Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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OH, SMELL THAT GLUE! The Assembly Hall had long been in need of curtains so that illus- trated lectures might be given in there in day time. It was the busi- ness and pleasure of Jr. I-B. to rise to this need and Jr. I-B. rose. Un- der the direction of Miss Greenlaw, we spent Monday and Thursday evenings in making those curtains. We had a delightful time snuifing the delectable U3 odors of glue and feeling the joys of construction. We made the curtains of heavy paper and wood strips, to roll just like real curtains. Miss Greenlaw always regaled her merry workers with candy, choco- late and crackers. Not only did we have heaps of fun and good times, but we derived real benefits, the as- surance of experience and the cour- age to undertake work for ourselves. So altogether let us give a rous- ing cheer for Industrial Arts. A. T.-Jr. I-B. Will we Juniors ever forget the following definitions: Psychology is the science of behavior. Situa- tion is all those details which con- stitute what the child does. 'A bond is tl1e nerve mechanism which connects the situation and response. No, never! They have bee11 pound- ed into our heads so thoroughly that we eve11 dream of them in our sweet slumbers. Don't think for an in- stant that that is all we have learnedg we have had our 'hands and heads full doing all that we had to do. The first work we took up was experimental work. All of us en- joyed the experiments immensely, especially the experiments about learning the alphabet backward and the mirror drawing. These experi- ments not only afforded great amusement, but they were very val- uable. They taught us how a child just learns to read and Write. When we first learnedhto say the alphabet backward we said a few letters and paused in between them. After we said them over a number of times the pauses became shorter, and we be- gan to group the letters more and more. This is just like a child does. At first it will not group letters, but after the child has gone to school some time it will begin to group the letters. A Other experiments that we had were: What factors affect the strength of the bond? How should students be graded? How may one diagnose the ability of chil- dren? We discussed these experi- ments in class. These discussions were very helpful because we had to apply the experiments in teach- Fountain Pens at HERGENRATHER'S ling. On discussing how and why in- l l dividuals differ, it was very inter- esting to see just how greatly even our small class differed on the same subject. These experiments are the foundation of our further Work for the year. We had to learn how to apply these experiments in all branches of study. These experiments though inter- esting cannot be compared in i11ter- est with what we are now studying, the psychology of childhood. Some of the things that we have read about this term are: The value of the human instincts, which are, the individualistic instincts, social instincts, the collecting instinct and the instinct of fear. -Every child at a certain age has the collecting in- stinct. This instinct should be en- couraged and well developed so that it will be a help in the child's later lifeg while the instinct of fear should be checked in early life. The clri-ld should be taught that the night is beautiful, and that God is continually watching over it so that no harm shall come to us. THE NAVAL ACADEMY AT SUNSET. As I walked over the grounds sur- rounding the Naval Academy I was enchanted by its stillness and pic- turesque scenes. In the blue water which lay peacefully before me were mirrored the long, white boats which rested motionless along its edge, a11d the lovely clouds which moved slow- ly overhead. Looking ac1'oss the bay I saw trees and shrubbery painted fby the brush of King Soll a shade of mingling red and orange. With these patriotic colors-the red, white, and blue-before my eyes. what could have been more pleas- ing to the heart of any American than to hear the soft notes of the Star Spangled Banner float upon the still air? All was perfect silenceg not a person moved or spoke, and, in fact, the trees and birds seemed almost to hush and listen to the melody. After the last note had died away I turned my gaze to the West. A more beautiful sky I have never seen! Every color of the rainbow was there in its gayest hue, each shade blending into another to make it more lovely. As these shades iiitted quietly by, the sung hesitatingly left its throne like a dy- ing flame. MARGUERITE STONER. Alma C.- Helen, do you think that Dr. Clough's medicine does any good? Helen L.- Not unless you follow the directions. Alma C.-- What are the direc- tions? 2 Helen L.- Keep the bottle tight- lly corked. I I F. W. sicnmiur-an at son Ideal DVB' Goode. Notions, Ladm' and Gents' lfnrnishing Store 527 York Road - Towson. Mid. Table Delicacies- GEORGE H, STIIEBER. fll ov-vsoii, Mary lnnnnl A few real bargains in small Pfxiu-sf Very Elaszy Terms FRED Cl. JONES, Darlington.. Md. Phone Darlington 17-F-lil. Victor Victrolas audi Victor Raerwrli-inn. Exclusrvely ATI-IOS. A. CAULFllELlDl 455 SUDJN i OWVINGSL MD.. 1 Start a Savings Account with THE X Q snconn nsriiount. BANK E 4 Per Cent, interest TOVVSON .MARYLANIT I Established 1873 QA. H. rnfrrmc Manuracrun.- I 3 ING .IEWJEMHRY CQ. i- Manufacturers Greek Letter IF'r.arie1r1nity Jfewelliry 213 N. LIBERTY ST. ' iDiamonds Fine Jewelry I Educate Your'Boye and Girls 1.5 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.

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EXCHANGES. Qvlti Lady: Oh, conductor please .snip the train. I dropped my wig -wut the window. Conductor: Never mind madam. there is at switch just this side of the next station, -Carolinian. Some women don't do fancy work be-cause they don't fancy work. Ernest-t'Day are you positive 01' tfhrmative in the debate? Day- I am affirmative. Ernest-i'Are you sure? l A GLEE CLUB. 2 The Glee Club under the direction lof Miss Shurtz, is accomplishing great Ithings. To continue doing this it ,was felt that more time was need-l ed for rehearsing. By a unanimous rote, the Glee Club decided to meet :on Monday and Thursday afternoons jof every week. The first Monday lnight of each month will be given Fover to a social hour, after an hour's lwork. Three absences during the lrnonth bars a member from the so- ,cial meeting and four consecutive labsences cancels membership from l . v ,, A ,. ., .. - - the club. For the past two weeks Bray' I 'im pobmle' Jumorlwe have been meeting twice a week A 'ze' Qand a great improvement in the ,., , , Isinging has been noted. We are now TTEE CRETQET voulpracticing on several new songs and 'ra c o v v . . see me waving at you? we hope in the near future to dem- lonstrate our abilitv in public ap- . JOKES. Q HARRIET- How would you like gto go for your honeymoon in an aero- 1plane? ANNE- Not me, I'd hate to miss :all the tunnels! l l 8.30 A. M. JANET- Oh, sir, I'm here bright and early for your class. MR. -1 tsadlyy- Early per- haps, but not bright. A SAFE GUESS. My uncle brings me lots of things lfrom Australia. ' - X What part of Australia? i Oh, south of the Equator. History Question- What -was the ,outstanding characteristic of the . , , 5 , - . I l on Mir-andy-ies. I-ou fresh thmgtlpearance The enthusiasm and co-lR0mans' nd if Henry were here he'd pastel - ' - , J JUNIOR- Their long, straight you one for it.-Federalsburg Car-5'glfgztxqgsogoggfbllgembers IS sure toinoses that were so prominent that He,-I f ' MARGARET OVVYES they became widely known as the ' Miss Re-ck- What is a tangent? Stanley - Tan-gent? VVh3'- 2 o1ulatto! -Mt. Airy. The students of the Maryland -State Normal School have begun is- suing an attractive 8-page monthly paper The Orio1e. and we are in- -lebted to the Editors for the irst, or January edition. Among the in- teresting articles is that by Miss Margaret Robinson on Our Work- shop. Miss Robinson is one of the attractive graduates of the Bel' Air High School, class of 1921.-Bel Air Times. Ma, did you ever hear a rabbit bark? Rabbits don't That's furtiy .says the ,rabbits bark. -Mt, Airy. bark, dear. , My story book eat cabbage and A newspaper is like a tlivverg the fewer the l-:nooks the better it goes. CSchool papers included.l--Central Bulletin. ,. NOBODY HOME. 4 n E Jumon Music Norms. 1 The Junior Class has since Sep- ltember. been delving into the his- tory, theory and appreciation of mu-1 sic. As an outgrowth of this work, in the regular assembly on VVednes- day, February 1, a most interesting musical program was conducted by members of Junior I. They pre- sented tothe school, the oper Tann-' hauser in an unusual and pleasing manner. Miss Marion Ogle ex- plained fully the meaning of opera and traced its history: Miss Alvina Trent gave us the life of Richard Wagner, the composer of Tannhau- ser and Miss Julia Whaland told, us the story of the opera, It was especially interesting owing to the fact that two of our music depart-e ment instructors, Miss Shroeder and Miss Spicer ,rendered beautifully H several selections from the opera, and the class Ur. IJ sang an ar- rangement of the Pilgrim's 'Chorus. ' Other opera the Juniors have' lstudied are Pagliacci by Leonca- Roman nose. i Dear Teacher- Bobbie, give me ga sentence using 'chagrinnedf' 5 Bright Pupil- I told my sister a. joke and she grinned. l Jane R,-- Why do you call your 'dog Hardware? Sadie U.- Because when I go to whip him, he makes a bolt for the ,door. , l . l Scene-A cozy parlor, with dim gburning lamp. Two persons sitting very close together on a couch-Sw sie and Charles, of course. Sudden- ly Charles' ardor took -a painful form. He burst into verse, sighing: You are gladness, you are sunshine, You are happiness, I trow: 'You are all to me, my darling, F That is lovely here below. Not to be outdone, Susie whis- pered: You are splendor, you are glory, . You are handsome, you are true: IAll there is this side of Heaven ? I behold, my love, in you! ' Raptures! But suddenly a gruil' voice broke in pn their bliss, as father said sternlv from the d ,I ivallo: 'Lo Beheme by Buccinig wav- ' Dor- Nobodf' home but 'he mf and 't S Aida by Verdi: Il Trovatoren by! 1 'ain lightning. I am thunder. gglug out' x'el'di, and The B0hel'DiaI1 Girl I'm a roaring cataract' Nobody home but the fence, andllgalfe . ,I d ' nfs running around the yard, I ' MARGARET GWNES 3 ag falfglqduakes an volcanoes ,, Nobody home but the tree. and, ' f . ' 1 had he preggggziigaa me get. it's leaving became it saw its trunk. 1 U. R ' ' Nobody home but the coffee, audi' CWOP! EGF! Where are .YOU 30-5 . I H it's too weak w stir,-Central Bul- 215- iIJ03gny0u know this is a one5d0.z1gneHaSloIm5rxill. What are you ,.- y s re . Y 1 . 1 . Muni Earl Price: Well, I'm only goin'l H. Reeder: Nothing, Anne. - Tone way, ain't I? 1 A, Somervill: My, but you are THE STHBINS-ANDERSON ' .,..t.i.. ggetting just like Addie Briscoe. COA-L 3 LUMBER co-, L Mary Albert: Are you looking' ' Dealers in Coal, Lumber, Hardware. Builders' Supplies 'for Mildred Cromwell and Louise Cllft? Well, they are occupying our f Down's Wedding Invitations JAS. H. DOWNS, Engraver 1'OWSON. MD RIDERVVOOD, MD. room which is empty at present. 229 N. Charles St.. BALTIMORE

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A COUNTRY STORE AT NIGHT There was only the light from the hanging coal oil lamp in the cen- ter of the little country store. The dusty, untidy, stacks of soap, cough syrup and horse liniment in the cor- ners and around the sides were bare- ly visible in the shadows. The place of greatest importance was around the little wood stove. which was propped up on bricks in a box of sand. In a circle arouud the stove on a rickety three-legged stool, a chair minus its back, a soda keg and soap boxes. were seated six of the male inhabitants of Shantytown. While the fati jolly. red-faced store- keeper waited on his customers who occasionally came in to buy a pint of coal oil, the men around the stove in between the pulis of smoke from their corncob pipes and a chew from a piece of Brown's Mule. could be heard talking loudly and all at once. The topics of discussion were such as: who had the fastest motor boat on the bay, how plentiful oysters were, whether the revenue oflicer had'been arou-nd lately and similar topics of the day. Occasionally some one would tell a joke and they would all show their appreciation by laughing loudly and rocking back and forth in their seats until you held your breath for fear that the back leg on the rickety three-legged stool would part company with the others and cause the big. fat man seated thereon to break the last white button on his eil skin coat. A close observer might see the hand of one of the men quite frequently reach through the wire netting which covered bottom of the counter, and tish soda crackers for himself and companions. On top of the counter, in a of gloves, the old black cat soundly sleeping regardless of noise. The woodbox, in front of the stove, showed only three small pieces ei wood, thoughtfully placed there by the storekeeper to serve as a sig- nal ot' departure for the little group. M ARY PALMER. OLIVE CAULK- W'here is Miss Arnold from? Oh, from British Columbia, I think. OLIVE- VVhat! All the way From South America! the out his box was -ill? Anxious Teacher- Johnny, if we breathe oxygen in daytime. what do we breathe at night? Bright Boy- Nitrogen, ma'am. JUNIOR- There is something preying on- my mind. SENIOR- You should worry! lt will soon starve. 1 KEEPING UP WITH THE , BIG CHIEF. Since going to Chicago, Miss Tall has been concerned with legislative matters, One of the projects before the Legislators at the present is the new dormitory. The present accom- modations crowd 380 students. Next year we hope to have an enrollment of more than 500 students. Ar- rangements are being made to place some of these students in Towson homes. Some large normal schools have to house all of their students in this way. They have no dormi- tories at all. VVe are much more fortunate than they, for one of the most pleasant features of Normal is the dormitory life. The students who live in the town will partici- pate in the life of the dormitory and eat in Newell Hall. They will have the pleasure too, of looking forward to life in their new home, which we hope will be in the process of build- ing during the year. One reason for this hope is the support which we are confident of receiving from the Legislators. Eighty of them honored us with a visit on March 6. They saw the need for a new dormi- tory and were quite enthusiastic about it. We believe that they went away our friends. The other matter that Miss Tall is much concerned with is the cut in the Normal School budget. A cut of 510,500 was made. Of this amount 53,000 was to have been spent in the Rural Education de- partment. This coprse is an impor- tant one in any Normal School, the preparing of students to teach in rural fields. We had a beginning this year in a wonderfully enlight- ening course given by Mr. Edward Broom, Superintendent of Montgom- p ery County Schools. The cut ties' our hands in this line for the present. Y DEFINITIDNS' The otherzcut of 37,500 was to have been spent for extension work. lt is unfortunate thatthed word ex-l tensioni' was used, since one-fourth of the amount was to have been used for extension work and the re- maining three-fourths for'our ele- mentary school. Everybody con- nected with Normal Education knows that the elementary school isj the pivot on which the Normal Course revolves. It is the laboratory in which the students preparing to teach do their work. There theyl are able to watch children grow in the process of education. This year we have only four teachers in our! elementary school and 125 girls in practice. Next year 250 students will be in practice. With the seven Baltimore County teachers who as- sist as critics, this would mean 20 students per day to each teacher. We had hoped to add three new teachers to our elementary school staff so that no critics would have I fmore than 10 students to train. The lextension work that these three 'teachers were to have done, in addi- tion to their grade work, was to help third and second grade certificated teachers build up their training in practice so that they could rise to a grade of teaching that would make them more enicient. So at present .Miss Tall is a bit sad over the out- look of the cut. However, nothing kills our spirit at Normal, even though it may handicap us and we'll forge ahead in spite of handicaps. Watch us grow! B. A. VV.. '22. A Maarormrrn snow. On Friday, March 10, a Marion- ette Show was given in the Elemen- tary School at M. S. N. S. Tony Sarg did not present it, though it was based on his directions for pup- pet plays. The Sixth Grade gave the performance with puppets they made, dressed, strung, and con- itrolled. The play was the result of a. study of the Vikings and Norse my.- thology. The knowledge thus gained was used in the designing of cos- itumes, stage decorating, and scen- ery. tThe play was in two acts, each having two scenes, the plot of which ,was a Norse fairy story.J The work was self-imilated, free work, but there was surely no free or leisure time for the teacher, or pupils during that period. The suc- cessful performance was the culmi- nation of many weeks of hard, in- teresting work. Both the Sixth Grade and Mrs. McCord may well feel proud of this achievement. 1 L. C. w. 1 1 Q --Q 1 ASSEMBLY PERIOD- I I The time when anyone who has ia hobby to ride tries it out on the 'long-suffering student body. 1 MUSIC PERIOD. The period when the students in the next room wish they had never been born. MAIL TIME- Hope personified. LUNCH TIME- '. YVhen training in long-distance running pays. . BASKET BALL GAME- One time when you have to pay to get a sore throat. THE MEAL LINE- An example of The nrst shall be last and the last shall be first. TESTS: Instruments of torture devised by teachers to indict on the already ,over-burdened students. I JULIA M. WHALAND. Jr. 1.