tl19540324-000 "TOWER J�t LIGHT March 24, 1954 -;TATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Vol. 7, No. 14 Students Improving Campus Appearance Several hundred students are ex-pected to participate in Towson's ""Campus Day"", Saturday, from 9 A.M. to 4 in the afternoon. Headed by Dr. Winifred Hatha-way, chairman of the ""Campus Day"" committee, four projects are Dr- Winifred Hathaway, heads 'Campus Day"" committee. expected to be undertaken in the ilnProvement of the college campus. The first project is the improve-nient of the student patio, at the Side of the snack bar. Crushed stones are being obtained for rak- Mg in preparation to the laying of the flagstone. Bridges will be built in the Glen, and flagstone will be laid on the walk in back of Glen Esk. The last project is the planting of trees. This is part of a long term project in which 8,000 trees Ilre expected to be planted by silting on the eroded parts of the Campus. Among the trees expected to be planted are hemlocks and red oaks. In speaking of the ""Campus Day"" )reparations Dr. Hathaway said hope for cooperation from as Many students as possible and that College Boosts WSSF Fund Students of STC gave $210 to the 'World Student Service Fund. � The drive was conducted from ebruary 22 to March 7 under the eilairmenship of Audrey Bortner and not Keller. xhibits were placed in the ad- Ministration building and in the Lils da Lee Tall School. Members of tbue exhibit committee were Bar- ,ra Cornog, Kathy Bradley, Mar- Ole g Shirley Broadbent, and N.IirleY O'Dwyer. M�11eY was collected through per- ""a'nal solicitations and competition cir""ng the classes. The freshman ass emerged as the winner of the contest. S�1icitations for the day students AWere in the charge of Helen Wilson Carol Duckwall. Dormitory e klonations were collected by Clar-silee Young, Doris Thomas, and eY Strube. In the competition Re.tween the two girls' dormitories, lehinand Hall won. w �tiler substantial contributions ' , ere received from the faculty and he SCA choir. Receipts amounting to $60 were ieceived at the barn dance for the citind. Various organizations con-wueted booths for the benefit of the SSP. The committee in charge of pue was composed of Anne brush, Madelon Moore, and June 'aldwin. The square dances were beal,lied by Will Stack. Music was by Gus Bisbikis, Hal 1,�ufft, Maurice Trent and Franny 4orino. many day students will be willing to join the dorm residents to make this day a success. This is a chance to contribute something to the ma-terial growth of the college and every student should take ad-vantage of this opportunity."" Assisting Dr. Hathaway on his committee are Dean Kenneth Borwne, Dean Orielle Murphy, Delores Deardorff, Dick Litsinger, Bob Kane and Fred Ritter. Preparations for a barn dance are being- made for those students who helped during the day. All students interested in the ""Campus Day"" activities should meet in front of Newell Hall Sat-urday morning. Student - Minister Speaks at Vespers Rev. Daniel Cox was the guest speaker at the Lenten vesper serv-ice Monday night, March 22 at 7:30 in Richmond Hall Parlor. Mr. Cox, a minister of the Koontz Memorial Church in Baltimore, and also a present member at State Teachers College, spoke on the topic, ""What it means to be a Christian"". Mr. Cox graduated from the Reformed Episcopal Seminary in Pennsyl-vania, May, 1952. Elaine Saylor was the accompan-ist for the evening. After the Call to Worship by Frances Schramm, the group sang ""Rise Up 0 Men of God"". Ken Wray led the group in prayer. The responsive reading was given by Marilyn Owens follow by the hymn ""0 Master, Let Me Walk With Thee"". The speaker, Mr. Cox was introduced by Marion Sad-ler. Before he announced the bene-diction, the group sang ""Take My Life and Let It Be"". The committee planning the pro-gram was composed of June Glis-san, Jean Lumm, Marilyn and Mar-lyn Owens, Frances Schramm, Mar-ion Sadler, Elaine Saylor, and Betty Ann Ford. This service was spon-sored by the Personal and Campus Affairs Commission of the Student Christian Association. Students Voting For May Court Twenty-four nominees of the class of 1954 have been chosen by class ballot for the May Court. May Day will he held Saturday, the first day of May. These nominees will be presented at the assembly next Tuesday, March 30. Fred Ritter, president of the senior class, will preside. After the presentation of the candidates, the student body will vote for the members of the May Court. List of Nominees nominees who have been chosen are as follows: Libby Baugh, Frances Brunning, Sue Cun-ningham, Kitty DeFries, Doris Ex-line, Isabel Harryman, Betty Holin-ger, Osie Holsinger, Pat Karl, Margie Laupus, Jean McLearn, Dee Owings, Aliceann Perkins, Jackie Pfarr, Rose Provenza, Lila Reed, Phyllis Rhinehart, Barbara Rich-ardson, Marion Sadler, Mary Ann Sadler, Dotty Taliaferro, Joyce Walger, Doris Yingling, and Elea-nor Zawila. Twelve girls will be elected from this group of twenty-four. There will be a queen, her maid of honor, and 8 court consisting of ten girls. The I News Briefs I Alpha Psi Omega The Towson cast of Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dramatic fra-ternity, entertained the Johns Hop-kins University cast Thursday, March 4, at the monthly meeting. The Towson cast served refresh-ments and took the JHU visitors on a tour of STC's dramatic facilities. Georgraphy Fraternity Beta Gamma Theta Upsilon, na-tional honorary geography fratern-ity will extend formal invitations to 26 charter members at Towson, Saturday, March 27. The initiating team, consisting of six people, are coming from Stroudsburg, Pennsyl-vania and will spend the weekend at Towson. All this week, members to be initiated into the fraternity have been wearing ribbons as identification. Dr. Oliver Laine is the sponsor of this fraternity at Towson. Students Represent Towson Ocie Holsinger, Ruth Lehman, Mary Lou England, and Nancy Brown will represent Towson at the annual Mid-Atlantic Model General Assembly which will be held at Al-fred University, April 10-12. These students have been meeting for two hours each week with Mr. Mahlon Hellerich to review their progress in preparing for their particular committee assignments. FTA Mary Ann Sadler has been elected to serve as president of the college M.A. Newell Chapter of the Future Teachers of America for the remainder of this year, following the resignation of Lois Gassman, former president. Faculty to Star in Production, April 3 For the first time in a few years, the faculty and alumnae will pre-sent ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" by Joseph Kesselring, Saturday, April 3 in the Towson auditorium. Miss Thelma Sherman, Mr. Karl Moser, Dr. William Hartley, Mr. Phineas Wright, Mr. Louis Cox, Dr. Genevieve Heagney, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Pollack, Mr. David Cornthwaite, Dr. Kenneth Browne, Dr. James Fickus, Mr. Richard Fal-lon, Mr. Frank Guess, and Dr. Earle T. Hawkins are taking part in this Alpha Psi Omega, Iota necessary to charge admission. All tickets will be $1 and no activity cards will be recognized. The profits will be used to further the 1954-1955 projects of the fraternity which are a presentation of experi-mental productions, a school-wide contest of a one-act play with cash awards, and the sponsoring of a scholarship for summer work at a dramatic workshop. ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" is a story of three sisters who indulge in the use of arsenic as a hobby. Their brother, who imagines himself to Sigma cast Members Faculty Thesibians in Action production. be Teddy Roosevelt, of the technical staff seems almost sane when compared are also alumnae and faculty. Bill to his sisters. Ellis the director, Mr. Fallon is Tickets are now on sale in the al-the assistant director, and Bud cove and in the Glen Player's room. Cornell is the stage manager. Bill Jenkins is supervising the lighting, Sig Pickus is in charge of props, and Miss Nina Hughes is handling the costumes. Only those members of the publicity are from the stu-dent body. Because the Alpha Psi Omega re-ceives no money from the Student Government Association, it will be sometimes Sophomores to Present Dance, Fantasia on Saturday, April 10 Saturday, April 10, from 9:00 to 12:00, the sophomore class will pre-sent Fantasia as its annual semi-formal dance. The dance is under the general co-chairmanship of Yvonne Miller and Joan Robinson. A contract has been signed for Frances Schramm, Betty Good-man co-chairmen of decoration committee for Sophomore dance. Bil Maisel's orchestra, consisting of ten pieces and a vocalist. He has played for a number of dances on the STC campus. At a meeting held late in Febru-ary, the committee co-chairmen were chosen. The decoration com-mittee is headed by Frances Sch-ramm and Betty Goodman. Pub-licity will be handled by Grace Gambriel, Kathy Bradley and their committee. The refreshments are in the charge of Nancy Murphy and Sandy Lubin. The ticket committee is headed by Marlene Barrell and Don Keyser. Most of the details of the dance will not be disclosed until the night of the dance. It has been an-nounced, however, that the main color scheme will be pink and sil-ver. Also there will be some sort of favors given to each couple at-tending the dance. The co-chairmen ""hope to have a record crowd at the dance."" In an-ticipation of such enthusiasm, tic-kets will be on sale in the alcove for two weeks preceeding the dance. Tickets will be $1.00 for out-siders. STC students will be admit-ted on activities cards. Last year, the present sophomore class gave the Pastel Premiere as its annual dance, ushering in the spring of the year. Dr. Dawson Visits Towson Teachers Dr. Eugene Dawson, national co-ordinator of the Religion and Edu-cation Project of America, is cur-rently visiting the Towson campus. He is a member of the committee that is sponsored by the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. ""The Committee recommends that the chief purpose of this study of Teacher Education and Religion be to discover and develop ways and means to teach the reciprocal rela-tion between religion and other human elements in human culture in order that the prospective teach-er, whether he teaches literature, history, the arts, science, or other subjects, be prepared to under-stand, to appreciate, and to convey to his students the significance of religion in human affairs."" Dr. Dawson will aid the local committee on Religion and Educa-tion. He will meet with faculty and student groups during his visit. Junior College Career Session Currently Convening on Campus Today, the Junior College Career Conference is being held. Dr. Rebecca Tansil, Director of Admissions is in charge of the pro-gram that is being arranged for the Junior College students who will soon be leaving Towson after two years. The purpose of such a conference is to acquaint the students with the various vocations in which they may be interested. Representatives serving as consultants of various professions will be on hand to talk with the students. From 9:00 to 9:20 the purpose of the conference will be to review and introduce the consultants. From 9:20 to 11:00 two periods will be held so that group and individual conferences with consultants will be made. Professions and their consultants who will be present are the follow-ing: Nursing�Miss Marian Hough from the School of Nursing of John's Hopkins University; Law� Mr. Clay Jewell, Attorney at Law: Social Service�Miss Norma Jean Moore, a case worker from the De-partment of Public Welfare; Busi-ness Administration�Mr. Karl J. Moser, Business Manager,..:State Teachers College, Towson; Adver-tising� Mr. Charles Hoodinitt from Donnelly Advertising; Religious Education and Y.M.C.A. work� Reverend N. Ellsworth Bunce, Pas-tor of Arnolia Methodist Church; Merchandising�Miss Virginia Ma-hon, store superintendent of Hutz-ler's Brothers; Chemical Research �Mr. Paul Desautels, State Teach-ers Colege, Towson; Foreign Serv-ice Work�Miss Karen Jacobsen and Miss Ann Yarington; Oppor-tunities of work in Baltimore Area. "
