tl19520104-000 "Vol. 5, No. 7 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON January 4, 1952 Revised Constitution Forthcoming Soon SGA assembly was held Decem-ber 11 in the auditorium to dis-cuss the phases of the representa-tive type of government, and at which time Dr. Hawkins spoke in-formally to the students present. After the meting was called to order by President John Zvonar, Dr. Hawkins spoke about the stu-dent governing situation, and stated that he doesn't feel a pre-ference for any specific type of student government. Dr. Hawkins did state, however, that he thought that two of the main purposes of a student government should be: (1) to operate an institution more effectively and (2) to give stu-dents more experience in handling their own affairs. Statement A statement was read from a University of Minnesota paper which seemed to be appropriate to the situation at State Teachers College, that mutual understand-ing and cooperation is necessary for successful operation of school affairs to the benefit of students and administration. Dr. Hawkins also mentioned that college policies do change and cited that we now have more fac-ulty- student coMmittees than committees composed of faculty members. Three Areas He said that the attempt seem-to be in three areas of opera- .un: (1) the students have pri-mary responsibility (2) faculty responsible for academic policies (3) joint cooperation of faculty and students on such committees as the library, Glen, bookshop, as-semblies, and others. Students may go to the faculty on matters, not because they have any kind of jurisdiction, but be-cause the faculty members have had experience in certain fields, (Continued on Page 4) Box Set Up for Ideas In the near future, a Suggestion Box will be placed in the main hall of the Administration Building across from the entrance of the office of Kenneth A. Browne, Dean of Instruction. The purpose of this box is to be a receptacle for notes from stu-dents and faculty concerning any-thing around the college. Ques-tions, suggestions, criticisms, and recommendations will be in order. All communications that are re-ceived will be routed to the proper channels to be answered. A student-faculty committee will be set up to handle the open-ing and reading of the notes. Tentatively, this group has been set up from within the All-College Council. Bill Ellis will serve as chairman with co-members being Martha von Schwerdtner, Miss Pearle Blood, and Dean Kenneth Browne. APO Initiates Pledges Iota Gamma Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega has slated the official initiation ceremony for next Tuesday night at 7:15 p.m. in the clubroom of the west dormitory. Members to be added to the present roster are: David De Graf ft, Carl Dusterhoff, Frank Day, Sam Burnett, James Dorn, Robert Wright, Dick Babcock, Al Fischer, and Sigmund Pickus. Iota Gamma Chapter of the national service fraternity was organ-ized at Towson three years ago and now has a list of members numbering 22. The headquarters of the frat are now located in the new Student Business Office in room 1 of Newell Hall. Beginning today the APO will open a Lost and Found service in their office every day between 11 :30 and 1 :00. Fred Ritter is chairman of the lost and found committee. Under the leadership of Leroy Rector, the Movie House brings to the campus Hollywood films twice a week for the admission price of 20 cents. In the future, the group hopes to present Snake Pit, Jane Eyre, and a series of musical comedies. Council Calls New Group Results of elections for 33 new , members to the Freshman Advis-sorY Council were announced Mon-day, December 17. From the eligibility list the fol-lowing were chosen : Bernadette Arnold, Katie Bishop, Virginia Cosgrove, Sue Cunningham, Dail Currier, Delores Deardorff, Jim Gede, Sylvia Godsey, John Gist, Peggy Gregg, Dotty Hansil, Janel-le Hagerla, Isabelle Harryman and Jack Hogsten. Also included were : Tom Jones, Pat Karl, Jack Lapides, Mickey Lynch, Bill Myers, Alice Ann Per-kins, Mariam Sadler, Jane Shap-iro, Don Webb, Janice Wickless, Helen Wilson, Jim Wirth, Laura Witlam, Curt Wolfe, Doug Wood-burn, Faye Van Riper, Martha von -hwerdtner, Ed York, and Clar- -. Young. order to be considered for le Council, a student must main- 2.0 average, be a sopho- 'ore or junior at the time of bal-j, and not be student teach- - during the fall term. Ailembers of the present Council and freshmen faculty advisors, after discussion of qualifications, select the new Council by secret ballot. (Continued on Page 4) Publicity Unit Job at STC Facing the task of informing the public of events and activities which take place at State Teachers College is the Public Relations Committee under the leadership of Dr. Arthur Brewington and Louis Cox. This committee is composed of various sub-committees which cover certain phases of public-re-lations. Dr. Rebecca Tansil heads the group responsible for college cato-logues and other school publica-tions. Miss Thelma Sherman and Dr. Brewington are joint chairmen of the group which handles radio and television connections of the college. Publications for the alumni are taken care of by Mr. Louis Cox. Coach Earl Killian publicizes the sports within the college and to the metropolitan papers. Dr. Donald Minnegan handles all press associations with the college activities, under two phases: (1) metropolitan general news, and ( 2) back-home general news. All metropolitan news articles ap-pearing in the Sun and News-Post are forwarded to the press by Dr. Minnegan. Notices of achieve-ment of outstanding college stu-dents are sent to the home town of the individual to be printed in the local paper. Dr. Minnegan photographs the activities and sports events within the college to send to the press. Bulletin boards about the teams and their achievements are part of this man's work. According to Minnegan, recog-nition should go to the outstand-ing achievements of Towson people. It is only through achievement that reflection of credit is made on the college. The Public Relations Commit-tee, working in cooperation with (Continued on Page 4) Office Candidates Chosen by Frosh Results of freshmen nomination ballots cast in December have been announced prior to the final elec-tions to be held next Wednesday. The list of candidates were com-piled after each section selected nominees. Presidential nominees were Tom Evans, now temporary Pres-ident, and Tony Marchione. Vice-president Candidates Jim Curry, Dale Thomas, Bar-bara Chapple, Malcolm Ewell, Donald Knox, Jim Kopelke and Ronald Rollins comprise the roster for the vice-presidency. The list for secretary of the Class of '55 includes Nancy Hiner, Mona Lou Evans, Katherine Foch-ler, and Anna Kelgour. Also nom-inated for the secretarial position Civic Opera to Appear Plans are now being formulated for a program to be presented on campus by the Hilltop Musical Company in February. The project has been turned over to the Student Christian As-sociation which will receive part of the receipts for further-ing its work, especially the World Student Service Fund; the Stu-dent Government will also take part of any profit. In order to finance the project, the committee plans an admission fee of one dol-lar. Program Arrangement Marilyn Weldon and a commit-tee of eight SCA members, with Dr. Arthur Brewington as advisor, are arranging the performance. According to the chairman, no fin-al contract has been signed and plans are still in the tentative stage. From the repertoire of the com-pany, the group is considering The Telephone by Menatti and The Impesario by Mozart for the performance here. Wide Acclaim ""The appearance should be one of the outstanding entertainment features of the season,"" stated Neal Morschel, SCA president. He added that the musical troupe has won much acclaim and top rating, although it is the initial effort in Maryland for a professional opera company. Any student interested in the selection of the program is asked to contact Marilyn Weldon. Organization Participates in World-Wide Project Preliminary plans are being formulated concerning the annual World Student Service Fund drive early this year. The W.S.S.F. is organized on a national basis with its headquar-ters located in New York City. The campaign will be carried on throughout the entire United States with appeals being made only in colleges and prep schools. Production of 'Hamlet"" Begins With Shaffer Heading Players Working under Mel Shaffer, re-elected to the presidency, Donald Knox as vice-president, and Anna Eisenberger as secretary-treas-urer, the Glen Players have be-gun work on the production Of Hamlet to be presented in Febru-ary. The tentative dates for this play are February 14, 15, and 16. Ac-cording to Mr. H. C. Paul, director, this is the Players first attempt at Shakespeare but they hope to do one every year, alternating be-tween comedy and tragedy. Several of the roles have been cast to date. Mel Shaffer will play the title role, with Betty Lou Shaffer doing that of Opheha. Claudius and Polonius will be en-acted by John Zvonar and Ralph Piersanti, respectively. All other roles are still open and dates for reading will be post-ed on the Glen Players bulletin board. Prior to the presentation of Hamlet, will be a comedy sched-uled for the second week-end of January. The purpose of this committee is to provide an opportunity for ""American students and profes-sors, at the prep school and uni-versity level, to share materially and intellectually with their needy contemporaries throughout the world."" The local drive on campus will be primarily sponsored by the SCA, but all 'organizations have been invited to participate. Last year Towson's contribution went to a Greek student, Lola Virvilli. Not only are cash contributions helpful, but also such gifts as books, food, clothing, and medical supplies. A year ago 108 Greek students received partial scholarships, 101 were given medicines, clothing was distributed among many others, while 438 books were divid-ed among five institutions of high-er learning. In the previous campaign at Towson only $56.88 was � collected from the entire student body and faculty. This year a goal of $150 has been set and individual contri-butions of $.25 will be asked. were Sherry Mangold, Betty Meise, and Anita Rachelson. For the post of treasurer, Mal-colm Ewell, Nancy Costello, Dick Mc Call, and George Hohl will be on the slate. Dr. Moser . . . Further nominations for social committee chairmen for both the dormitory and the non-resident students were also made in the meetings. Norma Tickner, Ted Danish, Frances Torino, and Ann Kuezel are running for day social chairman. Other Candidates Joan Lee Bankard, Paul Duder-hoff, Sherry Mangold, Peggy Har-nish, Diane Crowther, Jack Zim-merman, and Phyllis Lacy com-pleted the ballot for social leader for the resident members of the group. Final elections of class officers for the freshmen are scheduled in mid-year in order to provide an opportunity for the incoming stu-dents to become oriented to col-lege procedures and acguainted with leadership qualities of their classmates. Class Projects Last month the class of over 200 students was formally intro-duced to the college by an as-sembly presented by a representa-tive group of the frosh. Dr. Harold Moser, who works with the FAC, is acting advisor of the class. Re-sale Plan Considered Among other related matters discussed at the last session of the Bookshop Advisory Committee December 6, was the advisability of handling used books through the bookstore. At that time it was revealed that one or two organizations and individual students had, in the past, asked permission to set up a bureau for reselling books. Since no student on campus may legally operate a business for personal profit, a bureau handled by an in-dividual is impossible. Mrs. Sarah Richardson, book-store manager, added that an out-side company had also com-municated with her concerning the possibility of buying second-hand books. The price they stipu-lated was twenty-five cents per book, no matter what the selling price of the volume had been. The general feeling at the meeting was that it would be more advantageous and conven-ient for the students to have the already operating bookstore handle the second-hand books. The committee is in favor of a used-book service for a number of reasons. At the meeting these reasons were stated as annual problems by Mrs. Richardson: 1) Inaccurate figures as to num-ber of students who will need books 2) Change of textbooks after an order of books has been made 3) Exchange of second-hand books between students Of interest might be an article which appeared in the November 30 issue of the Hopkins News Let- (Continued on Page 4) "
