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When the floor was well with the girl athletes, a bugle was sounded and the maze of black and white glided mysteriously into line, cadet fashion. Headed by Miss Tall and other officials on the committee in charge of the event, they circled the floor, followed by music from the Evening Sun Boys' Band.
This over, the lines broke up into scattered figures everywhere and for a while pandemonium reigned. Then the officials, using large posters on which the events were indicated gathered the groups of contestants to various parts of the hall. Shortly was par- gan. Contestants whose time to take part had not yet arrived, paraded around, arm in arm, watching the potato races, dodgeball games and throw and catch relays going on at the same time. Strident inquiries as to the character of participants of a particular contest, shouts of ap- proval and hoarse cries of triumph characterized each event.
The dominant feature of the even- ing was that of action, life and color, and, we are happy to say our school won a not unenviable position as third in the carnival .- Yetta Brick- man, Sr 7.
There is much evidence of lively
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HURRIED GLIMPSES OF A HASTY CITY. I
New York, how hateful it is! It seems to be a grinning monster, laughing at its millions of inhabi- tants.
Look -! A long line of women, on a dark and narrow street. The wind blows mercilessly. It is cold, very cold. And as you look, the black line moves, writhing as if in agony, recoiling from the stinging lashes of a huge whip. The figures of the women become huge black blotches wildly gesticulating-suddenly- aw- fully, the figures rush off into space, the women holding to each other- shrieking-hoping to be saved.
Oh, God! What a sight! And like wild beasts in the struggle for meat, they fight for a bucketful of coal. A few minutes ride on the bus- and I am on Riverside Drive. Pala- tial residences - bright, cheerful windows-men and women laughing gaily-the sun glistening on the Hud- son. A brisk wind-snappy, cold weather-what a beautiful bright city!
But the file of ugly black blotches appears once more.
II
What a tremendous city! A city of stone and iron-and sweat! Tiny diminutive beings walking, running, up and down between the
huge massive walls of the sooty black sky- scrapers. They look like toy beings operated by
electric magnets- pulled here and there. New York- a city of millions of toy puppets- each one occupying a definitely definite position-what awful bewil- dering regularity!
III
Yesterday, when I awoke in the morning, I could have shouted from delight. The city-in the long nar- row night it had been transformed- the work of some giant-it must bave began. I began to repeat- "Beautiful, beautiful-".
A few hours later, alleys of dirt, and yellow, brown slush. There can be no beauty in this tremendous city!
IV A pitiably shrill cry-"Merican- newspap-uh!"
Years later we find Ahab a bitter The street car was full. A mid- man, roaming the seas in search of night crowd-sparkling with gayety, the whale. He has been robbed of wearied with toil-the air was stif- his leg, his youth, and his sweet- ling. All the windows were closed. heart; and time has been cruel to It was raining in torrents of pitch- to him.
forks-like Neptune's tridents. Jag- ged lightning-and reverberating thunder-the ire of the Gods, it seemed.
He shrilled again and again his ware. No result. A shadow of dis- appointment on his face. The car stopped-the child stepped out -- struggling with his water-soaked |gel, Senior 2.
sopping weight.
A stout man-red-faced and per- spiring-piggish eyes, comfortably dressed-sat and stared. Slowly with his tongue, he pushed his stubby black cigar into the left corner of his jowl. Speculatively, he eyed his neighbors. After a pause-"Ain't it funny," he remarked as if ruminat- ing. "ain't it funny, how some people will do anything for money?"
-- I. W. Sollins.
'THE SEA BEAST"-METRO- POLITAN.
A Baltimore audience has not seen a more thrilling "movie" this year! Of course, I refer to "The Sea Beast." This picture was taken from Herman Melvill's masterpiece, a whaling story, Moby Dick."
If a motion picture of the sea promises adventure and excitement, "The Sea Beast" has more than ful- filled a promise.
John Barrymore, the youngest of the Barrymore family is cast in role of Ahab Odey, a young harpooner; a romantic youth whose enthusiasms are divided between his great love for Esther Wiscasset and the sea.
The picture has two big themes; the whale hunt-and particularly Moby Dick, the giant of the sea, a monster who has caused the loss of crews and ships for years-and the romance of Ahab and Esther.
Ahab has a half-broher who is also in love with Esther. Jealousy causes Dick to push big brother out of the boat while the whalers are in pursuit of the "Sea Menace."
Moby Dick carries away Ahab's leg. Then follows misery and pain for Ahab. A touching scene is the meeting of the two lovers when the ship docks. Ahab misunderstands Esther's tears for pity and believes his brother's story concerning Es- ther's devotion to him (Derek). Derek causes the afflicted man to turn back to the sea and Ahab's enemy-Moby Dick.
The reel which shows his discov- ery of his brother's treachery, his killing of Moby Dick, and his re- turn to Esther command the atten-
A child-lean, hollow-cheeked, tion of the audience to the utmost.
worn of cye-struggled through the nauseating crowd. His clothes-If show. Ilis acting throughout the such they could be called-were pleture is, to say the least, excep- remnants, vestiges of fat pudgy tional, for he can show pain, grief, boys. overfed and flabby -dripping and spattered.
remorse and suffering as no other actor can.
There can be no question but that "The Sea Beast" is a wonderful production. If you have the chance to see it, don't miss it .- Alice Krie-
LOOK THIS WAY!
The time is drawing nearer! Near- er to what? Most of you think East- er. of course, but after Easter there is a big event we've been looking forward to as anxiously as to Easter. That Craft Club play, just as crafty and clever as ever: "The Farce of Pierre Patelin."
This belongs to a series of farces that came mysteriously into exist- ence as early as the thirteenth cent- ury. Most of these farces have been lost, but fortunately Pierre Patelin is among the few that happen to sur- vive, and shows what must have been the character of all of them.
The old farces breathe of the scan- dal of their time. They also chat with fads.
So all of you lovers of scandal and fads-right this way!
Vice almost always gets the bet- ter of virtue, thinking is most- scheming, truth is sacrificed to mirth and mirth is the aim of all. This is a sure cure for the "blues," and is guaranteeed to drive away
all thoughts of homesickness after the Easter Holidays.
Doin't forget ! The night of April sixteenth in the Auditorium of your Alma Mater !- Louise Young, Secre- tary of Craft Club.
A CUMBERLAND MAN'S ESTI- MATE OF US.
December 9, 1925
Miss Lida Lee Tall,
Towson, Maryland. My Dear Miss Tall:
You have sent me such fine teach- ers that I cannot help telling you how much I appreciate them.
They came with the teaching at- titude, notwithstanding the fact that they teach well, they have appre- ciated the lessons taught in their schools.
Although they came with many devices, they are ready and willing to use any I give to them.
They are willing to learn the needs of children of their particular school when I try to show these needs, and they work hard to supply them once they 'see them.
They are willing to make the most out of their environment, con- ditions and equipment.
John Barrymore is the whole They are growing.
Send us some more like them.
May you continue your great work for the State of Maryland, Yours very truly, J. J. TIPTON
March, 1926.
TOWER LIGHT.
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TOWER LIGHT.
March, 1926.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES OF BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT.
1. Surface Features, Mountains and Valleys.
2. Post Office.
3. Civil War trenches.
4. Trees.
5. Birds.
6. Insects.
7. Flowers.
8. Weather.
9. Erosion.
10.E vidences of Glacial Period.
11. Beginnings of rivers.
12. Minerals.
13. Astronomy.
14. Comparison of industries in valley and mountain.
15. Railway.
15. Forest-fire observatory.
17. Huntington Falls.
18. Trapping.
19. Lumbering.
20. Conservation of Forest ( Mont Alto Forestry School.)
21. Copper mines.
22. Grist Mill.
23. Water Supply.
24. Milk Supply.
26. Mason and Dixon Line.
27. Gettysburg.
28. Ferns and Mosses.
29. Live Stock.
30. Roads.
31. Community Library.
32. Early History of Community.
33. Scout Troop.
34. Healthful Climate.
-Glenn H. Algire, Sr. 10.
BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR RURAL SCHOOL.
1. The Rural Library, Allan Hul- sizer, Journal of Rural Education, Vol. 1, p. 170.
2. Some Rural School Projects, H. E. Ritchie, J. R. Ed., Vol. 4, Nos. 9 and 10, p. 433.
3. Ed. Resources of Country Life, I. E. Butterworth, J. R. Ed., Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 6.
4. Dreams and Disillusion, Thom- as Dixon.
5. Ed. Resources of Village and Rural Communities, Hart.
6. The Advantages o fthe Rural Child, Charles D. Lewis, J. R. Ed., Nos. 9 and 10.
. 7. A year's Study of Birds, K. Franken, J. R. Ed., Vol. 3, No. 2.
8. I wish Every Parent Culd See This Country School, Stanley Frost, Collier's, ay 19, 1923.
9. Pressing problems of the
Rural Schools, Dr. Butterfield, Col- lier's, May, 1922.
10. But What Can a Poor School Do? John Amid, Collier's, April 19, 1924.
11. The Future Country School, Smith Education, October, 1921.
12. The Porter School, Mrs. Har- vey, J. R. Ed., Vol. 3, No. 7, p. 305.
Country Schools, F. M. Foster, School this must be so, thought the prince, and Society, Feb. 7, 1920.
14. School-teaching under Diffi- culties in Settlements o fthe South- western Deserts, School Life, Decem- ber, 1924.
15. Great Schools in Small Com- munities, C. F. Ansley, The Survey, Sept. 1, 1923.
16. Our Neighborhood, Smith.
17. Desirable Future Develop- ments in Rural Education, Kenyon L. Butterfield, J. R. Ed., Oct., Nov., Vol. 2, pp 49-51.
18. Handicaps of the Rural Child.
Brim, J. R. Ed., Vol. 2.
Schools, E. L. Van Syckle, J. R. Ed., Vol. 2.
20. Local Fields of Study Valu- able to the Rural School, W. B. As- pinwall, J. R. Ed., Vol., pp. 101-111. 21. Seat-work for Rural Schools. Higgins, The School of Arts Maga- zine, Oct., 1923.
22. An Experiment with a Pro- ject Curriculum, Elsworth Collings. 23. Shackled Youth, Edward Yeo- mane. 24. Creative Youth. Hughes Mearns.
25. The Story of a Great School- master, H. G. Wells.
26. Address of Miss Dunn at the Maryland State Normal School, Feb- ruary 26, 1926.
---- Glenn H. Algire, Sr. 10.
"THE LOST ISLAND."
Many years ago there was a beau- Surely my dream is true, and I shall search this island until I find her, so the prince left his vessel ma- rooned upon the sand and followed a little road which ran in and out among the trees. The birds seemed tiful little princess who lived on an island in the middle of the sea. This island was said to have been kissed by the angels, as everything on it was as beautiful as could be. There were peacocks and birds of paradise with their gorgeous tail feathers; exceedingly gay as they flitted canaries, blue birds, orioles, robins back and many other kinds of birds, with the branches, Soon he came to an
brilliant plumage. The flowers that grew were of such delicate shades and such sweet fragrance that they seemed made for princesses only. The island itself, dressed in its vel- vet coat of green, looked like a big emerald, set in a huge sapphire.
The little princess lived all alone on this island but she didn't mind, as the flowers and birds were all little playmates who laughed and talked with her. She was like a little
fairy herself with hair as golden as a sunbeam, eyes, azure' as the skies above. and cheeks of a soft shade of pink.
Now in a far away land, there lived a lonely prince who was so very lonesome that many a queen would gladly have given her only being before, she wasn't afraid at daughter in marriage to him. But all and went over to welcome him the prince scorned their love and to her own island.
overlooked their beautiful faces and generous offers.
so, in a little vessel of pure gold he began his search in the seven seas.
For days and nights the little ship glided over the blue waves but the prince could find no island. One night as he sat gazing into heavens the wiud began to blow. the the moon went behind a cloud and all the stars suddenly disappeared. The big black waves tossed the lit- tle vessel hither and thither until the prince expected to be swallowed by the angry, roaring waves. All at once, and to his astonishment the moon and stars came out. The waves subsided and the little prince sat dazed upon the deck looking up at the moon. There, as plain as could be, came the prettiest princess he |had ever seen. She was dressed in a white, flimsy veil and came trip- ping gaily down to earth on a moon-
beam. As she descended she smiled and bowed to the prince. Closer and closer she came to the little vessel so that the prince could almost touch her as she passed, but just as he reached out to do so, she stepped in- to a beautiful little chariot, shaped like a bird of paradise, inlaid with mother of pearl and drawn by six lovely peacocks. The prince watched her until she had vanished and then he fell into a deep slumber. When he awoke the sun was shining brightly and the island seemed to be brimming over with life. He looked for his princess but not a human soul did he see.
and forth, chirping among open space and there in the centre stood the most exquisite little palace made of gold and that too was in- laid with mother of pearl. Out in front stood the same chariot he had seen in his dreams. A bewitching fountain sent up sprays that resem- bled silver mist dancing in the sun- light. On the edge of the fountain sat the litle princess himself splash- ing water on the graceful birds that were taking their morning bath.
The prince thought he had never seen a more delightful scene and stepped forward in order that he might have a better view. But as he stepped, a twig snapped under his foot and the princess looked Though she had never seen a human
The prince told her that it was written in the stars that she should
For generations a legend had been be his princess so they weree mar- handed down which said that this ried, and the lost island became the
13. What is the Matter with theprince would find his true love only kingdom of their own. J. M. Allnut, 13. What is the Matter with the by discovering a lost island. Surely, Senio r13.
March, 1926.
TOWER LIGHT.
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CUTTING THE TAX RATE
SENAT
SENATOR
TAX REDUCTION
ASSEMBLY CALENDAR,
March 15-Miss Tall.
March 16-Mr. Woefel.
March 17-Musical Program.
March 18-Dr Ella Lonn-Euro- pean Problems.
March 19-Literary Societies.
March 22-Class Meetings.
March 23-Music Assembly. March 24-Dr. Gilchrist, Johns : Hopkins University.
March 25-Dr. Longley, Goncher College.
March 26-Music Assembly.
March 29-Mrs. Laura P. Mor- xan, Education and Peace.
March 30-Dr. William Burdick, Physical Education.
And then-Easter Holiday.
THE BENTZTOWN BARD.
They say that personalities are made by the things we do and the experiences and interests we have. How lovely it would be, could we all contrive somehow to acquire for our very own a personality as rich and full of life and joy and gladness as that of blessed Bentztown Bard we all love so much. Try as we might we could never accomplish the task, but if personality is an indication of the llfe one has led, then Mr. Folger Mc- Kinsey is to be envied for the beauty of his path through life thus far.
Host of us did not know just ex- actly what to expect when we en- tered the assembly hall and learned that our speaker of the morning was
to be none other than the Bentztown Bard. We had a reading acquaint- ance with this most humane of poets but the person himself was a treat which we looked forward to with joy and a little fear-a fear that he might not be so wonderful as we had imagined. Whether he was as won- derful as we had hoped can best be gathered by the attitude of the stn- dents after the assembly. There was so much happiness in every face, so much whole-hearted gladness that the sunshine was indeed brought to us on a clondy day as the speaker had hoped he could bring it.
The comments of the students would have gratified even so great a heart as his, could he have heard them. (If they sound a wee bit school-girlish they were none the less sincere and true, ) "He was precious." "He was adorable." "He! was wonderful." "He understood us so well." "That was one assembly that every one enjoyed," "Wasn't he great?" etc., etc., into the next class.
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He had something for us all but I have a secret feeling that it was as much the way he said his poems as the poems themselves which touched our hearts so. He spoke to us
through, and with, his poetry. The romantic soul was justly thrilled with the sweet manner in which he gave us "A Rose of the Old Regime," and I believe our Bentztown Bard was touched himself when he told us of this Rose of long ago. llow- the captain.
own experience. The selection was "The Stick-Candy Shop." You could just see the little old woman with her hands full of dough, with her sweetly smiling face and her gentle manner as she came to answer the call of "tinkly" bell. How hard it was for us in those days to push the door open so that the bell would sound. There were the candy jars filled with lemon drops and pepper- mint sticks and hosts of other sticky things, the cookies and the taffy and the nice, big sour pickles-all of it was so real.
There was a poem about a little boy who went in swimmin' when his mother told him not to after he had taken all manner of pains to hide the fact. This is how the thing ended:
"You never can depend on wimmin', First thing she said,
"You've been in swimmin'."
If I remember rightly there were two more, the first of a little boy with a chip on his shoulder who was always ready for a fight but who succumbed at the sight of a dime and thought of an ice cream cone. The last was of a boy braggart whose "everything" was just a little bigger and a trifle better than the other fel- low's. He was smart enough, how- ever, to hang around until his sister's best bean gave him some money to clear ont.
With this last, which left us all smiling and in the best of humors, Mr. Folger Mckinsey bowed his head and retired, nor would he respond to our stormy applause with anything more than a broad and charming smile. If his feet. ever chance to stray in Normal's halls again he will receive a hearty welcome I can assure you.
There is 2 "whisper" that he promised to write a poem just for us. If this be true then I hope he writes it soon .- Louise Siehler.
Margaret E. (studying Hist. ) :- "Why do they put B. C. after dates." Charles F .:- "Cause they don't know whether the dates are exactly right, so they say, "bout correct." -The Owl.
A young lady explained to a print- er the other day the distinction be- tween printing and publishing, and at the conclusion of her remarks, by way of illustration, she said:
"You may print a kiss upon my check, but you must not publish It." -Berry Blossom, Marion Ifigh
School, Marion, Maryland.
A man had fallen overboard and a tragedy was at hand. "Throw him a lifesaver!" yelled
"Oh, no!" shrieked Algy. "Worst
ever lovely this seemed, there was a selection which went deeper, and I thing in the world, you know, really. really believe touched us more be- cause it was within the scope of our They take the breath away." -Froth.
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TOWER LIGHT
ALBERT S. COOK LIBRARY STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TOVISON BALTIMORE 4, MARYLAND
April, 1
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1926
Participate in your own education.
TOWER LIGHT
Reading maketh full man.
Vol. 5 -- No. 7
APRIL, 1926
Published Monthly by Students of Maryland State Normal School, Towson, Md.
EUROPEAN CHILDREN'S SPORTS
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND OUT-OF-DOOR ACTIVITY IN EUROPEAN SCHOOLS.
(Continued from last issue )
Southern England was cold and damp on the twenty-seventh of No- vember, 1925. Clouds hung low and !tunities for winter sports than Eng- it was not a surprise to me, an Amer- ican, to see large snowflakes whirl- ing down. But snow is not so com- mon a sight in England. The evi- dent pleasure of even adults as they hurried ahout in the snow indicated that this was one of the very rare occurrences of the winter. By noon time when the sun broke through the clouds, the extensive grounds of Frensham Heights School, near Petersfield, had a feathery white covering almost two inches deep and every English yew was truly "ridged inch deep with pearl."
Indoors, too, the school seemed dif- ferent. There was an undercurrent of excitement that broke into vigor- ous applause when an instructor an- nounced at luncheon that part of the afternoon athletic period would be spent in a snowhalling game. Rules were made for the game and pupils advised as to the suits they should wear. After the siesta, which must have seemed unusually long to many pupils that day, the fun began.
scribed in the preceding number of this magazine. Even the United States, with its fine philosophy of games and with its wide stretches of country, fails to take care that its school children frequent the out-of- doors to the extent that many Euro- pean nations do. Some other coun- tries in Europe present more oppor-
had this training, she may take her class to the mountains for a week. The Ministry of Education makes it possible for very poor children to go. The most interesting phase of this unusual opportunity seems to be that the Department of Education, as we would term that hody in this conn- try, provides for the training of teachers and for the participation of pupils in sports during the school term.
In many of the European schools winter sports occupy the time de- voted to athletics when conditions are favorable for such activities. The usual program of out-of-door activi- ty gives way. This regular program, however, in the "new" schools of England. Switzerland and in Ger- many requires students to spend two hours out-of-doors every school day. During the first of the two hours, an American spectator feels transported back to the United States. Pupils play tennis, football, basketball and many games, such as volley ball, end ball, and "Three Deep." In England cricket adds a distinctive feature.
But the second hour of the stu- dent's time out-of-doors is the most interesting, because it is so novel and varied. To the American, the activi- ties frequently seem the tasks that country parents assign their children. ( We must remember that the "new" schools in the three countries men-
land. It is interesting to note that tioned, where these activities are go- schools, especially the "new" schools ing on, are, in the main, expensive -make use of such opportunities. Aboarding schools and so they draw
recent letter from the principal of a high school in Sweden brought an these countries. ) enthusiastic account of a school day that all her pupils and teachers had spent skiing in the mountains. Switzerland, the winter playground of the world, has every kind of win- ter sport to offer its pupils. But I wonder if you, Normal students and prospective elementary teachers of Maryland, can quite suppress a feel- ing of envy toward the elementary pupils from the aristocratic class in Boys and girls of high school age may be seen clean- ing the school grounds. At a school near Zurich, Switzerland, last Sep- temher, boys were responsible for keeping the grass free from leaves. They brushed the grass several times a week with "scrags." Pupils work in the school garden, where each has a plot, that he may call his own. No school, perhaps, has done more instructor in Vienna. Teachers there to interest pupils in the out-of-doors in the State school system may spend a week during the months of Janu- ary and February at Mt. Christoph am Arlberg, a winter camp in the mountains, where they may enjoy skiing, snowshoeing, skating, in a word, all kinds of winter sports. Since the Ministry of Education in Vienna controls this camp, the teach- ers have special rates on the railroad, and living at the camp is made as in- expensive as possible. The total ex- pense for travelling and eight days than Hof-Obergirch in Switzerland. When one comments upon this char- acteristic of the school, the Head- master, Herr Tobler, replies, "Boys show many interests. I hope to give them a chance to express their in- terests and I know it is fine for them to be out-of-doors much." Be- sides the athletic fields and tennis courts, there is a fine tiled swim- ming-pool. All younger pupils and older ones, who wish, have vegeta- ble and flower gardens. They may
Generally speaking, the European schools provide as carefully for sports, games and out-of-door activi-'at the camp is approximately $3.50 choose their pets, too, among the ties as they do for gymnastics, de- per capita. After an instructor hasmany animals housed on the school
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