Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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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. .-

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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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THE IVORY ROOM. Essays are a thing of the past with Jr. III. The time has come when they want to be known by their deeds. After weeks of hard study in Home Economics they apply their knowledge by remodeling the dining room of the Home Economics De- partment. ' Imagine yourself entering a din- ing room that appeared dull and gloomy because of the dark doors. walls, woodwork, and dark stained floor. Nothing was cheerful in the room. Even the china closet was a dark, unattractive piece of furniture. Now picture yourself entering the .same room after Jr. Ill has given it many artistic touches. They have changed the once brown walls to a restful cream, and the doors and woodwork to an attractive ivory. On the dark brown floor they have put a light and dark brown Wilton rug. The table, once scarred and -scratched, now looks like new, for it has been given a coat of varnish. 'The china cabinet has even been painted ivory. New shades, green. on one side and cream on the other. have been secured for the windows. New curtains, draperies. and a table .runner of beautiful cream and ilow- ered material have been made by some members of the class. This gives the entire room a pleasing and inviting appearance. Thus you can see that we are not! putting our knowledge on paper, but we are putting it into practice by doing useful things. We are learning to do by doing. MINNIE HOLTSCHNEIDER. V Jr. 111. The essential element in commun- fity progress is the trained mind. The trained mind is not the mind stored with a, multitude of facts, histori-? cal, literary, or scientiiicg but the mind that can solve its own pro- blems, examine the propositions submitted to it, and separate the true from the false and the vital from the trivial. The successful teacher, therefore. is not the one whose pupils know and can recite a multitude of things, but the one whose pupils are learn- ing to think for themselves, to solve their own problems, and to reach their own conclusions as to the truth or falsity of the matters pre- sented for their consideration. I would rather develop one pupil who did not hesitate to contradict me when he thought me wrong than a score who remembered everything that I said and treasured it as truth merely because I said it. WFM. H. MALTBIE, Ph. D.. Formerly head of the Department of Mathematics. Goucher College. !,3 POEMS WRITTEN BY SEN- y IORS FOR 3RD GRADE. I THE SNOIVFLAKES. The snowflakes are falling all around Covering the trees and the bare, 3 brown ground. Oh, where do they come from so pure and white, Dancing swiftly down from the sky of light. Just like the feathers so white and say. lThat mother picked from our goose on New Yeai-'s Day. I guess God doesn't like the world all brown -So he just sends the pretty white g feathers down. f Q MARGUERITE STONER. i i MY PLAYTHTNGS. like to run 'and skip and play Along the road to school. 1 ' 1 like to smell the new mown hay,Q And see the shining pool. '- i I like to fly my nice new kite. And spin my pretty top. throw my ball with all my might To hit the big. flat rock. I But most of all I like my pup. Hes little. lean and browned. If you don't watch he'll eat you up. I-Ie's just a Beagle Hound. MARY PIERCE. MY BOAT. My boat once floated far away, 'I ,never could tell just where, But I surely hope that some ine day It will return to my harbor there. I. 1 It floated away, as I played one day. Close by the little stream, I saw its fluttering sail as it lay H Held fast by a wooden beam. i 'And then it glided away once more As a wave dashed over the beam, And took it farther and farther from shore, ' I Until nothing remained but a i dream. So if' you see my boat so wee Floating away on the blue, Just bring it home again to me, Wfith the captain and sailors true. DORIS OIVENS. January 30. 1922. To the Students of the State Normal School. Towson, Maryland. My dear Co-workers: I have read with pleasure and in- terest all the articles in the January 119225 issue of the ORIOLE. The four puposes of this new venture mentioned by Miss Tall in her intro- ductory article on the first page of the first issue. have been admirably -carried out. As I read of the many activities in your school. I thought J I i of a hive ot' healthy beesg where every 'effort is intuitively organized Hild UVPU' bee is husyg where the :work is carried on with a minimum ,of waste and a maximum of co-op- 'eration and joy: wh-arc the members of the colony go in quest of build- ping material and honey, and, as a iby-product in their activity, carry 'life into other kingdoms. Yours is 'an educational colony, directed by human thought and functioning in many ways. Through the columns of the ORIOLE you are telling Mary- land people what the school is do- ing and. as field agent for your school, it gives me many helpful things to present to prospective stu- dents for the school. , I shall look forward with pleas- iure to each number as it is issued. 1 Sincerely yours, I THos. L. GIBSON. I State Supervisor of Music. L TEACHER- Ruth, who was king at that time? Y i RUTH- Louis the cross-eyed. TEACHERf YVhere did you see that? RUTHa Right here in the book -XI. - . RUPPERT BROS.-GOVAN S i TRANSFER E Light and Heavy Hauling. 6000 York Road GOVANS. MD. Tel. Res. Tuxedo 0623-W. TIEF SQIANOSF STIEFF HALL. 315 N. Howard St. THE DULANY VERNAY C0. i 339-41 N. Charles St., I BALTIMORE, MD. Leading School Supply House of the State. Printers, Stationers. Manual Train- ' ing and Kindergarten Equipment Art Goods, Leather Novelties, Trav- eling Bags and Suit Cases. Sosial Stationery. Wedding Invita- tions and Announcements. Phone Vernon 4 96 6. Service While You Wait! Shoes Repaired We Do It Electrically NICK CASTELLO i10 Chesapeake Avenue. Towson. Md.