tl19601202-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. XIII, No. 9 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland Friday, December 2, 1960 Towson Prof. Will Address Mathematics Association Dr. G. H. Miller of the Mathematics Department at 5 N'son State Teachers College will address the annual fall meeting of the Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia Section of the Mathe- 14atica1 Association of America on ""The Algebra Program in the Soviet thlion."" The meeting will be held Saturday, December 3 at the Uni-versity of Maryland, College Park. ri_I)r. Miller is a graduate of Pomona ,�11ege, California, he has a Master's 'egree from Temple University and Ph.D. in Mathematics Education fr. QM the University of Southern le P-',.cuifornia. He has published several 'rtIeles in professional journals and 0 (lressed a number of professional 'selern iations on the subject of mathe- .aties education in the Soviet tabor,. �As an advanced graduate student West Illinois University he corn- Do7ted three years independent study Mathematics teaching in Russian sfeh�431s from analysis of Russian pro-essIonal journals. wbr. Miller's talk will be concerned t:th a comparison of the time given niatternatics education in Ameri- 441 and Russian secondary schools, s.c�MParison of American and Rus- :r1 mathematics text books, and a 47ussion of recent changes in the thath. ernatics program in the Soviet r�-leri. Re will also suggest recom- 1:4dations for the teaching of alge-a Program in U.S. schools. 00 0. !chriver, STC's 1"" 1-1 Representative ti arrY Schriver, a Student Chris- III Association member, may be sPending many of his week- NI in Wilmington, Deleware, 4)1\;""arlilliagt. own or Philadelphia, Penn- 41011: is the Y.M.C.A. representative ekCi th e Towson Campus. As a Ikt.riet member of the Central At- 41.:e Conference (including New DitteY' Maryland, Delaware, the kiliet of Columbia, and Puerto j� he helps plan inter-collegiate vities, the World University tke (W.U.S.) program, and the j.h-4. Publications. e six-man cabinet discusses and t y, at"" these programs so that 1/44,4111-lay be presented to the area lli blY which meets in Downing- 441. Pennsylvania in April, 1961. 4� also orrit plays a prominent role in , 1 rl 014., erklulg students for summer 41.1 Europe. This affords him I% art GPPortunity to meet people it rnan y different countries who th �vh e United h united States and people ave visited foreign lands. 1 c4binet is presently planning � 441, '44 r In Puerto Rico at which etude p nts exchange ideas for Illvattc'gjarns. Students will live in Alkki z-uerto Rican homes. Harry \""hith t� attend this conference, Vae Will Meet during the Easter Dr. Hawkins Attending Conference At U.N. Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, President of Towson State Teachers College, will attend the Community Leaders Program for 1960 at the United Nations building in New York City today. The program sponsored by the World Affairs Center of the Foreign Policy Association, will include off-the- record briefing by and discus-sion with staff officers of the U.S. Mission to the UN concerning the organization, functions, political and security achievements and problems of the United Nations and of U.S. participation in the UN. Participants in the program will also be afforded opportunity for in-formal talks with top ranking repre-sentatives of the U.S. Delegation to the UN General Assembly or senior officers of the UN Secrtariat. They will also atend a meeitng of the UN General Assembly or its committees in session. Glen Players Present 'An Evening Of Scenes' The Glen Players wil present ""An Evening of Scenes"" tonight, Friday, in the Van Bokkelen Hall Auditor-ium at 8:15. The list of plays previously an-nounced has been narrowed down to three: ""Glass Menagerie,'""Anne of a Thousand Days,"" and ""Auntie Mame."" One scene from Tennessee Wil-liams' ""Glass Menagerie"" will fea-ture Lois Finnan as Laura and Robert Spencer as the gentleman caller. Both will be making their debut here. ""Anne of a Thousand Days,"" writ-ten by Maxwell Anderson, will be represented by three scenes. Irene Shpherd, who gave such an out-standing performance in last year's production of ""Guest in the House,"" will portray Anne Bolyn. Michael Sexton, as Henry VIII, and Lawrence Gibson, as Thomas Cromwell, will also be seen in the historical play. Rheb Directs ""Auntie Mame"" Regis H. Rheb will direct three scenes from the successful comedy, ""Auntie Mame."" In the starring role will be Bonita Rakes. She will be supported by Phillis Pulkka, Joseph Glass, Mary Rose Belsinger, David Gould, Allan Janney, Gary Pulkka, Robert Keane, and Paul Maniloff. Robert Keane, the Technical Di-rector for the three play selections, announced that the staff included Mary Hughes as Lighting Director, Mary Ann McNeal as Costume Chairman, and Pat Benton as Pub-licity Chairman. Smith Accorded Military Funeral Dr. Ruth Smith A former faculty member, Dr. Ruth Smith, was accorded full mili-tary honors yesterday, when she was buried in the National Cemetery at Arlington, Virginia. After teaching for several years in District of Columbia schools and serving as Supervisor of Student Teaching at Wilson Teachers College, Dr. Smith joined the faculty of the State Teachers College at Towson in 1951 as Director of the kinder-garten- Primary Program. She was appointed Director of the Division of Elementary Education at the college in 1957, and served in that capacity until 1959, when she traveled aboard as an Educational Consultant to a project under the joint sponsorship of the U.S. De-partment of State and Teachers College, Columbia. In this country Dr. Smith served in various , leadership positions in the state, regional and national units of the Association for Supervision and Curriculm Development. She also assisted in workshops and on publications of the Association for Student Teaching. She was an active member of various profes-sional and honorary organizations, including Kappa Delta Pi and the Sigma Kappa Sorority. Judy Deitz Elected FAC President Members of the Freshman Advi-sory Council recently elected Judy Deitz, president of the '61-'62 council. Announcement of Miss Dietz's election was made at the F.A.C. din-ner Tuesday. Dennis Younger, Membership Committee Chairman, announced that 157 students were nominated for the new F.A.C. These nominees will attend a tea December 12 in the Ward Hall Recreation Room. Final screening will take place in January. Kolb Elected President As 298 Freshmen Vote Here ""I plan to see that members of my class do their best job in carrying out those activities presently scheduled,"" commented Nick Kolb upon being notified of his election to freshman class presidency With the enthusiasm and cooperation the class is capable of, / am sure the assembly, dance and mixer will be a big success, he added. Now that he is elected Nick plans to check with his class advisor, the Dean of Students and the tempor-ary class president in order to find Elected as a result of the primary election were Joyce Anne Cooper, cerresponding secretary and sena-tors David Barnes, Susan Mac-out what his duties as president Donald, Joyce Powell, Becky Sterl-include. ing, Gini Warfel, Donna Wetzel and Nick hopes to see that all students, Penny Williams. especially those members of his class, voice opinions and offer con-structive criticizen. 48% Vote In Final Less than half of the class (48%) voted in the final election. This figure of 298 students was lower than the 321 (52%) who voted in the primiary election. The Election Committee was dis-appointed by the poor showing of the Freshman class. They felt that out of 62.1 students more should have voted. John Mackert emerged as vice-president of the Class of '64 while Jeanne Whitcraft and Jeannie Dufty were elected recording secretary and treasurer on the final ballot. USNSA Delegates Seek Support In 'Warfield' Issue Delegates to the USNSA Mason- Dixon Regional meeting unaminously passed the revised resolution con-cerning the Warfield Report at their recent meeting at Western Mary-land College. Urging all schools to support the action taken by the State Teachers in protest against the Warfield Re-port, this resolution contains facts as to why the schools are in op-position. Copies of this resolution will be mailed to Governor Tawes, members of both houses of the Maryland Legislature as well as USNSA member colleges and Universities. Rombert Urges Awareness Don Rember, Student Govern-ment Association president of West-ern Maryland College, spoke on the need for student awareness, enthus-iasm and leadership on campus. Following Don's talk, the group broke up into two discussion groups: the Role of Student Government on Campus and Student Government Organization and Reorganization. Jack Levering, National Student Association Co-ordinator for Tow-son, Fawn Wilson, editor of Tower Light, sophmore Fayla Lancaster, and freshmen Marlene Powell and Susan McDonald attended the con-ference as representatives of Towson. Dorm social chairman Janet Gromberg and senators Barbara Gordon, Diana Starr, Nancy Crowly, Arlene Sienan, Bill Reuling and Chuck Prunty ran unopposed. Officers to be appointed since no one chose to run include day social chairman, Student Union Board representatives and parliamentarian. 1,063 'D' Slips Issued Last Term One thousand and sixty three pieces of yellow paper were de-posited in six hundred and sixty-two mailboxes of Towson students. These pieces of paper are universally known as deficiency slips on the STC campus. The slips of paper represented a mid-semester evalua-tion of students who are doing ""D"" or failing work in their respective subjects. Deficiency slips also represent a warning to students that there is still time to redeem themselves be-fore the end of the semester. Stu-dents who are experiencing difficulty in certain courses should make an appointment with the instructor. The conference should enlighten the stu-dent as to how he may alleviate the difficulty. The slips are cause for worry and conceren in that they should motivate students to accom-plish average grades in subjects where they show deficiency. JSA Sponsors Musical Group A choir and instrumental grout from the Talmudical Academy of Baltimore, under the direction of Cantor Hillel Lipsicas, will give a recital at a vesper service in the chapel at Towson State Teachers College, at 6:30 P.M., Monday, December 5. The service will be sponsored by the Jewish Students Association at the college. , In addition to musical selections by the group. Leslie Eichhenstein will be vocal soloist, Mordecai Pincas will give accordian solos, and Alan Sternfield will present solos at the piano. Accompanist at the piano will be Mrs. Greta Schlossberg. "
