Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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-H ur l Ur -. America's future de- The future of educa- ' ' l' s ' I pends upon education. mm 'lfgacrgfxl the Vol. 1-No. 3 MARCH, 1922 Published Monthl-b St de ts fth Mary! d State Normal School?Tol:vsoln, gd. e an THE GLEE CLUB DOES ITS PART. The Glee Club is still continuing to grow in ability and fame. ln- deed we're winning quite a. name. On the afternoon of February 21. a triple quartette chosen from the Glee Club went to Annapolis with Miss 'Tall and several other faculty mem- bers to sing for the Legislators. At that time the State Normal movie The Call of the Hour was shown to the members of the Legislature and the Glee Clgb representatives furnished music at intermissions as well as before and afterward. The Normal has asked for, a. new .dormitory to relieve the crowded conditions here and the Glee Club--is -doing 'its best to sing its way to the hearts and pocketbooks of our State educational representatives and show them that the Normal School is worthy of their consideration. P. E. C. ATHLETICS. Boom-a-lacka! Boom-a-lacka! Bow! Wow! W'ow! -Chick-a-lacka! Chick-a-lacka! f Chow! Chow Chow! Boom-a-lacka! Chick-a-lacka! Sis! Boom! Bah! Normal! Normal! Rah! Rah! Rah! D Such are the yells which you nova frequently hear ringing through the Normal. halls. These yells are a summons for all to come and take part in the game. Fearlessly and with hearts full of determination our boys fight fo! victory. The ball is tossed and the game is on. Breathlessly and fearfully we watch the ball as it approaches the basket. But this is not our basket. Oh the joy when we see the ball smoothly glide across the top, and fall, not in the basket. but on the other side. With a dart, France has it in his hand, and skilfully passes it to Kerby. The audience is on its feet, for we feel sure of a goal. With one true aim he shoots the ball through the basket. lt is then that the yells burst forth from the happy students of Normal. Point by point we watch the score grow. At last. time is called and the score reads: Normal 44-Catonsville 30. WON HIGHEST HONORS IN WORLD CONTEST. S1921 Class attacked the subject with ienthusiasm, determining to learn isomething about world relations as ,well as to contribute to the essay Two of the girls who graduatedlcontest. Making use of the school from the Maryland State Normal'library and the public libraries of School at Towson last June, Lucille!Baltim0re. Iifty girls clelved deep A. Heath and Grace M. Tull, were into the problems of peace and war. awarded tirst and second prizes, re-I From the study of such a topic spectively, in the world essay con-leach senior gained enthusiasm for test, conducted by the American land interest in big vital problems of School Citizenship League. Olivialour present day civilization. This Kerbv and Hester Neild received N honorable mention. LUCILLE A. HEATH The American School Citizenship League, whose president is Randall J. Cordon: honorary president, Wil- liam Howard Taft, and whose head- quarters are in Boston, Massachu- setts, endeavor to arouse interest among the students of our Normal and High Schools in all movements which promote better international understanding. Last year an essay contest was conducted by this League on the following subject. What Education Can Do To Secure Co-operation' As Against Competition Between Nations. - GRACE M. TULL Under the direction of the his- 'tory department each senior of the I iinterest on the part of the citizens of our country will safeguard the Ifuture and will make possible such international gatherings as the re- cent Washington Conference. b namsows AND raisins. f One of the most interesting of our later assemblies was an illustrated lecture on Color, given by Mr. Pond, of our Industrial Arts De- ypartment, and also of Maryland In- stitute. From the very beautiful il- lustrations that were thrown on the screen and Mr. Pond's explanation of them We saw that beautiful colors and harmonious combinations of color are to be found everywhere in plant life. in animal life, in the vegetable kingdom, in dress, in ar- fchitecture, in artand in the land- scapes round about us. From the very well chosen pictures we saw that the seasons each have a very definite color tone, and that even very common things can be made sbeautiful withlthe right color com- binations. The study of color is one of the newest arts and is devel- oping very rapidly. This very interesting and helpful .lecture would not have been possi- ble without a darkened room. This had been arranged by Section B, of ,Junior I, under Miss Greenlaw's su- jpervision. Curtains had been made 'from heavy paper and arranged on ,pulleys so as to cover the entire Iwindow and exclude the light. j Another assembly that deserves ihonorable mention was the Tann- ll13llS8l ' program given by Junior I with the aid of Miss Shurtz, Miss Spicer and Miss Shroeder. This in- cluded The History of Opera by ,Miss Oglet. The Life of Richard Wagner. by Miss Treut. the story of the opera- Tanuhauser by Miss iWhaland, vocal selections by Miss ISchroeder. piano selections by Miss ,Spicer-, and the Pilgrim's Chorus lby Junior I. I

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T I' !' L- f D I iii T f ELECTION IN THE NOR- MAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The children of the Normal Ele- mentary School are building a house you know. This required consider- able funds so they held a bazar on December 9 and raised a very large sum of money. The sudden posses- sion of so large an amount present- ed a new difficulty. Who was to as- svme responsibility for the money? The children decided to elect a treasurer and secretary. Miss Van Bibber and the Seniors co-operated with them by organizing a plan for the election, making it, in so far as possible, like a County election. A nomination committee selected three nominees for each office. The primary election reduced the num- ber to two for each OfflC91 Douglas Reed and Jeannette Knight for treasurer. and Charlotte Black and Kitty Frametfor Secretary. The candidates were given the privilege of making electioneering speeches. Each candidate spoke for himself and a friend also spoke for him. Lillian Freburger spoke in behalf of Jeannette Knight and Wal- ter McPhail for Douglas Reed. On the 17th of January the elec- tion was held. Each child regis- tered on the roll book of the ele- mentary School had the privilege of voting. Clerks and judges were ap- pointed and the voting was done by secret ballot. The children went, one at a time, to a small booth, vot- ed, handed the ballot to the clerk, and returned to the classroom. Douglas Reed was elected treasur- er with Charlotte Black as secretary. L. C. W. THE WORK OF JR. I. IN ENG- LISH. - Whaland, Julia. Jan. 9, 1921. lt will not be possible to give a complete account of all we have done in English this session with enough detail to make it interest- ing. YVe have followed the course af- outlined in grammar, cfzmposition and literature Perhaps a few pieces of work which we did in literature will il- .ustrate the way in which we have attacked the problem. While the class was studying the contemporary poets individually sev- eral very interesting personal let- ters were received from poets of such note as Florence Earle Coates, Lizette Wordsworth Reese and Thomas A. Daley. These letters made them seem nearer to the class and will perhaps, be interesting to others. 2024 Spruce Street, Philadelphia. November 19. 1921. My Dear Miss Hetzch: lt has given me great pleasure to receive your letter, and l think you may best find what you wish in the notices l enclose. which were col- lected by my lublishers, the Hough- ton-Mitflin Company, of Boston. Thanking you for your letter and with kind regard. I am. Faithfully yours, FLORENCE EARLE COATES. One of the most interesting fea- tures of the English class room is the bulletin board: The class is re- quested to bring any interesting ar- ticle about, or poems by our con- temporary poets to beg posted here. This has gradually grown in impor- tance and now contains in addition to articles and poems, several pic- tures of poets whose life and poetry the class has studied. Shortly before Christmas the class decided that 'if any of the members were asked what they wanted for Christmas they would say books and that they would bring back with them their gifts for the rest of the class to -read. At the first meeting after Christmas we found that many interesting and valuable books had been received. Among others were Arnold Bennet's How to Live Twenty-Four Hours a Day. Booth Tarkington's The Magnificent Am- bersonsf' Palgrave's Golden Treas- ury. Joseph Lincoln's Shavings and Service's The Spell of the Yu- kon. 2926 Harford Ave., Balto.. Md.. November 9, 1921. My Dear Miss Cameron: - It has been by invariable custom not to give interviews of the kind which you ask of me. I have re- fused both the Eastern and the West- ern High School pupils, and it would not be fair to make an exception in regard to you. I am very sorry and I do hope that you will understand and feel that I appreciate your in- terest in my verse and me. If you are taking up Modern Po- etry l hope that you have not for- gotten Edwin Arlington Robinson, Sara Teasdale, or Edna H. Vincient Millay. l inclose on another sheet some data in regard to myself which you may find useful. Very truly yours, LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE. A Junior was asked to write a composition on her first impressions of Normal. She wrote: I like Normal very much and the faculty are lovely, etc. Miss Timberlake, correctitng the paper wrote weak across the fac- ulty are lovely. The Junior then wrote: Although the faculty are weak, still they arc lovely. Miss S. tln music classJ: l?lease be quiet, boys. You are not in Sun- day School. l N. E. 4 'For when the one great scorer comes to write against your name, ' He writes not that you won -or lost, but how you played the game. How you play the game may be considered the key word to the Nu Sigma Sorority. Therein lifes itlie' Estrength of the Nu Sigel' for that i group of girls, as real as any of. which Normal can boast, believe in, playing the game. This purpose ap- plies to an equal participation in. school activities as well as in those' of the Sorority. N. 'does not symbolize simply dances, theater' parties, feeds and social meetings, but also the serious problems which. confront any Normal School girl. Nevertheless, we love good times, too, just as all.-wide-awake girls do. lf you do not believe it, you should have seen us at the Emerson Hotel' on the night of our dance and ban- quet. Myl, but it was' fun, even if after all our practice, somebody did eat with the wrong fork. Nobody' noticed it, except the waiter, and he' wouldn't tell. We were all much' impressed with the grandeur of the' occasion and you never would have known the finished society ladies' t?J who looked so ,unutterably so- phisticated and worldly-wise, to be the Mary and Peggy and Sue of t ' Nov-mal School campus. 1 We are a Sisterhood of sihcefp and loyal friends, a number adopted sisters one can turn to any time. and be sure of sympat and encouragement, a.. group whi hopes by their attitude to prom. among all students of-the Nor School This IS what we loolt like This is what we are Name and aim we've shown you N. E.- Nu Sigs we are. ' 'PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS' . :Li a loyalty, high ideals and good' 12:37, ' ' U ,Qt Ethel Jones. l Junior Two under the instruction of Mrs. Stapleton have been read- ing and studying the early rise jot drama and what material was uied in the plots of these plays. .From the early drama we advanced ,rap- idly to modern drama and have read The Piper by Josephine ,Preston Peabody, We have made a, close study, outline and criticism of- th-is most fascinating play. we have read a variety of modern plays tout- side of class. . lf, Through our work we are ,prying to gain some insight into theiiijt df the playwright. It is our purpose. by the next issue of the paperhatc l-ave produced an original- one-tact. play whicl' will be well,,worth,,jjgfo'-- duction at Normal and -GIBQTWIIIQYB, and which will really, proiefitlrsft Junior Two has gained inslghigiiftior- the realm of drama. 'ggjs-V ' ' i ,. , ,Nl

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Iiuirk YORK ROAD GARAGE Towson BUICK MOTOR CARS F. B. R M. I.. PORTS, Props. Towson 525 Compliments of The Black 6: Decker Mig. Co. Towson Heights, Md. TOWSON BAKERY THE GOODY SHOP Fancy Cakes, Pies, Pastries ice Cream Sodas L. W. HELD 85 SONS Tel. Towson 204 5 ILGENFRITZ . 319 N. CHARLES STREET Artistic Photographer Special Discount to Normal Students QM. s. N. s. oRcHEsTRA-sEA- , son or 1921-22. 1 ln reading of professional orches- ltras we notice that their activities are arranged as to seasons. Our Normal School Orchestra could hard- ly be called professional, but we feel lthat we are having sutlicient activi- lties to entitle us to be in that class. 3 On February 6, 1922, the Normal iScl1ool Orchestra made its debut, ggiving five selections before and af- ter the showing of the Normal School picture, The C3411 of the Hour. Because of the enthusiastic response of the audience, we gave a jazz en- core. VVhen we put away our in- struments for the night, it was with la. feeling that pwe wanted to perform iagain. f Eltorts were redoubled in practice, land our second appearance came on 'the occasion of the luncheon given to the Legislators, Monday, March 6. Seated in the far corner of the dining hall, we red the souls of the 'Legislators with rich melodies and harmonies, while' they made merry over the more material things of life. Our repertoire was classical, patriotic and popular jazz music. We are now anticipating the con- cert which will be given before very long by the M. S. N. S. Glee Club and Orchestra. We are sure it will be good, so advise everyone to watch for the announcement of this event in our season of 1921-22. R. A. GRAFTON. THE TOPICS OF THE DAY. i If you take a course in History, You can hear Miss Van Bibber S3-Y, lf you want to keep right up to times Read -'The Topics of the Day.' 1 No matter if the subject be A monk or industrial fray, Miss Van Bibber will always advise. Read, 'The Topics ofthe Day.' The question came not long ago, What debt must England pay? And she referred us, quick as thought To 'The Topics of the Day.' I Even when I have gone to bed And on my pallet lay, I never sleep, because I'm thinking 'Bout 'The Topics of the Day.' When I am dead and gone And my soul has flown away, The password I'll give St. Peter Will be 'Topics of the Day.' -BRYCE E. MAXJWELL. Y M ySchool Supplies at WY HERGENRATHERNS Films and Butterfly Hair Nets Y. W. C. A. ACTIVITIES. She was bred in old Kentucky, Where the meadow grass is blue. Kentucky Belle, the play given by the Y, W. C. A. was a very great success. The fancy dances and the musical numbers left very pleasing memories. Frequent applause showed that the play was appre- ciated. The war is over for America, but not for the Armenians. Miss Mc- Cormick, an Armenian relief worker, gave us several very interesting and pathetic accounts of the outrages be- ing committed in Armenia. Her talks were emphasized by a movie. Alice In Hungerlandf' giving ac- curate pictures of actual conditions in Armenia. The admission, five cents, was used for the Relief Fund. The Normal School is further aid- ing by collecting discarded clothing and by contributions of money from each Junior and Senior section. The Y. W.'s service is not limited to its own institution. Under the direction of the organ- ization a campaign for better church attendance during the month of March is being waged. Each sec- tion is trying for a 100070 on at least one Sunday. The section having the highest general average for all four' Sundays wins the contest. Is your section going to win? ETA BETA FRATERNITY. The Eta Beta Fraternity was or- gganized here on February 17th with Edward Caulfield as President, and William Hull as Secretary and Treas- urer. ' ' This fraternity will fill-one of the 'greatest needs in the life of the boys 'of the Normal School. The friendly feeling, the ,brotherhood -and broth- erly co-operation among the mem- bers show a fine spirit and reilects credit on its members and on the rest of the school. Aside from its more serious pur- pose of creating a closer friendship among its members the fraternity will take an active interest in the social life of the school. A dance will be given in the near future and this will be followed by other so- cial functions. I The Eta Beta Fraternity at Nor- mal is one of the best young organ- izations in the State and its growth will undoubtedly be rapid. KERBY- Tonsilitis? YUMMIE- No, I drank some wood alcohol and got splinters in my throat. ADDIE- What makes the tower of Pisa lean? BOB- Oh, it was built in the time of a famine. .-