tl19610113-000 "I WER LIGHT Vol. XIII, No. 12 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland January 13, 1961 WUS Week Activities Culminate Tonight In Carnival, Jam Session World University Service ""assists arid protects the hopes of the In-te rnational Community of Students."" Universities established in war time have been rebuilt by W.U.S., and 114111Y needy students have received aid through the W.U.S. program of reconstruction and relief. The main idea of W.U.S., in relation to the free mind of the student is, ""He tl '1110 learns will soon lead,"" and Us around this the whole pro-gran) revolves. :Towson, as a member of the Na-tonal Student Association, which sPensors W.U.S., has had its W.U.S. Iveek program this week, and it �lje4ll be climaxed tonight by the arrliVai and Jam Session in the 'ttuclent Center from 8:00 till 11:30 ;i:M. Music will be provided by 7 ""Dixieland Five,"" and the car- rai will feature such booths as we ""Leg Contest"" sponsored by the Nativity Scene o ens Residence Council, and the sh s Residence Council's ""Candle ���t-Out""; the Sponge Throwing -eontest,"" sponsored by the Wes-t an Fellowship and the Fresh-n''' Fortune Telling."" There will he various refreshment stands red by the different organiza- ''s and classes. Nill�4ight is also the ""Late Date "","" and the girls may stay out h � am lir past their latest leaves� of paY a penny for each minute e hour that they stay out. 141,ruaY afternoon, starting at the .M., there will be bowling at so 'toneleigh Bowling Alley. 4 410 of the activities featured Ne'g the week were the Student- 1?..-..n.t.y Basketball Game, The Date Auction, Penny Walk, Faculty Talent Show and Auction, and the Ugly Boy and Girl Contest. The goal set by the N.S.A. Com-mittee was 1,000 dollars for this years W.U.S. Week, and the larger part of the funds will be sent to India, the program's theme. In the past W.U.S. project have given aid to Europe, Africa, The Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. As the historian Arnold J. Toynbee has said, ""Our age will be remembered because it is the first age since the dawn of history in which mankind dared to believe it practical to make the benefits of civilization available to the whole human race."" This is the work of W.U.S. rn NtatU raliStS Visit r,ranklin Institute triertii,_�eeember 30, 1960, several . ; tr;e of the Naturalists club took k�i ril) to Philadelphia to visit the ; tri ce Museum of the Franklin stitir te in Philadelphia. Present r e trio were Dr. John Bareham, advisor, Joan Coleman, Judy O!e Albert Sherman, Millie Cox, o Paulis, Howard Eisner, p ke,Parker, Leon Sagan, George qalti JoYce Anderson, and Gloria The � 4r.% thsr�uP arrived just in time to hih � Planetarium demonstration The was very interesting. t reMainder of the time was 41ibit.v1ewing the numerous other Among the most inter-were: man-made lightning biticluded splitting a wooden Sitl 3' lightning; the illusions, a 144 of a human heart which was t''zitiwh to walk through; and a L cleeu Pied by a huge UNIVAC 'fluseurn is highly recom- itd,ct 1)q,1 t t hY the participants of this keNtlir) as an interesting and in- 4301:ve experience. tivity Or the next Naturalists ac-t tl, Whieh tjoh will be a talk on Con- a Ton given by an expert in the -Wk'n's Dr. Erickson. Display Recovered The overhanging mystery which haunted Towson campus prior to Chrismas vacation, concerning the theft of the statuettes making up the Newman Club's Nativity scene, has been solved�to an extent. The statuettes have been recovered; but the identity of the culperit who took them is still unknown. The five pieces of the Nativity scene suddenly reappeared on campus on Tuesday, January 3, as mysteriously as they had disap-peared on Thursday, December 7, 1960. A Towson student, Al Deve-reli, found the statuettes lying on a campus parking lot. The pieces are all in good condition, not defaced or damaged n any way. SGA COMMITTEE PLAN PRESENTED TO SENATE At the last meeting of the Senate, a new plan was introduced to the Senators by SGA President, Milt Salisbury. This plan included the formation of five committees whioh will handle all the information re-ceived by the school concerning each committee's respective area. The committees that were formed and some of their duties are as fol-lows: 1 � International Affairs � Under the chairmanship of Eric Wissel, this committee will discuss world affairs, and the student's roll in these affairs. At the present, they are working on the topic of the Algerian Students. 2�National Affairs�Russ Gwynn will head this committee which will concern itself with activities of American students. The major concern of the group at this time is the proposed Point Four Youth Program. 3�Student Welfare�This commit-tee will handle anything which con-cerns the welfare of Towson stud-ents. Some of the problems facing this group have to do with student employment, Student Activities Cards, and campus traffic. Joann Asher will head this committee. 4�Academic Affairs�Under the chairmanship of Gloria Galuppi this group will discuss the academic program on campus. At the present time, they are concerned with a tri-semester three-year program and course evaluation. 5�Grievance Committee�Arthur Nead will head this committee which will deal with grievances or recommendations which have to do with the entire student body, and then bring them before the Senate. This proposed plan was readily accepted by the members of the Senate. It is felt that under this SGA Election Group new plan, legislation can be passed Also, the student body will have a greater knowledge of the work being done by the Senate. quicker than it has been in the past. Towson's Senate Approves Resolution On 'Warfield Report' Towson's Senate recently approved a resolution passed by the National Executive Council of the United States National Student Association backing the state teachers colleges in their stand against the Warfield Report. Sue Munaker suggested that the Mason-Dixon Region draft this resolution this summer at the National Student Congress in Minnesota. This resolution has received unani-mous approval by the National Executive Council of the USNSA as well as by the Mason-Dixon Region delegates. Copies will be sent to State Offi-cials in Maryland by the National Affairs Vice-President of the USNSA. Towson's Senate voted to send copies to all of the news-papers in Maryland. Revises Election And Nomination Set-up Members of the Student Govern-ment Association Elections Com- Sweetheart Dance mittee recently revised election and nomination procedures. Coming February 11 The Sweetheart Couple will now be elected by the student body lather than having the final de-cision rest upon faculty and the . former sweetheart couple. Nomina-tions for sweetheart couple will be ' received between January 16 and 23. A ballot box will be located on the lower floor of Stephens Hall for the nominations. Primary balloting is scheduled for February 7, with final balloting on the following day. Nomination petitions are no longer required for candidates to S.G.A. and class offices. These petitions are being replaced by nomination blanks. Persons wishing to run for an office will ret a nominating blank from the S.G.A. office, have one person sign as the nominator and return the blank to the office. Nominating blanks will be used in the coming election of N.S.A. Co-ordinator in February. Nomi-nations must be in by February 6. 'Founder's Day' To Be Theme Of Convocation By Fred Cogswell Boys, with thoughts, of prospec-tive dates, and anticipating girl; with thoughts of a new coiffure and Founder's Day commemorates the founding of Teacher Education in Maryland. This is of particular significance to Towsonites because Towson was the first Teacher Ed-ucation Institution in Maryland. A convocation to observe this day will be held Monday in the Stephens Hall Auditorium at 10 A.M. Presi-dent Hawkins will give his message concerning the significance of this day. Certainly, names such as Sarah E. Richmond, Dr. Libertus Van Bok-kelen, McFadden Alexander Newell, Lida Lee Tall, Elijah Barrett Pretty-man, George W. Ward, Harry Skin-ner West, Theresa Wiedefeld, and M. Bates Stephens are particularly noteworthy at this time. Each played a prominent role in the de-velopment of the Towson State Teachers College from the time of its charter in 1865 to the present, ' high-standard college it is today. From the total enrollment of forty-eight students at the close of ; the year, June 8, 1866 to the sixteen I hundred students at the close of the first semester, January 16, 1961, Towson students and faculty may indeed be proud of its superb heritage. 'Summer and Smoke' The text of the resolution is as follows: FACT�""At the 1959 Session of the General Assembly (of the State of Maryland) a Joint Resolution was passed requesting the Governor to appoint a commission to study the problem of the expansion .of the University of Maryland.' The commission was composed of twelve citizens, only one of whom was a professional educator. That educator was Dr. Wilson A. Elkins, President of the University of Mary-land. The report suggests ""that emphasis be continued on the preparation of elementary school teachers; that courses be offered leading to the Bachelor of Arts and Science de-grees within selected curricula; that courses be offered permitting a stu-dent to take the first two years in preparation of transfer to the other specialized curricula available at College Park."" It is not made clear whether or not teacher education would have the central place on the ' branch campuses that it now has at teachers colleges. While the report ' notes that the teachers are too ; limited in their programs, it takes no cognizance of the fact that these col-leges were not consulted by the commission. The report further states that three other University centers for commuting students would be es-tablished at ""strategic"" locations By popular demand, Tennessee throughout the state, and that these Williams! Yes tryouts for ""Sum-centers would serve students within To Be Next Glen Player Production ; mer and Smoke"" by Tennesse Wil-liams, the next Glen Players pro-attire are directing their thinking toward the annual Sweetheart dance which looms ahead. (These thoughts are second only to semester exams.) Talk had already begun as to how couples will get to the 5th Regiment Armory on February 11, 1931. Many couples are making ar-rangements to ""double date."" The Glen Miller band, under the direc-tion of Ray McKinley, will provide I the tone and beat for the dancing sweethearts. The band is befitting of the largest dance ever sponsored by Towson State Teachers College. All persons who possess an S.G.A. card are admitted without any charge. The price of tickets for all other people is $250 per person. duction, will be held on February 8. 9, 10, from 3 to 5 P.M., director William C. Kramer announced to-day. Considered by the critics to be one of Mr. Williams finest plays along with the ""Glass Menagerie"" and ""Streetcar Named Desire,"" ""Summer and Smoke"" is the emo-tionally charged story of Alma, a charming but terribly inhibited minister's daughter who is painfully in love with John, a flamboyant young medical student. Each is attracted to the other but because of opposing moral attitudes, each is eventually driven from the other. The cast calls for a girl and a boy about 10 years old, 8 men and 6 women. Besides the puritanical Alma, there is Nellie, a lovely teen-ager who marries John; Rosa, the beautiful Mexican who ALMOST marries John; Mrs. Winemiller, the feebleminded, eccentric mother of Alma; and two neighbors. Among the men, there is hand-some unpuritanical John; Dr. Bu-chanan, John's respecte-i father; Pepe Gonzales, Rosa's savage father; Roger. a boy friend; Archie, a traveling salesman; and a young man of the seething Missippi town. a thirty mile radius. Conspicuously missing from the report was any mention of the other two of Maryland's five state teacher Colleges. Bowie and Coppin State Teachers Colleges or of Morgan State College. All three institutions, which are predominantly Negro, are within the areas designated as ""strategic."" No reasons were ad-vanc- d for not considering these three colleges in the expansion plan. PRINCIPLE�USNSA realizes that the goals of independent thought and broadening of intellectual op-portunities of the members of the educational community can best be achieved through the continuous cooperation of all members within the educational community in the formulation of policies. USNSA believes that such coop-eration should include joint partici-patien of students, faculty members, and administrative. and co-curricu-lar policy. DECLARATION�WHEREAS commission was primarily concerned with the expansion of the Univer-sity of Maryland rather than with the overall needs for higher educa-tion in the State of Maryland. and I WHEREAS, the ""Warfield"" Report (Continued on page 4. Col. 4) "
