tl19580306-000 " TOW IGHT Vol. X No. 11 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND line MacMahon Arrives oted Star To Appear Chest X-Ray Unit Here Next Week The Mobile Chest X-ray truck Will be on the college campus on March 12 and 13. All students are reminded that it is mandatory that they be x-rayed at this time. Only those students who have a waiver from Dr. Phelan of the Health Center will be excused from the Check. Anyone who misses being X-rayed during the designated time on campus will be required to have x-rays taken outside on free time. The schedule of names and times for the x-rays will be posted on the bulletin board in the lower level of Stephans Hall. Students are requested to leave their classes at the time they are scheduled and to report to the table set up near the mobile unit. Each student will pick up his card at the table after giving his or her age to the attendant. Please do not wear jewelry or any other lneta lie objects at the time the X-ray is being taken. Gourmet Society Begins Activities The newest organization on .(trripus was formed on Tuesday evening February 11, 1958. The Neeting was called to order and motion to name the organiza-tion was presented on the floor ar the club and passed. The new rgan zation is known as The lourmets Society of Towson State t'ea-chers College. The club was formed for the )ure enjoyment of good food, and %e instruction of unusual prepar-ktions. The organization is re-htricted to the male students only. t�acul Ly Advisor for the Society hi Mr. Jack Smith, an instructor 5f Speech at the College. All members of the male student body are invited to the next meet-ing. Elections will be held and the charter will be improved. Meetings be held and the charter will !he improved. Meetings will be held nee a month for a dinner. Tentatively planned for the forthcoming semester are the in-glision of faculty members in the i*ganization, and a dinner for the %tire student body. The charter )14ernbers of the club are Fred W. k�evin, acting chairman, Frank tlarrier, William Kahler, William lohns bn, Louis White, Carol Miles, itriA Joseph Evans. NOTICE TO STUDENTS IF you PLAN TO PARK DIV CAMPUS,RE&IS TER PRESENT STICKER AND NOV LICENSETAG NOME WITH THE BUSINESS orricE. In March 6, 1958 On Towson Campus 'The Corn Is Green Star of Stage, Screen and T.V. Distinguished Broadway star, Miss Aline MacMahon arrives on Towson wend to work with Glen Players in ""The Corn Is Green"" to be presented in school auditorium March 12, 13, 14 and 15. Eastern Teachers Behind The Conference Draws Towson Students Scenes... The annual Conference of East-ern States Teacher Colleges to be held in New York from March 20 to 22 will be attended by Jim Binko representing the S.G.A.; Carey Bolster, the Senior Class; Jim Sarnecki, the Junior Class; Wally Yesenofski and Arlene Kates, the Sophomore Class; Bill Kirby, the Freshman Class; and Lois Enfield, the F.T.A., Dr. Hag-ney and Mr. Cornthwaite will be the faculty advisors. The theme of the conference is Guiding Youth in the Era of Guided Missiles. The Towson dele-gation has been meeting weekly to assemble resource material. Towson students at past confer-ences have the reputation of being well prepared. Besides listening to lectures and attending discussion groups, the students have planned to at-tend a Broadway show and to tour some spots of interest such as the United Nations Building and Greenw4ah Village. With Mr. Cornthwaite's broad knowledge of New York and Dr. Hagney's tho-rough preparations for the con-ference, the group ought to have a most enlightening and enter-taining time. In every production, no matter how large or small, there are many persons working to make the results as seen by the audience a success. These behind-the-scenes workers are an important and in-expendable part of the production. The following list of persons are presently working with the Glen Players to make their production cf ""The Corn Is Green"" as much of a success as possible. Director: Mr. William C. Kramer Student Directors: Marilyn Miller and Ronald Budny Assistant to Mr. Kramer: Kath-ryn McIntyre Technical Assistant: Sidney Tish-ler Production Coordinator: John Bruicle Johnson Scene Design: Sally Cohan, Sallie Kravitz, and Bruce Johnson Lighting Director: Regis Rheb Business Manager: Eileen Kara-bell Publicity Director: Dot Levin Make-Up Chairman: Ellen Hem-meter Prompters Chairman: Annette La-kein Costumes Chairman: Prunetta Owens Properties Chairman: Harriett Needle Will Work With Glen Players On March 2, 1958, State Teach-ers College at Towson welcomed Broadway star Miss Aline Mac- Mahon to its campus. Miss Mac- Mahon is beginning ten days of rehearsals with the Glen Players for their next production, ""The Corn Is Green"" to be presented on March 12, 13, 14, and 15 under the direction of Mr. William C. Kram-er. Miss MacMahon will be seen in the role of Miss Moffat, orig-inally played by Ethel Barrymore on stage and later by Bette Davis on the screen. Set in Wales at the turn of the century, Emlyn Williams' excit-ing drama revolves about the spir-ited and witty teacher Miss Mof-fat, her discovery of an unusual and promising teenage coal miner, and her efforts to develop his tal-ent. Actually the play closely par-allels the events of playwright Williams' early years in Wales. Towson students who have fea-tured roles in the presentation in-clude veteran Glen Player Earl Myers, a Junior from Essex, who will be remembered for his work in ""Kiss Me Kate"" and ""Strange Bedfellows."" Earl will be seen as the mercurial young miner. Gerry Hall, a Senior from Middle River, who was last seen in the title role of ""Kiss Me Kate"" is another ex-perienced Glen Player who will appear with Miss MacMahon. Oth-ers in the cast will be Patricia Griffin, a Senior from Govans who appeared in Edna St. Vincent Mil-lay's ""Aria Da Capo;"" Sidney Tish-ler, a Senior from Park Heights, remembered from ""Our Town"" and ""George Washington Slept Here:"" Warren Sylvester, a Junior from Hamilton, last seen in ""Kiss Me Kate:"" and Delores Garrity, a Pea-body voice scholarship winner from Irvington. Completing the large cast are Carolyn Coakley, Harriett Needle, Bob Deller, Leah Gaponoff, Elaine Volk, Richard Shortt, Ronald Bud-ney, Jerry Riley, Bonita Rakes, Sally Cohan, Shirley Block, Jim Thomas, Tamar Belsky, Howard Eisner, Arthur Laupus, Susan Triplett, Janet Rein, Lynn Rajala, Brenda Sherrer, Ann Brittingham, Evelyn Spiers, Ray Benser, Ed Hrout, Lou White, and Martha Smith. Miss MacMahon, a distinguished star of the New York stage, Hol-lywood, and television, was last seen in New York in Sean O'i a-sey's autobiographical works, ""Pic-ture in the Hallway"" and ""Knock On Any Door."" Prior to that, Miss MacMahon appeared in T.S. Eliot's ""The Confidential Clerk"" with Claude Rains and Ina Claire. On the West coast, she appeared in ""The Madwoman of Chaillot."" Special mention must also be made of her moving performance of the mother in the Theater Guild production of ""The Eve of St. M ar .' Miss ' MacMahon's best remem-bered motion picture performances include: ""The Search"" with Mont-gomery Clift; ""The Man From Laramie"" with James Stewart; ""The Eddie Cantor Story:"" ""Rose-anna McCoy:"" ""Stage Door Can-teen;"" ""Five Star Final:"" ""Kind Lady:"" ""Ah, Wilderness:"" and ""Once in a Lifetime."" She first achieved stardom in 1932 in the last named movie, a satire by Kauffman and Hart. Miss MacMahon also played .Queen Gertrude in the American Production of ""Hamlet"" which was sent by the State Department to the Castle Elsinore in Denmark, the original setting of ""Hamlet."" Mr. Kramer, Dr. Hawkins, the Adminstrative Council, and the Glen Players. have been planning and discussing the Guest Artist-in- Residence idea for well over a year. Mr. Kramer, with the co-operation of ANTA (The Amen - can National Theatre and Acad-emy) in New York, completed the arrangements to have Miss Mac- Mahon come to Towson. The purpose of the Artist-in-Residence program is to provide an oppor-tunity for a large number of col-lege students to gain training and experience by working closely with a professional artist. Miss MacMahon has participat-ed in the ANTA program at Stan-ford University and she takes an active interest in the growth and development of college theater. Performances of ""The Corn Is Green"" will be held in the Steph-ans Hall auditorium. Admission will be by tickets only. Students must show their activity cards in order to get tickets. Tickets for non-students will be $1.50. ur-tain time will be 8:15. John Langstaff Performs Here The Music On Mondays program presented Mr. John Langstaff on Monday, March 3 in the college auditorium. Mr. Longstaff's pro-gram was made up of songs used in education of children and of childrens' songs. Mr. Langstaff has toured Canada recently and is now in this country making a tour of the nation. The audience appreciated the program and their comments ech-oed the words of the New York Herald Tribune, ""Mr. Langstaff . really sings, and he makes music doing it. He projects sentiment surely, maintains a mood firmly, and gives his phrases wings."" "
