Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT Published rnontbb by the stieeients of tlae S tate Editor WILLIAM F PODLICH Business Manager I H MILLER Circulation Managers Advertising Managers IRENE SHANK ELISE MEINERS FRANCES WALTEMYER EHRMA LE SAGE FRANCES OEHM DORIs PRAMSCHUIIER HAROLD GOLDSTEIN DEPARTMENT EDITORS Asseenbbf Athletics General Literature MAX BERZOFSKY EDITH ONES MARGARET COOLEY SARAH STRUMSKY MORRIS MILLER MARY MCCLEAN Library' Mnsie Humor WESLEY OHNSON SARENA FRIED SIDNEY TEPPER . HILDA WALKER Social Science Secretarial Stajf LARUE KEMP' CHARLES MEIGS ANNA STIDMAN MILDRED MELAMET EULALIE SMITH BELLE VODENOS 51.50 per year 20 cents per copy ALICE MUNN, Managing Editor TI-IE TOWER LIGHT 6 ffl .l Inventory HE first issue ofthe TOWER LIGHT for the new scholastic year is be- fore you. NOW, in the beginning when We can profit by our con- clusions, 1S the time to track clown and corner some concrete con- cepts as to the function of the printed Organ of a teachers college. Is its 18

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THE TOWER LIG-HT The housewife kneads her dough In a handy wooden trough, And bakes it through and through Until it's done enough. The swing hangs from the bough, The wind dies to a sough, The rocks are lined with chough, All seated on the Clough The sportsman swings his shough In waters of the lough, That late were high and rough, But now are just a slough. Q.i The Dinosaur Behold the mighty dinosaur, Famous in prehistoric lore, Not only for his weight and strength But for his intellectual length. You will observe by these remains The creature had two sets of brains- One in his head Cthe usual placeD, The other at his spinal base. Thus he could reason a priori As well as a osteriorig No problem bjothered him a bit: He made both head and tail of it. So wise was he, so wise and solemn, Each thought filled just a spinal column If one brain found the pressure strong, It passed a few ideas along, If something slipped his forward mind 'Twas rescued by the one behindg And if in error he was caught, He had a saving afterthoughtg As he thought twice before he spoke He had no judgments to revoke, For he could think without congestion, Upon both sides of every question. Oh, gaze upon this model beast, Defunct ten million years at least. Anonymous 17'

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THE TOWER LIGHT function to record the social events which occur in the college routine? Is it to enlighten the readers regarding the comparative excellence of their athletic heroes 5 to become a record of the many speeches perpe- trated during the assembly periods by various entities and nonentitiesg or to be a steam calliope piping the pointless banalities of high school rose and adolescent verse? Undoubtedly the publication should per- orm some of the services suggested in the preceding sentences, even to the allowing of an occasional puff of suppressed steam to escape through the calliope to prevent any explosion. But certainly no rational being says that the sole student publication of a four-year institution deserves to exist primarily, or even secondarily, or tertiarily for the above pur- poses. Rather let it be said that the worthy purpose and function of a periodical published by college students is threefold: To provoke thought which will lead to firm and intelligent action. To rovide a forum for the presentation and exchange of worthy idlzas, ideals, and professional information. To provide entertainment of as high a literary standard as the con- tributors and subscribers can attain. While performing its pleasant duty in the field of news recording and its formative services, the Towan LIGHT is dedicated primarily, during this new scholastic year, to the pursuit of those ideals which will make the publication more stimulating to its readers. THE EDITOR. G9i Federal Aid? HE National Youth Administration has allotted to Teachers Col- lege six thousand, four hundred fifty dollars of Federal money. This fact reo ens, from a different perspective for many of us, the case of Federal Aidj to Education. - Never in the history of our Nation has the Government been s end- ing so much, yet for education appropriating so little. This para ox is explained by two facts. The Federal appropriations for educational purposes, as such, have been decreasing, and conversely, the volume of relief funds earmarked for education has been increasing. Indirect recognition of pedagogical needs seems to have become the policy of the Federal Government. Only by extremely loose construction can the Constitution be in- terpreted as empowering our law makers to act in matters affecting edu- cation. Nevertheless that august body has from time to time influenced 19