tl19550309-000 "TOWER mr I i II LIGHT Vol. VII, No. 13 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Philip B. Perlman To Speak Here March 16 Former Solicitor General of the United States Philip B. Perlman will give an informal lecture on ""The Problems Facing the 84th Congress"" at 3 p.m., Tuesday, March 15, in room 211. Mr. Perl-man is being brought to Towson under the sponsorship of the Social Science Department. Mr. Perlman, a native Baltimor-ean, is listed in Who's Who in America, Current Biography, and many other sources which tell of the important people in cur-rent affairs. Mr. Perlman was born in Baltimore, Mlrch 5, 1895. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1908. Mn. Perlman also attended both Johns Hopkins and the University of Maryland. He was a newspaper reporter for the Baltimore American, the Baltimore Star and the Baltimore Evening Sun. While working on the Bal-timore Evening Sun, Mr. Perlman became City Editor. - In 1911 he was admitted to the Maryland Bar Association. Two of the important positions he has held for the State of Maryland are As-sistant Attorney General and Sec-retary of State of Maryland. Mr. Perlman was also the City Solici-tor of Baltimore. Nationally he was the Solicitor General under the Truman administration. This Was between 1947 and 1952. Mr. Perlman was then appointed Acting Attorney General by ex- President Truman. Mr. Perlman re-signed his post after the Supreme Court Decision on the steel mills seizure. He was then appointed Chairman of the President's Com-mittee on Immigration and Natur-alization. Mr. Perlman is now a member of the board (past president) of Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; vice-president, board of trustees, Walter Art Gallery; and direc-tor for the Baltimore Museum of Art. These are just a few of the Posts held by Mr. Perlman. He has been an active participant in all levels of life; the community, the State, and the nation. The lecture that Mr., Perlman Will give is entitled ""Problems Tower Light To Be Represented At (SPA Editor-in-Chief Julia Pohlman, Managing Editor Evelyn Penning-ton, and Sports Editor Harry Moore will represent the TOWER LIGHT at the thirty-first annual Columbia Scholastic Press Associa-tion convention. It is being held at Columbia University and the Wal-dorf- Astoria tomorrow, Friday, and Saturday. Faculty Adviser W. Frank Guess will accompany the group. Last year the TOWER LIGHT Was awarded a first place rating In the Teachers College division competition by the CSPA. The top rating is medalist which is the goal (Continued on page 6, col. 1) Facing the 84th Congress"". There will be two main trends of thought presented. The first one is ""The President's Proposed Limited Fed-eral Aid to Education"". The second item to be discussed is ""The At-tempt to Revive the Bricker Amendment"". ""This"", according to History Instructor Earl T. Willis, ""attempts to tie the President's hands in foreign affairs: the out-come would probably mean a rever-sion to some of the conditions which prevailed during the time of the Articles of Confederation."" As is evident from this quotation the subject is a controversial one and one of importance to anyone who is interested in current affairs. Dale Thomas Heads Senior Assembly Director of the Senior Assembly Dale Thomas comments that the theme of the assembly will be of unusual nature. The Senior As-sembly is scheduled for Tuesday, March 15. The music department is headed by Joan Bankert Trent and Morris Trent while Marge Canino will di-rect the instrumental division, which includes solos and small-group singing. Cicily Franklin is the choreographer. The technical staff features Dione Crowther, scenery; Jean Arnold, publicity; Katie Fockler, costumes; Lawrence Little, lighting; Mary Frantz, properties; Alvina Oberle, make-up. Inter-Faith Ccuncil Plans For Religious Emphasis Week The Interfaith Council is spon-soring Religious Emphasis Week, April 25 through April 28. The theme of this week will be ""Why Believe?"" There will be many ac-tivities, meetings, and services held by the various religious groups on campus. Well known speakers have been contacted for many of these activities. During this week, the Inter-Faith Council will sponsor various inter-faith programs. Monday night, April 25, a service designed to start off Religious Emphasis Week will be held. During the Tuesday assembly hour of that week, there will be a movie shown entitled God of the Atom. Following the film, there will be a short speech ex-plaining the Religion and Educa-tion Committee that has been orga-nized on campus. Tuesday night, there will be a panel discussion on the film. Thursday night, April 28, there will be a closing service for the week. FAC Elect Officers New officers of the Freshman Advisory Council have been elected. They are Mike Kennedy, vice-president; Lou Beth Bivens, secre-tary- treasurer; Barbara Nyce, Stu-dent . Government Association rep-resentative; Mary Lou England, membership chairman. Betty Hartley, who is the presi-dent of the FAC, was elected by last year's FAC, as c-ailed for in the FAC Election Code. Wednesday, March 9, 1955 GP Present Annual Shakespearian Play Emmy Lee Butler co-stars as Kate with Don Rogers as Petrucio in William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew which will be presented this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday by the Glen Players at 8:15 p.m. in the auditorium. Director of the Glen Players Richard G. Fallon will direct the four act comedy from which the popular musical Kiss Me Kate Emmy Lee Butler, Don Rogers co-star in ""Taming of the Shrew."" was taken, and English Instructor Paul M. West has helped to edit the production. Students will be admitted by their activities-cards; and $1.00 ad-mission will be charged to the pub-lic. This annual Shakespearian presentation marks the first time that the Glen Players have made their own Elizabethan-styled cos-tumes. Baptista (Jack Lynch) the rich gentleman from Padua has two daughters. One daughter, Bianca (Harriet Honnikberg) is young and pretty; and the other, Kate (Miss Butler) is a shrew. Bianca has many suitors, among whom are Five Students, Dr. Heagney To Represent Towson At Teachers Convention In New York The Eastern States Association of Professional Schools for Teach-ers is holding its thirtieth annual spring conference in New York sent the Student Government Asso-ciation, Katie Fockler, senior class; Marlene Barrell , junior class; and Agnes Kardos, fresh- Front: Agnes Kardos, Katie Fockler Back: George Hohl, Marlene Barrell City March 17, 18, and 19 at the Hotel New Yorker. The theme of the 1955 conven-tion is ""The Teacher and the Pub-lic: Their Responsibilities in Edu-cation."" George Hohl will repre-man class. Education Instructor Genevieve Heagney is the faculty representative. Every representative will partici-pate either on a panel or in a dis-cussion group. Each representative has decided upon a topic to discuss: ""The Effect of School Curricula and Teacher-Pupil Relations on Public Opinion"" (Katie Fockler), ""The Growing Interest of Citizen Groups in Education"" (Jack Jones), ""Political and Legislative Activities in Education"" (Marlene Barrell). Following George Hohl's discus-sion of the ""Attraction of the Teaching Profession for the Col-lege Student"", Agnes Kardos will explain ""The Teachers' Responsi-bility to Gain Citizen Support For Education."" Dr. Heagney will then state ""The Role of the Teacher College in the Development of De-sired Teachers-Community Atti-tudes."" The Conference, consisting of 74 colleges, will begin with registra-tion Thursday afternoon and Fri-day morning. There will be a gen-eral session Friday morning fol-lowed by a discussion group and a conference luncheon and another discussion group. Saturday morning will be another general session at which time, a summary of the discussion groups will be made. Gremio (Jack Jones) and Hortensio (Stanley Curtain). Baptista refuses to let Bianca get married until Kate marries; and since she is so domi-neering, this presents a perplexing problem. The suitors meet Petru-cio, a sympathetic gentleman from Verona, who succeeds in taming the shrew. The comedy is highlighted by the changing of identities and the eventual winning of Bianca's band. Supporting Cast The supporting cast includes Vicentio (Dick Shortt), an old gentleman of Pisa, and Lucentio (Jay Butler), the son of Vicentio who is in love with Bianca. Triano (Sid Tischler) and Biondello (Al Duke) are servants to Lucentio; Grumio (Bob Petza) is Petrucio's manservant. The pendant of Man-tua (Jim Glass); Curtis (Al Kauf-man), an aged serving man who manages Petrucio's country estate; and other members of the shrew-tamer's stall (Ann Thomas, Janice Griffith) complete the cast. Director Fallon states that this is certainly one of Shakespeare's best-known comedies, pointing to the great popular appeal of its musical adaptation. In addition to this, he says, ""This play introduces many new faces and personalities from the Glen Players"". To those young men who are interested, Mr. Fallon advises, ""Come and learn how to tame your one-and-only!"" Science Projects Exhibit Being Held In Towson Armory, March 17 & 18 An exhibit of science projects developed by junior and senior high school students in the Baltimore County Public Schools will be held in the Towson Armory March 17 and 18. The projects will be classi-fied according to the science course which the students are taking and further grouped as experimental research, visual aids, or collections. The projects will be judged by committees composed of educators and industrialists. Several members of the Towson State Teachers Col-lege faculty will assist with the judging including: Dr. Lois Odell, Wilfred E. Hathaway, William Hartley, Louis Cox, Edward Ruben-dall, and Dr. Anita Dowell, former dean of students at STC. The exhibits at the Armory will be open to the public Thursday, March 17 from noon until 9 p.m. and Friday, March 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All members of the Tow-son State Teachers College student body have been invited. The exhi-bits will be of special interest to the junior high majors and to any persons interested in science. "
