tl19520910-000 "Tower Light Welcomes Class of '56 to Towson; 285 Enrollees Launch College Careers at STC Editorially Speaking � � � Welcome to you, new members of our student body. We veterans of State Teachers College hope that you will like Towson as we do, that you will enjoy your days here, and that you will make your influence felt in the student body. This editorial affords an opportunity to remind you of something that will hold true throughout your life � you reap only what you sow. College is a milestone in life. It is not difficult to maintain a suitable scholastic average, to engage in extra-curricular activities, and to enjoy your college days though few of us realize this in time. Some achieve one or even two of these, but there are not many who do all three, and do them well. To quote the Koran, ""a word to the wise; a brickbat to the jackass."" You are on your own, free to do what you will. Be one of the wise. Everyone at STC has your best interests at heart. The Fresh-men Advisory Council is ready and anxious to help with any problem you might have. The college is yours; you are now a part of it. Good luck in your endeavors here. D. E. 0. v S. FAC Plans Frosh Fun Social activities for the re-mainder of the week are as fol-lows: Wednesday 4 :00 Social Dancing Class 5 :00 Card Club 7:00 Movie 9:00 Bonfire Thursday 4 :30 Softball � Faculty 5:30 Picnic Supper 7:30 Barn Dance Friday 7 :00 Talent Show 8:30 Games Party Saturday 11 :00 Hike and Picnic 7 :00 Sing-Song Vol. 6, No. STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON September 10, 1952 Council Lists Last of Plans For the remainder of the week, the Freshman Advisory Council has planned a detailed round of activities for the incoming stu-dents. Included in today's program are soccer practice from 4 :00 - 6:00 pm for any of the interested men, a movie in the auditorium at 7 :00, and in conclusion, a bonfire on the elementary school play-ground at 9:00. At this last event, members . of the college cheerleading squad will be present to teach and lead some of the college yells. Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, Pres-ident of the State Teachers Col-lege will greet the Freshman Class tomorrow, and in the after-noon, faculty and students will have an opportunity to meet and play informally on the softball diamond. The Lighting of the Way ceremony, which is the formal induction of new Towson-ites into the Student Association, will take place in the evening followed by a barn dance in the gymnasium. Friday will see the scene set for the Talent Show in the foyer; and, Saturday is the day set aside for a picnic-hike to Hampton Members of the Student Christ-ian Association will escort resi-dent freshmen to the churches of their choice on Sunday morning. Seven New Members Join STC Faculty Seven new instructors will be present at STC when classes begin for the 1952-53 year. Included in this group are four permanent replacements filling vacancies left through resignations. In place of Mrs. Genevieve Garretson will be Dr. Kenneth 0. Hovet who will teach in the college's Dr. Hovet completed his doctoral study at the University of Min-nesota and taught for a number of years in that state. Due to the resignations of Miss Helen Brod and Harold C. Paul, It was necessary to add two mem-bers to the English department. Assuming the duties of instruct-ing in dramatics and speech will be Richard D. Fallon from the staff of Harwick College in New York while Dr. L. Edward Bevin will succeed Miss Brod. Dr. Be-vin has been teaching at Missis-sippi State College for Women af-ter receiving his PhD at the Uni-versity of Virginia. Dr. Marvin C. Volpel of Ypsil-anti, Michigan is replacing Dr. Fred Weaver, mathematics teacher who is going to Boston University. A former Michigan public school teacher, Dr. Volpe] has taught in four colleges of that state including Michigan State College where he earned a doc-tor's degree in 1950. A vacancy at Lida Lee Tall, the campus elementary school, left by the resignation of Charles W. Morgan will be filled by David College Leaders Convene Something new has been added to State Teachers College. For the first time in the history of the school, a Leadership Work-shop Conference will be held dur-ing Freshman Week. This con-ference has been devised to aid student leaders in the more thor-ough execution of their obliga-tions and duties, both insofar as their particular organizations are concerned and in conjunction with the Student Government Associa-tion. The workshop arose from a suggestion by Dr. Earle T. Haw-kins, college prexy, in a meeting with Faye Davis and Jack La-pides, president and vice-presi-dent respectively of the S. G. A. In the absence of Miss Davis, Mr. Lapides headed the planning corn-mittee during its meetings over the summer. The former, how-ever, will preside over the confer-ence through its fall meetings. It has been felt that a dire lack of coordination has existed in the functioning of the various organ-izations of the S. G. A. for some time, and thus there has long been a need for such a conference as this. Should the plan prove a worth-while one, it will no doubt be per-manently incorporated into the Student Government. In an inter-view, Mr. Lapides said, ""I have never seen such enthusiasm as that which has been displayed through our planning; this is the greatest thing that has hit Towson in a long time."" junior high school program Miss Mary E. Pottor f Cornthwaite of Towson, a former Baltimore City teacher and grad-uate of the college. Mr. Cornth-waite, whose position is that of sixth grade instructor, has done work beyond the master's degree at the University of Maryland. Louis T. Cox, Jr. of the science department and Miss Mary Cath-erine Kahl, history teacher, have taken a year's leave of absence for further study in their respec-tive fields. Substituting for Mr. Cox will be Robert W. Gifford, from the Iowa State Teachers College staff; and Robert F. Hun-ter, who has been teaching at Elon College in North Carolina, will assist in the history depart-ment. Assuming the position of assist-ant resident director will be Miss Mary Pottorf, former assistant dean at Lake Erie College in Ohio; she is replacing Miss S. Rebecca Lee. Two additions have also been made to the library staff. They are Miss Jean Milnor, former li-brarian at Lycoming College in Pennsylvania, and Miss Mary Vir-ginia Reynolds, graduate of the library science program at Drexel Institute of Technology, Phila-delphia. Student Leaders With the beginning of another new college year, campus organ-izations will again renew activities. To serve as an introduction to the freshmen and a refresher to the upper-classmen, following is a listing of student leaders for '52-'53. Student Government Association: President Faye Davis Vice-President Jack Lapides Secretary Nancy Godsey Treasurer Curt Wolfe Social Chairman Hope Brown Parliamentarian Al Pomory SGA Members-at-Large George Fox, Bill Groth, Patty Losco, Bill Miller, Ursula Oliver Tower Light: Editor-in-Chief Dietrich von Schwerdtner Managing Editor Mary Lou Louthan Tower Echoes: Editor-in-Chief Co-Associate Editors Sylvia Godsey Fred Brown Joan Migliarini John McColgan Business Manager Class of 1953: President Paul Whitehurst Vice-President Evart Cornell Secretary Pat Downing Treasurer Don Maxwell Day Social Chairman Don Webb Dorm Social Chairman Jim Wirth Class of 1954: President Fred Ritter Vice-President Eleanore Zawila Secretary Dorothy Rybka Treasurer Keith Wilson Dorm Social Chairman Pat Karl Day Social Chairman A. Perkins Class of 1955: President Tony Marchione Secretary Franny Torino Treasurer Ed York Dorm Social Chairman Jean Rehlaender Day Social Chairman Cicely Katz Student Christian Association: President Bill Miller Vice-President Katie Bishop Corresponding Secretary Margie Stupp Recording Secretary Elizabeth Keiser Treasurer Keith Wilson Future Teachers of America: President Margaret Dix Vice-President Dick McCall Secretary Katie Bishop Treasurer Faye Davis SGA Representative Virginia Cosgrove Librarian - Sally Cross International Relations Club: President Sylvia Mecchia Vice-President Mary Schlipp Secretary Doris Walters Treasurer Howard Portman SGA Representative Arthur Kurlich Marshals: Chief Marshal Jane Shapiro Assistant Chief Wilmer Jones Secretary Nancy Godsey Treasurer Matt Rakentzes SGA Representative Pat Mathews Men's Resident Council: President John Baummer Vice-President Bill Myers Treasurer Dean Pickens SGA Representative Almer Forthman Social Chairman Clarence Young Men's Athletic Association: President Bob Colburn Vice-President Tom Cripps Secretary Korb Bond Treasurer Don Willem SGA Representative Almer Forthman Women's Athletic Association: President Fern Rice Secretary Helen Heffner Treasurer Barbara Rhodes SGA Representative Lorraine Cronmiller "
