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To become a member of the Craft Club at M. S. N. S. you must first be a student there. Ten new mem- bers are to be taken in next year. Three of these are to be Seniors and seven to be Juniors. One month fol- lowing the opening of school in Sep- tember, the Craft Club gives to those wishing to become members a chance to express their desire by being the first to sign up. If you would like to be in our Craft Club next year, you had better come early and "avoid the rush."
E. E., '22.
Ed-"Hasn't my dancing
proved ?" Mary - "Wonderfully! It has
everything skinned, including my
ankles!"
STOP! LOOK! READ! AN EXHIBITION TO BE HELD AT M. S. N. S.
The first three weeks in May will offer a treat to lovers of Art. Those who visited the exhibition of Color Prints and Photographs for Ameri- can Homes held last year at M. S. N. S., will be glad to know that the Craft Club is planning a similar
event.
This exhibition of good prints in color and photographs, suitable in size and subject for school and li- brary decorations is the direct out- growth of the movement initiated by the American Federation of Arts in 1920 under the slogan "Art in Every Home."
Although the primary purpose of this exhibition is to make known and available to schools and libraries throughout the country the great variety and quality of prints within their reach. many of the subjects are suitable for the decoration of homes, factories, and institutions where large pictures are desirable.
The exhibition includes about one hundred and thirty subjects, which represent the work of about fifteen different publishing houses and ar- tists. The prints may be divided into two classes: those published in America and those published in Europe. Although the American prints outnumber the others, there are excellent examples of prints in color from England, France, Ger- many, Sweden and Switzerland.
Last year in addition to the resi- dents of Towson and the Normal students, the members of the State
tion that we feel sure the students and community will give us the same hearty co-operation iu making the exhibition a success again this year.
Playing volley ball.
Dot-"I get tired of coming for athletics." Loreta-"I don't! 1 wouldn't come to school if it weren't for gym (Jim)."
"What's that?"
"I sez, is a feller wot calls on his girl in a thunder shower a rainbow?" -The B. and B. Jay.
Dr. Hodge (in hygiene class)- im- Miss Richardson, what do adrenals do?
Miss Richardson-Oh.
Dr. Hodge-You need them right now.
"I think there is something dove- like about you."
"Not really!"
"Sure, you're pigeon-toed!"
"OH! SEE, SEE!"
You, who are interested in Craft,
Of course, if you've ever visited stop here one minute and see what the Craft Club of the Maryland State Normal School has done this year. Being in its infancy, the Craft Club has made but a modest beginning in comparison to the many possibilities. Nevertheless we think what we have done is worth while. See if you think so. We began our work last fall by diving into an earthen jar of brown, slimy, pasty material-for we were making pottery. By the "trial and error" method little clay bowls were made. The bowls were When they returned they would really hold water. Soon the annual Senior play was to be given and everyone said: "Who can we get to make the scenery?" The Craft Club immediately spoke up in a loud, strong voice, "We will," and we did. If you saw the play given, you know our results of making the scenery. If you didn't see it, ask your neigh- bor what he thought of it. This was a big "project" but it was a boom- ing success. During the winter we completed making book stands with blotter pads to match; as well as memory books. We have taken care of the summer months by making ourselves smocks of different mater- ials. We embroidered them with
you'd want one right away, exactly like them.
Now just to show you how very famous the Craft Club is, I shall tell you a secret. We have affiliated our- selves with the largest National Art Educational Meeting held at Easter Organization in the United States, time, the Govans Improvement Club, members of the Te-Pa-Chi Club, the Senior Class of the Ellicott City High School, and the Elementary children of the Lutherville School enjoyed the - . exhibition. There was so great an by becoming a Chapter of the Amer- ican Federation of Arts. We ex- pect to send a delegate to a meeting of the Federation of Arts, which con- venes at Washington in May. As a member of this Organization, the expression of enthusiastic apprecia- Craft Club hopes to become even more powerful than ever, by the help we can receive from many sources.
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STATE TO . I TO VSON
America's future de- pends upon education.
THE ORIOLE
The future of educa- tion lies with the Teacher.
Vol. 1-No. 5
SENIORS COMPLETE THE HISTORY ESSAYS.
Janet Duke.
One of the biggest pieces of work in the Senior year is the writing of the history prize essay. The con- test which is international in scope is conducted by the American School Citizenship League, and is open to Seniors in Normal Schools and Teachers' Colleges.
Prizes of 75, 50 and 25 dollars are awarded for the three best es- says. M. S. N. S. has been rather fortunate in the winning of the prizes. In 1919 Miss Lola Wood won the second prize, and last year. the first and second prizes were won respectively by Misses Lucille Heath and Grace Tull, while two other students received honorable men- tion.
The "Function of Education in the Promotion of International Under- standing" is the subject of the essay this year. The conditions of the contest are these: "Each essay must be accompanied by a topical outline and a bibliography with brief notes on each book. The essays must not exceed 5,000 words. A length of 3,000 words is suggested as desir- able."
This essay has been a project of many weeks. Indeed the Seniors have not been content with using the material which our library affords, but have made frequent visits to the Baltimore libraries. However, when the essay is completed they feel that th y have been more than compen- sated for their labor for they have gained not only much information concerning world affairs, but at the same time a broad minded and sym- pathetic attitude toward foreign problems. Of course it is not possi- ble that more than a very few of our girls have written essays which will be sent in, and of these, there may be none worthy of the prize, but under any circumstances the stu- dents realize that the writing of this essay has had a very definite value for 'them. After all, should not we as future teachers lave as an essen- tial part of our equipment an ex- ceedingly keen sense of the part which education can play in bringing nations to a closer understanding of each other?
Biology Teacher: Name the high- est type of animal.
Simonds: Giraffe.
MAY, 1922
AN EPITOME OF THE YEAR'S ENDEAVOR AS GIVEN BY OUR PRINCIPAL.
MISS LIDA LEE TALL, Principal. The closing of the year is upon us. At such a time one must needs look backward and again forward to the future. The past lies behind, but its influence projects itself and keeps on determining the present. If in our life here together, this year has made us, as students in the great profession, understand what team- work is; what loyalty is; what faith with work means; what happiness and joy means; what the value of a small child in the whole scheme of society is; what wonders the educa- tional process can work; curiosity about the greatest marvel in the world, whichis the power of the human mind to learn; if in all these things we have got together, we have touched the infinite. In that sense, the students of M. S. N. S. and faculty, too, have grown in spirit together, and the spirit of a school is its greatest asset. May the spirit that we are trying to develop among ourselves show in the work we are trying to accomplish in the teaching field so that not only shal. we think that we are that which we are, but our co-workers will believe that we are, and further help us ts realize our aim.
Published Monthly by Students of the Maryland State Normal School, Towson, Md.
THE GLEE CLUB AND OR- CHESTRA CONCERT.
The Glee Club and Orchestra, un- der the direction of Miss Shurtz, of- fered a most delightful program on the evening of May 12th. They were assisted by Miss Celia Brace, Instruc - tor of Violin in Peabody Conserva- tory, and by Mr. Even Campbell, Tenor Soloist at the Grace M. E. Church.
Each artist gave a pleasing ren- dition of selections, chosen both for the quality of the music and popu- lar appeal to true music-lovers. Wienawski's "Legende," on the vio- lin, was especially attractive, as well as the ever pleasing "Souvenir" of Drdla. Mr. Campbell's voice won many approving comments with high pralse for the delightful quality of the high notes. His songs were well received, among them the favorite "On The Road To Mandalay," and the, encore, "Little Gray Home In The West," while Mendelssohn's "Be Thou Faithful Unto Death," from St. Paul, gave opportunity for the greater scope of his powers.
Our own Glee Club filled us all with pardonable pride and delight in its achievement. With a delight- fully chosen group of songs, they showed what our students' talent can accomplish in harmony and phrasing, under the skilful leader- ship of Miss Shurtz, our director.
Among the varied types, it is hard to choose which was received with most favor, but among the favorites were the "Legend Of The Chimes," from "Robin Hood," and the "Ber- ceuse" from Joselyn, while the fi- nale, the "Recessional" was a tri- umph for both Glee Club and Or- chestra.
Our Orchestra, under the leader- ship of Mr. Schoenfelder, has made wonderful progress in this, its first year, and with the Glee Club, has given us one of our most delightful evenings.
M. O.
FUNNY, AIN'T IT!
That Betty likes to "Dodge" her problems of late!
That Eloise and Anne prefer "Dr." Hodges' classes!
That while others rave over the "flapper" Anna C. still prefers the stately "Gibson Girl"!
That Virginia F.'s new hobby is collecting Kewpie (Cupie) Dolls!
That the "Chase" model suits "M.
BERTHA WOOD, Sr. '22. | Rhodes" best!
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REALIZATION.
In the city of Scranton there is a sign which never falls to attract the attention of every stranger. Every night, rain or shine, letters of light urge everybody to "Watch Scranton Grow." We have no such device to call attention to our work but, if you will come with me some day to the south end of the school yard, you will see that our house has grown considerably in the last few weeks.
The Seniors and pupils in the Elementary School began their out- door work as soon as the weather would permit, and now every day can be heard the sounds of industry as we work with hammer, chisel and saw.
It is a good thing to get practical ideas of a working man's hardships first-hand, and not depend altogeth- group er on the newspapers for our infor- mation. The experience of the last month have broadened our sympa- thies and understandings of those who work at such trades. We have unanimously decided that we would rather be school-teachers than brick- layers or cement mixers. If you are not ready to concede that they earn all they get, work for an hour or The class was divided into four groups, each being responsible for a different topic. The first traced the development of the fire- place through the centuries from the rude altar of stone in the center of the baron's hall in the Middle Ages down to the scientifically built fire- place of today. The removal of the fire from the center of the room to the side wall, the addition of hob, projecting hood and chimney were mentioned in order of time. The enormous fireplaces of the sixteenth so at their job, and you will be and seventeenth centuries, with their ready to hand over their tools and also their wages without any com- -- ments.
It was our plan to have the house completed by commencement, but we will not be able to do so. You see we do not mean to be selfish, but wish to share our pleasures with [ially the smoke shelf. They de- next year's class, for it has been a scribed how they estimated the num- pleasure to work out in the open.
The frame-work is completed and the fire-place is in the process of erection. The fire-place has brought many problems and we have en- deavored, when they have confront- ed us, to face them, not to shift them.
After the carpenter work is done, the project will be turned over to the Home Economics Department and will furnish practical material for making "a house beautiful."
There is no end to the possibili- ties in this work. Year after year, there will be repairing to be done, the paint will need freshening, the style of furnishings will be changed. Is it worth while? We think so.
Do not sit in the scorner's seat, Or hurl the cynic's ban
But come to the house by the side of the school,
And give us a friendly hand." INA M. HERRMANN, Sr. II.
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OUR FIRE-PLACE.
"To build the Fireplace" was the special problem assigned to the Sev- enth Grade in connection with the "House Project." This responsibil- Ity led to a study of fire places which held the interest of every member of the class throughout the Winter term.
If enthusiasm had begun to wane it was certainly revived when in April the actual building began. The fireplace hecame again the center of interest in the Seventh Grade. As the class was responsible for am assembly on May third, it was de- cided that the program should be a brief report on some of the interest- ing phases of the work.
quaint belongings-tinder boxes, fire irons, ovens, were pictured.
The boys discussed the practical side of the work, the essentials of a good fire place, noting materials, thickness of walls, proper propor- tion of flues to opening, and espec-
ber of bricks needed.
A third group described the fire- place as the center of interior dec- oration-the most important archi- tectural feature of a room. They stressed the importance of having the fireplace in keeping with .the room. They showed how the over- mantel of the Gothic and Rennais- sance period influenced over-mantel decoration; with pictures they il- lustrated the idea that the fireplace motive does not end with the mantel, but with the cornice of the room, and made it clear that good taste is needed in selecting mantel orna- ments and over-mantel decorations.
The fourth group described sev- eral good fireside paintings and re- cited selections from literature de- scribing fireside scenes. Some of these were descriptions of curious old Dutch fire places with quaint til- ing. Others described happy gather- ings about the hearth. These selec- tions left with the audience an ap- preciation not only of the beauty and cheer of an open fire upon the hearth, but also of its spiritual value -the idea of the fire place as the center of the home.
MAY TREATS.
So numerous have been the treats enjoyed in our recent assemblies that it will be impossible to mention them all here. But ask any of the girls which one they liked best and the response will be unanimous.
To use the popula'r language- "they all fell for" Mr. Souvaine. You will ask-"Who?" "Where?" "When ?" "How?" and "What?" Mr. Souvaine is one of America's noted young pianists who is travel- ing under the direction of the Na- tional Committee for the Advance- ment of Music. The subject of his lecture was the relation of popular music to the classics. He was the very personification of a story book musician, with his dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair and we were immediately charmed even be- fore we had had a chance to hear his delightfully musical voice!
Having made such a good begin- ning, he proceeded to reveal to us and to prove a truth that we had never dreamed of before. I will tell you the secret. Our much berated, popular or jazz music is really the best of classical music. Composers of "popular hits" either borrow ac- cidentally, or steal, fascinating me- lodic phrases from the works of the best composers and use them as themes and foundations for modern popular songs. Taking these they change the time and key, and pro-
bably a few notes, very often not of the monster that confronted every any, and lo, and behold, they have made a "popular hit!"
If you do not believe this take the the first theme from Beethoven's Minuette in G ,and compare it with "The Rose of No Man's Land." This melody was deliberately stolen by Al Jolson and made into that popu- lar favorite of the recent war. Af ter he had told us this, Mr. Souvaine proved it to us by playing both com- positions. In the same way he showed us how "I'm Always Chas-
As Miss Edward has spent several ag Rainbows" came from Chopin's years working with Mr. Courtls and Fantasie Impromptu; "My Castle of |Miss Shaw in the public schools of Dreams" from Chopin's Waltz in A |Detroit, she is ably fitted to present Flat; and "Avalon" from the opera "Tosca."
the course to us. The aim of the course is to teach one to write well through self-direction, self-control, and self-appraisal. To attain this end it is necessary that the teachers have four fundamental steps in mind. The first step requires that the teacher have for her aim, "To teach the child to teach himself to write well." The second step is the re-
which are bor- alization that the child is his own
best teacher. The third step re- quires that the child have a definite ¡objective toward which to work, that he tries to reach it, that he measures his success or failure, that aid is given in the case of failure, and that a more difficult objective is given heard it several times and because in the case of success. The fourth It is so often rendered poorly.
search test, at the beginning and end of each term.
To carry out her purpose the teacher divides the lesson into a five minute practice period, in which the child endeavors to overcome his dif- ficulties; a five minute period in- cluding preparation and testing, in which the child endeavors to attain a certain standard; a third period in which the child judges and scores his work. There is little room to doubt the efficacy of the course be- cause in one month the following gains have been made: Junior I, 26 per cent .; Junior Il, 23 per cent .; Junior III, 32 per cent .; Junior IV, 30 per cent .; Junior V, 35 per cent .; Junior VI, 31 per cent .; Senior I, 33 per cent .; Senior II, 22 per cent; Senior III, 20 per cent.
AGAIN-THE IMPS.
Industrious, studious and earnest are we,
Members of our club in the El-e- men-ta-ry.
The Perhaps, if you listen closely, you'll hear
Some improvements we've made in our school this years. MARGARET RIDER, Seventh Grade.
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Mr. Souvaine told us all these things to show us that most popular melodies are really written by the masters and are loved by lovers of both popular and classical music. His plea was for people to hear more good music; that all which is good in music may be enjoyed as well as the short phrases rowed or stolen by composers who are not capable of thinking out their own themes. In a really good piece of music we find new beauties every time we hear it. We soon tire of the so-called jazz music simply because there is nothing new after we have
ture, Mr. Souvaine played selections representing three types of music: foot music, as in Granger's Country Garden, in which rhythm is the dom- inant feature; head music as in Sou- vaine's Viennese Doll, the theme of which follows a story, and lastly heart music, having a very strong, appealing melody. Several of the compositions were played personally, but the use of the Ampico-an elec- tric player-piano, which reproduces the exact performance. It gave au artist's touch to the program.
There have been many other en- joyable assemblies. One that de- serves especial mention is the Mari- onette Show that was given by some of our Elementary School children. And after the show was over what a delightful surprise we had! Tony Sarg, himself, the King of the Pup- pet-makers ,spoke to us for a while. His talk was most interesting and we all wish you could have heard him. He pleased the children very much by drawing for them, in a very few minutes, a smiling elephant, and as an encore, a fierce tiger. children even took the black board with its fierce tiger down stairs with them and kept it for a while.
R. C.
PENMANSHIP.
Caroline Read, Jr. I.
Penmanship! Such was the name
Normal student at the beginning of,6000 York Road the third term. For many days over the tops of the cubicles in the Ad- ministration Hall and through the corridors of Newell Hall echoed the all important question, "Have you passed "it" yet? Our terror of "it" and the subsequent lessons was not to be long-lived, however, for that terror was soon over-come by Miss Edward's explanation of the Courtis Standard Practical Tests.
THE ORIOLE
PUBLISHED MONTHLY
BY THE STUDENTS OF THE MARY- LAND STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. TOWSON, MD.
MIRIAM SHAWN - Advertising Mgr.
DOROTHY JUMP NOVILLA CALLAHAN Circulation Mgrs. BERTHA WOOD - Business Mgr.
MAY, 1922.
The following letter was received by one of the Fifth Grade girls in reply to a letter written to the Mex- ican Embassy, asking for informa- tion about Mexico. The geography class, in its study of Latin-America, has received much direct informa- tion about the countries studied in response to letters written by the class to people interested in the re- lationship between their country and ours.
EMBAJADA DE MEXICO
EN LOS
ESTODOS UNIDOS DE AMERICA Washington, D. C. May 4, 1922.
Miss Mary Alice Wood, Towson, Md.
Dear Little Girl:
I have received your very inter- esting letter dated the 1st of this month.
I am pleased to see that you like Mexico and wish to know more ahout its customs, its people, etc.
Under separate cover I am mail- ing you today some literature rela- tive to my country, the reading of which I hope you will enjoy.
I am enclosing you herewith a picture of a Mexican girl dressed in some native costume typical of the peasantry of a certain part of the country ,which you may use to dress the doll that is to represent Mexico at the School Bazaar. You will un- derstand that costumes such as these are not really worn by Mexican girls. Availing myself of your invita- tion, I will be glad to visit the ele- mentary school of the Maryland State Normal School at Towson, Md., should I ever pass through that section of the country.
Hoping that your bazaar will be
Very cordially yours, MANUEL C. TELLEG,
Charge d'Affaires, ad Interim. for our country.
HOO-WINS.
to the left. As the first speaker of the affirmative side arose, a round of applause ran through the ranks jof the Pests-only rivalled by that which came from the Normals, as their speakers came forward. What? Hear that point! They can't refute that-of course contin- uation schools are compatible with our present-day ideals of democracy. But wait! What was that girl saying-"only a temporary make- shift-an ideal system will provide for day schools for every child-"
And then you awoke to find that the Pests were singing their peppiest songs, and the Normals answering back with songs that came from
throats hoarse
with excitement. "Would we get it again? For two years we had held it. What if-
But down the aisle came the judge -on the Normal side. One ear-split- ting yell of triumph, and then those Pests-valiant losers-were cheering us with all the sincerity which char- acterizes any Normal School loser. "Three times now. I never dreamed we'd win!" babbled excited Normal girls, and the Pests, with loyal determination answered back "You did win it honestly, but we'll beat you yet,"-while up in Miss Tall's office, a golden banner smiled happily to itself, as it meditated on the eccentricities of these queer mor- tals, anyway!
BETTY BOWMAN, '22.
ARBOR DAY.
The Seventh Grade.
The Seventh Grade was asked to name the tree our school planted on the campus on Arbor Day. "Let us name it for Joyce Kilmer," said Catherine, "because of his beautiful poem on 'Trees.'" We had just planned to recite this poem at the tree planting. We all approved of this name, hut Lillian reminded us of the campaign for memorial tree planting started by the American Forestry Association immediately af- ter the signing of the Armistice. "There is another reason for giving this name to our tree," said she. "Let us make it a memorial for Joyce Kilmer since he lost his life in the Great War." This idea gave us sign my report.
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