tl19491104-000 "Homecoming Issue TOWER Homecoming Issue LIGHT Vol. 3, No. 4 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. NOV. 4, 1949 Jays, Knights Clash Tomorrow Season's Records Towson 1 Frostburg 1 2 Salisbury 2 4 American U. 0 1 Washington Col. 0 3 Roanoke 0 1 Loyola 0 0 Baltimore U. 1 0 Elizabethtown 1 Johns Hopkins 1 Westchester 4 2 Gettysburg 4 1 Franklin and Marshall 5 2 Drexel 3 Tomorrow will be homecoming clay for the old grads of Towson State Teachers College, but to the schoolmaster soccer force it means Johns Hopkins University and the Knight Mentor Clarke fifth Mason-Dixon tussel of the sea-son at 3:00 pm. Last year, the Blue Jays chased Loyola to the wire in the conference competition, but this year's outfit, clespite the presence of several vet-erans, has borne little resemblance to the '48 combine. By the way, liopkins won over us 4-0. The Homewood eleven has drop- . (Continued on page 4) A.P.O. Group Active Introduced earlier this term to '1�(:!, the Alpha Phi Omega peti- `ioning group has started function-ing and has begun to fulfill its 1111/Tiber one purpose�service. The organization which is now tWelve strong has offered its serv- !cos to the Glen Committee to help tfnlprove and repair the physical features of the Glen. 1., liowevei, before the group can :ccome an official chapter it must 'sgeet a minimum membership of 'Wenty-five men. Any male student :110 has had previous Boy Scout ;l'aining is eligible and if interested, ; urged to inquire at the TOWER ) `41GHT office. liPresent pledges are requested to \:atch the bulletin board for latest ""cvelopments. Ilifelcome Al The undergraduates of STC wish to extend to you the heartiest welcome possible. Your main reason for coming back is to see fellow students of by-gone years, to meet past friends, and see how the years have profited them; but we hope that you also because State Teachers College means something more to you than just the place where you re-ceived your education. We hope you remember your days at STC as a happy part of your past. We, as students, are facing the same problems that you onced faced, and looking for-ward as you once did to the fulfillment of our ambitions in teaching, greet you; and we look forward to the day when we may be one of you. Perhaps years have passed since you attended STC, or perhaps you were here last year. In either case, we hope you will find the college has. made progressive strides since you were here. We hope you are glad to be back; and that you will enter into the program that has been so ardiously planned. This is your day and we hope you enjoy it. � I Faculty Notes President Hawkins, with a group of the faculty including Miss Steele, Miss Sargant, Dr. Brewington, Dr. Lightfoot, Dr. Matthews, Dr. Wilson, Mr. Desautels, Miss Brennan, and Miss Hughes from the campus school, left for Solomon's Island on Friday afternoon, October 15, 1949. The purpose of the trip was to learn what the state is doing for the conservation of Marine Re-sources of the Chesapeake Bay. That evening they had dinner at Prince Frederick and continued on to Solomon's Island, by cars, to visit the Biological Laboratories founded by Dr. Truitt. They stayed at the Laboratories and attended lectures on oyster and crab life, and food resources for marine life in the Chesapeake Bay. They learned that if the State of Maryland is to have sufficient amount of seafood, every citizen must be concerned with the con-servation of the natural resources of the state. They left for home on Sunday morning. HATS OFF . . . to Warren Stroh, Bill Simons, and the resident men for their hard w�rk concerning the Record Dance productions. . . .to Harry Hallstead, Bill Miller, Nick Hodinott, Bob Watson, Ralph Pierf'D;nti, Carroll Wagner, Jack Schilling and all the others for their laborious efforts in making the Men's AA ""Autumn Hop"" a huge success. . . . to all *the Glen Players for a wonderful assembly program. . . . to the Cheer Leaders for their fine spirit and nifty ideas in the ""pep rallies"" and on the field. . . . to the House Committee for honoring the ""All Hallows Eve."" It was a night all the resident fresh-men will remember. . . . to the entire student body in receiving the our Havana friends in the ""ole American style."" . . . to the FTA for their program and speical assistance in conjunc-tion with the Maryland State Teachers Convention. Homecoming Revived This Saturday, November 5, the first post-war Homecoming Day will be held. Josh Wheeler, President of the Alumni Association, wrote in the October Alumni News Letter, ""We hope to see many of you at the Homecoming."" The school, now in its 83rd year of teacher education, will welcome a comparatively few of its many thousands of graduates. It is ex-pected that some of those present will remember the school as a two or three year Normal School rather than the four year college now known. With a rapidly increaAing student body and plans for expan-sion of facilities in the near future, the Homecoming Day's in the years to come should prove to be one of the high spots on the calendar. Activities for this Saturday are divided into three parts. The morn-ing will be devoted to registration and professional seminars. After luncheon, the college faculty will be available for ""re-get-acquainted"" chats. A soccer game with Hopkins Univeristy is scheduled for the afternoon. Following dinner, the evening will be occupied with the play, ""Peg O' My Heart"" by J. Hartley Manners, presented by the Glen. Players. An exact program is listed below: 10:00�Registration, Administra-tion Building. 11:00Get-together, Auditorium. President's Greeting to Alumni Demonstrations: a) Current Experimentations in Speech b) Tests in Motor Development 12:30�Luncheon, Newell Hall Dining Room 1:30�Informal Meetings with Cal-lege Faculty, Ad Building 2:30�Soccer Game, North Cam-pus 5:30�Dinner, Dtning Room 7:00�Informal Sing, Foyer 8:30�""Peg O' My Heart"", Audi-torium As an added attraction for Home-coming Day, a ""top secret"" surprise is planned for half time at the soc-cer game. This is the first such event since the war. Frosh Hold Mixer November 11 To enable frosh to get acquainted with each other, the Freshman Class will hold a mixer in the form of a dance party in the Gym next Friday evening, from 8 P. M. to 11 P. M.; refreshments will be served. Called the ""Freshman Mixmas-ter,"" the affair will be Open to frosh only. Husbands and wives of mem-bers of the Class will be admitted, however. A program consisting of talent from among new students will be presented. Charlie Calary, Freshman Class president, speaking of the mixer, said, ""We want every freshman present, so that he can get to know his class members better. That is the primary purpose of the mixer. A swell time is planned, and no freshman will want to miss it."" Chairman of committees working on the mixer are: Reception, Pat Hoagland; Program, Mary Galla-ger; Refreshments, Ginger Evans; Name Tags, Jean Umberger; Clean-up, George Powell; and Publicity, Charles White. J. C. Freshmen Elect Council In addition to the Teacher Col-lege Freshmen section officers, the Junior College classes have elected chairmen and representatives to complete the Freshman Council. They were as follows: Section J.C.-A J.C.-C J.C.-D Advisor Mr. Desautel Mr. P. West Mr. Clarke Dr. Tansil Chairman Don Taylor Charles Calory Richard Griffith William Kenty Representative � R. Allan Reechlin Eleanor Morris John Hancock Donald Pickett Education Week November 6 - 12 Dr Hawkins TO Lead Radio Talks American Education Week will be observed starting Sunday, No-vember 6, and ending Saturday, November 12. Ten million parents and citizens will visit schools all over the country in an effort to magnify their views of the schools through which are preserved the finer values of civilization. A radio program, assembly program and stu-dent- faculty discussion will be the extent of local observance. The general theme will be ""Making De-mocracy Work."" On Sunday, November 6, Dr. Hawkins, assisted by Dr. Hartley, Georgia Wisner, and William Ham-merman will broadcast over WBAL on the theme for the day, ""The Worth of the Individual"" in con-nection with Teacher Education. Dr. Hawkins A group of eighty STC students and faculty members will meet Thursday, November 10 from 9:00. A. M. to 11:00 A. M., to discuss the seven characteristics of better teaching. The group consists of the members of Education 301 (Kinder- (Continued on Page 3) The Outdoor Classroom Known to every student at STC, but seldom used, is the Glen�or the college's outdoor Classroom. Available to everyone from the kindergarten to the prospective graduate, this ""beauty spot"" has been used very little this term for field trips and socials by various campus clubs. However, it is open twenty-four hours a day for all to enjoy and become better acquainted with nature, whether it be with birds, insects, trees, or flowers. The Sunday Sun of October 23rd recognized the value of this section of the campus and featured it in the magazine section in conjunction with elementary education at the Lida Lee Tall School. A copy of this feature is posted in the south corridor of the administration build-ing. "
