Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE ORIOLE STUDENTS DREAM OF THE TERM fective way or in a low and degrade EXAMS. ing manner. If we always strive for PUBLISHED MONTHLY the better way, music can be made BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY- M one of the noblest exercises that the Lsxrf srsvrs NORMAL SCHOOL. f 11111112111 11111111 C211 take PM-t 111- 'roWsoN. BID. t 1 Wishing the best of success to. The- ,Q , Oriole readers, I remain, srI1:i.ursH.uvx - Advertising Mgr. ' Very Sincerely, ,,,,,,OTH,- JUMP - mi N I t, X F N j V ic., CHARLES H. FARNSWORTH. Novlnmt CALIAI-IA.N if VW a IGH - IE-fm f K 1,..i.,, I l-Z.. ' - - B -' Mg. P 1 ' ' BERTHUOOD Wigs H ffm..- ' 'mm NORMAL scnoor. -- QQ MARCH, 1922 , X X STUDENT BANK. S I Q The necessity for a bank had been WHAT MUSIC DOES- realized and talked about for years 11- l ibut no bank had been organized. tContlnued from last Issue-.J I I f 1 One morning Mr. Kenney, cashier S0 in Social Sail191'iI15S, Ill J0111ii- . , I of the Baltimore County Bank, gave- cations of all sorts, at picnics, hows A : ,. us, in an Assembly period, a pl-acti- the class or college song, the love. I 1 cal talk on the way a students' bank sous. or the humorous Sous. the D21-i M., , J' -. 1, could be organized and told us that lad and S0118 Of Hdventllre. i0Hd.f0f '- 5 for the small sum ot ten cents we Dllt 115 in 118-DDS' U100'-'lv not 0111? With f sm, .- E could becbme the happy possessors ourselves but with each other. , I of check books and bank books of Of course, in all these songs we A ' dp our very Own. As a result. for the try to make them as effective as we can. and strive to make them artis- tic, but the ultimate end of all this type of songs is their social value. The' make us feel our social one- 5 ness, our companionship and -enjoy-' ment ot each other. It we are to' have real artistic enjoyment of music, we must have a very rich and full life, of this lan- guage use of music, which can come every day and,many times a day. It is in this respect that our Ameri- can civilization gives us little time and for thls reason schools should take pains to bring this practical use of music into everyday life as far as possible. ' There ls, however, one further analogy with ordinary language in this language use of music. We can tell instantly the difference between refined and self-respecting and vul- gar or yellow-streaked persons by the way they talk. It isn't merely in what they say but in how they say it and what they like to say. The same is true of the language of music. So many are apt to forget and think that anything that is musical is necessarily noble. There is noth- ing finer than our mother tongue but how much that is ignoble is spread by its misuse. The same is true of music. We naturally, in using music as a language, must have a great deal of it for our ordi- nary mode of lite. We cannot ex- press ourselves, all the time, in the language ot the great musical mas- ters any more than we can in the language of the great literary mas- ters. We must have a simple, shall I say homely, language of our own rhrough which to express ourselves. There is no doubt that there are types of popular music which are true evpressions of certain moods mate but anyone who is really true and sincere can ,differentiate be- tween this simple .music ot good feel- ing and jollity and the low and vul- gar music that iseeks purposely to degrade and blunt our sensibilities. The difference between the two is not one that we cannot prove by ar- gument any more than we can in the use of ordinary language but we mark instantly by the way a per- son talks whether he has refinement or not and we can tell also, instant- ly, whether a person is refined or not by the kind of music he is habitual- lly desirous of hearing. 1 One cannot constantly expose himself to what is below him and keep clean. The strugglerfor the beautiful and the noble and the 'good is-an eternal struggle and has the most enective rewards for those who are true to their best selves. There is no one level for everyone we admit, but to everyone the choice comes whether to go lower or to aim for the higher. This is some- thing that in a Normal School is of the utmost importance because those who go forth from such schools are those who set the example and wield a power greater, almost, than any other one person in society.' A per- son with low tastes in music may carry the poison of such a tendency and distribute it broadcast among innocent youths, or, if they have good taste, may do just the reverse. ! I am afraid this letter to The Ori- ole has turned into a sermon that the little bird will find hard to sing. May I help him by recapitulatlng? First, we are to bear ln mind the distinction between music as an art and a language, and second, we are to realize that in this language there is the opportunity to express all the fun and love of life and also that nrst time during the existence ot' this institution we have a real bank- ing system iit the Normal School' with Miss Scarborough as its presi- dent, secretary, treasurer, cashier, teller, and board of directors, all combined. Later it is planned to- have the students till some of these important places. For many years the school has made provision for the sate-keeping of the money of the students and the cashing of checks, but with incon- venience to the ofllce force and to the students. A The present system is much sim' pler. A student deposits her check in the school bank and receives a bank book and a check book. As yet, not all of the students have taken advantage of our bank but .we feel that in a few more weeks all of them will patronize it. Not only is the bank valuable to' us as a convenience and as a sale- Jdeposit for our funds, but it also 'affords excellent training. We learn to keep- an accountand to write out and handle our own checks accord- ing to modern business practices. M. J., '23. MASON 'S GOVANS EXPRESS COMPANY Let Us Haul Your Baggage. Tel. Tuxedo 0549. Office-Lyman Avenue. You Need Fruit. We Need Money. Buy From Us, Even iazz may be perfectly leglti-'this can be done in a ngblg and ef- T H E C R A F T C L U B'

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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.

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A TRIP T0 ANNAPOLIS, :proved more than we could with-ispirational attitude towards teach- On Thursday, March 2, about thirty of the Juniors and. Seniors were rmissing from Normal. To all who questioned about the gap in our ranks there was the same la- conic reply Gone to Annapolis. The main object of our visit was to hear the Educational Bill dis- cussed in the House of Delegates. It is hardly possible to visit Annapo- lis without seeing the points of in- terest, however, so we decided to spend part of the day in sight-see- ing. Enthusiasm ran high as we gath- ered at the school station that morn- ing in, spite of the cold, damp at- mosphere. Nothing, we were con- vinced, could dampen our spirits. It was with alacrity that we obeyed the conductor's Step lively, please! and boarded the seven-thirty car. At the W2 B. 8: A. Station we met Miss Van Bibber and Mr. Hufting- ton, the Superintendent of Colored Schools, who had kindly offered to act as guide. After securing our tickets we wasted little time and soon' found ourselves speeding to- ward Maryland's quaint old capital. On reaching Annapolis we went 'dist to the oflice of the Superintend- ent of Anne Arundel Schools. Mr. Fox very graciously allowed us to leave our lunches in his oflice and offered the use of it during lunch hour. In welcoming us to the town Mr. Fox made reference to the pro- bability of our visiting some of the historic buildings, and in so doing called attention to the fact that the building in which we were, was the home of Maryland's government when it was first moved to its pres- ent capital from St. Max-y's City. ,Quite naturally, the Naval Acade- my next claimed our attention. Here the Memorial Chapel held our some- what awed attention for some time. We stood in reverence beside the remains of John Paul Jones and let our imaginations, aided by a hazy recollection of Grammar School His- tory, carry us back to the War of 1812. il I ri -T Mr. Hutlington related the thrill- ing story of the burning ot the Peggy Stewart and showed us the spot on which this often belittled event tool-I place. At St. John's we stood under the Treaty Oak while Mr. Hudington re- lated the event which made it fam- ous. We were especially interested, however, in searching for the names of friends and relatives on the class shields in the Asesmbly Hall. By the time we had visited the Governor's mansion and Old St. Ann's it was time for lunch which most of us enjoyed in the building afore-mentioned. Some of us invad- ed' a delightful little restaurant stand so we went aboard by the sim- ple process of lifting the latch and crossing the threshold. ' We found the interior to a great extent the counterpart of the cabins of vessels which ply the Potomac and Chesapeake. The lighting, for in- stance, was by means of lanterns containing electric bulbs. We met at the State House in good time and wandered about the halls, examining the exhibits in the Maryland Geological Museum and otherwise entertaining ourselves un- til we found our way to the visitor's gallery of the House. Bills were discussed and laid on the table, others were passed, but to the most of us who were uniniti- ated these proceedings meant little and it was not until the following day when we read our morning news- paper that we really became aware of the meaning of these happenings. At two o'clock a recess wasyde- clared for one hour which we ac- cepted as eagerly as those of the Legislators who had been kept rather busy. In the interim we found-our way to Carvel, Hall and the Maryland Public Library and Court of Appeals building. When we dually returned to the House, it was with much impatience that we waited for the members to convene for Our bill was the next business to be discussed. W'e were unable to remain for the full discussion, but before we left we had the pleasure of hearing Miss Risteau, the Lady from Harford, and Maryland's first and only woman Legislator, defend the article deal- ing with supervisor's salaries. We were loathe to take our de- parture, especially when things were becoming so lively, but we were re- minded that unless we were willing to go to bed hungry it behooved us to reach Newell Hall for supper. There was nothing to say to that, so we departed. JANET DUKE. . fwnxr SIZIOUIZDI A tNoaM.u. or ' SCHOOL LMEAN ATO -THE STATE? A State normal school is a public institution, therefore it should be a means of public service. Naturally the educational leaders of the State had this service in mind when they planned so liberally for the Maryland State Normal School. This peculiar service, it is hardly necessary to state, is the preparation of teachers for the elementary schools. In the preparation of teachers for any grade of work, there are, as I see it, three important lines of develop- ment -professional training gener- ling, an inspiration based on a genu- ine enthusiasm for humanity. The teacher must have more than professional work in the Normal school. She will need a larger ac- quaintance with the past through the medium of history and litera- tureg she will need a better under- standing of the material world through additional study of science, and most emphatically, she will need to develop her appreciation of the beautiful through the study of art- literature, music. lf time permitted 'I should like to dwell on this last pointy it has to do with a neglect in our national education which many thoughtful educators are inclined to regard as its most serious defect even when regarded from the pure- ly practical. Certainly the teachers who are going to work for the devel- opment of what Pope called the Noblest -Work-of God. An Hon- 'est Man are going to need a broader outlook on life, a wider comprehen- sion of its meaning, and a deeper appreciation of the achievements ot the race, than the high school course can give. Without such opportunity for growth the third element in the pre- paration of teachers is hardly possi- ble. The great sources of inspira- tion are the achievements of men. Great achievements have been made 'in teaching and they 'should be a source of inspiration to the teach- ers, but the inspiration which the teachers should pass on must be drawn largely from other sources Frankly, I believe it can come only from a keen appreciation of the pres- ence of God in the world. An in- spiring teacher must have iaith in man. I have never seen such, 8 faith existing apart from faith in God. We have only to read the ut- terances of such business experts as Babson to realize how common is the belief that what ails American life today is the fact that God is too .muchleft out of it. The normal school, then, should. mean to the State,-a place where its choicest young people are, gathered to prepare themselves for the most important work to which the State summons any of its citizens. It should be a place to foster large mental and spiritual growth, and dually it should through the spirit of its teachers and the whole atmos- phere of the school, be a rich source of inspiration, an inspiration based on deep religious convictions. F. H. WILCOX. Jurnon lvr. We are always in the swim And we're up to lots of tricks, For we're full of life and vim. , acress the street, known as Shilfsgal growth of the mental and moral: Hurrah for us! .We're JUNIOR Inn-the invitation Come Aboard lD0W61'S and the f0Stef111g Of 9-T1 111' tr. p