tl19500331-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. :3, No. 14 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. March 31, 1950 Tower Light Contest Extended To April 17 Plans are nearing completion for ' the revival of the STC literary magazine for the time in three years. A modest budget will keep the magazine down to compact size, but the Tower Light hopes to en-courage campus word-wielders to start an independent enterprise in future years. Incentive for the writers can be found in the three prizes to be awarded. Ten dollars will go to the writers of the best short story, poem, and essay or (xtiele of in-terest to the college. Deadline for contributors has been set back to April 7, so time remains for students to sharpen their pencils and wits and turn out their masterpieces. Rules for the contest: 1. All students of Towson are eligible, with the exception of the editor-in-chief and managing editor of the Tower Light. 2. Manuscripts must be submitted to the Tower Light office on or be-fore April 7. 3. Manuscripts must be typed, doubled-spaced. on standard size paper, with a three-inch margin at the top and at least one inch at all other points. Typewriters for student use are located in the li- 500 Attend Hobby Show More than 500 per,-;ons attended the hobby show sponsored by the recreation class last week and 33 awards were presented for the out-standing exhibits. Three campus school classes were among the crowd which moved about in room 220 during the show and watched the colorful displays. The highest and lo west hierarch-ies on the campus were represented, from college professors to campus school students. Three classes were chosen on a basis of age, and rib-bons were presented a:1 follows. CLASS A (14 years avid under) Handicrafts 1st�sewing Trippe 2nd�mode1s�Susan Redd 3rd�weaving�Phyllis Meseke Collections 1st--rocks and shells�Jack Mc- Williams 2nd�dolls�Betty Robinson 3rd�pins and buttons�Jane Bray Hon. Mention � nature � Street Whiteford CLASS B (15-25 years) Art lst�seulpture�Leonard Paul Hon. Mention�pen and inks�Ted Butts, drawings�Janet Swan Models 1st�railroads�Ed Klein Hon. Mention�ship�Fred Weav-er, models�Ed Klein Needlework 1st�crocheting�J0 Cramer Hon. Me ntion�e m'o re i d ery�Al i ce Patten, weaving�Joan Waters (Continued on Page 3) for fun�Mary L. brary. 4. Manuscripts should be sealed in an envelope, and the writer's name and post office box number must be clearly indicated on the envelope only! We will assign a key symbol to the paper and only the magazine editor will identify your work before judging. May Court Selections Jane Warfield, under a canopy of blue skies and a thunderburst of rose petals, will reign Queen of the Court come May Day cere-monies this Spring. Her Maid of Honor will be Joan Jourdan, and the members of the official Court include: Anna Mae Carlson, June Crick-enberger, Mary Liz Davis, Tay Giza, Barbara Kyle, Betty Mintz, Mary Shelton, Jewell Stevens, Phyllis Strohecker and Mary Gray Swann. Frosh Dance Tomorrow Night Masquerade April Theme A contest to select the ""most un-usual mask or headress"" is the latest new wrinkle added to the wealth of ideas and surprise fea-tures planned for the freshman-sponsored April Masquerade dance to be held in the college gym-nasium tomorrow night. Pat Hoglund, dance chairman, and Charles Calary, class presi-dent, expressed confidence in ""a record-breaking"" attendance. Bill Lewis' orchestra is booked for the dance. No corsages will be worn. Admission price of $1 is set for non-college singles. The dance is semi-formal. The dance committee includes: Pat Hoglund, chairman; Joan Hattersly, publicity; Jay Gernand, clean-up; Pat Cochran, decoration; Jackie Wagner, tickets; Julia Owens, refreshments; and Mary Gallaher, entertainment April 4 Aesembly - Kingsland Marionettes . �����:' Above: A secne from the p�rennial Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, H. M. S. Pinafore, to be presented by the Kingsland Marionettes at the April 4 assembly. April 4 Assembly APO Reorganizo Scheduled for the assembly pro- ""Lost And Found"" gram April 4 are the Kingsland Marionettes in a presentation in the State Teachers College audi-torium of H. M. S. Pinafore, the perennial Gilbert and Sullivan op-eretta. Jack and the Bean Stalk, the ever-popular folk tale, will be given at 2 P. M. in the college auditorium for the Lida Lee Tall youngsters and their guests, the students of the Loch Raven School. Both programs will include the Marionette Variety Acts, featuring a short minstrel show. the Cake Walk, Spanish and Hawaiian dances and new circus acts. The Kingsland Marionettes, owned and operated by Mabel and Cedric Head, are in their twentieth season of year-round puppet presentations over the nation. Alpha Phi Omega, newly formed service organization on the STC campus, has relieved the adminis-tration of handling the ""Lost and Found."" The office will be open on Mon-day, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:30 A. M. to 8:50 A. M.; and on Tuesday and Thursday from 1:30 A. M. to 1:50 A. M. The official procedure of the ""Lost and Found"" will be as follows: 1) They will handle all lost arti-cles that are not too valuable. 2) They will record all found articles and list all 1Gst articles. 3) Signature will be required for claiming any article. Members of the group handling this project are Don Causey, Dave! Williams, Frank Kaufman, Frank Roberts, and Bob Prince. New Election Code For SCA Petition System Installed Upperclassmen will not recognize the next SGA elec-tions, so changed are the procedures set up under a new election code drawn up at the Executive Board meeting of March 21 and approved by student vote last Tuesday. A new system of nominating candidates for SGA offices will be placed in effect, and emphasis will shift from the second election to the primary. An amendment to the constitution was approved which will transfer the election code from the constitution proper to the by-laws of the SGA. The code itself was almost completely rewritten in Ex-ecutive Board Meeting. ""Rain"" Next Glen Player Production The Glen Players, stymied by casting problems for Juno and the Paycock, will present Rain, the Col-ton and Randolph adaptation of a Somerset Maugham novel, April 20- 22. The completed cast includes: Native Girls: Betty Mintz, Ann Hawley Native Boys: Paul Arend, Carroll Wagner Native Policeman: Russ Jones Ameena, the wife of Joe Horn: Laura Witlam Private Griggs, U.S.M.C.: Rodney Arthur Corporal Hodgson, 'U.S.M.C.: Warren Mitchell Sergeant O'Hara, U.S.M.C.; Jim Walters Joe Horn, trader of Pago Pago: John Zvonar Dr. McPhail: Francis Barnette Mrs. McPhail: Joyce Greener Mrs. Davidson: Edna Goodall Bates, the quartermaster of the ""Or-duna"": Bruce Godfrey Sadie Thompson: Betty Lou Mariner The Rev. Alfred Davidson: Mel Shaffer Cheerleaders Hold Annual Contest Iris Butler, co-head cheerleader, has formally announced the opening of the annual cheerleader training program in preparation for the try-outs later this semester. The first general meetings for all interested freshmen, sophomore, and junior men and women will be April 11 and 13. Following this, there will be four weeks of training classes with the candidates required to attend at least two per week. These classes will be conducted by the present squad Monday through Thursday. At the conclusion of the training program, the candidates will vie for the three openings fer next year, left by graduating members; before a group of student and faculty judges. 11:=Itzt===2:1-t72::it=ttnit!Ittc Read The Steeple Beacon Petition System Installed One major change is in the in-stallation of a new system for nomi-nating SGA officers by petition. It was pointed out that the past sys-tem was confusing, while the pe-tition system will assure the nomi-nation of students who want to run for office and who consider them-selves qualified for the particular post they seek. A petition containing names of 5% of the student body will be re-quired to name a candidate for any SGA office, but other organizations on the ballot will nominate accord-ing to their own constitutions. Primary May Decide In the past it has been standard procedure to have a final election in which two candidates are named for each SGA office. Present plans ac-cording to the old Constitution call for any candidate who can muster a majority of the primary votes cast to be named to office without an-other vote. Should any candidate fail to earn a majority in any race, the two top votes will meet each other in a second election, since it seems unlikely that all the races will place a majority winner in the primary. The primary will be preceded by campaigning. A rule was inserted requiring a complete list of candi-dates to be posted by the SGA two weeks before the primary. Student teachers will be included in the pri-mary this year. Dual Office Holders Barred Clarification of a rule barring stu-dents from holding more than one major office at a time will make it impossible for a student to run for any two offices on the same SGA ballot, which will include the SGA, Tower Light, classes, Men's and Women's A. A.'s. Tentative Election Dates April 1-11: submission of petitions April 18: SGA assembly; presenta-tion of candidates to student body and their campaign plat-forms. April 20: primary election; 9-3. April 25 or 26: additional cam-paigning and platform presenta-tion. April 27: final election; 9-3. "
