Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT The Library Bids You Welcome ! Freshmen, which part of the Ad building would win a popularity contest? The library, of course - for does the catalogue not say Practice in the use of the library is assured by assignments from all departmentsn? There one may find familiar faces, and tried and true books along with the many new faces and new books. Probably just as strange as everyone else to the freshmen, but an old friend to many of the upper classmen is Miss Stitzel. She has returned fro-m a yearis study at Peabody College, Nashville, Tennessee, where she obtained her B. S. degree last June. Everyone is glad to have Miss Stitzel back again. We hope she will renew many old friendships and make a number of new ones. Freshmen and upperclassmen, the library bids you welcome. Give it your whole hearted support and it will serve you well. KATHERINE PHASER, Soph. 9. CQQQ3 1937 Essay Annzzal-D. Appleton Century Company, N. Y., 1937 Are you too busy to read a long story? If so, improve yourself and your time by becoming acquainted with the new 1937 Essay Annual . This book is truly an annual as its name implies. The first edition was published in 1933. A cross section of the outstanding American essays of each year and a record of what America is saying is provided. Among the contributors of this year's book are: H. L. Mencken, famous iconoclast of our own Baltimore Sung James Thurker, the humorist of The New Yorkervg Pearl S. Buck, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Presi- dent of the University of Chicago, and many prominent writers of daily papers, books and magazines. H. L. Mencken in his essay on The American Language judges the various Americanisms,' which having been sneered at when first heard are now accepted so completely that they are found in every modern dictionary. The English people are the ones who object most strenu- ously to the American slang expressions and are slow to adopt them. yet Shakespeare coined many new words and put them into circulation. Many of these slang expressions are now thought to express the feelings of the average American better than any English word. The Americans say t'movie g the English, cinema',g Americans say radio 5 the English, wireless,'g Americans used job holder , the English, public servant , chain store instead of multiple shop , high ball instead of whiskey and sodav. Indeed these and many other words are so generally used that they are accepted by all as correct. 23

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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

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THE TOWER LIGHT Does Hollywood influence our national life? Ruth Socolo has con- tributed an amusing essay on Hollywood Gods and Goddesses, answer- ing these questions. Gable's appeal, Astairels dancing feet, Garbo's eccen- tricities, Clara Bow's It , Chaplin's fading popularity, and Valentino's reputation as the Sheik all are discussed at length. A distinctive and interesting style of writing is embodied in the essay. What and where will you be twenty-five years after you have left college? Read what John R. Tunis has to say in an interesting and infor- mative manner of the twenty-fifth reunion of his class at Harvard. The different members of the class of 614 members are discussed -what they had hoped to be, what they had become, their average salaries, their families et cetera. Some have proved to be very successful while others, even with a wonderful college education, are living on relief. What is considered the greatest human interest story of this year? John Palmer Gavit of the Survey Graphic contributed an essay on this subject. We in Baltimore should be especially interested since one of the main characters is from this city. The author says this love story makes the fairy tale of Cinderella and the Glass Slipper and the story of Helen of Troya' seem dull and uninteresting. Entertaining, informative, humorous, unusual, thought provoking essays written by many different pens may be found in the new H1937 Essay Annual. VIRGINIA ARNEAL, Soph. S. CQQQM' CAMPBELL, HEYwoRTH- Camem Around the W01'ld -Robert M. McBride and Company, New York, 1937 In his introduction to this book, the editor states the purpose as an attempt to assemble beautiful, exciting, original, and dramatic photo- graphs from many parts of the world , and this purpose is unquestion- ably accomplished. Unique photographic studies of the romantic places in every corner of the globe are presented to delight the reader's eye. The lovely scenic beauty of the Alps, the weirdness of the French Sudan, the excitement of a shark fight off Cape Cod, the quiet dignity of Oxford, the thrills of parachute jumping- all these and many more are revealed through the medium of the, camera. Accompanying each page of various sized pictures is a short paragraph of explanation which leads to a better understanding of each photograph. No definite plan of arrangement is followed, so it is possible to see on one page a picture of German peasants in festival costume, while on the very next a soldier of the Spanish Civil War is firing his rifle at an invisible enemy. This informal arrangement, however, only adds to the reader's pleasure since the element of surprise 24