tl19521126-000 "qp TOWER LIGHT Vol. 6, No. STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON November 26, 1952 Vesper Service Directed by Christian Association After the Thanksgiving dinner last night, the Personal and Campus Affairs Commission of the Student Christian Association, headed by Elaine Ay, conducted a vesper service in Richmond Hall Parlor from 7-10 P.M. Following the call to worship, Carolyn Goseiler read a poem en-titled Thanksgiving by Ethel Ful-ler, after which the entire group sang ""From All That Dwell Be-low the Skies."" The Thanksgiving response was also led by Carolyn. The hymn ""To Thee 0 Jehovah"" was sung by the Student Christian Association Choir conducted by Miss Hazel McDonald. Keith Wilson, SCA Treasurer Holiday Feted with Assembly Yesterday, the Thanksgiving assembly was given to the student body in the auditorium at 2 P.M. Guest speaker this year was the Reverend Martin Schwalenburg, a Catholic priest and the moderator of the Towson Newman Club. Father Schwalenberg's address dealt with the true meaning of Thanksgiving. Father also gave the closing prayer and pronounced the Benediction. The Student Christian Associa-tion Choir under the direction of Miss Hazel Mc Donald rendered two anthems. As the processional march they sang, ""Come Ye Thankful"" accompanied by the student body. As the recessional the choir sang ""We Gather To-gather."" Bible Readings were recited by Pat Hougland, Lorraine Walke, and Keith Wilson. This was fol-lowed by the traditional German folk hymn, ""Now Thank We All Our God"". The Student Christian Associa-tion, the Canterbury Club, and the Newman Club all combined to-gether in presenting this assem-bly. ""Crystal Cotillion"" Junior Hop Theme ""The Crystal Cotillion,"" this Year's Chirstmas dance, will be held in the gymnasium from 8:30 to 12:00, December 13. The Junior Class will sponsor this semi - formal affair; Bill Maisel, along with a featured vo-calist, will provide the music. General dance chairman is Charlie Hayes. Clarence Young and Marion Sadler will provide for the refreshments; and Eleanor Zawilla will arrange for decora-tions. According to Eleanor, the decorations will be simple yet have a festive air. Scripture Reading Delores Smith read the scrip-ture, followed with a prayer by Ken Henatier. The Student Chris-tian Association Choir sang an-other hymn entitled, ""Now Thank We All Our God."" The theme of the service was ""Counting Our Blessings."" Bill Miller gave the introductory speech, and three minute talks were given by: Keith Wilson, Marge Stup, and Ed York on ""Our Campus,"" ""Our Country,"" and ""Our World"" respectively. Closing Prayer After the closing prayer, the entire group sang, ""Now Thank We All Our God."" Following the Benediction, the Choir sang the choral ""Amen."" Refreshments Served Not only did the Personal and Campus Affairs Commission con-duct the vesper service, but they also planned the social hour that followed. This included the games and refreshments. netui eriefi Visiting Day High School Visiting Days Com-mittee wishes to thank all the students who assisted with this program. Over the two day visit-ing period 746 high school students and 58 high school faculty mem-bers visited the campus. This is an increase over the 449 students who visited here last year. Bridge Club There is a new 'College Bridge Club"" which has been organized on the campus. The group composed of faculty, students, and staff of the college meet every Tuesday evening in the Faculty Women's Lounge, of the Administration Building at 7:30 P.M. for duplicate bridge. Newman Club This year the Newman Club is planning an extensive schedule. The December meeting includes two guest speakers and slides ex-plaining the Mass. Last week the members of the club took a trip to the Franciscan Monastery in Washington. Student-Faculty Talent Faculty-Student Talent Com-mittee will meet next Wednesday at 3:15 P.M. in Richmond Hall Parlor. Musical selections will be rendered by Mr. Nicholas Geriack, and Dr. Wilford Hathaway. There will also be some Christmas read-ings by J. Richard Lyston. Fol-lowing this presentation refresh-ments will be served. Revised Teaching Methods Issued by Hanover College Hanover, Ind. � (I.P.) A Hanover College faculty committee has issued reports on ""The Investigation of Revised Teaching Methods."" One report is based on material gathered at student discussions. The other report is based on discussions among members of the faculty. Student Discussions Student discussions report classified material into six topics � methods of teaching, motivation, mannerisms, grading, examina-tions, and cutting. The sections on methods of teaching and mo-tivation stress student participa-tion, and application of the ma-terial being studied, and include suggestions that would in general alter the professor's presentation to fit the students' point of view. The mannerisms section stress-es the importance of effective mannerisms in presentation and condemns distracting habits in the professor's classroom behavior. The examination section empha-sizes the necessity for variety in tests, returning tests promptly, and review sessions. Tests should be staggered so as not to hit at the same time in all courses. Section on grading calls for re-moval of the biased ""human ele-ment"" in grading and elimination of vagueness. Less rigidity in the cut-penalizing system and more consideration of specific cases are called for in the last section of the report. This section also sug-gests more responsibility for the students in the matter of class attendance, but also asks for standard cut policy for the en-tire faculty. Joint student-faculty discussion groups have been set up to deter-mine ways of utilizing the ma-terial in the reports, according to Dr. Walter L. Stone, Professor of sociology at Hanover. Tower Light to Hold Literary Competition This Christmas season, the TOWER LIGHT staff is sponsoring a literary contest, open to all State Teacher College students. There will be three main categories in the writing competitions. One section will include short stories; another, essays; and the other section will include poetry. Cosh Awards Cash prizes will be awarded to the authors of the two best pieces of work in each section. Of these, first place winners will receive five dollars; and second place winners will receive two dollar awards. Dr. Crabtree, Dr. Bevins, Dr. Fisher (not pictured) Judges 91 Literary Contest The contest is being held during the Christmas season so that the holiday mood may be used as the theme of the competitors. The winning selections, along with the runners-up will be pub-lished in the Christmas issue of the newspaper, which will be ""on the stands"" December 17. The material will be judged on neatness, originality and presen-tation, and gramma tical construc-tion. Three Judges Three members of the English Department will act as judges. They are Dr. Eunice Crabtree, Dr. Faye Fisher, and Dr. Edward Bevins. Dr. Crabtree is head of the Eng-lish Department. She received her master's and bachelor of science degrees from George Washington University. She also attended Johns Hopkins University where she received her Ed. D. Dr. Fisher is a graduate of James Millikin University where she received her bachelor of arts degree. She also attended the Senior Class Presentation Scheduled for December 9 Senior Class will present its assembly to the college on December 9 in the auditorium. The title theme is the art. The show of the show has not as yet been disclosed but the general satirization of various paintings from classic to modern takes place in an art museum. Since it is to be a without any breaks no one person will have the lead. series of scenes J. Shapiro, M. Wagner, E. Burkins Senior Assembly Committee Virginia Cosgrove is the gen-eral director; Jim Peeling and Melanie Wagner are working on the music. Jane Shapiro is plan-ning the choreography. Brearley Carroll, is acting as costume chairman. Lighting, Publicity Bud Cornell is lighting tech-nician ,and Sarah Texer is hand-ling all publicity. Mr. Pollack and the art department are also aid-ing in the production. Co-operation Needed According to Ginny Cosgrove, ""The show will be a definite suc-cess. Of course, we are depend-ing on the co-operation of the en-tire senior class to give it vim and vigor. Work on it has started off with a bang, and it is hoped that it will be a bang-up show."" University of Illinois and Colum-bia University where she received her master's and Ph. D degree respectively. Dr. Bevins is a new member to the English Department. Dr. Bevins studied at the University of Alabama, where he received his bachelor's degrees and at the University of Virginia where he studied for his master's and PH. D. All entrants must have their material in by the deadline, De-cember 3. Manuscripts are to be placed in the box marked for them in the TOWER LIGHT office in the lower floor of Newell Hall; or they may be mailed to the TOWER LIGIIT, Box 47A. SGA Sponsors Forum Group Tuesday, December 2, the Stu-dent Government Association at Towson will sponsor a forum-type assembly program with the repre-sentatives of Coppin, Bowie, Frostburg and Salisbury Teachers College as panel members. Each of the visiting schools is sending its student president as a representative. Some of the guests will be Mr. George Lisby of Bowie, Mr. Goodwin of Salisbury, and Mr. Holsberg of Frostburg. Since Sal-isbury and Frostburg are out of the Baltimore vicinity, these repre-sentatives will spend the evening of December 1 and the day of December 2 as guests of Towson, Discussion Questions The discussion will be mainly on these topics: What is the his-tory of the Student Government on your campus ? Have there been any, changes, drastic or otherwise in your constitution? What have been the types of Stu-dent Government since the organ-ization's existence? Other questions being discus-sed include: What do the stu-dents, administration and faculty expect from the presr It. Student Government ? What limitations are there imposed on academic re-quirements ? Does your constitu-tion allow the Student Govern-ment to exercise all the power that is necessary ? Panel Discussion The panel will answer as many questions as time will permit. If there is any time left over, there will be a discussion periou' which will include the student body. "
