Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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THE TOWER LIGHT 1 . 1 -' . - fl . The Library - At Your Service Welcome to the Library! HICH is the most used portion of the Ad building? 'Where are the most students always found? Where does everyone rush at three o'clock?-Every upperclassman could get 100W for his answers to these questions, and the freshmen will not remain in doub-t for long-the faculty will see to that. The very obvious answer is, of course, the library. There one finds not only old students who, armed with this year's good resolutions, are conscientiously at work, but also new equally con- scient-ious freshmen who are just beginning to feel at home among the many books. There too are found our friendly, overworked librarians whose patience and endurance are often sorely tried by the students who occasionally forget their good intentions and use the rooms for social gatherings. On the shelves one may find many familiar books whose contents have proved very helpful in the past and which will continue to do so as long as the pages hold together. This year there have been added many new volumes which in their turn will serve equally as well as the old ones have. And one must not forget the magazine department where many a spare moment may be used in a pleasant and valuable way. Students, the library waits to serve you. Try this year to use it in tihe most profitable manner! Wfilder, Thornton, Om' Town: New York, Coward McCann, Inc., 1938. This is one of the most unusual plays that has appeared this year on the New York stage. The scene is laid in a small town in New Hampshire and covers the years 1901-1913. The characters, because they are vital and real, make you see the town vividly. There are several factors which make this play unique. The first is that no scenery is used. All provision for color is made by the stage manager's conversation and the actions of the characters. The second is that the stage manager introduces the play, gives short sketches of the town or of certain characters, and occasionally plays the part of some minor character. Undoubtedly, the simplicity of this play is its strongest asset. The author has presented his feelings and theories about the uncertainty and shortness of life in a forceful manner. After you have read it, you will have a close and warm feeling for that little town in New Hampshire. HELEN FREITAG. 25

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THE TOWER LIGHT Q ,. Y. 4. V ., l Make the 'Most' of It! Freshmen on entering State Teachers College find themselves in an unfamiliar and unusual situation quite unlike anything they have before experienced in their school life. They find themselves in an institution of higher learning, different, far different from high school. They find here a curious mixture of the gay and the seriousg an atmosphere that is ex- acting and demanding, yet friendly and helpful. They find an institu- tion that rates with the best, yet with a tuition fee low enough to be within the reach of the lowest income brackets. They find an institution that welcomes the humblest, yet maintains a superior student body. Freshmen-many of you come from homes and families whose Hnancial status leaves no great margin of social and economic security. Many of you have been out of school several years working at boring, monotonous, blind alley , jobs. Many of you have experienced difficulty remaining in high school let alone continuing your education. You are entering college when many of your contemporaries are facing the future with uncertainty and apprehension, at a time when many people find their source of income swept away overnight. You find here at State Teachers not only a chance to rid yourself of economic insecurity, but a chance to enter into a wortfazvbilr' work, a chance to enter a pro- fession that offers unlimited opportunities for advancementg and what is most important to you, a profession which in Maryland is in dire need of intelligent recruits. There are thousands of young people your own age, not only in this state but in other states, who, owing to circumstances over which they have no control cannot avail themselves of this opening. Opportunity bas knocked on your door. Why not make the most of it? CQQDMY' Advertising Helps According to our handbooks, the printed organ of the State Teachers College-namely, the Towmt LIGHT-symbolizes the attitudes and ideals of the college. We know that you have many high ideals which you asso- ciate with the Toxviau LIGHT. Some of these may be: good looking cover designs, more half-tone prints. and an increase in size. These things can be accomplished, but we need financial backing. The money problem may be answered through advertisements. Will you cooperate with the advertising department by freely offering suggestions for future adver- tisers and most important, by patronizing our present advertisers? The result will be a TOWER LIGHT you will be more proud than ever to own. 24

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THE TOWER LIGHT A New Music Text for Teachers Only recent graduates are aware of a new book entitled Teaching Music in the Elementary School written by a member of our music stag, Miss Prickett. Since we have recently received many queries as to the nature of this work, we feel a brief discussion would prove enlightening to many of our former graduates who are now teaching. The book presents some of the theories of elementary school music education which Miss Prickett has formulated after some years of ex- perience. While it is not an entirely original undertaking in that many of the thoughts embodied are the result of wide reading, it is outstanding in that the material is presented in condensed, non lecture form. The work is used as a guide and introduction to the subject in classes here at the college and does away with much dictation of procedure formerly required. Miss Prickett hopes that the musical principles in the text will stimulate each reader to think in terms of his own teaching procedure. Copies of the book have been sent to many bookshops throughout the country, and in this capacity serve as advertisment both for Miss Prickett and for the college. 693935 Roosevelt, Eleanor, TMS Is My Story: New York, Harper and Brothers, 1937. In this, her autobiography, the wife of President Roosevelt tells of the years from her early childhood to the Democratic Convention of 1924. She gives a detailed day-by-day description of her family life both before and after her marriage, and, in so doing, she presents a very en- tertaining picture of society in the latter part of the nineteenth century and the early portion of the twentieth. Her deep devotion to her father, who died when she was still a child, her education in an English school, her irst trip to the Continent, her wedding in 1905, her trials in raising her family-all are discussed with a directness and straightforwardness which never reaches familiarity. An innate good taste lends dignity to her simple and frank account. It cannot truthfully be said that the book is technically well written, since Mrs. Roosevelt seems to prefer short, concise statements to the more polished variety. Yet from these casual, abrupt sentences emerges a viral personality which seems to talk to the reader as friend to friend. Although not witty, this gracious woman reveals 1 sense of humor which is even better than wit. Accompanying the text are many photographs. If you would gain a better understanding of the Roosevelts, and, at the same time, meet some charming people, by all means read This Is My Story. XTIRGINIA SPERLEIN. 26