Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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Pres id nfs essay .Ns you leave Towson after your four years of college you take many things with you. You take the knowledge you have received from classes and from the library. from the faculty and from your associates: you take the experi- ence you have gained from your student teach- ing and observation: you take the memories of college life in all its varied phasts: you take the satisfaction of having contributed your part to the lift- of the college and to its program: you take the congratulations and best wishes of your friends in the student body and on the faculty: and you take. we are confident, the ideal of teaching as a service to people. For teaching must be done in the spirit of service. All professions may be said to be meas- ured in terms of service rendered. and none . ,.-g more so than teaching. ln the classroom. in the life of the school in which you will teach. in the community in which you will live. your suc- cess will be proportional to the service you ren- der. Your satisfactions will come largely from the realization of the service you give. We. here at Towson. see you leave with regret because we shall miss your contributions to the life of the college. But above and beyond that, we watch your leaving with pride and satisfac- tion because we feel confident that what you have given to Towson during your four years you will now give to others on a wider scale than was possible in college. .-Xs you leave to join the seven thousand alumni who call Towson their Alma Mater. you leave with the best wishes of all of us. Your frieml and presideltl, EARLE T. Huvxlxs Dir. H,aw'K1ys

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X X ...f V C. FRANKLIN STOYER .4.B.. ALS.. D.Ed. Dean of Instruction Dean Slot er Axim S. Dovvsu. .4.B.. MA., Ph.D. Dean of the College Faculty Wlieii any individual. group. or generation reaches a crossroads. there are always those along the way whose leadership. guidance. and friendship have been invaluable in preparation for the future. As the class of 1950 reaches the Turning Point it can look forward more confi- dently because the college faculty has had a sincere interest in it. When the Maryland State Normal School was opened in 1366 there were four members of the faculty. including the principal. Since then it has grown about Hfteen fold. The number of the faculty has been gradually increasing through the years as the school passed through such stages of development as the three-year course of study which started in 1931, the four- year course introduced in 1934. and the change to the State Teachers College in 1935. ln the past four years the Junior College has been estab- lished and the Teachers College now prepares teachers for the junior high school and the kin- dergarten as well as for the elementary school. During this time. in order to keep up with increased student enrollment. new faculty mem- bers have been added to all departments. The present faculty is a group of varied and interesting men and women representing many phases of educational theory and experience. They all are well qualified to prepare teachers for the future. However. we feel that they have done more than teach us the sciences. arts. social sciences. and humanities. Their calm counsel and constructive leadership have smoothed the way at critical moments. Their interest, encour- agement. and help have extended beyond the classroom and into all of the activities of our college life. Their example has created respect and aroused enthusiasm for our future profes- sion. We. the class of 1950. offer sincere thanks to all those who taught us at Towson. 12