tl19560321-000 "TOWER IL LIGHT Vol. No. 12 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND March 21, 1956 WHICH OF THESE LOVELY SENIOR GIRLS WILL REIGN AS THE 1956 MAY QUEEN? MARGEE SADLER NANCY GREEN ANNA ZAMBOUNIS CAROLYN UPTON The 20th Year Cirl April 19, at 3 p.m., the Alpha :I Orriega dramatic fraternity :1 11 Present ""The Twentieth ilear',, This is the play written by �bert Petza which won the play-ptitillg contest sponsored by the �taternity. The play will be called toI lestiess Years"" when submitted the French Playwriting Contest. low does it feel to have a won- ;�e f1-11 dream ? Julia Hensen in he w en tieth Year� has had 1,1-7 11 a dream. A visit from Chuck esleY makes her dream seem he41 to her but definitely not to et faMily. t. 1 The Play will be under the direc- 4:4 Of Robert Petza, the writer. )31-itler will handle the Make- : While Ginger Beaman will be erlie Designer. Ann Thomas is a.ge Manager, while Donald c'gers is handling the publicity. toTtYoUts for the play will be open 11 the student body. They will be 'e 111(1 �fl Monday, March 26, and ctaY, March 2. The tryouts t 1.1 be held in the Glen Players tel. frorn -3 to 5 p.m. on the dates he ttlerlY announced. The cast will k ""flounced on Wednesday, h 28. DELIGHT PEARCE PAT WHEELER /11 DIANE THOMAS Senator Paul Douglas to Speak on US Military and Economic Position ""The Current Military and Economic Position of the United States"" will be the topic of a speech by Senator Paul Douglas (D. Ill.) in the auditorium tonight at 8:15 p.m. Sponsored by the State Teach-ers College Student Government Association, the talk will be open to the public. Senator Douglas was graduated the United States Senate, but in from Bowdoin College in 1913 the Spring of 1942 enlisted in the with a Bachelor of Arts degree, United States Marine Corps, at the where he played center on the age of 50 as a private. He was football team. He took his grad- sent to the South Pacific in early uate work at Harvard and Colum- 1943 and rose through the ranks bia Universities, getting a Doctor to the grade of Lieutenant Colo-of Philosophy degree at the latter nel. He was retired from service school. He entered a teaching ca- in November, 1946. He served in reer and later, government serv- the Unit of New Britain and fight-ice, then came to the University the First Marine Division, joining of Chicago in 1920, where he was ing in the campaigns of Pellelieu promoted to Professor of Econom- and Okinawa. He was awarded ics in 1925. the Bronze Star for ""Heroism in Action"" on Pellelieu; the Purple Heart and the Theater Ribbon with two Battle Stars. After four-teen months in hospitals, Douglas returned to Chicago in late 1946. He resumed his position on the faculty of the University of Chi-cago. In November, 1948 he was elected to the United States Sen-ate with a plurality of 407,000 votes. He has been an active member of the Banking and Currency Com-mittee and of the Labor and Pub-lic Wel f are Committee. His knowledge of economics was put to work on the Joint Committee on the Economic Report, and the report of his subcommittee on Monetary, Credit and Fiscal Poli-cies received wide attention in fi- Douglas early recognized the nancial circles. danger to the United States of Douglas is the author of many Hitler's policy of aggression, and books on economic subjects. The twice toured the States in 1941 to Theory of Wages, and Real Wages support President Roosevelt's for- in the United States are two of eign policy. He became candidate his books which established him as for the Democratic nomination for an authority in his field. Douglas was one of the earliest advocates of old age pensions and unemployment insurance in the late 1920's and 1930's. He drafted the first old age pension act passed by the Illinois Legislature in 1935 and helped draft the state unemployment insurance act of 1937. He was appointed to the State Housing Commission in 1930 and served to 1933. He led the fight in the 1930's to reduce elec-tricity and gas rates and to pro-tect investors in private utilities from financial manipulation. Gov-ernor Horder recruited him to draft the Utilities Act of 1933. He was elected a Chicago alderman from the Fifth Ward in 1939 and made a notable record in urging municipal economy. He fought for adequate relief for the unem-ployed. MIMI DAVIS MARGIE COLE May Day Is Approaching On Thursday, March 15, an as-sembly was held to present the candidates for the 1956 May Court. Those elected are pictured above. Following the example of pre-vious years the court will consist of a queen, a maid of honor, and ten attendants. Later this week another election will be held to pick the queen. The duties of the queen and her court consist of overseeing the day's festivities and the dance in the evening. May Day, with all its activities is sponsored by the senior class and is a day to be remembered by all. In case of rain, the crowning of the queen will be held in the gym. This is decorated to accommodate the crowning. Concessions will be set up on the campus by the var-ious classes and student organiza-tions, for the purpose of making money for their group. IRC Participates In Model Assembly The IRC will be participating in the Model General Assembly, at Indiana State Teachers College, March 28 through 30. The MGA is held each spring. This year it is going to be held at Indiana, which is near Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-vania. The delegation Towson's IRC is sending will represent two member nations of the UN, China, and Guatemala. Those people making up the delegation are: Mrs. Claire Spurr, Joy Frizzell, Nancy Gerke, Bettie Hughes, Faye Redding, Madeline Marchione, Gloria Alcon, Mary Totman, Nan-cy Brown, Ann Hanson, Sarah (Cont. on Page 3, Col. 1) REGINA ALBRIGHT NANCY SMITH ANNE WILSON IVFC to Welcome Fred Woodberry The Inter-Varsity Christian Fel-lowship of Towson will have as its guest the week of April 9, Fred Woodberry, staff member of the Middle Atlantic area NCF team. Fred, a graduate of New York University, acts as adviser to Inter-Varsity groups in college campuses in New York City and in Baltimore. His visit will be in connection with the work done by members of I-V. on our campus. Following this eventful week the Towson I-V will take part in a district con-ference for the Baltimore-Wash-ington area. On his trip here Fred will be making the arrangements for this meeting, held on April 13, 14, and 15. For those students who are not familiar with Inter-Varsity there will be opportunities to talk with Fred and campus members of the group. THOUGHT The people I wanted to re-form in my younger years have turned out to be much nicer people than myself. �Paul Vincent Carroll THOUGHT A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman, of the next generation. -James Freeman Clarke "
