tl19480924-000 "Vol. 3, No. 1 -STATE TESCHERS-C-OEL-SGE,--TOWSONT-MD--.----- SEPTEMBER-24, 1948- 229 Residents This Semester Mrs. Azile Fletcher, Director of Student Activities, has announced that there are 272 resident women students this semester, 112 of them freshmen and 160 upperclassmen. She said that there are more fresh-men than last year, but fewer upper-classmen. The girls living in the dormitory will find two furnished alcoves on the third floor of Newell Hall for their use. The Browsing Room, Which is close to Richmond Hall, has been designated for use of all resi-dents at all hours except 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., and the alcove in the center of the hall will be for upper-classmen's use at the same hours. In order to obtain some extra fur-niture for these lounges, and also seVeral new irons and hair-dryers, each resident student has paid a $1.00 service fee. The twenty-seven men students who live in the Bar-racks have also paid this service fee and will use it to purchase irons and ironing boards for their use. There is a Bendix washing machine in the laundry for student use. Mrs. Fletcher also announced that the foyer will be open until mid-night on weekend nights to men stu-dents and visitors. The social rooms, radio, phonograph and ping-pong tables will be available to. boarding students from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Appointed as Assistant Director of Student Activities, Miss Virginia Gerdes comes to STC to work with Mrs. Fletcher in the dormitory and Will also be a member of the Eng-lish Department. Miss Gerdes is a native of Penn-sYlvania and for three and a half Years served as Educational Serv-ices Officer and Civil Readjustment Officer in the Naval Reserve, being resPonsible for counseling enlisted Personnel regarding educational and vocational problems. She was de-scribed by Mrs. Fletcher as having a ""warm and pleasant personality."" The new Constitution of the Resi-dent Student Association, which was drawn up in the spring, will be pre-sented to the Executive Committee for approval. A committee of resi-dent students has been appointed to Sophomore Class Plans Carousel Ii Dance To Be Staged Sep t. 25, 9 -12 p. m. Under the direction of Ervan Buenneman, class president, the sophomore class is planning a semi-formal dance, Carousel II, for the evening of September 25 in the gym from 9-12 P. M. The dance will be centered around the circus theme, as it was last year, since the class hopes to make this a ""traditional"" affair. Tickets for the affair are selling for $2.00 per couple, and Dick Dep-kin's Orchestra has been slated. Tickets will be sold through the committee headed by Sally Weld, in the halls, and through section chair-men. The Dance Committee has announced that no corsages are nec-essary. Irene Gallagher is chairman of the Decoration Committee, which has about fifty members. Decorations will consist of stuffed animals to be placed around the gym, candy-striped umbrellas, the orchestra in a cage, and a refreshment booth in the circus theme. The evening's entertainment has been placed in the hands of Nancy Redford and a committee of sopho-mores. No details can be revealed, as the committee is planning a sur-prise. Animal crackers, candy canes, and pink punch are the refreshments which Jeanne Clary and her com-mittee have planned. Betty Bradbury, as chairman of the Publicity Committee, has also used the circus theme in posters and a miniature carousel being used as advertisement. To date, three complimentary tick-ets to Carousel II have been issued. One was given at the Dorm Party on September 16, and the other two at the Freshmen-Sophomore Party. CHIMES GUILD The Chimes Guild, which sings grace before each evening meal in the dormitory, recently elected its officers. The president is Mary Lou Wallace, vice-president is Margaret Stauffer, and the secretary is Irene Gallagher. Any resident student who is in-terested in joining is asked to see one of the above officers. do further work on the constitution. The House Committee corresponded with other women's colleges in Maryland and ascertained their re-spective house rules, and will per-haps incorporate some of these ideas into the STC constitution. Mary Ellen Harlan, Social Chair-man, has announced that the Social Committee will work on social and cultural activities and will make available to students tickets for Bal-timore theatres and performances of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Registration 1-lits New In College History Freshmen Cr2eted By Dr. Hawkins At the first student assembly on Tuesday, Dr. Hawkins welcomed the Freshman class and told the school that new students had registered, bringing the total enrollment to 750 Slightly less than half of the college, he said, is composed of new stu-dents. The president spoke to the stu-dent body about what makes up a college and what makes a ""good stu-dent."" A college is composed of fa-culty, buildings, a program, and stu-dents, he said, and a good student is one who has ""scholarship, an ac-tive interest in extra-curricular ac-tivities, and an interest in cultural affairs outside the school."" Dr. Hawkins stated that ""a per-son's success in college depends on two things: what the college has to offer, and what the student has to offer."" He said that the administra-tion is trying to make STC a college that people want to attend, and that he would like to know of any sug-gestions students might make about new activities to add to campus life. As a part of the Freshmen's ori- Dr. Hawkins entation into STC, the Student Gov-ernment Association conducted the ""Lighting of the Way"" ceremony on Wednesday. Warren Stroh, pres-ident of the SGA, presided and ex-plained to the students their re-sponsibilities and privileges. BULLETIN The first executive meeting of the SGA was held Tuesday, Sept-ember 21 at 4:00 p. m. The main business of the meeting was to approve the budgets submitted last spring by all clubs and or- SGA. Tollowing is the budget as ganizations sponsored by the approved by the executive mittee. Freshman Advisory Council $ 180.00 House Committee $ 100.00 Culture Fund $ 700.00 Class of 49 $1800.00 Class of 50 $ 305.00 Class of 51 $ 250.00 Class of 52 $ 200.00 Womens AA $ 750.00 Mens AA $1905.00 SGA $ 850.00 Accident Benefit $ 500.00 Future Teachers of Amercia .. - Tower Light Marshalls Glee Club COM- $ 10.00 $2900.00 $ 70.00 $ 20.00 Total $10540.50 High Faculty Changes, New Members Announced The faculty this year has been in-creased by ten members, and some other changes in the staff have been � made. Dr. Tansil has been appointed Di-rector of Admissions, and Mr. Ake-ley will manage the business office with the title of Acting Business Manager. Dr. Walther will serve as Chairman of the Social Studies De-partment. Miss Alice Imhoff has joined the staff to fill the vacancy in the art department. Miss Imhoff received her bachelor's degree from the Ore-gon College of Education, and her master's degree from Columbia Uni-versity. She has also had work at the University of Colorado, Univer-sity of Nebraska, and University of Oregon. Her experience includes elementary and junior high school teaching, and most recently she has been a supervisor in Palisades Park, New Jersey. Two new persons have joined the English Department. They are Dr. Fay Fisher and Mr. Harold C. Paul. Dr. Fisher, of Jefferson, Ohio, will teach freshman composition and sophomore literature. She graduat-ed from James Millikin University, received her master's degree from Columbia University, and has taken work at the University of Chicago. Her teaching experience includes three years of high school teaching and college positions at Beaver Col-lege, James Millikin University, Wellesley, and Western Reserve. Dr. Fisher comes to STC from the Uni-versity of Georgia here she has been head of the English Department in the Savannah division. For the second position in the English Department is Mr. Paul. A native of Maine, Mr. Paul received his bachelor's degree from Colby College and his master's from Ford-ham University. He has had a con- Deferments Asked For Teachers Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, president of the college, attended the national bi-ennial conference of the American Associaiton of Colleges for Teacher Education at Estes Park, Colorado, from August 16-23. He stated that the executive committee of the group sent a telegram to President Truman and the governor of each state urging that local selective service boards be authorized to de-fer teachers and prospective teach-ers due to ""the critical shortage"" now existing. Dr. Walter Hager, head of Wilson Teachers College, Washington, D. C., said that 43,000 new teachers will be needed during each of the next seven years. He also asserted that teachers are winning ""higher sala-ries, greater understanding, and in-creased respect as a result of an ir-repressible tide of public opinion."" The association also plotted a pro-gram to strengthen teaching as a profession. The new program em-braced ten points as follows:, 1. A public relations program; 2. A new program of selection cf prospective members of the profession; 3. An increase in pre-service preparation; 4. Major changes in curricula for teachers; 5. Make curricula accept-able to junior college graduates; 6. Wider and wiser use of laboratory facilities in the preparation of teach-ers; 7. Attract better prepared staff members for teacher education in-stitutions; 8. Revision of certifica-tion laws; 9. Higher salaries for pub-lic school teachers; 10. Point out real life problems of the community to prospective teachers. tinuing interest in drama and ex-perience in college and little theatre dramatics, and for the past two sum-mers has been associated with the Camden Hills Theatre in Maine. Mr. Paul will teach sophomore literature, speech, and dramatics, and head the dramatic program in the school. 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