Tower Light, September 14, 1955

TOWER LIGHT Vo1- VIII, No. 1 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND September 14, 1955 Twelve New Instructors Join Towson Faculty “Twelve new faculty members are joining our ranks this Sep¬ tember — five of them as replace¬ ments and seven as additional per- s°nnel,” stated Dr. Earl T. Haw- ki,is in his letter to the faculty. New to our music department speech department we will have Mr. William C. Kramer. Mr. Kra¬ mer fills the position vacated by the resignation of Mr. Fallon, who has become director of the Com¬ munity Theatre at Jacksonville', Florida. 84 Women Occupy West Dormitory; Men Occupy East Eighty-four women will move in to the West Dormitory with the opening of school, while the men will triple bunk in North Dorm, and 22 will move into the recent¬ ly acquired East Dorm, announced Miss Virginia G. Gerdes, Resident Director. The movement of girls into the West dorm is aimed to ease the crowded conditions until the new girls dormitory is built. The building is among the campus building requests which have been submitted to the State Plan¬ ning Commission. Doctor and Mrs. George Biesh- lag have taken residence in the West Dorm and will act as Host and Hostess. Doctor Beishlag is known around the campus for his instruction in georgraphy and as adviser for the Veterans Organi¬ zation. Mr. Richard Keyton will move into the East Dorm and take the position of Supervisor. Mr. Key- ton is employed in the Personnel Department of the Baltimore Coun¬ ty Board of Education. Mr. Keyton graduated from State Teachers College in 1950. Curriculum Workshop Held At Towson This summer, for the first time in ten years, the State Department of Education held a state-wide Curriculum Workshop on Towson’s campus. Sponsored jointly by the county superintendents and the State Department, the conference included 300 persons from every school unit in the state, every level of instruction from kinder¬ garten to college, and every sub¬ ject field. From Towson’s faculty Dr. Earl T. Willis, Dr. Frank A. Mann, Dr. Genevieve Heagney, and Dr. Oliver H. Laine were con¬ sultants. The conference reviewed the progress that has been made in the public school curriculum dur¬ ing the ten years since the last conference and “set siyhts” for curriculum development in the years ahead. The new faculty members. WiU be Mr. John Duro. Mr. Duro c°mes to us from Defiance Col- leSe, Defiance, Ohio, where he kas been associated professor of Piano and music for six years. *n the geography department kere will be two new instructors. r’ David Firman, his wife, and children are moving here the University of Maryland, v r< Airman has spent a year in on a Fulbright grant while ,.0rnPleting his graduate work. We *111 9Uist also have Mr. Warren E. Hul- ^ - who will be substituting for c ' ^ine. Mr. Hulquist has been ^Pteting his doctoral work at University of Maryland. Ur. jjarry m. Hutson will be b in the history department. ; and Mrs. Hutson and their ЛГеп are moving here from ^nnvill®, Oregon, where Dr. tj s°h has been teaching at Lin- y 11 College for the past three ^ t8, Also in the history depart- n*- Will be Mr. William F. Nu- Sent> Wty in the dramatics and To fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. J. Y. West, we will have Dr. William F. Pelham Dr. Pelham comes from Manhat¬ tan College where he has taught for three years. Miss Carolyn E. Rohr of the physical education department comes to us from the faculty of Southwest Texas State Teachers College. To replace Miss Mary Virginia Reynolds in the library will be Miss Ellen E. Smith from the Long Branch, New Jersey, schools. She has been librarian in their senior high school. In the field of biological sci¬ ence we will have Dr. Kenneth T. Stringer from the faculty of Shepherd College. He is a mem¬ ber of Sigma Xi, national science fraternity. Miss Beatrice June Thearle, high school teacher and teacher of the handicapped will be a new ad¬ dition to our English department. Miss Thearle was graduated from Towson High School and lives in nearby Glen Arm. Nurse Lisle Fergusson designs September 20 ^4Urse Lisle Harrison Fergusson 0j anr»ounced her resignation as к, ^ePtennber 20, 1955. This will 'W f i_ ^ lhe end of a 12 year stay at s°n for Nurse Fergusson. 4.Jrgie”. as she is known to the students, came to V Son is on September 20, 1943. PHV n°w resigning to take up iiig e nursing. She will be work- Of j^lth the Hospital for Women dryland. her asked what was memory of Towson, Nurse 45Usson stated that it was %1 * with the children and she loved. This is more SenUmental talk, as is evi- рч !rom her actions during the 4nt tWelve j — „. - ~*e>— °n to state that she will the memory of working with such a fine doctor as Doctor Patrick Phelan. “Fergie” received her cap from the Hospital for Women of Mary¬ land in 1918. Since then she has been a nurse at three schools and has worked as an Industrial nurse as well. She is the widow of Harry Mal¬ colm Fergusson. She married her childhood sweetheart December 26, 1925. Her husband died in 1933. The college is now attempting to fill the position that will be left vacant by Nurse Fergusson’s resignation. There have been no definite arrangements as yet. Earlier this summer Miss Con¬ stance A. Szymborski, resident nurse, announced l)®r resignation so that she could be married. Publication Schedule September 14 September 21 October 4 October 18 November 2 November 22 December 14 January 4 January 18 Freshman Week Is In Full Swing Now by Lyn Durling Sh boom, and away we go Freshman! This weeks activities have been and are still to be fast and furious. In one short week the However, the introductory week cannot be complete help of each and every one of you. must come to an end. The fun and college routine of classes and studies, its many, many activities, successful without the But as we all know, good things frolic will soon diminish into the with occasional parties to build Towsonites. Wednesday, and Freshman week is half over — but there is still more to come. Tonight there is going to be a pep rally and sing-song in the shelter in the Glen at 8:00 P.M. You will learn some of our cheers and meet the cheerleaders. Many of the old time songs will be sung as well as the new. Remember, day and dorm students, there is fun in the Glen for all tonight. Thursday evening, the Glen Players of Towson will present up the much needed spirits of all Every year the incoming Freshman class is asked to put on a short show introducing the class and exhibiting their spirit. This show is your debut and will be seen by many upperclassmen. At this time, a tentative opinion of the class of ’59 is formed. So, go to it Frosh and show the up¬ perclassman what you have. One more day of testing — and this time only half-a-day. Then out to Beaver Dam we must go. Here you will finally be able to A freshman receives his physical. for your entertainment, “Hello Out There.” After the play, a cof¬ fee hour will be held in the Stu¬ dent Center. At this time, the players will be introduced. If you have any talent or desire to be¬ come a part of the Glen Players Organization, be sure to be pres¬ ent Thursday night. relax and take in some sun and bathing after your long and tedi¬ ous week of fun, testing, and speeches . There will be many ac¬ tivities that can be carried out at Beaver Dam if the crowd is en¬ thusiastic. These include volley¬ ball, basketball, and dancing. Post Office In Alcove, Auditorium Receives New Public Address System Among the many renovations students will find this year when they return will be the new post office center located in the alcove of the lower floor of the Admin¬ istration Building. The substation will be manned by Mr. William Farley who served in the capac¬ ity of a night watchman last year. The substation will be open all day and is capable of handling parcel post and C.O.D. along with regular mail. All the student mail boxes have been moved to this location. The mail boxes in Rich¬ mond hall will be obsolete this year. Many other renovations have been completed for the coming year. Room 211 has been subdi¬ vided into three separate rooms. The auditorium felt its share of the repair work also. It received a complete new floor and a new public address system is being in¬ stalled. According to President Earl T. Hawkins, “Repairs are being made on the roof of the Admin¬ istration Building and a contract has been let for painting all the outside woodwork of the building. This means that there will be scaffolding outside various rooms from time to time, but there will not be the noise that accompan¬ ied recent repairs to the walls and masonry. That work on the Ad¬ ministration building has been completed — to the relief of ev¬ eryone, I am sure.”