tl19550504-000 "Donna Rinehart To Reign Over May Festival TOWER fiftw! IR LIGHT Vol. VII, No. 16 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Wednesday, May 4, 1955 SGA Now Conducting - Elections For 1955 Twenty-four candidates contest in today's primary for 11 offices in the Student Government Association. The two polling Places in the lower corridor will be open until 8 p.m. Results of the primary are being tabulated by the official voting machines, and will be announced at a special meeting of the candidates to be held 8:45 in the Administration Building tonight. This election differs from last Year's in several respects. The number of candidates running for office, 24, compares favorably with last year's figure of 14. An adjust-ment in the offices open has also been made since last year. Three members-at-large will be elected instead of five, two secre-ties, corresponding and recording, instead of one, and the office of NSA coordinator has been newly opened for election from the Stu-dent Body. Last year the Execu-tive Council of the SGA elected the delegate to the National Students Association. The office of NSA coordinator includes the same re-sPonsibilities as that of NSA dele-gate although the title differs. The candidates are as follows: PRESIDENT Denny Psoras Keith Whitehurst William Zachmeier VICE P RESI DEN T Herbert August Michael Franko Clifton Hensler RECORDING SECRETARY Pegge Whiteleather CORRESPONDING SECRETARY (Continued on page 2, col. 4) � Scholarship Report To Be Distributed The Report of the Scholarship Committee of the All-College Council will be distributed Friday to the entire student body. Early in the year the All-College Council began discussing the prob-lem of scholarship at Towson. Sev-eral committees were appointed to study the problem, and submit a report to the Council. This is the report which the student body will receive Friday. Purpose The purpose of the Report is ""to analyze existing problems con-cerning scholarship . . . at Towson in an attempt to remedy unsatis-factory conditions in that area and thereby raise standards of scholar-ship in the college community."" Two phases of the problem are considered in the report: (1) Elim-ination of student dishonesty and (2) Cultivation of appropriate at-titudes by instructors towards their work and toward students. Glen Players To Give Three One-Act Plays Three one-act plays will be the final productions this year of the Glen Players. The plays will be presented in the auditorium, May 12, 13, and 14, at 8 p.m. The Eugene O'Neill's Where the Cross Is Made, William Saroyan's The Jay Butler three plays consist of: Hungerers, and Xingu by Edith Warton. Where the Cross is Made is a melodrama. Featured in this pro-duction will be Robert Gist and Harriet Honikburg. The play if, under the direction of Richard G. Fallon. Jay Butler will direct The Hung-erers, a drama by William Saroyan. Jack Lynch and Virginia Lee Bea-man will be featured in this pro-duction. ""Xingu"" will feature newcomers to the Glen Players' Pat Murphy and Cicely Franklin plus a cast of six. Mr. Fallon will also direct this comedy by Edith Warton. The Glen Players are also pre-paring a radio play Air Raid to be presented over radio station WITH sometime in the latter part of May. Among those featured will be Harriet Honikburg, Sidney Tish-ler, Jay Butler, Virginia Lee Bea-man, and Cicely Franklin. Dr. West An intimate of star-filled skies, A close friend of the uni-verse; His passing made the heav-ens weep And stilled the singing in the trees. The Tower Light extends its deepest sympathy to the family and close friends of Dr. Joe Young West, our beloved instructor, who passed away April 29, 1955. Religous Organizations Carry Theme 'Why Believe', April 25-28 ""Why Beleive ?"" keynoted the theme of Religious Emphasis Week which began Monday, April 25 and ended Thursday, April 28. Spon-sored by the Inter-Faith Council, this week was planned to make stu-dents more aware of religion in life. Programs Ross Clinchy from the National Sonference of Christians and Jews represented the Inter-Faith Coun-cil and was the coordinator for its program. Monday, April 25, speakers from three faiths spoke on the subject, ""Why Beleive ?"" Dr. J. Winston Pearce represented the Protestant religions, the Rev. Walter T. Gouch C.S.P. represented the Catholic faith, and Rabbi Jacob B. Agus represented the Jewish faith. (Continued on page 6, col. 1) KDP Initiating New Members Twelve new members will be init-iated into Klppa Delta Pi, honor-ary society, this evening at 5:30 in Richmond Hall Parlor. The initiates are: Christina Baugh, Jane Brownlie, Joseph Bru-sini, Sonia Gelblum, Lillian Miller, Margaret Murdock, Carolyn Port-man, Stella Seltzer, Maurice Smith, Gloria Snyder, Marion Walter, Keith Whitehurst. Following the initation at 7:30 p.m. the Kadelpians are holding a panel discussion entitled ""What Can Teachers Do for Exceptional Children in the Classroom"". All interested persons are invited to attend the discussion. 'Blossom Time' To Be Celebrated Saturday Blossom Time, Towson State Teachers College's annual May Day celebration�an afternoon of gaiety and entertain-ment for students, alumni, faculty members, and their families and friends�will be held on the college campus. Homage is to be paid to STC's May Queen of 1955, Donna Rinehart, who will officially open the springtime festival by May Queen Donna Rinehart and Maid of Honor Dale Thomas. leading a procession of her maid of honor, Dale Thomas, and court to her decorated throne on the Towson green. Immediately fol-lowing the procession, the corona-tion will take place as Adviser Marvin C. Volpel bestows the crown upon Miss Rinehart's head. Then everyone present will par-ticipate in a series of activities, in-cluding a May Pole dance by the women students. Special performances are to be presented large turnout. We are also hoping for good weather, but should it rain the entire program will be transferred to the gymnasium."" Queen and Her Court Queen Rinehart, Maid of Honor Thomas and the court were elected from the senior class by the stu-dent body. The court includes Rita Perkins, Jackie Walker Nolan, Pat Corrigan, Dione Crowther Marchione, Irene Paul, Patti Losco, Pat Robbins, Dawn Wittstadt, Sherry Mangold, and Mona Lou Evans. The Queen and her court will carry old fashioned bouquets and present a colorful display of gowns. Miss Rinehart will wear white, while her court will be dressed in gowns of green, blue, pink, orchid, and lavender. The Queen's throne, which will be decorated by Patti Ryan, is to be pink and white with ivy trim-mings. Blossom Time Committee Arrangements for Blossom Time were made by a student-faculty committee, chairman of which is English Instructor Paul Back Row : Pat Robbins, Dione Marchione, Patti Losco, Sherry Man-gold, Dawn Wittstadt. Front Row: Mona Lou Evans, Pat Corrigan, Jackie Nolan. by the college orchestra and Glee Club, and the Queen and her court will receive an honorary tribute from a dancing group of Lida Lee Tall children under the direction of Music Instructor Hazel E. Mac- Donald. ""The whole school is invited,"" said Tony Marchione, who is in charge of Blossom Time activi-ties. ""And we are hoping for a M. West. Members of the commit-tee are Katie Fockler, Ed Moulton, Laurel Donovan, Mike Franko, George Hohl, Tony Marchione, Rita Perkins, Dione Marchione, Adele E. Harshman, Miss Mary E. Pottorf, Mr. Lloyd Miller and Mrs. Jean Fagella. Blossom Time is sponsored by the Senior Class. "
