tl19600930-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. XIII, No. 2 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland Friday, September 30, 1960 00oppendieck Commends Citizens For LLT School ternational Relations, or:Politics Program Is Oct. 4 -6 daY jgit �The International Relations and eolities Program has been planned for October 4-6 at Towson. The conference will highlight in- 'ernational politics and the forth-clef presidential election. The Dr�Dam will feature lectures and i lseussions by many well-known 'aders in the writing and educa-tional syndicates. t ttle evening of October 4 heralds .,e oPening of the conference with citlecture by Margaret Coit on Wed-da Y evening. Her topic will be, InlY Latin America Will Go Com-iLlrust."" Margaret Coit is on the v'ultY at Farleigh Dickinson Uni-sitY. She is a Pulitzer Prize Iliner, and a staff member of the John C. Nw Metcalfe Flarnpshire Writers Confer- Tow,. Clarence Long comes to the 110'0 �n campus Wednesday after- October 5. He will conduct 41forrnal discussion concerning st4dePaign Expenditures"" in the :rh t rlt Center lounge at 4:00 p.m. evening he will also give a Raltimore Civic Opera Announces Program B altimore Civic Opera Com-o 71.11Z Will open its 1960-61 season Trovatore which will run itdh:43er 28-29, 1960. r4'i4 Verdi opera is considered by Lt!ri, oPera fans the ideal ""ice-eh7er"" for the uninitiated in this cbf entertairunent. It will be N;Wed by Puccini's La Boheme, IlarY 3-4th, 1%1. Andrea 1 L 5 e-glier by Giordano on April 14- close the season. for Ihsis is an excellent opportunity to 17th students and faculty alike jeorne acquainted with opera takhtle of its finest displays of young a 1511 Dr. Rebecca 11 11' 1)irector of Admissions. se ' Ltvations for season tickets TaN. niade il � L e -ekev�_ Lri et8 are on sale, but reserva- 4tto, should be made prior to 'jet 3, 1960. by contacting Dr. Admissions Office, lecture entitled, ""The Presidency."" Dr. Long is a professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University. Ernest Lindley, the Washington Editor of Newsweek and John Met-calfe of the Chicago Sun-Times, will Ernest K. Lindley collaborate and present a lecture-discussion entitled, ""What's Your View,"" for the last evening of the conference. All evening programs will begin at 8:15 p.m. in the Steph-ens Hall Auditorium. Tentatively planned is a debate among a prominent Republican, Democrat, and Socialist. If the necessary plans are completed, the time and place will be announced. Educators At Lab School Conference Seven nationally known leaders in education will be consultants for a laboratory school conference at Towson State Teachers College in the Lida Lee Tall School today and tomorrow. Dr. Margaret Lindsey of Teachers College, Columbia University and Director of the National Council on Teacher Education and Professional Standards, will be principle speaker. Her topic will be ""Unique Contribu-tions of the Laboratory School of the Future."" About 200 representatives from Laboratory schools on college cam-puses in Maryland and more than a dozen other states are expected to attend the conference. This is the third in a series of laboratory school conferences spon-sored by the Maryland State De-partment of Education. Dr. Gene-vieve Heagney, Principal of the Lida Lee Tall School, is in charge of the Conference Organization. Dr. Heagney was assisted by 16 members of the Towson faculty in making arrangements for the con-ference. Students are invited to attend the lecture by Dr. Lindsey tonight at 8 RM. 'Youth Leads The Way Is Conference Theme To provide campus student leaders and faculty members with an oppor-tunity to meet and discuss campus problems. Towson's annual Leader-ship Conference is scheduled for October 7 and 8. Also discussed will be the college roll in local, national, and inter-national affairs and the officer's position as a leader. As a result of these conferences, an evaluation and action committee will analyze the discussions and send criticisms and evaluations to any organization on campus to which the information will be helpful. The conference site is Camp Ramblewood, near Conowingo Dam. Invitations have been issued to student leaders of all campus organ-izations, new faculty members, and many other instructors at Towson. (If officers have not received an invitation, they should send their name to Gerrie Shortt, Box No. 268 immediately, if they plan to attend.) The program includes a keynote address by Diane Hatch, coordinator of student activities at Trenton State College, New Jersey. Her address will be representative of the theme oi the conference, ""Youth Leads the Way"". Discussion groups of diversified interests will cover many topics. Various officers and faculty members will lead the discussion groups with hopes that valuable information will be derived for benificial use on campus. There will be a recreation program which will include a dance and athletic activities. This will round out a busy program which should prove worthwhile to students who attend. John Tallman is chairman of the conference. His associates are: Arrangements-Gerrie Shortt; Trans-portation- Fred Abt; Publicity- Marian Asay; Food-Joan Lewis; Recreation-Ed Lorenz; Program-Sue Munaker; Evaluation and Action- Sue Harroll. Former Faculty Member In Hospital Dr. Ruth Smith, who has re-turned from Afghanistan, is ill. She was formeily in charge of the whole elementary program. Anyone interested in writing her, please contact Dr. Tansil. Mail will reach Dr. Smith at Mount Alto Veterans Hospital, 2650 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. `Star Of Faith' Presented At Dedication Exercises Mr. Robert Poppendieck of the United States Office of Education commended the citizens of Mary-land for the Lida Lee Tall Labora-tory School at yesterday's dedica-tion program. In his speech Mr. Poppendieck figuratively presented the citizens with a star, ""not so much of hope but of faith"", each point signifying tangible evidence in convictions which he holds. These convictions are (1) a belief in providing educa-tors with the tools of learning, (2) a belief in education, (3) a belief that there will be a to-morrow and it will be free, (4) a belief in sound clinical study and (5) a belief in teacher education direct observation in teacher edu-cation,"" he added. ""A campus laboratory school and the library are the heart of a teacher education program,"" explained Mr. Poppendieck. Dr. Lida Lee Tall, iormer STC, President, after whom the school is named, held this con-tention also, referring to the library and the campus laboratory school as the two hubs around which a college of education for teachers should revolve. Mr. Albert P. Backhaus, Director of the State Department of Public Improvements presented the build-ing to Mr. Jerome Frampton, Jr., Fresident of the State Board of Education. ""Structures of education are the bullwarks which insure the free-dom for which America stands,"" explained Mr. Backhaus. Mr. Frampton, Jr., who i5 also chairman of the Board of Trustees of Towson, accepted the building ""se young people can come to school and further their education for the benefit of this country. We must make this place a mecca where those truly interested in teaching may come and teach freely; while those truly interested 1 eflected teacher education programs. Poppendieck stressed the importance of a campus laboratory school. He said it serves as a con-trolled lab for the teachers and those in training to become teachers. Here they can observe, appraise, analyze, practice and learn. ""There is no substitute for Andrew McCosh in the developement of STC Offers New Degrees Beginning this fall, Towson will add to its offerings a four-year liberal arts program leading to the A.B. or B.S. degree, and a program to prepare students for high school teaching in academic fields. Although the college has pre-viously offered concentration in these areas, students have not been able to major in them, and new courses are being added to strength-in the liberal arts major. Students starting this fall in the junior college program will have the privilege of continuing in a four-year liberal arts program. Mr. Jerome Frampton accepts the new LLT school from Mr. Albert Backhaus. in learning may come to sit at their feet,"" he added. ""All the children of the Lida Lee Tall School feel proud of this new -school."" announced Andrew McCosh, President of the School Council. He sited as some of the facilities they liked the skylights. ramp tower. special rooms for science, music and physical education and the library. Mr. Pullen, State Superintendent of Education, emphasized the im-portance of teacher training for all levels of education. "
