Towson University - Tower Echoes Yearbook (Towson, MD)

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NI' 11 'S ft, . . X: I ZX I'- DR. ORRIELLE MURPHY, Dean of Sfudenfs Greefings To each si'uden+ a+ +he Sfalre Teachers College ai' Towson! The I962-63 TOWER ECHOES marks 'rhe las'r issue bearing fhis name of The colleges We have had a renowned hisfory, firsl' as a Mary- land Srale Normal School 'From IS66 +o l935, and lhen as fhe Slaie Teachers College ai' Towson from l935 +o I963. Wifh The end of +he currenl year we become Towson Sfale College and embark on a new period of growlh as a mulli-purpose ins+ilu+ion. When we celebra+e our one hundredlh anniversary 'fhree years hence, we shall indeed be greafly changed from fhe beginning days of 1866. Symbolic of 'rhe change is fhe kind of furniiure recenlly inslalled in 'rhe Lida Lee Tall Audilorium conlrasfed wilh +he Slephens Hall and Chapel benches upon which lhe normal school sfudenls lirsf sa+ as +hey aHended con- vocaiion. ln spife of changes in name, of expansion of purpose. of enlarged faciliiies. sfudenl body and faculfy, lhe ullimale purpose remains cons+an+-lo provide +he bes+ possible kind of higher educalion for young Maryland men and women. ln +he words of John Henry Newman, a universify is a place for +he com- municalion and circulafion of 'rhoughi' by means of personal in'rercourse. May we always hold +o our purpose.

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. U ,VT y, yy .xx I , Q, .2 - s . 2 - I . 1 a -f..,,,,, 5 Q -gf DR. KENNETH A. BROWNE, Dean of lnsfrucfion Towson graduaTes oT I963, as you read and re-read your TOWER ECHOES, you may say To yourselves, amid Teelings oT nosTalgia, Those years aT Towson were The besr years oT my liTe. You are graTeTul Tor The ioys oT sTudenT liTe, The rewarding Tour years OT menTal labor, ancl The opporTuniTies now unTolding To you. You Tace The TuTure wiTh a biT oT TrepidaTion alThough you realize ThaT you have 'lcome a long way since Treshman days and are now well prepared Tor your vocaTional responsibiliTies, As one who has Traveled a iourney yeT uncharTed Tor mosT oT you, l suggesT ThaT These Tour years aT Towson were buT prelude To a hosT oT inTriguing liTe experiences made possible in parT by your sTudenT days. My own life aT Towson, Tor example, has exceeded yours ThreeTold and has Tollowed Two decades OT Teaching ancl ad- minisTraTion in oTher schools and colleges. My undergraduaTe days were happy ones, in reTrospecT, as I TrusT as yours were. BuT my years aT Towson, builT upon varied experiences in The vocaTion mosT OT you have chosen, sTand ouT as The mosT meaningTully saTisTying OT all. Moreover, l loolc Torward To many more years, nexT aT The Towson OT Nebraska. oT working wiTh sTuclenTs and TaculTy members. Look ahead, Towson sTudenTs and graduaTes, and invesT The opening oT your career SO ThaT YOU will SHTOY The lasT oT liTe Tor which The TirsT was made. The sTudenTs of Towson STaTe Teachers College wish Dean Browne success in his new career aT Nebraska STaTe Teachers College as regisTrar and admissions clirecTor.

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I 'i E- , V., in ,. . f ' 97 A ,fr 4 A ,f . At' wif , ..,.... I A .Y ,fa -.,,4:j if :J ' ' ffl . V1 . U ' 3525.13 'i - .V ., ,Z '11 K. !:?'f'f-1:-f-Q11 , -19 ,,C.a.-,zu ,Z f- '--ar DIRECTORS OF ADMISSIONS Dr. Rebecca C. TansII and Mr. Edward JoI'msIon ADMISSIONS BUSINESS, REGISTRAR BUSINESS MANAGER REGISTRAR Mr. KarI J. Moser Mr. Charles W. Thomas ASSISTANT REGISTRARS Mr. David I.. Sanford and Mrs. Agnes T. Debauqh I