tl19611027-000 "id re Marlene Powell To Be Womecoming Queen by Lowell E. Sunderland ""I've been floating ever since. It's still hard to believe."" With those two succinct state-nlents, sparkling 19-year old Mar-lene Powell, this year's Queen of 40Inecoming, summed up her feel-ings after learning she had topped 22 contestants for the honor. ""When my suite-mate told Me I had won, I didn't be-lieve her at first,"" Miss Powell sai(t. ""She repeated it and I was stunned. Then I called my Parents and my sister in North Carolina. I've been floating ever �This year's Queen hails from 'rederick, where she graduated in 960 from Frederick High School. She is a sophomore in the teachers e�11ege and hopes to teach history �11 the high school level. She said `Ile is majoring in history. Two members of the court are tepeaters."" The only senior class r,ePresentative, Phyllis Balzer, and Ithtinior Judy Simpson were both on e court last year. ho4iss Balzer, who calls Annapolis graduated in 1958 from FLOATING QUEEN � Marlene Powell, a 19-year old sophomore from Frederick, is Queen of Towson's 1961 Homecoming festivi-ties, topping 22 contestants in an SGA election just before the MSTA convention. Her reaction to election: ""I'm just floating."" 1,._ polis High School. She has The third member of the court ;vet 11 very active during her years from the junior class is Sharie 2owson and currently holds an Lacey, who resides in Anna- It ril e in the Student Life Council. polis, where she is a member of ,e 1 4: is Senator for the Women's Annapolis High School's 1959 ci th'Iletic Association and social class. Miss Lacey is Senator for If 44irThan of the Women's Resi- the Junior Class and historian rIce Council. of Alpha Psi Omega. She is A 0 WE% Simpson is no stranger also in the Freshman Advisory to queenly endeavors. The blond Council. iMlior has entered numerous Two sophomores close out this L a' d ,7auty contests throughout the year's court, both appearing in 44, ltitnore area, usually finish- Towson royalty for the first time. t. 14g quite high in the court. Sue Parkhurst, who came to school g sk it he is from Baltimore and across York road from Towson g,t:aduated in 1959 from Western Senior High School after gradu-tqlgh School. She too is in the ating from there in 1960, is both :at. chers college. secretary and Senator for the ,, 1--ss Simpson also is vice presi- Christian Science Organization. 1 It of the Women's Athletic . Virginia Warfel, who would much �elation this year. o A . rather be called ""Gini,"" graduated I :Sear Junior, Nancy Holter of Lareley from Havre De Grace High School 4 ._ Bel Ai r )., is serving on her in 1960 and has quickly moved into b %he ti:�Inecoming Court at Towson. activities at Towson. She is Senator A A , a member of the Freshman v 1 s �rY Council and was secre- for the Women's Residence Council +dry v; of her St. Stephens High and social chairman for the Cheer- \:-.�L class for three years. leaders. /Iptew Insurance Plan ilecommended By Senate h An Accident and Sickness Insurance Plan was accepted the Senate on October 17, to be recommended to Dr. by,e T. Hawkins for consideration and possible adoption the kr. school. tix, Richard C. Jeary and Mr. student, not through a parents' fot 4(1 J. Kennedy, III, agents policy. kitir several insurance companies, Insurance policies can be offered killiles3cd the Senate during a 15 at a lower rate to people between 11144 te recess. They presented a the ages of 18-22 because the rates tliiti,�frered by the Insurance Com- are figured only on that age group, lett of North America which they said Mr. Jeary. ki�,40�vas the best of all they had If the proposed plan were -4timk1ed. adopted by the school. it would 041111, e school's present insurance tvi7Y covers only accident, for 11711 we pay about $8 a year. kiZo Policy only covers the ohe I Year, while the proposed $ieit Works on a 12-month basis. Vith�lless claims are most fre- Paid, the agents painted out, 41:,.1�e students must maintain ;late policy for this. After ttlit4e of 18, Blue Cross and Blue lliust be paid in full by the be offered on an voluntary basis, not compulsory. The benefits of the plan are as follows: $500 blanket Accident; Sickness: up to $15 a day for room and board for 30 days. Miscellaneous �$100 medication, blood transfusions, etc. Surgical� up to $200. Consultation�$20. Am tibu lance�$10. (Continued on Page 2) TOWER LIGHT Vol. XIV, No. 6 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland October 27, 1961 ICC Resolution GA0os OK 'Trojan Women' Challenge To Glen Players by Mary Hughes The Trojan Women, The Glen Players first production of the school year, has presented many challenges to the group in the areas of music, dance, and in the design and construction of the set, lighting, costumes, and posters. For the first time in many years, The Glen Players are producing a three act play which is unrelated in authorship and/or in time of occurrance to the 20th Century. Also, the drama group is exper-imenting in areas before left to pro-fessions, such as construction of costumes and armor. Mr. Martin Rice of the music department has set several of the chorus speeches to music. Mr. Rice, attempting to capture the Greek feeling musically, has written accompaniment in the Phrygian and Dorian modes. Because the pieces must be sung Top Students Announced One hundred eighteen students qualified for the Dean's List for the semester ending June 1961. Requirements for the Dean's List include an average of 3.0 or better and rank in the top 10% of each class. The list includes forty freshmen, thirty sophomores, forty-one jun-- iors, and six seniors. The seniors on the list are Fred-erick C. Arnold, Helene M. Bankert, Carol C. Chisholm, Peter B. Flem-ing, Patricia R. Mullican, and Paula A. Walsh. To have their name on the list the seniors had to have at least a 3.53 average. Juniors named to the list are Henry L. Alsobrook (4), Linda L. Blood (2), Jerome Bloomberg (3), Patricia A. Boulay, Joan T. Cole-man (4), Connie L. Crum, Joyce A. Dorshaw, Susan D. Evnitz (4). Alfred F. Florian (1), Jacquelynne H. Gano (3), Judith M. Gosnell, Lillian McCalley Gruel (2), Helen Y. Harris ,1), Jean Hoffmeister. Shelby M. Ingram, Betty C. Isaac-son, Laura M. Kestle, Sandra L. King (4), Carole M. Kopec (2), Janet M. Lampe, Judith C. Law-rence, Emily Lewin (1), Joan M. Lewis, Melva L. Lovell, Jeanette Marie Morgan, Barbara A. Parker (4), Arleen D. Polakoff, Elizabeth K. Saddingten (4), Leon F. Sagan (1), Martha Stein, Elizabeth A. Stewart (3), Janet N. Tennyson, Anne C. Thomas (1). Dorothy Tice (I), Patricia L. Totzauer (4), Rhoda S. Udoff (1), Constance R. Wilkin-son, Barbara A. Willing, John L. Wisthoff (4) , Jeanne Wood (1), and Judith Deitz (5). Juniors had to (Continued on Page 3) BE GRACEFUL! � Miss Carolyn Graeser watches as two chorus members attempt to combine music and dance to emphasize the emotion of a scene. in unison, the problems in com-position lay in providing variety and design, while catching the rhy-thms and inflections of speech and heightening these into a kind of formalism, stated Mr. Rice. The chorus will be accompanied by instruments which exhibit a flavor of the ancient Greek in-struments, such as the flute, oboe, and percussion. Miss Carolyn Graeser of the phy-sical education department is the choreographer for the production. Miss Graeser's greatest problem involved the expressing of heigh-tened emotions which the chorus feels through rhythmic movement without going into movements which appear too abstract. All of (Continued on Page 3) Loan Deadline December 1 Application deadline for fedetal aid from the National Defense Stu-dent Loan Program during second semester is December 1, the col-lege's committee on financial aid announced this week. Application blanks are in the business office. They must be sub-mitted to Miss Nina Hughes, chair- , man of the committee on financial ; Sixty-three students received NDEA loans totaling $12,474 this semester, the committee also an-. nounced. The program has an especial attraction for teachers college stu-dents. For each year the student spends in full-time employment as an elementary or secondary school teacher, the principal of his loan is reduced by 10 percent. This is applicable fcr Un to five years. Full-time students in good aca-demic standing who satisfy all re- ' quirements of the standards and practices of the college are eligible if real need for financial aid exists. Interest is three percent and begin to accrue a year after th.- borrower ceases to be a full-time college student. Repayment also begins a year after the borrower is through with college. Military service for no longer than three years will prolong the start of repayment and interest accrual. passed by the Senate concerning the possible organization of an Inter-Collegiate Council. The Students responsible for the idea were not chosen by, are on, or are in any way connected with any three of the people concerned with the N.S.A. dispute. Also, these people thought of the idea spon-taneously and were not ""handed"" the idea by any of the Executive Council of the S.GA., asserted Miss Sue Berman, at the Oct. 17 Senate Meeting. Rodney Reynolds thought of the idea of an Inter-Collegiate group of which the participatarrts would be composed of: Morgan, Goucher, Loyola, Johns Hopkins, University of Maryland and Towson. All of the Presidents of each S.G.A. Govern-ment have consented to a meeting where Towson will be host. The hosts will not be any of the S.G.A. Executive Council, but the mem-bers of this committee. The Inter-Collegiate group would be a confederation of student bodies that can propose ideas, but more important, can act. Berman stressed. How are we going to act, she asked. All of the proposed colleges are located in the state of Maryland, hence are easily accessible to one another in order to hold frequent meetings. Secondly the things which will be proposed for discussion are: 1. EDUCATIONALLY a. Leadership conferences with all of the college leaders attending. b. Leading speakers 1. A central auditorium 2. We can afford it as a group to h 3. Benefit e entire state of Mary-land -e a series of speakers the akers C. Improve the various colleges by pressure groups 1. Organized lobbying 2. State and Federal Senators 2. CVLTUR-4LLY a. Most schools are too small for (Continued on Page 3) Ensemble Auditions Auditions are being held next week for a new chamber music vocal ensemble, which will con-sist of approximately twelve of the best campus musicians and will perform madrigals and other precision ensemble compositions, both in English and in foreign Languages. Anyone interested in auditioning, contact Mr. Martin Rice Monday, Wednesday. and Friday at 10 or Tuesday and Thursday at 1, in Room 3 or one of the music rooms (6. 7, 9, 10). Rehearsal time for this group will be determined by the members, which will perform at campus activities and concerts, and will present many programs off-campus in the schools and communities throughout the state and on local television "
