tl19580423-000 "I' Vol. X No. 14 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND d Drew Pearson To Appear Here It The Student Government Asso-ciation has announced that its an-nual speaker this year will be Mr. Drew Pearson, noted Washington oreporter and commentator. Mr. Pearson is scheduled to speak at Towson on the evening of May 19, 1958 at 8:15 in the Stephens Hall Auditorium. Pearson's education included Phillips Exeter Academy, where he eked out a scholarship with . baby sitting, and four years, at 1 Swarthmore College, where he - Made Phi Beta Kappa, edited the college newspaper, and ended up In an Officers' Training Corps at the close of World War I. In 1919, following his gradua-tion from Swarthmore, Pearson - went overseas with the American [� Friends Service Committee to sup- - ervise the relief program in cle-f vastated Balkan villages. ti Pearson returned to the states 3 in 1921, taught at the University Li of Pennsylvania, then shipped out of Seattle as a merchant seaman. He worked his way around the World as a merchant seaman, lec-turer, and correspondent for var-lous newspapers. Pearson contin-tied his travels until 1926 when he became foreign editor of the Uni-ted States Daily. In 1929 he covered the London Naval Conference while attached to the Washington Bureau of the , haltimore Sun. In the lean years of the Hoover administration, an anonymous 1 book, Washington Merry - Go - I Round, created a tremendous stir s in the nation's capital. It was f Packed with inside stories told on eretofore sacrosanct politicians e nd members of society. When he authors of the book were re-ealed to be Drew Pearson and obert S. Allen, Allen was lased by the Christian Science 10 onitor. Publication of the sequel, It ore Merry-Go-Round led to Pear-l.- On's firing by the Sun. The two men began a new era journalism by their writing of he daily Washington Merry-Go- I I und column which has been hirling in the nation's newspa-ers since December 13, 1932. In II ecent years Pearson has been the ole author of the column. 1 Pearson's column received the 942 Sigma Delta Chi Disting-ished Service Award in Journal- % m. Among Pearson's activities has been a powerful campaign gainst the Klu Klux Klan; 5rganization and direction of Niendship Train in 1947; ll'reedom Balloon campaign 1951; and in 1946 he broke sensational story of the Soviet spy Ing in Canada. Pearson holds numerous awards Ihcluding Father of the Year (1948); the French Legion of Hon-or; the First Order Star of So-lidarity (New Italian Republic). In addition to Washington Mer- ,ty-Go-Round and More Merry-Go- Round, Pearson and Allen co-auth-sd The Nine Old Men. Pearson klso wrote another book with Con-qantine Brown, The American biplomatic Game. the the the in the � - - Drew Pearson, noted columnist to speak here on May 19th. Student Teaching ? Some people say a teacher is maae out of steel Their mind can think but their body can't feel Irons and steel and hickory tea. Frowns and gripes from 9 �--- 3 I got 84 kids and 42 seats Sixty are talking while 4 sleep I can hardly get 'em all through the door And IF I don't watch out they'll send one more. You teach 6 full hours and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. I'll go to St. Peter, but I just can't stay I gotta come back for the P.T.A. Miss Archer Attends Math Confabs Cleveland, Ohio New breakthroughs in mathe-matics and methods of improving the quality of teaching were the concern of more than 1,500 lead-ing educators here during the 36th meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, a department of the National Edu-cation Association, which convened at the Hotel Cleveland April 9-13. Towson was represented at the program by Miss Allene Archer, instructor of mathematics at the college. Miss Archer acted as one of the leaders in Elementary School Laboratory. Among the topics of current in-terest were the providing of more challenging math courses for gift-ed students, the values of the ""new"" mathematics as opposed to ""traditional"" courses, and possible improvements in the mathematics curriculum. April 23, 1958 Campus Welcomes Neighbors Towson Day A Success Prizes Offered To Camera Bugs The Towson Photography Club, through its president Roy Daugh-ton, has announced the entries for the annual Intercollegian Photo-graphy Contest will be accepted from now until the close of the semester in June. The contest, which offers $850 in prizes of equipment and cash, is open to any students of the Towson campus. The Tower Light joins with the Photography Club in strongly urging everyone who has even the slightest interest in photography to make an effort to submit an entry in this contest. The theme of the contest is Stu-dent Life and Education in Amer-ica. Photographs should catch any aspect of the meaning of col-lege life as it comes in focus in college personalities, the joy of new discovery, dating, sports, the spark of an idea, the challenge of the unknown, friendship and group life or solitude and loneliness. These are but suggestions only. The imagination and ingenuity of you, the photographer and stu-dent, are the limits. Prizes will include $150 and the 1st choice of equipment for the first prize winner. Second place prizes will be $50 and the choice of equipment; third to fifth place winners will receive equipment. Many additional prizes will be giv-en for honorable mention entries. Among the prize equipment will be such fine awards as a Konica III MXL Camera, case & flash; Eldorado III 8mm Movie Camera; Argus C44 Camera, case & flash; Graphic 35; Ansco Memar Travel Outfit (camera, case & flash); and 3.5 Flash Flex Capacitor Flash-gun. Anyone interested in submitting entries in this contest should watch the Photo Club bulletin board in Stephens Hall for con-test rules. Submit all entries to Roy Daughton, Box 614. Again we urge you to enter this contest. Don't excuse yourself with the lame duck idea that ""you'll never win."" You will never win if you don't try. Good luck and good ""shooting""! King, Hellwig Win Contest Congratulations are in order for Dave King and Shirley Hellwig, the winners of the 1958 Sweet-heart Couple Contest. Dave and Shirley won the contest on the evening of March 29 when the snow-postponed Sweetheart Dance was held as a joint project of the SGA and Freshman Class in the Pikesville Armory. Towson holds first open house for community neighbors. New Albert S. Cook Library fea-tured on tour for visitors. IRC Represented At Model Assembly The Towson chapter of the In-ternational Relations Club, ( IRC) recently attended the Middle At-lantic Model United Nations Gen-eral Assembly which met on March 27, 28, and 30 at Wilkes College in Willze9-11larre, Pennsyl-vania. The annual event highlighted the Spring activities of 'CRC groups from about 50 colleges and universities from the Middle At-lantic region. Towson's delega-tion was represented by Phylis Sabodka, Helen Hendrickson, Kathy Wiedner, Clair Keller, Bill Fallowfield, Pat Regan, Bettie Hughes, and Dr. Bize, the acting faculty advisor. Bettie Hughes was the Rapporteur for the Trus-teeship Committee. The General Assembly met three times in plenary session; the remainder of the time was spent in committee meetings and cau-cuses. The committees were the Political Committee, the Econom-ic and Social Committee, the Trus-teeship Committee, and the Spec-ial Ad Hoc Committee which dealt with the question of disarmament this year. The Towson delegation repre-sented France in the Model Gen-eral Assembly and presentd is-sues from the French point of view. Harold Stassen was the key-note speaker. Members of the IRC report that this year's conference was both in-teresting and informative. For the first time in many years, the Towson campus opened its doors to its neighbors, the resi-dents of the Towson community area. The first Towson Day was held on Sunday, April 20, from 12 noon to 9 p.m. Visitors to the college toured the campus scene, ably conducted by student guides. Refreshments were served in the Student Centre to all the guests. The open house featured a tour of Stephens Hall, which includes classrooms, administrative and faculty offices and the college auditorium; the Lida Lee Tall Ele-mentary School; the Wiedefeld Gymnasium; the new Albert S. Cook Library; the women's resi-dence halls, Newell, Richmond, and the newly completed Prettyman Hall; the men's residence halls, West and Ward Hall; the Student Centre with its bookstore, snack bar, student lounge, meeting and study rooms; the Infirmary and Medical offices, and the Glen, an area of ten acres of land devel-oped as a conservation and rec-reation area. The fireplaces and shelter in the Glen are used by students for outdoor social activ-ities. The visitors also saw the athle-tic field with its quarter-mile cin-der track, five tennis courts with clay surface and three other play-ing fields for intra-mural sports and regular physical education class use. The Towson campus was estab-lished in 1914, but the college first opened as a normal school in downtown Baltimore on January 15, 1866. From 1866 to 1931, like most teachers colleges in the United States, Towson had a two-year normal school curriculum. In 1924 the Training School for Teachers in Baltimore was closed and since then this institution, the Maryland State Normal School, has been re-sponsible for the training of teach-ers for the elementary schools of Baltimore. In 1931 the course of study was Increased to three years. It was further increased to four years in 1934. The first bachelor's degrees were conferred in June 1935. From 1935 to 1946, the college concentrated wholly on the pur-pose for which it had been orig-inally founded -- preparing teach-ers for the 'elementary schools. However, in 1946, a junior col-lege was established to offer two years of liberal arts curriculum and prepare students for transfer to senior colleges. In 1947, the college added a curriculum pro-gram to prepare teachers for the junior high schools. Although pri-mary school teachers had always trained at Towson, a division call-ed ""Kindergarten-Primary"" was added in 1949 as a separate cur-riculum. "
