tl19500317-000 " plaY ball TOWER LIGHT Vol. 3, No. 13 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. March 17, 1950 Baltimore Symphong Here Next Mondaq Program Consists Of Student Selections This coming Monday evening at eight o'clock the Baltimore Sym-phony Orchestra, under the direc-tion of Doctor Reginald Stewart, will present a concert in the STC auditorium. The program, which was selected by the student body, will consist of: TWO SLAVONIC DANCES Davorak SYMPHONY No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 Beethoven I. Allegro con brio II. Andante con moto III. Allegro; Scherzo Iv. Allegro; Presto OVERTURE a n d VENUSBURG MUSIC from the opera ""Tenn-hause r"" Wagner WALTZ, ""Tales from the Vienna Woods"" Johann Strauss, II. ROUMANIAN RHAPSODY No. 1 in A Major Enesco Tickets for this affair are avail-able at the Business Office to stu-dents, Faculty, Staff, and students wives. Notice how your evening has been planned: First the light, impressicnistic music of Davorak; then the ""knock of fate"" at your door in Beethoven's Fifth; this fol-lowed by the heavy, dramatic work c; Wagner; back to the lighter side of life with a Strauss Waltz; and ending with the inspiring ""Roumai-nan Rhapsody."" Hobby Show Next Recreation Event Once again underway with a variety of projects and activities. Dr. Minnegan's Recreation Class is sponsoring a Hobby Show on Thursday, March 23. Today was the deadline for application blanks to be turned in to the committee in charge. Committee members Ed Klein, Mrs. Viola Nutter, Bud Thacker, and Joan Waters have announced that ribbons will be awarded to the outstanding exhibits in each division as well as a best-in- show award. Judging will be done on Thurs-day in room 220 where the en-tries will be on view from Wednes-day to Friday. The objective of the Show is to stimulate an interest in hobbies, to illustrate examples of varied hobbies, and to demonstrate the process of conducting such a show for a recreational purpose. Everyone is invited te visit and ex-amine the exhibits. The Recreation Class meets Mon-day, Wednesday, and Thursday from 11 to 12 a. m. Anyone inter-ested may sit in on the class at any time. The schedule for the rest of this month includes Story Tell-ing cn March 20, Marionettes on March 22, Hobby Show on March 23, Folk Dancing on March 27, Model Building on March 29, and a Harmonica Band on March 30. DR. STEWART APO Organization Nears Completion A new and distinctive type of fraternity, nationally known as Alphi Phi Omega, is being organized on the STC campus and plans for the eetablishment of a chapter are near-ing completion. The organization of the group was informally launched during the latter part of the 1949-50 school year with discussions with interested persons. Last semester, formal reg-istration was begun and the group plans to submit its charter applica-tion to the national office by April 1. Purpose: Service The primary purpaee of APO is service to the school and the student body in any way not already taken (Continued on Page 3) May Court Candidates Named Following the usual procedure, the candidates for the 1950 May Court were presented at Tuesday's ae-sembly. These twenty-four Senior girls were selected by their class in a recent election. They were chosen on a basis of appearance, person-ality, and their activities at Towson. The student body will vote for the Court on Thursday, March 23. Each voter will mark the names of twelve of the candidates, with a double check beside the choice for the Queen and Maid-of-Honor. The twenty-four candidates are: Bunny Albanese, Claudine Bloom, Anna Mae Carlson, June Cricken-berger, Mary Elizabeth Davis, Tey Giza, Bobby Goenner, Dolores Ha-gan, Mary Ellen Harlan, Betty Jar-vis, Joan Jourdan, Dee Keller, Bar-bara Kyle, Lorelle Leonard, Betty Mintz, Alice Patten, Mary Shelton, Jewell Stevens, Phyllis Strohecker, Liz Roes, Mary Gray Swann, Jane Warfield, Mary Lou Weisengoff, and Georgia Wisner. Pictures of these candidates will be placed in the showcace across from the Registrar's Office from March 13 to March 31. Glee Club Active The two Glee Club groups, the Mixed Chorus and the Girl's chorus, are now working on their various spring activities. The first joint rehearsal was called two weeks ago and the Glee Club is meeting reg-ularly to ensure able performances for the full spring schedule. On April 29 a concert will be presented. The Mixed Chorus is practicing a Spanish number. ""Es-terdiantina"" while an 8-part ar-rangement of ""Now Thank We All Our God"" will be given by the combined chortwes. A lively exerpt from Cov;en's ""Rose Maiden,"" ""The Bridal Chorus,"" is one of the songs that the Girl's Chorus is preparing. Teachers' Meetings Begin In New York DR. SCOTT April 1st Date Of Frosh Masquerade ""Get a mask but forget the flow-ers"" is the theme for the coming Freshman Dance on April 1. The Freshman class voted almost unan-imously that there rie no corsages at the dance . . . ""April's Mas-querade"" is the official title of the semi-formal to be held from 9 to 12 in the Gymnasium. The idea of a masked dance is new to S.T.C. and it promises to be very successful. There will be masks at the door for those who don't have them. The decorations and refreshments all center around the masquerade idea. Bill Lewis' Orchestra will provide the music and the entertainment remains secret until the big night. (Continued on Page 3) @Another Building For The Future -414""""int Cd-lf)k P trt a Eleven Students To Represent SE Eleven students, under the direc-tion of Dr. Scott, represent State Teachers College in discussione and panels of the Eastern States Con-ferences held over the weekend in New York City. Both students and teachers are meeting in general conferences and in selected panels during the four-day program to discuss the problems which confront educazore in the post-war period. Student groups are considering such pressing issues as student gov-ernment, student social activities, censorship, finances and discrimina-tion in the echools. Faculty-student panels deal with the more general problems of public relations, stu-dent- teacher communications and effective grading systems. Miss Georgia Wisner, State Teach-ers' College SGA president, serves as chairman of the discussion panel on student government. William Hammerman, Tower Light editor-in- chief, is a recorder. Highlight of the varied program was a visit Thursday by all repre-sentatives to sessions of the United Nations at Lake Success. Sand-wiched between the formal meetings cf the Conferences, cultural excurs-ione, shows on Broadway and enter-tainment at famed Radio City Music Hall provide the lighter moments for the visitors. . The eleven students who represent State Teachers College are Lois Butler, Mary Fiery, Dottie Anne Strehle, Georgia Wisner, Doris ! Knode, Mary Frances Recher, Doris Arnold, Vivian Paugn, Paul White-hurst and William Hemmerman. Concessions For May Day Chosen At the SGA Executive Boar(: last Tuesday afternoon, several or ganizations presented their pre. ferences for May Day Concession:, I The list is as follows: I Seniors ....Cokes and fancy cakes Juniors Ice-cream Sophomores Pop-corn Freshmen . Hot-dogs and balions SGA .. Peppermint sticks in lemons Pink Lemonade Snow-balls IRC Aviation *Club FAC Candy apples DeMolay..Pretzels and potato chips The usual procedure was fol-lowed: The classes were taken in order of seniority and any clubs which wanted a concession stated their preferences. These choices must be approved by the May Day Committee before they can be con-sidered final. "