Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, 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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THE ORIOLE PUBLISHED BIONTHLY ei' THE sruosxrs or THE army- LAND srxrs NORMAL sci-root. 'rov.'soN. lin. LHRIAM SH.-XVFN - Advertising' Mgr, DOROTH Y JUMP - , , NOVILLA CA-LLAHAN Circulation Mgrs. Sl-lR'1'HAWOOD - - Buslnesshigr. '-l JANUARY. 1921! THIE ORIOLE. The oriole is a medium sized, well proportioned and beautifully plum- aged bird found most frequently in Maryland. although its range is as far north as the southern boundary of Canada. But it is best known as a songster and an architect. Its notes have a range. a harmony, a lilting joy that no other bird can compass. The Baltimore oriole, our State representative, the architect, truly has high ideals. He builds strong and beautifully on a. sure foundation. As this bird is, so, we believe, its namesake, our paper, will be: ms- dium in size, well proportioned, clothed only in beautiful and worth- while theughts, its circulation most numerous in our own State, the State Normal songster, having a range as wide as that of its feath- ered counterpart. We believe that its notes will always be a joy and inspiration. Ideals such as are represented in Our Oriole's home are the things we shall strive for, the things just beyond, over the next ridge, which will make for better education, education that means ser- vlce and co-operative living. A A. L. M. 'IEE GROWTH OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT. The class of 1921 deserves a great deal of credit for ,having startled student government on its way but the classes of 1922 and 1923 de- serve more credlt, for the fact that student government still exists and is progressing. Early in the spring of 1921 Mlss Tall gave us several talks showing the ditterence between a democratic responsible student body governing themselves versus a benign despot- ism on the part of the faculty. In- vestigation and study by s. group of interested students developed an as-' sembly at which Mr. Walter Cole, president of Student Organization at the University of Maryland. Col- lege Park, explained their system of student government. The same morning students gave reports of student governments ot other Wlu Noi Now? A p i fs-as 4 ,If Ax I I, l i-. Mill 1 . ri A lb ' fra- 1.1 . ,Z Q nj, ii' , . - X 'fif , l is . t 40 schools. Do we want student gov- ernment, was the question on every one's tongue. The girls were afraid -fearful of responsibility. We cou1dn't discuss the question for- ever so the day came, girls voted for it ,girls voted against it. Student government was rejected! In the meantime a committee was appoint- ed and a. constitution was drawn up. At the same time student govern- ment was rejected, the constitution was rejected. The leaders them- selves in the student body got to- gether and began healthy propa- ganda which resulted in the stu- dents having a second chance to vote on the plan. This time it was accepted. Ofhcers were elected and student government started on its way. There were several projects to begin work upon-care ot the lawns and groundsg responsible care of rooms: cafe of the mailg plan- ning a welcome to the new students: and assisting the social director in the students and their callers to have an attractive home atmosphere. School closed, everyone went away feeling that a new era had started for the Maryland State Normal School. During the summer through the student government organization letters of welcome were sent to every new student. School opened again on September thirteenth. Girls. and boys 'came flocking in and were made welcome by the old glrls. Council meetings were held every Wednesday night. We discussed and decided on the best methods for 'the Iife ot the girls and boys together Ln the resi- dence hallsg standards of conduct were set up. The organization be- gan to seek new ways of assisting the Social Director, members of the staff and the principal. The one piece of work for the year that was settled upon for con- centration of effort was the new regulation for study hours. The procter system helped to develop s. working organization. It has not been wholly successful but we mean to push on until the goal of having candidates oder themselves for election is reached. We expect that the time will come when students will feel it an honor to act as a ,procter. This is the process of evo- lution which all student organiza- tions have to go through. We be- lieve our goal is in sight. D. DUDDERAR., Sr. III. First Stranger Cat a partyi- Slow, isn't lt? ' Second Stranger-- Yes, very.',' First Stranger- Let's go home. Second Stranger- I mn't. I'n1 the host. A word to the wise is sumcient, V Now, Jr., hear this tale of woe If you every try skipping, Q You'll soon be dehclent, p And out the back door you will go. f3'5t3UQ

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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.