Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 1

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024

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Education Is A Per- son's Greatest Asset

THE ORIOLE

Education In Youth Reaps Big Dividends

Vol. 1-No. 1

AN ELECTION IN THE ELE- MENTARY SCHOOL.

As a result of the efforts of the children in the Elementary School to secure money to build their house it has been found necessary to elect a school treasurer. As this goes to press the plans are being made for the election, which will, as far as practicable, duplicate the election of a town or county treasurer. The convention will be held January 10. Following the convention, at which time the children will make nomina- tions for the office, registration, and election hy hallot will be carried through.

The work of the treasurer will be largely the care of the funds which are expended for the house which the children are building. In addi- tion to this they find they have suf- ficient funds to pay part of the sal- ary of the new athletic director and to become active members of the children's Aid Society of Baltimore County.

L. C. W.

THE ENGLISH WORK OF JUNIOR SIX.

We have had some work and some play in English this session. The most interesting play period was our "weenie" roast. Late in the past fall the members of the section donned their walking clothes and hiked with Mrs. Stapleton and Miss Timberlake to Rogers' Forge for the outing. While there members of the group played games, told stories and acted them out. After partak- ing heartily of "hot-dogs," rolls, hard-bolled eggs, cocoa, apples, ba- nanas and marsh mallows, we started back to the dormitory leaving a bad- ly shaken up persimmon tree and the dying emh -: 's of the hig bon- fire which had helped to cheer the place and warm the frosty air.

The work has consisted of gram- mar and composition during the first term and contemporary literature during this term. Next term we shall have expression.

Through our composition work we have found out some interesting things ahout ourselves. The set of papers, for example, in which we told about our individual hobbies. showed some interesting side-lights upon our varous desires and ambi- tions.

CAROLINE HIGH SCHOOL BOYS ENTERTAINED.

This new venture of the Nor- mai School is Jaunehed with three objectives: (1) To give the students a medium for telling of their life and their ideais to ail groups of interested students in the State; (") To give the school Ity opportunity to place its stamp upon education; (3) To give the State an opporunity to know what one of its Normal Schools is doing and is aiming to do; (4) To send a message out into the schools of other States.

Last year we published two is- sues of the school paper. . They had no name; they grew out of u need to advertise for an in- creased enrollment: they were fuit of ereditahle school stortes and information but they be- gon and ended there. It has taken four months this year to grow up to an ideal of a school paper but the organization aow worked out warrants as in be- Hleving that since the studenta are responsible managers the promise of giving us five num- bers fasued promptly the 18th of each month will be fulfilled. The student body has its own objeet in controlling and manag- Ing a paper; the faculty 'has its object, too. In assisting and ad- Vising, the principal has her ob- ject. But the combined objeets lead ux to belleve that the pa- per ean become a medium for Increased enrollment more po- tent than nny other propaganda which might be disseminated. Maryland needs to know that in her two Normal Schools there should be an enas!lment of eight hundred students. Each year there should be three hundred students reeelving their diploma to teach from the Maryland State Normal School at Towson. We have on roil now three ban- dred and eighty students. Next year we must have six hundred. Oh. "noble six hundred!" .We are ready to greet you. Septem- ber. 1922. will bring the answer. LIDA LEE TALL.

HOW THE ORIOLE WAS NAMED.

Thursday morning, December 22, All the students were asked to following their Wednesday afternoon suggest appropriate names. A com- mittee narrowed the list to the best half dozen. The entire Assembly game with Catonsville which deter- mined the soccer championship be- tween the Eastern and the Western voted. The Oriole was the name: Shore, the Caroline High School | chosen, and that unanimously. This boys lunched at Newell Hall. The name was suggested by one of our hostesses with Mrs. Curry conducted | Seniors, Miss Ellen Hutchison, of Easton, Talbot County.

a tour of the Administration Build- ing and the boys' barracks. Our hope is that they carried away with A VISIT TO THE WOODBERRY them such a pleasant impression of COTTON MILLS. us that they will join us next fall.

Our object in history is, so far jas possible, to connect past history with that of the present time. In pursuance of this object, we stud- fied the progress of the manufacture of cloth. This we traced from an- icient times, to our own colonial times and from then to the present time, the age of great inventions. It was in the Interest of this phase of study, that we. accepted an invi- tation to visit the Woodberry Cot- ton Mills, in Baltimore City.

The representatives of the vart- ous classes of the school, were es- corted through the mills by the man- agers and proprietors. The varlous steps essential in cotton manufac- ture; cleaning, carding, spinning and . weaving were fully explained as the representatives passed from one step in the process to another .. In visiting the mills, several mo- tives were kept " in mind, es- pecially the comparison of present day mill conditions, with those of England before the Industrial Revo- lution. Although we found condi- tions very much improved, all agreed that surroundings could still be made more comfortable for the em- ployees.

As we walked through the mills, we could scarcely help wondering at the progress made by man's mind in allowing him to invent such won- derful means by which cloth can now be manufactured.

HAVE ANOTHER CUP!

Of tea? Thank you. Miss Ayre. This phrase has had several occas- ions to sound this year in the North Parior of Newell Hall where our social director delightfully enter- tained various groups of girls at af- ternoon teas. Each girl has taken away with her pleasant impressions of subdued light and jolly chatter- ing, presided over by our most charming hostess, Miss Ayre.

JANUARY, 1922

Published Monthly by Students of the Maryland State Normal School, Towien, Md.

LD5351 T55762

Sort, 1922 - June 1927

"NINE RA'S" FOR THE BEST PERIOD IN THE WEEK.

Who doesn't think that the period trom 11.15 until 12.00 o'clock on Wednesday is the most delightful Jie of the whole week! Why that Johns Hopkins University. These

is when we have our regular assem- three assemblies gave us a new con- blies conducted by the various de- partments of the school!

ception of the extent and importance of the textile industry.

We started off this year with a Wednesday, December the 21st, ringing of bells and lively peala of | was an unusually busy day for us, but we gladly stopped for an hour between five and six o'clock and

laughter for it was thus that Cho- Cho, the Health Clown, greeted us. Now Cho-Cho Ilkes to talk to chil- gathered in the Auditorium to see dreu, so of course, we had theione of the most delightful assem- Elementary School with us. Nor could he have wanted a more en- thusiastic audience. They answered

blies of the whole year. It was the Christmas story, old, but ever new and dear to our hearts, given in his many questions and laughed tableaux and carols by the Elemen- gleefully at his funny antics. With tary School. We went away with a many changes of mood. (for he feeling of joy and reverence, of

sometimes laughed and sometimes peace on earth, good will towards wept), he told us and showed us men.

from the market basket that he car-i

These are only a few of the de-

ried with him what foods he would lightful assemblies we have had like to have us eat and why. We this year. Among the noted speak- all liked this assembly and feel in- ers we have heard was Mrs. Harri- debted to our own Science Depart- son, who told us of her experiences ment for securing Cho-Cho from the in a Russian prison. Who can now Child's Health Organization in New 'deny that this is the very best per- York. His fame is widespread, as iod of the whole week? Interest-

he has traveled all over the United ing things also happen on other days States.

than Wednesday. Monday is called

Not long after this came Good Principal's Day ,and the forty min- English Week. This was a banner lute assembly period is used by Mlss week. From breakfast time Monday Tall as she wishes. On Tuesdays morning until supper Friday night and Thursdays we are as clay in the we found impertinent and colorful hands of the potter while Miss posters staring us in the face where- Shurtz moulds us into Carusos, ever we went around the school buildings. These posters gave us the period is given over to any Glucke and Carmens. . On Friday school organization desiring the period, usually the Student Govern- ment Organization or the Literary

many warnings and much good sd- rice about our use of the English language. On Tuesday Dr. French, assistant professor of English at Societies.

Johns Hopkins University, gave us a very interesting and helpful talk on "Personal English." He told us we should trouble about our speech first, because it is ours and second because it is not ours. This sounds very contradictory but he made it perfectly clear to us.

During this entire week a wood- en coffin lay in our hall and in it we placed all errors in speech that we wished to hear no more. On Thursday, after a very delightful dramatic representation of the downfall of Bad English and some of hie fellow bandits, such as Slang, the Pied Piper came, took the cof- An and buried it and charmed many grammatical errors from our classes. Since that time we have not seen or heard of them. (?)

Other interesting series of assem- blies were those given by the House- hold Arts, Industrial Arts and His- tory Departments. It was a study of the textile industry given in three programs as follows: First-Early Ways of Spinning and Weaving, a dramatic representation planned and given by Junior II. Second-The Modern Cotton Factory, a govern-

B. R. C., '23.

CRAFT CLUB.

The Normal has a Craft Club, As surely you must know; We delved Into the potter's art, And helped put on a show.

We meet on Tuesday evenings, To be late's against the rule, To be absent is a deadly sin If you can be at school.

On Friday nights we go on hikes, And merry times have we!

We roast our spuds and broll our chops, It is a sight to see!

Our watchword is "co-operate," Our motto "get things done And while we're doing all these things

Be sure and have some fun." M. L., '23.

Down'a Wedding Invitations JAS. H. DOWNS. Engraver 229 N. Charles St., BALTIMORE

THE SMILE ROOM.

"Yum! yum! Don't I smell soup?" cried Mary, one of our new students.

"I reckon you do," replied Jane. "for they are making some down in the cafeteria."

"The cafeteria? where Is that?" "Why, down on the first floor. Come, Mary, I will show it to you." It was just about twelve o'clock when Mary and Jane entered a large, clean, attractive room. About the room were placed many tables, at which were seated dozeus of chil- dren with smiling faces. But, why shouldn't they smile-they were, In- deed, happy because they were stu- dents in our Practice School and could enjoy the provisions for a happy lunch hour. . They did not have to eat a cold lunch in some quiet, lonesome corner.

"Cho-Cho says that cold lunches are not good for us, especially for growing boys and girls and that is just the reason why our school pro- vides a good, wholesome lunch for its students," explained Jane.

"A wholesome lunch? What do you consider a wholesome lunch?" "Exactly what we are serving here-milk, soups, cocoa, simple sandwiches and well-baked muffins, desserts; as, fresh fruit, custards, simple cakes and ice cream."

"But how do they ever find time to prepare all of this food?" asked Marv.

"Oh, that is quite simple," con- tinued Jane, "many of the things served are prepared during our class periods in the Household Economics Department. This is just a type of the work we are planning in our Senior III section. A great deal of the success in our serving here is due to the skillful management o one well-tralned supervisor. Her assistance in serving is chlefly paio student assistance. One feature iz her unique plan is to have a Sev. enth Grade pupil supervise the

smaller ones at each table."

"This is surely the mr 'er-

ful thing I know of. Led

Mary, "and just to think thelr moth- ers don't have to worry about pack- Ing lunches. How glad my mother would have been had they had a cafeteria in my old school!"

"But. my dear. I am afraid you have the wrong idea of our cafe- teria. It not only provides the po- pils with a full lunch, a well bal- anced lunch. but also supplements what he may bri- From home."

"Oh, I see." Mary, as the

bell for the claas quiokly

called them from the hanny scene. MARGARET STONER, '22.

School Supplies at HERGENRATHER'S

Films and Butterfly Hair Nets |

ment film showing the entire pro- cess of cotton goods manufacture. Third-Economic and Social As- pects of the Use of Machinery in the Textile Industry, a very interesting talk by Dr. Broadus Mitchell, from the Department of Social Studies at

'22-THE SENIOR CLASS PLAY-'22.

"WHY THE CHIMES RANG."

Time Dusk of a day long ago. Ecene-The interior of a wood chop- per's hut on the edge of a forest.

Over, but not forgotten, is the class play that was given by the Senior Class at Normal on the even- ing of December sixteenth. Really one would think we were profes- gionals at the "game" instead of the amateurs we are. One of the best parts (or one of its secret heauties) was that each member of the whole class had a vital place to fill and actually felt the responsibility of having something good and wortn- while. The class did everything ex- cept write the play and print the programs and tickets; even the post- ers were designed by the girls.

The hut scene was as real as-oh! but I'm telling too much; a number of things happened before "The" night.

The easiest part of the whole thing was to get persons to take the parts and form the various commit- tees. Everybody just bubbled over with a will to do and put this through.

There was a "property getting" committee; a stage managing com- mittee; and an advertising and tick- et committee needed; as well as one for music. The costumes were found to be so simple as to compel us to make them through sheer, wanting to help all we could, and so what did some of our girls do but volunteer to make everything needed. Wasn't that fine? Did you ever see such a spirit? And to think they were made, and so well that some thought them hired, as is the general custom. Miss Amberson, the Domestic Science instructor, un- dertook to "boss" this job and it cer- tainly was done very successfully. But the scenery! We are no ar- tists. We could never paint or con- struct scenery that would be good enough for that. Oh! such pessi- mistic remarks.

Little did we think we could do when someone thought of the In- dustrial Arts department and the Craft Club. With the vision of its wonderful worker, Miss Greenlaw, there was, and could not be, any hesitancy whatsoever as to the re- sponse. And folks-what do you think she did? Refuse? I should say not; she and our committee rose Honestly, my patient reader, in the final tableau, when everything came to a climax and those chimes really rang, folks had tears trickling down their cheeks. You know what a success it truly must have been. Wasn't it a most fascinating and "Christmas getting spirit" of a play to the occasion in much the same manner that a cabinet has, when it declares its support to its President. And did those people work? You should have peeped in on them. You would have seen girls in bloomers, climbing ladders and swish-swishing with paint brushes with all the vig- ¡ you would want to see? You say

or of a whole-hearted senior. By the way, wasn't the finished product you did. Come again.

an astounding surprise? Folks do

say it was. If you had ventured back of the "stage" door you would have seen other girls "pulling the ropes" so as to get the knack; and not let something fall on those who would be acting. Oh! we had our fun and otherwise. Sometimes if a rope or its manager were not quite in gear the whole scenery would tumble in, but did we stop for that? No indeed! We straightened it up and went on confidently-weren't we real sports?

Of course you couldn't help but notice the honest art of the whole effect. Back of it are a few secrets. One big one was Mr. Davis, a Junior, who actually jumped at the oppor- tunity of being our electrician. I

leave you to judge of his work.

Those humans who have so much time with which to do as they wish say that one should have a bit of poetry, a laugh or two and a jolly good song, each day, to keep the blues away. Speaking of music- does a Normal student ever think of music without connecting it with Miss Shurtz. I'm positive he doesn't especially after the way she helped the senior chorus get ready. Co- operation! Teamwork! Neither the instructor nor the girls "can be beat."

What made people want to come anyway? Just because it was at Normal ? I don't think so. 1 be- lieve it was partly that effervescent advertising committee. You can vouch with us, they were ever on the job. Now, weren't they?

Who was your coach? Did I hear someone ask? Why, such a ques- tion, Miss Munn, of course. How could we do without her? She sure- ly can and does put one in his right place, at the right time (and makes him stay there too.)

But the cast. Did you ever see its equal! Everybody who saw them declares them simply wonderful. To see one transform herself from the tender age of a maiden to that of a hungry, forlorn old woman; to see another act as a jolly old uncle was really great. But those two little "boys." Do you still remember them? That little one who dressed in red and was just as full of fun and questions as he could stick, while the other one was as thought- ful as he could be. I have said be- fore these were from M. S. N. S. Is that sufficient?

you like it? We are all so glad

TOOT, TOOT, HUM, HUM, BANG !

It's Monday night again! Who could doubt it when he enters the Administration Building and hears our splendid orchestra. Everyone knows that Monday night is set apart for Orchestra rehearsal; not one hour but two, and then time is all too short for the work and the joy we get out of those reahersals.

Early in the year when a Normal Orchestra was suggested, a few timid souls thought they might like to play but were not very enthusi- astic. We had a drummer but no drums. a cornetist with a wornout cornet. two or three violins and an accompanist or two. These things in themselves would not make much of an orchestra, but the spirit and how that spirit grew!

Miss Shurtz was not willing to let anyone who might apply take the directorship of her embryo orches- tra, so rehearsals were delayed un- til she secured Mr. Schoenfelder. Then we made up for lost time! The music department took over the fi- nancial burden of some new instru- ments as school property. Individ- uals bought violins, a saxophone. the worn out cornet was replaced by a splendid new one. This was made possible by an agreement be- tween the cornetist and the depart- ment.

One of the very interesting facts about our orchestra is, that although there are but seventeen boys en- rolled in the school, we have five of these in the orchestra as regulars, with five girls. Each rehearsal finds three or four faithful friends who do not yet own an instrument of play, but who want the hours of good music with their friends.

. So it is, that each Monday night we gather from all corners of the Campus for practice. Practice for what? We intend to offer our ser- vices to the Glee Club very soon and suggest that we go into partnership with them for the Annual Concert, heretofore given by the Glee Club and a professional artist. We hope, too, that as we work, there will be many calls for our services to light- en the spirits of serious gatherings and to fill in wherever we may be needed.

R. GRAFTON, '23.

Virginia-"Oh, Margaret, you've let my scissors fall on the floor, and Santa brought them all the way from the North Pole to me."

Margaret-"I couldn't help it Jinny, they froze my hands."

Service While You Wait!

Shoes Repaired

We Do It Electrically

NICK CASTELLO

10 Chesapeake Avenue, Towson, Md.

THE ORIOLE

PUBLISHED MONTHLY

BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY- LAND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL TOWSON. MED.

MIRIAM SHAWN Advertising Mgr. DOROTHY JUMP

NOVILLA CALLAHAN Circulation Mgrs. BERTHA WOOD Business Mgr.

JANUARY, 1922

THE ORIOLE.

The oriole is a medium sized, well proportioned aud beautifully plum- aged bird found most frequently in Maryland. although its range is as far north as the southern boundary of Canada. But it is best known as a songster and an architect. Its notes have a range, a harmony, a lilting joy that no other bird can compass. The Baltimore oriole, our State representative, the architect, truly has high ideale. He builds strong and beautifully on a sure foundation.

As this bird is, so, we believe, its namesake, our paper, will be; me- dium in size, well proportioned, clothed only in beautiful and worth- while thoughts, its circulation most numerous in our own State, the State Normal songster, having a range as wide as that of its feath- ered counterpart. We believe that its notes will always be a joy and inspiration. Ideals auch as are represented in Our Oriole's home are the things we shall strive for, the things just beyond, over the next ridge, which will make for better education, education that means ser- vice and "co-operative living."

A. L. M.

THE GROWTH OF STUDENT GOVERNMENT.

The class of 1921 deserves a great deal of credit for having started student government on its way but the classes of 1922 and 1923 de- serve more credit, for the fact that student government still exists and is progressing.

themselves versus a benign despot- ism on the part of the faculty. In- vestigation and study by a group of interested students developed an as- sembly at which Mr. Walter Cole, president of Student Organization at the University of Maryland, Col- lege Park, explained their system of student . government. The same morning students gave reports of

student governments of other

Eventually

Why Not Now?

schools. "Do we want student gov- ernment," was the question on every one's tongue. The girls were afraid -fearful of responsibility.

couldn't discuss the question for- ever so the day came, girls voted for it girls voted against it. Student

government was rejected! In the

meantime a committee was appoint- ed and a constitution was drawn up. At the same time student govern- ment was rejected, the constitution was rejected. The leaders them- selves in the student body got to- gether and began healthy propa-

School opened again on September thirteenth. Girls and boya 'came flocking in and were made welcome by the old girls. Council meetings

were held every Wednesday night. We discussed and decided on the hest methods for the life of the We girls and boys together in the resi- dence halls; standards of conduct were set up. The organization be- gan to seek new ways of assisting the Social Director, members of the staff and the principal.

The one piece of work for the year that was settled upon for con- centration of effort was the new regulation for study hours. The procter system helped to develop a working organization. It has not ganda which resulted in the stu- been wholly successful but we mean dents having a second chance to to push on until the goal of having candidates offer themselves for election is reached. We expect that the time will come when students will feel it an honor to act as a procter. This is the process of evo- lution which all student organiza- tions have to go through. We be- lieve our goal is in sight. vote on the plan. This time it was accepted. Officers were elected and student government started on its way. There were several projects to begin work upon-care of the lawns and grounds; responsible care of rooms; care of the mail; plan- ning a welcome to the new students; and assisting the social director in D. DUDDERAR, Sr. III. the students and their callers to have an attractive home atmosphere.

First Stranger (at a party) --- "Slow, isn't it?"

Second Stranger-"Yes, very." First Stranger-"Let's go home." Second Stranger-"I can't. I'm the host."

A word to the wise is sufficient, Now, Jr., hear this tale of woe

If you every try skipping,

You'll soon be deficient, And out the back door you will go.

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Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 1

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Publication date: 1922-1927 Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.) Number of Pages: 1024

Author: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Publication date: 1922-1927
Publisher: Maryland State Normal School (Towson, Md.)
Number of Pages: 1024