tl19530114-000 "Pm I TOWER LIGHT Vol. 6, No. 10 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON January 14, 1953 Frosh to Cast Ballots for Students Officers As a result of the primary elec-tions of the Freshman Class which took place on Monday, January 12, the president, secretary, and treasurer of the Class of 1956 were elected. Other officers, vice presi-dent, dorm and day social chair-men, and SGA representatives will be elected at the final elec-tion, Friday, January 16. (Results of the primary election were re-ceived too late to be published in this issue.) Election campaigns which have been conducted since January 5 are now reaching a climax and will end within a few days. Nominations which were made for respective offices are as fol-lows. Jack Harron, Dick Litsing-er -- president; George Callendar, Bill Harne, Evelyn Pennington, Johnny Fanning, Walt Weber � vice president; Nancy Green, Mar-ian Williams � secretary; Kitty Rodgers, Bill Vachneier � treas-urer. Nominees for Dorm Social Chairman were Audrey Bortner, Joan Robison, and Margy Sadler; and for Day Social Chairman, Ina May Folb, Yvonne Miller, and Jul-ia Pohlman. The Freshman Class will have nine representatives in the SGA � four day students and five dorm students. Those day students run-ning are Joan Baracolle, Sally Boldtman, Mimi Davis, Betty Hartley, Frances Parrish, Linda Rowe, Stan Smith, Peggy White-leather. The dorm nominees are Pat Beck, Jake Boeren, Bob Brookes, Phyllis Burke, Frances Dance, Kay Dennison, Max Fries-land, Pat McColgen, Ken More-lock, Mary Jane Parrott, Janet Rice, and Carolyn Upton. Faye Davis and Jack Lapedis, president and vice president of the SGA respectively, were present at the class meeting when nomina-tions were made. They told the class that, because the Freshman Class is now the largest organi-zation in the school, it will have the most powerful vote in the SGA. Temporary officers who have been serving as class officers since September are Jack Harron, president; Phyllis Burke, vice president; Nancy Green, secre-tary; Kitty Rodgers, treasurer. Monday Set for Exams Examinations will begin next Monday, January 19 and will con-tinue through until Tuesday, Jan-uary 27. Attendance for all exams is compulsory. An exam schedule has been posted on the main bulletin board and each student is to copy his own personal exam schedule. If there are any conflicts in the posted schedule, he is to report to the registrar's office immediately. The first semester will end Jan-uary 27. Friday, January 30 is Registration Day for all students. A registration schedule will be an-nounced later. If anyone does not register at the announced time, a fee of $2.00 will be charged. Second semester classes begin February 2. English Course Replaced Troy, Ala. -- (I.P.) -- The newly-organized freshman English course of Troy State Teachers College replaces two former English courses (composition and grammer, English 111-2-3 and literature, Eng-lish 131-2-3). It is not a combination of the two, but is based upon a different philosophy of teaching and has a different set of objectives, according to Dr. Frank Rainwater, member of the English Staff and author of this experiment. Accident Benefits Discussed By SGA An accident benefit policy is one of the recent topics being dis-cussed by the Student Government Association. This plan was proposed by the athletic council and presented to the student government as such: There is to be a $900 permanent fund and a $300 kitty or rotating fund. This rotating fund was to be used to pay bills of athletes. How-ever it was decided to dispense with the rotating fund. The plan now under considera-tion is one in which the students buying a particular commercial policy would have a certain per-centage of the premium paid by the SGA. There would then be no accident benefit pool. As the plan was orginally or-ganized, it was decided that bills for accidents occurring between the opening of school and March 1 must be presented to the board be-fore April 1 to be considered in that current college year. Bills after that date until the close of the school year must be submitted before August 1 in order to be con-sidered in the following year's budget. This plan is to be voted on at the next council meeting. Dr. Rainwater composed and prepared the syllabus to be used in teaching this new course. The philosophy upon which the course is based, as stated in his syllabus, follows: Formerly English teach-ers in our college, as in most other colleges, assumed that freshman students already knew what to write about; it only remained to teach them the minutiae of Eng-ligh grammar, and the aesthetic values of great literature. More realistic professors are now beginning to think that the truly important business of teach-ers of freshman English is help-ing their students learn to think. Hence they are now organizing their courses around great issues that are or ought to be of impor-tance to modern college students. ""They teach literature whenever it has something to say about the ideas being considered by the class; they teach grammar when-ever it becomes a useful instru-ment in the expression of these ideas."" Dr. R. H. Ervin, Dean of Instrus-tion, plans to prepare a quarterly bulletin of the syllabus and send it to other colleges and universi-ties. ""This is the only type of freshman English course that should be given,"" he declared, ""be-cause freshmen need to learn about and to think about issues that are vital to them."" News Briefs Paintings During the past week, paintings of Paul Kelps, nonobjective artist of Texas, have been displayed in Richmond Hall Parlor. Faculty In News Dr. and Mrs. Samson McDowell spent two weeks in Florida during the holiday. At this time Dr. Mc- Dowell collected biological mate-rials for the Smithsonian Institu-tion in Philadelphia and for the campus museum. Marines Special classes for U.S. Marine Corps Women Officer Candidates will start January 16. This is the first time since 1945 that the Ma-rine corps has conducted a winter session for women. Candidates will receive their training at Quantico, Virginia; during which time they will re-ceive the pay of non-commissioned officers. Complete information on the program can be obtained by writing Officer Procurement, Room 1105, 1400 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. SGA At the last meeting of the Stu-dent Government, the Stu-dent council voted that: Presi-dents of organizations will not be-come voting members of the stu-dent council. Also Towson has de-cided to join the National Student Association. Evans Elected Tom Evans has been elected as the new Student Government Soc-ial Chairman. As Yesterday's assembly was the fourth in the series of Concerts by the Young Musicians. Last week President Hawkins' annual ""State of the Union"" address was given. Dr. Tonsil Dr. Rebecca Tansil has just been made a full commander in the Na-vy. ""Destination Moon"" Presented Tonight, Alpha Phi Omega will present the first in a series of feature films, entitled Destination Moon, to be presented in the audi-torium at 7:30 p.m. This technicolor science-fiction has been chosen to establish a se-ries of 8 programs which will con-tinue through winter and early spring. According to Sig Pickus, ""The appropriate group of Grade A movies have been chosen, even if they have been seen previously, they will be of such quality that 36 Initiated into Council Thirty-six new members were initiated into the Freshman Ad-visory Council at their annual din-ner and pinning ceremony yester-day. The FAC, including members of the faculty who advise freshmen, elected the new members. These members are either in the sopho-more or junior class, must be in the Teachers College, and have an accumulative average of 2.0. Leadership and service qualities and designation of interest as stated on the interest blanks are considered. The latter serves as a self nomination. Members are elected in Februa-ry and serve one term extending until the following February. The only member who may serve two years is the president. The new members are Joanne Arrington, Elaine Ay, Joan Lee Bankard, Joan Carre, One Cowan, Peggy Cross, Diane Crowther, Malcolm Ewell, Katie Fockler and Nancy Godsey. Also elected have been Melanie Grimm, Elizabeth Keiser, Don Knox, Margie Laupus, Pattie Los-co, Mary Lou Louthan, Jean Lumm, Eldon McCall, Mary Jane Mack, Sherry Mangold, Tony Mar-chione, Bill Martel, Phyllis Myers, Jim Peeling, August Peters, Dean Pickens, Donna Rinehart. Charles Rice, Dale Thomas, Franny Torino, Keith Wilson, Ken Wray, Doris Yingling, Elea-nore Zawilla are also included in this group. Symphony, Don Cossack's Group Scheduled as Future Performers Some of the future entertain-ments to appear on campus, in-clude the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and the Don Cassack's Music Group. Massimo Freccia, will appear for the first time at Towson Teachers College on Monday, Feb-ruary 9 at 8:15 P.M. with the Symphony Orchestra. This performance is the first in a series of three evening perfor-mances arranged by the assembly Massino Freccia, Conductor of Baltimore Symphony committee, that is to be presented during the second semester. Tickets Free Free tickets for the symphony may be obtained in the booth in the alcove of the Administra-tion Building starting tomorrow through January 24 from 11 un-til 1 daily. Each student is allowed one ticket, unless he or she is married, and then they may have an extra one. Members of the faculty may obtain two tickets apiece. Student chairman of the sym-phony program is Sig Pickus, who is working in conjunction with the assembly committee and the Stu-dent Government Association. Mr. Geriak, faculty chairman of the assembly committee remarked, ""We are expecting a capacity house to greet Dr. Freccia, new conductor of the orchestra."" The next of the evening perfor-mances will be the Platoff Don Cossacks music group on Monday, March 23. Glen Players Last week the Glen Players pre-sented The Man Who Came To Dinner, a comedy play written by George S. Kaufmann and Moss Hart. The play was under the di-rection of Mr. Richard Fallon and starred J. R. Lyston, in the title role as Sheridan Whiteside. By APO members of the student body will find them both interesting and entertaining for a revisit. As this is a college activity, all dorm stu-dents, including freshmen, have free 10 :30 leaves. A small fee of 25c per person is charged by the fraternity to cover the expense of renting the film. The major event of the APO Mr. Paul Desautels calendar will occur Thursday ning with the initiation of eleven new members into the brother-hood. Among this group are up-perclassmen Bill Miller, Dale Pro-filt, Jack Hogsten and Dave De Graff, and underclassmen George Lloyd, Dick Litsinger, Richard Reimschneide, Bob Parker, Joe Jayden, Walt Weber, and Ken Morelock. Under the direction of pledge-master, Sig Pickus, formal initi-ation ceremonies will be held in the North Dorm Lounge. Another project, now in pro-gress, under the sponsorship of the fraternity is Lost and Found � now located in APO Barracks. Of-fice hours are daily from 12-1. Robert Prince is president of the chapter, and Mr. Paul Desau-tels, faculty brother. eve- Improvements Viewed Soon Towson students will soon see the completion of the new dining hall, Student Union and outdoor lighting facilities. The state legislature voted on a bond to be issued for these capi-tal improvements which are not included in the regular budget. Work on the new dining hall was started in May. It has con-tinued up until now with the men working days, nights and Sundays during the Christmas holidays. Al-ready one new serving unit has been completed and is in use. The second unit is expected to be ready by the opening of the sec-ond semester. Also during midsem-ester the floor will be renovat-ed. The old basement kitchen will become the Student Union which will include a fountain counter, snack bar, and modern furniture. Part of this space will be used as offices for some campus organiza-tions. Mr. Harold Moser, business manager stated, ""The Student Un-ion is expected to be completed around the early spring."" The contract for new outdoor lighting was let in August and the work began in December. State Teachers will have a new outdoor lighting for the entire campus; 98 Students Begin Practice Teaching 24 City, County Schools Represented "
