tl19490408-000 "Or TOWER LIGHT Vol. 2, No. 11 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. April 8, 1949 News Briefs High He S r c e ho A o p ls ril V 8 isit ,11 Importance Of Being Earnest ' Opens Any students desiring to attend summer school must obtain permis-sion from the Academic Standing Committee before the credits may be applied toward the degree at STC, according to Dr. Tansil. In addition all courses must be approved prior to registration at the summer school. Summer courses are not taken for acceleration, but to gain credits Which may have been lost by fail-ures or transfer students. Fresh-man students are advised not to at-tend summer school, but to wait until the summer following their sophomore year. Information and application blanks may be obtained at the Registrar's Office. Advance listings of Western Maryland Col-lege are now available, and infor-mation from Johns Hopkins Uni-versity and the University of Mary-land will be received at an early date. Glee Club Plans Plans for Glee Club appearances' for the remainder of the Spring semester have been completed, ac-cording to Miss Weyforth. The Glee Club will sing as follows: May 7, 8 P. M.�May Day Cere- Monies. May 8, 7:30 P. M.�Radio Show on WITH. May 12, 9 A. M.�Patterson Park high School. May 17, 8 P. M. Concert. June 12, 4. P. M.�Baccalaureate Ceremonies. June 14, 11 A. M.�Commence- Ment Exercises, Fraternity Meets The Kappa Delta Pi fraternity, linder the leadership of Mr. Weaver, held a business meeting on Monday, March 28. Plans for the group's sPring meeting were discussed, as Well as preparations for the frater-nitY's assembly, which will be pre-sented to the school early in May. The standards, objectives, and qual-ifications for admission to the so-ciety will be presented in the as-serubly. A short social meeting was held in the dormitory Green Room after the business meeting. April Radio Shows Students are reminded to tune in l'aclio station WITH Sundays at 7:30 P. M. for the STC radio show, ""Col- 'g0 of the Air."" On Sunday, April 1g, the campus school will be fea-ttlred on the show, while the Edueft.- tic'rl Department will present the 41361 17 program. Miss would appreciate it if students �vould return materials taken from the Curriculum Laboratory to the ClIrriculum Laboratory, and if Sec- ;4�4 Chairmen would deliver notices (lsora the library promptly to the :ori involved, or return them to }ter if the individual is absent. Library Notice Yoder has announced that 400 Students Expected; Shaffer Stars School To Entertain In Production Today and Monday, April 11, STC will be visited by over 400 pro, pective students on High School Visiting Days. The large attendance (425) last year was responsible for the double invitations for 1949. A varied program has been ar-ranged for the visitors: 9:00-10:00 Reception of students 9:30-11:50 Tour of buildings, grounds, and classrooms 11:50-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:00 Social dancing in the Gym. 2:00 ""The College and Its Pro-gram,"" address by Dr. Hawkins ""Admission Policies,"" talk by Dr. Tansil Glee Club Program, including: Cherubic Hymn�Fretchani-noff Waltzes�Strauss Will You Remember�Romberg My Bonnie�Traditional folk song and Arrangement by Simeone Orchestra Program, including: Gilbert and Sullivan Potpourri� arr. by Weaver The Way You Look Tonight� Kern Tannhauser March�Wagner SCA To Pressnt Easter Pageant The annual Easter pageant, one of the outstanding dorm affairs of the year, will be presented on Monday evening, April 11 in Richmond Hall parlor at seven P. M. According to present plans, the pageant will be held in candle light, and palms will be placed about Richmond Hall to further the Eas-ter atmosphere. The SCA choir will be robed, as has become traditional. Mr. West, who is supervising the speaking parts of the service, has announced that the following stu-dents will take part: Catherine Rod-erick, Ina Peck, Phil Rhodes, and John Norris. All members of the SCA will sing during the evening, and all singing will be conducted by Miss MacDonald. 1 X-RAY REPORTS Htli-EI The Medical Department has an-nounced that all chest X-ray reports have been returned to them. Stu-dents should watch their mail boxes for notices regarding the results of the X-rays. Students who have not been X-rayed this year are asked to make arrangements to do so and have re-ports sent to the Medical Depart-ment. Suggestions of opportunities for free chest X-rays were made by the STC Medical Department. April 12�Towson Health Depart (9:30 A. M.) Maryland Tuberculosis Associ-ation, 900 St. Paul Street, Balti-more� daily except Saturday, 10 A. M.-12 noon and 2-4 P. M. Singers , Dancers FacnIty Members Rehearse For Show Become Farmers Singing and dancing choruses of the 1949 Variety Show, ""Alma Mam-my,"" are now rehearsing regularly for their parts in the show. With three numbers for the dance chorus, and several for the singers, plan-ned for the show, there is plenty of activity at all rehearsals. Phyllis Strohecker is in charge of the dancers, and she has her boys and girls working on two Spanish dances and a Can-Can. The girls' chorus line for the Can-Can prom-ises to be of special interest to the men in the audience, and it includes Anna Mae Carlson, June Cricken-berger, Betty Lou Draper, Mary Kidd, Margie Klepper, Thelma Koontz, Mary Murray, Carolyn Naumann, Betty Anne Sturgis, Carol Trumbo, Anne Warfield, and Janice Witts. Miss Witts and Andy Baummer will be soloists for one of the Span-ish dances, while the other dancers will be Betty Bradbury, June Crick-enberger, Irene Gallagher, Pat Le- Fever, Kathryn Wolf, Lee Degan, Betty Mintz, Nancy Redford, Mollie Smart, Grace Wilson, John Hall, Maynard Keadle, Fred Panetti, Jack Shifflet, and Bob Hofmeister. The vocal chorus, under Mary Lou Wallace's direction, is prepar-ing many numbers. Kathryn Childs and Bill Simmons are featured in one, ""I Met You On The Campus."" Miss Wallace pointed out that the chorus still needs good voices, es-pecially men, and adds that rehear-sals will not conflict for those of any Swept each uplifted mark, other production in the school. The following couples will make up part of the chorus: Betty Cost-low- Norval MacDonald, Ann Wal-lace- Frank Cramblitt, Eileen Skin-ner- Warren Stroh, Ann Warfield- Jack Shilling, Jan Davis-Dick Hifi-man, Kay Burggraf-Andy Baum-mer, Virginia Young-Jack Shiflett, Betty Sturgis-Fred Panetti, Caroline Kennedy-Amon Burgee, Mary Mur-ray- John Hall. Accompanists will be Lorraine Kilby and Duane Virts. Several � faculty and staff mem-bers will be active this spring in gardening on the campus, according to Dr. Hartley, who is in charge of the program. Already Dr. Dowell, Dr. Tansil, Mrs. Weitzel (library), Miss Gill (busines office), and Mr. Richardson (supt. of buildings), are listed as amateur farmers this year, and Dr. Hartley expects other staff members to participate. Ever since the school's first Vic-tory Garden in 1942, faculty mem-bers have had their own plots on the 85 acres of the STC campus, in ad-dition to the school farm, which provides fresh vegetables for the dorm, under the supervision of Mr. Butler. Each garden will measure about 20 x 40 feet, and the crops wil lin-elude beans, head lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, kale, and squash. Dr. Hartley pointed out that Dr. Tansil has raised peanuts on the campus, and the plants have been used in campus school activities. Cotton and other unusual plants may be raised for educational purpohes, tao. When questioned closely, Dr. Hartley indicated great expectations of a bumper crop in 1949, with hopes that the blight which leveled the tomatoes last year will not return. Chess Match Tied The Chess Club of STC recently had a match with Baltimore Poly-technic Institute. There were six matches between STC students and Poly students. The match ended in a three to three draw. Roland Fleischer, Ray Wingerd, and George Conyak won their matches. Ray Rattan, Forest Wessells and Thomas Clagett were defeated by Poly. arl Rattan was largely responsible for the success of the affair by mak-ing most of the arrangements. An-other match will be held at Poly in the near future. Mel Schaffer, in the role of John (or Jack or Earnest) Worthing, showed a tendency to swallow some of his words. He seemed perhaps too vehement in his early scenes, but his facial expresions were ex-cellent throughout. Mel proved a very good foil for the unsubtle re-marks of his friend Algernon, played by Dean Wyatt. Deane, in gesture, tone of voice, and use of his facial muscles, was just about all that could be desired for the foppish Algy. The only fault in Dean's work was a tendency to ""steal scenes"" and it has yet to be demonstrated that this is a fault. The part of Lady Bracknell, played by Trcsa Silverman, was a good pic-ture of an aristocratic Victorian Mama, although her voice was slightly forced and shrill, a habit which may have been intentional as it added to the force of the char-acter. Ginna Ganzhorn, as her daughter, Gwendolyn, was an apt eye-user, but the rest of her face seemed frozen and she talked too distinctly and slowly. Once again, this manner may have been adopted to the character. Janice Witss, as Cecily Cardew. actually looked the part of a sweet young thing. Her childishly accented voice was appropriate. At times, however, Janice gave the impression of being in a play rather than being an integral part of the story. The roles of Miss Prism and Rev-erend Chasuble, Joyce Greener, and Paul Arend, added to the general tone of the play with a touch of humor. Russ Jones as Merriman the butler, and Rod Arthur as the manservant, capably supplied the necessary wooden faces. Technically the scenery was very good and Victorian, and the lighting was effectively helped by three new spots on each side. Faculty Corner Dr. Hawkins addressed the facul-ties of Eastern and Western High Schools at Western High School in Baltimore on Monday, March 21. He attended the Interstate Teacher Ed-ucation Conference at Columbia University on Wednesday, March 23, besides attending the Eastern States Association meetings on March 24- 26 in New York. Dr. Hawkins, Dr. Matthews, and Mr. Livingston participated in a Lecture-Forum series presented by the Towson Presbyterian Church during February and March. Several faculty members accom-panied students on the trip to New York to attend the meetings of the Eastern States Association of Pro-fessional Schools for Teachers. Dr. Scott, Miss Steele, Miss Dougherty. ,and Miss Carlton went. Dr. Dowell, Miss Bersch, and Mr. Livingston accompanied another group of students to New York for the United Nations trip. Miss Steele attended the conven-tion of the American Association of School Administrators in Phila-delphia, March 26-30. "
