Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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Qvttlfi FUTILITY BIARGUERITE SIMMONS, '34 VVIICII the sky shall be filled with brittle wings And the sun slant back metallic rays- hlan, like all former humankind, Shall lift tremulous, aching arms To embrace beyond the empty sky And know not why his dull machines Do not suiiice to case or still The spirit's ancient hungering for home. T HIS ARTICLE is written mainly for those who have come and gone. They should know how the place has changed. Perhaps it will lessen the shock they will receive should they return. Therefore, I dedicate this guide to S. T. C. with - The old order changeth . . . Do you remember the scramble for books in the Li- brary at threeg the tight squeeze in getting through to Miss I-Iolt's magazine dispensaryg the skimpy desks in front of the Libraryg the crowded highways and byways in Dr. VVest's Science Lab.g the bang of lockers on the third Hoorg the crowded Cafeteria? All that has changed! But, before you drop a tear. consider the change. Indeed, S. T. C. has done itself proud. Our Library is vast and overpowering. The spaciousness of our mag- azine rooni, which is ensconced on the third floor, is sini- ilar to the wide open spaces. A new desk l and what a deskllj for checking books adorus the hall. The stacks of books are rearranged in excellent taste. CNote: I won- I A Q I I W i .C .i li 'il ' i P . I J der if even Miss Yoder knows where the 3ZO's are?j The ll entire Library is now conducive to quiet reading andl intensive study. The Science Lab. has moved down the hall to the Cafeteria and there, with wide-Hung splendor, assails the eye. Surely Dr. VV est will need a niegaphone in or- der to have his words of wisdom heard throughout the room. Because of the upheaval caused by the general im- provements, rooms long identified with certain teachers are theirs no longer. Miss Bader and Miss Van Bibber, i A E I .- I 'P 'I lil -V s, . l Dr. Crabtree and Miss Munn have picked up their be- I M will longings and moved to diiiferent realms. No longer are lockers on the third floor: they are ar-I ranged neatly along the walls of the ground floor. Thus, the vista is enlarged and the classrooms and halls of the upper Hoor take on an added dignity. 'ri ,Li ,ll i I XV e eat amid the beauty of Tudor Gothic architec-, i ture. County and city students may now enjoy the pleas- ure of eating together in the dormitory. This brings about a closer feeling of unity in spirit among the stu- dents. New faces are seen in every room and two new faculty members have joined the throng. True. the place doesn't seem the same. yet a saineness is there-that steadfastness of purpose, sincerity of be- liefs, friendliness of atmosphere. and a genuinely whole- some outlook on life. TOWER LIGHT J. I l r IW L. I r 0

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, 4 4.451 I T ,J nf l 49 if-i ty ru. l'reshmen. and to all other new students. We, the uppereclassnien. extend a warm and sincere wel- come with the hope that your college life shall be a great success. l T The Freshmen l FRANCES SHORES -i1'HE TIN E has now come when we Sophomores can iaettle down to the peace and comfort of normal liying. Zllhis time last year we were a bunch of rather giddy Freshnien who. in the quaudary caused by new sur- oundings, did things that often changed the shades of pur coniplexions. But now. so we think. time has left its Quark on us. You may not agree but be tactful when you yell us so. Howeyer, it must be admitted that one of our aumber overfstepped her bounds when she approached Si staid Senior and asked her if this was her first year in pur institution of learning. Being a Freshman is really food for one's ego. You are -ii a sense the center of the stage. whether you like it pr not. First of all, you are contiually assailcd by an in- izstimable number of questionnaires which giyc you ,nental eruptions froiu figuring out how many hours ffou spend on the street car, how many hours you study, laid how many hours you spend in the library. Some- times you tell the truthg sometimes you dou't. 'l'he:1 ihere are those innumerable deyiccs for getting ac- EJCTOBER . 1939 , , S QT o -xii i: . fi AWW x 6116553 'I f , 2 - 3 N i 8 V 7: AEN y E.R.E1-STE quainted. You shake hands, smile. and balance teacups until it becomes mechanical, but all in all it is a lot of fun. For awhile yet you'll probably be running into the wrong places at the wrong time. Your intrusions will bc tolerated. We did the same thing. ln your Hrst few days of Library use you probably wondered what kind of night preceded the dawn of Deweyk decimal system. Perhaps you still are wondering. but it won't last forever. So. when all is said and done, we hope you lireslnnen haye a grand and glorious year. We did. but now we must settle down to obscurity. And. on the side. we proltably will be a little jealous because we cant blame our future mistakes on new adjustments. 3 lfft.

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MEET THE NEW EACULTY 1 l 5 coMProN N. CROOK KENNETH MILLER r jTH E S TA E F of the Towisiz Lrer-rr, in requesting that il prepare a summary of my background and my impres- L sions of the State Teachers College, has unwittingly I . jzommitted an act of cruelty that should be reported promptly to the S. P. C. A. However. the following may, berhaps, show it the error of its ways, so that it will ivrite its own summaries in future. I was born a mimber of years ago down in the exten- :ive swainpland country of western Tennessee. This en- j1lfO1l1HCHtlCflf a lasting mark. From the woods, swamps, jrnd mountains I have since acquired the greater portion if my education, regardless of the fact that six years in lleorge Peabody College for Teachers netted me two jlegrees and a respectable start on a third, the privilege pf working with a truly great biologist and teacher, and undry information about the world of books. L As a teacher I now have a personal alumni group of oerhaps a thousand students. Many of these are now Quceessful teachers. At least one is in jail. I have taught jn the Appalachain State Teachers College in North Car- jilina, the School of Education of XVestern Reserve Uni- hersity, Cleveland, Ohio, and in the laboratory school jrf the College of XVilliam and Mary in Virginia. In all lit these I have been concerned with the teaching of sci- jznce in the grades and in high school. In addition, I rave served the National Park Service for six summers s ranger naturalist, in the Yellowstone and Rocky jxflountain National Parks. I..eeturing, hiking, mountain ilimbing, museum preparation, and ecological research jre some of the duties of the ranger naturalist. In ind studying that very interesting biological phenome- ddition, he has unparelled opportunities for observing anon, the American Tourist. Iyly impressions of the State Teachers College are jrniformly pleasant. Faculty and students have united jo make me feel a part of the institution from the day arrived. I have never been in a school atmosphere more jonducive to good work. XVhat better inducements can fre found to make Environmental Science as useful, jleasant, and applicable as possible? l!CTOBER - 1939 An Interview IT IS A pleasure to meet some people. Mr. Miller. our new English teacher, opened his interview in such an informal way that immediately I felt he had been with us for a long time. His cordial manner encouraged me to ask many, many questions, and all were answered freely. Our conversation covered many fields - international affairs, current literature, our friendly college academic freedom, professional ethics and the Tutor System at Harvard. The interviewer discovered a variety of things about the instructor. Ile has studied in the XVest at Ohio XVes- leyan University, and in the North at Syracuse Univer- sity and at Harvard. Mr. Miller has travelled in England and Germany. Creek literature has been a subject of extreme interest to him. He has spent a great deal of time pondering on professional ethics and has high standards in regard to teaching. Certainly the State Teachers College welcomes Mr. Nliller and hopes his high standards are realized. HARRIETT WELLS XV O U L D YQ U like to have some help in developing better study habits? XVhether you're a Freshman or an upper-classinan. just take your woes to Miss XVells. the new staff member in the Dormitory. Miss XVells is as- sisting with staff duties and acting as a counsellor in study problems. CI understand that themes and home- sickness seem to be the greatest problems thus farfl Miss XVells has spent several years teaching English. and at present is working for her Masters degree in ed- ucation at the johns Hopkins University. This academic background makes Miss XVells well qualified to help solve the study problems of all students. Besides her work at the Dormitory. our assistant likes all sports, particularly tennis. golf, badminton. and swim- ming. She comes to us from our rival peach-producing state, Michigan, and we're willing to admit that the com- petition is keen. YVC welcome Miss XVells to the Dormitory, and we hope her stay will be a joyous and successful one. 5