tl19550113-000 "TOWER Vol. VII, No. 9 Two One Act Plays Scheduled This Month LIGHT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. During the month of January two one-act plays will be presented at the college. A. P. Herbert's play Two Gentlemen of Soko will be pre-sented Tuesday, January 18 at 2 p.m. in the auditorium. The production will be student directed by Harriet Honnikberg. This comedy was chosen for Shakespearean writing. In this play, A. P. Herbert has recreated some situations from Shakespear-ean plays as well as the extrava-gant imagery, verbosity, and awk-ward expressions. This entertain-ing play is an example of exag-gerated Elizabethean style. Cast Playing the leading roles in this show are Joe Marschner playing the part of Plum, Jeni Decker por-traying Lady Laelitia, and Emmy Lee Butler playing the part of Duchess. Others in the cast are Jan-ice Griffith playing Topsy, Bob Gist Playing Lord Withers, Bob Petza Portraying the waiter and Al Duke acting as Hubert. Hello Out There Another play to be presented January 20 at 3:30 p.m. will be BSU Installs New Officers The Baptist Student Union of the State Teachers College held its first installation banquet in the special dining hall of the college Decem-ber 13, 1954. The highlight of the Program was the installation of officers for the coming year. The group, in addition to the partaking of a delicious meal, kept in the holi-day spirit by singing Christmas carols. Nancy Bevins contributed a solo to the program, which was Planned and arranged by Pat Phil-lips. Several guests of the local BSU Were in attendance. Among them Were Rev. and Mrs. W. Vaskis from Temple Baptist Church; Frank Lumpkin, assistant to the State Student Secretary; L. J. Newton, Jr., State Student Secretary; Jim Hall, BSU State President; Rev. Roy D. Gresham, Pastor of Middle River Baptist Church, and Mr. Mikell, his music director; and (Continued on page 2, col. 5) its rich satire and parody of Hello Out There by the Pulitzer Prize winner William Saroyan. This will be student directed by Jack Lynch. Saroyan reveals in this play his theory that what people seek most in life is love and understanding, and if thwarted, they strike back. This short tragic drama involves a young boy, jailed in a small town on a charge of rape. He falls in love with a young girl who restores his faith in humanity. The young boy and girl will be portrayed by Jay Butler and Ginger Beaman respectively. Other mem-bers of the cast are Sidney Tishler playing the husband, Jack Lynch playing the man and Lorianne Shacter will enact the role of the wife. Following the production, the Glen Players are sponsoring a cof-fee hour and discussion of both the play and the author William Saroyan. Everyone is cordially in-vited to attend. The Glen Players will have the privilege of using the newly in-stalled lighting panel for the first time during these productions. Prizes Awarded For Decorations Winners of the door decorations and the table decorations were an-nounced at the Christmas dinner Thursday, December 16. Third floor Newell, north hall, took first prize with its presenta-tion of Dicken's Christmas Carol. Sixth floor Richmond took second prize with ""Christmas Around the World."" The individual door prize went to Newell 316 for ""How the Chimes Rang."" There were two prizes for the table decorations. ""Christmas in Bugville"" got first prize and ""The Candy House,"" second prize. '54 Tower Echoes Editor, Adviser Present At Executive Meeting Tower Echoes Faculty Adviser Phineas P. Wright and Editor-in-chief of the June '54 Tower Echoes bernard Yaffe were present at the Executive Council meeting of the Student Government Association, January 3. The purpose of this part of the meeting was to definitely establish the condition and the whereabouts of the June '54 Tower Echoes. Ac-cording to Bernard all remaining zhaterial was turned into the printer January 3. No definite date has been promised but it is assumed that the book will be ready for dis-tribution the beginning of March. The TOWER LIGHT wishes to make this clear to the student body. The delay of the book is in no way the fault of the printer. The blame lies with the yearbook staff. Many Problems have beset the staff with one resignation after another, com-promises which were never carried out, and personal problems which delayed the work. In June the book had no cover, no copy, and no cap-tions. It finally became necessary for the SGA to take a stand. It was de-cided that the 5,283 dollars of year-book money in the bank plus the ad-vertising money would be turned over to the SGA treasurer. The SGA will assume the responsibility of paying all bills up to and includ-ing that amount and will aid in the distribution of the books to the present student body. However, the yearbook staff will assume the re-sponsibility for getting the Tower Echoes to the school and for the mailing of the books to the gradu-ates, advertisers, and to those who did not return this year. Thursday, January 13, 1955 Reincarnation To Be A Knight In Hades Topic At Men's Club Set As MAA's Theme Dr. Carl A. Zapffe, noted metal-lurgist, will speak on the topic of ""Reincarnation,"" tonight at 8:15 p.m. at the Junior-Senior Men's Club at Glen Esk. For many years, Dr Zapffe has had a keen interest in the subject of reincarnation. He was a guest of the Men's Club last year, at which he spoke on reincarnation. Because of the enthusiasm and interest shown by the club he has been in-vited again to the campus. A native of Minnesota, Dr. Zapffe received his Bachelor's De-gree from the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, his Mast-er's Degree from Lehigh Univers-ity, and his Doctorate in science from Howard University. He has held positions with the Du-Pont Company in Delaware, the Battle Memorial Institute in Co-lumbus, Ohio, and the Rustless Iron and Steel Corporation in Balti-more as a research engineer in the field of metallurgy. In recent years he has been an independent consultant in this field. He has received numerous awards and honors, and has written both books and magazine articles on the subject of metallurgy. Miss Basler Is Welcomed Back Towson welcomes back Super-visor of Residence Halls Mary E. Basler after having recovered from an operation which she underwent November 9 at Sinai Hospital. She expressed her appreciation for the acts of kindness shown to her during her convalescing period. Miss Basler's comments on being back at STC are, ""I am delighted to be back, and I'm feeling much better."" Miss Basler was the house mother for the girls in nurse's training at Sinai Hospital, Balti-more, before coming to Towson. She graduated from Lebonan Val-ley College, Annville, Pennsylvania as an English and psychology major. Living in Pennsylvania all her life, her hometown is at present Douglasville. An outstanding accomplishment of Miss Basler was that of organiz-ing the first troop of Girl Scouts in Schulykill County during the first World War. The Girl Scout organi-zation was a transition from the Camp Fire Girls. New Azograph Machine Recently Purchased For Use Of Students A new Azograph machine has been purchased by the Student Government Association. This ma-chine is on the order of a liquid run mimeograph machine. A demonstration was held, Mon-day, January 3, by a member of the company where the machine was purchased. This relatively uncom-plicated machine will be kept in the SGA office and will be for the use of the student body as soon as a policy for its operation is set up. by Bill Bailey Don't go to Heaven�come with your friends to ""A Knight in Hades."" Satan will take over the Towson Gym in the form of a dance this Saturday, January 15, under the auspices of the Men's Athletic Association. Jake Boeren, the mainstay of the decoration committee, have pooled their thoughts and have come up with decorations that will take you right out of this world. If I am not mistaken that is just what they have intended to do: take you right Members Jake Boeren, of MAA who planned decorations Don Hughes, and Ed Schiegerath. The recipe for good dance music has been prepared by ""The Devil and His Demons."" First take a cup-ful of tempo from Hal Stufft and his bass. Then a shake, rattle and roll on the drums of one Mr. Dick Goff. Then add a touch of Miss June Gray on her piano. For mellowness add Morris Trent and his guitar. Stir gently with a sax played by Snake Rice and you have it. That is good music to dance to or to just sit back and listen to. Don Hughes, Ed Schiegerath, and Talented Faculty Exhibit Products Three faculty members of the State Teachers College have their work on display at the Ninth An-nual Area Exhibition of the Cor-coran Gallery of Art in Washing-ton, D.C., January 9 to February 15. Three entries of Art Instructor John B. Mitchell, have been ac-cepted. They are: ""Woman,"" a piece of sculpture; ""Face and Form,"" an etching; and a ceramic bowl. Mr. Mitchell is head of the Art De-partment. An ink drawing, ""Composition,"" was accepted from the work of Lloyd D. Miller, a newcomer to the Towson faculty. Before he came to the Towson campus this September, Mr. Miller was an associate pro-fessor of art at the Atlanta division of the University of Georgia. Professional lecturer at Ameri-can University and susbstitute pro-fessor of geography at the State Teachers College George Beishlag had his entry accepted for the fourth straight year. Dr. Beish-lag's entry is a shallow ceramic bowl. Pottery has been Dr. Beish-lag's hobby for the past nine years. The work that the artists sub-mit to the exhibition must be original, produced within the past two years, and not previously ex-hibited in the Corcoran Gallery. The artists must reside within 50 miles of Washington. for ""A Knight in Hades"", out of this world. Just what the decorations are going to be has not been confided in anyone; not even in this reporter. If decorations turn out as planned I believe we will be amazed, awed, and proud of the efforts of the MAA and the decora-tion committee. It is interesting to note the origin of the informality of this dance. At one time the major portion of Towson's dances were formal or semi-formal. The MAA, considering this fact, decided to start the first annual informal dance. Tickets for this dance went on sale in the alcove this past Monday. So if you are wondering why the crowd has been collecting around members of the MAA, you now know. The tickets are your Activi-ties Cards or only $1.00 for your friends not in STC. So let's support the MAA. Ask a friend to go to ""A Knight in Hades"", the dance given by the MAA this coming Saturday night from 9:00 P.M. un-til 12:00 midnight. There is fun for all. See and hear ""The Devil and His Demons."" Enter into this for-bidden domain. It might be your last chance to go. Examinations To Begin January 25 Final examinations will begin Tuesday, January 25 and will con-tinue through Wednesday, Febru-ary 2. A schedule of the time and place of each exam will be posted in the following places: Official Bulletin Board (outside of the Business Of-fice), Dean Murphy's office, Newell Hall, Student Centre, and the men's dormitory. Attendance The regular attendance policy will be in effect. With this policy only serious personal illness or death in the immediate family will be acceptable excuses for missing a test. Only students with accept-able excuses will be allowed to take a retest.. "
