tl19480407-000 "n - Va. 2, No. 6 gTATE'ITATHERS-CULIETE; TOW-SOX-MD. APRIL TT1948 Variety Show Dr. West Elected NEW CANTEEN To National Post IS NOW OPEN ----- In a meeting in Atlantic City on CONTEST WILL February 21, Dr. Joe Young West, head of the Science Department of DECIDE NAME STC, was elected President of the National Association in Science Teaching. His term of office will be for one year. Dr. West was born in Baird, Mis-sissippi, and began teaching at the age of seventeen in an eight-grade, one-room school. His interest in the sciences de-veloped after he entered George Peabody College for Teachers at Nashville, Tennessee, where he was an eager and resourceful student. Serving as consultant in elemen-tary school science for the State Teachers College of Radford, Vir-ginia, Dr. West helped to revise the Curriculum. This revision affected the entire school program. In 1935 Dr. West 1)1'. West studied under Dr. Craig, c't Teachers College, Columbia Uni- : y one of the nation's experts Ib elementary science education. 'le received his Ph.D. from Colum-b, i_a University in 1937. He joined k't.e summer school staff of Colum-ula and the staff of STC immedi- 4tely after receiving his degree. The National Association for Re-search in Science Teaching is a F, reliP in which membership is by ""Lvitation only, and these invitations extended to those who by writ- 14, curriculum planning, and ex-riDe Mental teaching have made im-tlea 13�rtant contributions to science cd- AIRIL ASSEMBLIES 41)111 12, 1948 "" For Every Mood."" The book poreview lecturer is Mrs. Marion eedkin, from Boston. 'Mil 20, 1948 �lee Club for benefit of Balti- Z3re Symphony Orchestra. '11,ril 28, 1948 -governor Ellis Arnall, of �rgia, will be the speaker. t'Lle topic of the speech will be i4ational Public Interest."" The new milk bar, which will oc-cupy the room, next to the book shop, will officially open in the near future. Since the Easter vacation, a door has been cut leading from the book shop into the adjoining room and several booths and tables and chairs have been placed in the room. Student Request Fulfilled Plans for the milk bar were begun last October when the students re-quested a room where both men and women students could get together to eat, smoke, and talk. Milk, coffee, and tea will be sold and there is a possibility that doughnuts and buns will be available. Miss Adda L. Gilbert and Mrs. Sue W. Richardson will manage the room with the assistance of several students. Students are requested to keep the room clean by returning ""coke"" bottles to the racks and cleaning the table before leaving. The committee also suggests that the students realize that 600 people will have the responsibility of sharing the room. T L Sponsors Contest With the opening of the milk bar, the Tower Light is sponsoring a contest for an original name for the room. All names should be submit-ted by the first of May and can be placed in a box provided for that purpose in the milk bar. A ticket for the May Day Dance will be pre-sented to the winner. Glen Flight Gets Visit From Flyer Lieutenant Aubrey Patterson of the Civil Air Patrol visited the Glen Flight last week to speak about the safety devices and the various types of equipment used in parachuting. He designs and test-jumps para-chutes for Glenn L. Martin and Co. A special parachute service has been established at Baltimore Muncipal Airport. Flight To Visit Loft On April 10, the Glen Flight will be guests of Lieut. Patterson at his parachute training loft where they will have an opportunity to try the parachutes. This visit is not limited to members of the C.A.P. Helen Ackerman, president of the Glen Flight, invites all who are interested to come. The group will meet at the Muncipal Airport about two o'clock. The 26 streetcar will take you di-rectly there. A few weeks ago the Glen Flight visited the airport and were shown the Control Tower, Hangers, Ad-ministration Building, and Weather Bureau. Helen Ackerman took mo-tion pictures of the trip. The meetings of the Civil Air Pa-trol are every Wednesday night, 7- 9 P. M., room one in the Ad build-ing. Movies, slides, and lectures are the main features of the meetings. Called Bi Success ! I Critics Say Show Best In 24 Years The Variety Show is over�the biggest show, or event in the col-lege has passed into time. As one person said, ""I haven't seen any-thing like it in the twenty-four years I've been here�it was won-derful."" Dr. Pullen Cites Need For Teacher Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., State Superintendent of Schools an-nounced that an outside group of experts will survey the physical needs of the teachers colleges in Maryland. The building needs of the four institutions; Towson, Frostburg, Salisbury, and Bowie will be made with the anticipated enrollment of the colleges and the necessary teacher training program in mind. Increased Enrollment Necessary According to Dr. Pullen, 700 junior high and elementary teach-ers per year are needed by the state. In order to supply these, there must be an annual student body of 2,500 for the four teachers colleges. This would mean between 1,200 and 1,500 students at Towson, 350 to 500 at Frostburg, 400 to 500 at Salis-bury, and 350 to 500 at Bowie. The Present facilities at the col-lege are not adequate to provide for this enrollment. N. Y. Report At the assembly on Tuesday, March 23, the STC delegates to the New York Conference reported on their trip. In the absence of War-ren Stroh, Margaret Henlein pre-sided and presented the delegates. Elaine Noland told about the trip to Lake Success and Don Hammer-man told about seeing the play, ""Brigadoon"". Friday the delegates attended various conferences which centered around the theme ""How We Can Teach Freedom Through Education."" Anna Mae Cerber, El-len Carroll, Dorothy Myers, Doris Solomons, and Skippy Wallace sum-marized the various conferences. Jean Ritter reviewed Friday ev-ening by telling about seeing ""I Remember Mama"" and the tradi-tional Easter Pageant at Radio City Music Hall. The assembly was concluded with Doris Miller and Don Reeder telling what the delegates did on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. Junior Class Plan Gala Dance -Wooden Shi:* Dance"" (Wouldn't You Dance?) to the music of John-ny Moran's orchestra on Saturday, April 10th from 9 'til 12. Virginia Spaulding, president of the Junior Class, which is sponsoring the dance, says that admission will be $2.40 per couple including the ticket, a cor-sage, and a boutonniere. The Junior Class is the first to present the idea of providing corsages for the girls and boutonnieres for the boys. Under the direction of Virginia Spaulding, chairman for the dance are: Betty Costlow who is making arrangements for the orchestra and for the sale of tickets; Virginia Car-ace, who is chairman of the Adver-tising Committee; Mary Ellen Crow-ley and Bubbles Stauffer, who are in charge of decorations; and Vir-ginia Young, who is planning the entertainment. Dr. William H. Hart-ley is faculty advisor. Invitations have been sent to the last two graduating classes and Vir-ginia Spaulding says the Junior Class hopes for a gala reunion with their former classmates. ""All the Juniors are excited about the dance and the prospect of seeing many of the alumnae, as well as the present students of the college there,"" said Virginia. STC HOSTS TO JHU On April 23, following their con-cert in the college auditorium, the Johns Hopkins University Glee Club will be guests of STC. The glee club is invited to attend a semi-formal dance, ""A Star Dust Ball,"" to be held in the gymnasium. The Johns Hopkins orchestra will furnish music for dancing. Admis-sion will be free to the glee club and a limited number of the dormi-tory students. The dance committee includes: Carol Hill, Georgia Wisner, Eliza-beth Roes, Dorothy Meredith, Mary Ellen Harlan, and Dorothy Alban-ese. Here are a few of the highlights that you people might be interested in. The rehearsals�well, there wasn't one, not even dress rehearsal, that was fully attended. Sickness, lessons, work, all presented obstacles to the cast and the director, yet they were overcome. And what of those people whose names didn't appear in the program, the chief engineer, the electricians, the carpenter, the ticket salesman and typists? They were as responsible as any for mak-ing the show a hit. One can't forget the girls in the April Showers number searching for those plastic RAINCOATS. And when ""Shorty"" Stroh appears in his gown, with Al Schleunes as his ""ill fated son."" Those girls played a wicked ""Little Kitty"" too. Al Fort and his Moon Maids surprised us all, as the cute little tricks in the pink pantaloons, and Bill Riordan, how that man can sing. Hobie al-most had a heart attack when the bottom fell out of his safe, and what would be the ""Burgler"" do without his pin. Bill Scott, still a worried student, wants to know if ""Digger"" Hilker is still singing (Need I say where.) Reliable reports inform us that Ester Carroll had them drolling, but who walked her off the stage? Some day we expect to be having Betty Mintz's two original songs drifting from a window on 42nd. street, and only a songbird like Tay can thrill us with her rendition of -Forever"" and ""Be True My Love."" Clary and Cacace, those two Irish Indians are still aching in the joints and pedro, the sharpshooter plans to incorporate Bill Wood's whip in his act next year. To Don Hammer-man and Joan Ross�Congratula-tions and you Katchina Dolls, next year we'll put electric fans in your masks, and girls, your squaw cos-tumes were history. Dottie Dohme, and her Creole dances made history to, and Phyliss and George made a beautiful team on the stage. As a ""chicken"" Irene Balliger did some terrific ""cluck-ing."" Tom ""Don't Worry About A Thing Ken"" Fort, your boys gave that effitra zip to the show's music, and Caura, we can't forget your face in the misty light of an improvised piano light. The ""Boxers"" stole the show, hats off to you fellows. And to the rest of you, members of the stage crew, make-up department, etc., thanks. Where would we have ended up without our guiding lights Mrs. Robinson, Miss Kahl, and Mr. Von Schwertner. So we finish up the show. Many folks have asked, ""Aren't you glad it's over?"" The answer is no! I wish there were more; but directors are supposed to be a lit-tle ""crazy"" aren't they? "
