tl19531216-000 " TOWER Ice iol. 7, No. 9 like to& a Non ;t;for Next Se [y mester riot' Registration for second semester vill take place Friday, January 29 :ratstccording to Miss Eleanor Tibbets, registrar. LIGHT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. ew Courses Set Up illie Classes Divided led Classes will be divided into rroups according to a strict time tchedule. For the second semester ;he courses offered will follow the mme pattern as last spring since lubjects are set up a year in ad-lance. From the English department, iowever, two new courses en-aled: Elements of Children's rheatre, and Play Production_ tcting have been added. These !ourses were to be presented in 3eptember but it was felt that Nrecting (6.275) should be offered irst. The directing course is not a )re-requisite for the two new sub- ects but is merely recommended. Children's Theatre will be con- :erned with elements required to !ffectively stage plays with chil- , ken. These elements will include lirectional procedure, stagecraft vhen limited facilities are available tnd practice with children to op- � in the most rewarding experience or the child. Creative dramatics vIll be considered and practiced Is a teaching device and entertain- R C Attends N Assembly Twenty-six people, members and nests of the International Eela- ions Club, journeyed to New York, Tovember 21, to visit the United Tations buildings. After a conducted tour of the uildings, the group saw New York Mr. Mahon Hellerich, adviser of he club, accompanied the group. Fe is a member of the Continua- On Co mmittee of the model Gen- ial Assembly and, along with :uth Lehman and Barbara Abel, ?presents Towson on the Maryland ""ncil on World Affairs. At Present, the International Re- ttion Club is preparing to orga- tze the Towson delegation to the iill odel General Assembly which Meet at Alfred University, �Pril 9 b� 11, 1954. The fourd,student ?legates will be chosen in the near iture by the members of the Soc- 1 Science Department. ment medium. Assembly program-ing and production will be dis-cussed. Each student will be re-quired to devote time for rehearsals with children. Production, the second elective covers the principles of acting, the history and theory of dramatic art and practices in all phases of act-ing. Practice in classical monologue, classical and modern dialogues and classical and modern tragedies and comedies will be offered. All stu-dents taking this course will be re-quired to participate in the work of the Glen Players. Clubs Active at Christmas Christmas Bells are ringing in the hearts of the various religious organizations around STC. The Newman Club, which is a member of the Sodality Union in-cluding Loyola, Mount Saint Agnes, and Notre Dame, is having a gigantic Christmas Party for the orphans at Saint Elizabeth's Or-phanage on Tuesday, December 15. Towson's contribution will be the money for favors and for gifts. This orphanage is one for colored children. Christmas will bring on a new meaning for both the children and the members of the Newman Club. Lutheran Student Association had a very delicious turkey dinner at their Christmas meeting at As-cension Church. Miss Harriett Carl-son, President of the Baltimore Area LSA, lead the devotions and business meeting. Miss Kahl, a his-tory instructor at STC spoke on ""Civil Liberties"". On Tuesday, De-cember 15, the LSA will hold a Vesper Service in Richmond Hall Parlor. The speaker will be Rever-end Charles Birx of the Saint John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sparrows Point, who is the father of freshman, Ann Birx. All students are cordially invited. At Trinity Church an extremely successful Communion Breakfast was served and all the Canterbury Club members were invited. Having made no special plans for Christ-mas the Canterbury Club announces the next meeting will be held on January '7, in the North Dormitory. The topic to be discussed is ""Sin"". C4 Sponsors Many ristmas Activities Christ '`' te 4_11.1as vespers were held by Ildent Christian Association Ichm""day, December 14 at 7 p.M. in �nu' Dr Hall Parlor. . Wilfred Hathaway began the Tviee with "" a few piano selec' Dns. The SCA choir under the 1trie..eti ""cri O of Miss Hazel MacDonald, kz'abettill' Come All Ye Faithful.' Keiser d the call to I he �r81.11P af rea ter which the invocation tgiven by Kenneth Hanauer. '-aord's to Prayer was recited by ,, e gr�11P. The choir sang several ) ` .11111nbers followed by a re- ,�1-insive ff`le reading led by Barbara ' er. pr. Arthur Brewington ;0 03. was the guest speaker and he de-livered his message on ""What Christmas Means To Me"". The committee who planned the vespers was headed by Barbara Schaeffer, and working with her on the com-mittee were Doris Burkest, Eliza-beth Keiser, June Glisan, and Dorothy Keller. Recently the SCA choir has been visiting several churches to present musical programs. They presented a program at the Christ Methodist Church, December 6 and Wednes-day, December 9 they sang at Trinity Evangelical United Breth-ren Church. December 16, 1953 News Briefs Christmas Holiday Christmas vacation will begin Friday, December 18 at 5:00 p.m. and will continue through Sunday, January 3, 1954. Christmas Dinner Tonight the annual formal Christmas Dinner will be served in the dining hall. At this dinner, which is traditional at Towson, the girls will wear formlls. The male students will be the hosts and will serve the dinner. TV Series The State Teachers Association is sponsoring a series of weekly television programs at 10:45 a.m. each Monday. This series will be running for about ten weeks. The purpose of the progam is to give the general public an idea of the importance of the teaching profes-sion. Various teachers and school situations have been presented and more will be during the coming weeks. Bridge Club The Faculty-Student Duplicate Bridge Club has not been meeting during December. The next series of games will begin on Tuesday, January 5 at 7:30 p.m. Glee Club Busy in Yule Season Under the direction of Miss Emma Weyforth, Towson's Glee Club gave a Christmas program at the Milford Mill High School, De-cember 11. This is the same pro-gram being given at the Christmas assembly, December 15. Miss Emma Wey forth, director of Glee Club Highlighting the recital was the rendition of the ""Twelve Days of Christmas"" by a special group con. sisting of Norma Baumann, Har-riet Honikberg, Irene Klaff, Nancy Green, Bob Gist, Betty Lou Bren-gle, Betty Hartley, Theresa Neas, Josephine Wedderin, Alice Ann Perkins, Irvin Dobbins, Jack Jones, and Marian Reynolds. Other selections were ""0 Holy Night"" by Adam, sung by the chorus and James Peeling, ""From Heaven I Was Sent To Earth"" sung by the Men's Group, and ""Gloria"" from ""The Twelfth Mass"" attri-buted to Mozart. Judith Esterson was piano ac-companist for the group assisted, in a few selections, by Dr. Hatha-way on the organ. Also the Glee Club is preparing for their annual Christmas radio broadcast. For the first time, the group will have a commercial sponsor, the Stieff Company. The program will be transcribed in the auditorium December 15. The broadcast will be from 9 to 9:30 p.m. on WFBR Christmas Eve. Dorm Committee Plans for Tonight Many Christmas activities have been arranged for this even:ng by the Women's Social Committee with the Men's Committee cooperat-ing. After 12:00 today, the decorated doors in the dormitory will be judged by Dean Orville Murphy and Miss Josephine Wagaman. Three prizes will be awarded for the best doors at the Christmas dinner tonight. From 4:00 until 6:00 students will make center pieces for their tables for the dinner. Jim Addy, president of the SGA, and Mrs. Katheleen Hart will judge the table decorations. Three prizes will be given: one in each wing of the din-ing hall. The semi-formal Christmas din-ner will be served in the dining hall at 6:00 p.m. The grace will be sung by the SCA choir. The menu-place cards will be red Christmas stcokings and were made by the Social Committee. In the foyer after the dinner will be held the traditional Or- Marge Canino _ entertains for the children during the 1953 Orphan's Party President Gives Union Address President Earle Hawkins will be-gin the new year with his State of the Union address announcing all improvements and future plans for the school on January 5. Our first musical assembly of the new year will take place on January 12 which will be a com-bination violin and piano program. The guests for the performance will be Mr. Gabriel Banat, violinist and the pianist, Claude Frank. These gentlemen have played for a number of adult engagements throughout the country. Their proposed program includes Mozart's ""Sonata in B Flat."" ""Sara-bande, Double and Bourrie"" from the B Minor Partita by Bach for violin solo. The two piano solos that Mr. Frank will render are ""Moment Musical in A Flat"" by Shubert and ""Feuxd Artifice"" by Debussy. The last numbers of the performance will be ""Havanaise"" by Saint Saens and ""Sonata No. 1"" by Bartok. ""Snowball"" Queen Chosen phan's Party. This year twenty-five orphans will be entertained. There are twenty-two boys and three girls from the St. Vincent's Infant Home and the St. Vincent's Male Orphan Asylum. Students of the college will serve as hosts and hostesses, for the orphans. Entertainment has been planned by Nancy Green and Phyllis Burke. They have preferred to make the program a surprise, but have revealed the theme of the program which will be ""Poor Ru-dolph"". Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Dr. William Hartley and Joan Rob-inson, respectively, will give the children their gifts that will be under the Christmas tree. After the party the students will take the orphans into the dining hall for re-freshments. Following the party the Student Christian Association will organize the annual Christmas caroling. Various homes in the Towson area will be visited. The carolers will end their singing at Glen Esk. The members of the Social Com-mittee who worked on tonight's activities are Katie Fockler, chair-man; Barbara Cornog, Irene Paul, Jean Arnold, Connie Boone, Mar-lene Barrel!, Joan Robinson, and Sally Wagner. at Annual Christmas Hop Last Saturday � night, ""Snow- Ball,"" the Christmas dance spon-sored by the Junior Class, took place. The highlight of the dance came at 10:30 when Dawn Wittsdat was chosen Snow Queen by the faculty. Dr. Curt Walther, faculty advisor for the junior class crowned her queen and presented her with a doz-en red roses. Dawn's engagement to Malcolm Ewell was also announced that night. Both are members of the junior class and plan to teach in the elementary grades. Over 500 people were dancing to the music of Ray Scott's orchestra. Star snowflakes hung from a low white ceiling and many lighted Christmas trees canopied the gym. Papier mache snowmen and a big sleigh filled with gifts rounded out the Christmas theme. Punch, Christmas candies, and mints were served all evening by the refreshment committee. Faculty Holds Formal Dinner Towson held its faculty Christ-mas dinner, Thursday, December 10. Included among the guests of honor were Dr. Anna Abercrombie, Miss Stella Brown, Dr. Anita S. Dowell, Mrs. Mary Grogan Doyle, Miss Hilda Kestner, Miss Lena C. VanBibber, and Dr. Theresa Weide-feld. Toby Wagman, violinist, Pat Orye, cellist, and Barbara Pyles, pianist, provided the music during the dinner. Followine the meal, a musicale was held in Richmond Hall Parlor. "
