Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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Democracy IN THE CAMPUS SCHOOL KATHERINE IACOB TODAY democracy is being questioned. XVC are won- dering what kind of education has brought about Fas- cism and the other L'isms . But in the Campus School there is no question of democracy. Here the children are working together and cooperating with the other factors of the school organization. The Student Council, whose active members are the children from the third grade to the seventh, inclusive. is most important in seeing that the responsibilities given to the children are carried out. Each class has du- ties to perform and their various committees make re- ports at council meetings. Complaints are heard and suggestions are given by the children themselves. Miss Steele is the faculty adviser of these meetings. The duties of the grades vary. The first grade dis- tributes and collects the absence slips from each of the classrooms. Every afternoon the third grade sees that the tops of the pianos and phonographs are closed and that the plants in the hall and Auditorium are watered. The Lost and Found Department is in their charge. The Campus Committee of the fourth grade is com- posed of conscientious workers. The students of the Col- lege have had to be reminded by them of their responsi- bility. The mail is carried between the Campus and the Administration Building by the fifth grade. In the Cam- pus School there is a milk fund for children too poor to buy milk. The lifth grade has charge of this. A most democratic gesture is being carried on by the Student Council. Visitors are invited to the Council meetings. The fifth grade issues the invitations. This pre- vents the meetings from being 'tclosed-door affairs. The author suggests that other Student Councils should note this. The playground is divided into sections and grades are assigned to the various sections. The sixth grade set- tles complaints that arise from this. They also care for the playground equipment. In the seventh grade are the committees for general safety. They have charge of posting radio schedules and assembly announcements. A duty new this year is that of being cashier for the lunchroom. XVith everyone working together. discussing his own problems and solving them, they are building a better school organization. More important still. they are de- veloping an appreciation for democracy. 24 THE BIG FOUR P. HERNDON XV hen you see a girl who's walking In a daze and also talking Ot the boy she met this summer at the shore, Of how Cable always thrills her - Of how working nearly kills her - Of the skirt she can't get into any more, You'll know she's a Freshman. W' here you see a girl who's walking Rather briskly, and is talking Of the Math test she will have sometime next week, Of the mysteries of Science - Of the German-Russ. Alliance - Of the Freshmen, who are anything but meek, You'll know she's a Sophomore. Wfhen a girl looks somewhat worried, Rather flustered, tired, hurried. And she talks of Student Teaching all the time, Of a lovely desert island Vlfhere she'd rest and play a while and Vlfhen there'd never be a Unit - lhow sublimell You'll know she's a Iunior. If you see a girl rvho's Walking Rather languidly and talking Of examinations - tnothing need be said Of her natural elation At her coming graduation And the hope that all her marks won't be in redj You'll know she's a Senior. So I'll close this, budding students. tVVhoni I've told about with prudencej This last I have to say won't take much time - Heres a fact: land well I know itj I shall never be a poet For I've had one awful time to make this rhyme! The Foreign Situation Probably the shortest book ever written would be W'ho's W'ho in Germany. -The Evening Sun. .-. .-, 4, The Awful Truth Never ask for second portions: Always show you are well bred. Youll be known for your gracious manners, But you won't bc well fed. TOWER LIGH'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

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t I it-HCIDSHQUM Three Little Words These were voted tops as the three sweetest words in the English language: l. I love you. 2. Dinner is served. 3. Keep the change. 4. All is forgiven. 5. Sleep till noon. 6. Here's that five. And the saddest were: l. External use only. Z. Buy me one. 3. Out of gas. 4. Dues not paid. 5. Funds not sufficient. 6. Rest in peace. -College I-Iuinor. :,. :,. ,,. In drv cleaning shops the work is hard only in spots. 12: nk 1,2 American men look at women when Qthey thinkj the women are not aware of it: Englishmen do not look at them at all: but Frenchmen look at them with such thoroughness and intensity that you half expect them to approach and ask dubiously. HIS it washable? -QVV ith Malice Toward Some-M. Halsevj s:: sg: sg: Question: XVhat is a waffle? Answer: A pancake with a non-skid tread. Ever hear the one about the bed nine feet long? XVell, that's a lot of bunk. Would You Say - That YVashington said wc should have no entangling alliances? lt was Iefferson who used this phrase. VVashington, in his Farewell Address, used Upermanent alliances. That umpires watch the plate? I Umpires do not look at the plateg instead, they see an imaginary rectangle, I7 inches wide, extending from the batter's shoulders to his knees. That the poinsettia is a red flower? 1 Only the leaves are red. The flower is yellowish, 1' That Mont Blanc is in Switzerland? I Mont Blanc is in France. l Orville A. Lindquist - Sunday Sun. gOCTOBER - 1939 I P I XVillie: Can I have any sea food I like? Mother: Yes. dear. XVhat shall I order for you? XVilIic: Salt water taffy. YV arm breath on my cheek. Soft touch on my shoulder. Little face. pressed close to mine. Eeek! XVho let the cat in? at sg: sg: The poor man was eifusive in his thanks to his rich friend. This five dollars will help me out of a tight hole, and I'll send it back to you in a few days. By the way, what is your address? The rich man looked solemn. Fairview Cemetery. he replied. UO, nonsense. Thatls not your address. UNO, said the rich man. abut it will be before you Send this Eve dollars back. sg: sg: 11: They call her lX'Iussy Lena 'cause she's the fascist girl in town. Dear Tom: Come tomorrow evening sure. Papa is at home, but is laid up with a very sore foot. See? May. Dear lXfIay: I can't come tomorrow evening. TM laid up on account of your father's sore foot. See? Tom. The girl who does everything under the sun always has shadows under her eyes. Two convicts managed to get a few minutes of con- versation. Hello, mate. said one. How did you manage to get here? 'Tm a victim of my unlucky number. thirteen. I'Iow's that? Twelve jurymen and one judge. -Evening Sun. In darkest Africa two natives were watching a leopard chasing a large fat man. A'Can you spot the winner? asked one. The winner is spotted. replied the other. -Evening Sun. sz 1, sg: Teacher: Name a great inventor and his chief invcnf tions. Pupil: Thomas A. Edison. Ifirst hc invented light bulbs. Then he invented the phonograph and pcrfct't'.zl the radio so people would stay up all night and use his light bulbs.