tl19610428-000 "Western Maryland College Plans Demonstration TOWER LIGHT Vol. XIII, No. 23 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland April 28, 1961 tee Them Hire Own Hall, Argues John Matthews The SGA National Affairs Committee recently an- Ii flounced that the film ""Operation Abolition"" will not be s,!lown on April 28, as originally planned. ""Operation Aboli- 11�11"" is the controversial film depicting favorable aspects ?f.the House Un-American Activities Committee and it is ue,ing shown throughout the country. he film concerns the riots by College students in San Francisco aAgalest the House Un-American ""etivities Committee last year. 1 No Rebuttal Allowed $t ,,40Peration Abolition"" was origin- 71Y secured from the American Or �through John A. Matthews, '41a1rrnan of the House Un-kintb erican Activities Committee for t-};e Maryland District. Mr. Mat-tgews agreed to bring the film to aic'wson, and also to speak for the I,41: and answer questions. But, Mr. It tthews made it very clear to ''ell Gwynn, chairman of the 4 � a it tonal Affairs Committee, that if !A :wson invited a rebuttal speaker `''',, 1,7e film would be cancelled. The �. s,4tional Affairs committee con- 11' i,,Alered this condition unfair, and ecliately cancelled the film. Cancelled At Essex ,,,s _llecently the American Legion t, elled a showing of the ""Oper-i;� r1 Aboition"" which was scheduled 111; thc Essex Community College. A�e, film was cancelled when the 111' tican Legion learned that the vit eei)c Community College had in- 14' criet �t'. Arthur L. Stinchcomb, a t:e""c of HITAC, to act as rebuttal paker. In giving a reason for the 11; ellation, Mr. Matthews said, rtever agreed to engage in any 4te on this subject. We are not 'ow _, Ilig this film so that the itutlents of the committee can e their position known. If they 1113: g t to Present their side, let them / ti(10,,aN hire their own hall. We're ' going to lot them come in and over our meetings."" Distorted Version Pzsex cancellation and the by th 1 to face a rebuttal speaker 0 tlIkri Arnerican Legion has brought re 44tiY questions to mind. The Ot rtil-!lial Affairs Committee has 'eraL. I e' \vote led these questions; Why )1'1 %1 th o e American Legion allow ne to present opposition to Trn. ""Operation Abolition""? T., wrs_the American Legion afraid tt4Y :4'4 could a rebuttal speaker / h -gainst ""operation Abolition""? I., Y ti critics of the film charge g I t � ''rtl,,,,, LI a distorted version of the 0 'i't in California? Why r ''t the American Legion accept v N. etili J, 414,, enge of the Essex Com-kr/ 1,11Y College? Why won't the Id 01 ki)olit att Legion send ""Operation 4, ,.if d �Ili"" and a speaker to Towson tit `4(114Zrarttal speaker is present? til ""I' did the Pentagon rule that ,, fil n, , /, 'qilit4 may not be shown to l'y Personnel? 3. he he 6e OS' )115 rse' fot 911 fle 'rho BULLETIN ""Operation Abolition"" has been secured through Washington Video Productions, Inc. It will be shown May 16. A rebuttal speaker will be present. Editor's Report 600 Attend Jazz Concert Kai Winding and his Septet pre-sented a jazz concert on Sunday to an audience of about 600 people. Scanning the audience pointed out that only about 50 to 70 Tow-son students attended this concert. Members of the audience were from Johns Hopkins University, Goucher College, Morgan State Col-lege, the University of Baltimore, the Peabody Conservatory of Music and many other nearby schools. Also present were members of many local bands and combos and other Baltimore jazz fans. Towson's Jazz Society presented this program and the $900 paid to Kai Winding for the performance came from the SGA activity fee, paid by each student. When asked why outsiders weren't charged an admission fee, Wayne Schwabeland, Jazz Society vice-president, explained that the pro-gram was planned primarily for Towson students. Members of the audience who do not attend Towson said that they were surprised that an admission fee was not charged. A student from the University of Baltimore said that many people might have had the idea that the program was not too good, since it was free. Another member of the audience, who has his own band said, ""They should have charged admission."" Alpha Psi Omega Elects Officers Iota Sigma Cast of Alpha Psi Omega, National Dramatics Frater-nity, recently elected Ronald Bud-ney cast director. Other officers are Mary Rose Belsinger, assistant director; Paul Murtha stage manager; Craig Gerhard, business manager and Shark' Lacey, historian. Iota Sigma's pledge class will be initiated into the chapter May 19. Huggins, Sours WRC, MRC Heads Juniors Cindy Huggins and Rich-ard Sours were recently elected president of the WRC and MRC, respectively. Other WRC officers for the corn-ing year are Jayne Asher vice-president; Ellen Alford, secretary; Ruth Clarke, treasurer; Gini War-fel, Senator and Phyllis Balzer, social chairman. MRC officers include Charles Baker, vice-president; Fred Cogs-well, secretary; Carroll Swam, treas-urer; Joe Glass, parliamentarian; Butch Parker, social chairman; Al Beadily, athletic director; Tom Kuhn, Senator and Harry Shriver, publicity chairman. Show Of Peace To Contrast With Russian Show Of Arms ""The time has come for the American student to demon-strate against the totalitarian communist system and for freedom,"" proclaims a letter from The Committee for Stu-dent Demonstration, of Western Maryland College. This Committee has been or- Seniors Named To Dean's List Thirteen seniors in the junior high programs were recently named to the Dean's List. It was felt ad-visable to wait for the final marks in their courses which were only ; partially completed at the end of the first semester, according to the Dean of Instruction. Those seniors include Richard Evans, Janet Glaser, Rosalie Kaha-nowitz, Don Milstead (1), Margaret Mitchell (1), and Madelon Wilhelm (1). Selma Burkom (2), Linda Chiles, Joseph Haluch, Ellen Neville, Andrea Brose Sherwood, Nancy Thomas and Nancy Weaver. NSA Committee Reports Results Of Opinion Poll ""If war is necessary to avoid a worst crime against humanity, then I must support war in that case."" This is an example of the various answers given by students in the recent Student Opinion Poll held at Towson. The poll was conducted by the NSA Standing Committee. The students were asked to express their opinion on the statement, ""War is a crime against humanity. I, therefore, am determined not to support any kind of war, inter-national or civil, and to strive for the removal of all causes of war.""� stating whether they agreed or dis-agreed and their reasons for doing so. Of the 257 students who partici-pated, 197 disagreed with the state-ment, and 43 agreed. There were 17 who would not commit them-selves. The reasons given were varying; however, in essence they were the same. Generally it was agreed that war is a crime against humanity; however, it is sometimes necessary in the face of agression to resort to war in mere self-defense in order to preserve certain fundamental rights and freedoms. The NSA Standing Committee selected a few statements which they felt were a good cross section of all the answers submitted. They ran accordingly�""The Bible states that 1 *thoushalt not kill' and it means ! exactly this; innocent people are killed because of the few who de-cide that there should be war."" ""Life is for everyone, not just a powerful few;"" ""The efforts and the money used to promote wartime projects should be used to promote better living conditions . . . War is a necessary evil!"" ""I have no intention of saying love they neighbor, while he proceeds to annimilate me;"" ""War is not neces-sarily a crime against humanity� it is an instrument of race pro-press . . . it keeps humanity think-ing . . . !"" ""I agree (with the statement), if the Russians do to!"" ""I would gladly support any war that the duly elected leaders of my country would choose to engage in;"" ""We have to fight for right;"" ""It is each citizen's duty to protect and defend our country;"" ""War elimin-ates the excessive population;"" ""War is a realistic answer to many of today's problems;"" ""If it is a choice of war or living under foreign rule, take war!"" ""I want to survive!"" ""I am in favor of war only to preserve the American way of life."" ""I feel the causes of war should be removed as much as possible . . . war is inevitable because of man's innate greed for power."" ""Where would we be if we were not willing to fight for what we believe?"" ""The statement is too idealistic. War is not desirable, but the 'removal of all causes of war' is not possible."" ""I don't like war, who does? How-ever, if we should get into war, I would do my best to help our country."" ""It is true that war may be considered a crime against humanity, but we must remember that it is a crime committed by humanity."" ""The crime against humanity is not war; the crime is what causes the war."" A statement such as appeared on the student opinion poll can not be answered. May Day Dance Tickets Go On Sale Wednesday, May 3 Friday, May 5 Towson Students � no charge. Guests� $2.00. Everyone must have a ticket. ganizing colleges in Maryland, Washington, D. C., and Virginia. for an orderly demonstration in front of the Russian Embassy in Washington, D. C., on May 1. ""Members of the student body here on the campus of Western Maryland feel it is about time that the American college student shows he can be enthused over something besides being thrown off beaches at Fort Lauderdale,"" reads another letter from the Committee. This peaceful demonstration will be taking place on the same day drat the Russian Communists are showing their armed might and power for aggression in Red Square in Moscow. It is designed to show the contrast between the methods of the Communist student and the methods of the American student. It is to be a non-violent, orderly demonstration. Further information concerning plans, names of the other 18 col-leges and universities which have been contacted and other points on which this demonstration is based may be found on the SGA bulletin board. Some Towson students are plan-ning to attend. A car pool will leave from in front of Newell Hall at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Dr. Tansil Attends Conference At Miami Dr. Rebecca C. Tansil, director of � admissions, recently returned from . the annual meeting of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars-and Admissions Officers. The five-day conference which was held in Miami, Florida, was attended by over 800 delegates from all types of institutions of higher education� universities, liberal arts colleges, technical colleges, teachers colleges and junior colleges. Outstanding speakers were present who spoke on various subjects deal-ing with current problems in higher education. The topic most often discussed by the speakers was the need to increase opportunities for students now graduating from high school and eligible for college ad-mission. The afternoon meetings consisted mainly of workshops where there was an exchange of ideas among the participants concerning many of the problems presented by the speakers. Of particular interest to Dr. Tansil was the presentation of many research studies dealing with success and failure in college and the programs especially geared to the talented students. Dr. Tansil worked with the High School and College Relations Corn- ! mittee which is continually attemp-ting to work out a better articula-tion between volleves. high schooLs and "
