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Today in 1876, the Maryland State Normal School moved into the first building constructed for it. It sat on the corner of Lafayette and Carrollton Avenues, across from Lafayette Park in West Baltimore.

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On March 1st, 2001, a photo was taken by the Hubble Space Telescope which led Dr. Alex Storrs to discover a companion to a large asteroid, 107 Camilla. 

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Richard Evans and Carolyn Lyle were voted as the State Teacher College at Towson’s Sweetheart Couple at the Sweetheart Dance in 1961.

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On this day in 1866, the Maryland State Normal School opened its doors. This building on Paca St. in Baltimore was the first space the school rented.

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On this day, Towson held its first minimester sessions in 1973.

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The Oriole was the predecessor to our current Towerlight, but it was more like a literary magazine than a student newspaper. Here’s the first front page from almost 100 years ago.

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For about 20 years, the school held medieval-style feasts in December.  Here’s Newell Hall all dressed up and ready for celebrating!

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15 years ago today, WTMD changed to its current format.

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Fifty years ago today  the Towerlight reported why Towson was unable to host Chinua Achebe.

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On this day in 1949, students from Havana University played soccer at Towson with students from the State Teachers College at Towson. Havana won the game, 2-0.

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In November of 1926, there were about 50 men enrolled at Towson. And 700 women. 

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From the 1897 Class Historian’s notes: “On the eighth of October, the sewing classes were formed, teachers and directors appointed, and work in this line begun.” (Photo from 1893.)

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On this day in 1977, Hawkins Hall was dedicated to the late Towson President, Earle T. Hawkins.  In this photo, left to right, are: Charles Haslup, music professor and Assistant to three Towson Presidents; Thomas G. Pullen, who served as the State Superintendent of Schools for Maryland from 1942 until 1964; Joan Briskin who served as Assistant to the President; and Towson State University President, James. L. Fisher. Fisher’s signature at the top of this photo congratulates Haslup on the event itself.

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It’s been 20 years since we changed our name to Towson University.

But we know a lot of folks still call us “TSU”.

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On this day in 1972, this was the back-up plan for folks who hadn’t taken the brand-new opportunity of registering for classes by mail.  Innovation at its finest!

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The first documented Faculty Meeting was held today in 1891. These meetings were the forerunner to the current University Senate meetings.

During the meeting, Sarah Richmond addressed the qualities of a good teacher.

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2005 marked the first Laborstay Weekend on Towson’s campus.

Happy Labor Day, Tigers!