tl19570329-000 "Vol. IX No 13 9 � STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND March 29, 1957 :eils First Semester Yields 108 Top Averages After all the marks are tabu-lated following each semester a list is made of those students who have a 13 average or better. This list known as the much-coveted Dean's List."" The names of the members of each class who rank-ed in the upper ten percent are included here. Seniors who achieved this hon-or are: Natalie Abrams, Nadine Brooks, Orland Cowan, Gloria Evangelisti, Mary Fishpaw, Rhoda Gamerman, Rosalie Greenberg, Irene Greenberg, Carole Grim, Wayne Harman, Sandra Hoff-master, Wanda Keller, Virginia Long, Raenn Martin, Sydney Mil-ler, Barbara Nathason, Patricia Phillips, Harriet Rodbell, Sheila Rosenfeld, Mildred Schofer, Wil-liam Smith, Colleen Stokely, Jo An Vance. Juniors who placed on the hon-or roll are: Joan Bauernschmidt, Ingrid Buchal, Philip Campagna, borothy Conery, Lenora Carr, Pa-tricia Filsinger, Elva Gallaher, Patricia Griffin, Linda Higgins, Norma Hoibroten, Eva Jones, Bar-bara Myers, Joyce Reinhardt, Carol Rogers, Rita Shemer, James Skar-bek, Mary Sorrentino, Thelma Southcomb, Sandra Tobachnick, Barbara Weaver. Sophomore stand-outs are: Wil-liam Abbey, Amy Benham, James Binko, Vivian Bold, Eileen Brod-erick, George Cawthorne, Ilene Cohen, Nellie Cornwell, Rosalind Eisman, Georgeann Fagas, Lee Fox, Beatrice Glinkovsky, Son- Sophomores Present ""Seventh Heaven '57"" the theme of the Sophomore As- Rembly to be presented in the col-lege auditorium at 8:15 p.m. on ..'riday, March 29. The script for the assembly was Written by a sophomore commit-tee chaired by Bruce Johnson. Betsy Thompson will play the female lead, while Bob Deller, re-tent star of ""Kiss Me Kate"" will be starred as the male lead. Pat Hinton will provide the Comedy in her role as ""Mama."" Other speaking parts will be Played by Jim Sarnecki, Charlie Allen, Vivian Lesher, Jim Thomas, Otts Laupus, Jim Binko, Earl Myers, Parker Koons, Mike De Vita, Ed Kraut, Rae Jean Loren- Cass Engle, Bobbie Derr, and Stiner. Choreography will again be handled by Vivian Lesher. Mem-bers of the dancing chorus in-elude: Pat Adams, Nancy Morn- Anita Mermelstein, Carol tiaYes, Sandy Garrett, Janet Gos-hen, Marilyn Galante, Ed Kraut, Charlie Allen, Jim Thomas, Park-er Koons, and Mike De Vita. The theme of the assembly is a Prench love story during World War I. It is based on the play ""Seventh Heaven"". Hit songs include: ""Fourteenth of July"", an original by Bruce Johnson ""World of Hope,"" an or-iginal by Beverly Fedock and kfaureen Moore; ""Lovely,"" from .1%r Fair Lady:"" ""Look Home- Ward Angle"" and ""My Prayer."" dra Harrison, Sylvia Hendler, Eve-lyn Johnson, David King, Patricia Lastowski, Sonia Levero, Helen Nelson, Ann Orth, George Ruppers-berger, John Schriefer, Benita Shapiro, Marian Sibley, Cath-erine Smoot, Lois Speight, Evelyn Wachs, Carol Weber, Naomi Wett, Nessa Yaniger. Freshmen attaining the honor are: Margaret Alford, Sandra Ammons, Rosalie Barnard, Eliza-beth Behringer, Frances Bouis, Laurine Catalano, Mary Cissel, Vera Cunningham, Sally Ensor, Sylvia Grossman, Jean Harris, Lura Hawkins, Sue King, Char-lotte Kunkel, Marjory Larrimore, Mildred Ledbetter, William Mak-inson, Barbara Marks, Marie Mar-shall, Donna Myers, Danneil Nace, Carole Palmer, Patricia Perko, Gerald Riley, Ada Shipley, Rich-ard Shoemaker, Carol Ann Streib, Ethel Walters, Catherine Wenchel, Rose Anna White, Marilyn Wil-liams, Louise Wisner, Alice Woods, Wallis Yesenofski. These students have achieved a B average for the first semester. These are not cumulative average A part of the agreement made by the faculty last spring is that those who have achieved the hon-or previously are to be so recog-nized each time the Honors List is published. The recent inaugurated plan of giving more definite recognition to high academis records includes citation at Commencement for the three highest senior averages. S FReNch A -5 A Fite iv c Rood le Faculty Names New Buildings Names for the women's dormi-tory, library construction, and oth-er buildings on the State Teachers College campus, effective Septem-ber 1957, were recently approved by the State Board of Education. Names chosen are: Stephens Hall (Administration Building), Wiedefeld Gymnasium, Henry S. West Hall (West Dormi-tory), George W. Ward Hall (N or th Dormitory), Prettyman Hall (new women's dormitory), and Albert S. Cook Library. All but two of those honored in the naming of these buildings were former heads of the College. Dr. M. Bates Stephens and Albert S. Cook were state superintend-ents of education. The names were recommended by a committee of alumni, former faculty, and present faculty mem-bers. Founded in 1866, this institu-tion, which prepared teachers for the public schools of Maryland, has grown from eleven students to 1,174; from one building on North Paca Street to an eleven building, seventy-two acre campus. Other buildings on the campus already named after former heads of the institution include Newell Hall, Richmond Hall, and Lida Lee Tall School. Sokol; Newsome To Visit Campus Dr. Edward Sokol, a member of the Russian Committee of the State Department, will visit the college for one day in late April. He will preside at an informal dis-cussion in the afternoon and give a lecture in the evening. The sub-ject of his lecture will be ""Diffi-culties in Mutual Understanding between Russia and the United States"". Dr. Sokol received his Ph. D. from Johns Hopkins University in Asiatic Russian Studies. He speaks Russian fluently and has done a great deal of traveling in Western Europe. On April 9 and 10 Marjorie N e w so me, the internationally-known harpist will visit Towson. On April 9 she will conduct an in-formal 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. Art Symposium To Be Held April 1 Three well known Maryland artists will participate in a pro-gram of art activities at Towson State Teachers College. The pro-gram will culminate with an Art Symposium April 1 in the Student Center Lounge at 8:00 p.m. The program of the symposium will center around a discussion of forms and techniques used in var-ious art fields. The artists include Mrs. Lila Pel Katzen, an abstractionist painter; Mr. Robert Cochrane, an archi-tect; and Mr. Reuben Kramer, a sculptor. Mr. Kramer and his wife are noted as the founders of the Bal-timore Art Center, the first Mary-land approved interracial art school for children. The school continued as such until the 1954 decision of the Supreme Court made all schools interracial. Before the sumposium each art-ist will give an individual demon-stration and discussion, March 25, 27, and 29 at 3:30 p.m. in room 18 of the Administration Building. Towson Holds NSA Regional Conference On March 30 at 8:45 a.m., stu-dents from colleges affiliated with the National Students Association will register in the Newell Hall foyer for the Mason-Dixon Region-al of the NSA. At 9:30 a.m. they will assemble in the college auditorium where the opening address will be given by Mr. Richard Murphy, past pres-al Conference of the NSA. Throughout the day commission meetings will be held in various rooms in the Administration Building at which time the rep-resentatives will discuss the fol-lowing problems. Morris Concludes Lecture Series Mr. Walter M. Morris, Associate Professor of Religion, at Goucher College, concluded a series of three talks on ""Eastern Religions"" on March 20. Mr. Morris came to Goucher in 1949. Previous to that he worked for the American Baptist Home Missions Society and as Instructor of Philosophy, Religion, and Eng-lish at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. Mr. Morris received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bucknell Uni-versity and a Bachelor of Divinity degree from Crozer Theological Seminary. He has done graduate work at the University of Penn-sylvania and Johns Hopkins in the history of religions. At Goucher, Mr. Morris is the Director of Religious Activities, a member of the Advisory Commit-tee for the American Christian Palestine Committee, and the rep-resentative to the Rockefeller Brothers Fellowship Program. Mr. Morris was presented to the student body by the Towson Teacher Education and Religion Committee and the Program and Special Events Committee. These committees have planned a vari-ety of programs for the remainder of the semester. Record Crowd Sees ""Kate"" With a record breaking crowd of 1534 people in attendance, the Glen Players presented ""Kiss Me Kate"" in the college auditorium on March 14, 15 and 16. Starring Gerry Hall and Bob Deller in the roles of Lilli Vanessi and Fred Graham, Cole Porter's hit musical comedy provided Towson audiences with their first musical since the production of ""Lady The Dark."" The ""Kate"" performance were directed by Mr. William Kramer, Mr. John Duro, and Mr. Nicholas Geriak. Tryouts for the forthcoming production ""Hedda Gabbler"" will he held on April 1 and 2. In The discussion on the effect of enrollment increase on student leadership, government, and or-ganization will be conducted by Mr. James F. Pomroy, Student Government Association Vice President of the NSA. The importance and role of jun-ior colleges in meeting the diverse needs of the increasing number of students will be led by Mr. Harold C. Bokker, National President of the NSA. Miss Ann Beckner, Vice Presi-dent of Educational Affairs for the NSA will lead the discussion on the effect of increasing enroll-ments on the need for faculty per-sonnel. Mr. Donald Clifford, Chairman of the Mason-Dixon Region of the NSA, will lead the discussion on ""Who should go to college?"" Bernie Hartman, Vice President of the Student Government Asso-ciation, and Shirley Thim, NSA Coordinator, are handling arrange-ments for the one-day conference. All of the suggestions and con-clusions resulting from the discus-sion groups will be recorded and sent to the colleges represented at the conference. Pat Hinton will be in charge of this undertaking. Requisitioning rooms for the discussion groups is being handled by Dawn Beck, while Pat Mullikin provides for cafeteria space for the Saturday luncheon. A pre-conference party is being held Friday evening after the Sophomore assembly to get the delegates better acquainted with each other and discuss the mutual problems encountered by the NSA. Briefly The exhibit on the Greek Orth-odox Church on display during the week of March 11 was prepared by Koula Lallas and Erma Tzo-mides. The exhibit on the Roman Catholic Church was prepared by Joan Clemons, Mildred Beckwith, Adele Beimschlag, Eileen Brod-erick, and Ingrid Buchal. � * * On Saturday, March 16, several members of the Towson Interna-tional Relations Club broadcasted over WTOW between 1:30-1:45 p.m. Joyce Frizzell, Sarah Jane France, and Betty Hughes dis-cussed the pros and cons of the admission of Red China to the United Natinos. � � Dean Browne represented the College at the inauguration of the new president of East Carolina College on March 8. * � � Attention is called to the fact that the Spring Vacation differs in placement from the usual cus-tom. Because Easter comes very late this year, the Easter holiday will begin at 2 p.m. Friday, April 12 (the Friday preceding Palm Sunday), will include all of the following week and Easter Mon-day, with classes resuming the morning of Tuesday, April 23, at 8 a.m. "
