tl19520404-000 "TOWER ir LIG elegates Attend eeting of ESA Vol. 5, No. 15 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON April 4, 1952 5-11-eta Bliielfs_i Organist Dr. Hawkins was accompanist -1 for the Glee Club last Tuesday eve-ning when they sang at a Union Lenten Service in the Towson Presbyterian Church. Food Improvement Dormitory Food Improvement Committee has � met with the dieti-tians and reports that all are co-operating with the move to im-prove the food served in the din-ing hall. Mr. Moser also talked to the girls in the dorms and told them how and why the food al-lotment is as it is. Audio-Visual Dr. Hartley's audio-visual aids class took a field trip to Fort Mead last Thursday. The trip had a three-fold purpose as the class saw films in the making, a class of instructors, and a group in which the instructors were teach-ing a class with the use of visual aids. Student-Faculty Entertainment for Thursday, April 24 will in-clude Mr. West in a reading of the popular comedy by Shakes-peare entitled, ""The Taming of the Shrew"" . . . This is in comem-oration of Shakespeare's birth-day which is in April. Easter Holiday The college will be closed for Easter Holiday from Thursday, April 10 thru Monday, April 14. Classes will resume Tuesday morn-ing. Suggestion Box Students and faculty members are urged to take advantage of the use of the suggestion box, in the main hall, by the sug-gestion box committee. The ques-tions and answers are channeled by the committee to the proper source and are then posted on the main bulletin board, with answer. Sophomore Election Eleanor Zawiila has been elect-ed new dorm social chairman for the Sophomore Class. The previ-ous chairman left school which made it necessary to elect a new dorm social chairman. SCA Includes Easter Pageant in Program In commemoration of the ap- the Richmond Hall Parlor. proaching Easter Holiday the Stu- The evening program was plan-dent Christian Association will ned by a committee under the dir-present an Easter Pageant on ection of Laura Octegard. The eve- Tuesday, April 7 at 7:30 P.M. in fling has been planned so that there will be variation to the us-ual vesper service. Scripture reading, accompanied by appropri-ate hymn singing, will be includ-ed on the program. Primary Reveals Beauties Primary elections for the May Court were held last week with the seniors voting. Twenty-four girls from the senior class were chosen to be included on a ballot in which the entire student body voted this week. The primary election included all the girls in the senior class. From the twenty-four girls picked, eleven girls and a May Queen have been chosen by the students. A double check tallied the prefer-ence of the May Queen for the voter. The girl with the largest number of double checks was elected May Queen and the girl with the second largest number of double tallies will be the Maid of Honor in the May Court. Winning girls in the primary elections are: Helen Aldridge, Kathryn Baker, Kitty Cassidy, Kacy Childs, Jan Davis, Betty Lou Draper, Olive Dunker, and Jackie Jackson Finch. Also Carol Griffith, Ann Hauley, Jean Jenkins, Pat Kennedy, Doris Wyant Lotz, Carolyn Naumann, Jane Nowell, Laura Odegard, Leona Redemann, Flo Ruland, Betty Mariner Shaffer, Molly Smart, Anne Spencer, Willie Mil-ler Stroh, Ann Wallace, and Mar-ilyn Weldon. Results of the final election were not available at the time the TOWER LIGHT went to press but the results will be posted on the Newell Hall Foyer bulletin board sometime during the weekend. Editorship Appointment Complete for Yearbook Sylvia J. Godsey, Editor-in-Chief of the Tower Echoes has announc-ed the appointments of editors to the annuals. Joan M. Migliarini and Fred Brown will act as Co-associate edi-tors, with Hope Brown as Photog-raphy editor and Leona Martin as Literary editor. Vivian Stone will serve as Art editor; Gus Peters will be chief illustrator. Under the direction of John Mc Colgan as Business Manager and the Assistant Business Mgr. George Hohl, the ad section of the book will initiate a new type of advertisement, that . of the pictor-ial ad. Students of the college will pose with local merchants rather than having all ad, the written type. The editors are already at work on the make-up of the Tower Ech-oes of 1953, which will follow a modern theme with increased use of photography and color; and they hope to have the completed ""dummy"" finished by the fall. In addition, the book will be of a larger size. According to Godsey, the staff is almost completely organized, but more photographers are need-ed. If anyone is interested, they may contact her through Box 164 D. Sylvia Godsey, Editor . . . Singing by SCA Choir Music for the occasion will be rendered by the Student Christ-ian Choir under the direction of Miss Hazel MacDonald. The sel-ections to be sung are: ""Hallelu-jah Chorus"", ""The Ressurection"", ""I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked"", ""Ride On, Ride On"", and ""Worthy Is The Lamb"". Neal Moershal, president of the S.C.A., stated, ""This will be the first time the college will see the new robes worn by the S.C.A. Choir."" He also stated that the program has been planned so as to bring the final touch to the Lenten Season. Planned Services The Student Christian Associa-tion has prepared various relig-ious services throughout the year in Commemoration with all the re-ligious holidays. This will, how-ever be the last service of the school year in which a holiday will be celebrated. All students are urged to attend this service. Delegates Attend UN Jane Kasper, John McColgan, Mary Jo Roberson, and Albert Pomory are the four students who have been chosen as delegates from STC to attend the Model Un-ited Nations General Assembly. This meeting which will be held in New York City at Barnard Col-lege on April 7, 8, and 9, will be composed of representatives from colleges in the whole middle At-lantic region. Each college delegation will re-present a different member of the United Nation and will discuss such problems as the conflict in Korea, problems of security and peace in Egypt and Iran, and arms limitation. Four committees, equivalents to the United Nations committees, that are to be set up are: Political and Security Committee; Econ-omic and Social Committee; Trus-teeships and Non-Self-governing Areas Committee; and Ac Hoc Committee. Handbook Plans Now Underway Plans for the 1952-53 Student Handbook are now underway. All campus organizations have been asked to send information which they wish to be included in the pamphlet to Box 82D by March 28. According to Fred Brown, chair-man of the Handbook Committee, the book will aid the students by containing practical knowledge concerning campus life and activi-ties. Members of the Handbook Com-mittee include: Leona Martin, Joan Migliarini, and Sigmund Pic-k us. 7/' Dr. Ruth Smith and Dr. Scott of the STC faculty along with Faye Davis, Nancy Sande', Bud Cornell, Kathryn Baker, Dean Pic-kens and Paul Whitehurst of the student body attended the 27th spring convention of the Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers. New York P. Whitehurst � Student Representative Clay, Topic of Oratory Henry Clay, famed patriot will be the subject for the tenth annual Hearst Oratorical Contest this year. All senior high school and colleges students are eligible to enter. Tournament prizes total $25,000 in bonds with $500 bonds going to the Maryland area winner in both high school and college division in addition to other tempting bond awards for runners-up. A trip to Albany, New York to compete in the Eastern Zone finals is also in order for the two top winners. Bronze medals with Freedom seals will be given to all contestants while gold medals will be awarded to the runners-up. Maryland areas include accredit-ed schools in southern Pennsylvan-ia, Delaware, District of Colunbia and Virginia, West Virginia and North Carolina. College semi-finals for all areas will be held in the Pratt Library auditorium Wednesday and Thurs- (Cont. Page 5) City was the site of the Confer-ence which was held from March 27-29. Because so much data was ob-tained at this conference, there is a possibility that an assembly, will be conducted by the delega-tes, for the purpose of conveying the accomplishments to the stu-dent body. The assembly if spon-sored will be in the form of a panel discussion. The number of students enroll-ed in a school determined on which of the two panels its dele-gates spoke. Teacher's colleges from all of the eastern coastal states sent both administrative and student representatives. Not only did the delegates at-tend meetings, but they also found Lime to visit many public schools and to see numerous landmarks de le beau monde d' New York. Education and Social Responsi-bility was the general theme of the meeting with the following six subtopics as the specific sub-jects of panel discussions : 1 ) how teachers must meet hostile at-tacks on public education, 2) the civic responsibilities of a teacher in the local, national and world community, 3 )the many forms of evaluation of our leadership as Dr. Scott--Faculty Representative teachers, 4)the social duties of a member of the teaching profes-sion, 5) how the teacher plays an integral part of our democratic society and 6) the preparation of a teacher for his primary respon-sibility - - learning to guide the mental and physical development of youth. Teachers' Requirements Taken in Temple Poll Philadelphia, Pa. � (I.P.) � Competence in a teacher is a more important requirement than such personal traits, good control of the class, standing. This was indicated in an informal survey conducted re-cently by Dr. James D. Page, Temple University psychology pro-fessor, in his mental hygiene class. Discussing the general charac-teristics of well-liked teachers, Dr. Page outlined four categories and asked his students to rate them in declining order of importance. ""Competent and stimulating as an instructor,"" received most first-place votes from members of Dr. Page's class. This description, it was explained, means the in-structor is helpful, presents assign-ments clearly, is interesting, creates a desire to work, knows the subject well and knows how to ""put it across,"" is enthusiastic and interested in teaching, and invites discussion. ""Good-natured, friendly, and un-derstanding,"" was chosen second in importance by most students. This means the teacher is cheer-ful, has a sense of humor, is interested in students, considerate, courteous and helpful with per-sonal problems. Third most im-portant trait was ""Good control of class, based on discipline and fairness."" This means that the teacher is strict, commands res-pect, is reasonable in assignments, is impartial and fair in grading, (Cont. Page 6) attributes as attractive or friendliness and under- Britain Offers Study To U. S. Britain's universities are now offering placement to some Amer-ican graduate students in this year's Summer. School Program. The courses being offered are chiefly for teachers, post-graduate students and other qualified men and women. By arrangement with the student's university the credit jects may be made Mg. The cost $201.60 for ranges from tuition, meals, sub-earn- $168- and residence. An anonymous British donor has given a sum of money for Anglo-American cultural rela-tions, providing free passage for a few American students. The British universities are al-so offering some grants to cover part of the accomodation and tui-tion fees. Only well-qualified stu-dents who genuinely need this aid should apply. The courses offered are in Drama, Britain's Economic Re-covery, Education in England, Britain and the Modern World, and Life, Literature, and Politics in Britain. They are being offered by Birmingham, London, Notting-ham, Oxford, and St. Andrews re-spectively. "
