tl19491118-000 "TOWER LIGHT November 18, 1949 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Vol. 3, No. 5 Sophomore Class To Present ""Harvest Ball"" Tomorrow Jim Wetzel, soloist Tomorrow night in the gym, the sophomore class will present the ""Harvest Ball,"" the second dance (Jf the season. Brayden Rydenour and his orchestra with Jim Wetzel, junior college sophomore, as solo-ist, will provide the evening's music. The affair will be semi-formal, With dancing from nine o'clock to kidnight. Admission for STC stud-ents will be by student activities cards; the charge for outsiders will be $1.00 per person. Although the decorative scheme for the dance is being held secret by the class, Flo Ruland, chairman of the decoration committee, has stated that they will definitely be novel. Dorothy Cochran heads the re-freshment committee and Kathryn Childs is chairman of the enter-tainment committee. Dinner For Dorm The dorm Thanksgiving Dinner is to be held in the dining hall on November 22, 1949, beginning at o'clock P. M. The dinner will be banquet style with unassigned student service; the menu consisting of turkey and all the typical Thanksgiving trim- Min gs. The dining hall will be decorated aP Propriately for Thanksgiving, and stnnking is to be allowed. Entertainment is being planned hY the dorm social committee and tile Men's Chorus plus some recita-tions will be the highlights during the meal. Guard Offers Opportunities The National Guard is now spon-s� ring a nation-wide drive for re- Istlits. All men between the ages �f 17 and 35 are eligible for enlist- Merit and men with two years of llege may apply for a commission. he Guard units, all of which are tit the 29th Division, drill two hours Der week in armories located in nst of the large communities in qtaryiand. LClothing and full equipment is led, besides which a full days is offered for the two hour 'rill period. The volunteers are in- 4ht_rticted by excellent 2nd Army 7rsonnel. Summer camps are a 'equirement.for a two-week period ttiIlilring which the men conduct much 41,11.1ys.ame activities as the regular r i addition to practical experi- 57e in tactical deployment, the use Weapons, and KP, there is a rrts program including softball, 4tketball and a track meet in late A large number of STC men be- 1(/11g to the National Guard and it Suggested that anyone interested ItMtact Bruce Godfrey, Sophomore Who belongs to Company C of e 175th Infantry. Thanksgiving Assembly Sponsored By SCA Dr. D. F. Fenn To Speak State Teachers College will hold its annual ""Thanksgiving Assembly"" on Tuesday November 22. The pro-gram is being planned and conduct-ed by the Student Christian Asso-ciation. The Thanksgiving message will be delivered by Dr. Don Frank Fenn from St. Michael and all An-gels located at St. Paul and 20th streets. The program for the day is as follows: Prelude Anelia Gregg *Processional Hymn .. SCA Choir and audience ""Come ,Ye Thankful People, Come""�Elvery Call to Worship .. Anne Warfield *Responsive Reading Wm. Hammerman and audience *Prayer�response from choir Anthem SCA Choir ""The Altar of Prayer"" � Smith Message of the Day..Dr. D. F. Fenn ""Introduction by Georgia Wisner Anthem SCA Choir ""Now Thank We All Our God""� Mueller *Recessional Hymn� SCA Choir and audience ""For The Beauty of the Earth"" *Benediction SCA Choir *The audience will please stand Story Contest Announced The fourth annual College Writ-ers' Short Story Contest has just been announced by TOMORROW Magazine. First prize is $500; sec-ond, $300, and third, $200. Manu-scripts will be judged by the edi-tors of TOMORROW and the editors of Creative Age Press. The prize-winning stories will be published in the spring and summer of 1950. All other manuscripts will be considered for publication as regular contributions and paid for at TOMORROW's regular rates. Entries should be addressed to College Contest, TOMORROW Mag-azine, 11 East 44th Street, New York 17, N. Y. The deadline is January 15, 1950. The contest is open to anyone taking at least one course in any college in the United States. This includes undergraduate, graduate, special, extension, and adult edu-cation students. No application blanks are necessary. Manuscripts should not exceed 5000 words. Any number of manuscripts may be sub-mitted by a single student. Each entry must be marked College Con-test and bear the writer's name, his home address, and the name and address of the college he is attend-ing. All entries must be accom-panied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Frosh Parents Here Today Class of '52 Parents ""Seeing The Sights."" An Open Letter To Frosh Parents Dear Freshman Parents: We would like to welcome you to our campus � the home of your daughter or son. A varied and interesting program has been planned in order that you may see and received a small part of the daily activity that the student of STC participates in. This issue of the TOWER LIGHT is also a cross-section of this college and the various clubs, organiza-tions, and activities which function here. We hope you will read it and THINK. Think of the opportunity, the education, and the privilege he is receiving to take his place in a society of a complex world. Once again, welcome. This is your day � enjoy it. The 'Editors Future Orators Meet Today Recent investigation by this news-paper has revealed that there is a great deal of latent interest in form-ing a debating club here at State Teachers. Looking at other col-leges, such as Hopkins and U. of Md., we notice that they have a club or some type of organization devbt-ed to debating. The fact is that even high schools, such as City Col-lege, Poly, Forest Park end Patter-son Park have organizations em-phasizing debating. Certainly a teacher's college is not going to be outdone by a group of high schools even thRigh they recognize the importance of debat-ing. The way in which a person develops his poise, his outlook and his horizon through debating is ab-solutely amazing. Let's get together on this problem and make some sort of headway in this hithey to unex-plored field. Those interested in improving their poise, their manner of expres-sing themselves and their college, please attend the organization meet-ing in room 220, this afternoon at four o'clock. Museum Highlights Because of the newly aroused interest in the Cone Collection, a course on contemporary painting will be given in the Lecture Hall beginning on October 27th. The public is cordially invited to attend these lectures by staff members of the Museum and of Goucher Col-lege. October 27 Expressionism Mrs. Adelyn D. Breeskin November 3 Expressionism Mrs. Adelyn D. Breeskin November 10 Primitivism Miss Belle Boas November 17 Neo-Primitivism Miss Belle Boas December 1 Abstraction and Cubism Dr. Gertrude Rosenthal January 5 Abstraction and Cubism Dr. Gertrude Rosenthal January 12 Neo-Romanticism Dr. Eleanor Spencer Neo-Romaniticism Dr. Eleanor Spencer Surrealism Dr. Louise Averill February 16 Surrealism Dr. Louise Averill The lectures begin at 3:45 p. m. There will be mission. January 19 February 9 no charge for ad- Faculty, Students Plan Varied Program Glee Club To Sing At Assembly Today, Friday, November the 18th is Freshman Parents Visiting Day. The faculty committee in charge of the program has planned, in conjunction with the FAC, a varied and interesting schedule for the visitors. Welcoming committees will meet freshman parents and guardians on the parking lot, at the car stop, and in the foyer of the Ad Building. They will be directed to the regist-ration tables. Visitors will spend from 9:30 a. m. until 11:00 a. m. visiting classrooms, touring the campus, and confering with mem-bers of the faculty. At 11:00 a. m. there will be a college assembly. Jo Briggs, presi-dent of the FAC, will introduce Dr. Hawkins, welcome the visitors, and introduce the college faculty. Under the direction of Mrs. Was-son, lunch will be served to the freshmen and their parents in the Newell Hall dining room. Classroom visitation, campus tours, or conference with faculty members will continue until 3:00 p. m. At this time a faculty tea vill take place in the auditorium. Freshmen sections have been advised as to which hours they are to attend. Freshmen faculty advisors will attend with their sections. All faculty members have been invited. The tea is from 3:00 to 5:00 p. m. The faculty committee is as fol-lows: Dr. Moser�Chairman Miss Woodward Mrs. Wasson Miss Gerdes The FFAC committee includes: June Stevens�Registration Mary Lou Daum�Receiving at car stop Mary Anna Draper�Receiving at front door Mildred Edfeldt�Campus tours Marian Miller�Classroom visita-tion Roberta Goenner �Decorations Jo Briggs�Refreshments Jewell Stevens�Correspondence Irene Gallagher�Entertainment The dormitory will hold open house for this visiting day. New Dorm Supplies New ping pong equipment, new irons, sewing-machine lamps, more magazines and newspapers. These are the evidences of early action by the House Committee. The telephone situation is still a major project of the committee, and as soon as the additional phones are available they will be installed. Mary Ellen Harlow, president of the committee, made several an-nouncements in a short meeting of the dorm students which was held in the foyer on Tuesday. "