tl19471030-000 "TOWER LIGHT STKTE TEACHERS-COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. OCTOBER 1947 - STC Faculty To Assembly Com Holds First Participate In Meeting Convention The eightieth annual meeting of the Maryland State Teacher's Asso-ciation will be held in Baltimore on October 30, 31, and November 1. Several general meetings as well as demonstrations and exhibitions of interest to all teachers will be held. President of the M. S. T. A., Harry F. Frank, has ann-ounced that the convention theme this year will be: ""Meeting Our Responsibilities In The Improved Program of Educa-tion in Maryland."" Opening the first general session of the convention will be an ad-dress by the Honorable William Preston Lane, Jr., Governor of Maryland, and Owen Lattimore, Ph. D., Director of the Walter Hines Page School of International Rela-tions, The Johns Hopkins Univer-ity. ""The Balance Between Europe and Asia in American Policy"" is the title of the latter's address. Dr. Hawkins To Speak Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, President, Towson State Teachers College, will speak on ""How Educational Is Your School?"" at a luncheon meeting, October 31, of the Department of Elementary Principles. He will also be the moderator for a Youth Con- . ference, ""What Youth Desires of Health, Physical Education, and (Con't. on Page 6) On Thursday afternoon at 4 P. M. the Assembly Committee met in the office of the President to discuss as-semblies for this school year. Pres-ent were Dr. Hawkins, Mr. West, Ruth Gross, the senior class repre-sentative, Betty Jane Christle, the Junior class representative, and Wil-liam Cline, the Tower Light repre-sentative. The group decided to attempt to get Senator Tydings and Governor Arnold of Georgia to speak here. They also decided to try to bring Dr. Polger, a well known mind reader here. Majorie Brunton Newsome, harp-ist, will appear here on November fourth at eleven o'clock. ""Miss Newsome is one of the fin-est in the country,"" stated Mr. West, head of the Assembly Committee. Miss Newsome's program consists of twelve pieces. They will be in this order: Carillon Legend by Hugh New-some Twilight Lake In The Rain by Hugh Newsome Night Wind by Hugh Newsome Clair de lune by Clande Debussy Giga by Archangelo Corelli Song of the Night by Carlos Sal-zedo Ancient War Tune Traditional The Old Refrain Traditional Welsh Plaint Traditional Swanee River by Stephen Foster Gulls by Hugh Newsome North Sea by Hugh Newsome Natural History Group Enjoy Overnight Outing by Clara Beall Carter At 4 P. M. Friday, October 17, eleven students with Dr. Dowell and Miss O'Dell were ready to leave. Destination�Patapsco Forest Re- Reserve for an overnight hike spon-sored by the N. H. G. First we rode by streetcar and bus af far as Ar-butus, then we began hiking. Now, to let out the secret�we didn't hike all the way to the park as we were fortunate enough to get a ride with Mr. Krumm, a state forester, in, his truck. As soon as we arrived at the shel-ter we began thinking of food. Soon a roaring fire was going and we started to unpack the edibles. We buried potatoes in the ashes to roast but by the time they were done, Senior The Senior class is launching a subscription campaign for its year book. ""It is to be a bigger and bet-ter work of art and one to serve as a guide for future classes,"" stat-ed senior pr2sident, Illia Leonard. Everyone is urged to purchase a copy of the year book priced at $3; $1 payable when subscribing, and the balance to be paid in June. Receipts will be given when sub-scriptions are made at a booth Which will soon appear opposite the b ookshop. Shirley Vance, business manager, Would appreciate being informed of any advertisement contacts which underclassmen have. everyone had eaten plenty so the potatoes were forgotten. Each per-son consumed his share of salmon cakes, peas, rools, jelly, potato chips, tomatoes and cookies. For a bever-age we had tea made with water of a questionable source since no one could find a spring. Early To Bed After supper we sat around, sing-ing and playing ""tea Kettle"" until 9:30 when everyone was ready to ""hit the hay."" We made our beds on tables, benches, the floor, or on the ground. Soon all were settled for a nice quiet night's sleep. Did someone say quiet? Well, we might have expected that, but it was more like Grand Central Station, No less than five cars drove up, turned around and left; trains went by every so often; and since we were in the midst of an oak forest, the constant falling of acorns lulled us to sleep. Despite the noise, we all slept pretty well and were ready to rise and shine at 6:30. After breakfast, someone found drinking water and we were all glad to drink plenty of it. were off on another hike. This time As soon as we got packed up we we saw some beutiful falls of the Patapsco River and then we hiked us the Cascade Trail. Here we saw fall in all its beauty and had a wonderful time. About noon we had our lunch of hot dogs, potato chips, tomatoes, cheese, etc. Then we got ready to return to school. By now we had two cars and fourteen peo-ple so everyone had a ride home. Senior Social Debut Success Gay Scene at Senior Hop, October 25. Dorm Record Library Proposed By Johanson Under the chairmanship of Joan Johanson, a committee is planning a classical record library for the dormitory. Miss Johanson offered the suggestion last year when she volunteered to donate her collec-tion of popular records to the dorm-itory for use in the foyer. Since the collection represents a wide variety of dance records, provision can be made for the purchase of classical records as well as new dance rec-ords. The plan was accepted by the House Committee which has ap-pointed several people to begin work on a record library. The records will be a general sampling of the entire field of class-ical music. It is planned that several entire symphonies be purchased. Also, single records by outstanding artists of the day renowned in their own particular fields will be part of the collection. Fritz Kreisler, Arturo Rubinstein, Jashua Heifitz, Paul Robeson, Vladimir Horowitz and Lily Pons are several who will ap-pear in the latter group. Miss Mary Catherine Kahl and Dr. John W. McCleary are working with the student committee. Dr. McCleary has volunteered to pur-chase the records and thus get them at a discount. Because of this, states Miss Johanson,a much larger and more varied collection can be SGA Approves Freshman Vote Although it has always been the policy of STC to permit the fresh-men to vote for the May Queen, the question arose at the meeting of the SGA, October 18. Again it was de-cided that they should participate in the May Day elections. A committee headed by Ilia Leo-nard was appointed to work on a system wher eby non-athletic awards would be given for activi-ties other than the Glee Club. Other members of this committee are Robert Goodman, Ellsworth Bunce, and Bill Wood. Fifty dollars for the Glee Club awards was passed by the executive board and will be brought up be-fore the student body for approval at the next SGA assembly. made. Records To Be Loaned When the classical record library has been formed, the records will probably be loaned much as public library books are loaned. Records will be examined both before and after borrowed and the borrower will be held responsible for the con-dition of the records. The purchasing committee is open to any suggestions or preferences which the student body has con-cerning specific classical records to be part of the collection. From these suggestions the committee will com-pile the list of records to be pur-chased. Miss Johanson hopes that anyone having any preferences will let her konw what they are. In the near future an announcement will be made concerning a place to leave these suggestions. The ""Harvest Moon Hop"" inaug-urated the Senior social activities on Saturday evening, October 25, in the gymnasium. Decorations for the affair carried out the ""Harvest Moon"" theme with a large moon suspended over the band-stand. Especially effective were the vari-colored lights hanging from the ceiling of the gymnasium. Music for the occasion was supplied by Johnny Moran's orchestra. Those persons in the receiving line included Dr. Earle T. Haw-kins, president, Mr. Paul West, Dr. Rebecca Tansil, Miss Hazel Mac- Donald, Dr. Joe Y. West, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson, Dr. John McCleary, Mr. Frank Guess, and the senior class advisor, Miss Mary Catherine Kahl. The Dance Committee was head-ed by Doris Miller and Sara Fadden, dorm and day social chair-men respectively. They were as-sisted by Maizie Wood and Mitzie Varner, chairmen of the Decorating Committee. Over 200 people attended the ""Harvest Moon Hop,"" but some members of the senior class ex-pressed regret over the fact that more students did not attend the dance. These class members ad-vanced the hope that future events at the school would be better sup-ported. There were photographers at the dance representing the Tower Light and the producers of the Sen-ior yearbook. A picture which was taken of the entire attendance will appear in the 1948 yearbook. FLASH No classes will be held on Fri-day, October 31, after twelve noon to allow members of the facvlty to attend the conference of the Mary-land State Teachers Association in Baltimore. Juniors and seniors will be excused from classes after Thursday, twelve noon so that they may also attend the conference. Chimes Guild Members Offer Pleasure To Dining Students Familiar to every dormitory stu-dent is the Chimes Guild, which sings grace every dinner-time from Monday to Thursday. The Guild consists of 23 girls and the newly-formed unit of 14 men. Director and president of the Chimes Guild is Mary Lou Wal-lace. Miss Wallace rehearses the female voices on Thursday even-ings, and the male voices on Wed-nesday evenings. The membership is .entirely voluntary, and Mary Lou states that any one who is able to sing may join, for she feels that this musical grace ""adds to the meal."" The singers are accompanied by the chimes, and anyone who would like to learn to play the instrument may be taught by Mary Lou Wal-lace. At present Betty Christle plays the chimes as accompaniment, but for week-end meals, several mem-bers play the chimes in the absence of the singers. Mary Lou, who has written sev-eral of the graces now being used, has also written the Junior Class Song and has several other ideas for songs ""running through my mind."" She first conceived the idea of having the men ""sing for their suppers"" when so many of them appeared on the. campus. The fourteen masculine members of the Chimes Guild include Del-mar Thacker, Jack Royer, Harry K. Dulaney, Jack Shifflett, Dick Bald-win, Donald Reeder, K. Donald Nutter, George Levine, Andy Baummer, Joe Renehan, Jack Hart, Maynard Keadle and Fred Panetti. Vice-president of the Chimes Guild is Betty Christle, and secre-tary is Carol Hill. The twenty-three girl members are: Bethanne Stewart, Barbara Sanebrook. Dot Meredith, Betty Bedsworth, Helen McDonald, Georgeanna Kerr, Mary Rosencrantz, Mary Creager, Ruth Gross, Ruby Kemp, Gretchen Stine, Doris Unger, Nancy Fuqua, Carol Hill, Betty Jane Christle, Caroline Kennedy, Peachie Brooks, Georgia Wisner, Elizabeth Roes, Cathie Comstock, Mary Alice Davis, Betty Ann Spruill, and Mary Lou Wallace. "
