tl19500303-000 "March 3, 1950 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Vol. 3, No. 12 Informality Keynote Of ""Headline Hop"" Informality will keynote the Tower Light's ""Headline Hop,"" next big social event on the STC calendar. Dick Dep-kin and his Orchestra will provide the music for the dance next Friday night in the gym, which will not require formal dress for men or girls. There will not be any regularly scheduled intermission entertainment, either. This will be a time for leisurely chats with friends or a raid cn the refreshment stand. Tower Light publicity agents pre-sent the following formula for a Pleasant evening on March 10. A date with your one-and-only, a wonderful orchestra, beautiful deco-rations, delicious refreshments, and the Tower Light pla,:tered all over the place. ""It can't be beat!"" Committees Set Up Plans for the dance have been for-mulated by the TL staff and com-mittees are busy now with original ideas for the affair. Editor-in-chief Bill Hammerman has announced the following committee heads: Fred Brown and Paul Arend, lighting and decorations; Bob Hofmeister, pub-licity; Marilou Pritchard, invita-tions; and Gladys Belsinger, re-freshments. Paul Arend, business manager of the TL, will handle financial ar-rangements for the dance. Students will be admitted free upon presen-tation of student activity cards, and outsiders will pay just one dollar for admission. Sophomore Tests Begin March 16 The annual Sophcmore Testing Program will take place on Thurs-day and Friday, March 16th and 17th. The tests are primarily for the students' benefit. They are designed to judge individual strength and ability as compared to Sophomores from other colleges in the country. Last year 20,000 partcipants from 160 colleges took these tests. All STC Sophomores will be 'ex-cused from classes from 9:00 to 12:30 1 to permit their participation. Sec-tions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 will take the tests in room 220. All other Sophomores, including Specials and Junior College will take them in the auditorium. (Continued on Page 4) T-L Sponsors Literary Contest Cash prizes will be presented by the Tower Light to the writers of the best material submitted for pub-lication in a special literary issue to be published some time in May. Ten dollars will be awarded to the authors of the best poem, short story, and article. on college life, humor-ous or otherwise. Members of the English Depart-ment will serve with Tower Light representatives on the board of judges for the contest. All students will be eligible, with the exception of the Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of the Tower Light, and man-uscripts will be kept anonymous and identified by key symbols, only, when presented to the judges. Deadline March 31 March 31 will mark the last date for entering copy for the magazine, which will be the first at STC since the Tower Light became a news-paper three years ago. Short humor-ous sketches will be featured along with the short stories and poems, and the cartoons and jokes typical of college publications will also be represented. Here are the rules for submitting manuscripts: 1. Manuscripts must be submitted to the Tower Light office on or be-fore March 31, 1950. A special box will be provided in the office for re-ceipt of manuscripts. 2. Manuscripts must be typed, double spaced, on standard size pa-per, with a three inch margin at the top of the first page and at least one inch at all other points. Type-writers for student use are located in the library. 3. Manuscripts should be sealed in an envelope, with the author's name and post office box number clearly indicated on the envelope only. We will assign a key symbol to the paper and only the magazine editor will know your work. March Assemblies STC Students The assembly schedule for the �,Ionth of March has been released �Y Mr. West. On March 7, Dr. Ethel J. Alpenfels, noted anthro- 1;ologist, will lecture on the Modoc Indians of the Western United States. Dr. Alpenfels is the winner Zf many honors, among them the Itockefeller Foundation Fellowship to do field work. o Alien � � � The Eastern States Association Of Professional Schools for Teachers will hold its yearly meeting in New York from March 16 to 39. STC stu-dents attending the meetings will leave Towson in time for the Thurs-day meeting and will return on Sun- Demonstration Night March 8 Girls To Compete In Annual Event Nancy Sande!, Catherine Baker and Betty Ann Jackson perform aerial act at 1949 demonstration night. Exchange Student To Be Sponsored Bq FAC In Fall The FAC has announced plans for having an exchange student attend the Teachers College beginning with the Fall semester. Having contacted the Institute of Interna-tional Education, which is directing its efforts to forward the student exchange program and which has been endorsed by the Department of State, the FAC disclosed the plan which is based on the information received from the In-stitute. It is probable that the program will cost approximately $350.00, this amount to be contributed by various school organizations. The amount has al-ready been approached by pledges Mrs. Hazard, New received from the Tower Light, the Sophomore Class, FAC, IRC, At STC Library and the Freshman Class. The committee, sponsored by the FAC, will include members chosen from all of the organizations who contribute to the fund. The re-presentatives who are sent to the Student Exchange Committee of the FAC will make a choice of a student from one of 55 nationali-ties. The propect has been in-augurated in an effort to help the United Nations forward the pro-cess of establishing international good will. Approximately 1100 col-leges and universities are at present day. participating in the program and March of the program for Dr. Scott, Director of the Elemen-march 14 will be made later. Rep- the aim at Towson is School not merely to student teachers will I sentatives of stuedtn organiza- tarY follow the example set by other Lions making the New York Trip accompany representatives of the the four classes, the student organziations, but to further the will make their reports to the stu- SGA, body; and individuals making the i'efforts of the U. N. 'ent - bly. body at the March 21 assem trip on their own. (Continued on Page 4) An integral part of any college is its library, since learning stems from this focal point. Of the many jobs involved, cataloging possesses an apparent insignificance but an ac-tual importance. Mrs. Ruth H. Hazard has replaced Mrs. Bernice Weitzel in this posi-tion at STC, since Mrs. Weitzel has moved to New England. Mrs. Hazard was graduated from New York Uni-versity with a B.S. degree in Edu-cation and received her library cer-tificate from Geneseo State Teach-ers College. She worked in the New York State Education Department, Archives Division of History in Al-bany. Mrs. Hazard has found the people of Maryland very friendly, espe-cially at STC. Strangely enough, the first impression of Baltimore for her was the appearance of streetcars. The feminine performers of STC will take over in the gym on March 8, when all men will be banished to the balcony while the gals par-ticipate in Demonstration Night, starting at 8:00 P .M. The classes will stage their annual competition for the championship plaque with the juniols and seniors acting as one team, while the sopho-mores and freshmen will act inde-pendently. Last year the junior-senior combination won the eve-ning, with the Class of '52 finishing second. Stunts Open Program The classes are now busy working on original skits to be presented at the beginning of the program. Each class will be given five min-utes to perform its stunt, so few accessories will be used. These stunts are kept secret until their performance, and each will be a surprise to observers. Anyone who has attended physical education classes for the past months has been rehearsing for the dances. Miss Daniels, MigS. Roach, and Miss Sargent have been working hard teaching all their 'Classes many dances for selection as special ones for each class. Timing is being per-fected and the girls are struggling to match each movement with the proper note. Team Games Slated Newcombe is probably the most popular of the team games to be held.. Members of the teams were chosen from all sections for a good distribution, and powerful serves are being readied for the event. This will be the first Demon-stration Night for the Class of '53, who have held a contest for a class song. The sophomores have also written a new class song. When the judges (members of past classes) make their final de-cision any class may prove to be the winner. The Class of '49 proved that anyone can win by copping the title in their first, third, and fourth years, and set a challenging record for other classes to aim at. Before enrollment at STC en-larged each student was permitted to invite two persons to Demon-stration Night. However, this year's plans call for each senior, junior, and sophomore to receive one ticket for the evening. (Continued on Page 5) ""Peg"" Repeated The Glen Players gave a special performance of J. Hartley Manners' ""Peg O' My Heart"" on February 24 in the STC auditorium. The play was sponsored by the Woman's So-ciety of Christian Service of tht First Methodist Church of Towson. "
