Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT We Believe On the opposite page we read: The Tower Light-Published monthly by the students of the State Teachers College at Towson. We do not read: Published by some of the students or Published by the following. The .S'lL'llCI611fS, therefore, implies that all of us have a Part in this publication. That leads us to the consideration of what the students' journalistic interests are. Perhaps a weekly newspaper would delight many. But there come weeks when worthwhile material is scare, as is not uncommon in smaller colleges, and it becomes necessary to Hll the pages with trivialities. Many such a newspaper with good intentions has, because of circumstance, become a mere gossip sheet . Suppose the student body were to prefer the risk of a weekly publica- tion. Which of the busy prospective teachers would have the time each week to edit a newspaper, or to set it up and print it, as would have to be the case if a timely issue were desired? And how many of the students would willingly subscribe to an increase in their Student Activities Fee to finance such an undertaking? Therefore, as the only desirable alternative, we have a monthly maga- zine. Its function consequently becomes that of recording material of more permanent interest, rather than commenting on daily incidents. But to prevent it from being only a literary magazine indefinitely related to this institution, the College Events element has been given an important place. So here we have the TOWER LIGHT, a general college magazine. It is an organ of self-expression: it is the voice of the students as individualsg but what is more important, it expresses the problems, the activities, the ideals of Maryland State Teachers College. As a man is judged largely by the manner and content of his speech, so we, collectively, are judged by the TOWER LIGHT, our spokesman. Shall not we, the stuclents, make our spokesman represent all of us in the most effective and attractive Way possible? ,SCQQL 21

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THE TOWER LIGHT THE TCDWER LIGHT Published monthly by the students of the State Teachers College at Towson Editor MARY E. MCCLEAN Assistant Editors SARAH STRUMSKY EVELYN A. FIEDLER Circulation Managers Advertising Managers GENEVA LEE WILSON RUTH DUDDERAR EVELYN SCARFF Business Managers DOROTHY VOGEL ELAINE WARD NANCY DOLAN BERNARD GAMERMAN VIOLETTE HODDINOTT I-IELENE DAVIS ADELE MITZEL DEPARTMENT EDITORS Assembly Athletics General Literature RUTH BRUENING LOUIS FIREY FLORENCE KOVITZ NORRIS WEIS SIDNEY MILLER PATRICIA CALLAHAN R. CUNNINGHAM DAVID JETT Library Music Humor KATHERINE FEASER SIDNEY BAKER HERBERT STERN VIRGINIA ARNEAL LEON DONNER RUTH SPERLEIN SAVILLA COGSWELL Social Art Science DOROTHY ANTHONY EVELYN ROBE SARA HEPBURN CHARLOTTE HURTT DOROTHY SNOOPS SECRETARIAL STAFF ANN STIDMAN BELLE VODENOS BLANCHE STARK JEANNE KRAVETZ 51.50 per year 20 cents per copy ALICE MUNN, Managing Editor The hills are reared, the Valleys scooped in Vain If learning'S altars vanish from the plainf, 20

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THE TOWER LIGHT The Library-At Your Service g ITTLE changed in general appearance since June, the Library never- theless offers some sparklingly new details to the observant return- ing students as well as a totally strange aspect to the entering freshmen. Among the colorful new items are those bright guide cards in the catalog-a boon in print on gay orange cards for those who face the catalog and discover that they have forgotten what makes it easy to use the file. The cards will surely be a cheerful aid to the new student who is learning how to become the most efficient finder of call numbers. And those two placards of useful information atop the catalog files, although on a more subdued background, are welcome new sights, offering complete explanation and example of the catalog arrangement in a remarkably concise fashion. Other new faces are printed ones also. There is the large multi- colored cover with a pattern of precisely arranged ships' funnels on the September number of FORTUNE, an issue devoted to the subject of United States shipping, with many illustrations, including one of Balti- more among the paintings of eight United States ports. Another colorful but decidedy smaller magazine new to the shelves of the periodical depart- ment is CORONETg the September number has interesting color plates illustrating the work of the jewelers of the Renaissance- the age' of jewelry . With only a bit of color on the cover, and its few illustrations in black and white, the new COMMENTATOR,S spirit appears in its many short articles on topics of current interest. Its size and attractive photographs on the cover make LIFE a conspicuous magazine on the shelf, where it will appear weekly during this year, oiering Library readers opportunity to be informed by pictures . Less striking cover designs by no means imply complete conservatism in other new magazines. Those college students who want to be alertly and thoughtfully aware of con- temporary trends and events will welcome ART FRONT, MONTHLY LABOR REVIEW, NEW MASSES, NEWS-WEEK, NINETEENTI-I CENTURY, and VITAL SPEECI-IES OF THE DAY. All of these new periodicals add a lively freshness to the Library collection. Subscriptions to them have been provided by the Day Student Council of the College. If you have not yet become aware of the presence of the new magazines, arrange an early appointment in the periodical department for introduc- tions! MARGARET BARKLEY. 2 2