Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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Tl-IE FLIGHT NE wonders and searches for The Theme of modern Times as indicafed by: The power of The riveTing machines used in The erecTion of The Empire STaTe Building, New Yorlc Cifyf The complexify of The eleven Tube superheTrodyne radio: The inTri- cacy and beaufy of Rockwell KenT's illusTraTions7 The syncosilenT mechanism of The free-wheeling auTomobiles: The sTrengTh and deli- cacy of Roberf FrosT's poefry: The scienTific researches for The beTTer- menT of healfh, educafion, and common welfare of humaniTy: and The speeding of The aeroplanes Through The slcy. Perhaps if one word were used To express These Things iT would be. ConTrol. ln The language of flying you of The graduaTing class can be compared To piloTs of aircrafT. For Two years you have been sTudy- ing The mechanics of your crafT and building up your philosophy of flying. You have ThoughT-- fully experimenTed wiTh The Techniques of handling: you have learned The use of insTrumenTs To TesT and To direcT: you have waTched The experienced piloTs: you have flown wiTh Them and even once you Tried iT yourself wiTh your piloT near you. IT was Then ThaT you felT The elaTion of flying, and you lcnew The power of being in conTrol. The Triumphs of modern life demonsfrafe man's conTrol of him- self and his environmenT: The failures poinT To his lack of conTrol over These. A greaT parT of The Teaching you can do will be in so con- Trolling yourself as To be an inspirafion To your children, and in so confrolling possible siTuaTions ThaT you and The children may have a chance To grow. To you l give This message-leT inTelligenT conTrol be your guide. I wish you a mosT successful flighT and happy landings. EUNICE K. CRABTREE Twenfy five

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ALMA MATEIQ Alma Maier, Alma Maier, We will ever laifhlul bet In our hearls Thy beaufy lingers, Though we've gone from fhee. Chorus: Now 'rhy praises we are chanling, Now our voices rise in Tune: Sing lhy beauly, Alma Maier, And our love so True. Sparkling in The morning brighlness, Rosy in lhe sunsef lighl, Sfalely rising on Jrhe hillfop, Ever our delighl. Twenfy-four

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LEARNING TCD FLY AviaTOrs . . . Teachers Learning TO Tly . . . Learning To Teach l-TESE Two exTremes apparenTly so diTTerenT in many respecTs are sTarTlingly alilce. Two years ago, such a very shorT Time, we enTered Normal School nOT wholly aware OT The respOnsibiliTy which lay beTOre us, buT wiTh a common purpose in mind, TO learn To Teach. Thus our class mOTTO Gladly Wolde We Lerne, Gladly Teche. The apprenTiceship in The Tield has been shorT, buT Tull OT experiences. ATTer Our inTrOducTion inTo The Tield OT aviaTiOn llnTrOducTion TO Teachingl each OT us sTarTed OuT on an advenTure in a biplane fprimary and inTermediaTe parTiqipaTiOnl TearTul OT whaT mighT happen, yeT each earnesT in his eTTOrTs To learn, under The guidance OT Those more skilled in The arT. We learned many Things and were con- TrOnTed wiTh many problems, The major one being ThaT OT acTual Teaching. ATTer several monThs OT learning The machinery and how To handle The conTrOls, we Tinally became conscious ThaT we were seniors: ThaT each OT us musT prepare Tor anoTher TlighT lsTudenT Teachingl. This Time we conTempIaTed a longer TlighT, in a monoplane OT Our own choice. We experienced many Tailspins, loop The loops, rapid ascenTs and rapid descenTs in preparaTion Tor Thrilling hops lour indiivdual daysl. lT is hard To realize ThaT Our Trial TlighTs are Over. Gladly have we learned, buT we know ThaT we have only dipped inTo The profession which we are abOuT TO enTer. We leave wiTh Our common purpose TO Teche. We, wiTh our Training, shorT as iT has seemed, shall be The guides Tor The coming generaTiOn. We are TO plan wiTh Them Tor The enrichmenT OT liTe, noT only Today, buT also Tomorrow. ln OTher words, iT will be our aim TO make The schoolroom a parT OT The world where children will work, assume responsibiliTy, play, and cooperaTe wiTh Their classmaTes in The same way ThaT They will carry on These acTiviTies in liTe. WhaT a respOnsibiliTy! Are we wOrThy? We all have ideals which have been deTermined by our experiences. Shall we be able TO say in years TO come ThaT Our success was due in parT To living up TO ideals which we seT Tor ourselves while aT Normal School? ATTer sharing The hangars TogeTher TO' Two years, The Time has come Tor each small craTT TO sTarT OuT on iTs own real TlighT. May The Triendships we have Tormed be liTelOng Ones, and may we as a class succeed in upholding The sTandards OT The school. l have enioyed working wiTh you and wish TO Thank you Tor your help, wiThouT which we could nOT have been successTul in Our underTaking. To our Tellow appren- Tices, The members OT The classes OT I93O and l932, we express Our appreciaTion Tor The happiness which Their company has given us during Our TlighT. To our numerous piloTs lour Teachersl who have guided us cOnsTanTly, we Owe our safe arrival aT our TirsT desTinaTiOn,-graduaTion. Q JusT as a school wiThouT Teachers To guide iTs children, would be OT li++Ie value and almosT cerTain To Tail, so would The underTakings OT The class OT l93l, wiThouT menTion OT our Ace and PilOT Miss Eunice CrabTree, who has been a mosT able, wise and invaluable adviser. May l express wiTh The class my appreciaTion Tor her kindness, help, and unTiring eTTOrTs in making our Normal days successTul. lT is wiTh regreT ThaT we parT, buT wherever we land may we keep The spiriT OT advenTure and Take hold OT The new cOnTrOls Then waiT Tor The signal cOnTacT ! TwenTy-six