tl19631101-000 "Jam Session Gym, 8:30 - 11 p.m. Tonight WEEKLY Special Concert The Four Preps SH Aud, 2 p.m. Sunday Vol. XVI, No. 6 Towson State College, Baltimore, Maryland November 1, 1963 Parade, Soccer Climax Homecoming Queen Mayes And Court begin Reign Dagmar Mayes, a 19 year old sophomore, will reign over ""The World's Fair"" at Towson during the Homecoming weekend, Nov. 1 through 3. Born in Germany, Dagmar 11�Nv resides in Silver Spring, Maryland. She grad-uated from Calvert County High School after having at-tended Augsburg American Righ School in Germany un-til April of her senior year. She is presently in the secon- 'arY C education program at the iisholl:ege and is majoring in Eng-ulfer reaction to being elected 1leeominbg Queen was one If surprise. ""When Nina Lit L4�Mecoming Queen., 1962 and 'le ber of the elections commit- (Continued on page 6) QUEEN AND COURT�Homecoming Queen Dagmar Mayes, in the foreground is surrounded by her court. Seated left to right are: Joan Eustace, Lo u Elin Alder, Mary Carol Atkins, Pat Hogan, Gloria Monacelli, and Jacki Ellis. Baltimore Civic Opera Company Presents Rigoletto Nov. 1-2 The Baltimore Civic Opera """"�41Pany is presenting Gui-si. e?Pe Verdi's opera, Rigoletto, :night and tomorrow night at "" Lyric Theatre, 8:15 P.m. :his Production will open the `litrent season. ,Tiekets and reservation for b'e Performance may be gotten r1, Contacting the Music Center ""jureau on. Charles Street. Rigoletto was composed a�t,rld first produced at the iv euice Theatre in Venice in 511. In March of the pre- 'IOus year the theatre had eiuntnissioned an opera from Sign Up Now To Carry Mail Students interested in Working for the Post Office during Christmas time should sign the form posted on the einPloyment bulletin board al'erniis from the Dean of Stu-meut4 001c4,. Ltst Year's pasta% omPleY- '411 14441 met airs. Verdi for production during Lent of the following year. Verdi was greatly impressed with Victor Hugo's drama of intrigue, treachery, and revenge at the court of Francois I of France. He insisted that his librettist Francesco Piave pre-pare a text based on Hugo's play Le Roi s'amuse (The King Amuses Himself). The drama ran into dif-ficulties with the censors be-cause of the implications of royal decadence and philand-ering. Verdi offered to make a simple prince out of him but the king but in the end reduced him to a sixteenth century Italian Duke. The opera was retitled Rigoletto, which satisfied both Verdi and the authorities. The story tells of the gay and unprincipled Duke who is assisted in his crimes by his jester, Rigoletto, a hunchback. The father of one of the Duke's victims is mocked by the hated Rigoletto and launches upon him a father's dreaded curse, which stuns and sobers tie jes-tar beeaum ho, too, has a daugh-ter. Gilda, unknown to the court. Dr. Wilfred Hathaway Psychology Club Plans Program Open meetings and a variety of programs are on the agenda in the Psychology club this year. Meetings are scheduled for the second Monday of each month. The activities will provide for enrichment in areas catering to the special interests of club members. In January members will have the opportunity to present their own papers, either course associated or independent reset rc h. Hathaway Lectures Mon.\ On Flight A lecture ""Flight in the Ani-mal kingdom"" will be given in Van Bokkelyn Auditorum on Monday, November 4, at 8:15 p.m., by Dr. Wilfred B. Hatha-way, professor of biology here at Towson. In the lecture, Dr. Hathaway will attempt to show the mecha-nism of flight as it occurs in the two major branches of the ""animal tree."" A discussion of the evolutionary aspects of flight will be a major feature. Dr. Hathaway will illus-trate how variations in flight patterns have evolved in dif-ferent classes of the animal kingdom. He will trace, for example, flight development from the winged reptiles of prehistoric times to the pat-terns recognizable today. The speaker received a B.S. degree at Massachusetts State College, an M.S. degree at the University of Massachusetts, and a Ph.D. from Cornell Uni-versity. The lecture, while it should be especially interesting to stu-dans of biolory, will be aimed at general into:mt. Snake Line Pep Rally Featured Fri. By IRENE V. ORANTAS TL Editor-In-Chief A snake line from the Stu-dent Centre and a pep rally on the athletic field will launch Towson's annual Homecoming activities tonight at 7:30 p.m. Events are planned through Sunday, Nov. 2. Following the rally, a jam session. will be held in the Gym-nasium 8:30 to 11 p.m. Music will be provided by the ""No-mads."" According to SGA Social Chairman and Chairman of the Homecoming Weekend, Lou Elin Alder, the theme for this year's festivities is ""The World's Fair Comes to Towson."" It will be under this theme that the residence halls' decor-ations will be judged by three Alumni members, Mrs. Mar-garet Fallin Tate, John Horst, and John Bilker, tomorrow at 11 a.m. At noon, The Queen's Lun-cheon and student lunch will take place in the Newell Hall Cafeteria. Immediately following the luncheon, cars and floats will line up for the parade which will begin in front of Stephens Hall, proceed through Towson and return to the soccer field. (Continued on page 6) Psychology Dept. Offers Major The psychology department is awaiting approval on a pro-gram that will provide for a major in psychology and for a graduate degree. As of September, 42 students have registered for majors in psychology, and the department expects that many more will do so. A major requires a minimum of 30 semester-hours, and 21 semester-hours for a minor. Provisions are being made for intensified experimental studies. An effcrt is being made to supply more professional data for library research. gquipment for demonstrational aid is also hoped for. "
