tl19500418-000 "fi d TOWER LIGHT ol. 3, No. 15 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. April 18, 1950 Student Government Candidates (Following is the approved list of candidates for of-ces in the Student Government:Complete rosters of candi-ates for other college offices will appear in forthcoming issues of The Tower Light.) 1. PRESIDENT William Hammerman, Clarence. Hoddinott Robert Hofmeister, Joseph Zvonar 2. VICE-PRESIDENT Gordon Blank, Carroll Wagner 3. SECRETARY Eleanor Apsley, Trina Gold, Vivian Paugh 4. TREASURER Paul Arend, William Rogers, Don Rogerson 5. SOCIAL CHAIRMAN Betty Bradbury, Ann M. Wallace ELECTION ETIQUETTE 1. Date of Primary Election: Thursday, 27 April. 2. Place of balloting: Undetermined. 3. Consult posted sample ballots for proper marking procedures. 4. Consult only authorized election committeemen for voting information. (All candidates for office will wear identification tags.) 5. Freshmen and Sophomores secure ballots at Table A. 6. Juniors, Seniors and Junior College students secure ballots at Table B. 7. Vote individually. Fold marked ballots fiat. 8. Vote for only one candidate for each office. 9. Deliver folded ballots directly to Election Secretary. 10. Do not electioneer at the polls. Candidates Speak Today; Open Formal Campaign By Paul D. Carre Cam':ills politics, until now eclipsed by robin and baseball, shifts into high gear to-day when the four presidential candidates make plank-and-platform speeches in their first public bids for the top post in the Student Government Association for next year. With the primary less than two weeks away, the candidates, their campaign speeches pruned and polished, are poised for what veteran observers predict will be the most in-tensive election race ever staged here at State Teachers College. The election is wide open. No one candidate holds the decisive edge. There is not even an inkling of a dark horse. Until now, the campaigns have operated upon rumor and whisper. Petitions have been circulated quietly and cleared through the proper channels. The campaign managers, usually, the most vociferous in the pre-election lull, have been tight-lipped with regard to the political preparations of their respective candidates. In the precincts themselves, except for casual talk in the coed corner and a brief word passed in the halls between classes, there has been little noticeable interest in the election. After today, the campaign will be operated at full throttle. The presidential candidates � William nammerman, Clarence Hod-dinott, Robert Hofmeister and Joseph Zvonar � have had little or nothing to say about their individual chances for electioR or about the @tu-Sstance of their campaign cratory. In the words of one candidate, the campaigns have been hand-in-glove politics thus far to offset the possibility of any political advantage to be gained until the formal speechmaking today. The candidates are noncommittal. The pre-election activity is at a .riininium. But from the statistics gathered by the Election Committee, certain important conclusions can be drawn at the outset. The elec-tion has already a distinctly postwar character. Of the 14 approved (candidates for office in the entire Student Government organization, nine are men. The three most responsible post -- president, vice-president tind treasurer � are uncontesta by women. Aside from the actual SGA election, it is reasonable to expect on the basis of current reports from election authorities that the majority other school posts will be sought by men more than by women. It is not difficult to understand the apathy among the students up to this point. At State Teachers College, unlike other larger institutions across the nation, there are few, if any, politically-minded factions which could figure importantly in the election picture. There are no social fraternities or sororities in operation on the campus. And the school organizations which do exist are so cosmopolitan in character that no candidate could depend upon any sizeable block of votes lined up in advance of the election. When a clear majority is finally established, the victorious candi-date will, in all likelihood, find his vote to be an accurate cross-section of the student population. If the candidates and the electorate are static at this point, it can be said with equal stress that the Election Committee, under the di-rection of Mr. Al Naeny, is in high fever making pre-election arrange-ments. The problems are legion. No suitable place of balloting has been found. The flood of candidates will require special ballots. And for the next three weeks, the election committeemen will have their hands lull merely watching the campaigns in progress. There is every reason to believe that, despite the pre-election calm, the election race itself will be hotly contested. All of the presidential candidates can boast political strength in their school records. All of them have prospect of ample support from other students once the cam-paign is actually in progress. Whatever the outcome of the election, the Student Government organization for next year is assured of ability in its officers. All of the candidates, except two, are making their campaigns independently. None of the candidates has admitted to any affiliation. The campaign, if successfully managed, will be a guide by which future elections will run. The new code of elections will be severely tested. gadition Shaw lama/mow A collegiate fashion show, .spon-sored by Dr. Minnegain's Recreation 301, will be held at 10 A. M. tomor-row during the regular conference period, in the auditorium. Professional models from Hutzler Brothers, one of the prominent downtown department stores, will present to students what is current-ly in vogue fashionwise on cam-puses across the nation. No admission wil! be charged. Students Visit STC Junior and senior students, mem-bers of Future Teachers of America , of chapters in their respective high I schools, made inspection tours of the State Teachers College campus and buildings yesterday and Friday. The students, numbering in the hundreds, were ushered in groups headed by members of the local FAC, under the supervision of Wil-liam Hammerman. Social dancing for the visitors fol-lowed a full morning of classroom visitation, and the student vicitors were entertained in the afternoon by the college Glee Club, the Men's Chorus and the college Orchestra in a combined concert in the audi-torium. Dr. Hawkins, introduced by Miss Georgia Wisner, discussed ""The College and Its Program"" in an ad-dress during the afternoon meeting. Dr. Stover, Dean of Instruction, ad-vised the young teaching aspirant:I of the f'Qualifications and Oppor-tunities for Teaching."" BULLETIN Names of candidates for class offices and other college posts will appear in a special election edition. FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT VOTE THE PRIMARY"
