tl19580214-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. X, No. 10 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND February 14. i5 Sweetheart Dance To Be Held Tomorrow COUPLE Sophs Plan Assembly Claude Thornhill, His Piano And Orchestra Featured CAN 7 Tom Elam and Sue Everett Nelson Bolender and Peggy Mul-loan Jack Zimmerman and Betsy Burke Henry Liehtfuss and Pat Black Lenora Carr and Michael Solan Dave King and Shirley Hellwig Aggie Kardos and Chuck Warble Dot Gebhart and Bob Lewis Arline Kates and Fred Ray by Jerry Riley Those Towson theatre-goers who are interested in a night of mer-riment and good entertainment should be sure to see ""Gone Fis-sion"" the Sophomore Class' lively production, which will be present-ed in the Stephens Hall auditorium at 8:15 P.M. on Saturday, Feb-ruary 22. The script for the show, written by Sally Kravitz, is original and different. It concerns the adven-tures of a young magazine report-er and his assistant who travel to the Yucca Flats Proving Grounds of the Atomic Energy Commission to get a scoop article. It is not long before our hero meets a girl, but not with the usual story-book ending. While all this is taking place, the members of the cast and sing-ing chorus supply the audience with many pleasant melodies, some bouncy and some sad. The dancing chorus assists visually with some fine choreography. Among the songs offered are a couple by the unusual Torn Lehrer, ""Adelaide's Lament,"" ""Never Be a Writer,"" and others 'from Broadway shows. The production is under the di-rection of Kathryn MacIntyre, who is assisted by Ronald Budney. Heading the cast of players are Penny Ortel, Jerry Riley, Don Pace, Carolyn Coakley, Sali Cohen, and Jean Plia. Others in the cast are Ronald Budney, Sally Kra-vitz, Richard Shoemaker, Judy Scherr, Tex Coleman, Carroll Had-daway, Ellen Hemmeter, Wally Yesenowfski, and Howard Eisner. The singing chorus is under the direction of Robin Swithers, as-sisted by Judy Speer. The pianist for the production is Pat Sayman. Members of the chorus are Bar-bara Hanson, Ruth Schwerr, Nan-cy Hovermale, Pat Hardt, Leila Smith, Carol Streib, Jan Nauman, Elaine Zimmerman, Better Norris, Mimi Plumhauf, Mary Alice Cis-sell, Nancy Kaufholz, Marlene Id-zick, Helen Humbert, Marilyn Hud-son, Alice Minor, Carroll Hadda-way, Howard Eisner, and Paul Patrinicola. Rosalie Barnard and Leah Gap-onoff are directing the dancing chorus, of which Betty Lord, Pay Vernay, Barbara Strong, Joan Robinson, and Carla Riddesberger are members. There will be no admission charge to see the show, and the Sophomore Class invites you to come for an entertaining evening. Just as a passing thought, where did the black and white duck come from that was seen waddling around on Prettyman Hall's ""Lawn"" ? Is some local gormet planning to enjoy ""fricassee of feathers a la campus?"" Composer - arranger and pian, ist par-excellence � that's Claude Thornhill, the great band leader who brings his fine musical ag-gregation to Towson's Sweetheart Dance on February 15 to demon-strate why all music critics pick him as one of the all time favor-ites. Claude is a triple threat man, and the lovely theme song of the Thornhill orchestra introduces all three of the maestros talents sim-ultaneously. Claude is the compos-er and the arranger of the beau-tiful ""Snowfall"" which also fea-tures himself at the piano. The other richly colored band arrangements are all written by the maestro. Thornhill has a big advantage over most of the current bandleaders in being able to com-bine a classical background with the current trend of popular mus-ic. The result is music that bears a distinct Claude Thornhill stamp. His training at both the Cincin-natti Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music are the prime factors in making the band what it is today. Claud's classical training also shows in his use of a French horn which blends beautifully into the brass section. Tomorrow evening at 9:00 p.m. the music of Claude Thornhill will begin the festivities for the 1958 Sweetheart Dance. The dance, the largest of the year, will be held at the Fifth Regiment Armory from 9 to 1. The SGA sponsors the yearly af-fair and it is one of the largest projects of the semester. This years chairman is Shirley Hell-wig. Shirley has been ably as-sisted in preparing for the dance by many of the student body who have given their time and efforts to make the event a success. Head-ing the committees were Parker Koons, Carol Clarke, Nancy Morn-ingstar, Bev Fedock, Sue Protz-man, Dudley Davis, Margie Gross, Pat Hinton, Arline Kates, Winnie Balzar, and Fran McKenna. The highlight of the Sweetheart Dance is the naming of the Sweet-heart Couple, Among this years nominees for the contest are Hen-ry Lichtfuss and Pat Black, Dave King and Shirley Hellwig, Tom Elam and Sue Everett, Nelson Bo-lender and Peggy Mullican, Jack Zimmerman and Betsy Burke, Ag-gie Kardoes and Chuck Warble, Arline Kates and Fred Ray, Dot Gebhart and Bob Lewis, and Le-nora Carr and Michael Solan. The nominees were selected by a vote of the students under the auspices of the SGA. The final selection will be made at the dance by a panel made up of the faculty. Everyone is urged to bring their friends as an evening of good mus-ic and dancing is promised. There will be ample room in the armory for everyone. Religion Course, Now In Fourth Year, Becomes Immensely Popular At S.T.C. One result of the work done by the Teacher Education In Relig-ion committee project, now in its fifth and final year here at Towson State Teachers, has been the addition of several elective courses in religion. One of these courses, introduced in 1955, has been steadily increasing in popularity. It is ""Religion In Contemporary America"", with Dr. Mahlon Hellerich as coordinator and instructor. The course has been highly successful in carrying out its objectives and attract-ing interest for itself, steadily increasing in enrollment each semester. The course's objectives are: 1) to give information to students about different religions in our society; 2) to help them understand contributions of different religions to our society. The course's long-term importance will be the help given to the student teacher to be-come better able to work with children and their parents, in his classes and to work with his future associates, professional and non-professional. It is a course designed to develop in the students at S.T.C. an empathy for religions other than their own. It has also been discovered that very frequently, students taking tht course learn new information about their own religion. Again, the course and the others like it, are not to make people more religious, but rather more aware of the varied culture around them. The course is organized in a series of lectures by several different scholars of each religion, beginning with four lectures by Dr. Hellerich which define religion and give description of the historical development � of religion in the United States. "
