tl19580320-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. X, No. 12 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND March 20, 1858 Sweetheart Dance Re-set For March 29 What's New? On March 29, 1958 the annual Sweetheart Dance will be held in he Pikesville Armonry from 9:00 o 12:30. The dance, originally lanned for February 15, was pectacularly snowed out by one the worst snowstorms in Bal-imore's history. The SGA in conjunction with he Freshman class announced t the dance, traditionally the ighlight of the year, will be held ate this month. Because of the earness of the Freshman class ance scheduled for the same ime, the decision was reached to ake this dance a coordinating af-air Claude Thornhill's orchestra will C on hand to provide music and lie same decoration theme will be sed. The dance will be semi-for-al, with flowers optional. Tick- Is purchased earlier this year will e recognized. Additional tickets krill be available for $2.50 per per-on. Students will be admitted Ipon , presentation of student ac-ivity cards. With a break from the weather an, despite rain, snow, hurricane, 3 stray Sputniks, everyone hopes hat the evening of March 29 will e a pleasant one for Towson stu-ents. W US Calendar UGLY MAN CONTEST Throughout WUS week. (1 penny buys a vote) RAKE SALE Sponsored by the 4-H Club and faculty wives. March 25 � 6:30 Newell Hall Foyer (Cake like mother made) PENNY WALK Sponsored by FTA March 26 -- All day Stephans Hall (Which class will ""walk"" away with honors?) PACULTY AUCTION SALE March 26 ---- 7:30 Student Center (Anyone want a ceramic worm?) LATE DATE NITES March 28, 29, 30. (Pay for play after 12!) DANCE Sponsored by SCA To be announced Two OP the -e,ve d0..9s lost stiow in FebYtxo.rti will 6e rn gag of, d LAv -mg P111- College , (did IN classes 4vd exaytis' beryl e xteTicied Ovte wAcct, will ise acme ckb 0 'At t he t w � dols s-now vac.a.tIon lost week 1.10..ck Ivst e be ell utoxvtced. Searching for a salty size-up of the sad state of book-learning to-day, we stumbled across the fol-lowing editorial lament: ""When we were boys, boys had to do a little work in school. They were not coaxed; they were not hammered. Spelling, writing and arithmetic were not electives; and you had to learn. In these more fortunate times elementary education has become in many places a sort of vaude-ville show. The child must be kept amused and learns what he pleases. Many sage teachers scorn the old-fashioned rudiments, and it seems to be regarded as be-tween misfortune and a crime for a child to learn to read . . . A current complaint ? Not at all. It is taken from a New York Sun editorial dated 1902. As Will Rogers said, ""Things ain't what they used to be and probably never wuz."" (From the Baltimore Sunpaper, quoting from the Charlotte N.C. News) Lost And Found Found in lower level of Stepn-ens Hall by a member of Tower Light � . . 1 lesson plan, which read as follows: PAPER TEARING Teachers Purposes 1. To provide students an emo-tional outlet for aggression. 2. To stimulate creativity in in-dividuals. 3. To give students experience which will help them work together. Materials 1. A large selection of colored construction paper of varying weight. 2. Paste Procedure 1. Motivate group through dem-onstration of tearing paper. 2. Introduce materials. 3. Show group some possibilities �not to 'be copied. Values to child -- Anyone interested in reclaiming this evidently valuable lesson plan can do so by coming to the Tower Light office at office hours. Dr. Saxton Heads Field Studies Course Dr. H. �L. Saxton, who is new to our college this year, has as-sumed the responsibility of the Field Studies Program. Dr. Sax-ton was a music education major at the New England Conservatory of Music and graduated from the Teachers College of Connecticut. Dr. Saxton has taught in elemen-tary schools and junior high schools and has served as a read-ing specialist and a college teach-er at undergraduate and graduate levels. The Adolescent Field Studies Program at STC is relatively new, having had its inception in 1956. The course serves many purposes; namely: 1. To broaden and thereby strengthen the sequence of pro-fessional courses in the teacher education program 2. To render potential teachers sensitive to the general char-acteristics, needs and interests of adolescent youth through planning and working with them in approved social agencies 3. To have potential teachers be-come acquainted with some of the professional publications in the area of adolescent psycholo-gy 4. To have potential teachers ex-amine the structure and func-tion of social agencies and their inter - relationships with the emerging school-community movement that attempts to serve the needs of adolescent youth 5. To help potential teachers de-velop in themselves as well as in others a sense of civic re-sponsibility and participation 6. To encourage potential teachers to establish reciprocal relation-ships with those community agencies that provide opportun-ities for � augmenting the num-ber of worthwhile living and learning Experiences for adoles-cent youth March 23 - 30 Named As WUS Week On Campus On Sunday March 23 the an-nual World University Service Week, better known as WUS Week, will begin on the Towson campus and continue all week un-til Sunday, March 30. Each year the Towson students participate in the WUS campaign to raise funds for the organiza-tion. WUS is a service dedicated to mutual self-help in the world university community. At Towson, WUS Week is an-other ""main event"" of the school year. The activities planned for the WUS week calendar include the Penny Walk, the Ugly Man Contest, the Faculty Auction night, a bake sale, Late Date Night, and a dance. Otts Laupus, chairman for WUS week is being assisted this year by Dave King, Pat Adams, and Alva Amos. Otts pointed out that help is still needed to carry out the plans for WUS week to a suc-cessful conclusion. Everyone who is interested in working with Otts and his committee, contact Otts or any of the others mentioned above. The course is a requirement for Sophomores preparing to be Jun-ior High School Teachers. Numerous agencies staffed with professionally trained personnel are affiliated with the program, some of which are the YMCA, the YWCA, the Red Shield, the Boys' Club, the Childrens' Home of Baltimore, the Childs' Study Center, the Boy and Girl Scouts of America, and the Baltimore City and County Bureau of Rec-reation. In addition to these cen-ters, there are social agencies of the nonrecreational type that stu-dents study the function of by in-terviewing their respective execu-tive directors and observing the agencies' activities; Last semester students associ-ated with this course visited the Baltimore Community workshop and participated in a discussion of the sociology of Baltimore City suburban communities. The stu-dents also heard such speakers as Dr. Harry Bard, Mr. Meyer D. Le-vin of the Jewish Big Brother League, and Mr. Abe Makofsky of the Baltimore Council of Social Agencies. The regular program of World University Service answers long-term needs. Where textbooks are rare and expensive, WUS provides printing equipment. When illness and disease riddle a university, WUS builds preventive health clines and student medical cen-ters. If student enrollment out-strips housing accommodations, WUS stimulates cooperative stu-dent housing. When isolation breeda mistrust, WUS provides the bonds of friendship. This constructive, far-sighted program is also capable of swift, immediate action. In time of crisis, when the world of learning is ter-rorized or stricken, WUS becomes an agency for relief. Food and blankets, medicine and shelter are provided to preserve the gift of life. But then WUS will distribute books, writing equipment, and ed-ucational supplies for WUS also recognizes the needs of the human mind. WUS projects are symbols of crucial issues in the university world. A glance at the past seven years since the turn of the decade will show some of the many im-portant porjects initiated by WUS. 1950 Relief in Korea; plans for TB sanatoria and health centers throughout Asia. 1951 Cooperative student dormi-tories initiated in India. 1952 Student TB center opened in India. 1953 Flood relief for India, Pak-istan, and Japan: student health centers opened in India and In-donesia. 1954 Health centers opened in France and India: dormitories built in Korea and Greece. 1955 Health centers built in India and Indonesia; student housing opened in Egypt and Israel; TB sanatorium established in Japan. 1956 Aid to Hungarian refugees; second TB sanatorium opened in Japan; Student TB center open-ed in Indonesia. Student Center Is Scene Of Art Show From March 13th to 30th, the Whitney Annual exhibit will be displayed in the State Teachers College Student Centre. Prepared by the American Federation of Arts, the circulating exhibit in-cludes oil, tempera, and watercolor paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Most of the twenty-nine works are abstract or semi-abstract, but several 9f the participating artists show a tendency toward recogniz-able landscapes, cityscapes, and figures. The American Federation of Arts stated that, "". . . there appears to be a return to the use of representation in contempo-rary American art."" Other art forms to be seen in the exhibition include realism, surrealism, and expressionism, and it may be noted that color is used more frequently than in the pre-vious periods based upon adher-ence to black and white. "
