tl19540224-000 "TOWERS LIGHT February 24, 1954 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Vol. 7, No. 13 Author Addresses Men's Organization Clarence Moser, an author, who has just recently written a book, will be the guest speaker at the next meeting of the Junior-Senior Men's Club to be held at Glen Esk, March 2 beginning at 8:15. Mr. Moser is associated with the Central and Atlantic area of the Young Men's Christian Association. His headquarters are located at Newark, New Jersey. The Men's Club is comprised of Junior and Senior men who meet to talk informally with the Faculty and fellow students. Meeting once a month, they are usually conducted by a well-known person who relates to the group interesting experiences or speaks on a topic of his choice. Following the speech, a question period fol-lows with a discussion of the topic. STC to Engage in Experiment Mr. Mahlon Hellerich of the Soc-ial Science Department went to Chicago recently to a conference on religion and education held from February 7-10. This took the form of a workshop called by the Committee on Religion and Education of the American Association of Colleges of Teachers Education. The delegates in attend-ance were from the fifteen ""pilot"" colleges chosen to carry on an ex-perimental project in the field; Towson is proud to be one of the pilot schools. To develop improved means of teaching about the reciprocal rela- William Myers is chairman a the tionship which exists between red-executive committee of the organi- gion and other parts of our culture zation. Other members of the corn- in the teachers colleges is the main mittee are Clarence Young, Ed. objective of the project. Mr. Heller- Kelinski, Torn Foster, Charles Rice, ich spoke at the conference on the and Ron Peterson. Dr. Hawkins ad- topic ""Religion in Public Educa-vises the group. tion"". His talk was based on his experiences with the faculty com-mittee at Towson State Teachers College which attempted to develop such a program in the Baltimore County and Baltimore City Schools with the cooperation of those sys-tem s. There is a faculty committee which will attempt to carry out the project on the Towson campus. The committee is composed of Mr. Mal-lon Hellerick, chairman; Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, Dean Kenneth Browne, Mr. Paul West, Dr. Wilfred Hath-away, Dr. James Fickes, Dr. Ed-ward Neulander, Miss Virginia Gerdes, and Dr. E. Curt Walther. Dr. Eugene Dawson, the national coordinator of the project, will visit the Towson campus during the lat-ter part of March. Any Junior or Senior man is eli-gible to join. Many interesting meetings have been scheduled for the future. According to William Myers, Dr. Thomas G. Pullen, su- Perintendent of the county schools of 1VIaryland, will be the speaker at one of the spring meetings. Class Elects 1955 Staff Dean Pickens was elected editor-in- chief of the 1955 Tower Echoes in recent elections of the junior Class. Dean was elected when he re- ""wed a majority in the primary er.lection. Opposing him for this of-t- lee, were Carolyn Weil and Jean Wastler. In his freshman year Dean be-came co-news editor of the Tower Light. lie has also held the office of Managing editor of the paper, and at Present he is the executive edi-tor. Last year Dean worked on the 53 Tower Echoes. Dean will not be student teaching during his term of �ince. Malcolm Ewell was elected busi-ness manager of the yearbook. This �fRee was determined in the final electios, u when he edged out Ken Way in a close race. Alvina Oberle also ran for this office in the prim- aries. Alal is treasurer of the Men's lintise Committee and is the vice- Dresident of the junior class at the DI'esent time. Mal is planning to teach in junior high school. 0ean will announce his assisting editors later this spring after he has Made his appointments. According to Dean, the '55 year- book will be one of the best ever to he Produced at Towson. News Briefs Freshman Dance Freshman Class will sponsor a semi-formal dance in the gymna-sium March 13, from 9-12 p.m. Student Christian Association On Sunday afternoon, March 7 at 4:00 pm., the Student Christian Association Choir will present a concert in the Lida Lee Tall School Auditorium under the direction of Miss Hazel MacDonald. Towson Represented Announcement of a nation-wide advisory board for Boston Univers-ity's Journal of Education, oldest educational journal in the country was made, February 11. Thirty-two nationally promient educators, all specialists in their respective fields have been selected from all parts of the country. Dr. William H. Hartley and Dr. Harold E. Moser who both have received appoint-ments to this advisory board. Selective Service Tests All eligible students who in-tend to take the Selective Service College Qualification Test in 1954 should file applications at once for the April 22 administration. Friday's Barn Dance to Boost WSSF Fund In the gymnasium on March 5, a barn dance will be held ""carnival-style"" beginning at 7:30. The barn dance will be free, but there will be many varied articles on sale. Many of the organizations on campus will conduct booths at the dance. Students can contribute to the fund by patronizing the sions. On more than American college conces-seven hundred campuses the World Student Service Fund annu-ally conducts fund-raising cam-paigns in 'support of the Central International Program. In addition Janice, Wickless, SCA President the WSSF in the United States seeks to meet the needs of the American Student community through a developing program of Four Hundred Couples Attend Sweetheart Dance at Keith's Keith's Ballroom was the scene of the annual Sweetheart Dunce, February 13 from 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Among the traditional decora-tions of cupids, roses and lace hearts, approximately 850 people danced to the music of Tommy Tucker's Orchestra. At about 11 p.m. the Sweetheart Contest was held, and after the nominated couples danced by the judges table Al Pomroy announced the winners. The sweetheart couple, chosen Oh the basis of personality, appearance and future plans, was Pat Robbins and Ron Peterson. In-stead of a crown, Pat was pre-sented with one dozen red roses and Ron was given a pair of gold cuff links. Judging the contest was Dr. and Mrs. Earle Hawkins, Mr. and Mrs. John Horst, and Mr. and STC Curriculum to Include Eight Additional Science, Math Courses Eight new courses dealing with science, mathematics and health have been added to the 1954-55 Towson College curriculum. The first of the health courses is Personal Hygiene, a one hour and one credit course, offered as an in-troduction to personal health with emphasis on the health problems of the college freshman. The remaining health course is a two-hour credit class, Individual and School Health. Covered by the course are individual and school health prbolems and practices with elements of anatomy and physiol-ogy as a basis for understanding. Two advanced mathematics courses, Differential and Integral Calculus, are also offered. Differential Calculus 201, a three credit course, acquaints the student with variables, functions and lim-its; differentiation of algebraic and transcendental functions; ap-pilcations to maxima and minima, time rates and motion, curvature; partial differentiation, theorem of mean value. Mathematics 111-112 is a prerequisite. Integral Calculus 202, also three credit hours, covers integration, the definite integral, integration as a process of summation, applica-tions to physics and geometry, series, expansion of functions, and multiple integrals. Of the science courses offered, General Physics is designed for the junior college student, the student concentrating in junior high school science teaching, and the student desiring to further his background in science beyond the required course work in physical science. Qualitative Analysis deals with the principles of chemistry studied in the prerequisite chemistry 206- 207 as they are applied to the de-tection of common metallic and non-metallic ions. Microbiology, a laboratory course studying such organisms such as bacteria, protoza and other plant forms; and Minerology a cultural course offering a broad view of minerals and crystals and their im-portance to society, is also being offered. Mrs. Jules DeFries, sweethearts of Inst year. Refreshments consisting of gin-ger ale, potato chips, and pretzels were served throughout the eve-ning. education for international under-standing. Contributions to WSSF during 1952-53 went in large part to sup-port projects in the international program. Largely because of these contributions, along with those of the students and professors in other lands, the funds provided scholarships, educational supplies, medical and housing materials for many destitute students. If the cur-rent needs of projects in the WSSF are to be met this year, contribu-tions must total $1,133,500.00. The World Relatedness Commis-sion of the Student Christian As-sociation heads the project on the Towson campus this year. The drive will start on February 22 and will end on March 7. Alpha Psi Omega Sponsors Assembly Mrs. Isabell B. Burger from Bal-timore, Maryland, founder and di-rector of the Children's Theater Association, will be guest speaker at State Teachers College, March 2, in commemoration of Interna-tional Theater Month. This assembly will be sponsored by Alpha Psi Omega Honorary dramatic fraternity, Chapter Iota Sigma of which Don Rogers is president on campus. Mrs. Burger has gained international promi-nence through her work in the ed-ucational theater. She has spent the last summer in Germany as the United States representative from the American National Theater As-sociation. Mrs. Burger had the opportunity to work with the Young People's Theater in Germany. Her topic will deal with her experiences in that country. Mr. Richard Fallon stated, ""This assembly should be both en-tertaining and informative."" Glen Players to Present Cyrano de Bergerac Lights, camera, and action will contact Mr. Fallon. be seen on the stage of State Mr. Richard Fallon made a sur- Teachers College, when the Glen vey of State Teachers College from Players present Cyrano de Berg- September 1952�June 1953, con-erac on March 18, 19, and 20. eerning participation in dramatic Mr. Richard Fallon, director, re- productions. As the statistics are marked that, ""This brilliant play listed, remember that there were is one of the greatest romances in approximately nine hundred stu-modern theater."" dents in the college. Cyrano de Bergerac was written Nine plays were presented with by Edmund Rostand in 1897 and twenty-one performances. There the first English translation was were twenty-nine leading roles made by Gertrude Hill in 1898. The with twenty different people play-latter translation was chosen for ing these parts. Forty-one different this presentation because it is more people assumed the roles of sixty-poetical in expression than the eight minor parts. In summation movie version. The scenery will be ninety-seven roles were played by s (Continued on pg. 6, col. 1) istance from the art department. designed by the students with as- This production calls for more ex-tensive scenery than any other pro-duction which has been presented. Leading roles have been cast to Donald Knox who will play Cyrano, Don Rogers who will personify the role of Chirsitian, Sam Oberholtzer who will assume the role of De Guiche and Nancy Hiner who will play Roxanne. Others in the cast are J. R. Ly-ston, Jay Butler, Joe Marschner, Joseph Winters, John Lynch, Mylin Barr, Bill Ellis, Gordon Dunn, James Stokes and Gerald Shargel. Nancy Ocker, Margaret Sakers, Irene Klaff, Betty Neigh, Mary Lou Louthan, Leona Harbor, Frances Torino, Carolyn Weil, Harriet Hon-nickberg, Barbara France, Brenda Katzen, and Lillian Bowers will fill the female roles. Mr. Fallon will direct Cyrano as-sisted by Bill Ellis who graduated from State Teachers in February. Anyone who is still interested in obtaining a part in Cyrano may Council Elects New Officers At the February 16 meeting of the Freshman Advisory Council, officers were elected for the coming year. William Santman was elected vice-president, and Nancy Green was elected secretary-treasurer. Acting as Student Government As-sociation representative is Marie Zimmerman. Dr. Harold Moser was elected faculty advisor for the organization. Two appointed officers are Pat Phillips and Marlene Bar-rell. Pat is chairman of the mem-bership committee, and Marlene social chairman. This was the first regular meet-ing of the new advisory group. Dur-ing the business meeting, the FAC planned its schedule for the coming year which included dates for the meetings and for Freshman Week. "
