tl19550504-002 "Page TAree TOWER LIGHT Wednesday, May 4, 1955 I Personalities on For this issue, we have chosen to in-terview Willis C. Tull, Jr., a soph-omore here at Towson State Teachers College. Born on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, he traveled quite a bit attending schools in Maryland, New Jersey, Louisianna, and Vir-ginia. After graduation from high school in 1948, he came to Balti-more to live. In 1949 he enlisted in the Army and served in Kentucky and Virginia under Military Intel-ligence. Willis was then sent to Tokyo, Japan under the Billeting Division. This work included a housing pro-gram for married military person-nel and their families. After being discharged from the Army in Oc-tober 1952, he stayed in Japan under the Civilian Military Intelli-gence until December 1953. In December 1952 while still in Japan, Willis married Taeko Itoi Whose American name is Terry. They remained in Japan until De-cember 1953; and December 26 ar-rived in Maryland laden down with oriental Christmas presents for family and friends. Willis came to State Teachers College because he has always had a desire to be a teacher. He says of himself, ""My love of people is not restricted to any one religion, racial, national, political, or social-economic grouping. I enjoy ex-changing views with different peo- Pie. When I differ with someone On a certain issue I find it advan-tageous to recall a couple of my fuvorite proverbs�'A man is just as big as the thing that makes him mad.'�'No one has a monopoly on by Pat our personality on campus the Campus DeCorse wisdom.' ""The subjects in which I am most interested are psychology, physiology, genetics, sociology, and the cultural (religious, political, social, economic, philosophical, and scientific) history of the human race. One of my social hypotheses, and main hope, is that man's inhuman-ity to man will decrease propor-tionately with the increase of man's knowledge of man. This is the main reason why I chose to become a teacher of the social sci-ences."" Although Willis may appear to be a quiet and reserved sort of fel-low, behind that appearance is a wonderful personality and quite a lot of intelligence. Mrs. Terry Tull graduated from a two year Protestant Missionary College in Japan where she studied Japanese literature, English, and designing under a French dress de-signer. Since she has lived here she has come to love America im-mensely and, in fact, is very oc-cidental in her entire outlook. She completely prefers American dress to that of the Orient and has mas-tered the English language very well (except our deceptive slang.) This is shown by the fact that she is employed as a statistical typist for a Baltimore firm in the Mathei-son Building downtown. Mr. and Mrs. Tull now reside in Towson on Burke Avenue. When Willis completes his four years here at Towson and after teaching here for awhile, he would like someday to return to the Orient for a short time as an exchange teacher. Johns Hopkins ""New Exchange Of U.S., A somewhat recent article in the Johns Hopkins News Letter was concerned with the exchange of American and Russian students. It strongly recommended that the Student Council, student body and University authorities support this project to bring Russian stu-dents to American colleges. It is a matter of much controversy Which was presented in the article Which follows. In the past months a number of A merican college students have been invited to, and have visited Soviet Russia; their visits have in s,,Ile measure relieved interna- 'tonal tension caused in part by constant exhortations to ""fear the erietnY."" Unfortunately, this atti-tude is often expressed by people ,I.'ith More authority than wisdom, 'ar one great enemy is actually ,(as it was in F.D.R's days) fear `tself, f It is expected that a man will ,ear what he does not understand, (lad he cannot understand what he i �es not know. The visit of Amer-aa students to Russia is at least ,, sYmbol of the desire for greater gn(lerstanding between these two DeoPles, i, If we ever neglect an opportun- Iv? to promote understanding, we idili have made a lie of the very tieats which serve as the founda- , �11 of our proudly displayed free '()eiety, A If after extolling the virtues of stIllerica we do not invite Russian a.sudents to come here, compare, ti::d take home what impressions itleY May make, our words could t qlY be called hollow. It's like I asting a child's candy, telling him that You know where he can get Letter"" Urges U.S.S.R. Students some that's much better, but when he's ready to come over and try it you tell him to come back some other time. He may not believe a word of what you tell him, but he can hardly be blamed. Clearly we have nothing to lose by inviting Russian students here. Even if there are possible dangers they are far out-weighed by the many possible goods. It is con-siderably healthier to think in terms of the common understand-ing which necessarily must result. Is there any doubt that greater compensation will result from meeting a woman than from read-ing about one ? Shouldn't this also be true of a Russian? Traditionally universities and university students have been singularly successful in bridging political boundaries. The problem now is can, and are we, willing to make this bridge a strong one? Women's Group Invites Seniors To Join Club The American Association of University Women invites all women seniors who will be grau-ating in June to join this associa-tion. This group extends membership to all professional women of Balti-more City and County. Its meet-ings are held at 8211 N. Charles Street. Anyone who is interested in membership should contact Mrs. John NV. Hoffman, HO. 7-3740 or Miss Frances Turner (president), BE. 5-4156, Roving Reporter Who would you like to be if you could be anyone in the world? John Harrison: ""Bob Cousey� his shots hit the spot."" Pat Mooney: ""Jean Arnold be-cause she has been to Bermuda and she got a nice tan."" Mary Ann Redding: ""Dean of Education�I'd give all the girls A's."" Lois Salvaggio: ""Easter Bunny �so I could always be on Easter vacation."" Agnes Kardos: ""Joan Archan-bault because she has naturally curly hair."" Henry Alvarez: ""Henry Rocka-feller."" (This needs no explana-tion). John Ficher: ""A driver of a Shaldalff Special."" Tick Hundertmark: ""Perry Como�he's a real cool cat."" Barbara Nyce: ""Marlon Brando �because he's at ease in any sit-uation."" Nancy Lee Norm ine : ""Bobo Rockafeller�all that money and no strings attached."" Peyton White: ""Shah of Iran� women and oil wells�what more could you ask for?"" Edith Gesswein: ""The richest person in the world."" Nancy Blevins: ""An A student."" Jane Jogeler: ""Mickey Spil-laine's fiancee."" Bob Rhinehart: ""Dr. Fickes� because he has met my needs."" Rod Smith: ""Edmund Hillary� he conquered Mt. Everest."" June Dorn: ""I'm perfectly con-tented being Mrs. Earl Dorn."" Most people were happy just be-ing themselves, as we should be. This, of course, was all in fun� and wouldn't we have a lot of celebrities here at STC? Dr. Manfred Guttmacher Speaks To SIC Students Dr. Manfred Guttmacher, long associated with Johns Hopkins University, and the psychiatrist of the United Nation's Consulting Committee on Crime in 1948, lec-tured informally on juvenile de-linquency to a small group two weeks ago. The address was fol-lowed by a coffee social planned by the Jewish Students Associa-tion who sponsored Dr. Guttmach-er's visit and arranged the pro-gram. Dr. Guttmacher illustrated the causes of juvenile delinquency through several studies of child behavior made by eminent social scientists. Crime in the child can often be understood, and the cases can be handled individually. ""The child is the father of the man"", as Wordsworth said, and juvenile de-linquents produce adult delin-quents. In his first case Dr. Guttmacher explained why juvenile authorities have been able to conclude that parents are largely responsible for delinquent behavior in the child. When the parents of delinquents are analyzed, they often possess forbidden impulses, corresponding to the overt behavior in their chil-dren, and they derive unconscious pleasure by witnessing abnormal behavior in their children. Young girls who are sexually promiscuous often are the daughters of women who have laten promiscuous ten-dencies, and instill their neurosis in the children. These mothers will often question a young girl about men molesting them in movies quite insatiably, and from an early age, expose their daughters to un-healthy sexual orientation. (Continued on page 6, col. 4) SCA Choir To Present Concert Monday For Organists Guild The Student Christian Associa- choir. He invites the choir to sing tion under the direction of Music at St. Thomas every year. Many Instructor Hazel McDonald will be times through these concerts the giving a concert for the Organists choir receives other invitations to Guild of Baltimore at Ascension sing. Lutheran Church, Monday night. Already the choir has received SCA Choir during recent visit It is quite an accomplishment and honor for the choir to sing for the Organists Guild as it is com-posed of organists from many of the Baltimore area churches. Recently the choir acted as an ""ambassador"" for Towson. It gave a concert at Coppin College, March 25, at its regular Friday morning assembly. The members of the choir had lunch with Coppin stu-dents and were given a tour of the school. Members of the Coppin faculty and student body were im-pressed by our students, and a commendable relationship exists between the two schools. Organist of St. Thomas Episco-pal Church Richard Babcock (who formerly attended Towson) seems to be the promoter of the SCA to Coppin College. two invitations for concerts next year. One invitation is from the PEO Club of Baltimore which is a cultural organization, and the ether is from Ascension Lutheran Church. The choir performs for the tra-ditional Thanksgiving and Christ-mas assemblies. It also sings for SCA vespers and assemblies and is sponsored by that organization. This group is composed of 22 students who deserve a great deal of credit. Equal credit needs to be extended to Director Hazel Mc- Donald, and Biology Instructor Wilfred B. Hathaway who on vari-ous occasions serves as accompan-ist for the group. Officer J.V. DeFontes Heads STC Security and Traffic Department by Joseph V. DeFontes, who is a special policeman for the State of Maryland, has many duties. The main one is to strive ""for the preservation of peace and good Rosemary Hartzell ties come under the item of pro-tection: 1�To be in general charge of the security of the campus. 2�To keep records of stickers and license numbers. 3�To give special help on miss-ing property, accidents, etc. 4�To make periodic checks on all buildings. Officer DeFontes has not always been employed as a policeman. Previously he has been employed as a salesman of photographic supplies and accessories, and this led to his interest in photography. Mr. DeFontes has been a mem-ber of a camera club, and once won an honorable mention in a contest. The winning photo was entitled ""Time on My Hands"" and pictured a pair of hands with one winding a wristwatch. In the national realm Mr. De- Fontes has won another honorable mention. Sylvania awarded the prizes this time, and his winner was a photo called ""Film Funnies Time"", showing a young, smiling sofa. Officer television on a big DeFontes, who is a na-tive of Baltimore, attended South-ern High School. He is married and has four married children. Here at Towson Officer DeFon-tes certainly has impressed us with his courteous, helpful, and pleas-ant manner. He is an aggressive and conscientious worker, and from afellssaisopnects, well-suited for his pro- Officer J. V. DeFontes now heading STC Security and Traffic Department after resignation of Russell Hilton. order"" and ""to execute the said of-fice with Diligence and Fidelity."" Upon the resignation of Mr. Russell Hilton, Officer DeFontes took over in February. Officer De- Fontes has worked as a special policeman and guard in industrial work before joining ranks with the state. Four important subordinate du- "
