Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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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

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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 LIGHT education in many states. Congress has thereby recognized the threat to the American ideal of democracy in our traditional, unequal system of financing education solely through the states. That the individual states are not now, and probably never will be, ca able of attaining, unaided, a democracy-preserving minimum standard? in education, is a corollary to the proposition that the Wealth of the nation is concentrat- ing around certain centers. Federal Aid is, or can be, made legal, and is sorely needed in many states. The point at issue, then, is control. Many fpeople feel that Fed- eral Aid vvould open the Way for regimentation o the schools, propa- ganda infested curricula, olitical patronage, and even graft. Such is indeed possible. Let us a mit it, and then construct our plans so that these undesirable factors will be eliminated. It is not the part of brave men to say, Yes, We see the advantages in Federal Aid to Education, but We are afraid that if We do not handle it properly We shall be put to great disadvantage. Take the courageous, common sense course. Administer Federal Aid wisely, honestly, and professionally. Reap the benefits. THE EDITOR. 439.65 , Pet Peeves URRY up and get peeved! Win a year's free subscription to the TOWER LIGHT. Is there something about anything that you don't like? Certainly there is! We all have our pet peeves. What don't you like? What irri- tates you? Come on, get it off your chest. Tell it in the Pet Peeve contest. Be humorous, be tragic, be mad-but above all be peeved. Send in your entry, let's have some fun. And don't forget the best peeve wins a year's subscription to the Town LIGHT. Here are the rules of the contest: 1. Possess yourself of a pet peeve-either serious or humorous. 2. Write it as briefly as possible-not over seventy-five words, on one side of the paper, legibly, with ink. 3. Sign yourlname to the peeve-. Don'tbe afraid. CNo name, no prize, of course.D 4. Hand the peeve in to the TOWER LIGHT office any time before October twenty-fifth. A zo