Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 107

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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TOWER LIGHT.

April, 1926.

grounds. There are chickens, ducks, peafowl, rabbits, deer, hares, and foxes. Nearly all of the animals at Hof-Oberkirch belong to the third and fourth generation raised on the school property. Herr Tobler car- ries out his idea of encouraging pu- pils to stay out-of-doors by means of the "sallede jen", play hall. that is built much like the pavilions in Druid Hill Park, with just floor and roof. It is here that the boys can enjoy the games that they would ordinarily play in an indoor gymnasium. The carpenter's shop also is an open-air shed. These buildings, the swim- ming-pool, tennis court, the football field represent more activity for their use suggests. All of them were the work of pupils, except where skilled labor seemed necessary to produce much better results than it was possible for the pupils to ac- complish.

"If we are to make any thorough study of our educational environ- ment we must first know the factors at work in this environment. The only sure way to find these factors the pupils of Hof-Oberkirch than just is to find where the time of the stu- cents is centralized. If there is a centralization of time about a certain activity, that activity becomes a fac- tor which influences the personality of the students. Then we must know what the comparative value of the factor is. The amount of time centered about them is one indica- tion. For instance, which receives the most attention, class-room, work and study, or some particular activ- ity ?"

Mr. J. H. Badley, Headmaster of Bedales School, England, explained the purpose of out-of-door activity, other than games, that the "new" schools emphasize .- "There are some to whom the usual school games make little appeal and who will nev- Those in charge of the project emphasized the importance of ex- treme accuracy in keeping the record. "This is the first time such a survey has heen attempted," said the stu- dent director of the survey, "and we er get from them much pleasure or profit. Even for those who do. the cult of games can easily be carried to excess. To suppose that games are the only form of physical activity and of recreation for one's leisure is have had requests for the results of a poor habit of mind to carry away our investigation from universities from school, and one that leads to all over the Fast and West. Just yesterday I received a wire from ale, stating they were watching our plan with great interest and want in- formation concerning the result."

much waste of time when games are not possible, and to the loss of much pleasurable and healthful recrea- tion. School ought to train in the habit of finding recreation and exer- cise in outdoor work as well as in games, and to bring into conscious- ness the pleasure and the value of many other interests and pursuits. To develop hobbies that give abun- dant interest and occupation for leisure is a hardly less important function of education than to give knowledge and train the powers re- quired for the work of life."-Anita S. Dowell, Dept. of Health Education.

TIME.

Spent By Students Of Northwestern University Is Recorded For Werk; Want To Discover How it Is Spent.

Wherever he went, during the past week, the Northwestern University student carried a notebook. If he stepped out after dinner to witness Bebo Daniels in her latest master- piece, the event was recorded. When the fraternity' brother mumbled & "S'long" at the fraternity house door, his notebook received an entry. For a week. Northwestern was a univers- hearted ity of Pepys.

Not only did the Normal School at Towson shine on the basketball court, but the whole student body

gave a lasting impression of whole-fest words in the world?

hospitality .- From The Frontline.

FEEDING THE MIND.

( By Lewis Carroll. A Review ).

Do you have a Fat Mind, the kind that "keeps up the slowest trot in conversation, can not jump over a logical fence, always gets stuck fast in a narrow argument, and in short, is fit for

nothing but to waddle helplessly through the world ?"

Do you feed your body three times a day and your mind once every three days? How queer it would seem to visit a doctor for mental in- digestion and have something like this happen.

"Why, what have you been doing with this mind lately? How have you fed it? 'It looks pale, and the pulse is very slow."

"Well, doctor, it has

not had much regular food lately. 1 gave it a lot of sugar-plums yesterday." "Sugar-plums! What kind?"

"Well, they were a parcel of con- undrums, sir."

"Ah, I thought so. Now, just mind this; if you go on playing tricks like that, you'll spoil all its teeth, and get laid up with mental indiges- tion. You must have nothing but the plainest reading for the next few days. Take care now! No novels, on any account!"

Why not try a balanced diet of mental food? The success is guar- anteed.

First, consider the proper kind of food. We must realize that when we make a meal of an unwholesome novel our slumbers may not be dis- turbed by physical pain, but the re- sulting low spirits, unwillingness to work, and weariness of existence which follows means mental unrest.

Next, think of the proper amount. Over-reading is as dangerous as over- eating, and who would like to try eating two or three loaves of bread at a time, no matter how good they may be?

Then again we must not consume too many kinds of mental food at one time. VOU thirsty, would you like to be offered a tray containing a cup of cold tea, one of milk, one of water and one of fruit jnice to satisfy you? If you are mentally thirsty a chapter of a

Outplayed by the Towson teams, outsloganized by the "Oriole," the male and female representatives on the basketball court were defeated in the State Normal Championship series by the scores of 23 to 13 and novel, paragraph from a history and 29 to 23 respectively. The Towson : a slice of science has the same effect ; your thirst is still unsatisfied.

Think of these rules, try them. - Have proper amount, kind, and va- girls' team displayed surprising speed and team work in contrast to their work in the beginning of the season, 'riety of mental food; allow a few while the men's team showed they minutes interval between meals and had profited by Coach coaching.

Callowhill's , we'll promise that you'll never have a Fat Mind.

Helen Feaster.

Jack: What are the three sweet-

Jest

Jill: I love you.

Jack: Nope, enclosed find check.

A report showing how much time was spent last year on "academic work, exercise, and sleep" will soon ba made by the Statistics Class of Vassar .-- Taken from the "New Stu- dent," March, 1926.

BASKETBALL SEASON CLOSES.

Three thousand students kept ac- count of time consumed in eating, sleeping. studying and playing. At the end of a week the reports were gathered by the undergraduate Sur- vey Committee. The attempt is to determine with scientific precision average distribution of time between social activities and studies.

Why did the Committee in sur- veving Northwestern education first study the use of time? Here is the reason given:

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THE MAN WHO PUT US ON THE MAP.

Henry Hudson was an English ex- plorer who belonged to a family noted for its explorations. Al- most nothing of his early life is known except that he spent it on the sea.

Just as Magellan set out to dis- cover a way through America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, so Hudson, in 1607, began a search for a northwest passage connecting these oceans. The motive back of this search was the desire to find a more direct route to the Pacific, thus doing away with the long, hard trip around South America.

Hudson's first voyage was made under the employ of London mer- chants. He explored the coast of Greenland, searching, as he ex- plained, "for a passage by the North pole to Japan and China." He started with a crew of only eleven men and his son John. This voyage lasted about five months, when, after suffer- ing great hardships, he was forced to return to London without discover- ing the passage so much desired. He had, however, gone nearer to the North Pole than had anyone else thus far.

The fame of Hudson's daring voy- ages soon spread, and it was not long before the French and the Dutch desired his services.

He agreed to sail for the Dutch East India Company. He started this next trip from Amsterdam, Holland, in a little vessel called the Half Moon. He had a crew of twenty English and Dutch sailors.

For a second time he found him- self sailing among the silent, white icebergs which crowd the northern seas. He was again making a brave search for a passage that did not exist.

The voyage finally became so dan- gerous that the crew refused to con- tinue, so Hudson decided to turn to the southwest. He had heard from his friend, Captain John Smith, that there was a route to the Pacific, south of Virginia. The crew contin- ued southward as far as the Chesa- peake Bay, where they again turned northward along the coast. On Sept. 3, 1609, they came to a large stream of water. "At last," said Hudson, "we have found the long looked for northwest passage."

The Half Moon was anchored near an island which the natives called Manhattan, and Hudson took pos- session of this region in the name of main in his own country and make his Dutch employers, naming it New further voyages in her interest; he Netherland. While he was anchored had to obey.

green tobacco and dried currants for knives and beads.

Nine days later, Hudson sailed up the newly discovered waterway, hop- ing to find the South Sea, as the Pa- cific Ocean was then called. All the sailors were delighted with the beauty of the country through which they were passing. The journey was continued until the Half Moon had almost reached the present site of Albany. Here Hudson stopped and sent a small boat further up the stream and learned, to his disap- poiutment, that what he had found was not a strait, but a river which led inland to the hills. But Hudson

was not discouraged, and, with the courage which characterized his

whole life, he turned his little ship around and sailed down the river whose name is his most glorious monument.

On his way downstream he was again visited by the Indians. One In- dian came in a canoe and loitered near the vessel for some time. At first his purpose was not known, but, when the sailors were not looking, he climbed up the rudder of the vessel and stole a pillow and two shirts from the cabin. The sailors quickly discovered this and he was shot for this slight offense.

On Hudson's return from the voy- age up the Hudson River, he was compelled by the Englishmen in his vessel to land at Dartmouth, Eng- land. He wrote to the Dutch East India Company, in Holland, saying that he would like to make another voyage in search of the northwest passage. However, he was told to re- turn to Holland, and, when on the point of putting to sea, was ordered by the English Government to re-

as the IJudson Bay. Here the ship was held fast in the ice for eight months. Food became scarce and the hardships became almost unbear- able. The crew became mutinous and insisted upon returning home as soon as the vessel was free to move. However, Hudson refused to give in. He believed he was near the Pacific Ocean and desired to continue westward. The crew rebelled, bound Hudson hand and foot, and placed him in a small boat with his son and seven sick men and abandoned him. The rascals then returned to Eng- land.

Nothing more was ever heard of the great sailor and explorer, but the map of North America bears evidence of a fitting monument to the heroic. but ill-fated adventurer and discover- er, Henry Hudson.

{ Written by a Student Teacher. Revised by a member of Senior 3).

MARCH.

March is a wild and surprising month. It surprises us any minute of the day. This morning, as 1 got up, it looked like a warm spring morn. I. went to school without a thought of cold. When I got to

school I saw it snowing. The sky

At another place Hudson went turned gray and a wind in all its fury ashore in a canoe to visit an old Indian Chief. "On landing," said came up, chasing the snow in all di- rectiens. the day. When it was time to go home the sun was shining in the sky. That proves that March is a wild and surprising, also mischievous month. ALFRED GAVIN, I thought it was going Hudson, "we were escorted to the to be rough weather for the rest of chief's wigwam. It was circular in shape. and covered with bark. With- in, two mats were spread for us to sit upon. Food was brought and served in red, wooden bowls. It con- sisted of two pigeons and a dog, which was considered a special treat. Fifth . Grade, Brooklyn Md. The Red Men were very kind to us." March 17. 1926. Hudson always treated them kindly. so they were friendly to him and to the Dutch settlers. Holland claimed THEY LIKE US. the territory explored by Hudson and soon sent men to trade with the Indians and to settle New Nether- lands. The Indians told these white men who came later, that Hudson was the Great. Spirit who visited them.

The Normal Elementary Mouthly welcomes the new paper-The Tower Light. The name does indicate one feature of our school-the lighted clock tower; but we do wish that the name told more about the school- what kind of school and where. However, the newly chosen name is a pretty one, and it is our wish that The Tower Light may so shine that you will continue to be successful and popular.

JOHN MCCARTY, Editor.

TOWER LIGHT'S DISTRESS- ING ERROR.

The Tower Light of March, in its athletic news, stated that the Normal boys had lost to the Maryland State School for Dumb in basketball to the tune of 34-31. But for the inex- cusable error of the editor, it should have been the Md. State School for the Deaf. A typographical error was the cause of transposing incorrectly to the printed page, the true score of our Frederick

here, the Indians came aboard his In April, 1610. Hudson sailed ship. They were clothed in loose from England on his last voyage to robes of deerskin, wore copper orna- the New World. It was a voyage of ments, and smoked copper pipes. great danger and hardship, during These savages were friendly to white which time his ship made its way in- 34-21. We hope men and wished to exchange their to a large body of water, since known friends will forgive and forget!

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delight this feature of the Tower Light which is intended to bring be- fore the students books that should be read. It is unique in that it has never been attempted before on the scale that it is now. It is a work

that requires the collaboration of inany -- we urge you to contribute to it -- its possibilities are great. Irving Sollins.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The School of Education April Sixth, 1926.

My dear Miss Tall:

Thank you very much for your let- ter of March the 30th. 1 am looking forward with interest to my visit with you. I should like to talk on the general topic "Analyzing Pupil Diffi- culty." Very truly yours, CHARLES H. JUDD.

CHJ-NP.

MRS. STAPLETON INTER- VIEWED.

It was a new experience for me. I had a very vague idea of what I was supposed to do when I asked Mrs. Stapleton if I might interview her. I suggested that she tell me some- thing about herself or her career, but as she was very modest, and I was a very amateur interviewer, we aban- doned that idea.

However, Mrs. Stapleton said that she had always wanted to talk about her "pets" at Normal School, the Literary Societies.

"When I first came to Normal School, five years ago." Mrs. Staple- ton said. "] became interested

in the Literary Societies. Since their first year they had been run on their own momentum. with no facul- ty assistance, the students managing them according to inspiration. Prop- er consideration was not given to the students' age for the programs were so juvenile in subject matter and presentation that both the students and the faculty felt that reorganiz- ation was necessary. So the English faculty and others put their heads to- gether and decided that the Literary Societies would offer greater oppor- tunities by becoming study clubs and the chance for showing their work would be increased by having three contests instead of one. The first consideration seemed to multiply the work, but organization makes possi- ble more work. This question of in- creased work made the students look askance but they enjoyed the "show- off" and they decided to mix the bit- ter with the sweet."

today. Tremendous strides have of us are being educated to become educators of the future (pardon the yun), we advise you to read the re- "I feel that these clubs hold a unique position in Normal School where the course is given with the idea of professionalizing subject mat- ter. These clubs offer opportun- been made in the world's knowledge. We do not expect you to read all of the books that are written, in order , views and discussions of this issue. to be educated, but we do insist that and then the books and magazines a certain amount of reading is neces- disenssed-that is, after you have sary. We know of no one who has labored through this editorial. Ser- (stimated the number of hooks that iously, however, we view with great ities for personal interests and the

APRIL, 1926.

Editorialo®

A NEW TOWER LIGHT FEATURE.

This issue of the Tower Light is to be devoted particularly, but not en- tirely. to the stressing of the im- portance of English in our Normal School work. The task of stressing the more elementary rudiments of English remains to others perhaps more sophomoric than

we and surely more capable of dealing with such a task. We content ourselves with the discussion of books and magazines to be found in our library. Through a slight connivance-a sort of subtle rationalization on the part of the instigator-we find that books and magazines, or call it literature, written in our language is a phase of the English work in a Normal School. Therefore, "be tolerant." as Mr. Van Loon would say.

If, as Dewey indicates, "Education is the means of the continuance or social life, and it consists of trans- mission through communication," and we presume here that Dewey is more correct than some of our more ambitious student philosophers who could discuss knowingly and for hours the merits and demerits of "Democracy and Education," then it seems to us that books play an im- portant part in this ever increasing complexity of life processes we call society. Books are educative, as is all literature. since they transmit ideas. 'They are one of the means of communication in education. A man in Plato's day could much more easily have read the world's litera- ture than a mnan living today. So-

have been written sinee the time when the communication of ideas by books began. Indeed, it seems to be a rather hopeless task, so many new ones are being written. However, we dare say that an estimate could be made if only on the assumption that the number of books sinee Plato's day have increased in pro- increasing com- structures. The portion with the plexity of social necessity of books in education is quite obvious.

Literature is as much environment as the material conditions from whenee it springs, and no one will deny that any form of art or expres- sion is influenced and even deter- mined by those conditions called en- vironment. Few intelligent people today, especially students in the real sense of the word, believe that ideas float lazily through the air, and at the beck or call of any genius enter the mind of said genius through his willpower to be transformed into a book, or a piece of art, or a piece of propaganda. Only the Hegelian idealists, who are fortunately and rapidly dying away, could be accused of such childish imagery. We pre- sume that even the Waggam-ists and | McDougalls must agree as to the im- portance of environmental influence on literature.

In modern educational theories, social environment is important. The ¡school is a special social environ- ment, combining many of the seat- tered phases of environment neces- sary to the training of the young. To those who read, books is a special social environment.

If for no other reason than that diety was not the complex thing it is books are educative and that most

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pursuit of literary activities accord- ing to the minds of the club inem- bers."

"It's all a question of people carry- ing their enthusiasm into a group and having enough to spare. Nothing can be accomplished with "luke- warm" enthusiasm, but with dynamic leadership the Literary Societies, with the backing of 1,000 can do wonders. It has been said that one man can do only one man's work, but that ten men, properly organized, can do the work of a hundred. If 1,000 should combine their ener- gies in the Literary Societies, what might they not accomplish?"

"I like to think of our contests as being similar to the contests in An- cient Greece, where the poets, story- tellers and playwrights came togeth- er. We are apt to think of the Greeks competing only in physical feats but was it not the interest in literary achievements which produced the culture for which Greece stands unique in the world today ?"

"Our girls are at an age when they have much enthusiasm, vitality and joy. They have an abundance of good things to share. The Literary Societies offer them an opportunity for this sharing, both in club work and contests."

"We are now approaching our third and last contest and we hope that the old enthusiasm, when every member at M. S. N. S. had to be a Normat or Pest will find greater ex- pression in these days of freedom when being a Pest or Normal is a matter of choice."

"The Literary Societies attract the graduates of five, ten, or even more years ago. They come back because they feel the deepest loyal- ty to the Literary Societies. We who are here today have received the Literary Societies with all the hon- ors, ambitions, hopes, and fears that have been theirs through many years. They are sacred as relics of the past and as hopes for the future. Through them our finest talent may find expression and through con- scientious effort and keen interest, higher standing may be established."

"We have three banners and a medal to award this year. One ban- ner is for debates, one for literary activities and one for dramatics. Each club, by winning in the con- tests, gains a certain predetermined number of points. To the society winning the greatest number of

points the medal, representing a horseshoe and star, is awarded. The star symbolizes the motto, "Glory to him who deserves it." Perhaps the horseshoe shows that he is a "lucky fellow." Who can tell whether the Blue and Gold or the Red and Gold will flutter to victory on the thir- tieth of April? Be sure to come with

There is an invitation and a chat- lenge to you, Pests and Normals. Answer it.

CLAIRE LEWIS, Sr. 7.

THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY.

(By G .K. Chesterton).

The Man Who Was Thursday is not a novel in the generally accepted sense of the word, for it lacks the female element. It is only, as the author tells us, a nightmare. Not a horrible, gruesome nightmare, but a surprisingly delightful and amusing one-one filled in general with a series of almost impossible adven- tures of seven would-be anarchists, and with one of these in particular- Mr. Syme-The Man Who Was Thursday.

The book is different, and some- what puzzling from the title through to the end, although in some places interest lags noticeably and the suspense element that might have been emphasized is quite weak and tiresome. In numerous places the absolute absurdity and ridiculousness of the book strike one forcibly, but these elements are counterbalanced by some excellent witty, humorous and philosophical passages.

There is a certain subtleness about "The Man Who Was Thursday" that permeates the entire book and comes to the fore especially in the last chapter, which by the way, is the re- deeming feature, and keynote of the book, but l do not pretend to under- stand it, and I still look back on it all with a certain undecided feeling of wonder and vagueness .- Elizabeth France, Jr. III.

THE HOUSE OF MIRTH.

(By Willa Cather).

Lily Bart, depicted in "The House of Mirth," reminds one of the or- ganization of modern industry. In this age of specialization, each work- er can do one thing weil. Taken from his particular niche, the worker finds himself lost. So with Lily Bart.

The opening of the story finds Lily are assured, and all bills are paid by Lily's aunt, with whom she lives. It is understood that Lily will inherit her aunt's fortune.

At twenty-nine she finds herself still unmarried. She makes several desperate attempts to "land" a mil- lionaire. but her efforts fail.

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Oriole and Tower-Light, 1922-1927, Part 107

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