Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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--'-'G.I.--?-rr' IN MEMORIAM T IS WITH SORROW AND SENSE OF A GREAT loss that we record the deaths of Lieut. Iohn P. Hackman and Maj. Robert B. Norris. Lieutenant Hackman was killed on October 22 when the Liberator bomber on which he was co-pilot, crashed during a take-off at Davis Monthan Field, Arizona. Lieutenant Hackman was a graduate of Sparrows Point High School and a member of the Class of '45 at this College. In February, 1942, he signed up for air cadet training, and in Iuly, 1944, he was commissioned as a pilot. Major Norris, of the Class of '34, was killed in action on August 19. The War Department telegram stated that he met his death somewhere in France. The memory of these two men will live on at S.T.C. in the minds and hearts of those who knew them. 1: k 'k LATEST REPORTS Ensign Narciss Hutton, U.S.N.R., of the Class of '45, is now serving as a communications officer on a ship somewhere in the Pacific area. Ensign Carlisle Refo, U.S.N.R., a member of the Class of '43. has also been made ship's communications officer. On duty in the South Pacific, Ensign Maynard Webster, Class of '43, is seeing quite a bit of action. He is serving aboard an LCT. We'll expect him to be able to give his geography classes first hand information on New Guinea. ir 'k 'A' VISITORS We were recently visited by Lieut. Aaron B, Seidler, U.S.N.R., Class of '42. He has just completed his training in multiple engine school at Atlanta, Georgia, and has been assigned to duty at Pearl Harbor, where he will fly for the Naval Air Transport Service During a three-day delay, prior to leaving the country, Pvt. Robert S. Bishop, '43, visited us. Bob is with the A.T.C. He says, Sure would like to have some of the faculty to help entertain the transients as they come through. Could itibe that Bob is referring to our own Happy Hartley for maybe Waving Weyforthj? NOVEMBER - 1944 The Greatest Profession N THE APRIL, 1944, ISSUE OF TEACHERS' DI- gert, an article condensed from The Bismarck QN. DQ Tribune, sounds a new note in praise of the teaching pro- fession. Referring to the teaching profession as The Greatest Pro- fession, this article describes the decline of prestige through- out the years. At one time in the history of our country, the most respected citizen of the community was the school- master. When the quest for money overcame the quest for knowledge, the profession suffered. Then came the years when jobs were scarce and teachers plentiful. Result - a pro- fession grossly underpaid. In recent years, some improvement has been made but much remains undone. The teaching profession must be rescued not only from civilians who presume to impress their ideas on a learned profession, but from those, as well, who have grown up within the ranks of teachers and have contributed to their decline. A great many wrongs must be righted. Teachers who honor their profession by giving it the very best they have are following closely in the footsteps of the Greatest of All Teachers, who gave the world both divine inspiration and a new way of life nearly 2,000 years ago. We, who are preparing to enter this Greatest Profession should realize the important part we must play in restoring our profession to its former heights, Resolve to do your ut- most, even though your contribution be small, to raise the status of teachers. Teach your class - yes - but through them, their parents and the community. It can be done and must be done if the America of the future, as an America better educated, and more appreciative, is to be considered. In your hands rests the future of your chosen profession. The outcome - remains to be seen. . G. I. Visitors- fContz'nuedQ Lieut. Rebecca Tansil, U.S.N.R., visited the College be- fore going to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, where she will act as liaison officer in charge of placement and supervision of new personnel. She is always a welcome visitor. What recent visitor to the College could be the author of an opus bearing the title, 1 Fly by Night, or ulourney into Darknessn? Most men try one branch of the service at a time, but Ensign Ned Logan, U.S.N.R., Class of '43, tried to use Air Corps tactics aboard a battlewagon. Take it from him - it doesn't work. At least, he bears scars of his two- story flight which began with a take-off from an open hatch. 3

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Gemfwa Ghettefz HE MUSEUM OF ART HAS OPENED ITS FALL season with a small but wholly admirable exhibition of modern French paintings, and a large, and on the whole, interesting exhibition of Glass Through the Agesf, The sixteen pictures, to which a delightful Degas bronze figure of a little ballet girl has been added, make up a really excellent anthology of late nineteenth and twentieth century painting in France, perhaps the nearest thing we have to a living great traditionl' in any of the contemporary arts. The glass ranges all the way from Phoenician amulets and Greco-Roman perfume bottles to big modern vases orna- mented with Matisse figures and abstraction in sand-blasted decorations by Ioseph Albers. Here is an unusual exhibition and an instructive one. 1 HE THEATRE SEASON THIS FALL AT FORD'S has been graced with many varieties. Several of us were thrilled by Diana Barrymore's portrayal in Rebecca, that mysterious and alluring production of the last decade. To- morrow the World attracted our student body, and espe- cially good was the ever-delightful Life with Father, played by a new company this year. Tangled Web, a melodrama by Channing Pollock, staged by the author, was produced simply to provide an evening's entertainment, based as it was, on a magazine story, The Professor's Alibi. The drama- tization of Iohn P, Marquandis book, The Late George Apley, and Iohn Hersheyls A Bell for Adono brought down the house. Baltimore is fortunate to have these I-ine plays visit Ford's. UR COLLEGE WAS VERY FORTUNATE TO have as a speaker in assembly an important British visitor, brought here through the British Information Service. Miss Elizabeth Margaret Monkhouse, who came to Amer- ica as the guest of the Workers Education Bureau, is at the present the organizing tutor to the Workers' Education As- sociation in North Scotland, and in 1941 she became full- time tutor for the Workers' Educational Association in the Eastern Division, Working in Norfolk. The youngest child of Allan Noble Monkhouse, novelist, playwright and literary editor of the Manchester Guardian, she delivered a very in- formational and inspirational talk on the Educational Out- look in Britain. Perhaps we'll have another such distinguished visitor before long. S THERE ANYONE NOW WHO DOESN,T BELONG to a school club? After the various presentations in the Club Assembly, surely you've joined one of the many, and 2 enrolled in the cause. The revived Dramatic Club, under the able leadership of Mrs. Stapleton, should set our school afirc with its talented flares. And imagine having a swing band here on our own premises again, raising our low spirits! Don't fail to support the old and new activities in the Col- lege. They are all for you! 'k 'k i Men's Corner fEditor's Note - After several unsuccessful attempts to get our men to elucidate about their Men's Club, we attained at least partial achievement in getting the ease history of two of the members - or should I say ofZcers?Q i DON HAMMERMAN came to Baltimore a few years ago from New England. On graduating from City College a year and one-half ago, he became a member of the Forestry De- partment, Scout Counselor at Linstead, and a member of the U. S. Army. Don likes best to talk about his Boy Scout Troop, the beautiful blonde date he had Sunday, and his last hunting or Fishing trek, especially the one in Canada. He enjoys good music and his idol is Coach Minnegan. Daniel Boone's ambition is directed toward being a high school athletic instructor, MERRILL COHEN, youngest member of the Menis Club, came to S.T.C. after graduating from Baltimore City Col- lege. There he shared the enthusiasm which the victorious football yielded. Here, he is continuing in his musical success for which he received due recompense at high school. As a clarinet and saxophone player, he is unsurpassed and will be heard at the coming spring dance as a member of a popular orchestra. All his spare time is whiled away in Zoology lab. Until Uncle Samls waiting list adds this rootin' tootin' jive king, his lustful sense of humor will resound through S.T.C.'s annals. See Your Name In Print JOIN THE MEN'S CLUB! f SADvertisementQ THE TOWER LIGHT

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me ezazzwe N ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS TODAY WE HEAR that plaintive wail: What's become of all those things that used to make the life of a struggling co-ed worth living? Well, many of the humble items you miss in store shelves these days have marched off to war. But that isn't news to any of us who have asked for tissues, powder puff boxes, Crepe Paper fapologies to Mrs. Brewsterj, mirrors, paper cups, waterproof fabrics, and hundreds of other small items that make life beautiful. Many of these items have gone to war unchanged in gen- eral appearance and they're fighting on all fronts - lend an ear as to how: Iulietta K. Arthur of Rotarian Magazine has made a study of these essential items and the part they're playing in the war. Steel Springs - The bedsprings you can't buy today are in bunks near the bottom of the sea. So when the bed you bounce into doesn't really bounce, remember that subma- rine crews must have real relaxation when they rest. Pipe Cleaners - Dad's pipe smells twice as fragrant as ever before but if you think that's a problem, how about the problem facing General Motors' Diesel engine divi- sion - that is, until someone tried pipe cleaners. Now thousands of them are doing a wartime job. Powder-Pug Boxes - The crystal clarity which gave these cases glamour before the war, now cuts down the num- ber of ammunition dudsg an improperly filled case may be spotted at once. The U. S. Marine Corps uses them, too - to keep nuts and bolts clean, dry and visible, Face Tissues - Cleansing tissues work better than a roller or a blotter smoothing wet decals on airplane instrument panels. An employee at Lockheed Aircraft thought up the idea. Crepe Paper - Used in peace to wrap Christmas packages. It's now doing military camouflage. This valuable item is being woven into patterns through meshes of textile or wire. The result: a sheet resistant to water, fire, mold or mildew. fMrs. Brouwer, please note -- crepe paper is good for something, isn't it? P P Pj Mirrors - Girls, those handy little mirrors that your new purse is likely to lack, are being used by lost soldiers, ship- wrecked sailors, and downed airmen. A special type of signal mirror, which has a full mirror on the face, a round one on the back, and a sighting cross at the center, instantly supplies range data when aimed between sun and target. Millions of other mirrors are keeping our service women and men well groomeclg and still others are used in training, to show would-be Commandos and 4 ordinary soldiers how to coordinate movements and im- prove techniques. Waterproof Fabric - That flexible coating made from lime- stone, coke, and salt, which used to waterproof curtains, raincoats, and junior's pants is now saving fruit groves from red scale pests. Tents impregnated with it now cover trees while an insect-killing gas balloons up inside. There's the story of a few of those items that have gone to war. Grin and bear it, gang, they're doing their job- How about you? POINTS OF VIEW In shaping its policy through the years, the college has kept in mind that education for women must render a dual service. It must Ht them, not only -for their obvious function in securing and insuring the firmness, wholesomeness, sta- bility, and moral integrity of family life, but it must pre- pare them also to be capable economic partners in saving and earning. -- President Wood, Stephens College. Never was there a greater need for an education which looks forward to a world we hope to make and can make. The sordid world we are now in may drag us down, We can improve the present only if we have a vision of greater things to come. - Dean Messenger, University of Idaho. ONE AT A TIME In Eureka College, students take one course at a time. Under this plan a shorter, more concentrated study is made of one subject, This shorter period makes it possible for at least four subjects to be taught each term. The result at the end of the year would be a more thorough knowledge of these subjects. TRAINING FOREIGN STUDENTS A proposal from American educators for the training of fifteen hundred student specialists from the occupied lands of Europe and Asia, has been placed before the State Depart- ment because of the devastation of the cultural centers in the war-torn nations. They urge immediate action to prepare men and women to carry on the scientific, technical, and eco- nomic life of the Axis-dominated countries as soon as they are freed. IN ENGLAND The development of the Municipal Universities during the last decade has been astonishing. Some of them have cam- puses which the best provided American university might well envy. However, only one of them has dormitories. Nearly all are provided with lounging rooms, some have theaters for plays, dances and addresses. The students in most of these universities are day scholars. THE TOWER LIGHT