Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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.fillmaay Glimpses in Retrospect ESTERDAY I CAME TO TOWSON - MADE that first second-fare ride from Dunkirk - made my way up the hill to the structure I soon called fwith everyone elsej the Ad Building. Yesterday? Well, nearly so . . . At least it seems so . . . Sounds crazy, calling 1942 yesterday when so much has hap- pened since and I've advanced from lowly freshman to lofty senior. No, not really . . . Believe me, not really . . . You know . . . You've experienced that . . . here seemingly no time at all but nearly through four college years. If you haven't experienced it, you will. These years will go all too quickly. Yesterday . . . that first class with Dr, Lynch . . . Science . . . What would it be like? What would it do for me and . . . to me? Someone came into the room to talk to the in- structor. I had time to look around. Stuffed owls in the case . . . an evolution chart on the wall . . . a snake skin . . . embryos preserved in formaldehyde . . . and the sign up high on the wall - Nothing is constant but change . . . Sounds paradoxical. No - change is the only constant, everything else changes . . . Getting involved. The most revolutionizing of classes - the one with Dr, Lynch . . . Makes you -think . . . really think . . . challenges you . . . your attitude changes . . . I know what it is - for the first time. You're really beginning to understand and even to USE the scientihc approach . , . take -nothing for granted . . . experiment . . . prove - . . The Scientific Approach. Yesterday . . . a freshman , . . really green . . . College was so new . . . no homeroom classes , . . Free times on your schedule . . , use it as you please . . . in the library usually . . . or under the trees on the campus . . . maybe even in the Glen . . . Picnics in the Glen , . . lunch there sometimes . . . So different from high school. Men in the College . . . faculty members . . . seniors . . . juniors . . . new. That one there . . . Who's he, a senior? Must be . . . so young . . . even walks like a senior . , . the only senior with a green 'bagslun-g over his shoulder . . . wonder why? Walks like a senior . , . more reserved than most, -though . . . Who is he, I wonder? . . . beautiful voice . . . nice smile . , . quite dignified - more so than most seniors . . . A faculty member? Him? Good heavens! What's his name? Millar? How do you spell it? MILLAR . . . there's a Miller here, toog both teach English . . . both swell . . . Millar from Harvard . . . jolly. A faculty member! . . . Looks like a senior. Yesterday . . . my first Girl's Demonstration Night . . . OCTOBER - 1944 more fun with the class stunt . . . all faces 'were funny . . . seniors were the best . . . always are . . . Dances and games , . . ga-mes were most exciting , . . Newcomb . . . that slam stunt of mine . . . helped win our game . . . other side used it, too . . . almost lost 'because of it . . . Iuniors won that night . . . Mr. Crook's class . , . Felt awfully disappointed because we came in last . . , freshmen usually do . . . dances count most . . . wc're not so good at them . . . give us time . . . Weill win before we leave . . . fdid, tooj. Sang Alma Mater in conclusion . . . wonderful song . . , brings tears to my eyes . . . makes me really proud . . . makes me want to shout . . . means Teachers College to me . . . my song . . . my Alma Mater . . . wonderful song. Yesterday . . . a sophomore . . . established now . . . been here a whole year . . , know all the faculty members . . . by names at least . . . have for a long time . . . Things changed that year , , . most of the men students gone . . . graduated . . . armed services . . . Lots still here, though . . , not for long . . . This is war . . . Lot changed that year . . . elected to Student Government Board . . . Remember that induction service? . . . just a freshman then, but quite impressed . . , Henry Astrin coming into office . , . impressive service . . job . . . You'd like to be there someday, wouldn't you? . . . Hitch your wagon to a star. Got a new gym that year . . . saw it grow from first plank up . . . took a long time . . . not really long . . . we were just impatient . . . finally completed . , . Remember dedication assembly? Such hilarity . . . Dr. Walther in farmer cos- tume . , . Miss Weyforth a riot . . . Warren Wendler was best . . . Superman . . . stole the show Momentous event that year . . . new faculty member . . . Who is he? What's the like? . . . on our schedule -- Golly! . . . American History . . . had it in high school . . . Wouldn't like it with him . . . new faculty member . . . I ate 'my words . , . class is solid . . . History really lives . . . teaches so humanly . . . instructor super . . . not what he says it's how he says it . . . became the j-oy of the campus , . . student's pet . . . H. is for Harrison . . . fellows named him Curly Bill . . . versatile as anything . . . Irish wife . . . better 9!10th . . . better 1!10th . . . 'Tm just nothing at all . . . Could write volumes . . . clon't have to - others already have . . . suilice it to say, College wouldn't be the same without him . . . Great Guy. Yesterday . . , a junior . . . took a long time . . . were freshmen 3 semesters, sophomores 3 semesters . . . finally 'became juniors - Iunior 6. This was the year . . . all men gone . . . all but one - a freshman . . . that's all right . . . Took an individual advisor this year . . . quite a time de- 7

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Um. 14pp.o.in1fmen.15L T WAS EXACTLY THREE YEARS AGO - IN SEP- tember, 1941 - that we entered S.T.C. For some of us, the time passed quickly. In February, 1944, we could hardly believe that we were the seniors who, in seven months, were to slip from under the responsibility of the state and slip into our own responsibilities arising in our own classes. Now we are on the other side of the desk. Because there were so few of us, we were pretty close to each other, but now the vast systems of Baltimore City and Maryland counties will sepa- rate us physically - even though we will Wonder how the others are getting on. There seems to be a concentration of new teachers in southern Baltimore. Curtis Bay boasts a fair percentage of '45 Calias '44Q. Rose Silverberg 'has a 5A fand is she happy, she did her practice teaching in the same gradejg Iudy Flower has a fourth, Vera Schunke delves into second-grade material, and Margaret Dryden is trodding a brand new path in her first grade. Brooklyn added Cecelia Hoffman and Shirley Adams in six and 3B respectively, to its faculty. Louise Davis, also with a third grade, commutes to Brooklyn, but in a different school. Number 84 - the former practice center - claimed three girls. Alice ZieHe in a combination 3A-4B fnbut what a room I -have - no closets! j, Dorothy Beatty in a 3B1 fshe likes the 1 after the gradej, and Edith Weaver in the second ful wish my desks were movablelnj. All three have done one term of their student teaching, in the school, and Alice has her third-graders in her fourth now. Katherine Millman is in Number 4-combination lBlA-- all that seat work , moans Millman. Dorothy Mayers has a 6B in School 92 - with all the fifth and sixth grade science. Poor Mayers - no music at all. West Baltimore schools profit by our experience, too. Kitty Cragg at School 68 in Catonsville, has a combination 5B-5A. It's just around the corner, and she knows many of the people there. Edna Mae O'Keefe teaches a second grade in Irvington - not far from her home, either. Naecarma Collector rides to Ten Hills every day for her combination 3A-4B. In a slightly different direction, Doris Lample puts pictures on her numerous bulletin boards for second graders in School 34. East Baltimore has been slighted a little in number but not in quality. Irma Di Marcantonio has the fourth grade in Highlandtown - just a short walk to school - nice, isn't it? Marguerite Ruppertsberger was scheduled for the fifth grade in the same school, but Henry comes first, so she's in Florida. To the north, Dorothy Cox is situated in Number 99 - fifth grade. How long will it be before you are another practice teacher there, Cox? 6 Because of junior and senior teaching, there is a dearth of news about permanent positions for the county girls. The majority follows in November. Our only two are Mary Shep- ley, who has a combination third and fourth grade in Ger- mantown, Montgomery County fwill your model be the campus school, Mary?j, and Alice Lee Iones. Alice Lee is in Brooklyn Park ful wish I knew what grade I haveuj. Guess she knows by this time. So now we're on our own - Good Luck to 'us all! Strictly Feminine - f Continued from page sy Have you noticed Alice Gartrell's shoes? They have Duke 2 written all over them. Annie Naegele plays the field - but definitely? Flash! The Navy's top man at the moment. Anchors Aweigh. Iean Warfield's interest lies in South Carolina in the form of a certain I-larry. When do we see a ring? Doris Hale's interest lies in the farm, but the Navy seems to be holding it's own. Ellen Carroll, personality plus, likes letters from Cumber- land. Do you ever writelhim some of your clever poetry? Well, Well! Another manahater is Dot Long! What have the men been up to? Playing the field seems to be Ruth Iane PoE's preference, too. When 'are you going to settle down? Pretty Audrey Crawford should put down her books and concentrate on the boy next door. How about it? Cute Eleanor Van Dyke made quite a hit with a dashing soldier at the prom. We hear Severna Park holds an attraction for Leah Koutch. Wonder what he looks like. Ruth de Hoff has been seeing star dust with a boy from Hopkins. Angela Grochowski and Helen Pennock are two very sweet girls who keep their personal life really personal, as do Mar- garet Hennlein and Dorothea Chenworth. Sorry, no info. A certain soldier certainly finds scatter-brain Betty Brooks very attractive. Could be love. Welve noticed Iune Stevens and Connie Gruhn taking at- tractive-looking letters out of their mail'box.,Does anyone know who they're from? Ruby Kemp certainly spends a lot of time in front of the mirror. Which one is she getting ready for? A perfect word to describe Mary Hartman is gadabout. Where does she fin-d the men? Little Louise Koch has one fear in life-that is getting fat. Pardon us while we laugh. fContinued on page 8, THE TOWER LIGHT

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Literary ciding. Came in contact with one of S.T.C.'s most dynamic and charming personalities . . . might not seem so - get her in class . . . you'll see then . . . Education classes are really educational . . . do all sorts of things . . . invaluable in student teaching . . . invaluable period! Maine in summer, Maryland in winter . . . marvelous combination . . . loads of ffun . . . keeps you on your toes . . , values student opin- ion . . . none of this says it, not really . . , she's more than that . . . much more . . . Hnd out for yourself . . . you wonft be sorry! Student teaching . . . what a year . . . tremendous expe- rience . . . swell 6th grade . . . wonderful class . . . tremend- ous responsibility . . . College is a cinch . . . College is a vacation . . . this is so diPferent . . . but this is what you've studied for . . . a real chance to apply theory . . . keeps you stepping . . , but you like it . . , you really do . . . It's hard, but anything worthwhile always is . . . being hard helps make it valuable . . . Yofu're glad to come back, but you don't want to leave . . . You taught for nine weeks . . . a teacher after so long . . . Well! Today . . . today a seni-or . . . not yesterday . . . today . . . Your last year's half over . . . College is nearly gone . . . where'd it go? . . . where are those years? . . . only mem- ories . . . There's something tangible - you reached that star . . . wagon an-d all . . . But that's going, too . . . nearly gone , . . What have you got after 4 years - nearly? Plenty . . . you're different . . , not the same kid who came in . . . you've grown up . . . you're not a kid . . . you've matured . . . you even look different . . , more grown up , . . You look as if you've been to college . . . it shows . . . you can see it . . . You think differently, too . . . You analyze . . . you challenge . . . you don't accept blindly . . . you help others not to, too . . . You're a part of the world . . . the universe . . . You,ve a place in it . . . You don't think you're so wise . . . that'll come, though . . . You're wiesr than when you came , . . but that's maturity . . . a part of it . . . Yes, yoruire different . . . I like you this way . . . much nicer than when you came . , . Everyone ought to go to college . . . They can't afford NOT to go . . . What they're missing . . . You ARE different . . . But you'll be learning . . . No, donit talk about it - I'm not ready -- not yet . . . I will be, maybe, but not yet . . . How horrible to graduate . . , to leave here . . . leave everyone and everybody . . . But you'll be teaching , . . thatis what you want, isn't it? Be practical! . . . Sounds good, 'but I'm not ready . . . hang on to those 18 weeks . . . make them count . . . they're your last . . . 8 Those years were fun . . . wonderful fun , . . reminiscing has been fun . . . you'll do lots of that, I'll bet . . . that's good . , . Don,t forget teachers . . . How can you? . '. . It's helped to make you . . . it's part of you . . . and you've left your imprint . . . I know some lines that say what you're trying to say . . . better than you're saying it . . . You'll have to change one word . . . Riley won't mind, will he? Not as pretty with the word changed, but it says it . . . better than you can . . . from Ri1ey's Parting Guest . . . Lin-geringly I turn away, this late hour, yet glad enough You have not withheld from me Your high hospitality. So, with face lit with delight And all gratitude, I stay ' Yet to press your hands and say - Thanks. - So fine a time! Good nightf' That says it. - E. SPAETH. I Sllrilltly F6l11i1lil1C - fConlinued from page 65 I-Iere's an interesting item: Doris Burton and Betsy Fuller met for the first time two years ago and didn't see each other again until the first day of school. Small world, isn't it? Who was that good-looking boy with the good-looking car who brought Elizabeth Schisler back to school one day? CHIIIPUS Ch31Zt6I'- f Continued from page Zj HE MONTH OF OCTOBER SPELLED A GALA occasion for the Glee Club, as it celebrated its autumn festival in the Glen. Eighty hungry mouths enjoyed the de- licious Picnic Supper of hot dogs, rolls, potato chips, pickles, tomatoes, apples and hot cocoa. The early evening air was a great stimulus to our food-starved sy-stems, and when happily satisfied, we lustily sang forth the old-time songs. Guessing songs, the musical treat given by -the three boys and, best of all, songs of the WAVES rendered by our own Dr. Tansil, were among t-he splendid items on the program. As the Tower Clock struck six, the light strains of Alma Mater brought an end to this gay evening of song, food, and laughter. It seems a long time to wait until next fall for another such picnic. THE TOWER LIGHT