Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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X L- T. BUICK MOTOR C.-LRS I SSW ,rasmi I 'J u 'if vi 'iz ii ,Y, Ll A -' Q i YORK ROAD GARAGE Towson F. B. S: M. L. PORTS. Props. Towson 525 Compliments of THE BLACK do DECKER COMPANY - Towson Heights, Md. MFG. TOWSON BAKERY THE GOODY SHOP' Fancy Cakes, Pies, Pastries Ice Cream Sodas L. W. HELD 5 SONS Tel. Towson 204 ILGENFRITZ 319 N. CHARLES STREET r Artistic Photographer Special Discount to Normal Students OUR WORKSHOP. Margaret Robinson. You should visit our Library and see the beautiful decorations that have been made since our new Li- brarian has been ,with us. For Christmas, we had it all decorated with evergreens and several bou- quets of liowers. Attractive books were put around on diiferent tables just to aiford us pleasure and act las a guide to selecting good books for Christmas gifts. When we re- turned after the holidays. much to our surprise, we found potted plants on each table, and fresh evergreens adorning the nre place. Just before we went home for them, so as to lift the burden from Miss Osborn. All students should learn to use the card catalogue- there you can nnd the number of your book. After finding the num- ber go to the shelf where specihed and look for the book. Don't. look once but again and againg if you can't iind it then ask the Librarian or the student assistant, and we iwill help you. If you do this, you Y Christmas, we had story-telling forf the elementary children by different students before an open tire on the hearth. Since we returned we are planning to have story-telling every Friday afternoon between 2.30 and 3.00 o'clock. This not only gives pleasure to the children,Abut helps the students in learning how to tell interesting stories and to know what -kind of stories interest children. Our Librarian is a busy person. lHer work consists of book ordering 'and book selection with the aid of our Faculty, making the daily rec- ords and charging, reference work, L I 1 etc. The daily work cannot be de-f scribed fully in such a brief com- pass, but every morning the books are returned and then they are shelved with the utmost care so as to avoid confusion. When new books are received, they have to be classiiied, catalogued, accessioned and prepared. During the Christ- mas holidays, what do you think? Our Librarian was new, and, do you know, she worked every day makingl an inventory of all the books that were in the library, as well as those' that were missing. A daily record is kept of how many books are taken out of the Library, as well as the number of students that come in every day to do their lessons. ,These numbers would stafrtle you for really you don't realiie how in- dustrious most of our students are. Later on, our Librarian will give class instruction in library methods. These classes will be very helpful, especially to those who have as much research work as we have. The students help in the Library under Miss Osborn's supervision, fl wouldn't tell you her name before, because we are afraid other people may get jealous of our having her -because she is known in various places as having accomplished won- derful results with small resourcesi. We are allowed to get books out at live o'clock in the afternoon and are requested to bring them back the next morning by 9 o'c1ock so others may use them during the vacant periods. The students are asked to put books where found after using 1 1 i yourself become a more eflicient and a more responsible person. JUNIOR FOUR ENGLISH. Section four of the Junior class has, in connection with their writ- ten composition work, taken as its project to gather and make perma- nent the concrete material concern- ing the history of the Normal School. The members of this section with Miss Timberlake feel that by doing this we are not only going to be helped ourselves but that our work will be a benefit to others in several ways. To the students now attend- ing the school we hope to bring a greater love, respect and apprecia- tion for the school. To those outside the school we hope to give an idea of what a truly great and worth- while institution the Normal School is and how it became such. We feel that we have been very fortunate in collecting and learning things ,concerning Hour project. Members of this section are plan- ning to interview some of the fol- lowing people to get information: Mrs. Newell, twife of Dr. Newell, the first principal of the schoolig Miss Richmond, Csister of the late Miss Richmond, former princlpa-lip Miss Van Bibber, Miss Scarborough. Miss Snyder Call of whom have for some time, been connected with the schoollg Miss Tall, fthe present principalj, and .former graduates. Together with the interviews we are going to consult the writings left to the school by Miss Richmond, the addresses made by Mr. Linthicum and several other similar addresses made by prominent people at the time of the dedication of the pres- ent Normal School buildings, and some of the early catalogues. A letter was also published in The Sun asking for information. We hope to complete and be able to publish a part or all of this his- tory in a later issue of this paper and we hope that those who read it will receive some bienedt from our work and enjoy reading it as much as we enjoy writing it. M. E. J., '23. THE STEBBINS-ANDERSON COAL 85 LUMBER CO., Dealers in Coal, Lumber, Hardware, Builders' supplies ' TOWSON, MD. RIDERWOOD, MD.

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P 1 l l 5 naar. ANTD THERE WITH THE PRINCIPAL. Miss Tall. our principal, has had by Thomas L. Gibson, Field Worker for M. S. N. S. With such a. body of workers the Committee for ln- creased Enrollment hopes to reach ,every high school in the State by the end of March. We are confident Uhnder the auspices of the League oflthat their efforts will be rewarded Women Voters, she Spoke in Cam-.by an enrollment for 1922-1923 that bridge' Do,-chester County: prestomldoubles the presenthenrollment. Our Caroline Countv, and Easton, Tal-'Sl0g9-u f0l' 1923 IS SIX Hundred bot County, on' the State Program.Sf1'0uS- a full program these wintry days.I for Schools, which is to be presentedl B- A- W-i '9 - to the Legislature within the next -'il two months. At Ellicott City, How- SEEING TOWSONI ard County, under the auspices of a --- series of community meetings ar- Betty Bowman, Sr. I. ranged by County Superintendent: Towson is situated in East-Cen- W- C- Phi11iDS, She SD0ke Ou theitral Maryland, on the Maryland and same subject. lPennsylvania Railroad, seven miles Leaving the eastern part ot the State, Miss Tall journeyed to Car- roll County, where she and Superin- tendent M. S. H. Unger spoke at community meetings at Silver Run and Westminster. Miss Tall talked on the State Program for Schools while Mr. Unger confined his talk to The Place of Carroll County in Education as Indicated by the Rus- 'north of Baltimore. . 1 It has good railway service. ex- press trains making the time from Baltimore in eighteen minutes. l The town itself is on the road from Baltimore to York. .Ioppa Road running through a portion of the community. becomes the Old Court Road, and is one of the oldest highways in the county. The town sell Sage Rating- iis at the head of Dulaney, Long Going still further into the heart Green and Green Spring Valleys- of Western Maryland another meet- These valleys. on account of their ing was held, this time in Frederick. gextreme beauty are popular residen- On December 17, in the Armory, altial sections, and although Green community meeting was held at Spring Valley boasts of some of the which several topics were discussed.il110St beautiful C0ul1tl'Y D12-C93 lh the State Superintendent Albert S. Cook State, Dulaney Valley includes some explained the State Program fgr of the oldest and most beautiful es- Schools. Dr. William Burdick'slt2.tes in Maryland. The village- topic was Physical Education forlTOWSOH-iS Ou 21 ridge, higher Chau Boys and Girls. Miss Tall spoke any of the others, which makes it on Reading: Its Two Phases, Oral GSDGCH'-11Y delightful and healthy- and Silent. This address was! Towson has both residential and planned for a lay audience which5business sections, the latter proving was interested in knowing the nighlindieputably what a thriving place spots of reading and the expense otiit is. The business section does not reading equipment for schools. laccommodate all of Towson's resi- ' Coming back home again we find that Miss Tall, at present, is direct- ing the presentation of beautiful photographs of the Normal School to more than one hundred of the High Schools in the State. Students selected from each county group are planning speeches to be given at the presentation of the picture. Each ot these students will carry the picture to his or her high school and make thisl event a memorable! dents, however, for, outside of the dorists, merchants, mechanics, bak- ers, etc., many of the business peo- ple go back and forth to ottlce work in Baltimore daily. The town is laid out on such a plan, that, despite .the number of homes, lt does not have the crowded appearance which often results in similar cases, but gives instead, rather a free and open lappearance, and allows each home to appear very individual. The one in the history of the high school. lstreets are unusually wide, well We feel sure that this will bring the,paved and well cared for, as is all high school closer to the Normal. iother municipal and private proper- The work for the future is con- ty. There is no race problem in cerned with the campaign for in-'Towson, a special place having been creased enrollment. The next three'chosen for the colored population. months will see the High Schools of,Towson has a o ulation of a rox the State-being visited for the pur-Q pose of bringing more students to Normal next year. Last year Miss Tall confined her visits largely to the Eastern Shore. This year the followin counties will be the cen g - ter of her activities: Carroll, Fred-' erick, Montgomery, Prince George and Washington. The Increased En- rollment Campalgn will be carried' not only by Miss Tall, but also by' other members of the faculty and, D D DD ' imately 3,500, and is not incorpor- ated, its mother county, Baltimore. having no incorporated towns, and being. in this respect, unique when compared with any other county in Maryland. The people are very homogeneous in character, working together for the welfare of all com- munity interests, and taking it as 21 personal favor that they may make each visltor to the town as welcome as a guest in their own homes. 1 I r Towson naturally interests the new-COHJGP. because it is and has been the county-seat since 1854, and one U3-T-u1'31lY expects a jail and Court House, since these distinguish the COUDCY-Seat from other small towns. -but there are buildings and institutions in and near Towson, of which we are justly proud: The Ma- sonic Temple, The Odd Fellows' Hall, the three banks, the churches. the UBWS'-Duper offices, the Parochial School, Sheppard-Pratt eHospital, Eudowood Sanltorium. the Black K: Decker factory, our own Mary- land State Normal School. and last but not least Towson High School which includes all grades, a tour year high school course. The bulld- ing is very well equipped, being as before said. a. common tie between all the people of the community. A tract of land has been pm-. chased for the erection of a. new Goucher College near Towson. This will undoubtedly bring new people to Towson, new trade. and arouse new and more community interests and then with State Normal here to .help em-won't we make Towson some town. GLEE CLUB DOING-S. What is the State Normal Glee Club-doing? No one at school would ask that question. It isn't neces- sary, the Glee Club speaks for it- selfg on every Thursday after- noon one can hear the mingled tones of boys' and girls' voices fairly filling the building with melody. This year we have a big addition to the old Glee Club of last year. Many Junior girls are joining with the Seniors in taking an active part. and the boys too dually decided that they needed the Glee Club and the Glee Club needed them. Altogether we now have 65 members with Miss Shurtz director, and Miss Spicer, ac- companlst. Besides the pleasure of learning to sing and singing, which the Glee Club affords its members. there is a higher goal toward which we are workingg that is a series of concerts which will be given in the spring. Since the beginning of the year our chief work has been on two, three, and four part selections suitable for' the concert. The members are to wwn their own copies of this music. But it takes practice, practice, and more practice to accomplish Om' Dui'- pose, and although the director has already broken two batons in her ef- forts to keep us all singing together we are going to prove that those two batons were not broken ln vain. n Louise, upon approaching the place where she expected to- loin Evelyn on a hiking party, heard the shrill notes of a bird's warble and said: Why, that must be a peacock l hear! x

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Af' 41 SENIOR INDUSTRIAL ARTS. DREAMS COMING TRUE. Ina Herrmann. Did you ever sit alone with your thoughts and build your dream house? Did you ever picture just how you wanted every detail, even to the hangings at the windows and the range in the kitchen? It is a wonderful place. your dream house. but not nearly so wonderful as the one planned by the Seniors and boys and girls of the Elementary School. Would you like to know all about our dream house? Since I cannot hear your answer I will as- sume that you are saying, Yes, and will go on with my story. Last year the school over at Ridge built a house as a project in Indus- trial Arts. This year Miss Greenlaw decided to plan a similar project, making it the basis for the Seniors' drst term of work. Early in' the term she took us all out to Ridge to see the type of house built there. and to show us what our work would be. We all came back full of enthusiasm and eager to begin. As is always necessary, the plans had to be drawn up, and this is where we had a chance to express on paper our individuality. Under the efficient guidance of Miss Green- law, the plans were 'dually complet- ed, and submitted to the Elemen- tary School for approval. Those drawn by Miss Resh and Miss Lau- rina Smith were selected, as each had certain features that appealed to thezn. The final plan calls for a two- room house, ten by twenty. Is any house today complete without a fire- place-? We do not think so, for on every plan handed in, one had been drawn. Sometime in the not far distant future, you may come in and warm yourselves at our 'tire-place. With the completion of the plans we were ready to begin the work necessary for the building of our house. The work was apportioned to different groups. each group working certain periods during the week. There were three or four Seniors to a group, each Senior hav- ing an assistant from the grades. One group dug the cellar, another made the form for the concrete foun- dation, another mixed the cement. another moved the frame from the wall. Each one had his part even to the little tots in the nrst and sec- ond grades. They eagerly picked up stones for the foundation and helped to haul away the dirt. They too, sawed twenty of the eight inch blocks which were used to keep the form in place. When the weather was inclement, work was done inside. This work was of great value to us, because Fountain Pens at HERGENRATBER 'S l 1 I 6 ! l I we acquired a certain skill with saw ,hammer and nails which we otherwise would not have attained. Of course the saws buckled, and the hammers refused to hit the nails, but that was all ln a day's work, and at last we were victorious. Perhaps there is a question as to the value of this work and as to its bearing on school work. Given an interesting problem, with an appar- ent reason for its solution, how easy it is to get down to work on it and solve it. The children are vi- tally interested in the house, and naturally all sorts of problems arise that they must solve. They feel their lack and immediately set about to learn how to correct it. The amount of cement and sand for the concrete had to be figured out, and this gave an excellent opportunity for teaching cubic measure. The amount of lumber to be used had to be estimated, and there was the need for learning board measure. The fire place had to be constructed and the Seventh Grade saw a rea- son for geometry. The measuring necessary before the excavating was done, provided drill in linear meas- ure and the use of the tape. After the foundation was nnlshed, work was at a standstill because of lack of funds. The problem of earning money to carry on the project now confronted us, but all rose to the occasion, and Miss Stone has in bank two hun- dred dollars. The scholars of the Elementary School solicited sub- scriptions for magazines, and real- ized a nice sum in this way. There was a Penny Dance given by the Seniors. The music room was taste- fully decorated, and by the use of crepe paper, shaded lights, easy chairs, sofa cushions and pennants was quite transformed. Music was furnished free of charge by a friend. On the afternoon of December ninth, a bazaar was held in the l worth while problems growing out of this interesting work. The school work will be made concrete, for all the subjects in the curriculum will be related to this project. Think Of U19 Work in the open air, where exercise-ls afforded for the big mus- cles which are so essential to life. This is the type of work that is worth while, and we are hoping to Convert any Skeptics in our midst who question the value of it. , 'THEY stood in the moonlight .to- gether, The sky was studded with stars, She stood in silence beside him While he lowered for her the fence bars. She gazed with soft eyes upon him, But there was no love in them now For he was only a hired man, And she a Jersey cow. Victor Victrolas and Victor Records Exclusively THOS. A. CAULFIELD Sz SON OWINGS MILLS. MD. Start a Savings Account with I THE SECOND NATIONAL .BANK 4 Per Cent. Interest TOWSON MARYLAND Established 1873 A. H. FETTING MANUFACTUR- ING JEWELRY GO. Elementary Assembly, 'and class Manufacturers rooms of the Elementary School. ?.2Ziihi'iiZi.ZQd S5K1?55mZZ'kii.SZf Gmk ww' Ffmmw Jewehf iiicinietfaniida?i?5Z.,0?3ETc1f'e3vE?Q I 213 N- LIBERTY ST- zlgoosjzgiidwhggeeriiayivdiesnz' oI?lEiDeeEgriet?1at1Diam0ndS Fine Jewelry served tea, and sold candy . There was an animal show, and a real livel Educate Your Boys and Girls t0 circus. There was story telling be- fore the blazing wood-tire in the li- brary, where, for a small sum, the children were given a glimpse of the land of make-believe. The crowning event of the day was the supper, which was served in the cafeteria, the members of the Te- pachi Club assisting with contribu- tions and help. It was a tired but proud Senior Class that crept to bed that night, knowing that the funds for the house were secured. ' The work of construction will be resumed in the near future. There is no end to the opportunities for keep a. Bank Account TOWSON NATIONAL BANK TOWSON, MARYLAND The Bank with the Clock and Chimes Safety! Service! Be Thrifty! Save your money and invest with THE BALTIMORE COUNTY BANK TOWSON, MD.