tl19631115-000 "Class of '67 Jam Session Gym, 8:30-11 p.m. Tonight Special Report Hutson � Martin VB Aud., 8:15 p.m. Monday Vol. XVI, No. 8 Towson State College, Baltimore, Maryland November 15, 1963 Marines Here Recruiting Males, Females The Marine Corps Officer Selection Officer, Captain F. R. Allen, will be on campus No-vember 20, 1963 to interview Ineu and women students for Marine Officer Training Pro- ' !rams. He will be in the Stu- ""nt Centre to provide infor-illation and interview applicants. Freshmen and Sophomore men attend two 6-week in-crements of platoon leaders Class training. Junior men attend a 12-week training session while junior women attend a 10-week training session the summer prior to graduation. All Marine Of-ficer training is held at Quantico, Virginia. Appli-cants are commissioned Se-cond Lieutenants immediate-ly upon graduation. Seniors and Graduates, both (Continued on Page 4) OPen House Held By K-P Education Dept. .1he Open House held by the nTriticlergarten-Primary Division _the Education Department d'- m 'e Wed., Nov. 6 gave many stu-erits the opportunity to become 4,e,:quainted with the unique pro- '.rain directed to the teaching -` the Younger child. All those who took advan-tage of this chance to learn What Kindergarten-Primary ""Iucation has to offer the future teacher of grades K through third were intro-tI nced to some of the most recent ideas in early child-gilud education. t. 1)1sPlays from the Associa-crf Childhood Education, 1;; tional, and discussions ""th Members of the profession-block courses provoked in-t'est and answered questions. More than 50 members of a junior high school F.T.A. 1gr�4 visiting the campus ""Iiind the display of interest. rtliAll those who may have ih,ssed the Open House and are ler ziretiested in this rewarding info of education may get full p'ioirrnation from Mrs. Zenith rrl,: in the Kindergarten-PH- -4 Education Department. NEW STUDENT CENTRE PATIO: the work on the new Student Centre patio is progressing rapidly towards completion and is due to be opened in the very near future. Nat. Teacher Exams Given Here On February 15 Towson State College has been designated as a testing center for the 1964 nationwide administration of the National Teacher Examinations February 15, Kenneth Hallam, Director of Research announced today. College seniors preparing to teach and teachers apply-ing for positions in school systems which encourage or require applicants to submit their scores on the National Teacher Examinations along with their other credentials are eligible to take the tests. The examinations are pre-pared and administered an-nually by Educational Test-ing Service, Princeton, New Jersey. The designation of Towson State College as a testing center for these exminations will give prospective teachers in this area an opportunity to compare their performance on the examina-tions with candidates through-out the country who take the tests in the nationwide admin-istrations, Hallam said. At the one-day testing session a candidate may take the Corn- Loan Blank Due By Dec. 1 Dean Murphy reminds all students that the deadline for filing applications for both the National Defense loans and Grant and Aid Scholarships is December 1, 1963. mon Examinations, which in-clude tests in Professional In-formation, General Culture, English Expression, and Non-verbal Reasoning. In addition, each candidate may take one or two of the thirteen Optional Examinations which are de-signed to demonstrate mastery of subject matter in the fields in which he may he assigned to teach. Prospective teachers planning to take the test should secure an application blank and a Bul-letin of Information promptly, Hallam advised. Students Face Tests STEP Test Set Soph Tests For Freshmen Rescheduled STEP tests will be given to There has been a change of all freshman on February 4, policy with respect to the area from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. tests usually given to sopho-mores during the second semes-ter. It is generally agreed that these tests as currently sched-uled come too late to be of much value in counseling students prior to the selection of a major. This year, the ""sophomore"" tests have been rescheduled. Area tests in English, math-, ematics, science and social studies will be given to all freshmen on Tuesday, Feb, 4. This date comes the day be-fore registration for the second semester so that there will be no interruption of classes for the testing activity. Results of the tests should be available to students by the It is compulsory that all freshmen participate in the testing program, as the tests will be used for guidance purposes. Additional infor-mation will be given prior to the test date. STEP inrludes four tests, each 70 minutes in length, cover-ing the categories of social studies, writing, science, and mathematics. middle of the second semester. DANIEL LYONS Zionist Panel At Gallery South Johns Hopkins Features Lyons For Discussion Photo Exhibit The Student Zionist organi-zation will hold a panel discus-sion on Sunday, November 17, 1963, at 7 p.m. in Levering Hall, Johns Hopkins University. The panel members�Dr. Arnold Blumberg, Associ-ate Professor of history at Towson State College; Rabbi Jacob Agus, of Beth El Con-gregation; and Avish Dwor-kin, Regional S. Z. O. Dir-rector� will discuss ""The Role of the Jewish Intellec-tual on the College Campus."" Following the discussion will be a question and answer period and musical entertainment. Refreshments will be served. For further information, call Michael Modan, HOpkins 7-2391. ""We are all aware that events are taking place around us but how often do we stop or attempt observe them,"" writes Daniel Lyons. Lyons, whose ""photographic paintings"" are currently on view in the Gallery South in the Student Centre, has succeeded in capturing such things as Baltimore City at night with his camera, instead of a pallet. Lyons, a senior art major here at Towson, commenting upon observation of various things around town, also said, ""The versatility of photography allows us to do this."" This change in the testing program will mean the present sophomores will not be tested in March of 1964. The senior testing program will be sched-uled as usual. History Society Sponsors Film 'Key Birth' The National History Society of Maryland is sponsoring a lecture, ""Birth of a Florida Key,"" on Saturday, November 16, at 8 p.m. in the Towson Senior High School auditorium. The program consists of a film narrated by the noted naturalist - photographer, henry Briggs. The film and lecture describe the sequence of living forms that appear as a typical mangrove isle develops. The Natural History Society, which strives to present pro-grams of cultural worth, is sup-ported by a number of our Tow-son faculty members. Dr. Wilfred B. Hathaway is Presi-dent, Dr. Howard R. Brickson is head of the Division of Ver-tebrate Zoology, and Dr. Lois Odell is librarian. "
