tl19471125-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. 1, No. 6 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. NOVEMBER 25, 1947 Students Attend Frosh 'Carousel' Decorations Change Gym Into Circus ""Carousel, a Freshman Frolic, was the Thing"" last Saturday night at the first college event sponsored by the Freshman Class. Upperclassmen joined the freshmen to dance to the music of Dick Depkin's orchestra from 9-12 P. M. on November 22. A circus atmosphere, created by the Decoration Committee and oth-er freshmen transformed the gym into a large carousel. Merry-go-rounds, horses, and other evidences of the theme were found around the dance floor. On two walls were full-length murals, featuring pink, bue, and yellow horses as they would be seen on a merry-go-round. At the top of the paintings was a red and white striped can-opy. In front of the balcony wall was another carousel�this one built on a stage outlined with candy-stripes. Featured here were a life-sized animal and two smaller ones, all three brightly colored and elab-orately decorated. Placed along the south wall was the bandstand�an-other carousel�framed with nine-foot poles of red and white striped canopy. This was also a stage, used during intermission for entertain-ment. To complete the effect, the refreshment stand was a miniature merry-go-round. Charimen Thank Committee Co-chairmen of the Decoration Committee, Millicent Pagle and Irene Gallagher, want especially to thank Mrs. M. Robinson for her help and suggestions in creating the decorations. They also want to ex-press their appreciation to the stu-dents of the various art classes and members of their committee: Esther Carroll, Rindy Pirrone, Marion Miller, Fred Panetti, Ann Wallace, Virginia Mayer, Joanne Surris, Marjorie Klepper, Joseph Rhenegan, Delbert Thacker, Mary Scheller, Anne Durnell, Reland Bassett, Ar-lene Compton, Patricia Dent, Donald Taylor, Charles Moore, Helen Adams, Ann Warfield, Constance McArnn, Ervan Bueneman. Library News Four new periodicals are now be-ing received regularly by the sch6o1 library. Miss Dorothy Reeder, head librarian, has announced that these periodicals are: American Scholar, Science Illustrated, Omnibook, and Holiday Magazine. Also, the announcement of new library holdings has been posted on the bulletin board opposite the li-brary office. Two novels, Gus the Great, by Thomas Duncan, and The Age of Reason, by J. P. Sartre, have been given speical mention by the library staff, along with Speaking Frankly, .by former Secretary of State James F. Byrnes, telling of his experiences while in office, and a non-fiction book, The Story of Dance Music, by Paul Nett!. PARENTS' TOUR CONDUCTED BY FAC FAC President Ken Weber Calls ""Parents Days"" Program Success ""Parents Day was an even greater success than any of us predicted,"" states Ken Weber, president of the FAC. ""The campus tours, class-room visitation, faculty conferences, and entertainments met with an ap-proval that was very gratifying, es-pecially because so many of the parents told us how much they liked the school and its atmosphere."" Parents Day, sponsored by the FAC, substituted for the traditional annual Freshmen Mothers' Week-end. This year, parents and guard-ians were invited to visit the col-lege for an entire day to see the buildings and grounds and to meet the faculty and other students. Members of the FAC acted as guides and hostesses. Quakers Sponsor Industry Group Sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, an In-terne- in-Industry project is being offered to American college stu-dents during tile winter and spring of 1947-48. This project will be conducted in Philadelphia this year, the fourth consecutive year it is being presented. The Interne-in-Industry group combines work in an industrial plant with study, informal discus-sions, and cooperative living. Those students participating in the project live in a house set up for them in south Philadelphia, and find their own jobs in Philadelphia industrial plants. Recreation is provided in the form of weekend trips to the country and to historical places around the city, folk dancing and group singing. Study and Discussion Programs On Tuesday and Thusrday even-ings during the work period, study and discussion programs are con-ducted. Leaders from management, labor, and labor education visit the group for talks and informal dis-cussions. The Quacker unit also goes on field trips to labor union meetings, and to meetings of the Labor Education Association. Primary purpose of the project has been defined by Martin D. White, director, as a ""method by Over 120 parents and guardians registered. Among them were visi-tors from nine Maryland counties, Baltimore City, and the state of Pennsylvania. ""Mrs. I. G. Sturgess,"" says Ken Weber, ""expressed the thoughts of most of the parents when she said, ""The atmospheer of the whole school is so friendly and warm and the teachers seemed really glad to see us. They acted as though they were human and interested in the stu-dents. ' "" which young people may develop the real leadership needed in solv-ing problems of industrial relations, and a way in which they may ar-rive at an awareness of these prob-lems through discussions and study with other young people and dis-cussions with leaders from fields of labo rand management."" Year-Round Project The Interne-in-Industry project is conducted on a year-round basis, and interne may join at any time and participate as long as they de-sire, but it is preferred by the di-work- study group plan to stay at rectors that students joining the least two months. Those students interested in join-ing the project or in obtaining fur-ther details may write: Interne-in- Industry, American Friends Service Committee, 20 South 12th Street, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. Strach To Organize Student Orchestra Rev. Cunningham Speaks At Thanksgiving Assembly Senior Class To Hold Country Style Dance Through the efforts of Willard Strach, the first student orchestra that STC has had in several years is now being organized. Mr. Strach expressed the hope that the orches-tra will become well-formed before Christmas so that it can take part in this year's Variety Show. At the present time the organiza-tion is looking for a director, prefer-ably someone who has musical background, to direct rehearsals. The orchestra now consists of one bass, two trumpets, two trombones, one clarinet, two 'cellos, one piano, and one violin. More members, especial-ly violinists, are needed. Any fu-ture announcements concerning re-hearsals will be posted on the bul-letin board. ""Swing your partner, do-se-do, promanade left, and away you go."" Senior class president, Ilia Leonard, has announced that from eight to eleven o'clock on December 6, 1947, the gym will echo to the sound of ""country-style"" music and dancing. Melvin Buckingham, an STC stu-dent will be master of ceremonies and caller. Mr. Buckingham first received notice last year at the Kappa Delta Pi Barn Dance and is highly recommended by the Y.M.C.A. Accompanying him will be a group of fiddlers and jew's harpists. Madame Swami, Palmist Madame Swami, palmist, will de-scribe the past and present, and predict the future. ""Mad4me Swami is highly recommended, in fact, she's even going to the Enoch Pratt Li-brary to brush up on a bit of palm-istry,"" claims Miss .Leonard. During intermission there will be music for ball-room dancing. Tick-ets will be $1 per couple or $.75 per person. ""Come in dungarees, 'stag or drag' and bring all your friends and rela-tives for the best time you've had in months,"" says Ilia Leonard. SGA Committees Views Proposals The Reverend Robert Beech Cun-ningham, of the Hamilton Presby-terian Church is the guest speaker of today's Thanksbiving Assembly. His topic is ""Christ and Today's World."" The Student Christian As-sociation Choir will sing two selec-tions, ""Now Thank We All Our God,"" and ""Thy Way, Not Mine."" Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Reverend Cunningham graduated from Lafayette College. Before be-coming a minister, he was an edu-cator. Rev. Cunningham taught public school for tiu.e years and then became head of the English litera-ture department of the Horace Mann School for Boys at Columbia Uni-versity, New York City. He then studied at the Presbyterian Semi-nary in Philadelphia, wheer he was ordained as a minister. At the request of the Student Government Association's ""Tower Light"" representative, the institu-tion of a Milk Bar in the Adminis-tration Building of STC has been in-vestigated. A committee was ap-pointed at the last Executive Board meeting of the S.G.A. to draw up plans for the proposed Milk Bar. Members of the committee are: Rob-ert S. Goodman, Virginia Young, Virginia Spaulding, and N. Ellsworth Bunce. The suggested plans have been submitted to the Administration and student body for approval. Award Committee Recently, also, a committee was appointed to investigate the award-ing of recognition for student serv-ice to school organizations other than athletic teams. Chairman of the committee is Ilia Leonard, with William H. Wood, N. Ellsworth Bunce, and Robert S. Goodman as members. The investigating committee has recommended that the giving of awards for meritorious service be left up to the discretion of the vari-ous clubs. The award chosen would have to have the approval of the ap-proval of the Student Government Association. A pin has been sug-gested, which would have the school seal on it, or be representative of the club presenting it, and bear some indication of the length of service of the individual awarded. At the Student Government As-sembly on Tuesday, November 18, several issues were presented to the student body. It was recommended to the members of the school that Day students eat their lunches each day in the dormitory cafeteria, and not in the Adrninistation Building lounges. Snacks may be eaten in - Served In Pa., New Jersey Before taking up his post at the Hamilton Presbyterian Church, Rev-erend Cunningham was minister of the First Presbyterian Church in Milford, Pennsylvania, and then at the First Reform Church of New-ark, New Jersey. 'I am particularly interested in speaking at State Teachers' College since I was formerly an educator myself,"" stated the Reverend Cun-ningham. SCA Plans For Year Betty Anne Spruill, president of the Student Christian Association, announced that the S.C.A. is plan-ning to take an active part in the Dormitory life this year. These plans include Vespers, which are held in the dormitory once every month, and Chapel services, which are conducted every Wednesday morning at 8:15. Chapel services are led by students, faculty, and otside speakers. Discussion groups, led by Ruth Gross, are held for dormitory girls every other Thurs-day evening at 9:30. Such topics as ""Youth for Christ"" and ""Let Your Light Shine"" are discusses The Student Christian Association will present a filin on ""The God of the"" one Friday evening in Decem-ber. The film will be shown in the dormitory, the definite date to be announced later. Matmen Face Rough Schedule The team is in capable hands, be-ing handled by Ernst von Schwerdt-ner, former Gettysburg College mentor. Coach von Schwerdtner hopes to start the season with at least a 16-man squad, which would make the grunt and groaners two-deep at every weight. The matmen will engage in a rough seven meet scedule, facing Loyola, Washington College, Mt. St. Marys, Gallaudet, Western Mary-land, and the University of Balti-more as previously announced, plus Catholic University, the latter hav-ing just been booked. the lounges, however, as long as the lounges are kept clean. It was also brought to the school's attention that there should be no smoking in the Student-Faculty Room. A dance to be given by the 'Tower Light"" staff in March was approved by the assembly. "
