tl19701211-000 "Towerlight! � Vol. XXII, No. 12 Towson State College, Baltimore, Maryland 21204 December 11, 1970 � PARKING . TAX1 STAND astiote+ ANDING ,����� ARKINI 6i !- MON �t'RU FRI � See special in 4110 1 litk, . ' Pages five hrokiQt.dpoi ite1409 I PA RKING ANY FULL TIME WRL field workers preach nonviolence A group of field workers from the War Resisters League, a New York based pascifist organization, visited the campus December 8 and 9. Parking their bus in front of Glen Esk, the group raised con-siderable speculation as to the reason for their presence. Their reason for being here was to preach non-violent social change. War Registers League, is sponsoring the project, which got under way December 5. During the preceeding six weeks, the three men on the bus, Mike Russell from Towson, Maryland; Bob Brady from New York City; and Norman Thomas, from Seattle, Washington, bought the bus and converted it into a combination home--office on wheels. One of their first stops was Towson State. Their goal and the primary purpose of the tour, is to convince people of the viability of non-violent social change, and to serve as a resource center for persorls interested in building programs of non-violent direct action in their community. Talking to about twenty people in the Patio Lounge they began by contending that violent social change is no longer rational in a world of senseless murder, and the one alternative never tried ex-tensively was militant non-violence. Referring as examples to the campaigns of Ceasar Chavez in this country, and Danile Docici in Italy, they presented the steps for beginning and carrying through a campaign of non-violent social change. Briefly they told the people who attended the workshop that there are a number of factors and steps involved in effective non-violent action of primary importance was a definition of the situation to be resisted or changed which characterized strengths and weaknesses to be concentrated upon in the campaign. A I Charlie Byrd Five here Saturday night The Charlie Byrd Quintet will appear here Saturday, December 12, at 8:30 p.m. for a public concert in Stephens Auditorium. Byrd, the first to introduce the Bossa Nova in North America, is currently on concert tour of colleges with his brother Joe Byrd on bass, Billy Reichenbach on drums, Mario Darpino on flute, Hal Posey on flugelhorn and trumpet and Bryd himself on guitar. Byrd has appeared on many major TV shows in-cluding TODAY, TONITE, PERRY CONIO, EDIE ADAMS, JOEY BISHOP, JOHNNY CARSON and STEVE ALLEN. He appeared regularly for two years on BAND-STAND, U.S.A. Byrd and his Trio have appeared at the NEWPORT, MONTEREY, LONGHORN and VIRGINIA BEACH jazz festivals. Byrd has captured virtually every major award available to a guitarist, including DOWNBEAT magazine's IN-TERNATIONAL CRITICS' POLL and for several years running, THE PLAYBOY JAZZ POLL. Byrd performs classical recitals and concerts and in recent years has performed with the National Symphony. the Baltimore Symphony, the Min-neapolis Symphony and the Feldman String Quartet. He has produced three albums of classical music. Two of the highlights of his career have been performances at the White House. In 1964, Byrd and his group gave a recital for the sons and daughters of Congressmen, sponsored by Mrs. Johnson. In November, 1967, Byrd and the Quintet performed for the entertainment following a State Dinner for the King and Queen of Nepal. Tickets are now on sale and will be sold at the door. The Charlie Byrd Quintet, pictured above, will be in concert tomorrow night in Stephens Audi-torium at 8:30 p.m. "
