest figures in
3ritish history with his mastery
Ice Covered Campus Grounds
was the loss of an elm tree, which
was just about ready to go any
how. Many limbs fell from other
trees. The telephone line to Erie
Hall was down from Saturday
until Wednesday due to the de
vastation of the storm.
The normal temperature at
Behrend is usually 5% colder than
in the city, and ice storms like
the one we just experienced
are not nearly as uncommon.
All in all we were very luck 7
to have suffered so little damage.
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in debate and his brilliantly writ-
ten and delivered orations
Churchill's foresight caused him
to warn his countrymen of Ger-
many's might in 1932. He was un
heard by a nation that thought
appeasement was the answer to
the dangerous Hitler. As history
unfolded and his genious was
proven, he succeeded Neville
Chamberlain as prime minister
May 10, 1940. At this time, he told
the House of Commons, "I have
nothing to offer but blood, toil,
tears, and sweat." He told them
his policy was, "to wage war by
sea, land, and air with all our
might and with the strength that
God can give us You
ask, What is our aim? I will
answer in one word—VICTORY."
In October, 1953, one month be
fore his seventy-ninth birthday,
Sir Winston received the Nobel
Prize for Literature. He resigned
as prime minister on April 5,
1955.
Jenny Jerome, the daughter of
Leonard Jerome who was the
owner of the New York Times,
was Sir Winston's New Yorker
mother. In 1963 by a vote of Con
gress, he was made an honorary
citizen of the United States—the
only man in history ever to be
come honored in such a way.
Upon hearing of Churchill's
death, President Johnson express
ed the feelings of all United
States citizens with these words:
"What he said and what he did
will never die."
Carnival Time Over
Behrend's Win te r Carnival
weekend was highlighted Satur
day night by the crowning of
Alexis Brinegar as Winter Carni
val Queen.
Alexis was crowned by last
year's Winter Carnival Queen, and
was presented with one dozen
long-stemmed red roses. Music for
the dance was provided by the
Men Charles orchestra.
The Winter Carnival began
Friday with a picnic in the pic
nic grove, and ended Sunday with
m ice skating party at the Glen
wood Ice Rink.