tl19521029-000 "PRI Ii I TOWER LIGHT Vol. 6, No. 5 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON October 29, 1952 Government Studentsi new, Hold Mock Election Under the supervision of the Student Government the political science class will hold a ""mock"" presidential election in order to promote better citizenship. A campaign assembly was given and each party had its own rally. The political campaign was made up entirely of students. The ""Citizens for Ike"" committee was headed by Bill Pullin and the ""Volunteers for Stevenson"" by Nancy AugerinUs. James Addy spoke as the Republican Repre-sentative at the assembly, while Jack Lapides and Tina Psoros will speak in favor of the Demo-crats. The Republican rally was held yesterday afternoon at 3:30 P.M. and the Democratic rally will be Annual Frosh Initiation Held Initiation of dormitory freshman and transfer students an annual event was held on campus last night. Initial plans for Spook Night were made by the joint social com-mittees under the direction of Vi-vian Stone and Clarence Young. There were also sophomore, jun-ior and senior representatives to decide the fate of the Spooks. Party in Foyer Colorful costumes, stunts and a party after dinner, held in the foyer all added to the festivities. Later in the evening the freshmen were taken on a tour of the camp-us according to schedule. Chewing gum wrappers and matches seemed to literally clut-ter the campus since all frosh were obliged to be at the service of the upperclassmen. According to some of the spook masters and mistresses the class of '56 showed a great deal of spirit and bore the entire ordeal with a grin. Rules Followed All freshmen had been given a set of rules to follow at a recent house meeting with a warning of what would befall all possible de-serters. After the activity last night, the new students are now considered full fledged Towsonites. D. Augerinus, B. Pullin held today at 3:30 P.M. in the auditorium. Elections will take place between Monday, Novem-ber 3, through Tuesday, Novem-ber 4. Ballots are to be cast at the booth in the smoking area of the Administration building. Ballot-ing will be closed at noon and the results will be given at the Stu-dent Government Association As-sembly November 4. 'Antigone' to be Presented by Glen Players Tomorrow Tomorrow night, the curtain will rise on the initial perform-ance of ""Antigone,"" the first Glen Players production of the year. Starring in the play are Virginia Cosgrove as Antigone and J. R. Liston as Creon. Quite a dramatic history ac-companies the writing and the first presentation of ""Antigone."" The play was written in France in 1942 and was first presented in Parish during the occupation of the Nazi troops in France. At this time the French people were becoming complacent in their at-titude toward the Nazis, and Jean Anouilh wrote this play with the hopes that it would stimulate a rebellion against the Germans. He used Antigone as the spirit of principles and faith which he felt the French people knew. Creon represented the practical, selfish viewpoint which is typical of tyrants. The central issue of the tragedy is the battle between the moral principals of Antigone and the selfish virtues of Cteon. Before being presented, the Play had to be submitted to the Nazis for censorship; however, it Was written so cleverly that the Germans, miscontrueing the theme by thinking that Creon was the central figure rather than Antigone, approved it. How-ever, the French people grasped the true idea of the play and were emotionally aroused. ""An-tigone"" was used as a vehicle for the underground and served as a tremendous force in the French liberation. Mr. Richard D. Fallon says, ""I have produced the play before and I don't believe students will find more enjoyment in dramat-ics as they will in ""Antigone."" Senior Dance Senior class will sponsor a semi-formal dance in the gym-nasium Saturday, November 15 at 9:00 P.M. STC on Television On Sunday, October 17 and Oc-tober 26 from 12:45 to 1:15 some members of State Teachers College will be on WBAL-TV. The show, directed by Dr. Ar-thur W. Brewington and Richard G. Fallon, will deal with the history and criticism of dramat-ics. Change in Officers Two changes have been made In officers for the Marshals. James Sa.:ders is now Assistant Chief and Ocie Holsinger is now SGA Representative. Assembly seating Marshals request that the fac-ulty members and the students sit in the main part of the auditorium for assembly pro-grams. The seats along the back wall should be left free for Mar-shals on duty, and not for guests, faculty, and students that are unavoidably late. It has sometimes been neces-sary for Marshals to stand throughout the whole assembly hour because no seats were left in the back of the auditorium. Programs are scheduled to be-gin at two o'clock, and it will facilitate the smooth running of the assembly, if both students and faculty are in their seats on time. Ballot Takes Title for Whiteleather Peggy Whiteleather was chosen Homecoming Queen and will reign over festivities on that day. Miss Whiteleather, a member of the Freshman Class, received 85 votes, nine more than her closest rival, Nancy Green, who is also a freshman. Peggy is a cute little blond and a home product of north Baltimore, attending State Teachers as a day student. Vot-ing was relatively strong with a total of 474 ballots being cast. Homecoming festivities on the STC Campus will commence Saturday morning, November 1. Homecoming in previous years has been exclusively for alumni but this year it has been sug-gested that the entire student body participate. Miss Yoder, chairman of the Homecoming Committee, will be on hand along with faculty and students and campus organizations to greet the alumni. After registration the Women's Athletic Association will hold an archery tournament from 10 A.M. till noon. An alumni team and other teams will compete with Towson. After lunch the Wo-men's Athletic Association will sponsor special archery events un-til 1 :30 after which will be a par-ade and the crowning of the Homecoming Queen. Hope Brown and Albert Frantz who are in charge of the parade have stated ""It will surely have all the trimmings of a parade."" The four classes, the soccer team, cheer leaders, the 29th Division Drum and Bugle Corp, and the Homecoming Beauty will all take part. Before the crowning cere-mony, the alumni will award a prize to the best decorated dor-mitory. At two o'clock there will be a soccer game with Loyola and at 2 :30 the Alpha Phi Omega will show slides of recent views of the campus. An informal visiting hour from High School Students Visit Teacher's Campus For Day Friday, November 7, and Monday, November 10, will be High School Visiting Days at State Teachers College. During this time high school seniors will be given an opportunity to view the campus and new buildings. They will visit classes which interest them and meet the college students and professors. The visitors will be welcomed by the members of the college chapter of the FTA from 9:30 � 10:00. Immediately after regis-tration each visitor will be as-signed to a group and a guide. From 9:30 � 11:15 visits will be made to the classrooms. From 11:15 � 12:15, they will assem-bly in the auditorium for a pro-gram. Miss Faye Davis, presi-dent of the SGA, will give the ""Welcome to Towson"" speech. Dr. Earle T. Hawkins will speak on ""Teaching as a Career"" followed Glen Players rehearse for ""Antigone"" by a talk on ""Admission Proce-dures"" by Dr. Rebecca Tansil. The visitors will be entertained by the Glen Players who will do a scene from Antigone written by Jean Anoulih. The musical part of the program will conist of num-bers by the Glee Club, Orchestra and the Men's Chorus. After lunch one hour will be devoted to informal meetings when it is hoped that all Towson students will make an effort to greet the faculty representative and students from their former high schools. They will also have an opportunity to ask questions from the Faculty group leaders. Following the tour of the campus, athletics will draw the day to a close. Everyone is in-vited to the soccer field, where the State Teachers team will play host to the squad from Western Maryland College. Time Schedule Registration 9-10 Archery 10-12 Lunch 12-1 Archery Events 1-1:30 Parade 1:30-2 Soccer Game 2:00 Campus Slides 2:30 Visting Hour 5-6 Supper 6:00 Choral Singing 7:00 Play 8:00 Peggy Whiteleather, Homecoming Queen 5 to 6 will provide an opportunity for alumni from the counties to meet the students. The corridors will house numerous exhibitions and the rooms will be staffed with students to explain the work being done in the special departments. Blood Donors Give Today First Blood Donor Day of the 1952-1953 school year is today. The Red Cross, once more, is using the auditorium from ten until four as its headquarters. Last Year Successful Last year, there were two such days sponsored, and both were considered successful. On the spring donation day 168 pints were given � the maximum for the time allotted. If all the stu-dents cannot be facilitated at one time the Red Cross will willing-ly return for an additional day in the next four weeks. Sponsored by SGA Blood Donor Day is ponsored by the Student Government As-sociation, with the Ways and Means Committee in charge. Mr. Von Schwerdtner is again in charge of this project. He has stated, ""I hope everyone will be just as cooperative this year as they were last year. We would like to increase the amount do-nated last year."" Intensive campaigning started Monday, October 20, under the leadership of Bill Miller, tempor-ary Ways and Means Committee chairman. Ed York, because of his work last year in securing 90 Donors is serving as non SGA chairman along with Bill. ""County Fair"" Set As Social Theme ""County Fair"" will be the theme of the first freshman mixer to be held in the gymnasium November 7 from 8:30 to 11:30. The purpose of the social is so that all freshmen may get better acquainted with their classmates. Each individual section will pre-sent a skit or talent tussel. There will be prizes awarded for various stunts, games and contests. Doris Fisher is in charge of decorations, and Audrey Bortner, temporary social chairman is act-ing as general dance chairman. Jan Dickerson is in charge � of publicity. Phyllis Burke will handle all decorations, which will have a pri-mary interest on autumn colors. According to Phyllis there will al-so be gay, festive colors signify-ing fair grounds. "
