Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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hicffqge ' ' Soph. 5 - It must be true love when a Southern doctor sends a girl red rose buds for her birthday. How about it, Town- shend? Wonder how Crump got her new nickname - Wings ? Where did Hurley get that Marine pin? I thought Bill was in the Navy. It hardly seems possible that personally delivered ice cream cones come all the way from France. Towson's much closer, isnt it, Arelyn? At the present time the Navy seems to have the inside track to Spurrier's heart, but the Fireworks will begin when the Air Corps gets home this Christmas with a brand new pair of wings. Maddy Iackson Hnally made up her mind this summer - the Best ! ' ' A-f-9 l Soph. 2 - Why do Brach's week-end visits to Eastern Shore to see her female cousin result in those dreamy-eyed expressions Monday morning? S64 Question - Carmen Lavara is wearing a diamond but she doesn't know if it's an engagement ring or not. If she doesn't know, who does? Ieanne Sowter-How's the British N-i-vy these days? Ginny Hurry sure knows her stuff when it comes to jitter- bugging. Urey's the charming petite Miss who seems to know all the answers, She and Smyrkie make a constant two-some. lean Harbaugh, aspirant to opera, is making a beginning by singing in the tub. You know, soap-opera. Miss Weyforth thinks that I-Iokey has a Hair for con- ducting. Hokey's energy knows no limits so she should do O. K. Where is Miss Serio today? The Ienny Lind of Soph. 2 - Coryne Harmison. And of our dormitory hidden talents tending towards charm and beauty - Mullens will cut it for you. Lehman will set it. With old clothes, Harper redesigns 'em. Causing endless numbers of strained necks and popped eyes, Yokel's luscious marine lands. And that situation seems to be well in hand. Darn! We were looking for something just like that handsome specimen ourselves. NOVEMBER - 1944 P0et's Corner ONLY THEN . . If I possessed the heav'nly power To make a bush burst into flower In the midst of winter time In a cold and barren climeg Had I the power to tear a star From out the sky where God hath placed it, And in some way its beauty mar So its light would e'er be wasted, If, to the rainbow God hath made, I could add a newer shade Of color, more unique and rare Than any tint already there, Were I strong enough to change the flower, The star, and e'en the rainbow's hue, Only then would I have the power To make myself stop loving you. - Paco PLEASE NOW - Some bestowed with talents are, Yet never deign to use them. Y IoHNsToN While others share the mite they have, With efforts to suffuse them. Yes, these two types, alas, exist, CAnd pray, do not confuse them.j Condemn the neither of the two - THE TOWER LIGHT could use them! QHINTQQ EDDA Tonk

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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

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1-'CLUBS'-' CLUB ASSEMBLY, UNDER THE CHAIRMAN- ship of Betty Seitz, was held to introduce the clubs to the new freshmen and to let the upper classmen know that several have been revised and a new one formed. The as- sembly was super. To start the program, the Glee Club, with its newly added bass section and its greatly increased mem- bership, offered several selections. As usual, they couldn't have been better. The president of the Men's Club introduced the other olficers fvice-president, secretary, treasurer, and the three members - which, by the way, adds up to seven, and I thought we were only blessed with four men. It's all too deep for me - a problem for Mr. Moser. Members of the Association for Childhood Education dis- tributed pamphlets introducing the oHicers and explaining the purpose of the A.C.E. Did you hear the good news about the Little Theater Group? While the club members were putting on a little skit for us, Maxwell Andersen and Eugene O'Neill arrived. They really found the talent, too - Kay Koenig has a flare for acting the part of the modern Romeo, Betty Dunn makes the perfect costumer. Well, everyone was so good Andersen and O,Neill couldn't decide which one they'd use in their next plays -- so they didn't. A The Natural History Group informs us that Nature Has Glamour. Since we're all very much interested in Glamour, don't be surprised, NHG, if the whole school turns out for your next hike. Who knows? We may learn something! Which is the club that helps us send our letters to the ones by selling postage stamps? Which is the club that feeds our tummies by having a candy room in the dorm? Which is the club that feeds our minds by having Vespers and Chapel? The Student Christian Association, of course. The upper classmen know and the freshmen will know soon how much fun the conventions of the I.R.C, are. There is one coming up soon - to be held in Pennsylvania. All members of the I.R.C. are invited to attend. The Art Club extended an invitation to all the students to come and make Christmas gifts. The club meets on Wed- nesday and Thursday afternoons, Our Mcn's Club, the Swing Orchestra, really made a hit with the student body, and no wonder. Everyone wants to hear more of that Sunny Side of the Street music - a whole lot more. How about it? ? ? 6 Our War With Japan HE SIXTH WAR LOAN MARKS A NEW TURN in the war, both on the lighting and the home fronts. It points out tremendous war effort definitely in the direc- tion of the Pacific. During the lirst five war loans Americans were primarily thinking in terms of beating Hitler. Now our Government asks us for a loan of 14 billion more dollars, of which live billion dollars must come from indi- viduals. Why? Haven't we nearly finished off our so-called Number 1 Enemy? Can Iapan hold up our powerful war machine very long? Your son, 'brother and friend in his Pacific foxhole wouldn't raise such questions because they are up against realities, not day dreams. They kill or are killed. They pray every waking moment for a sky-darkening cover of friendly planes, They thank America for giving them the finest medical care in the world when their rendez- vous with destiny in a Pacific jungle is at hand. They know that the war with the Iaps is just beginning. Here are some other Pacific realities so that you will under- stand why there must be a SIXTH WAR LOAN and why it is absolutely necessary that it be a complete success: The Allied Military Command has estimated that it will take years, not months, to lick Iapan. Iapan's present army numbers about 4,000,000, with 2,000,000 more men available and fit for military service who haven't been called up to date. Another 1,500,000 between the ages of 17 and 20, are not yet subject to the draft. The Iap air force is growing. In addition to millions of native workers, Iapan has a potential slave force of 400,000,000 conquered people. Fifty percent of Iapan's labor force is made up of Women. Another twenty-five percent boys and girls under 20, the balance men, The Iap workday is twelve to sixteen hours with two days olif a month. The Iap cannot leave his job, change it, or strike. The highest daily wage equals about three American dollars - 301, to 751, of which goes to taxes and compul- sory savings. The Iap, as our men in the Pacific know, will iight to the death. As far as the Iap is concerned, the outer Empire - and the men who defend it - are the expendables. The Iap will fight the battle from inside the inner Empire. The Iap believes that we shall weary of war too easily and too early. In the invasion of France, supply ships had an overnight run to make. In the coming Battle of Iapan, ships in the Pacific will have long-reached round trips that often take five months to make. These realities are worth thinking about before you keep your home front rendezvous with a Victory Volunteer. Per- fContinucd on page 85 THE TOWER LIGHT