Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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Did You Know That - Miss XVeyforth is seriously studying the theory and philosophy of hula dancing? The hand gestures should come naturally. Mr. Crook was offered a position on Admiral Byrd's expedition to the South Pole? Ruth Nizer. Freshman girl, is the first logical candi- date for the college Lu-lu group? Nice work if you can get it. Ruth. Because of her excellent qualifications. we have agreed to crown Marie Parr as Queen of the Play? L. L. L. has originated a sure-fire method for obtain- ing quick dismissals in the elementary school? He mere- ly says. Children, the last one in the cloak-room is a monkey. Twice he was trampled in the rush. One of the newcomers asked if Mr. Miller were a Senior? . XVillie Ranft is still a single man? lsn't that good news. girls? O O Dorm Notes XVhat Senior girls were repaid with a box of Martha XVashington fnot an advertisementj candy and Nether- land stamps for the loan of two umbrellas on a rainy night? Some Seniors fl suppose I should say only onej re- ceived two dozen red roses this week-end just for the heck of it. Confidentially, the Mgang would appreciate candy more! Hats off to the men of the dorm! XV hy? They treated all the Senior girls of the dorm to pretzel-sticks. coca- colas, sundaes. and nickleodeon music at the Arundel. Senior privileges really have their advantages. Another one of our group received a U. of Md. brace- let. C-uess why? Maybe C-. I. can help inform us. XVhat engaged Senior, while dancing on one of our nights out lhave you ever danced on a night out? lt's better than most dance Hoorsj turned her ring around? lt was really fun! Bercha' - Beteha' we'll have hamburgers in the Cafe this year. 120 to 1.1 Betcha' Miss XVeyforth will not have 7.500 miles on her Chevrolet by Christmas. C100 to 1.1 Betcha' Coach will find at least ten Fancy Charlies among the Freshman lads. I5 to Z.j Observe the foyer at noon. Betcha' Luther Cox will have ample motivation for his soccer this season. 115 to 1.1 Betcha' Dr. XVest doesn't miss more than two college dances this year, C3 to Z.j Beteha' Kitty Hepburn will find something definitely lacking from her Senior year. 1500 to 1.1 Betcha' I can tell when I've seen Marie Parr's brown eyes turn green. I 12 to l.j Betcha' Fred Tiemeyer won't shoot off any more Bre- craekers around a certain psychology professor's house. 190 to 1.1 Betcha' Harry Russel1's English marks will soar to un- known heights this year. fl0 to l.j At least he's trying hard, eh what? . . Freshman Retorts Mr. Crook: XVhat is the name of an animal whose main diet is made up of cellulose? Another Frosh: I know, teacher. XVoodpecker. O I Finale And at last we come to the most enjoyable paragraph of this bibulous conglomeration of alleged writing. XV e close with a contribution for joe Miller's joke Book fCopyright l886j which came to us by our consistent I-I. R.: Our brilliant jokester. passing. cast a reflective eye into the sky and drawled, 'AXVell. I guess it's going to be tough sledding today. 'tVVliy? we answered. kicking ourselves for biting. No snow, said he. going immediately into its of laughter. So. until next mouth - So Long and So VI'hat? ATTENTION ! !! Students: XVouldn't you welcome the opportunity to have one of your most pointed letters to a faculty member made public and be assured of a solid stu- dent backing? XVon't you share with our gullible readers just a bit of that personalized pen prattle that drifts from hand to hand. unknown to most of us? Of course you will. XVe'll save a place for you in the next issue of the Towna LIGHT under the heading. Scriptopia. 22 Faculty: XVhere is the letter from that bewailing student teacher at his rope's end, that informal note sent in the greatest of haste with those peculiar errors so unbecoming to a teacher and your prize antiques written in Old English? XVe hope you'll also want to have published one of those regular letters to another faculty member. YVe're counting on you to do your part. N. B. - You've always wanted to read your neighbor'S mail. Heres your chance. Feel free to write to whom- ever you please in the college for publication. TOWER LIGHT.

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3. L . un.. -4.4 . ..'..A,- ' ' S N I C K S ' ' HENRY N. STECKLER With the beginning of the 1939-40 soccer season, Coach Minnegan finds himself faced with his usual hard task of building a soccer team from limited material. Regardless of the final outcome of the season, the stu- dent body may rest assured that Towson will again place a fighting team on the field. Although this year's team will contain many hard- running, fleet-footed boys, we can hardly expect it to top last year's record. As you remember, Towson went through the 1938 season undefeated to win the cham- pionship of the Maryland Collegiate Soccer League. Such line booters as UVVindy Cordon, Paul Massicot, Tom Coedeke, Robinson, Bennett, Cox, McConnell, and others will be difficult to replace. Teachers College will again use the simple formula of outrunning its opponents. The returning veterans, Calder, Cernik, Shock, Hart, Lauenstein, and Captain Lou Cox, together with other seasoned players and like- ly looking Freshmen, will help considerably to offset our graduation losses. State Teachers will shoot the works in every game. The team will be hard to beat. The soccer menu looms as an attrctive one. The following is the 1939 schedule as complete as I have it: Date Friday, October 13 Friday, October Z0 Monday, October 23 Friday, November 3 Tuesday, November 7 Friday, November 10 Team Location Blue Ridge ......,. Towson Salisbury T. C. .,,.,. Towson U. of Virginia ...... Towson VVestern Maryland . .Towson Iohns Hopkins ..... Towson U. of Maryland.College Park VV. NORRIS WEIS SURPRISE! Once again t'So VVhat greets ye olde September Observations upper-classmen and ye newe Freshmen. The thought of your not having someone to report to you the various sundry and obnoxious bits of news that otherwise would not get into print fwith apolo- gies to L. M. MJ so overwhelmed me that I thought it my bounden duty to return and serve you in the aforementioned capacity. fEd. Note - Seems as if this guy took a course in etymology this summerj I know you are delighted with the prospect. Heh, heh, heh! I am, so far as my business is to find monkey- business and report it to you, and I should appreciate any student enlightening me as to the incidents and ob- servations that would be of interest to my many read- ers, both of you. But after all is said and done, So Wfhat? Now to get on with this month's heckling: OCTOBER . 1939 The topography of the Freshman girls is quite up to standard. This is the general consensus of opinion of the upper-classmen and the gentlemen of the faculty. The new Cafeteria system would be an overwhelming success if everyone's lunch period were 120 minutes long. ' It is obvious that the Freshman girls are much more familiar with various spots in the Clen than with thc location of their classrooms in the Administration Build- ing or the books in the Library. Could the Freshman tours with the Iuniors and Seniors have been respon- sible? The girls of the entering class are all inquiring as to the whereabouts of The XVhitey. Can anyone in Sr. ' help them? I

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i r IN OUR MAILBOX luly 30, 1939 - The S. S. President Roosevelt carried our former President, Dr. Tall, to France last Iune. Dr. Tall toured the continent, first going to Paris and then to the Alpine Republic. From Lucerne she went to the German capital, Berlin. Evidently, she was in Ger- many while secret military preparations were be- ing made for the Polish war. XV e are thankful she was not there at the outbreak of military operations. Dr. Tall left Cermany and visited more neutral-minded countries. ln Finland she attended a meeting of the American Association of University VVomen. This was the real purpose of her trip. Dr. Tall was in Stockholm. Sweden, when war was declared. lt was here that her plans were changed and, like other Americans abroad. she began to arrange for her passage home, She arrived safely on board a Nor- wegian ship on Thursday, September the fourteenth. August 15, 1939 - Ponca City, Oklahoma - Mary McClean, graduate of 1938, B.S. degree, spent the summer visiting oil wells and Indians in and around Oklahoma. August 25, 1939 - Mammoth Co., Kentucky - Ethel Troyer. graduate of 193-1 and Gladys Troyer, Class of 1931. enjoyed a third tour of the South as far as Nashville. MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEXIISNTS luly 5. 1939 - Anna Marguerite Schorr, graduate of 1936, to Stan- ley R. 1Vhipple. luly 14, 1939 - Massey. Md. - Mary Evelyn Peacock. graduate of 1939, B.S., to Lee Clifton Clark. Chestertown, Md. luly 20, 1939 - Helen Alma Taylor, graduate of 1937. to XValtcr Ernest Uebersax. graduate of 1937. August 10, 1939 - Ruth Regina Chrest, graduate of 1926, to Charles S. Dennis. A Prunetta Kopp. graduate of 1925, to Charles E. Caltrider. August 12, 1939 - Eileen Carvan McHale. graduate of 1937, to XVar- ren Collier. August 13, 1939 - Louis Cox. graduate of 1939. B. S.. to Bernice Eileen Klemm. August 19, 1939 - Olney, Md. - Katherine Lansdale Riggs, graduate of 1933. to lohn Iustus Meyer, lr., graduate of 1936, B.S. CALENDAR ITEMS N. M. M Sunday. September 17 - The lirst vesper service of the Student Christian Association, the Y. YV. C. A.. that has enlarged to include men students. was held in , Newell Hall foyer. Dr. XViedefeld spoke to the stu- , dents concerning religion as a means of preserving de- . mocracy. Quite appropriately. she turned the search- lights on a group of future teachers, advising them to l . . r take stock of themselves in the light of a moral code basic to religion universally. 1 O O l 1 1 Tuesday, September 19 - XV ith violin meditation For yOCTOBER . INS l the Beauty of the Earth. the Student Christian .-Xsso, ciation assembled for morning devotion in thc council ring in the glen. Singing of hymns. Bible reading, and prayer made the sanctuary a fresh. living impression. O O First 1Veek - Study hours ended and selected groups of pajama-clad Freshmen gathered in Miss Crccris room. lt's a most attractive room with fnrnisliing of blue. rose and tan. Punch and cookies added nnwli to the half-hour of fun and chatter in our ilornntory direetor's room. J