tl19581126-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. XI, No. 7 State Teachers College, Towson, 4, Maryland November 26, 1958 Sparks and De Vita Attend ACP Convention Dr. Hawkins Speaks At 111AFTA Dr. Earle T. Hawkins addressed a group of 800 future teachers Sat-taday, November 15, as Towson's SNEA played host for the ninth annual convention of the Mary-land Association of Future Teachers of America. In the address Di-. Hawkins point-td out that Americans do not put the stress on education that other countries do. He stated, ""Education has never been placed at the top of the list in this country. Our 'heroes are crooners and rock and roll artists while our intellectuals are called 'eggheads'. Dr. Hawkins went on to say that in spite of the fact that different countries should have different systems of education, Americans can learn from the Russian system. In the Russian ele-mentary schools no class has more than seventeen children. Teaching in Russia is among the highest paid professions, and the Russian govern-ment spends twice as much money on education as does the United States. A symposium on ""Specialties in Education"" followed the address. Among the speakers were three STC faculty members�Dr. Joseph Falco, Mr. Arthur Yarbrough, and Miss Nina Hughes. Dr. Regina Fitzgerald headed a second panel which discussed ""Student�Teacher."" Three of the teacher panelist, recent graduates of Towson, were Ina May Folb, Ed Mitzel, and Frank Tondrick. The panel agreed that an important pre-paration for teaching is participa-tion in college extra curricular activities. This prepares one for extra assignments as a teacher. Gamma Theta Inducts On November 5, Gamma Theta Upsilon, took in new members. Those taken into the honorary fraternity were: Lynda Houston, Barbara Smith, Irene Hut, J. Lin-coln Sparks, Carole Neugent, Sandra Wentz, Joyce Anderson, Frances Hildebrand, Janet Glaser, Milton Saulsbury, Robert Taylor, John Schler, Margaret Mitdhell, Ellen Webster, Ruth Wampler, Carolyn Edmanson, M. Jean Condon, Grace Williams, Mary Kicas, Lynn Dubin, Phyllis Krieger, Patricia Parr, Sue Wallace and Madelon Wilhelm. Thomas Elected The victor in the November 14 NSA Coordinator election was Anne Claire Thomas. Her job is to co-ordinate the SGA here at Towson with the National Students' Associt- 'Lion. The biggest part of the job is the handling of the WUS (World Unversity Service) Week activities. Day Speaks at STC Planned as one of this year's campus programs is an interesting and educational lecture series with Price Day, one of the editorial writers and foreign correspondent for the Baltimore Sun. The program is being sponsored by the College Club and the Special Events Corn-mittee. The general theme for the three lectures is ""The World As Seen By Price Day."" The first pro-gram was held in the Lida Lee Tall Auditorium on November 20, 1958. The second one is scheduled for January 15, 1959, and the third ior March 12. Both are scheduled for 8:00 P.M. in the L.L.T. Audi-torium. Following each lecture there will be a coffee hour in the Special Dining Room. Freshmen Elect Tallman On November 5, 1958, the Fresh-man class elected their officers for the coming year. John Tallman was elected president. He is a graduate of Parkville and has an excellent background in leadership. Vice- President Dick Stack is a graduate of Poly. It is his belief that the class can do wonders if it keeps the spirit it now has. It will be the task of Barbara Parker and Phyllis Balzer to keep the class informed. Phyllis is the recording secretary and Barbara holds down the job of corresponding secretary. Gary Rice, Freshman treasurer, has held a position as treasurer in high chool and has also worked in a bank. Freshmen, there is still an open-ing on your class executive council. UNITED STATES ARMY BAND The United States Army Band, under the direction of Major Hugh Curry, presented a concert on November 25, 1958, in the Stephens Hall Auditorium. The band was made up of more than a hundred bandsmen who have formerly played in many of our well-known orchestras, and who have attended some of the finest schools of music. Major Curry was made leader of the Army Band in 1945, and since that time he has conducted on many concert stages both at home and abroad, including two concerts at Carnegie Hall. A fine tribute was paid the Army Band in Canada when it was chosen the foremost band on the air. Ingersoll Against Tests On November 12, in the L.L.T. Auditorium, Mt. John Ingersoll, expressed his pacifistic philosophy on nuclear warfare in the world today. ""There is no way to peace; peace is the way."" To the small' assemblage, he pointed out the danger of exposing mankind to the radioactive fallout which results from the continuence of nuclear bomb tests. The reality of the death and suffering due to this fallout was put before his audience. It is his opinion that we are mistaken in our artificial search for security and that an approach to peace by way of threatening viol-ence is wrong. He proposed that we, as in- ALUMNI MAKE GOOD The November issue of The In-structor, a magazine for elementary school teachers, contains the con-tribution of Mrs. Rena Deitsdh Sugar and Mrs. Elsie L. Baylus, for-mer students at S.T.C. Mrs. Sugar and Mrs. Baylus are co-authors of a factual story, ""Letters From Ply-mouth in 1621."" Mrs. Sugar is a practice teacher in Liberty School No. 64 in Balti-more, and resides at 3811 Glen Ave. Mrs. Baylus' home address is 2603 Cyllurn Ave. Both Mr. Sugar and Mrs. Baylus are from the Class of '29. dividuals, renounce violence and ""conscientiously object to war"" and, as nations, halt further bomb test-ing and divert our efforts to the ways of peace. Tower Light delegates Lincoln Sparks, News Editor, and Mike De Vita, Managing Editor, attended the Thirty-fourth Annual Associated Collegiate Press Conference, held this year in the ""Windy City"" of Chicago, Illinois from November 13 to 15 at the Conrad Hilton Hotel. Boarding a TWA Coach at Friend-ship Airport on the evening of the 12th, the boys landed in Chicago at 11 P.M. There were 1058 delegates from 40 states representing 226 different colleges and universities. The open-ing convocation took place at 7:30 P.M. on November 13 in the Waldorf Room of the Hotel Hilton. The speaker, Charles T. Haun, Picture Editor of the Detroit Free Press, insisted that his last name was one of the few four-letter words with which he was familiar that was not a dirty word. His speech on the topic ""words and pictures"" was color-ful (to say the least), and Mr. Haun was quite adept in using what is referred to in journa-listic circles as the ""printer's private language."" He was quite adamant in expres-sing his feelings for the journalistic worth of the New York Times, and he sincerely hoped that no ACP Member would ever accept a job with that organization. A get-acquainted dance fol-lowed Mr. Haun's lecture, and the crowd for the dance dwindled to 300, as many del-egates decided they would rather go see some of Chicago. The many meetings began at 9 A.M. on Friday, the morning of the 14th. Such professional speakers as Roy Fisher (Chicago Daily News), Laurens Walker (Davidsonian), and Bill Furlong (also of Chicago Daily) spoke on topics which included: ""Learn from a Pro-Feature Writ-ing"", ""Editing the News"", ""Sports Writing"", and ""News Staff Organ-ization and Incentives for the Non-daily Newspapers."" Running throughout the three-day conference were such helpful meetings as a Newspaper Short Course and an Advertising Short Course. These covered such timely topics as ""Staff Selection a n d Organization"", ""Campus News Sources"", ""Front Page Make-Up"", ""Copy Editing"", ""Sports, Editorial and Inside Page Make-Up"", and ""Feature Stories and Editorial Pages."" James J. Harrington, United States National Student Assoc-iation (NSA) Vice President, held an interesting discussion on ""Student Government and the Student Press."" This was especially interesting to our delegates, since S.T.C. is a mem-ber of NSA. (There were other interesting points about this meeting which are brought out on page two of this issue, en-titled ""Money For All"".) Such other topics as ""Freedom of the College Press"", ""News Writing"", and ""Reporting"" took place until 5 P.M., when all of the delegates were given a free evening. (Rumor has it that Tower Light's delegates spent their evening seeing parts of Chicago seldom seen by Chicago tourists, as well as touring the University of Chicago). Saturday was the scene for such important personalities as Karin Walsh (City News Editor, Chicago Sun-Times), Ruth Dun-bar, who just recently returned from Soviet Russia, and' Ed Kitch, Associated Press. The topics included ""Humor in the College Newspaper"", ""Education in Soviet Russia"", ""The News-paper and the College Com-munity"", and ""Writing Effec-tive Editorials."" The highlight of the conference took place at Noon on Saturday afternoon, the Conference Lunch-eon� featuring as guest speaker famous cartoonist Al Capp. Mr. Capp had previously asked ACP Members to leave a question for him to answer upon registering for the conference, as he planned to make up his speech from the questions asked. He spent a pro-fitable hour answering many of the questions, most of which (Mr. Capp informed us) dealt with the bust and hip measurements of Daisy Mae. These, however, he left for personal reasearch. He proceeded to tell the group that he endorsed certain cer-tain products because of a-varice, and told them that Cream of Wheat was good for the head and Wildroot was really a good salad dressing! ""The world of Journalism does have a place for women,"" said Mr. Capp, ""and that is waiting at home for the journalist and not waiting on the street for him!"" Capp cartoonizes for sixty million readers and for twelve hundred editors, and he tries to please all of these with each cartoon series. He draws from word ideas and shortens the ideas to fit the pictures. When asked if there was any ""pitch"" to the Lil' Abner strip, he told the audience that at one time he lived in New Haven, Connec- (Continued on Page 2, Col. 5) "
