The Towerlight, October 31, 1975

tl19751031-000 "Ky's cancellation asked by T.F. Troy, Jr. Four SGA Senators have in-troduced a rsolution asking for the S 3 cancellation of Nguyen Cao Ky's speaker appearance, slated for November 21. t h tiTh itb ?ir Decision includes controversy Much controversy has been generated over President David Nevins' decision to hire the former South Vietnamese vice-president for the SGA Speaker Series, and this bill is the latest in a number of threats to Ky's scheduled appearance. Op-ponents charge Ky with tyrannical and oppressive rule during his term as V.P. under Nguyen Van Thieu. The lecture fee is $2500. The bill will be considered at a meeting of the Appropriations Committee Monday, November 3, in Room 216 of the College Center at 1 p.m. The meeting is open to anyone. Senate will vote on the resolution Tuesday, November 4, at 4 p.m. in Room 316 of the College Center. The sponsors, Senators Payne, Hill, Reed, and Schramm, cite several reasons for their action: First of all, the believe Nevins is acting ""inconsistently"" with his Policies of last year when he opposed hiring John Dean dna Chuck Colson, convicted Watergate figures, for the Speaker Series. The Senators claim that Ky is at least as immoral and corrupt as the Watergate figures, and his appearance should be cancelled on those grounds. Secondly, they believe that a majority of student oppose Ky's appearance and would favor its cancellation. Is Hitler a choice? Mike Hill elaborated: ""I do not think that student funds should be used to reward someone for killing, for committing corrupt and immoral actions. Would David invite Hitler to come here and speak? ""David Nevins,"" he charged, ""engaged Ky withou even asking the Public Program Committee. His cabinet is against it. Ky's name did not even appear in the speaker survey published last year by Towerlight.1"" Nevins stands firm But Nevins is standing firm behind his choice. ""I believe that it's not the same situation as with the Watergate figures John Dean and Chuck Colson. They were convicted of crimes, they admitted to them, the press covered them intensely and the public knows all about them. Sure, Ky has likely committed crimes, but he's never been convicted of any; he has not received in-depth press coverage, and so the public doesn't know much about him. The purpose of the Speaker Series is to let the public know about him."" ""As to a majority of students opposing Ky's appearance, I don't think the senators know: They should try to find out true student sen-timent. They have absolutely no proof that this is true."" The bill, if passed, would not have force of law, and would support Ky's appearance, if he was willing to forego the $2500 and speak for free. Studentreferendum today IP It, )c. by Steve Haas Reacting to the rising furor over the planned speaking engagement of Nguyen Cao Ky, former Vice- President of the defunct South Vietnamese government, S.G.A. President David Nevins has decided to hold a student referendum today and Monday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., to get a better indication of the true strength of the opposition to Ky's appearance. Nevins reported that he is-seeking to find out whether this opposition is the ""criticism of the vocal few or the concensus of many."" KY, scheduled to be the guest Speaker in the November 21 edition of the S.G.A. ""Speaker's Series,"" has caused the controversy through his reported sympathies to the ideas of Adolph Hitler and his role in the South Vietnamese government during the recent war. The decision to select ith him, along former Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan, was made during the summer, after the May publishing of a student checkoff list for prospective Speakers . Nevins elaborated, ""Neither of them innounced their intention to go on a speaking tour until after the list had been released, sosome of my cabinet members and I had to make the decision."" He added, ""We thought he (Ky) would be interesting."" The referendum, being held at the lobby counter on the first floor of the College Center, will give the student three choices: 1. No. I don't want Ky to speak ' Z. Yes, I want Ky to speak � 3. Yes, Ky should speak but there should be a $3 ticket fee so that his appearance isn't funded with student fees. The decision to add Ky to the speaker group has met with disagreement from several sources, including a recent petition to block his appearance on campus, but Nevin reports that he had yet to be presented with the petition at the time of this writing. Should Ky's ap earance to speak be protested vigorously enough in the referendum, Nevins is unsure what the resultant outcome will be in the arrangement. ""We have a contact with him, but I'm not sure whether we'll have to pay him or not. We'll have to wait and see,"" he said. Recommendation introduced In another noteworthy recom-mendation introduced at Tuesday's Senate meeting by Mike Hill, it was asked that evening division students not be permitted to purchase tickets to SGA events at the Box Office because they do not pay the $22.00 activity fee that full-time students must pay. The bill has been referred to the College Affairs Committee and will be voted on at Next Tuesday's Senate meeting. In other Senate action, the Government Operations Committee has ruled that organizations, which haven't submitted constitutions and membership roles by Tuesday, will be declared defunct. Senators contemplating serious bill. erti LXVIII, NO 9 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE OCTOBER 31, 1975 Reserved tickets cause Approximately 120 student tickets were available for the ap-pearance of Masters and Johnson, according to SGA President David Nevins. Many students were left confused last Friday when the tickets ,were made available. Nevins said that there were approximately 450 tickets available for each speaker's appearance this year, but that students were not using all of them. ""They were all being given out, but many students weren't using them,"" Nevins said. ""Some students were even selling their student tickets."" Nevins said that was evident after the appearance of Moshe Dayan, the first speaker this year. Shortly after Dayan's visit, the SGA sent letters to all faculty members. ""I told them that we were making tickets available for their classes if they would incorporate the speeches into their lectures,"" Nevins said. No faculty members took ad-vantage of the opportunity for either F. Lee Bailey's appearance or the visit by Cdr. Lloyd Bucher. However, several instructors do wish to have their classes attend the lecture by Masters and Johnson. ""There will be about 60 nursing students and 4 sections of psychology students attending as classes,"" Nevins said, ""around 200 tickets."" Nevins said that 100 tickets are set aside for students in the general studies program, who have to attend Angry students Waiting in line. the speeches as part of their curriculm. Many SGA senators were upset about the scarcity of available tickets, but were reminded by Nevins that many students weren't using the tickets and ""we wanted to be sure they were used."" Nevins said that on the night of the speech, those people on the waiting list for tickets will be ad-mitted if there are open seats. If there are more seats, he said, anyone with an I.D. card will be admitted, 'after it is determined that the tickets jwill not be used. The StudeGnot vernment Association is now making plans to accommodate more students at the Masters and Johnson lecture. Ac-cording to David Nevins, S.G.A. president, tickets moved very fast and many students were disap-pointed. For this reason special seating will Towson Club's Goal: ""Greater Involvement"" by Jo Ann Bankert Patricia Hearn, director of development for Towson State College, has sent thousands of letters and brochures to TSC students, parents of students, alumni, staff, friends of the college, community businesses and professional people in Towson. The letters and brochures concern the Towson Club, organized with the purpose of getting all levels of the college and surrounding community together to encourage greater in-volvement in the college and to make friends for the college. Sine August, the club has gather ee 400 members and plans a top enrollment of 1500. Paul E. Wisdom, vice president of institutional development for TSC began plans for such a club in 1970 with Glen Esk. This large white house is located between Prettyman Hall and the medical center but is now being used for counseling services. Wisdom said, ""We had a liquor license for Glen Esk, then Mr. (Wayne N) Schelle (vice president of business and finance) saw Auburn. The two of us went up and looked through the place and fell in love with it. The Faculty Committee agreed."" The Auburn Wisdom speaks of is an 18th century 3-story house standing more than 100 yards to the right of Osier Drive going toward Stevenson Lane. The face of Auburn, constructed of stone and stucco, is obscured by two English elms planted in 1789 which are more than twice the size of the house. The Auburn House was part of Captain Charles Ridgely's 3,000 acre estate that stretched from Loch Raven' Bridge to Route 40 in the late 1700's to early 1800's. Captain Ridgely built the Hampton House also in local stone and stucco and it is found off Dulaney Valley Road north of the Baltimore Beltway. The Hampton House is one of the largest and most ornate Georgian mansions built during the post- Revolutionary War period. It was built from 1783-1790. Towson was such a wilderness then, that Ridgely had to send the employees for his ironworks factory home at 3:30 in the afternoon so the wolves would not get Ethics a question in study by Mary Worobec Helen Reznick, a doctoral intern !it the counseling center at Glen Esk, is conducting a study on campus to determine if and why some students fear success. If a significant number do appear to fear success, she hopes to develop a counseling program to help students overcome the problem. The stimulus for her study came from work done by Matina Horner, Published in ""Psychology Today"" on Why women apparently fear success, especially in non-traditional roles or When in competition with men. Non sexist problem Ms. Reznick felt that the problem also applies to men and she says she ""began to define it as something many college students may be ex-periencing."" She says she sees students who feel anxious when they succeed, who do not want to let Others know that their grades are high. Some students may even change to a more traditional major (for their sex), or to a less difficult major to escape the anxiety. Students requested to help Ms. Reznick and two research Assistants are going into classes on campus and asking students to fill out the four-part questionnaire on a strictly voluntary basis. She em-phasizes the voluntary aspect of the research as well as the confidentiality of the individual student's results, but says that general findings will be made public and the classes that participated will be told of the results in person. Students are told in general terms before the testing that the test concerns a possible student service to be provided by the counseling center. Anyone seeking further information can get it after the test is completed. Ms. Reznick says the entire purpose is not explained at the beginning so students will be less inclined to bias their answers. Two parts of the test are geared at uncovering fear of success, the third part is from the Stielberger State-trait anxiety test, the fourth part is a student information form. It asks name, address, phone and social security number, mamor, QPI and other similar items. The student can then be made aware of a counseling program if it proves that they do fear success. Counseling could possibly benefit students by helping them overcome the problem. Ms. Reznick says there is an ethical question in any research project and she said that in this case ""negative effects (on the student) are minimal and rectifiablem"" She feels that concealing the real purpose of the test does no real harm to students. ""Since the Budkley amendment"" all school records are ""open to heaven only knows who."" This allows free access to students and also prevents possibly damaging data from being carried on the students' records, she concludes. them. The law in the 18th century following England's strict ethics, said that only the eldest son could inherit property. Ridgely and his wife, Rebecca, had no sons so decided to adopt their nephew, Charles Ridgely Carnan. Carnan switched his last two names to Charles Carnan Ridgely. when he inherited his uncle's land. Ridgely went on to become governor of Maryland from 1815-1818. Captain Ridgely had willed Rebecca her choice of two houses, but Rebecca asked for another, the Auburn House. She stayed there until her death in 1812. Auburn was bought and sold by several owners until 1836 when Henry Chrystie Turnbull .bought it. Thirteen years later Auburn was completely destroyed in a storm by fire. Turnbull immediately rebuilt it retaining three of the original doors. Henry Turnbull's son, Lawrence be placed in Stephens as well as a closed circuit television presentation in nearby classrooms. ""In this way,"" says Nevins, ""we can seat as many people as legally possible in the auditorium. Closed circuit television will enable the others to at least see the speech as it happens."" Most of those students who are on the waiting list will pick up their tickets from the box office on the day of the speech. The television presentation and special seating bring the total student attendance to 700. In addition, 404 seats are oc-cupied by members of the com-munity. These people pay for their seats thus offsetting the tremendous cost of the speaker series. Until the sports complex is completed, Stephens auditorium is the only building on campus which can accommodate the speaker series. The gymnasium proved un-comfortable and, therefore, we did not consider it, Nevins added. The speaker series is one attempt in an effort away from exclusive social activities. Ed Consroe, director of general services, indicated his support of this program baying, ""we are trying to provide a balanced academic and social experience for students."" Some have criticized the S.G.A. for giving 200 tickets to students enrolled in certain psychology and nursing classes. According to Nevins these tickets enable students not only to see the speech but benefit from class discussion after the speech. This policy is under discussion at the S.G.A. and may be discontinued. 'Turnbull, became a literary publishing agent and built a summer home on the come!' of his father's estate called La-Paix. Here Lawrence entertained such literary greats as Sidney Lanier, T.S. Eliot and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 1.4awrence Turnbull's son, Edwin Litchfield Turnbull, puyblished a hi-monthly paper for a local charity at the age of thirteen. Edwin did all the typesetting for the paper himself and even managed to get such humble !. ontributors as Mark Twain. Twain wrote a letter-to-the-editor saying ""Dear Sir: Yours is the kind of paper for me, one that comes but six times a year and can be read in five minutes. Please send it to me ten years. Check enclosed. Yours truly, S.L. Clemens."" John Symington bought Auburn from the Turnbull heir in 1915 and deeded the property to the trustees of Sheppard and Enoch Pratt in 1944. Then Auburn became the chief administrator's home for Sheppard Pratt. The last administrator to live in Auburn was Dr. Harry Murdock who left in 1968 or 1969 and is now living in Towson. Other Auburn descendants or dwellers are still living. Samuel Baker, son of John Symington, is now living in Texas. John Grason Turn-bull, a state judge, and John Grason Turnbull III, a lawyer, both live in Towson. Grace Turnbull at 95 is the oldest living descendant. She is the daughter of Lawrence Turnbull and sister of Edwin. Living in Baltimore City, she is famous in her own right as a painter and sculptor. The State of Maryland bought the Auburn estate for the use of Towson State College from Sheppard Pratt in 1971. Towson plans to use the land for expansion purposes with a new field house and tennis courts for Towson's physical education department. Auburn and one-half acres of surrounding land has been leased by the State to the Towson State College Foundation, Inc. which plans to restore it by July 4, 1976 under the direction of Kann & Ammon, Inc., Architects. Construction is due to start the beginning of November. When plans for restoration first began four years ago Wisdom said, ""We ran into all sorts of difficulties. A rumor ran through the nearby Rogers Forge neighborhood when we first applied for a liquor license that the Auburn House would be a 'saloon' or 'tavern' for students. The liquor license was denied. ""Even before that there was a problem with State approval for the sublease of the Auburn House from the Towson State Foundation, Inc. to the Towson Club since the State had never leased state property to a private organization before."" Wisdom said that Schelle and he became ""involved in the community"" to help ""bridge the gap"" at Rogers Forge. Last spring the liquor license was finally passed without question. Wisdom said, ""We'll have a gala celebration, a grand opening on July . 4th."" "