tl19470918-000 "Vol. 1, No. 1 TOWER LIGHT STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. - , COLLEC,` SEPTEMBER,18, 1947� ENROLLMENT REACHES PRE-WAR PEAK Our New President Dr. Earle T. Hawkins Dr. Hawkins who officially took over the position as President of State Teachers College last week believe that it is important to ""get the best trained teachers we pos-sibly can."" He feels that ideas are not nec-essarily good because they are old, bad because they are new but that they should be tested for their real merit ""on the basis of what is need-ed to meet the situation on hand."" He believes that State Teachers has an important stake in training teachers because it supplys the im-portant central area of Maryland. He says he thinks Teacher Colleges should try to present programs that will attract ""the most capable and talented people"" to them. Dr. Hawkins has a fine back-ground for his position as head of State Teachers College. He grad-uated second in his class at West-ern Maryland. He was voted ""best all round college man"" and was captain of the best drilled infantry company. He edited the scchool yearbook in his senior year. When he graduated with a B. A. degree ""summa sum laude,"" he started to teach in Frederick Coun-ty. Within a year he was Vice- Principal of Bel Air. In 1928, at the age of twenty-five, he fas ap-pointed Principal of the high school at Chesapeake City. In 1929, he returned to Bel Air as principal where he remained for nine years. From 1925 to 1938 he attended Columbia in the summers. After receiving his Masters degree there he went to Yale from 1931to 1933 in the summers. He attended Hopkins summer school in 1937. In 1942 he obtained his doctorate at Yale. He taught summer school at University of Maryland in 1938 and 1939. He also taught at Yale in 1937 and 1938 while doing graduate work there. In 1944, he taught summer school at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Hawkins has done much work with young people. Last year he won a medal ""For DistinguisheF1 Service to Youth"" from the Central Atlantic Area Council of the Young Men's Christian Association. He is a member of the National Boys' Work Committee, the Balti-more Metropolitan Boys' ' Work Committee and the Middle Atlantic Area Bbard, all agencies of the Y. M. C. A. He was counselor and program director of the Washing-ton Y. M. C. A. Boys' Camp in the summers of 1934, 1935 and 1936. Dlr. Hawkins is a member of many of the important educational organizations in Maryland. Last month he was elected Vice-Presi-dent of the National Education As-sociation in which he also serves as chairman of the committee on Citizenship. He is chairman of the committee on History in school of the Mary-land Historical Society, chairman of the planning committee and a mem-ber of the executive committee of the National Association of Sec-ondary School Principals and a member of the committee on super-visory problems of the National Council of Teachers of English. During the war he was State di-rector of the High School Victory Corps and chief of the education division of the Baltimore Civilian Mobilization Committee. He was chairman of the special policies committee of the Maryland State achers Assop.iation and was a member of the State library sur-vey committee of the Maryland State Teachers College, Dr. Haw-kins had been director of instruc-tion in the State Department of Ed-ucation for two years. The seven years before that he was State Su-pervisor of high schools. In spite of his many duties and responsibilities Dr. Hawkins has hobibes for relaxation. An entire window was given by Enoch Pratt Library in Baltimore to display his collection of over 200 mechanical puzzles, a hobby of thirty years. He plays both the piano and organ. For many years he has directed the choir of the Churchville Presby-terian Church. Dr .Hawkins also belongs to the Rotary Music Club and the Mary-land Library Association. This fall he begins a term as president of the Presbyterian Social Union of Maryland. Former S. T. C. Student In England Miss Frances Shores of the class of '42 was one of the 123 exchange teachers selected by the Committee on Interchange of Teachers be-tween Great Britain and the United States. Miss Shores is the only Maryland teacher in this year's group. Miss Shores sailed from York on the Marine Tiger on, Au-gust 18. New Course In Play Production A new course in play production which involves stage directing, cos-tuming, make-up, construction of stage scenery, and stage lighting is being given heer. The instructor, Miss Hughs stated: ""I hope that this course will aid the Dramatic Club in its attempt to establish a Little Theater organization."" The first attempt to re-establish a Little Theater Organization was during the '45-'46 term. Since there were few men at S. T. C., an all girl production was produced in May; three act comedy, ""Brief Mu-sic,"" the story of seven college girls. In the '46-'47 term the men start-ed to return to the campus. Two one-act plays�""The Happy Jour-ney"" and ""The Valiant"" were pro-duced. This year the Dramatic Club hopes to organize a Little Theater Group. The constitution and the by-laws are being written. The Club hopes to facilitate the organization of the group by enlist-ing the help of all interested in Stage work. It needs students interested in acting, costuming, make-up, prop-erty, lighting, prompting, selection of plays for production, writing original plays, publicity, stage man-agement and direction. With the large enrollment of both men and women the Dramatic Club feels assured that it can offer a great variety of plays. THE GLEE CLUB Glee Club Director Anticipates Successful Year In Music The Towson State Teachers Glee Club, under the able direction of Miss Emma Wieyforth, anticipates a successful year of music and fel-lowship as the largest musical or-ganization of the college. Rendering both religious and sec-ular music, the chorus sings at the College Commencement and Bacca-laureate and participates in various other school functions. Each year, concerts are given outside the col-lege and the annual radio broadcast has become an outstanding event. Membership in your College Glee Club means musical training, a broader, richer campus life, and a great deal of fun. Members having an excellent attendance record for one year, receive the college ""T. C."" as an aw4rd, If this record is maintained for four years, the stu-dent is entitled to wear the Glee, Club pin. Rehearsals are held each Monday afternoon from 3:00 to 4:30. If you can enjoy singing, be sure and become a member of your col-ege Glee. Club. � JOHN D. COSTLOW, President. Freshmen Registration Eleven New Teachers At State Teachers College There are eleven new members of the faculty this year. Three are in the science department, cue each in the history, English and Art De-partments, two in the Lida Lee Tall School and three on the adminis-trative staff. The three additions to the science department are: Miss Lois B. Odell, who holds an M. A. degree from Cornell University where she has worked in the biological labora-tory; Miss Margaret J. McKibben, who holds an M. S. in Biology from the University of Pittsburgh where she has been a graduate assistant for the last two years; and Louis T. Cox, Jr., graduate of the Towson Teachers College and holder of an M. A. from Columbia University. Dr. John W. McCleary, who is joining the staff of the history de-partment, received his A. B., M. A., and Ph. D. degrees from Johns Hop-kins University. He was formerly a member of the faculty of St. John's College and recently taught at Calvary School and the' College for Teachers at Hopkins. Miss Nina Hughes will teach in the English Department. Miss SOPHOMORES HOLD DANCE On Saturday, September 27, the Sophomore class will present the first dance of the school year. It will be based on a theme taken from the Broadway show ""Harvey."" The dance will be called the Har-vey Hop. The decorations and en-tertainment shall be based on the play which has starred James Stew-art. Rudy Killian has been signed to provide the music. The dance will be semi-formal and will last from 9 P. M. to 12 P. M. The price of the tickets will be $2.00. Hughes holds an A. B. degree from Florida State College for Women and an M. A. in speech and drama from Catholic University. Last year she was assistant professor of speech at Winthrop College, Rock Hill, S. C. Mrs. Mary R. Robinson will join the art department. Mrs. Robinson graduated from the College of Wil-liam and Mary and received her M. A. from Teachers College, Co-lumbia University. The two new members of the faculty of the Lida Lee Tall Cam-pus School, are Miss Lenora C. Brennan, a gralduate of Western Michigan College and Columbia University, and Miss Agnes Carl-ton, who graduated from Salem College and Columbia. Added to the administrative staff are: Miss Dorothy W. Reeder, li-brarian; Mrs. Azile M. Fletcher, director of student activities, and Mrs. Elsie P. Watson, dietitian. Miss Reeder, an M. A. in library science from the University of Michigan,. comes to Towson from Radford College, Virginia. Mrs. Fletcher, whose home is in Green-wood, S. C., comes from Carson- Newman College, Jefferson City, Tenn., where she wdk dean of women. She holds degrees from Landor College and Fruman Uni-versity. Mrs. Watson is a graduate of the University of Maryland and Teachers College, Columbia Uni-versity. She was formerly a die-titian at Women's Hospital here. Tragedy In A Nutshell Mule in the barn yard, lazy and Boy with a pin on the end of a sick. Boy jabbed the mule�mule gave a lurch� Services Monday at the M. E. Church. "
