Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT Our Elementary School Science Room LOUIS Cox ECAUSE of the specialized equipment needed for much science work, one of the latest trends in elementary school management has been to provide a science roomy' and Uscience consultantn to supplement the classroom science teaching for all the grades. This year the Campus School is provided with a science room which is an unusually efficient teaching unit. Since such an arrangement is needed by many of the schools in which we shall teach, the following details are worth noting: This room is located on the e- V - . southeast corner of the sec- ' ' r ' ' 1 ond floor. y A. Closet with bowl, hot and N B043 cold water, paper towels A A L.,4 and soap. ' I l I I. B. Display and work table, 3 H i F . ft. above floor, 2 ft. wide. 'E - , O 5 C. Cas outlets and Bunsen W E HAH , burners. BI 13-' A D. Table-top cabinet unit, 222 ft. above floor, 2 ft. out from wall. E. Window box shelf, an ft. above floor, 2 ft. wide. F. Sand table, 2 ft. high. G. Demonstration table, 2 ft. high. H and I. Demonstration and display tables, 2 LQ ft. high. K. Folding canvas stools for class use. L. Carpentry work table with vise and set of tools. M. Storage cupboard for glassware, chemicals and other small apparatus. N. Blank white wall for projection screen. O and W. Door and windows equipped with dark blinds. BuB. Celotex bulletin boards built into the wall. BIB. Slate blackboard. Besides the above equipment, the room has adequate artificial light, four electric outlets, paints, brushes, necessary chemicals and electrical equipment, animal cages, aquarium, flower boxes, folding table, waste basket, and much special and pupil-made apparatus. Developments in this newest study of the Campus School we hope may prove to be significant and interesting, and I hope to have the op- portunity of describing them to you. 13

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THIS '1'OWliR LIGHT upon the child mind, we touch the universal mind. It is a challenge of a kind. The teacher will recall, perhaps, the words of August Strindberg, I find the joy of life in the powerful, terrible struggles of lifeg and the capability of experiencing something, of earning something, is a pleasure to me. The tradition she carries on will afford the teacher a cause to live for, to light for. In any event, she will know that her work is an attempt to answer the confounding questions of our times. It is an inspiration that leads to begetting a design for living, a design for which the whole world is hreltlilessljr waiting. CECQ? Timely Thought As this is written they say, NWHI' clouds are darkf, But to us of this young generation war is something historical that happened when we were too young to remember-or something contemporary that is going on across the ocean, recorded in our newspapers. But those dark clouds may bring a fearful storm that will sweep us, too, into the conflict. If war comes, then we will know what it is . . . This time it will be our school chums, our brothers, our sweethearts, who will have to make the glorious sacrificev. It will be ur who will be doing the endless sewing, the constant serving-the awful watching- and the hopeless waiting. It will be our children, little ones whom we have lovingly taught for the development of rich, happy lives, whose chances will be blighted, Whom we may find lying even as we now see others in unspeakable news pictures. If another war comes . . . -no, that is not something we can dismiss as something that couldn,t happen again in a ucivilizedl' world. Human reason has been known to fail when We trust in it most. Let us pray for peace-but not with idle folded hands. Let us stir peace sentiment-but not by taking oaths never to fight for our country. Peace can come only through the universal understanding and living of the message that the Prince of Peace brought for mankind-if all will but accept the terms of world peace. 'QQCZQQF Did you know that at present more than twenty per cent of the teachers are men? 12

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THE TOWER LIGHT The Infinite Flame M. Lovii R. Hollins was in his place. Elizabeth had known that he would be. He was always there. Nothing ever changed Dr. Hollins. Economics, in his class, was always the same. Elizabeth slid into her desk with a smile. Somehow even Fascism and Ellen Price didn't seem such Ll horror to-day. Dictators and republics, and these girls that plod and cram-they didn't concern her. She had the future to think of. She would be a great teacher, she knew she would. Hadn't Professor Marchant told her that she had the ability? The infinite flame he had called it. What a lovely way to say it- the infinite flame. Well, was it Hitler or Roosevelt, Miss Kent? Dr. Hollins' flat voice startled her. I don't know, sir. No, Hitler doesn't interest Miss Kenti her mind is on the next dancefl The class laughed. Elizabeth didn't laugh. She just smiled. She wondered if Dr. Hollins or Ellen Price ever possessed the infinite flame. No, they wouldn't, but Professor Marchant did. Professor Marchant was a philosopher. Elizabeth liked philosophers-it seemed much nicer than being a crammer or a diligent student . Dr. Hollins was watching her. She could tell that he was going to call on her. But it didn't matter now that yesterday's assignment wasn't done --there was the whole future of her life to consider, years of work over- flowing with success and triumph. Let Ellen have her books and hours of work and pay check Cfor that was all it amounted to-a pay check.j Elizabeth wanted something beautiful from life-something lasting. Somehow it seemed more important to her to see a child growing into a man as she taught, than to watch a history book change to a monthly salary, as Ellen did. Dr. Hollins was watching her again. Oh, how he lacked the infinite flame! What is a boycott, Miss Kent? It's a means of ruining another nation, but l don't know how. Infinite flame, infinite flame. If that is all you have to say, sit down! but remember, l'm not paying your way through college. You're here to be a teacher. These things are necessary to you. Miss Price, take the question. Ellen stood erect. A boycott is the act of socially outlawing one. 14