tl19530422-000 "q TOWER LIGHT Vol. 6, No. 15 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, Towson, Maryland April 22, 1953 New Officers Help to Revitalize APO Alpha Phi Omega, the service fraternity on campus, which in the past few years has lapsed into near inactivity, is now being led by a group of boys who have undertaken the job of revitalizing the fraternity. This group, who are all new alyzed its problems and are ready ization similar to the APO chap-ters on other college campuses throughout the country. These boys are led by the newly elected administration of Richard Litsinger, President; Walter Weber, Vice-President; Ken More- Dick Litsinger, Walt Weber, new APO officers. brothers of the fraternity, have an-to solve them and to build an organ- Treasurer; and George Lloyd, His-torian. To quote a member of the ad-ministration. ""We intend to kin-dle the spirit ' of fraternalism among members and prospective members of the fraternity and make evident to everyone on campus that there is a fraternity at STC which is ready and willing t oserve them and which can offer the obvious advantages both so-cial and intellectual, of a frater-nity to its members. The immediate aim of the new administration is to launch a membership drive and to build the .nucleus of students and faculty advisers around which the organiz-ation is to develop. We ask only the serious cooperation of the stu-dents and organizations on campus to aid us whenever possible in our growth. We are determined that once again the name of Alpha Phi Omega shall rise to the top, and we'll have a lot of fun putting it there."" Freshman Class Features Clean-Up Glen Campaign by Callie Boseom ""Operation Campus"" a new name in an old campus custom known as Glen Day was revived last Wednesday. It was a general clean up of the glen with the major part of the work being assumed by fresh-men with the help of a few in-terested upperclassmen. Paths Rebuilt Erroded paths were rebuilt, trash was picked up, the down timber was cleaned away, the Temple University Has Joint Council Philadelphia, Pa., (I.P.) -- For the first time in Temple Univer-sity history a joint council of stu-dents, faculty and administrators has been organized to deal with University-wide problems in the community spirit. A five-hour conference, called by Dean of Men John A. Brown, Jr., included representative spokesmen for the student, faculty and administration view points. The group decided that future meetings would deal with specific University problems and formu-late recommendations to all ele-ments of the University. The joint council will have no legislative powers. It will, how-ever, submit recommendations for legislation to student senate, fac-ulty senate and administration. Dean Browne expressed satis-faction with the degree of under-standing achieved among the three elements of the University, and With future possibilities. ""We have set the stage for cooperation and Coordination at the University. Just the fact that students, facul-ty and administrators could sit down and discuss mutual prob-lems, and further agree to meet regularly, indicates that we have Made progress toward our goal of improving all aspects of our com- Munity life."" large shelter was cleaned out and benches were revarnished along with the repairing of several in-cinerators. The freshmen met in their ed-ucation classes and then went tc the amphitheater where furthei directions for work were given. F'acilities are going to be pro-vided for student groups Who wish to use the glen. Utensils are to be brought from a fund of several hundred dollars derived from fees payed by outsiders using the Glen. With part of this fund, small evergreens are going to be bought and some money will also be used to rebuild and refinish the coun-cil ring. Spring Project It is the hope of the Adminis-tration and the Glen Committee that this day will be continued every year as part of spring ac-tivities. This project is to be car-ried on by the whole college. News Briefs SGA Today at the 11 o'clock con-ference hour, the candidates for next year's Student Government officers will deliver their cam-paign speeches. The council voted unanimously in favor of making this General Assembly non-com-pulsory. Publication The constitution of the Publica-tion was read by the Student Gov-ernment Council and was unan-imously approved. Student-Faculty Student-Faculty Talent Commit-tee will feature a vocal and in-strumental recital on May 6 at 3:15 in Richmond Hall parlor. Blood Day The next Blood Donor Day will be Wednesday, May 13. Suggestions Any suggestions for improve-ments of next year's curriculum may be handed in writing to Me-laine Grimm or to any member of the Curriculum Improvement Committee. Glen Players John Milton Synge's Play Boy of the Western World will be the next production of the Glen Play-ers. It is a modern human comedy and will be presented on May 19, 20, and 21. An Inter-national Theater Symposium is also planned. This will be com-posed of several contemporay plays from foreign countries. It will probably be presented, ac-cording to Mr. Fallon, in the Glen at the end of May or the first part of June. May Day Cele brat ion Scheduled for May 9 May Day, the next big annual college event, scheduled for May 9, promises to be a ""gala and colorful event"" on campus. This year, instead of having a single day of festivities, a ""May Day weekend"" is being planned with activities beginning with Walburgis Night, Friday evening, May 8. The word Walburgis comes from an old German legend signifying the even of May 1st. Don Webb is in charge of planning the events for Friday evening, however a definite program has not yet been organized. The traditional May Day will commence at 1:30 on Saturday with the procession of the May Queen, the Maid of Honor, and the Queens Court. The May Queen will be crowned by Paul Whitehurst, president of the Senior Class. Following the crowning the tentative agenda will be will come the May Pole Dance. Also on dances by some of the students from Lida Casey Britton, Don. Webb, Isabel Christel, Jean Schneider, Nancy Kin ter, worked on May Day Plans. Lee Tall; performances by the Glee Club, Orchestra, and Glen Players; exhibitions in tumbling and on the trampolee; and dances by some of the women students. There will also be jugglers and clowns participating in the festivi-ties. After the demonstrations there will be the May Pole un-winding, followed by the reces-sional. All of these activities will take place on the girls athletic field in front of Newell Hall. Junior College Takes Trips for Occupational Surveys Field occupational trips are be-ing conducted for the Junior Col-lege this month to introduce sev-eral professions to interested stu-dents. These trips have been organ-ized by Dr. Rebecca Tansil to help members of the Junior College examine occupational fields in which they are interested. Lead-ing businessmen in the planned fields are present to discuss prob-lems, advancement, salary, and ad-vantages of their chosen profes-sions. Three groups interested in em-ployment services, journalism, and physical and occupational therapy held field trips April 1. Miss Pot-torf headed thirteen of the group Kappa Delta Pi Initiates New Members At Society Dinner An initiation dinner for the new lege in Washington, D.C., was the members of Kappa Delta Pi, the dinner speaker. Miss Halberg for-honorary society at Towson, was merly held the position as Direc-held on Wednesday, April 15 at tor of Student Teaching here at six o'clock in the cafeteria. Towson. Students Elected Other guests at the dinner were The following students have Dr. Lena Van Biber and Miss Stel-la Brown. Dr. Van Biber taught been elected to membership in the society. Anna Marie Darby, Wil-lard Henneman, Sara Lee Texer, Peggy Cross, Doris Exline, Grace Hanson, Claire Hershfield, John Henry Hill, Solomon Karen, Wil-liam Meyers, Dottie Taliaferro, a.ld Bernard Yaffe. Dean Brown was elected as honorary faculty member. Miss Anna D. Halberg, chair-man of the Department of Educa-tion at Wilson State Teachers Col-history here but is now retired. Miss Brown, former Director of Student Teaching at Towson, is al-so retired. The initiation ceremony was held in Richmond Hall parlor following the dinner. Panel Discussion Kappa Delta Pi is going to pre-sent another panel discussion May 6. The topic to be discussed will be ""Religion in the Schools"" in Richmond Hall parlor at 7:00. to the Maryland State Employ-ment Service. Mr. Robin P. Har-riss, author of the best-seller, ""The Foxes,"" and editor of ""Gardens, Houses, and People,"" met with those interested in journalism; Miss Gerdes conducted the remain-ing group to Shepherd-Partt hos-pital for the physical and occu-pational therapy field. A trip was also made the day before to the criminal court for those interested in law. A con-ducted tour through the Mathie- Dr. Rebecca Tansil, organizes Jun-ior College trips. sen company and plant led by Doctors Brewington and Mueller, April 15. Mr. Von Schwerdtner today head-ed a large group to look into so-cial agencies at the Baltimore De-partment of Welfare. Nursing, teaching, and foreign service trips are also being planned. Guest Speaks on TC Campus William L. Shirer, author, lec-turer, radio commentator, and journalist will speak in the audi-torium at 8:30 tomorrow evening. Mr. Shirer is noted for his po-litical books, Berlin Dairy, End of a Berlin Diary, and his latest The Midcentury Journey. The last of these, which was given a very favorable review in the New York Times, will be the subject of his talk, entitled ""Midcentury Pros-pects."" Since Europe and the western world are fields in which Mr. Shir-er is an authority, the assembly committee thought that he would balance the speakers on foreign affairs as opposed to Wm. Keith Hardy, who spoke on problems in Asia. Tomorrow will be his last pub-lic appearance before he leaves for another trip to Europe. Another outside feature of the assembly committee was the Gen-eral Electric Magic Show which was the feature attraction of the assembly yesterday. The 'House of Magic"" showed the students the significance that science and electricity, in partic-ular, have for the people of Amer-ica today. Vera Cole and her dancers, in-cluding members. of the student body, will be the guests at the next afternoon assembly on cam-pus. 'Deep Purple' Set As Soph's Theme ""Deep Purple"" provided the Sophomores with a versatile theme for their dance held April 18, in the college gym. Under the purple ceiling, the couples whirled to the strains of Rudy Killian's Orchestra. Spring was in the air with the garden wall, and a summer house sheltering the band. As the band played their final selection, the look on the faces as-sured the Sophomores that their ""Deep Purple"" had been a ""huge success."" "
