tl19670224-000 "James Dickey, will appear on the Towson campus March 1-3. Master Of Rhyme Has Reason James Dickey, winner of last year's National Book Award for Poetry will be in residence at Towson State College from Wednesday until Friday, March lst-3rd. On Wednesday evening, Mr. Dickey will read from ""Buckdancer's Choice"", prize winning volume, and also from his unpublished poetry. The reading, which begins at 8:15, is open to the public. During the three days Mr. Dickey will meet more in-formally with students to read poems and to demon-strate a little of what poetry is. James Dickey is sure to con-fuse them because he really is ""the unlikeliest poet"" which a recent Life Magazine article calls him. Standing 6'3"" and weighing over 200 pounds the poet looks like the former col-legiate football star and combat flier he is. His poems reflect his past. They are full of the rough Vol. XIX, No. 16 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE,� BALTIMORE, MARYLAND February 24, 1967 SGA Probes Current NSA Strife By DEBBIE KRAUSE For the secoind time this semester, SGA Senate was adjourned for lack of a quorum. Before adjournment, however, two important pieces of business were brought before the body. The first bit of information of general concern involved the question of affiliation between the National Stu-dents Association and the Central Intellegence Agency. In an announcement to the Senate, President Alan Diem read, in part, a letter from the National Supervisory hoard, which supervises the activities of NSA. The NSB br. Tolhurst Reveals Psych Innovations The Psychology Department ounces the presence of Dr. Tolhurq on the campus 41 March first and second in le,c4inection with the American vs,Yehological Associ7tion's ,.1,ait'ing Scientist Program, de- ,-;64,1:1 to make students aware ""Iew developments in Psychol-rh: Or. Tolhurst will meet in ligith Auditorium at 10:30- t -'3() a.m. with all students in- 0: Ned in majoring in psychol-p?' Re will discuss career op- 1,0Ptlinities in psychology and 41 welcome questions. n1 5:00-6:30 p.m. on -1 tell 1st Dr. Tolhurst will ,ahddress faculty and students 1-,"" Psychological Research eit4gram. s in the Navy (in-te Illi Mn in the Sea) in phens Auditorium. (Continued on Nip' 4) offered two possible ways in which the CIA could have infiltrated into NSA. The first was that an officer of NSA was a plant from CIA; the second was thatthe NSA went to CIA for funds to be used in International Pro-grams. The NSB went on to state that CIA funds did not affect the electiin of NSA officers nor did it affect the appointment of staff mem-bers. The NSB further stated that certain documents and files were made available to the CIA, and that it is possible that NSA workers overseas were used, either with or without their knowledge, as pawns by the CIA. Dick Stearns, NSA Vice-president in charge of Inter-national Affairs, stated that in all probability any organization with international affiliations is backed by the CIA, with the exception of the Peace Corps. Thus far. the NSB has acted in the following man-ner: it was withhela creden-tials on all people working merseas until those creden-tials can be verified; it has frozen any funds which have been received from CIA. There are no plans to dis-solve NSA. A resolution to be sent to NSA will be brought before Senate at the next meeting. In an effort to get action on a former Senate resolution, jun-ior Charles Singman, Senator from the Golf Club, proposed the following resolution: Whereas, on November 1, 1966 the Student Senate enacted a resolution initiated by the President of the Student Gov-ernment Association; and Whereas, this resolution was enacted with the clear under-standing that a section of it, namely that concerning Student Life Coucil Reorganization, would be placed on the agenda of the College Senate within a reasonable length of time:. and Whereas, the College Senate has failed, either by purpose or procrastination, to even place this vital topic on its agenda; therefore, Be it resolved: That the Senate of the Student Govern-ment Association take immedi-ate and effective action that will bring the mandate of the SBA Senate to the lore of the College Senate; and, Be it further resolved: That this action is taken in the form (Continued on Page 4) and tumble of life, full of sadness of death and war. But they are also full of life, vitally lived and vividly ima-gined. A critic has referred to his ""Joyous Imagination and Courageous Tenderness"". And the New York Times praised Buckdancer's Choice ""at last we get the definite and flawless statement, the controlled and exact utter-ance. The book has a pas-sionate quality, an intense clarity, a lensing of the to-tality of being into a kind of carefully separated mad-ness that makes it one of the remarkable books of the decade."" Mr.Dickey is a veteran erf Air Force service in World War II and the Korean War, with near-ly a hundred combat missions and three military decorations. He was educated at Clemson and at Vanderbilt, and has taught at Rice Institute and at the University of Florida. He spent nearly six years with ad-vertising agencies in New York and Atlanta. In 1961-1962 he worked abroad under a GUg-genheim Fellowship. Presently he is the poetry consultant to the Library of Congress succeeding Stephen Spender. *part from Buckdancer's Choice Mr. Dickey's works in-clude ""Drowning With Others"" which was nominated in 1965 for the National Book Award in Poetry, ""Helmets"" and ""Into the Stone"". Each season Mr. Dickey gives poetry readings to college audi-ences throughout the country. Talking about himself in the third person Mr. Dickey has described his reaction to college audiences in this characteristic way: ""A strange madness took hold of him when he discovered at the first reading that every-thing he said was noted and commented upon. Too, he thinks The poll concerning National Fraternities and Sororities can be bound on page 6. Please fill it cut and return to the ballot box in Stephens Alcove. he heard a bearded student mut-ter something discontented about ""lack of fire"" (or was it lack of flair?), and at that moment the image of his great prede-cessor, the only predecessor, Dylan Thomas blazed humiliat-ingly in the front of his mind. The result of this was that he deliberately drank twice as much liquor as he is accustomed to at the party after the reading, waved his arms wildly about, (Continued on Page 6) VTR Convene To Formulate Club Platforms On Saturday, February 25 at Goucher College the Maryland Federation of College Republi-cans, representing all the major college Republican Clubs, will hold its annual convention. The Towson State Young Re-publicans will send a delegation of ten. W. Wesley McDonald. President of the Towson Y.R.'!. will be delegation leader. Other delegates will be Mike Ratliff, David Barthlow, Leslie Starms, Jack Wilson, Carl Herbert, Mary Cook, Charles B. Shorr, Bruce Miller and Mike Calla-ham. Al Diem, President of the S.G.A. will be attending as an observer. W. Wesley McDonald, Mike Ratliff, Leslie Starms and stu-dents from the University of Maryland will be empanelled on a Resolutions Committee for the purpose of proposing plat-form planks on various state issues. Other activities will be a panel discussion on the ""Credi-bility Gap and Newspapers"" and a luncheon speech by J. Glenn Beall, Jr. Election of new officers for the Federation will take place in the afternoon. Anyone interested in attend-ing the Convention as an observ-er may contact the Young Re-publican Club at Box #433. Blood Drive Needs Student Donors February 27, will mark the fourth annual Circle K Blood Drive. Monday, February 27, approximately 300 students who pledged to donate one pint of blood will journey to Lida Lee Reserve Program Sparks Interest Among Students Colonel Franklin Hartline an-nounced last week that appli-cations are now being accepted for a special program by which college sophomores with no pre-vious training in the United States Army's Reserve Officer Training Course can take a six-week summer program in place of the first two years of the college program. There are four criteria which will be used to decide which applicants will be accepted for this special program. The can-didate must pass a physical examination which will be held at Fort Meade, Maryland. Col-onel Hartline said that a date will be set for this examination, and that plans are being made to provide transportation. Second, the application must pass the same test of mental ability which the basic R.O.T.C. students must pass before being accepted as advanced students. (Continued on Page 4) Tall, where the process will take approximately 45 minutes. All students who plan to donate should see the Student Govern-ment Bulletin Board and College Centre Bulletin Board for a schedule of times for each donor to report to Lida Lee Tall. All persons who give one pint of blood or attempt to donate, will become a mem-ber of the Blood program. This entitles them or any member of their immediate family to as many pints of blood as may be necessary for the coming year. Anyone under 21, must have a parent consent slip. The con-sent slip must be returned to a circle K member or must ac-company the pledge at the time of donation. Anyone having questions con-cerning the Blood drive or the program should see Jack Wil-son and Buzzy Winchester. "
