tl19591209-000 " TOWER LIGHT Vol. XII, No. 6 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland December 9, 1959 Christmas Activities Begin With Music Festival '62 Sponsors loph Night' For Basketball Support Dinner, Pep Rally, Party Included In Program (See Page 3 For Basketball News) To help boost support for Town's basketball team the class of '62 is sponsoring a ""Soph Night"" Friday. Day hops and dorm students are being urged ativity which will begin with dinner from 5:45 to tl'Y hops who wish to eat dinner in the cafeteria tk's""ire by returning the attached slip from their Nvill be signed up by the Sophomore Executive 75 cents. Pollorwing the dinner will be a Entertainment ire in the center of the new king lot below the tennis courts. 11 Pep rally will begin at 6:45 44 all classes are invited to attend. 4ext the group will go to the thinasium to watch the basketball kne between Frostburg and Tow-ken. Between the J.V. and Varsity l'')nles there will be group singing. to participate in this 6:00 P.M. Sophomore should indicate this class bulletin. They Council. The dinner and the singing of the Sophomore Class song will take place between halves of the Varsity game. After the game there will be a party in the Ward Hall Recreation Room for Sophomores and also the members of the Towson and Frost-burg basketball teams. Glen Players One - Act Plays Presented Friday Scenese from plays by Chekhov, Gerstenberg, and Williams will tg,_Presented Friday at 7:00 p.m. in the Stephens Hall Auditiorium by e Glen Players. H. These one-acts are student-directed and, since the emphasis is on ....""ge director-actor, they will be simply staged, using only props, costumes, lighting. Although the plays will not be given in their entirety, the -'eetors chose what they feel are the beteter scenes of each play. ttallhe first play, Chekhov's ""The tliage Proposal,"" directed by tr1ra Brown, is a light comedy 1h,71g place in Russia around the 's. John Butchko appears as the -44 ...._ � � 4 ter while Jonee Monroe plays 13.7'11Y0, his prospective fiancee. 4: Meniloff portrays Cherbokov, ""�IklYa's father. 1101nona Maletti and Phyllis 14 a are directing the second 144 Gerstenberg's ""Overtones,"" a 4,ern day satire taking place in 11,70 York City. The play concerns 4re women whose ulterior motives lt,disguised by a faLse friendship. 'ever, these ulterior motives are if ed in the play by the inner-by ,_�f each woman, Harriet, played Qeanor Givens, are the two Allr, n. Gloria Winegard and Jo Nowick portray the ""real"" ""nen. 'Petri ""ik ""seee William's well-known tiy,'eetear Named Desire"" will be , Rir hthird Play presented. ""Street- 1 1114; cldirected by Edgar Krout, is a 4lti1e ealing with human relation- ' Ile major role of Stanley is played by James Way and his wife, Stella, is portrayed by Sail Cohan. Sharie Lacey plays Stella's sister. Lights, Snow To Set Scene For Dance The glitter of colored lights and snow covered trees will set the scene for this year's Christmas dance, ""The Fantasy of the Trees."" As is traditional, the dance will be held on the last Saturday before the Christmas vacation, December 12, in the gymnasium. The sponsor of the dance, as is customary, will be the Junior Class. Rudy Miller's orchestra, ""The Rhythmaires"" will be on hand to supply the music. Aside from be-ing the leader of the band, Mr. Miller is also the fafther of Betty Lou Miller, a member of the Class of '61. Another tradition connected with the Christmas dance concerns gifts for the orphans. Each couple is asked to bring a gift for a child which should be marked for a boy or girl. The gift is to be in place of a corsage for the lady. These presents are to be placed in a designated area, usually under one of the trees. After the dance the gifts are taken to an orphanage for Christmas. Since a great deal of the effect of the decorations depend on Christ- Inas tree lights, Juniors are urged to see Carole Davidson or Gary Earn if they know where the class can rent this type of lights or if they can lend the class any of their own. All Juniors who can possibly help with the decorations are need-ed. See Gary Ham for information. Martha Smith, Sharie Lacey, Sail Cohen and Jim Way practice the scenes from ""Streetcar Named Desire"" which is included in Friday night's Glen Players program of one-acts. Towson Music Groups Present Annual Christmas Program Towson's four music groups, the Glee Club, the Men's Chorus, the Student Christian Association Choir and the Orchestra will combine to present the annual Music Department Christmas Program tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. in the Stephens Hall Auditorium. The Glee Club, which is conducted by Miss Emma Weyforth, will also record its part of the program and this will be broadcast over radio Station WFBR on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. For their first number Harry Shriver, Gilbert Creuer, Alfred Florian, Jerry Cab-lik, Howard Eisner, James Phillips and William &track supported by the entire Glee Club. will sing ""Sing We Noel,"" a French Carol. Bort- Junior College students will hold niansky,s ""Cherubim Song"" will be their traditional Christmas Party on the next number. Soprano Lois December 16 from 10:00 to 11:00 Cavey and contralto Helen Harris, A.M. in Richmond Hall Parlor. along with the Glee Club, will sing A fire will be burning in the fire- Pergolesi's ""Glory to God in the place to provide atmosphere for this i Highest!, ong of Mary,' by Yuletide affair. Punch, apple cider . Fischer-Kraug-Christiansen will be and doughnuts will be served. The sung by soprano Anita Marshall. students will be given an oppor-tunity to utilize their linguistic ability as carols will be sung in Ger-man, French, Spanish and English. Advisors Miss Allene Archer, Dr. Wilfred Hathaway and Mr. Stanley Pollack will be on hand to guide the entertainment in lieu of Santa, who couldn't make it. Jr. College Party Next Wednesday Spiro SingS With Symphony Senior Spiro Malas sang with Soprano Maudestirie McLeod, to-gether with the Glee Club, will sing ""Shepherds, Shake off your Drowsy Sleep,"" an old Besanson Carol. ""The March of the Wise Men"" by Gaul will be sung by Diane Tarleton and the Glee Club. For their last num-ber, the Glee Club will sing ""0 Sanchissirna,"" a Sicilian Melody. The Men's Chorus will sing sev-eral special songs besides a variety of well known Christmas carols. The special numbers include ""INallite liosti-as,"" from the Christmas Ora-tory by Saint Saens; ""In the Highest the Glory"" by Williams; and a spiritual Springfield Symphony Orchestra on entitled ""See That Babe in the December 6 upon completion of his tour with the 'rurnau Opera Corn- PanY. Spiro was in the Turnau Com-pany's production of Mozart's ""Abduction From the Seraglio"" which was presented at colleges and universities throughout the United States. On November 8 Spiro appeared in the NBC-TV production of Beethoven's ""Fidelio."" Peter Her-man Adler, conductor of the Balti-more Symphony Orchestra, was the conductor for this production. Manger Lowley."" Richard Ditharoon will sing ""Sweet Little Jesus Boy"" and Ken-neth Taylor's solo will be ""Sleep My Savior Sleep."" The Lighthouse Five will sing ""It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"" and The Notables, a male-female group, will sing ""White Christmas."" The entire group will sing ""Oh Holy Night,"" featuring the voice of Bob Highsmith, and ""A Very Merry Christmas,"" featuring Dan Elliott. Mr. Charles Haslup, Richard Disii-oroon and Kenneth Taylor will di- Spiro has lead roles in all three rect the singing. Mr. Haslup is the of the Baltimore Civic Opera Com- faculty director of the Mens Chorus pony's productions for the current and Richard and Kenneth are offi-season. On November 20 he appear- cers of the organization. ed in Verdi's `Rigoletti."" In Febru-ary he will be in Gounod's ""Faust"" and then in April he will be seen in Puccini's ""Tosca."" Menotti's ""Antall' and the Night Visitors"" is the forth-corning musical production in which Spiro has a role. (Continued on page 2, Col 5) Because of the vacations, Tower Light is putting out this four-page issue in addition to next week's eight -page issue. "
