tl19551005-000 " Mimi Davis � Sr. TOWER LIGHT Vol. VIII, No. 3 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND October 5, 1955 k Margy Cole � Sr. Wilma Long � Soph. Carole Grim � Jr. Carol Wickless � Jr. Pat Cockrell � Jr. Norma Mainville � Soph. Judy Lee Soph. Ann Winslow � Fresh. Ruth Murphy � Fresh. Pat Mullikin � Fresh. Mary Wimmer � Fresh. HOMECOMING QUEEN Ap rssembly Committee Announces �gram For Fall Season NOMINEES eine of the most interesting features planned by the assembly colrn- ;)111'ee for the months ahead is a series of movies which the fG en thaYers and Alpha P5i Omega arc jointly sponsoring. Rented r.om .:141Iseum of Modern Art, these films will give a history of motion Pi-ures from 1909-1940 and will be shown once a month. tri The earlier portion of the series will treat the days of the silent 1:[ e and will feature such stars as Lionel Barrymore, Mary Pickford, p re 1 .cla Bara and Rudolph Valentino. When the ""coming of sound"" Ja""z2 i s reached, films like ""The reei-� singer,"" ""movietone News-h and ""Lights of New York"" sileCe shown, and then finally, illoclern film classics as ""The aCcl arth,"" with Louise Rainer Wem,1141-11 Muni; and ""The Lost cor4-""nti"" with Ray Milland will Plete this series of nine. 44'eP,arate from the series will be kw:Interview Film,"" ""See It Thi3 :with Edward R. Murrow. 14,3. never shown in the im- 1/4atih te area, is sponsored by the Probi bePartment and deals with dik:1118 of the academic world as clek-sSed by Oppenheimer. Other Chrtrnents that will participate e corning weeks are the Eng-i11 alld Science departments who Cu5 Present T.V. Smith of Syra-t,, ve, tt University and Dr. S. M. birector of Fels Planetar-ium, respectively. An interesting subject for any-one lost in depths of a research paper will be discussed by Charles Shaw, a librarian at Swarthmore. His talk, entitled ""Information Please"" is geared primarily for Freshmen English students as it will deal with the use of Library materials. Kappa Delta Pi will bring Dr. Roma Gans of Columbia University to our college in October and the subject of the lecture will be ""The Trends of Elementary Education."" Another organization on campus, the Jewish Students Association, will sponsor Dr. Jacob Conn, As-sistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins who will deal with a subject concerning education and psychiatry. (Cont'd p. 6, Col. 1) Kappa Delta Pi Sponsors Dr. Gans Dr. Roma Gans, Professor of Elementary Education at Teachers College, Columbia Univerity will be a guest on campus October 11. This visit is being sponsored by Kappa Delta Pi. Dr. Gans will be at the college for luncheon and will visit classes during the aft-ernoon. At three o'clock a tea with the supervising teachers of Baltimore City and County schools, student representatives from the organiza-tions, and faculty is planned. Dr. Gans will speak at four o'clock in the Lida Lee Tall Au-ditorium at an open meeting. Fol-lowing this address, the Epsilon Alpha Chapter of Kappa Delta Pi will have dinner at the home of Dr. Ruth Smith. Nationally known in the field of elementary education, Dr. Gans was the feature speaker in the Maryland State Curriculum Work-shop held at Towson last June. Her articles have appeared in countless educational magazines. A woman of high achievement as well as charm and vitality Dr. Roma Gans has much to contrib-ute to the teaching profession. (Cont'd p. 6, Col. 1) Doris Wimert � Soph. Sharon Romer � Fresh. Dr Thomas C. Pullen Speaks at Convocation Dr. Hawkins States Enrollment As Largest In Towson's History Doctor Thomas G. Pullen Jr., State Superintendent of Schools, was the guest speaker at the Fall Convocation Assembly held Thursday, September 22. Dr. Pullen was presented to the faculty and student body by Doctor Earle T. Hawkins. Dr. Pullen spoke on the aspects of an educated person. He told the assemblage that all through the years. men have thought about democracy and the principles of right and wrong. The educated person has thought about these. knows their history, and the circumstances which brought them about. not stop studying when his formal Then Dr. Pullen indicated that education is over. If you will read just as the educated person acts and study certain subjects at cer-differently, a nation also acts on tam n ages, your understanding and the level of its education. It is interpretation will be different if not the knowledge that you have you read the same subjects at a but the way that you act because later age. of that knowledge which is im- Dr. Pullen spoke of the uplift-portant. Dr. Pullen quoted the ing effects of beauty. The truly Latin saying, ""To be, rather than educated person has a deep feel-to Tsheeemp.'0' ing for beauty. Also he has an int was made that the open mind. ""Not one so open that educated person is not one who there is nothing but a draft. knows but rather one who thinks. Rather one that is not afraid to The perception of the meaning of change in the face of new facts."" facts is the reward for the drudg- Finally, the educated person ery of the collection. must have a deep and abiding The truly educated person does (Cont'd p. 6, Col. 3) "
