tl19660506-000 "Volume XVIII, No. 22 May 6, 1966 Towson To Host Famed Sculptor Reuben Kramer Growth of a Sculptor"" was the topic of an address given at Towson State College by Balti-more- born sculptor, Reuben Kramer in Stephens Hall Audi-torium. Kramer studied in Balti-more under J. Maxwell Mil-ler at the Rhinehart School of Sculpture from 1927-1932. He pursued post-graduate work at the same institution for the following two years., From 1931-1934, he was a-warded three Rhinehart Traveling Scholarships and from 1934-1936 lived and worked at the American A-cademy in Rome as a Fellow-ship Student. In 1056, Kramer organized the Artist Equity Association Summer Workshop and was its director for the first two years. He also founded the Baltimore Art Center in 1944 and was its Director through 1956. Since 1939, Kramer has taught Scul- ""P.ture privately as well as be-ing Sculpture instructor for the Adult Education Program at (Continued on Page 5) Marjorie Newson With Harp In Marjorie Brunton Newson, taltimore Harpist, will give a recital at Towson State Col-lege, Monday, May 9 at 8:15 P,n1. in Stephens Hall Auditor- ,t1-1111, under the auspices of the 1.�""ivsorr State Centennial Com-kittee. Marjorie Brunton Newson ,was born on Cape Breton island, Nova Scotia. She re-ceived her musical educa-tion in New England, and began touring in harp re-citals while very young. tl In mid-career, she married h ligh Raymond Newson, corn- ""0ser of oratorio, concert songs sYmphonic poems, Newson thl,cite some eighty works for h Is instrument, which his wife thtis performed in concerts rnughout this country and Canad a. In addition to Mrs. New-tin's solo recitals, she has ,Pneared with her husband several hundred joint ""roadcasts and television Programs. In addition to her Ci�0certs, at most colleges :1 recent years, Mrs. New- 11�,n has lectured upon the j,!stnry and technique of her strument. the ""� Newson believes that 114,, grmtest beauties of the ti lie in tonal color and con- '', ih the richness of its mid- President Hawkins accepts the flag from the Carroll Street School from Mrs. Annie Newell Armstrong Buzzell, great grand-daughter of Newell. Newell Decendent Gives Original Flag President Earle T. Hawkins receive the great-granddaughter of Professor McFaddon A. Ne-well in his office, Wendnesday April 27. The occasion was the pre sentation of the original flag to fly over the Carroll Street site of Towson Col-lege when it was Maryland State Normal School. The To Perform Towson Recital dle and lower register, and that it is a mistake to confine its re-pertory to already over-fam-iliar harpsichord-type music. Mrs. Newson lives on Mt. Vernon Place in Baltimore, touring usually in the win-ter, practicing and painting in the summers. She is also well known to Baltimoreans for her poetry, which has appeared in many magazines and quarterlies. She is pres-ently recording her harp re-pertoire, which extends from the earliest known Gaelic melodies for that instrument to works just finished last week. The program for Monday will inrlude: Sarabande FRANCOIS COUPERIN Solfeggietto K. P. E. BACH Theme by Handel transcription by JOHN THOMAS Improvision in the Whole-tone Scale Prelude on the first five notes of a theme by J. S. Bach HUGH NEWSOM Pavane From the Ancient Gaelis Amihle Gradh, le Mihle la RORY DALL O'CAHAN (My Thousand Times Belov- (Continued on Page 5) To College Carroll Street school was the third site of the College Mrs. Annie Newell Armstrong Buzzell presented the flag which is over one hundred years old, dating from 1861 or 1862. The flag has thirty-four stars, with the thirty-fourth state being Kansas. Mrs. Buzzell also presented to President Hawkins a por-trait of her great-grandfather, after whom Newell Hall, resi-dence an college center building, is named. Both of the valuable remembrances have been in the Newell family and the presenta-tion is in keeping with Towson's centennial celebrations. Schneider To Lecture In Centennial Series Producer - Director Alan Schneider will give a series of three lectures at Towson State College on the Contemporary Theatre Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings, May 10 through 12 at 8:15 p.m. in Stephen's Hall Auditorium. Schneider, who has staged all of Samuel Beckett's plays produced in this country and most of the works of Pinter, is appearing at Towson State College, under the auspices of the College's Centennial Celebration Committee. Born in Kharkov, Russia, Schneider was reared in Brook-lyn and Sabillasville, Maryland. He attended Forest Park High School and Johns Hopkins Uni-versity. He received his Bach-elor's degree in Drama at Cor-nell University. From 1941- 1952 he served on the faculty of Catholic University. In 1952, he was selected by the U.S. State Department to direct The Skin of our Teeth for the International Theatre Festival in Paris. Theatrically, Schneider re-ceived much of his early direc-ting and producing experience at Washington's Arena Stage. This past summer Schneider was involved in producing Ed-ward Albee's ""The Zoo Story"" on Broadway and Beckett's ""Krapp's Last Tape"" at the Cherry Lane Theatre. GTU Sponsors Hennessey Chesapeake Bay Expert Gramma Theta Upsilon and the Beta Delta chapter are cur-rently involved in sponsoring the Hennessey lecture and ini-tiating new members. Gamma Theta Upsilon will present Mr. Frank Hennes-sey, the National Brewing Company's skipper of the Skipjack ""Chester Peak"" on May 10, Tuesday in the Sci-ence Lecture Hall. Appointed ""Commodore of the Chesapeake Bay"" by former Governor Theodore R. McKel-din, Hennessey has spent a great deal of time in the Bay area obtaining background in-formation, color slides and pho-tographs for this talk. Some of the highlights will show areas in Baltimore, Maryland, Delaware, Virgin-ia. Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania; little known facts of interest about the Chesapeake area; selections from almost 2,500 slides in color showing the people and geography of the bay; and the history, food and fun of the ""Land of Pleasant Liv-ing."" Hennessey is a roving good-will ambassador, presenting his ""Land of Pleasant Living"" lec-tures to group from the Can-adian border to the Florida Keys. Enamored with the many scenic, historical and indus-trial at tributes of the Bay area as well as the fun and food to be found there, he has traveled the areas in and around the Bay talking with people and tking scenic color slides for his talks. The Beta Delta chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the national professional honor-ary geographic fraternity re-cently initiated the following Towson students: Dale Bu-chanan, Richard Entredin, D. Lane Hartsock, Ken tilecan, Sue Mattingly, Sue Patter- (Continued on Page 5) While at Towson State, Schneider will give two lectures and participate in a panel dis-cussion. ""Who's Afraid of Ed-ward Albee?"" is the title of his address Tuesday, May 10 and the following evening, Wed-nesday, May 11, he will be dis-cussing ""The Theatre in Tran-sition."" Schneider will be joined Thursday evening, May 12, by a panel of distinguished thea-tre artists and critics in col-loquy entitled. ""The Theatre and its Critics"". This lecture series will be open to the pub-lic with no admission fee. MSTA Elects Towson Soph Mattingly Susan Mattingly, a sopho-more at Towson State, has been elected President of Student MSTA. The NISTA is composed of 1000 members in 17 college Student NEA chapters in the state. Susan has been active in the State Association for several years. She will represent Stu-dent NISTA at the NEA Con-vention in Miami Beach, Flor-ida this summer as part of her Presidential duties. This year has been an ac-tive one for Towson's S.E.A. During September, Susan and Marcia Adams repre-sented Towson at the Lead-ership Training Institute for MSTA at Camp Louise, Md. In January, Susan and Chris-tina Faunt LeRoy represent-ed Towson and the State of Maryland at the National Council of Teacher Educa-tional and Professional Stan-dards in Philadelphia. This regional council was the first to open its doors to stu-dents. March found Christina and Susan in New York City for the Eastern States Assoc-iation for Teacher Education Convention. Eastern States is composed of 70 institutions of higher learn-ing from Maine to Maryland geared to teacher education. Each year they hold a conven-tion for students to share ideas and programs in the field. This year's topic was ""Teacher Ed-ucation: Fact or Fiction"" and centered on discussions of ed-ucation curriculum and its worth in a college program. "
