tl19670403-000 "The British Are Coming! Tho British Are Coming! JAMES F. HUNT PAMELA M. INGS SUSAN MISKELLY Vol. XIX, No. 20 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE April 3, 1967 Board Appointed For Honor Program by EVELYN BLUM Upon the recommendation of Dean Joseph A. Falco, a board has been appointed in the inter-est of developing a comprehen-sive Honors Program for par-ticularly able students at Tow-son State College. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Herbert D. Andrews, the committee will consist of Dr. L. Edward Bevins, Dr. War-ren P. Cortelyou and Dr. Robert A. Magill. According to Dean Falco, Towson has had an Honors Pro-gram for three years as out-lined in the T.S.C. Catalogue, but this program was never im-plemented. A committee of de-partment chairmen structured the new program, appointed the board and later dissolved. Each department will con-struct its own program which will be equivalent to nine to twelve semester hours for each student. It must include at least one seminar and a senior thesis which will be defended orally before a committee of the department involved, and one examiner invited from the college. The program will also include directed readings, independent work, and research projects. Each program must be submit- LT. COL. JOHN POWERS ted to the board for approval. For admittance to the Hon-ors Program, a student must be a junior and have a 3.0 over-all grade point average and a 3.25 average in his major field. He must be rec-ommended by the depart-ment chairman and his de-partmental advisor. Upon graduation the student must have a 3.0 over-all and 3.5 major field average. He will then receive a degree des-ignated Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science with Hon-ors in (the name of the disci-pline). (Continued on Page 6) All Systems Go For Colt, Powers Lt. Col. John (Shorty) Pow-ers will speak here on April 11, 1967, at 8:15 p.m. in Steph-ens Hall Auditorium. His talk, ""American on the Moon,"" is part of the Special Events Pro-gram, and will be open to the public. Colonel Powers was the voice of Mercury during the first as-tronauts' space flights. Acting as information officer for the Mercury astronaut program, he monitored the flights of Lt. Col. John B. Glenn Jr., Cmdr. Alan B. Shepherd Jr., and Capt. Vir-gil Grissom. He is also credited with coining the term ""A-OK"" during the Shepherd flight to describe a first-rate orbit. Nicknamed ""Shorty,"" Colonel Powers is a five-foot-six ex-bomber pilot, actually on loan to NASA from the Air Force. In 1952 he flew fifty-five mis-sions over North Korea, later serving in the Pentagon. He was assigned to Mercury three years ago. MICHAEL RATLIFF WILLIAM VAN TIL U Leader To Lecture On Teaching William Van Til, head of the Division of Secondary and Higher Education at New York University, will be on campus Wednesday and Thursday, as a lecturer-in-residence. He will give a public ad-dress on ""Conflicting Areas in Teaching"" at 8:15 P.M. Wednesday in Stephens Hall auditorium. Dr. Van Til is president-elect of the National Association of College Teachers of Education. He served as president of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development from 1961 to 1962, and president of the John Dewey Society from 1964 to 1966. He is the author of ""The Danube Flows Through Fasc-ism,"" ""Economic Roads for A-merican Democracy,"" and books on education as well as numer-ous articles in leading periodi-cals. The -iritish,Debate Team will make another appearance on the Towson campus again this year as the squad takes on Tow-son State debaters in a Special Events program on tomorrow. April 4, in Stephens Auditorium. Dr. Van Til's visit is designed to enable students to meet him informally on the Towson cam-pus. Kappa Delta Pi will treat him to a social tea Wednesday. He will deliver two student lectures in Scarborough Hall Thursday. The 8:15 p.m. program will feature the topic ""Resolved: That this house has no faith in the United Nations."" The affirmative will be pre-sented by Towson's Susan Mis-kelly and Michael Ratliff while England's Pamela Margaret Ings and. David James Fletcher Hunt argue for the negative. Mr. Hunt, 25, was educated at Liverpool College, Montpel-lier University (Cert. in French Studies), and Bristol Universi-ty (LL.B.). He served as chair-man of the school debating so-ciety and honorary moderator of Bristol University Winston De-bating Club. Winner of a Bris-tol University Debating Champ-ionship, Mr. Hunt is a holder of the ""Observer Mace"", and chairman of the Conservative Association as well as National Vice-Chairman of the Federa-tion of Conservative Associa-tions. The appearance of Miss Ings. 23, marks the first time in forty-five years of their existance that the Team has included a young lady. Miss Ings attended the University of Swansea. Wales. She earned first place in inter-school debating compe-titions, has been Convenor of De-bates at the University College of Swansea, and represented the school at the ""Observer Mace"" competition. A member of the UN Student Association and World University Service, Miss Ings also enjoys theatrical in-terests. Susan Miskelly, of Towson. is a junior Speech major and holds the office of Student Government Association Par-liamentarian. Michael Ratliff (Continued on Page 5) Sophomores Plan Spring Weekend For April 14, 15 ""Spring Swing"", the Class of '69's contribution to the annual Sophomore Weekend will be kicked off on Friday. April 14, this year. Towson students and dates are invited to attend a Fri-day night jam session fea-turing from S:30 p.m.-11:30 p.m. in the gymnasium. Spon-sored by the Junior Class, the jam session will open the traditional w eekend. On Saturday night, April 15, Baltimore's Alcazar will be the site of the Sophomore-spon-sored dance. A semi-formal affair. the dance will feature the music of Bob Meyers' ""Princetons"". The dance will be 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. and, for this occasion, dorm leaves have been extended until 2 a.m. Dance tickets will be available to TSC students the week of April 10. Only six hundred tickets will be distributed. Free to Towson students, the tickets will cost $2.00 for guests. "
