tl19511109-000 "TOWER ,1 FA LIGHT Vol. 5, No. 5 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON November 9, 1951 Frost Theme Set Jr. High For Frosh Mixer Practice Starts Frosh Frost Frolic, the first social event of the year presented by the Freshmen class, will take place tonight in the gym from 8:30 to 11:30 for the purpose of getting the Freshmen to know who's Who. Committees have been working under the guidance of Dr. Harold Moser, temporary advisor of the Freshmen Class. Music of the occasion will be provided by the orchestra of Tom Evans and featuring Joan Lee Bankard. A wishing well and the appear-ance of snowflakes on the lapels of the. Frosh are part of the dec-orating highlights planned by .the committee headed by Barbara Chapple. Entertainment Entertainment, managed by Jim Kopelke, will begin with a group of mixed dances. A note of curi-osity added to the program will be the Mystery boy and girl con-test; identifying clues are to be given during the evening and Prizes will be awarded to the con-test winners. A board of fresh-men judges was chosen to select the shyist person present and the man with the loudest laugh. There also will be prizes for the most romantic couple and the best all around dancers of the evening. Talent Show Another highlight of the mixer is a talent show with Marge Can-ino and Tony Marchione singing ""A Song of Love"" from the oper-etta Blossom Time. Included in the entertainment is an act en-titled ""Torn and Jerry"" featuring Ken Thomas and Jerry Agrella. Other Committees Refreshments, with Donna Rine-hart in charge, have not been re-vealed. A committee of hosts and hostesses has been formed as well as a clean up committee. Publi-city has been under the direction of Tony Marchione� I NEWS BRIEFS Newman Club Trip Newman Club members have Planned a tour of the Franciscan Monastery near Washington. New- Manites and outsider guests will leave from the foyer at 11 o'clock Sunday and drive to the mon-astery. Dinner in Washington will climax the sightseeing excursion, organized under the leadership of Jean Jenkins, president of the lo-cal club for Catholic students. Observation Plan A new observation approach, consisting of a participation per-iod of three days has been offered to members in the kindergarden-primary and the elementary ""blocs"". Each student will be assigned to a class in either a county or city school according to his future teaching plans. The longer obser-vation promotes better understand-ing of pupils in elementary schools and provides also an opportunity for working in classroom activity before the semester of actual stu-dent teaching experience. APO Movie House Under the sponsorship of Alpha Phi Omega, motion pictures will be shown on campus. The runnings of each film are slated for 4 o'clock and 7:30 and the showing dates are posted on the main bulletin board. The price of admission has been set by the fraternity as 20 cents. Assembly Today Features Viols This afternoon at 3 o'clock, STC will view the presentation of the assembly postponed from last Tuesday. Postponement of the agenda will give the visiting high school students an opportunity to enjoy a fine musical program. The second in the present Young Musicians Series will feature Joseph Fuchs, violinist, and his sister, Lillian Fuchs, violist. Art-ists of this calibre are a rarity at Towson, because of the price in-volved. According to Mr. Virgil Thomp-son, music critic for the New York Herald Tribune: ""No one has ever, in my experience, played the viola in so grand a manner as Miss Fuchs. Really, violin playing like Mr. Fuchs', and musicianship like this make one wonder what the other fiddlers, all but two or three of them, think they are up to."" Senior students in the Junior High School Division began the student teaching experience dur-ing the past week with four days of observation at their practice centers. On Monday, the student teachers enter a six week period of practice teaching. During this time, they will be teaching four days a week, and will return to the college on Friday for classes with instructors, and consultation with Dr. Hartley. New Program Students teaching in the city schools are equally divided be-tween the ""Home Room Centered"" program, the city equivalent of ""Core"", and the traditional sub-ject matter. The county student teachers are divided between two fields: ""Core"", and Math-Science. Each of the students, however, is required to have at least one ex-perience in the Core Curriculum. The first semester's student teaching has been reorganized, so that the emphasis is now on gain-ing experience, rather than on the grade to be received. In the opinion of the students, such or-ganization eases the pressure on them, making for a more vital learning experience. Dr. Hartley Dr. Hartley director of the Jun-ior High School Division, says: ""It is our purpose in the junior high school division of student teaching experience to introduce the college students to the many sides of the teaching profession. Insofar as this is humanly possible, we try to make this initial ex-perience a happy, rather than a horrible one. Through frequent conferences between Practice Teachers, stu-dent teachers, and the college in-structors, we have tried to build up r, common philosophy based on the premise that teaching is an in-teresting, highly skilled profession, which requires hard, but creative work."" Delegates Visit Future Teachers of America have prepared for approximately 500 students expected to attend the annual High School Visiting Days on campus, today and Mon-day. Groups of seniors and guidance counselors from high schools throughout the state have been Invited. Each school sending rep-resentatives has forwarded to the FTA the number of interested students and any questions con-cerning the college. From the lists, members of the organiza-tion directed by Dr. Rebecca Tan-sil have outlined a diversified program. Visitors will register in the main corridor of the Administra-tion Building and go immediately to the auditorium to be assigned to a guide. Between 9:30 and 12:15 a tour of the buildings, camptis, and classrooms has been planned by committee members under the direction of William Groth. At this time guidance directors and teachers accompanying the seniors will meet in the auditori-um to discuss with Dr. Earle Hawkins, Dean Kenneth Browne, and Dr. Tansil relations between Dr. Rebecca Tansil Ivy Scene Invites Dance Attendance Tomorrow night, ""The Ivy Eve"", the first semi-formal dance of the fall social season, featuring Gil Monroe's Orchestra, will be presented by the Senior Class and Men's Athletic Association in the Gymnasium. Nancy Sandel, dance chairman, remarked, ""Since the 'Ivy Eve"" is the first semi-formal dance of the year, and one of the last to be given by the class of 1952, we are doing our best to make it one of the big dances of the year. Special thanks for this go to Joan Malone and her decoration com-mittee who have devoted many hours of their time planning and making our decorations."" Nancy Sandel, Dance Chairman Dorm Men Cast Vote Resident men students met for the purpose of completing the elec-tions of officers for the incoming year, November 1. At a previous meeting, Ed Kul-inski, President and Bill Hammer-man, Vice-president were elected. At this time Ed appointed tempor-ary officers to compose an eligi-bility list enumerating required qualifications of nominees. Since formal elections are in May for the following semester, this years freshman are not eligi-ble to run for any major office, although a freshman is to be elect-ed to the House Committee as rep-resentative of his class. From the eligibility list, men were nomin-ated and voted upon in a primary election. The two men having the greatest number of votes will ap-pear on the final slate. However, if a candidate has a simple ma-jority in the primary, he automat-ically gains his office. Those officers receiving a simple majority are Bob Kane, Secretary; Clarence Young, S.G.A. Represen-tative; and Don Rogerson, Social Chairman. Campus high school and college and ways to interest high school seniors in the teaching field. Following lunch from 1:15 to 1:45 opportunity for informal meetings with members of the college has been provided. ""These meetings,"" stated Dr. Tansil, ""are a most important part in the program and I want to urge all students to try to visit with rep-resentatives from the high schools. Although the FTA or-ganized an extensive program it cannot be successfully carried out without the full cooperation from the rest of the student body. In-formation regarding location of each high school group is posted on the bulletin board."" An assembly will complete the day's events. Dr. Hawkins will give the welcome address, and brief talks on the ""College and Its Program"", ""Teaching as a Ca-reer"", and ""Admission Proceed-ures"" have been selected by Dean Browne and Dr. Tansil. Collaboration Reigns The Men's A.A. and the Senior Class have been working in col-laboration to produce this event. Later in the year, both organiza-tions will again combine in pro-ducing another dance program for the students of Twoson. Jim Gede, president of the M.A.A., ex-pressed the hope that both will be popularly attended by students, alumni, and their guests. Theme of Dance Headed by Joan Malone, the decoration committee will portray sentiments from the Senior Class Song with an ivy theme prevail-ing. The orchestra was selected by a committee.composed of K. C. Childs, Dot Zimmerman, and Pat Kennedy. Tickets, selling at the usual price of one dollar, have been arranged for by Lucille Gei-selman. Seasonal refreshments will also be provided at the dance. Publicity The publicity chairman, Don Rogerson, worked with represen-tatives of the Men's A.A. to pro-duce the Ivy Eve posters while Duane Virts and Joan Malone de-signed the table announcements. Robert Colburn made the neces-sary contacts. FAC Plans Parent Day Plans have been formulated by the Freshman Advisory Council in preparation for the visit of the parents of freshmen Friday, No-vember 16. Attendance of parents at class-es, a tour of the campus, and an assembly at which Dr. Earle T. Hawkins and Toni Evans, class president will speak are included in the varied program. At this time the Glee Club and Orchestra will perform. The visitors are to be guests of the college for lunch after which they are invited to attend a panel discussion presented by members of the faculty, Student Government Association, and the Freshman Advisory Council. Here parents will be given an oppor-tunity to ask any questions they may have concerning college life. The climax of the day will be a tea to which the freshmen may accompany their parents. FAC members feel that through such a day, parents can gain a better overall view and un,derstanding of the college and its functions. ""We would like all freshmen to request their parents to attencl the visitation, since in the past the event has been carried through with so much success,"" stated Kathryn Baker, FAC presi-dent. The program for this year includes more opportunity for the parents to ask questions and a more extended tour of the cam-pus."" "
