tl19660401-000 "STAT 00 0 Volume XVIII, No. 19 B. F. Skinner Interprets Utopian View Stephens Auditorium was packed on March 23, with stu-dents sitting on the steps lead-ing to the stage, on the floor in the aisles, and standing at the back, as psychologist B.F. Skin-ner spoke on ""Utopia Now?"" Skinner was introduced by Dr. Cassat, chairman of the psy-chology department. Skinner noted that there has been a renewal of interest in the utopian theme, as well as an upsurge of disutopias�that is, hooks on a satiric level aimed at sincere efforts toward utop-ia. Skinner's Walden Two depicts What he feels is a, good life based on the English country life of the 19th Century with the exception of servants. The noted psychologist emphasized that he is ""earnest on this""; he did state, however, that in the twenty-year interim since he wrote the book many changes could be made. The book inclu-ded pleasant working conditions, Productive leasure time, good child care, a good educational system (even though it did not have programmed instruction), and maximal social contacts. This book and other ideals have been sharply criticized; or instance, Fortune magazine stated that the problem is not 110W to realize utopia but how to Prevent it. Others have stated that Walden Two was a triumph of behavioral engineering in Which the conditioned impulse Is king; ""inhabitants have the freedom of Pavlovian dogs."" Nevertheless, Skinner pointed �tit, the pattern of a utopian einanunity is not out of reach. an now has assurance about (Continued on Page 7) IGHT April 1, 1966 ""As we grow larger . . ."" See inside pages for caption contest information and entry blank on pages 4 and 5. Towson Hosts Study Of Children's Books A Festival of Children's Lit. erature, ""Creating Worlds for Children"" is to be held at Tow-son State. The Festival will pro-vide an opportunity for parents, teachers, college students, li-brarians, publishers, illustra-tors, and writers to share their Worlds of Children's Books. Jointly sponsored by the Col-lege and the Knapp School Li-braries Project, events will take place at the Lida Lee Tall School on the Towson Campus; at the Mount Royal School, Bal-timore, the Knapp Project Dem-onstration Center; and at Tow-son Senior High School. The schedule and speakers in, elude: Friday April 29, 1966 9:45 a.m.-Johns Lanstaff at Mount Royal School, (Singer-author, Over in the Meadow, Swapping Bay, Frog Went A -Courting, Richard Chase at Lida Lee Tall School, (Folklorist, storyteller, author-Jack Tales, Grandfather Tales.) bean's List Totals 249 Top Students The Registrar's Office is Pteased to announce the honoririg - of 249 Towson State stu- 4ents for achieving a Dean's List average for the first semester, 1965.66. To make the Dean's List a student must achieve a Inlilinnurri 3.0 average and be among the top 10% of his class. jhe 40 Seniors who made the jcan's list are as follows: 41.11055, E. Baily, E. Bender, Brooks, C. Debelius, M. ;leids, S. Fine, D. Gelin, J. iticiffnian, D. Goldberg, J. Gold- OIL, B. Greenspon, M. Hanson, tUmm, D. Keith, M. Kelley, iteuthe, K. Kuhn, J. Lantz, D. Lauck, H. Lohr, M. Lowry, D. Marks, D. Merriam, G. Nath-anson, S. Naviasky, P. Neily, D. Poltilove, C. Redline, I. Rus-sel, J. Schlitzer, C. Schuppner, R. Schwaninger, K. Shinners, H. Sperry, 0. Thompson, J. Van Engel, D. Vincent, C. West-phalen, and S. Zeiger. The 49 Juniors on the first Semester's Deans List are: N. Allers, C. Annecillo, E. Baily, E. Blondheim, M. Bloodsworth, S. Blumberg, G. Brass, M. Burns, B. Cohen, D. Cole, H. Demb, J. Derflinger, A. Diem, M. Dougherty, D. Edel, E. Fick-elberg, G. Frank, R. Goodman, (Continued on Page 7) 1:00 p.m. Richard Chase at Mount Royal School, John Lang-staff at Lida Lee Tall School. 5:30 p.m.-Dinner, Longley's Restaurant, Towson Plaza 8:00 p.m.-Concert and Story-telling John Lagnstaff and Richard Chase at Towson High School Auditorium (Use Aigburth Road Entrance) Saturday, April 30, 1966 9:30 a.m. Madeliene L' Engle at Lida Lee Tall School ""Do We Have a Language That Is Not Ob-solete"" (Author-A Wrinkle in Time, Newberry award winner, Meet the Austins 10:20 a.m.-Coffee Hour-Meet Richard Chase 10:45 a.m.-Panel Discussion at Lida Lee Tall School Elizabeth Nesbitt (Teacher, writer, story-teller, lecture), Chairman, An-nis Duff (Editor, Children's Books, Viking Press), Madeleine L' Engle, Peggy Sullivan (Dir-ector, Knapp School Libraries Project), Edwin Tunis (Author illustrator�Oars, Sales, and Stream, Frontier Life, Colonial Living) and Ruth Hill Viguers (Continued on Page 7) College Threatened By Bomb Scares Twice in one week, on Tues-day, March 22, and on Thurs-day, March 24, bomb threats were telephoned into the Tow-son switchboard and received by Mrs. Margaret McDade, the operator. Both times all of the campus buildings were evacu-ated until the threats proved false. The first call was received on Tuesday about 9:30 a.m. when a ""slow"" and ""precise"" femi-nine voice told Mrs. McDade that ""a bomb will go off some-where on the campus within the next 45 minutes."" The Bal-timore County Police were called and the buildings were emptied for approximately thirty min-utes. The second call, which was re-ceived about 1:45 p.m. on Thurs-day was also made by the same feminine voice ""only quicker."" This time the caller said that ""a bomb will go off in a campus building within the next 45 minutes-this time I'm not kid-ding."" To this call the Baltimore County Police again responded. Also, the Baltimore County Fire Department and a special in-vestigating agency of the County were on the scene as Towsonites were sent out of the campus buildings into a cold, driving rain in which they waited 40 minutes. According to Mrs. McDade, the female sounded as if she were in her late teens or early twenties. Although there is a good possibility that the culprit is in no way connected with the College, there is also the possibility that ""she"" is a stu-dent. Therefore, if anyone on cam-pus has heard of any informa-tion that might be pertinent in the apprehension of the anony-mous caller, please contact the Dean of Students' Office or the Tower Light Office. Alvie Haste, Miss Archer, and of the series of symposia. Hobert Beckey conduct another ""This plea is not being made in order to intimidate anyone; it is being made because of the seriousness of the situation,"" Dean Murphy said. ""The re-percussions from the telephon-ing of bomb threats can be very severe. So far only time and money have been wasted. Let it cease before there is any per-sonal injury,"" She concluded. Liwanag Talks To I.R.C. On Phillipines Antero Liwanag, Second Sec-retary of the Philipines, spoke to the members of the Inter-national Relations club on Thursday, March 24. His topic was ""The Government and Social Reform in the Philip-pines."" Liwanag's address began with a discussion of the physical and social geography of his coun-try. He emphasized the coun-try's generally sparse popula-tion in an effort to balance the common notion that all Asian lands are overcrowded. In discussing the history and government of the is-lands, Liwanag stressed his country's nationalistic quest to gain control of the former British posession, North Borneo. While this area has ben united with Malaya and is now temporarily joined with Singapore, it is in-habited by people remarkably similar to those inhabiting the Philippines. The government allocates 28% of its annual budget for edu-cational purposes, but there is still much to be done. In par-ticular, there is a need for bet-ter trained teachers, more books, and the improvement of super-vision of student's study. After the meeting, the Secretary talked of the many ""diploma mills"" that populate the islands. These are pri-vately owned universities that are run soley for the purpose of enriching the owners. Liwanag has been in the United States for eight years. His primary interest is in ec-onomics. Prior to becoming Second Secretary, he served as a Philippine Consul in Chicago. On Monday, April 4, Anand Mohan will speak in Science 340 on ""The Security Council and the Small Nations. The address will be delivered at 7:30 p.m. (Continued on Page 7) "
