tl19571014-000 "Vol, X No 3 [1- ' TOWER STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND October 14, 1957 10 Tower Light Coesigns A Dance I I I, It's time for the - Tower Light Dance! Plans are now complete for the 4nnual Tower Light dance � by custom the ""kick-off"" for the so-eial season at S.T.C. The dance Will be held from 9-12 p.m. in the Weidefeld Gymnasium on Satur-day, October 19, 1957. Students will be admitted by Presenting activity cards, and the eharge for outsiders will be $1.00. Publicity and decorations, han-tiled by Lou White, are designed liet to divulge the theme of the knee, ""1.203.2."" Charlie Allen has arranged for the music of Brayden Ridenour hId his orchestra. Committee 1chairmen for tickets and refresh-kents are Fred Levin and Jim hank, respectively. . The Tower Light dance is the first semi-formal occasion of the Year, Don't miss it! Remember: �etober 19, 9 p.m., the Gym. Briefly President Hawkins is now occu- DYing Miss Gilbert's office, and the Business Office is in Room 116, pending completion of remod-ling in Stephens Hall. It is point-out that there will be a cer-tain amount of noise during the ��'erk, and Faculty and students 4re asked to ""grin and bear it."" * * * On Thursday, September 26, Dr. 4artley spoke to the Senior As- 8e1nbly at Mount St. Agnes Col-lege. On Saturday, September 27 he was the luncheon speaker at the meeting of the Public School 'Teachers Association. * * * Plans for Towson Day have been ostponed until this spring, Dr. Ilavvkins has announced. Road con- 4ruction is scheduled to begin in the near future which would cause 1/r0blems and inconvenience to our �'Isitors. * * * It was with regret that the Nwer Light staff learned of the recent death of Mr. Kramer's rather. The student body, through the Tower Light, wishes to ex-tend its deepest sympathy to him. * * * Students seeking part-time work 4re urged to visit Dean Murphy's �ffice to fill out application blanks �I' obtain additional information. Music Department Offers Series The Music Department in coop-eration with the Special Events Again this Fall the State Committee will present a Faculty- Teachers College at Towson will Student recital on October 28, in welcome seniors of public and pri-the S.T.C. auditorium at 4 p.m. vote high schools to attend The Among the performers will be Annual High School Visiting Day Dr. Wilfred Hathaway, pianist; and Luncheon of 1957 on October Mr. John Bollinger, violinist; Paul 15, 17, 21, and 23. The program Binkner, organist; Richard Wolfe, will include a tour, visitation of pianist; Barbara Derr, alto; and class rooms, a special assembly, a Robert Deller, tenor. The soloists luncheon, and a discussion group will be accompanied by Mr. John session. Duro and Mr. Charles Haslup. College Holds Visiting Days This recital will be the second in a series of informal musical programs entitled Music On Mon-days to be presented monthly throughout the year on Monday afternoons from 4 to 5 p.m. Mr. John Duro, the head of the Music Department, will make in-troductions and lead informal dis-cussions and seminars during the program. Each forthcoming event will be of a different nature and with a variety of talents. Outside musi-cians as well as campus talents will perform. The purpose of Music On Mon-days is to bring about more music appreciation on campus and in the community. Students and the pub-lic are invited to attend. There will be no admission fee. November's Music On Monday will feature a student instrument-al and vocal recital. If you or your friends on campus or in the community are interested in the musical capabilities of your fac-ulty and fellow students, plan to be present for Music On Mondays on October 28 and November 18. Inter-Varsity Group Gathers At Bel Air On October 4 and 5, the Inter- Varsity Christian Fellowship held its Fall Conference at the Fresh- Air Camp at Bel Air, Maryland. There were students from various colleges in the Baltimore-Wash-ington area represented at the conference. The theme for the three day meeting was ""The Christian and his Relationship to his Campus."" The emphasis was placed on mis-sion work. Everyone who attended the con-ference enjoyed the fellowship and gained much from the meet-ings and Bible studies. The Inter-Varsity's plans for the future include a Halloween Party on October 26 at Johns Hopkins Hospital Nursing Home. Every-one is invited to this social event. A sincere welcome is offered anyone who is interested to come to the Inter-Varsity meetings. The visit to the State Teachers College has been a tradition, but as the number of visitors have grown, the program has been modified in the past few years. Originally, there was one visiting day in the Spring for everyone; but because of the size of the group, the visitation became im-personal. Now we have four vis-iting days � October 15 with Anne Arundel, Calvert, Howard, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's, and St. Mary's counties present � Oc-tober 17 with Carroll, Cecil, Fred-erick, Garrett, Harford and Wash-ington Counties present � Octo-ber 21 with Baltimore City pre-sent -- and October 23 with Bal-timore County present. A rigorous schedule has been planned for the visiting students by the Admissions Office. Regis-tration of the students will be handled by the Towson F.T.A. Small groups of students will then take a tour of the campus and buildings. They will have an op-portunity to visit some college classes. While the visitors are probing the far corners of the campus, their faculty will have a coffee hour in Prettyman Hall followed by a meeting. At 11:00 a.m. a special assembly in the au-ditorium has been planned. Pres-ident Hawkins and student lead-ers will officially welcome the group. This will be followed by a movie entitled ""Not by Chance,"" an entertaining story of how a teachers college helps to mold a well-rounded personality. Following the luncheon, discus-sion groups of individual high schools with the S.T.C. students who attended that particular school and S.T.C. faculty have been planned. Here the students of Towson will get a chance to visit with high school friends and guidance counselors. Alpha Psi Omega Presents Films The next scheduled meeting will The 1957-1958 film series pre-be on Tuesday, October 22, 7:00 sented by the Alpha Psi Omega p.m. in the Chapel. dramatic fraternity will feature the running of ""A Star is Born"" on Friday, October 18, 1957 at 7:30 p.m. in the L.L.T. auditorium. The cast includes Judy Garland, Monday - Thursday 8:30 - 5:00 James Mason, Jack Carson, and 7:00 - 9:00 Charles Bickford. Friday 8:30 - 5:00 Watch for the showing of ""Pete Saturday 9:00 - 12:00 noon Kelly's Blues"" on November 8! Library Hours Glen Players Present THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH with Shirley Block, Dennis Fry, top row; and Sherm Silverman, Bea Shapiro, bottom row. One of Thornton Wilder's most popular and successful plays, ""The Skin of Our Teeth,"" will be revived for a three night stand by the Glen Players on the nights of November 7, 8, and 9 at 8:15 p.m. in the Stephens Hall auditorium. When first presented in New York in 1942, the play boasted a cast sporting such notable acting personali-ties as Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge, and the then little known actor, Montgomery Clift. At that time the play had a cast of forty. After three days of intensive readings, Mr. William Kramer, the director of the Glen Players, selected a large and talented cast, which includes many newcomers to the Towson stage: Shirley Block, Dennis Fry, Tamar Belsky, Sherm Silverman, Bea Shapiro, Otts Laupus, Stan Weiner, Elaine Volk and Don Harward. Others in the cast are Dorothy Levin, Marilyn Miller, Eddie Krout, Mary McWerter, Prunetta Owens, Elinor Givens, Jim Thomas, Earl Myers, Ron Budny, Bea Rakes, Dee Brown, Ed Callary, Don Milstead, Jack D'Largg, and Allan Williams. Shirley Block, a sophomore, is a newcomer to the Towson stage but has had previous acting experience in the Community Theatre. Dennis Fry, remembered for his performance in ""Another Part of the Forest,"" has already shown signs during rehearsals, of an ex-citing interpretation of the part of the father, Mr. Antrobus. Up-perclassmen will remember Ta-mar Belsky for the excellent per-formance she gave in ""Strange Bedfellows"" last Fall. Stan Wein-er, a transfer student, played a lead in a play given at Indiana S.T.C. in Pennsylvania, his former alma mater. Sherm Silverman has estab-lished a fine acting record at Tow-son through his performances in ""Kiss Me, Kate"" and ""In Dark-ness,"" to mention two. Don Har-ward is a freshman who shows promise as a performer. Bea Sha-piro, a very active member of the Glen Players, is handling the part of Gladys in a fine way. Kathryn McIntyre, a valuable worker, and Carolyn Coakley, another fine Glen Player, have been chosen by Mr. Kramer as student directors. Wilder's play, which is a com-posite of allegory, nonsense, com-edy, and serious thinking, breaks all rules of drama to portray a history of man's ability to exist by the skin of his teeth. Vets Plan Varied Program The Veterans Organization ren-dezvoused in Room 14 of the Stu-dent Centre on September 24th. The president, Jack Perilla, intro-duced the new officers for the coming year. Plans were launched for ""Operation Fall Ball"" held at Beaver Dam on October 5th. The general feeling of the group was that this outing was the most successful event ever sponsored by the Veterans. Much enthusiasm was shown by the group towards having a float in the Home Coming parade. Sug-gestions for ironing out the many difficulties which go hand-in-hand with having a float in the parade were taken. A program committee for the coming year was organized under the direction of Carroll Miles. The volunteers for this committee were Bill Johnson, Stan Weiner, and Bill Makinson. The meeting was followed by refreshments and the group then adjourned to the Ramble Inn to swap ""sea stories."" "