Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT The 'peeves will be printed in next month's issue-and maybe your peeve will stare you in the face proclaiming you the happy winner of a year's free subscription to the Townx LIGHT. SID TEPPER, Contest Editor. 3.9.65 The Library---At Your Service HE Towmz LIGHT is offering for the first time a new library service. New books, ready to be put into circulation as the TOWER LIGHT comes out will be reviewed. We hope this will be of great value to you in selecting good books. NEW FICTION : 1. 2 Vein of Iron by Ellen Glasgow Miss Glasgow's new novel is a variation of an old theme. In Vein of Iron, she depicts the real frontier spirit, in John Fin- castle, Ca philosopher and free thinkerj, expelled from the min- istry, in his courageous wife 5 in his staunch and stately old mother, in his daughter,-Ada Fincastle, the heroine of this story. The Fincastles had lived in Virginia for so many generations that they had become as much a part of it as its hills and valleysg it was their strength, the vein of iron which held them together. It was this same strength that supported Ada through the tragedy of her thwarted marriage to Ra ph McBride and helped them together through the ruts of their life-illness, poverty, dis- appointment and depression. This novel is everywhere true, sincere and faithful throughout to a profound and stirring reality. Honey in the Horn by H. L. Davis Without being in any sense an imitation of Mark Twain, this novel irresistibly reminds one of Twain. The scene and time are the scene and time of Twain's great stories. Even the hero, a sort of Tom Sawyer, has a girl companion who shares with him the adventure of Northwest Cpioneer days. One feels the great expanse of years when the ti e of settlement moved west. Odd characters, molded by a common cause, give the story an in- tangible quality. The story is peculiarly American-it moves fast and with sanity. It is a novel to enlarge one's knowledge of western pioneering. . t 21

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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

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THE TOWER LIGHT NEW NON-FICTION 1. North to the Orient by A. M. Linbergh The special charm of this book is that it is written by a woman who though she knows her subject thoroughly, is still able to maintain a 1ayman's point of view. She knows how to present revealing details which a professional aviator might take for granted. Her account of the flight to the Orient by way of the Great Circle Route-from Long Island to the northernmost reaches of Canada and Alaska, along the coast of Siberia to Japan, then up to Nanking-is full of vivid and colorful pic- tures. Mrs. Lindbergh gives full and clear cut pictures of peo- ples and places, her experience as a radio operator, long hours of flying through fog on an unknown route and strange recep- tions in foreign lands. The book is indeed individualistic, not so much for its account of an epoch-making flight, but as a travel book of the air. 2. Mary: Queen of Scotland and the Isles by Stefan Zweig Mr. Zweig's purpose in writing this biography is to present to the reader a dispassionate and unbiased reconstruction of Queen Mary's career and character. Almost anything a historian needs to know is contained therein. There are court records, letters, memoirs, and trial testimonies. Abilities and weak- nesses Calthough they resulted finally in political and econom- ical benelits to her country but meant tragedy to herb are ac- curately presented. Mr. Zweig, noted for his tolerance and wis- dom, has written another biography that is sure to become as popular as Marie Antoinette. The Pulitzer Prize Winner, Now in November by Josephine Johnson, and the Harper Prize Novel, Honey in the Horni' by H. L. Davis, are now in our library. These are only a few of the many new books you will find good reading. W. J., 4th Sr. Ql The visitor called at the village library. May I have the 'Letters of Charles Lamb? he inquired. You're in the wrong building, Mr. Lamb, said the new clerk pleasantly. The post oflice is just across the street. 22