tl19680301-000 "Choral Monies Questioned Motion Debate Marks Senate Session The major floor discussion in SGA Senate last Tuesday cen-tered on the senator from the Journal of Foreign Affairs, Charles A. Johnson's, resolution concerning SGA funds and Ac-ademie credit. Johnson pointed out the discrepancies between the SGA Financial Policy and the actions of the financial com-olittee in allocating funds to Choral associations which also receive academic accreidation. Senate voted to approve an amended version of this resolu-tion to suspend funds for these organizations as of next fiscal Period, pending Senate investi-gation of the matter. It was fur-ther speculated by Miss Su- Ban Miskelly that revision of financial by-laws may be in or-der. At the next regular Senate meeting, March 12, the session will be opened to the entire stu-dent body to consider the new amendment to. the SGA consti-tution. This amendment would lower the number of student's signatures necessary to bring new ammendments to the senate floor. All students will have a voice and a vote. Senate approved. a resolution urging administrative action to procure a ,shuttle service from Osler Drive to the Main cam-pus. The senate further approved a resolution supporting the Clarification Sought in SGA Fund Allotment bY BARBARA WALKIEW1CZ Towson is the only State Col-lege in Maryland that supports Political organizations. This pear the SGA allocated funds t� the Young Democrats anlounting to $549.00 and gave $246.45 to the Young Republi-cans. Religious Clubs A150, the eight religious or-were each allocated varYing amounts totalling 52,- 301.54. This amount comprises 2% of the $100,000 that is col-lected each September from the $25 activities fee required of each student. Before 1960, the religious gl'oups were not given any mon-efry. They started by receiving '70; until this year at the third Senate meet! ng, their alloca-tions were reduced to 3`70. Burch' s Reply Last semester, a letter chal-l. eaging the practice of spend- ?rig the activities fee on relig- '1 11a and political organiza-tions was sent to the Attorney General of Maryland, Francis Burch. The Attorney General rave the opinion that the SGA is not a state institution and as such, cannot receive a legal opinion from his office. End Funds? Minutes of the financial com-mittee of December 6, 1967 indi-cate that the committee has been considering the ""possibili-ty of ending allocations to reli-gious and political groups."" These funds would then be re-directed to other on-campus or-ganizations. ""A serious question has aris-en as to whether student funds, without a violation of the U. S. Constitution, can support relig-ious and political organizations on campus. Several individuals have carried the matter to the Attorney General and to the American Civil Liberties Union. Bath offices are presently con-sidering further action,"" stated a member of the financial com-mittee. If the SGA feels as if the allocat:ons to these roligious and political organizations are in violation of state law, then the SGA will vote to end them. The financial committee would like to hear the students' opin-ions on this matter. ,Plioto Smith '1'6 activities of last year's WUS week saw Donald Emlsinder teke on Dick Norris in an all out boxing match for the benefit of our sister college. newly revised Maryland State Constitution. Tom Maguire announced that the Social Political Forum will return its funds to the SGA treasury, in the belief that stu-dent monies should not be used to finance religious and political organizations. It was announced that the constitution of the newly form-ed chapter of Students for a Democratic Society will be post-ed on the SGA door for perusal, pending ratification. Members voted to table action on the Karate Club constitution, and approved allocation of $90 to the Judo Club. And Miss Helen Pryor an-nounced the SGA treasury had come into possession of a $30,- 000 excess which had been wrapped in Maryland State red tape for 10 years. Miss Susan Miskelly (Parliamentarian) makes Senate debate during last Tuesdays session. Photo by Wootton a point during a Vol. XX, No. 16 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 March 1, 1968 Noted Critics to Speak Fri., Sat. Representatives from eight colleges and universities cover-ting a five state area and four national experts in oral inter-pretation and Readers Theatre will be on campus this weekend as part of the New Horizons '68 Institute. This will be the first Institute of this kind held at Towson State College and one of the first such Institutes held in the state. New Horizons '68 is designed to allow the parti-cipating schools the opportuni-ty to perform and to, exchange ideas in the increasingly popu-lar areas of Oral Interpretation and Readers Theatre. The four guest critics are rec-ognized throughout the country WUS Week Schedule MARCH 4-8 Monday�Surprises between classes; class competition Tuesday�Chinese Auction: girls sold to boys. Wednesday�Student - Faculty Basketball Game Thursday�Slave Auction. Tuesday in reverse. Friday�Faculty AuctIon 12-8 p.m. Jam Session, 8:30-11:30 p.m. as leaders in these areas. Dr. Elbert Bowen, Chairman of the Speech and Drama Department at Central Michigan University, is the Chairman of the Oral In-terpretation Group of the Speech Association of America. He has published journal arti-cles and has contributed to sev-eral texts. Dr. Leslie I. Coger, /Professor of Speech and Thea-tre at Southwest Missouri State College, is noted for her num-erous journal and textbook ar-ticles on Oral Interpretation and Readers Theatre. Dr. Fran-ces Lea McCurdy, Professor of Speech and Coordinator of Gra-duate Study at the University of Missouri, has also published numerous articles and has served as Chairman of the Haw-thorne Oral InterpretaCon Fes-tival for the State of Missouri. Dr. Melvin R. White, Deputy Chairman of the Department of Speech and Theatre at Brooklyn College of the University of New York City has not only published many articles, but he is also a member of the Board of Directors of three major pro-fessional theatre associations. Dr. Cages and Dr. White have recently published a textbook, Readers Theatre Handbook, which has gained national at-tention as the first and most comprehensive text in this field. The Reader Theatre classes at Towson State use this text. Guest Critics These guest critics will pre-sent a symposium on Friday, March 1, at 8:15 in Lida Lee Tall Auditorium. The topic will be ""Trends in the Educational Role of Oral Interpretation and Readers Theatre."" This pro-gram should be of special inter-est to elementary and secondary English teachers and future teachers, since these activities have proven themselves to be of great help to the classroom tea-cher. The symposium is open to any interested individuals and is free. The schools participating in the InstItute include the states of Maryland, Delaware, Penn-sylvania, New York, and Mass-achusetts. These schools will present both Readers Theatre productions and individual Oral Interpretation readings. The performances will be critiqued by the guest critics, and the Or-al Interpretation performances will be video taped for replay during the critique. These per-formances will be given in Lin-sthicum Hall this afternoon and all day Saturday. Any in-terested students are invited to attend any of the performances. Dean's List The Dean of the College an-nounced the honor list for the September-February semester. A total of 392 persons appear on the list with the following distribution : 80 seniors, 106 juniors, 109 sophomores, 97 freshman. In order to be eligi-ble for the honor list a student is required to attain an average of 3.0 and appear in the upper 10% of his class, "
