tl19571108-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. X, No. 5 Large Cast Seen In ""Skin of Our Teeth"" STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND November 8, 1957 144 Costumed Glen Player night's I) rod fiction. toasts 1111 to- The Glen Players will present their production of Thornton Wild-er's comedy, ""The Skin of Our Teeth"", on the nighth of Novem-ber 7, 8, and 9 at 8:15 p.m. in the Stephens Hall auditorium. With this play, the Glen Players, under the direction of Mrs. Wil-liam Kramer, will begin their 1957-58 season. Productions to be given later in the year will in-clude William Inge's ""Picnic"" and a musical to be announced later. A series of one-act plays, which Will be student directed, is plan-ned also. ""The Skin of Our Teeth"" is a fanciful, fast-moving, and unusual play. It depicts how man is able literally to survive by the skin of his teeth through flood, famine, feuds, and the wiles of femininity. By no means a small scale pro-duction, the show has a cast of thirty-four, with more than that number working backstage. Those who have featured parts are: Shirley Block, Dennis Fry, Tamar Belsky, Sherman Silver-man, Bea Shapiro, Otts Laupus, Elaine Volk, Stan Weiner, and Don Ha rward. Also seen in the cast will be Dorothy Levin, Matilyn Miller, Ed Krout, Mary McVVhirter, Prunetta Owens, Elinor Givens, Jim Thom-as, Earl Myers, Ron Budny, Bea Rakes, Dee Brown, Don Milstead, Jack D'Largy, Allen Williams, and Mary Plumhoff. The backstage crew, so neces-sary for the success of suclf a pro-duction, includes Jerry Riley -- technical director, Kathryn McIn-tyre and Carolyn Coakley � stu-dent directors, Bruce Johnson � stage crew director, Dorothy Lev-in ,and Jim Thomas � Property directors, Marilyn Miller -- house director, Regis Rheb --- lighting director, Ron Budny and Charlie - publicity directors, Prunetta Owens � costume director, and Mary McWhirter --- Prompting director. Also to be seen in the play is a Jazz combo and a ""whoopee girls"" chorus. The jazz combo consists of John Duro, piano; Nicholas Ger-lak, saxophone; Harvey Saxton, trumpet; and Bill Fallowfield, bass. The ""whoopee girls"" under the direction of Vivian Lesher, are Sally Cohan, Phyllis Kreiger, Ellen Hemmeter, Linda Shor, Brenda Sherrer, Annett Lakein, Leah Gaponoff, Sally Kravetz, and Bev Abrams. Dr. Leland Jacobs Speaks On Campus On November 5, 1957 Dr. Le-land Blair Jacobs, professor of education of the Teachers College, Columbia University, will speak in the college auditorium at 8:15. Dr. Jacobs will demonstrate the technique of reading children's lit-erature orally. A native of Tawas City, Michi-gan, Dr. Jacobs, took his A.B. at Michigan State Normal College in 1931, and in 1936 he earned his A.M. at the University of Midhi-gan. Professor Jacobs attended Ohio State University where he received his Ph.D. in 1946. He is a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Phi Delta Kappa, and Kappa Phi Kappa. Dr. Jacobs is the author of ""Children and the Language Arts"", the textbook used in the elementary block courses. He has also been a supervisor of student teaching and instructor in educa-tion at Ohio State. Because of his extensive work in the field of education Dr. Jacobs' visit is certainly welcomed at Towson. Dr. Jacobs will also speak at 1:30 in the Lida Lee Tall School auditorium on the afternoon of November 7. Vets Go To Circus On November 9, a group of or-phans , will be the guests of the Towson Veterans Club at the an-nual Shrine Circus in Baltimore. Volunteering as chaperones for the evening are Max Frezland, Chuck Robbins, Ken Bryner, Charlie Copper, Lewis Heck, and Jack Perrila. The project was decided upon at the October 16th meeting held in the Special Dining Room. As the cider flowed, a report on the highly successful Fall Ball was given, and plans for the Home-coming float were discussed, with Lew Heck being made float-chair-man. Before adjournment, a Vets Christmas Party was mentioned for the future. ""Angel Street"" Offered Soon The Student � Faculty Show, under the direction of Miss Nina Hughes, will present a reading of Patrick Hamilton's ""Angel Street"" in the Stephens Hall Auditorium at 4:00 p.m. on November 11."" Originally entitled ""Gaslight"", this psychological thriller opened in New York on December 5, 1948 and ran for three years. In the original cast, Vincent Price and Judith Evelyn enacted the married British couple and Leo G. Carroll played the part of Inspector Rough. The play was very well received by critics and audiences alike,. Brooks Atkinson said that the author ""never raises his voice much higher than a shudder . . . never strays outside the bailiwick of dark, soft-footed nervousness."" The New York Mirror said, ""The critics call it the biggest dramatic bit in New York."" The play was twice made into motion pictures, one of them ""Gas-light"", winning for Ingrid Berg-man her first Oscar in 1944. The entire action of the play takes place within the home of. Mr. and Mrs. Manningham on Au-gel Street. The story concerns the efforts of the cruel and unscrupu-lous Mr. Manningham to drive his wife insane in order to get rid of her so that he can search the house for jewels which he failed to find after he murdered his first wife fifteen years earlier. Mrs. Manningham is easily beguiled by her husband into believing she is going mad, until the inspector in-tervenes. The end of the play-achieves the heights of suspense and tension. Bruce Johnson, a familiar figure to Towson theatre-goers, will por-tray Mr. Manningham. Kathryn McIntyre, an active participant in many Glen Players productions, will portray Mrs. Manningham. The part of Inspector Rough will be handled by Ron Budny, and Carolyn Coakley will be seen as the maid, Nancy. Those who attended will be treated to a first-rate perform-ance of an excellent melodrama. Refreshments will be served after the performance. Abstract setting, sweet music, good cheer mark the Tower Light dance. ""Windows of the World"" Open For Homecoming Prize-winning Float shows Sput-nik Around the World. 14k, Homecoming Queen, Sue Protz-man, b, crowned by Alumni Pres-ident. The 1957 Homecoming Weekend took place 'on November 1 and 2 on the Towson Campus. The theme for the annual Fall highlight was ""Windows of the World."" Rain and grey skies on Friday made many wonder what the weatherman had in store for Saturday's fes-tivities. At 1:30 Saturday afternoon under clearing skies, the annual pa-rade began. This year's Homecoming Queen, Miss Sue Protzman and her court of Lenora Carr, Diane Edgell, Diana Renshaw, Carolyn Coakley, Wilma Long, and Sharon Romer led the internationally-flavored procession. The Freshmen class won first prize for their float depicting ""Sputnik"". The United Nations motif was presented by the Sopho-mores, while the Juniors chose Holland for their particular window of the world. The Senior float took advantage of a most timely sub-ject � Asiatic Flu! Besides other organizational floats, a band and representatives. of a local Niki unit were seen in the parade. The Homecoming soccer game between Hopkins and Towson saw the Knights go down to defeat by the score of 1-0. Concession stands near the soccer field gave a ,holiday flare to the scene, as salesmen for sticky apples, cokes, popcorn, hotdogs, pizza pies, home-made candy, cider, and yellow and 'white muins competed for custom-ers. Half-time entertainment was provided by the drum and bugle corps and drill team, from the Marine barracks in Washington, D.C. West Hall took this year's prize for the best decorated dormitory. The dorm decor was that of a German beer garden complete with beer (root ) and singing mustached bartenders. Decoration themes for the other dorms were : North Hall, a French cafe; Prettyman: Hall, a travel agency; Richmond Hall, Spanish setting; Topping off the day's events was the Homecoming Dance held in the Wiedefeld Gymnasium from 9 to 12 p.m. Music for the Golden Holiday was by Brayden Ridenour. A record crowd attended, bringing to a close a very successful Homecoming weekend. First Dance Proves Success On October 19 at 9:00 p.m., the annual Tower Light dance was held in the Wiedefeld Gymnasium on the Towson campus. A theme of Art and its abstractions trans-formed the hardwood home of the Towson Knights into a world of zany paintings, twirling mobiles -- all under a ""sky"" of pastel clouds. An estimated gathering of 400 persons danced to the music of Brayden Ridenour's orchestra. 1.203.3, the name of the dance, was the first semi-formal affair of the current school year. The evening's end saw a flurry of activity among the ""art lovers"" present who were anxious to ob-tain an original abstraction from the many works hung on the walls. When the last light went out, only a few paintings were left, and the mobiles were picked as clean as a money tree during a depression. A coffee hour in Newell Hall foyer was held following the dance. 4-H Holds Square Dance The annual 4-H Square Dance Jamboree will be held on Novem-ber 16, 1957 at 8 p.m. in the Wiedefeld Gymnasium. Jim and Catherine Enser and their Music Makers will provide music and calls. Refreshments in-cluding cider, donuts, and potato chips will be served. Everyone is invited to attend. The 4-H Club recently sent four members to attend the Five State 4-H Conference held at Jackson's Mill, West Virginia. Those attend-ing were Susan Mace, Deanna Brown, Irene Tanner, and Alva Mary Amoss. The key speaker at the confer-ence was Dot Keller Markline, a 4-H international foreign youth exchange student to France, who showed slides and talked about farm life in France. "
