Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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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

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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 is injected into the simple act of turning a page. Although only black and white prints are included, these are made fascinating and colorful by the use of unusual angles and the contrasts between light and shadow. Both colored and black and white pictures of different sizes are fitted together to make the book's unusual cover, on the inside of which may be found maps to show the location of the places photographed. Therefore, if you would like a beautiful but inexpensive world tour, get Camera Around the World and take an enjoyable trip without leaving your comfortable chair. I VIRGINIA SPERLEIN, Soph. 6. CYHZ-DQQ? The Art of Obtaining Books From M.S.T.C. Library My plot is faultlessg I can't help but succeed! This has been my triumphant mood numerous times since I first entered this professional college. From the first freshman assignment to the present day, A. D., I face the rude, uncouth fact that the book supply is extremely limited. Thus the first step in my methodical madness is to carefully look up the call number of the desired volumes-hours before they may pass the stamping pencil and eagle eye of Miss Yoder. During the day I casually question other members of the class who have completed the assignment, so that I may select only the treatises which will give me exact informa- tion without much brain exercise. Besides this, I familiarize myself with the exact location of the publication, its appearance, and any convenient cubby-holes that may serve as a textbook hide-out for some other searcher. The stage is all set. The drama is about to begin. But alas and alack, at three o,clock the curtain refuses to slide on its well oiled pulleys, for the instructor of the last period sweetly requests us to remain a few minutes while the lesson is completed. After making about ten false starts for the door, I reach the library in the exact time of nothing flat, but still retain my upperclassman dignity. Panting like a runner, I wriggle my way through the crowd to my particular destination, open my note- book to look up the call numbers, but frantically search in vain. The paper has evidently departed from all human sight. All this time other students are reaching up on the shelves and snatching books left and right. By the time I decide that it was a gray pamphlet, a small green geography book, and a thick red history that I wanted, I am standing quite alone- gazing at shelves stripped of their raiment, but surmise that maybe it is for the best, and that perhaps Fate is merely in her kindly QPJ fashion protecting me from a nervous break-down from too strenuous studying. RUTH BRUENING, Soph. 2. QCO'nti111zed 011 Page 32D 25