tl19590121-000 "TOWER LIGHT Vol. XI, No. 9 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland, January 21, 1959 What is NSA? by Anne Claire Thomas The United States National Students Association, better known as NSA, is a confederation of college student bodies represented through their student governments. It is the largest representative national stu-dent organization in the world. It was created to serve the long-existing need for a representative inter-collegiate organization designed to serve the American student com-munity, and to promote student interests and welfare. Direct impetus for USNSA's formation came in 1946 when 25 Ameri-can students attending the world student congress became aware of the lack of a representative national student group in the United States. Their interest led to the calling of the Chicago Student Conference in December 1946, with representatives from 300 colleges and 25 student organizations. Out of this conference came the Constitutional Convention held at the University of Wisconsin, which brought forth a constitution for ratifications by the individual colleges, the election of officers, and the program for the new associa-tion. The aims and purpose of USNA as outlined in the preamble, dedi-cated the Association to: ""maintain academic freedom, stimulate and improve democratic governments, develop better educational stand-ards, improve student welfare, pro-mote international understanding, guarantee to all people equal rights and possibilities for education and foster the reeognition of the rights and responsibilities of students to the school, to the community, humanity, and God, and to pre-serve the interests and integrity of the government and Constitution of the United States of America."" USNA provides five major areas of service which could not be de-veloped through the efforts of a student government working along on a campus. First the organization provides a voice for students nationally and internationally. Second, it facilitates the exchange of ideas, operations, and programs. It plans and promotes inter-col-legiate projects. USNSA brings educational bene-fits to American students. And USNSA serves the general welfare of the nation. On the regional level, Towson is associated with the Mason-Dixon Region, one of the ninteen geo-graphic regions of NSA. The Mason- Dixon includes Washington D. C., Delaware, and Maryland. The potential of NSA rests with the students of America. NSA can (10 a better job only when each individual student recognizes his ubligation to the educational corn-tnunity and to national and in-ternational life. Continued and increased support by students will make even greater 6enefits possible, thereby contribut-ing to the progress of higher edu-cation in the United States. Part of NSA's program is World ;;University Service. Towson will be-gin their annual World University Service Week on Monday, Febru- 4rY 15. and continue through Fri-jay, February 19. Each year the Towson students participate in the W'(JS campaign to raise funds for the organization. VVUS is a service dedicated to triutual self-help in the world un- Iversity community. Temple Choir Sings The Temple University Concert Choir of Philadelphia will be heard in a concert at Stephens Hall at 8:15 on February 3rd. The program will be under the auspices of the Program and 'Special Events Com-mittee. The Temple Concert Choir is the nucleus of the popular Temple Choirs which perform annually with the world famous Philadelphia Or-chestra. The orchestra's conductor, Eugene Ormandy, has referred' to the choir as ""a real American choir, and one of the best in the world today."" The convert choir is composed of 45 voices, chosen from a student body of over 20,000 students and is under the direction of Robert E. Page. The choir tours the middle Atlantic states annually and has toured Europe. It has also recorded for Columbia 'Records. The program will include selec-tions from the Renaissance period, a Bach motet, contemporary com-positions, folk songs, and selections from Music Man. Former Student Posses On Betty Heine, a student in S.T.C.'s Junior College last year, passed away on the evening of January 11. Betty had been crippled with an arthritic condition at the age of two and had been fighting the condition ever since. She had several opera-tions throughout the years to correct her twisted muscle structure. Betty left S.T.C. last summer at the end of one /year to enter busi-ness college. She was planning to be married sometime in the near future. Betty first developed a had cold that later went into pleursey, which developed into double pneumonia. The combination of the pleursey and pneumonia caused her untimely death. Carole Quensen, sophomore at S.T.C. called Betty's father the morning after Betty's death to find out how she was. According to Carole the death came as quite a shock to all of Betty's friends. Campus Dresses; Evaluation Soon The Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools will send a committee to State Teachers College campus for the purpose of evaluation of curriculum. The corn-mittee will look into the college life and make suggestions. The committee will be looking into all phases of Towson life. They will be working with the commit-tees set up by the administration in preparation for the evaluation. The group will be here for three days, February 22 to 24. They will be speaking to student leaders in particular and to the student body in general. Some of the members of the com-mittee are: F. Taylor Jones, Execu-tive Secretary of the Middle States Association, chairman; W. T. Boston, Director of Certification and Ac-creditation, State Board of Educa-tion; Helen Hagger, Librarian, State Teachers College, Oswego, New York; Marion Hayhart, Professor of Biology, Cedar Crest College; Allen-town, Pennsylvania. Other members are Charles W. 1VieCrackin, Dean of Student Person-nel Services, Trenton State Teach-ers College, New Jersey; Frederick W. Ness, Academic Vice-President, Dickenson College, Pennsylvania; Harry W. Porter, President, State Teachers College Fredonia, New York. Also representing the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education are George W. Augell, President, State University Teachers College, Plattsburg, New York; Thomas Johnson, Superintendent of Elementary Education, Prince Georges County; Thomas P. Miller, State Teachers College, Edinboro, New York. Spring Musical Set The musical play ""Wonderful Town"" was chosen for the big spring musical to be given on March 19, 20, and 21. Mr. William Kramer and a stud-ent committee consisting of Jerry Riley, Donald Budny, Ellen Hem-meter, Harriett Needle, Sally K:ravetz, and Janet Rein, chose ""Wonderful Town"" after considering several musicals. Among those con-sidered were ""Wonderful Town,"" ""Silk Stockings,"" ""Finian's Rain-bow,"" ""Pajama Game,"" and ""The King and I."" Tryouts for the new production were held on January 12, 13, and 14, hut rehearsals won't begin until February. The musical direction for ""Won-derful Town"" will be in the hands of Mr. John Duro, Mr. Charles Haslup, and Mr. John Bolinger. Mr. William C. Kramer will stage the production. Mr. Kramer says, ""It will be difficult to surpass the extremely successful and colorful 'Kiss Me Kate' of two years ago, but every-body concerned is determined to try."" Farley Vacates Post Office Mr. William M. Farley, who has been the State Teachers' (College Postmaster since September 6, 1955, will be leaving Towson at the end of the month. Mr. Farley said that his four years as Toivson's Postmaster have been very happy ones. He finds his work very interesting, and enjoys attend-ing Convocations, plays, and other school functions. When asked exactly why he was leaving Towson and the job he likes so much, Mr. Farley hesitated to answer. Then he remarked that he really did not want to go, but that he had reached retirement age. He would give no further comment. A native of Baltimore, Mr. Farley attended the Polytechnic' Institute and Johns Hopkins night school. Before coming to Towson, he work-ed at the Koppers Company for 15 years. At the present time Mr. Farley and his wife reside at the Donnybrook Apartments, where he takes great pride in caring for a large flower garden. Sports hold a special interest for Mi.. Farley. While attending Poly-technic Institute, he spent a large percentage of his time playing base-ball. Mr. Farley has been a member of several bowling leagues, and is accomplished in golf and tennis. Whenever possible he roots for the Colts and Orioles at Memorial Stadium. Mr. Farley is uncertain as to his future plans. Although he is retiring, he does not plan to stop working altogether. He hopes to get work from time to time. Mr. Farley would like to devote much of his time and energy to gardening and sports activities. FAC Inducts Members; Elects President The Freshman Advisory Council inducted new members and intro-duced a new president at the FAC Banquet held in the cafeteria on January 12. The new President, Pat Taschen-berg, is a 1955 graduate of Fort Hill High School where she was a member of the National Honor Society and a member of the feature staff of the school newspaper. Her activities here at Towson, besides the FAC, include the SCA Choir and several class assemblies. Following the dinner the mem-bers of the Council adjourned to Richmond Hall Parlor where the actual meeting was held. Marge Moodie introduced Pat Taschenberg who read the pledge to which all the members gave their assent. Included among the new members were Beverly Abrams, Diane Olford, Jean Ammons, Pat Black, Linda Jean Chiles, Mary Alice Cissel, Edna Collens, Mary Pat Downey, Marie Downham, Diane Egdell, Marianne Faasen, and Nancy Hovermale. Twenty-two rules of FAC were read, as Ed Schumacher built the Keystone, symbol of the FAC, block by block. The new members of the Council were pinned by the older members. Among those pinned were Barbara Hansen, Pat Hardt, Sandy Hawk, Lee Hildebrand, Margaret Jett, Janet King, Sue King, Ruth Schwier, Carol Streib, Bar-bara Strong, Robin Swithers, Judy Scherr, Mary Kathryn Vance, Pat Vernay, Bobbie Wade, Eileen Wed-more, Madelon Wilhelm, and Elaine Wisner. Other new members of FAC are: Helen Wynne, Sallie May Kravetz, Mildred Ledbetter, Carolyn Eliza-beth Lynch, Carolyn Lyle, Janice Naumann, Carole Neugent, Mar-garet Parr, Judith Pensil, Jean Plaia, Sue Protzman, Loretta Arlene Riley, Pat Lee Ruble, Paul Budny and Joseph William Carstens. Completing the list of new mem-bers are Norman Jack Dean, Ken Dollenger, Howard Eisner, Lee Hammond, Tom Heard, Bill Kahler, Ed Krout, Bill Kirby, George Lieske, Bill Makinson, Don Milstead, Martin Barry Mintz, Charles Mott, Paul Patrinicola, Milton Saulsbury, Rich-ard Shoemaker, George Sparks, Lincoln Sparks, David Stefansson and Don Vetter. Government Class Visits Supreme Court When the Supreme Court of the United States was called to order Wednesday, December 10, Dr. George Coleman and 24 Towson students were seated in the court-room. The members of the American Government Class and their in-structor visited Washington, D. C. to observe two cases being tried before the Supreme Court. The trip was made in connection with their study of the Judicial Branch of the United States Government. Chief Justice Earl Warren pre-sided along with seven associate justices. Justice Felix Frankfurter, who had become ill over Thanks-giving, was in the hospital. The justices present were Hugo Black, William Douglas, Tom C. Clark, John Harlan, William Bren-nan, Charles Whittaker, and Potter Stewart. All cases which come before the Supreme Court must be of a con-stitutional nattire. In the first case the question was whether a former member of the armed forces, who is now serving a term in Alcatraz, should have had a military or civil trial. "
