tl19531125-000 "IS, SGA Gets 'Thornhill' Contract for Sweetheart Dance :us STC to Observe ers fthl i I Thanksgiving Day , WI TOWER LIGH ?,s 0 11 2 progl . 7073, ld STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. November 25, 1953 so,andtper. Rope' Tense Melodrama suce atNext On G. P. Agenda re, roll! Under the direction of Mr. Richard G. Fallon, faculty ad-f t 'visor to the Glen Players, ""Rope"", a melodrama by the English SA lwriter, Patrick Hamilton, will be presented Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings, December 3, 4, and 5 at 8:15 in the auditorium. ""Rope"" is the story of two young college students who tried to commit the perfect crime ill a which it was brought to America murder case. It was written with Brian Aherne in the leading , and produced in England, after role. However, the Glen Players production will be first stage pre-sentation of the play in Baltimore. New members of the Glen Play-ers, Stan Curtain, Frances Torino and Joe Marsher, have leading roles. Mildred Bressler, Sam Ober-holtzer, Don Rogers and J. R. Ly-ston complete the cast. The play derides the intellectual snob who places a person's worth as an individual on intellectural prowess and forgets the human traits of personality and character. Two one act plays, ""Riders to the Sea"" by John Synge and ""As Long As My Charlie Comes Home"", an original production by a former Towson student, Joe Winters, and directed by Sam Oberholtzer were presented November 20 for the parents of the freshmen. Glen Players Reading Tower Echoes Launches Patron Ad Drive Sta rting Monday Aiming to sell a patron ad to buying ads. A student ad costs Every student at State Teachers :.e, Bernard Yaffe, Editor of only fifty cents and an ad for any ;olleg :he 1954 Tower Echoes, has pro-outsider costs one dollar. Any stu- :r 30 to December dent who collects five dollars worth laimed Novembe of patron ads from outsiders will I as Yearbook Patron Ad Week. In order to reach every student have his name engraved in gold on his copy of the 1954 Tower Echoes, Possible, representatives will visit free of charge. very dormitory room. Day hops nay Purchase patron ads in alcove. According to Henry Wolpert, !alunaign publicity director, post- ?a's will continually remind the stu- lents of the patron ad drive. Evan- ;eline Maniatis, newly appointed 3usirless Manager, has announced 1, vigorous business ad campaign, : vhich will follow Patron Ad Week. It is hoped that all students will niPPort the yearbook this year by itudent Negligence aeing Checked Now Steps are being taken by the Ad-ninistrative Council for all stu- lents who do not fufill their obli- ;a tions to the college by replying � Co h mmu nications sent to them in eir mail boxes. At Present, the Administrative ;'ounoil ,0 rom along with representatives all classes have been meeting 0 decide on a measure to deter his negligence which has been :reatl everal months. Y increasing during the last I Until an Official ruling has been hat :lade, hovvever, it has been agreed , totes !tudents who receive two . 'n rig the their mail boxes concern- ' , - saMe lne subject, and do not Y r�111 to either, will be suspended classes and will be brought .--)ef�re the Administrative Council. Dione Crowther and Rita Perk- 1 News Briefs I Thanksgiving Holiday Thursday, November 26 through Sunday, November 29, the college will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Miss Eleanor Tibbetts Miss Eleanor Tibbets, Registrar, is a member of the Board of Edi-tors for College and University, the journal of the American Associa-tion of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. In this capa-city, Miss Tibbetts regularly edits and often writes the section ""In the Journals."" Glen Esk President and Mrs. Earle T. Hawkins will entertain members of the Sophomore and Junior Classes at Glen Esk, Friday, December 4 after the Glen Player Production. International Relations Club Approximately 25 members of the International Relations Club visited the United Nations head-quarters in New York last week. They attended a session of the Gen-eral Assembly, toured the United Nations building, and had lunch in the delegates dining room. Mr. Mahlon Hellerich, faculty advisor, accompanied the group. Dr. Bernard F. Joslin Dr. Bernard F. Joslin attended the annual Curriculum Conferences at Teachers College, Columbia Uni-versity, last week. Towson Poets Margie Laupus and Charles Low-man, Towson seniors, had poems published in the National Anthol-ogy of College Poetry. On Television President Hawkins participated in a television program last Wed-nesday over WBAL-TV. The sub-ject of the program was ""American-ism and Education."" Christmas Dance Theme Set as 'Snow - Ball' ""Snow-Ball"", the Junior Class semi-formal Christmas dance is slated for December 12 from 9-12 in the gymnasium. Ray Scott, State Teachers Col-lege freshman, and his orchestra will provide the music for the af-fair. One of the highlights of the evening will be the crowning of a ""Snow Queen"". All the girls at the dance will be eligible and four faculty members will choose ten candidates from the girls present. One of these candidates will then be selected as queen and will be crowned by Dr. Curt Walther, faculty advisor to the Junior Class. Decorations will follow the tra-ditional Christmas theme, with trees and lights, snow, a sleigh and snowmen. Major arrangements have been made by Dione Crowther and Rita Perkins, dorm and day social chair-man respectively. Other committee-men are: Connie Boon, refresh-ments; Mona Lou Evans, publicity; Dean Pickens, Rose Metzbower and Barbara Chappel, decorations; Mal-colm Ewell, clean-up; and Pat Skir-yen, tickets. ins has said, ""Since this is the first semi-formal dance of the year and also since the Christmas Dance has always been considered one of the most important social functions at Towson, we are expecting a large turnout."" ""We gather together to ask the Lord's blessings."" This was the purpose of yesterday's Thanksgiv-ing Assembly. Beginning the Assembly the Stu-dent Christian Association Choir marched into the auditorium sing-ered by the SCA Choir with the ac-companiment of an organ, played by Mr. Wilfred B. Hathaway. Ken Wray was next in the service and read the scripture from the Book of Psalms. Dr. Earle T. Thanksgiving Hawkins offered the prayer after which SCA Choir in Session ing an anthem of thanksgiving and praise. Claudette Myers presented the Call to Worship followed by a re-sponsive reading which was led by Keith Wilson. Another anthem was then rend- Variety Exhibit Shown in Lounge Currently being displayed in the Student Lounge is the exhibit of the Baltimore Artists Equity As-sociation, a group of professional or semi-professional artists. In this display, each artist of the association submitted one paint-ing, resulting in an exhibition of a variety of styles. These paintings were previously shown at the Bal-timore Museum of Art. Some of the paintings which seem to have been of interest to the students are ""High Voltage"" by Amalie Rothschild; ""Martha's Friend"" by De Nyse Wortman Turner; ""End of a Season"" by Ber-nard B. Perlman; ""Abstraction #10"" by Grace D. Amberson; ""Geranium"" by Selma L Oppen-heimer; and ""Horses"" by Helen W. Reis. One painting which seemed to have caused a great deal of comment was the one entitled ""Rodeo"" by Dr. Gustav Highstein. Most of the paintings are accom-panied by photographs or drawings of the artists. The exhibit will be at Towson for three weeks. Sophomores to Present 'C'est La Vie' December 1 ""C'est la Vie"", the Sophomore As-sembly has been building up during the last several week of rehearsals Sophs Rehearsing and will reach its climax on Tues-day, December 1, when it is pre-sented during assembly hour. Previous to the initial rehearsals, the group of committee heads as-sembled for many meetings to organize and plan the assembly program. The assembly will be a musical and has a cast of about 65. Co-directors of ""C'est la Vie"" are Julia Pohlman and Bill Santman. Directing the singing choruses are Betty Hartley and Nancy Murphy. Dance directors are Barbara Pyles and Josephine Wedderien. Heading the costume committee is Anna Zambounis; publicity chairmen are Betty Goodman and Joseph Bru-sini; George Callender is serving as property chairman; and Walt Weber is supervising lighting. As in all class assemblies, the theme of the show is kept a secret until the time of the performance. the SCA Choir sang two more hymns. George Hohl introduced the guest speaker of the assembly, Mr. Frank Olmstead. Mr. Olmstead has, dur-ing his career, completely dedicated his life to the furthering of Chris-tianity. In every opportunity that has come his way, Mr. Olmstead has endeavored to help young peo-ple realize the value of and follow the Christian way of life. At pres-ent, Mr. Olmstead is teaching in a missionary school, where he in-structs students who are about to go on missions to various places in the world. Mr. Olmstead's topic in yesterday's assembly was ""Thanks-giving For a New Era."" Bringing the assembly to a close the SCA Choir sang a three-fold ""Amen"" and a benediction was given. Claudette Myers, was the coordi-nator of this Thanksgiving As-sembly. The SCA Choir sang under the direction of Miss Hazel Mac- Donald. College Sends Out Student Teachers Student teachers have received their new student teaching assign-ments for the second quarter. Those in the kindergarten-prim-ary and elementary divisions are beginning their second nine weeks experience from November 17 to January 26, while some of those in the junior high division are en-gaged in their first student teach-ing experience. Thirteen students are teaching in the kindergarten-primary grades in Baltimore City. Five are receiv-ing their experience in Baltimore County at the Fullerton Elementary School and the Lida Lee Tall School; one student is teaching at the Surrey School in Hagerstown, Maryland. Thirty-four students have been assigned to elementary schools in Baltimore City. Assigned to the county schools are twenty-eight students who are receiving experi-ences at the Loch Raven Element-ary, Rodgers Forge, Towson, Ful-lerton, Essex and Lida Lee Tall. One has been assigned to the Thur-mont Elementary School. Placements in the junior high school have been made at Catons-ville, Towson, Stemmers Run, Park-ville, Gwynns Falls Park, Garrison and Roland Park. "
