tl19570301-000 "IX, No. 12 TOWER I LIGHT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND March 1, 1957 Glen Players Rehearse for ""Kate"" With the cast selected, the Glen Players are keeping a tight sched-ule to complete preparations for their production of ""Kiss Me Kate"" on March 14, 15, & 16. Re-hearsals are now in progress with Mr. Kramer directing the players in their acting roles. Mr. John Duro is working with the actors Who have singing roles as well as directing the singing chorus. Mr. Nicholas Geriak is conducting the orchestra which will include the following instrumentalists se-lected for the ""Kiss Me Kate"" or-chestra: Craig Gerhard � clarin-et, Walter I Eden � saxophone, Donald Corrieri � alto saxophone, David Nace � trombone, Willard Strack � trumpet, Betty Hughes � flute and piano, Judy Hynds -- cello, Debby Colton � violin, Catherine Alvaro � violin, Glad-ys Burns � viola, Diane Kryo- Watz � viola, and William Fallow-field -- bass violin. Mr. Onion, a professional violin-ist, Mr. Geriak, also a violinist, and Mr. Duro, a pianist, will sup- Plement the orchestra. The student directing duties are in the hands of Herbert August and John Bruce Johnson. Assisting the student directors will be Kathryn McIntyre in the capacity of pro-duction assistant. Rehearsal pian-ists are Maureen Moore and Al-bert Cauffman. Vivian Lesher, a soPhomore, is in charge of choreo-graphy. Doris Wimert and Jack Jones, Towson's 1957 Sweetheart Couple, are pictured Dance. under the traditional heart, emblem of STC's Sweetheart Wimert, Jones, '57 Sweethearts Before a crowd of some seven-teen hundred people at Balti-more's Fifth Regiment Armory, Saturday, February 16, Doris Wi-mert and Jack Jones were crowned Speakers To Highlight Committee Programs On February 13, Rev. Gustave Weigel, S.J., Ph.D., S.T.D. spoke in Richmond Hall Parlor at 3 P.M. ob ""Catholicism at Home and Abroad."" A coffee hour and in-formal discussion followed h I s talk. Rev. Weigel is Professor of Fun-damental Theology and Oriental Questions at Woodstock College. ""The Teaching of Modern Lan-guages"" was the theme of the lec-ture and discussion led by Dr. H. Lee Smith on February is at 3 l"".M. in Room 220. He is director Of the program of instruction in foreign languages for the U.S. Army and Professor of Linguistics and Anthropology and Chairman Of the Department of Jewish Corn-intnial Affairs and Secretary to the New York Board of Rabbis, on the topic of ""Religion in the So-viet Union"" was held February 25 at 3 P.M. in Richmond Hall Parlor, followed by a coffee hour. The Program and Special Events 00Mmittee in conjunction with the CoMmittee on Teacher Education and Religion has planned many Other programs of interest to the students here at the college. Also in March Towson will pre-lent Alistair Cooke, the noted journalist, author, and moderator Of ""Omnibus,"" who will speak on ""Reporting America to Britain."" Marjorie Newsome, the interna-tionally known harpist, will visit Tovvson, April 9 and 10. On April 9 she will conduct an informal seminar and discussion for those interested in the instrument. This Will be at 3:30 P.M. in Room 220. On April 10 she will present a concert at 8 P.M. in the Lida Lee Tall Auditorium. Mr. William F. Nugent, chair-man of the Committee on Pro-gram and Special Events, reports that he is currently working on plans for an art symposium in the Student Center. This round table discussion will be led by two paint-ers, a sculptor, and a potter from the Baltimore area. An exhibit of their work will be shown at that time. Further notices will announce specific events, times, and dates. Lecture Series Begins The Teacher Education and Re-ligion Committee has announced a series of lectures for the second semester. This lecture series began on Feb. 25, with a lecture on ""Reli-gion in The Soviet Union"" given by Rabbi Morris M. Kertzer, of The American Jewish Community. Professor Walter Morris from Goucher College, will present a series of three lectures on com-parative religions which will be-gin on Wednesday, March 6. His lectures will cover Hinduism, Bud-dhism and Islamism. His last two lectures will be on March 13, and March 20. Dr. Willey Critz of Princeton, will speak on, ""Neo-Orthodoxy,"" on April 10. All of these lectures will be held in Richmond Hall Parlor at 3:00 p.m. and will be followed by a coffee hour and informal dis-cussion period. Towson's 1957 Sweethearts. Se-lected over ten finalists, the Sweetheart Couple was crowned by last year's winners, Margie Sadler and Bill Santman. Doris and Jack first began dat-ing each other in March, 1956 and began going steady three months later. A graduate of Westminster High School, Westminster, Md., Doris is currently a member of the Freshman Advisory Council and an active member of the Jun-ior Class. She plans to teach ele-mentary school upon graduating from State Teachers College. Pres-ently serving as Senior Class Pres-ident, Jack came to Towson via North Harford High School. He al-so served as class president dur-ing his sophomore and junior years, and is an active member of the Glee Club. Jack eventually hopes to become a junior high school guidance counselor. The crowning of the 1957 Sweet-heart Couple highlighted this year's Sweetheart Dance which saw hundreds of Towsonites, their dates and friends dancing to the music of Art Mooney and his Or-chestra. The proceeds from the dance will go into the ""Campus Chest,"" an organization which dis-tributes money to various chari-ties. The huge success of the 1957 Sweetheart Dance was in part due to the efforts of the SGA Dance Committee, chaired by Joy Frizzell. Support the WUS Campaign Towson To Be Host For NSA Conference For the first time in this area, the schools affiliated with the United States National Students Association will hold a conference on educational affairs on the Tow-son campus on March 30. Forty-five schools from the Mason-Dix-on area are expected to be repre-sented by at least one dean, one instructor, and two students from their respective institutions. During the one-day conference the representatives will discuss four topics on the increase in ris-ing enrollment problems, course evaluation, and integration. Mr. Richard Murphy, past president of the NSA, is expected to be the main speaker. Bernie Hartman, vice-president of the Student Government Asso-ciation, and Shirley Thim, NSA Coordinator, are handling all ar-rangements. They need student help. The NSA is a confederation of college student bodies represented through their student govern-ments. With some 300 members representing 600,000 students, the Association is the largest repre-sentative national student organ-ization in the world. Through its international pro-gram, American students are rep-resented at important world meet-ings where student opinion is ex- Religion Committee Visits Carolina The Teacher Education and Re-ligion Committee sent a visitation team to East Carolina College in Greenville, N. C., on Jan. 10-12. The team consisted of Mr. Heller-ich, Dr. Hutson, Janet Matthias, and Jean Rudiger. The object of their visit was to find out what the committee of this college was doing about re-ligion on the campus. At Carolina they are running a lecture series on religion and medicine, religion and psychology, and religion and science. During the summer they are conducting three workshops, on religion in the family life, mor-al and spiritual values, and alcohol education. In conjunction with a local television station they are conducting a T.V. course in teach-er education and religion. The committee on our campus hopes to make use of some of the ideas they learned from their visit to Carolina. Freshmen Plan Dance The Freshmen Class is getting off to their first social endeavor of the year with the advent of their dance on March 9. Wally Yesenofski, vice-president of the class, is the over-all chairman of the dance which is entitled ""What's Behind the preen Door?"" Handling all preliminary ar-rangements are Ed Badolato and Judy Speer. Arlene Kates is in charge of decorations, while Car-roll Miles is caring for the re-freshments. Publicity is being spread through Carolyn Coakley and Sally Cohen. Music will be provided by the Joe Dowling Orchestra and the price of admission will be one dol-lar to all outsiders. pressed. By means of this pro-gram, outstanding American stu-dents attend international meet-ings, seminars, cultural festivals, press conferences, and specialized meetings in every part of the world. Individual teams go to Af-rica, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America as official repre-sentatives of American students, and develop programs of mutual assistance and exchange of stu-dents and information. Briefly . . We are glad to welcome in Dr. Clarke's place Miss Leah Green-berg of Baltimore. She has her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Johns Hopkins University and further graduate work at the University of Maryland Teachers College, Co-lumbia University. She has been an instructor in the religious and public schools of Baltimore and at the Hebrew Union School of Edu-cation in New York City, and psy-chologist and educational consul-tant in Baltimore and New York. During the week of February 18 Doctor Hawkins was in Trenton, New Jersey, where he conducted an evaluation of the Trenton State Teachers College for the Middle States Association. On Friday, February 22 he represented the college at the inauguration of President Milton Eisenhower at Johns Hopkins University. * * * Congratulations to Nelson Bol-ender, Carol Beachley, Marge Moody and Linda Higgins for their elections as vice president, secre-tary, SGA representative, and treasurer, respectively, of the FAC. Library Ready In Spring According to recent information, plans call for the completion of the new State Teachers library by this spring. A committee of five instructors, chaired by Dr. Har-old Moser, has been working with Miss Dorothy Reeder, head librarian, on plans for the library's construction and layout. Other members of the committee are: Dr. L. Edward Bevins, Dr. David Firman, Dr. Kenneth Stringer, and Mr. Lloyd Miller. Designed by Finney, Dodson, Smeallie, Orrick and Associates, plans call for a modern three-level building. The lower level, will house teaching aids, including cur-riculum materials, pictures, pam-phlets, courses of study and ju-venile books. The main floor will contain the librarian's office, catalogs, refer-ence books, history and literature books, biography works, and cur-rent periodicals. The upper level will house bound periodicals and books on religion and fine arts. "
