tl19570116-000 "Lichtfuss And Harmon Named 'All-American' 1701 IX, No. 10 TOWER (See Col. 4, 5) LIGHT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND January 16, 191 Anonymous Call Forewarns Campus of Bomb Critical Cafeteria Crisis The Student Life Council recently entertained a new and serious campus problem voiced by the Men's Residence Council. It proposed that many students have complained of having to wait in line at the Dining Hall for an exceedingly long time due to those people who prefer ""line-breaking"" to courteous waiting and also due to students Who reserve spaces for countless numbers of friends. Those students Who have jobs necessitating early departure are often forced to wait for some fifty or sixty to go through the line. After the Council carefully reviewed the problem it was able to come up with only one solution: Conform � or else! A campaign to Publicize the situation and to ask for immediate severance of the prac-tice is being initiated by the Council. The outcome of the campaign Is up to each and every student and their reaction to the attempt to curb this vital problem. If the practice isn't stopped within three Weeks a more severe move will be taken. If need be, those using the Dining Hall will have to procure a number card for their place in line. Although this is recognizably absurd, it will be started unless an im- Mediate change is made. What's going to happen? Only you know. We only record news; You make it. Next week headlines could read: ""New Number System Initiated In Dining Hall"" or ""Youthful Students Fail To Cope With Adult Situations."" The solution of the problem would leave a scar on Towson similar to other unfortunate occurrences of the last two months. Future teachers will be living in a kindergarten environment, but it would appear that this is the only way to cope with the adolescence of some people. We all know the food isn't going to taste any better at 5:31 than it will at 6:14. S.T.C. Host To FTA'rs Over ninety college and high school student members of the Maryland Association of Future Teachers of America will attend a leadership conference on the Towson State Teachers College campus Friday and Saturday, Jan-uary 11 and 12. The conference Will be sponsored by the Maryland State Teachers Association. Featured speakers for the two- Jewell, principal o f the Rockville Junior High School, and Dr. Earle I'. Hawkins, president of the Tow-se'n State Teachers College. As his topic, Jewell has chosen ""High-lights of Maryland History."" He Will speak before the assembled group Friday evening. Dr. Haw-kins will discuss ""What Makes a Teacher"" at the meeting Saturday rnorning. In four discussion groups, the students will consider the confer-ence theme, ""Preparation for Pro-lessional Activity."" WRCE ntertams The Women's Residence Council sPonsored a Coffee Hour on Sun-day, December 9 at 1:30 P.M. in Newell Foyer. Coffee hours are presented on alternate Fridays and Sundays by the Women's Res-idence Council. This practice was started last year and was so suc-cessful that it has continued and Is received with enthusiasm. Informality is the keynote at these coffee hours during which coffee is served and classical re-cordings are Played. Usually five People are needed to run a coffee hour; two serve and three are re-aPonsible for cleaning up. �InnY Welsh and Shirley Hall are Co-chairmen of the committee Whose responsibility it is to pre- Pare O. ther and present Coffee Hours. rn embers of the committee include: der, A Joan Runkle, Ann Delau- LedrZn Bair, June Pell, Carolyn Thelma Southcombe and eandY Forman. Representatives from 70 Mary-land high schools and 11 colleges are expected to register for the meetings Friday afternoon. Each FTA high school club will sned one representative, and each FTA col-lege chapter will send two. Bomb Explosion Threatened At STC At 6:40 on Wednesday evening an anonymous phone call was re-ceived by Phyllis Cahall, who was on duty on Newell Hall. A per-son speaking in a woman's voice said the following; ""I have some information for you. A home-made bomb will be exploded in your auditorium at 10:30 Thursday morning."" Miss Bassler was told of this and she in turn notified President Hawkins who contacted the Bal-timore County Police. Captain William Powers and a crew of five men came to the campus and made a search of the area. On Thursday morning, Chief Gilbert Deyle, assisted by twelve men made a more thorough search of the area. All of the morning classes were moved out of the area as well as the kindergart-en. Guards were posted during the critical period while everyone waited for the bomb to explode. The hour of 10:30 came and went with no sign of the explosion. This was the third bomb scare in the Baltimore area. It is in-teresting to note that the bomb at Towson and at Poly were sched-uled to explode at the same time. The police department is con-tinuing an investigation of the en-tire affair. Police search auditorium for bomb K.P. Holds Tea The*Christmas Tea, held for the incoming and future members of the Kindergarten-Primary Educa-tional Block, is part of the inten-sive program in self-development provided by leaders of the 'block.' The Tea was a project of all the students and considered a part of their Creative Workshop period. Because the tea was held within the Kindergarten Room, guests had opportunity to examine the tree decorated by the Kindgart-ners, and to view samples of cre-ative- writing that these five-year-olds produced. Members of the block hope that their guests caught a glimpse of the Self-development learning in process � necessary for the cre-ative development of both teach-er and child. The 'block' is making tentative plans to visit schools in under-privileged areas of the city, to visit schools for the handicapped, and to have a specialist come here to speak on the correct use of pu-pil- grouping. New Construction Grace Campus This coming June we can expect two new complete buildings on our campus; the library and Dorm. The library will cost approxi-mately $400,000 for construction. An additional $120,000 will be used for equipment in the library. The new library will hold ap-proximately 100,000 books. As of now the library rooms hold 40,000 books. It will have a Towson room for archives including Yearbooks, Tower Light editions, and rare books. Also included in the build-ing is a room for showing films and filmstrips. It will be wired The building will be the first on campus to be air conditioned. Floor plans of the library can be seen in the display. The Girl's Dormitory will run $475,000 for construction with $35,000 for furniture. The dorm will house 150 girls. Most dorms will be double. There are special rooms in the building including: five rooms for three girls, five rooms for one girl and some sound-proof practice rooms. Henry Lichtfuss Wayne Harmon Henry Makes First String, 'Buckshot' Gets Mention Dr Donald Minnegan, head of the physical education department and soccer coach has announced that Henry Lichtfuss and Wayne Harmon have been selected to the ,1956 ""All - American"" soccer team Fifty five of the top thousand soccer players are picked annu-ally on this dream team and it is a real honor to have such a small school as Towson place two of its students on the list. Lichtfuss played center-back on Towson's pitch squad. He was chosen as the top performer at this position making the first string. Big Henry was also chosen to every other ""All"" squad � All Conference All Southern and the Drexel All-Opponents Wayne Harmon made the list of Honorable Mention at his line slot. A fine operative at Towson and on the sandlot ranks ""Buckshot"" al-so received many honors previous-ly announced. Both of these athletes owe a great deal of thanks to the untir-ing work of Dr Minnegan Both were real students of the game under one of the top teachers in the country Lichtfuss will be back for another campaign in the fall of 1957 but this was the fi-nale of Harmon as he is to grad-uate in June. Mr. West Leaves Faculty Rcently Mr. Paul M. West, distinguished member of the English department, retired from the faculty of State Teachers College. Born in Sunflower County, Mississippi, Mr. West attended Missis-sippi State College, obtained his B.S. degree from Delta State College and his M.A. from George Peabody College. He did graduate work at Vanderbilt University, Johns Hopkins, and George Peabody College. Mr. West previously spent twenty-one years on the faculty of Sunflower Junior College, at Moorhead, Miss. He was teacher and coaoh as well as being dean for six years and for ten years president of the college. Professor of English Literature at Delta State College, Cleveland, Miss., his summer teaching sessions in-cluded George Peabody College, Nashville, Tenn., Lynchbug Col-lege, Lynchburg, Va., and State Teachers College, Florence, Ala. Directing a flying school for the U. S. Army, Mr. West became a licensed pilot in 1942. He also served as regional executive for the U.S.O. in the Southwestern area. An author in his own right, Mr. West has written and published many poems, short stories, and ar-ticles for various magazines and newspapers. His hobbies include flower gardening, oil painting and ceramics. Paul M. West has been here at State Teachers College for ten years, serving as professor of Eng-lish. In many assignments since here, he has directed the Assembly Committee, has been Advisor to the S. C. A. and the Tower Light, and chairman of the May Day fes-tivities. His quiet easy going manner makes him loved and respected by all. Above all our deep affec-tion towards him reflects the greatness of Mr. Paul M. West. T.V. Used For Observation Every Thursday morning since September 27, section 3 of the ele-mentary block has been watching a third and fifth grade class by remote control television, at Villa Cresta Elementary School. The picture is relayed to them in the auditorium from the classroom. By using this system, more people can observe a class at one time, and the class is not disturbed by the presence of visitors. Mr. Melvin Cole, director of ed-ucation; Miss Kathryn Dost, su-pervisor of elementary education; Mr. Gene Rush, principal of Villa Cresta and Dr. Williamson have been planning what kind of lessons should be taught over the circuit. The program is varied in order to determine what types of lessons are best suited for telecasting. Moreover, this group of educators is trying to discover whether group proceedures and general discussions can be telecast suc-cessfully. They also aim to decide If child study techniques can be used effectively and if it is worth-while to give information about children on television. The observing will be concluded January 10. Recommendations will be made concerning the pos-sibilities of using closed circuit television as a means of observing classes. "
