tl19540210-000 "TOWER . LIGHT February 10, 1954 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Vol. 7, No. 11 FAC Welcomes New Freshmen Forty-nine new freshmen entered Towson State Teachers College, Monday, February 1, the beginning of the college's second semester. Forty-three of these students are Teachers College entries and six are in the Junior College. The majority of these students are day hops� Only six have moved into the dormitories. It is interesting to note that approximately half of the new students have just graduated from their high school in February, while Portions of the remaining half are Korean veterans, or were in other fields of work, depicting a hetero-geneous group. Getting the new freshmen ac-quainted with the policies and cam- !Ins activities at Towson was the job of the Freshman Advisory Council. In most cases, the new freshmen received letters before coming on campus from their FAC student advisors�""big sisters"" and 'big brothers."" This gesture was but the first welcome the freshmen received. On Registration Day, the freshmen made their first appear-ance on campus and were greeted by their FAC advisors at the coffee hour, held in Richmond Hall Parlor from 8:30 to 9.15 a.m. In an assem-bly for the February entrants, Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, Dean Orrielle Murphy, Dean Kenneth Browne, Dr. Rebecca Tansil, Jim Addy, presi-dent of the Student Government Association, and Fred Schwartz, newly elected president of the Freshman Class greeted the stu-dents. There was also a meeting with the faculty advisors of the fresh- New Freshman Take Out To Relax Time men. The new students are divided into two sections with Dean Mur-phy and Dr. Samson McDowell as the advisors. These students went through the orientation program in the same manner as the September fresh-men. First, a library orientation and an orientation into the musical organizations was held. Unfortun-ately orientation into other campus organizations was difficult to have, since the rest of the college was registering all day. SGA Elects Representatives to New York Convention Jim Addy, president of the Stu-dent Government Association, Mal Ewell, Phyllis Burke, vice presi-dent of the iunior and sophomore classes respectively, and Fred Schwartz, vice president of the \ freshman class were elected by the SGA as Towson's delegates to the Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teachers. At one time it was the practice for everyone who was interested to make the trip at his own expense. Although this oportunity still ex-ists, the SGA has voted to send four official delegates. jitn Addy, as president of the Student Government Association, Will be Towson's only voting dele-gate in the council. However, all the representatives must partici- Pete in the discussion periods. As in previous years, the con-ference will have a general theme With study problems branching off ,f1.�111 that theme. These study prob- 'erns will be the topics discussed by the delegates in their discussion Deriods. s, To date, neither the theme nor 'ne study problems have been corn-retelY decided upon. However, NM the nine ideas originally sug-i g.ested, the idea now under con-sI deration by the Board of Control of, the Eastern States Association (,)I Profession! Schools for Teaching ;s ""Expanding Direct Experiences L41 Teacher Education."" This theme ""as nine study problems branching off front it to be discussed by the delegates. The conference will be held in New vi York City from Thursday, :i;(1.4reh 25, to Saturday, March 27. ne first day of the conference will Consist of registering, taking con - td tours of New York, and par- �liking in a traditional buffet sup- 'er at Nev York University. The first discussion group will meet Friday morning preceeding a general session at which time an address will be made. Following the conference luncheon and another address, the second discussion group will be held. Saturday's meeting will be a morning meeting at which time a panel of students, and members of the faculty and administration of various colleges will try to reach some conclusions regarding the general theme of the conference. Following this, a musical program will be presented and an address will be made, thereby closing the conference. STC Registers 904 Students Second semester registration took place, Friday, January 29. Along with returning students, sixty-five new students registered. The forty-three new freshmen in Teachers College are advisees to Dean Orrielle Murphy and Dr. Sam-son McDowell; and the six new students in Junior College are ad-visees of Dr. Rebecca Tansil. The thirteen transfer students come from University of Mary-land, Tulfts College, Baltimore Junior College, University of Balti-more, William and Mary College, Ohio State University and Salis-bury State Teachers College. There are fourteen advanced stu-dents� three part-time, and five who have re-entered. Twenty-two students completed their requirements for degrees at the end of the first semester. There were 965 students enrolled in the college following the September registration, and there are 908 en-rolled in the college at present. News Briefs Natural History Group All students interested in the Natural History Group will meet in room 27 of the Administration Building, Wednesday, February 25 during the conference hour. At that time the future of the club will be discussed. For further information about this meeting or the organization, see Dr. Samson McDowell. Tower Light Anyone interested in writing for the Tower Light, please contact Mary Lou Louthan or send a com-munication to the Tower Light, Box #176. Please specify which staff you desire working on�News, Features, or Sports, if there is any preference. Glen Players ""I Rise in Flames Cried the Phoenix� a one act play by Ten-nessee Williams will be presented by the Glen Players, Saturday night, February 20 at 8:00 p.m. It is being presented for the National Student Association. The play is being directed by Don Rogers. The cast consists of Don Knox, Phyllis Burke, and Carolyn Weil. (Continued on pg. 6, col. 4) New Instructor at Towson Dr. Walter Williamson is the new block instructor at Towson State Teachers. Working with Dr. Lucy Scott as an elementary block teacher, Dr. Williamson is also superintendent of student teachers. He has previ-ously taught at Temple University Dr. Williamson, The New Block Instructor and the State Teachers College in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. A native of Philadelphia, Dr. Williamson has also lived in Kutz-town and is now temporarily re-siding on campus at the girl's dormitory. Dr. Williamson gradu-ated from Lafayette University and he received his Doctor's De-gree from the University of Pennsylvania. He stated that he was very im-pressed by the Towson faculty and students. He found the students friendly and eager to learn. Dr. Williamson is married and has two children both of which are girls. He is very interested in sports and outdoor activities par-ticularly sailing and swimming. He is also extremely interested in the teaching profession and in helping others become better teachers. Sweetheart's Dance Set for Keiths Ballroom ""Dance so that others may walk"" sets the theme of the second annual off campus Sweetheart Dance at Keiths' Roof Saturday night with the proceeds going to the March of Dimes campaign fund. Blue Barron nationally known orchestra has been hired by the SGA, sponsors of the dance, to play Orchestra Leader Blue Baron for the semi-formal affair which is being held from 9-1. The feature attraction of the dance will be the selection of the Sweetheart Couple of the Year. Last year's sweethearts, Kitty and Jules Fries, will join Dr. and Mrs. Earle T. Hawkins and Mr. and Mrs. John Horst in judging this year's nominations. The basis used for picking the sweethearts will include the length of time the couple have been dat-ing, their future plans and their extra-curricular activities. Pictures of the couples nominated by the student body are displayed in the show case in the student cen-ter. Couples nominated before the final selection Monday included Don Crump and Doris Yingling, Korb Bond and Franny Torino, Faye Van Riper and Nelson Brooks, Dottie Talliaferro and Tom Cripps, Grace Gambriel and Stan Smith, Margie Cole and Hal Stufft. Others included Pat Robbins, and Honor Group to Attend Meeting Kappa Delta Pi, the national honorary educational fraternity will hold its hi-annual convocation at Purdue University on March 11, 12, 13, 1954. This convocation will be at-attended by active and alumni members of Kappa Delta Pi from all over the United States. The Epsilon Alpha chapter located on campus will be represented by 6 or 8 students and Dr. Smith and Dr. B. Joslin who are members of Kappa Delta Pi. In addition, Mr. Robert Gifford, a former member of our faculty and a member of Kappa Delta Pi is accompanying the group as associate counsellor. Among the notorious educators in the United States who will attend the convocation are Dr. Harold Benjamin, counsellor of the laure-ate chapter, and Dr. Kilpatrick. The feature of the convocation will be the delivery of the Kappa Delta Pi lecture by Dr. Vivian Thayer. This lecture will be pub-lished in book form and Epsilon Alpha chapter of Kappa Delta Pi will donate a copy of the lecture to the State Teachers College. There is a collection of these books in the Library from the last several years. Dr. John Fischer, an alumnus of State Teachers College, and present Superintendent of the Baltimore Public school system was recently initiated into the Kappa Delta Pi laureate chapter. Ron Peterson, Jo Norris and Torn Tucker, Shirley Belle and Stanley Curtain, Jack Buffington and Helen Marchat, Mike Campbell and Pat Karl, Jackie Pfarr and Bill Greer, Joan Robinson and Charlie Pardee. Also included were Carol Smith and Buzz Baier, Beth Anderson and Keith Wilson, Josie Wedderein Jo Anne Miller, Vocalist For The Orchestra and Beb Mead, Marie Sadler and Bill Santman, Tony Marchione and Diane Crowther, Reese Livingston and Lilcy Shilline., Jim K^pelke and Phyllis Burke, Joanne Arrington and Kurt Wolfe. Othere were Dawn Wittstadt and Mal Ewell, Nancy Petersen and Bob Brooks, Bucky Kimmett and Pat DeCorse, Rose Provenza and Don Willem, Joyce Waeger and Kent Schelley. Decorations will be simple and yet effective, carrying out the tradi-tional valentine theme. In order to make last year's dance financially convenient for more to attend, the affair was non-corsage. However, this year that rule has been altered and corsages are optional. SGA social chairman, Pat Karl, is general dance chairman. Chair-men of other committees are as follows: Jackie Pfarr, publicity chairman; Dick McCall, orchestra chairman; Betty Goodman, decora-tion chairman; Nancy Green, ticket chairman; Pat Karl, refreshment chairman; and Peggy Whiteleather, dance hall chairman. Tickets for Towson students are $2.50 a couple. Tickets for outside guests and those sold at the door are $3.50. Faculty Approves English Courses Included in the college catalogue for 1954-55 which is presently go-ing to the printers will be several new courses. In the English department are two three credit courses in Ad-vanced Writing 313, 314. The first is concerned with the techniques of writing for newspaper, while 314 is concerned with creative writing. It will include the writing of arti-cles and short stories and encour ages work in any creative form. Each course is to be offered in al-ternate semesters and is to be taken independently of the other. Also offered in the English De-partment will be American Litera-ture 307, 308 which will be taken three hours per week for two se-mesters (six credit hours). Either semester may be taken for the re-quired three credit hours, and the other semester may be taken as an elective. The course acquaints the student with the works of the major writers in American Litera-ture. During the first semester, the material will include the Colonial l'..riod to Walt Whitman. The sec-ond semester's material will cover the period of Walt Whitman through contemporary writers. "
