Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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1932 CRYSTAL Way of Life HIS edit.on of the CRYSTAI.. edited by the last two-year diploma group of students that the Towson Normal School will ever have. marks a milestone in the history of education in our State. XVhat message can l give that will be full of meaning for every member of the Class of l0 r2 as well as for our Alumni? l turn to Washingtons life for my text. Owen XVister. after analyzing George XVashington. the subject of hls charming book. The Seven Ages of XVashington. attributes his greatness to three tremendous influences: First of all. XVashington's own desire which apparently was evidenced very early. to develop a fine character: second, the friendship and opportunities that the very able Lord Fairfax gave to him: and third, his own friendship for Alex- ander Hamilton. the twenty-year-old young man whom NVashington. tl ma- ture man. recognized as a genius when he first met him during the Revolu- tionary XVar. lt would be truly remarkable if the body cells of each one of us were set up through our biological inheritance so that seeking for character might become a rullng passion in our lives. It would be a marvelous gift from the many chances life hclds out for us if the friendship of an older person. such as Lord Fairfax's was for Washington. should set us straight by giving us opportunities and guiding our ambitions. It would be a tre- mendous advantage to us if we have gained the capacity for offering friendship to persons younger than curselves when values in the younger boy or girl are recognized. Have you a capacity for friendship? Have you a capacity for appreciat- ing the valuable experience of your elders? Above all else, do you really desire character and culture? George NVashington had many ideals that we mTght well desire for our- selves. He was very impatient of cheating cf any kind or of a refusal of an employee to do a decent day's work. He kept his accounts ITIOSI accurately and methodically. He was neat in his dress and appearance but never wasted too many precious moments upon his toilet. so that he never became a fop. He regarded Time not as a Gift but as a Loan. for which he must account to the Great Master. Of himself he said I never say anything of a man that l have the smallest scruple of saying to him. Halsted Ritter, in his recent book. Washington as a Business Man. pays this tribute to Washington's intelligent sense of business: There is an honor in business that is the fine gold of it: that reckons with every man justly: that loves light: that regards kindness and fairness more highly than gcods or pronts. It becomes a man more than his furnishings or his house. It speaks for him in the heart of everyone. His friendships are serene and secure. His strength is like a young tree by a river. Some of us have known almost from our childhood how to prcceed and develop: some of us have had to grow by hard knocks and sad experiences: but all of us grow cnly in the right direction according to the principles that guide our lives. 'XVashington could define his principles: he was fortunate in this. Can you define yours? Lim LEE TALL Nineteen

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1932 CRYSTAL IEaLcIuII1ty LIDA LEE TALL Principal ART BERNICE A. BROUWER ANITA S. DOWELL Asszstant to Principal MARIE NEUNSINGER DIRECTORS OE PRACTICE HAZEL E. WOODXVARD IRENE M. STEELE SUPERVISORS OF PRACT PAULINE RUTLEDGE STELLA E, BROWN ICE ALVINA TREUT TESTS AND MEASUREMENTS CATHERINE N. COOK ELIZABETH BYERLY BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES MINNIE V. MEDWEDEEE ENGLISH HELEN C. STAPLETON ALICE L. MUNN HAZEL L. JONES EUNICE K. CRABTREE GEOGRAPHY E. CURT WALTHER PEARL BLOOD HARRIET A. BADER HEALTH EDUCATION ANITA S. DOWELL LOUESA J. KEYS DR, ANNA ABERCROMBIE JANET KELLICOTT HISTORY LENA C. VAN BIBBER HARRIET A. BADER HELEN IRENE COWAN LIBRARY MARY' L. OSBORN MERLE YODER FURN STITZEL LENETTA GARRETT GERTRUDE HOLT MATHEMATICS MARY HUDSON SCARBOROUGH MUSIC EMMA E. WEYEORTH ELMA PRICKETT HAZEL MACDONALD ELEANOR V. ORCUTT LOUISE H. SCHROEDER PHYSICAL EDUCATION ELNA DANIELS IVIARY E. ROACH DONALD MINNEOAN HISTORY AND PRINCIPLES OE EDUCATION MARY CLARICE BERSCII PSYCHOLOGY NELLIE W. BIRDSONG Twenty