ROTC Course
Offered Students
The ROTC Vitalization Act rn
1964 has made it possible for Jun
ior college students to enter an
advanced training course and corn -
pete for career assignments as of
ficers in the United States Air
Force, even though they have not
taken the standard Air Force
ROTC program. This new pro
gram allows juniors in a four
year college course to substitute
a six -week field training course
for the two years of basic ROTC
normally taken the freshman and
sophomore years.
To qualify, one must pass an Air
Force Officer Qualifying Test.
have a medical examination, go
through an interview with Air
Force Officials and complete the
Field Training Course.
If interested in this new oppor
tunity, contact Lt. Col. James L.
Peightel, Professor of Aerospace
Studies, at Allegheny College,
Meadville. Pennsylvania.
SPRING SPRINGS
A FALSE ALARM
The balmy weather of the past
week which would be a pure in
dication of spring in any other
part of the United States, proved
to be a false alarm as the Erie
snowflakes began to fall.
Many of us were already
thinking "spring." We could prac
tically envision the leaves on the
trees and the flowers struggling
to break through the earth's sur
face. We could almost hear the
birds winging their way back
north and the laughter from lift
ed spirits as the dull, bleak win
ter faded away.
A glanct at the hill and the
skin played tricks with our senses.
We saw blankets spread all over
the hill on which students were
reading, studying. conversing, or
strumming a tune and singing
along. We heard the dancing
laughter of trickling water as the
stream in the gorge began to
swell from melting snow.
As we smelled the freshness of
the approaching season, as we
gave thought to the happiness
we will know when it comes, all
past discontentments and anxie
ties gave way to a momentary
air of lightness and expectations.
Copies Sought
The Behrend Campus Library is
searching for several back copies
of the Nittany Cub which are
missing from the library's coll:•c
-ton. These papers, most of which
are from the years 1959, 1960,
and 1961, are wanted for the Penn
State collection at the Fred Lewis
Pa ttee Library at University Park
Girls Are
Kept on Toes
Late one Saturday night, about
12:45 to be exact, everything was
fairly quiet at the dorm. Five
minutes later the fire alarm went
off. Of course at that time in the
morning no one expects a fire
drill—not even the dorm girls!
Needless to say everyone filed
out in an orderly fashion. Rollers.
cold cream, pajamas, and bulky
winter coats seemed to be the
most popular attire. After about
fifteen minutes, the all-clear sig
nal was given and everyone filed
back into the dorm and to bed.
Saturday morning' dawned clear
and cold and very c.. - Iy. The one
day out of the week en almost
everyone likes to slecp in. Yes, at
7:30 the alarm rang again. After
realizing it was not a school day
and that the ringing in our ears
was not imaginative we headed
for the great outdoors.
For a while all kinds of rumors
circulated throughout the dorm as
to the sudden rash of fire drills.
Among the more interesting ones
were: Auric Goldfinger was in
volved in a furtive plot to under
mine the dorm, the Boston
Strangler was trying to lure the
girls into the open or some mys
terious ghost was up to his old
tricks again.
7%*k
Frank Polimene, the newly elec
ted District Governor for Division
1 of Northwestern Pennsylvania
is from the Circle K Club of
Behrend. He attended the Inter
national Winter Board meeting
Saturday, February 6, in Philadel
phia.
Circle K, sponsorer of this
year's Winter Carnival, wishes to
,hank the faculty and students
who participated in the Winter
Carnival activities.
THE NITTANY CUB
Dorm Requires a Good
Knowledge of Numbers
My room-mates, 1230-64-01,
8939-64-03, 7653-64-09, 6184-64-
01, 5318-64-03 and I, 4353-64-05,
arrived at college anticipating big
things. We didn't realize on 9-20-
64 how big the numbers would be!
1230-64-01 and 5318-64-03 share
bunk R-71519, 8939-64-03 and
6184-64-01 share bunk R-71516,
4353-64-05 and 7653-64-09's bunk
lost its number. Our bedroom
nightstand, R-61858, sits between
2 windows; chairs R-90685 and
R-90696 sits on opposite sides of
the room. Door 231 opens off our
bedroom onto the sunporch.
We moved into the dressing
Dorm Doings
We couldn't wait for Behrend's
snows, and now can't wait until
it goes. What is it, girls? Will
Spring ever come?
Every year isn't leap year, what
about it, fellas? We adore our
roommates, but we're tired of dat
ing them. And where were YOU
when the fire bell rang?
A collect call can be placed
anywhere, but the White House
prefers a letter, as we found out!
Stand in line, hold your cup.
the pop machine will not give up!
Where has the popcorn popper
popped off to? Could 007 solve
the case of the mysteriously dis
appearing record player? The
Beehive can't. It's a soggy situ
ation!
Early to bed, early to rise,
makes a girl healthy, wealthy
and Four A.M. is too early.
CLUB NEWS
Mr. Cherry and his Ski Club
members are welcoming any in
terested Behrend students, provid
ing that they bring their own
snow. With the cooperation of the
weatherman, they should be able
to use the ski slope several more
times this winter.
The newly formed Computer
Club, under the direction of Mr.
Bedford, is also seeking new mem
bers. The club now has a member
ship of about twelve students. They
meet every other Common Hour
period to discuss computers, learn
the language of computers, and
room. 7653-64-09 chose dresser R
-61883 and 4353-64-05 chose R
-61831 right beside her. 6184-64-01
and 8939-64-03 chose dressers R
-6170 and R,-61692 respectively.
5318-64-03 and 1230-64-01 picked
R-61548 and R-61741.
As we moved into the study
we exchanged zip codes and phone
numbers. 1230-64-01 lives in 15108
and her phone number is 412-264-
2281. I, 4353-64-05, live in 15210
and my phone is 412-882-2880.
7653-64-09 who lives close by is
in 15236 and answers to the ring
ing of 412-653-4509. 8939-64-03
resides in 15825 and answers to
412-832-7894. 6184-64-01 answers
to 412-563-2881 in 15228. Last but
not least, 5318-64-03 informed us
she lived in 15237 and answers
phone 412-364-1810.
We then proceeded to chose our
desks. I chose R-60244. My good
friend, 7653-64-09, chose R-61707.
1230-64-01 and. 5318-64-03 who
are bunk mates, picked desks R
-61855 and R-60242. Pretty 8939-
64-03 sat her stationery on R
-61742 and 5318-64-03 decided on
R-61547.
Soon we became acquainted
with 4559-64-01,3230-64-05, 6237-
64-02, 1465-64-01, 7967-64-02,
9182-64-04 or was it 2754-
Trash & Treasure
1 empty barrel
6 broken doors
1 used guest
1 broken toboggan
1 fire drill bell
1 dry shower
1 99 and 44/100% bowl of
burnt popcorn guaranteed
hot!
5 empty boxes of valentine
candy
1 fatigued college student
1 cold complete with cough
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