tl19520516-000 "in Faculty Cancels Variety Program by Jane Shapiro Ship 'n Shape, the 1952 Variety Show which was postponed to May 23 and 24 has now been canceled due to a shortage of preparatory time. The decision was reached at a meeting of the Variety Show members Monday, May 12. After a consideration of the advice of the Administration and of Mr. H. C. Paul, advisor, the group decided it would be best for all concerned to cancel the show. The group's r NEWS BRIEFS I Archery Play Day Guests from Eastern High School, Western and Forest Park are on campus today for Archery Play Day. The events will take place at 3:00 p.m. Faculty Representative Chosen As a result of the recent elec-tions, Mrs. Zenith H. Velie was chosen to represent State Teachers on the Advisory Council of the Maryland State Teachers Associa-tion. Miss E. Jane Daniels was chosen as the alternate. Mrs. Velie attended the meeting of the MSTA Advisory Council. Article Printed An article by Mr. Mahlon Hell-erich, ""The Luther Cases in the Lower Courts,"" appeared in the April 1952 issue of Rhode Island History. His review of Bining and Klien's ""A History of the United States"" has been published in the April 1952 issue of Social Studies. Office Hours Doctor Phelan's office hours have been changed to Monday, Thurs-day and Friday from 12:30 to 3:00 P.M. and Tuesday and Wednesday from 8:00 to 10:00 A.M. Missing Periodicals Some magazines have ported missing from the Periodi-cal Room. Everyone is urged to take proper care of these maga-zines so that the money that is being used to replace the copies can be used for new periodicals. been re-consideration was based on the shortness of time, the added drain upon the students school work and free hours, and the concern that they would not be able to present a show worthy of the col-lege in the short period left. The group has already begun planning for next year. A definite date will be set upon next year's calendar and a Director, Business Manager, and Script Committee have already been chosen. The new dramatics coach will act in the capacity of advisor to the organization. The group regrets that it has to disappoint the student body who have been patiently await-ing its presentation. They are es-pecially sorry to disappoint the seniors who will now be unable to participate in the Variety Show. All during its planning and re-hearsal period the group was aware of the interest and cooper-ation of the entire college. They wish to thank the college for their support and urge the whole-heart-ed interest of the student body in the Variety Show next year. State MAFTA Elects Britton Casandra Britton, out-going president of the Towson Future Teachers of America chapter, is as well known in the Maryland Association Future Teachers of America as she is at Towson. ""Casey"" has just ended her term as president of the state-wide FTA organization. Her predeces-sor in this office, Mary Fierz, was also a Towson student. A member of the Freshman Advisory Council, ""Casey"" was also a guide during High School Visiting Dac, which was sponsored by the FTA. She has been elected to serve the state-wide FTA organization during the coming year ecutive member-at-large. as ex- Student Council Passes Motion to Increase Fees Last Tuesday, in the Student Council of the SGA, the motion to increase the student activities fees ten dollars ($10.00) was pass-ed by a majority vote. The Student Council had de-bated for three consecutive weeks on whether or not to raise the fees from $15.00 to $25.00 per academic year. Students coming in during the second semester will be charged a fee of $12.50. To further show that the raise was justified, Fred Brown, Treas-urer of the SGA, presented a com-parison between last year's budget (51-52) and the proposed budget for the forthcoming academic year (52-53), along with the present budget requests that had been submitted by organizations. This comparison showed that the tentative allocations for '52- '53 would be lowered almost forty (40) percent in a majority of the cases. There was also no pro-vision made for a Dance Fund under this tenative budget. However, with the increase, al-locations will be raised substantial-ly for all organizations falling un-der SGA jurisdiction to expand their facilities. Before presenting the motion for a higher activity fee, Fred Brown had made a four week study of the financial conditions here on the campus, and had also compared activity fees in other colleges in the region. ""With this increase in the fees, organizations will be able to offer a better program to the students at the college. The allocations for the coming year are going to be studied very carefully by the Fin-ance Committee this coming Tues-day. Charity begins at home, and that is why we are planning to use the strictest caution in dis-persing the students money. If or-ganizations do not put this added revenue to good use, their allo-cations for future years will be lowered. v41) A. Fred Brown SGA Treasurer There must be a definite need for action such as that we just passed, and I feel that this action is justified. However the students and the organizations they rep-resent have priority . . . we will definitely put this added revenue to use at the college first . . . outside events are of secondary nature,"" stated Mr. Brown. Vol. 5, No. 18 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON May 16, 1952 Queen Rules At Festival Once again the rains came but not until the first part of May Day, held last Saturday, had concluded. However, the festivities, were con-tinued without delay in the gym-nasiu Orchestra, glee club, Maypole winding, college and campus school dances, stunts and a dramatic skit all added to the main attraction of Miss Betty Lou Draper, surrounded by her court, being crowned Queen of the May, by Lee Smith, presi-dent of the senior class. Vivid colored booths displaying many various confections were pre-sent in full array. Hot dogs, ice cream, a sweet shop and pepper-ment dandies were sold by the sen-ior, junior, sophomore, and fresh-men class respectively. The orchestra rendered such sel-ections as, ""Tea For Two' by Vin-cent Youman, and Jerome Kern's ""Make Believe."" ""Hail Bright Abode"" -- The Entrance to the Hall of Song from ""Tannhauser"" by Wagner and ""Come and Sing"" from the ""Die Fledermaus"" by Johann Strauss, was presented by the glee club. College Day Features Cruise To Tolch ester Taking a vacation from classes, the Student body will participate in the annual College Day celebration to be held at Tolchester and on campus May 28th. Streetcars will leave for the dock from Towson; day students may meet at the boat or leave in the special cars with the dorm students. The boat will weigh anchor at 10:00 a.m. and dock at 5:00 p.m. Music will be provided by a group of Towson boys under the direction of Fred Brown. As an added attraction there will be a Hokey-Pokey Dance for which Fred will be caller. Other performances in the pro-gram include a monologue by Do-lores Owings, a song by Jackie Pfarr, and a piano solo by Gene Spurrier. Hallie Odgers and Jeanne Hoke will be featured in a Charleston number. 'rickets for the trip will be seventy-five cents. Several of the Tolchester concessions will be open for the excursion including: the pretzel, bumper cars, whip, hot dog stand, and soft drinks. Swimming and bathhouse facilities wil also be open. Volley ball, soft ball, and other athletic events will be in-cluded on the agenda for which prizes will be given. A picnic supper will be served in the front of Newell Hall, Day hops may purchase their meal tick-et for sixty cents. Following din-ner a Barn Dance will be held on the front campus. Gene Spurrier who is to be one of the entertainers on the College Day Excursion. Growth Of Inter-Varsity Fellowship Seen At STC By Dawn Kidd Although the Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship of Towson is not well-known on campus, it has a world-wide membership and a foundation in England nearly a century old. Inter-Varsity is an organization founded by Christian students at Cambridge University whic h spread to Oxford University. The students at these universities pro-moted Christian fellowship by con-ducting Bible studies and prayer groups throughout England and, later, in Canada. Canadian groups began thinking about the poten-tial groups in the United States, and so, about 12 years ago, they sent qualified students to Michi-gan, where the American Inter- Varsity was founded. Groups in the United States have established chapters in the Orient, Latin America, and other parts of the world. In 1948, some Towson girls be-gan daily prayer groups. Today the group has grown from a study of ""Discovering the Gospel of Mark"" to inviting outside speak-ers, such as ministers, medical doc-tors, missionaries, students, and business men. The officers of the group are: Shirley List, president; Cornelia Fraternity Plans Glen Renovation Alpha Pi Omega Fraternity has a project under way in which the Glen is to have more supervision. Grills and stonework are being redone professionally and the shel-ters are being reshingled . . . The pool will also be renovated. Groups using the fireplaces must first be authorized to do so. Per-mission to use the glen facilities may be obtained from Mrs. Leona Twele who keeps the Glen calen-dar in the President's office. There are hopes that this sum-mer the Glen will be better super-vised so that the work that is done will not be destroyed. Fenby, vice-president; Nancy Pool, secretary; and Layton Stam-per, treasurer. This year, the meetings have been held every Wednesday in room 115 at 4:00 P.M. An important activity of the Inter-Varsity is the monthly get-together with Universities, col-leges, and nurses' homes in this area. The highlight of the year was the National Missionary Con-ference to which many from Tow-son attended. It was held in De-cember at the University of Illi-nois. Approximately 1,500 students from 14 countries attended. Leadership training is offered each summer. Exchangees Aid U. S. Students Oxford, 0. (I.P.) � Interna-tional exchange teachers influence not only their students and par-ents of the students, but help spread good will and understand-ing in their communities as well, according to Dean of Women Mel-va Lind of Miami University. She emphasizes that the steady increase of internaVonal exchange of teachers which is sponsored by the Office of Education within the Federal Security Agency is a ""Vig-orous expression of diplomatic achievement."" There have been 720 matched exchanges between the United States and other coun-tries since 1946 when the program was instituted. Ninety-six other assignments have been made un-der the Fullbright program, she added. Dean Lind offers the case of the Oklahoma teacher who exchanged positions with an English teacher. The American addressed 50 public meetings in England while teach-ing there and made four addresses over national radio hook-up after her return, two addresses before state meetings and 59 local speech-es. The British teacher made simi-lar appearances. Blood Drive SuccessfulBlood donor day on the Towson campus provided to be an over-whelming success; as 1831/2 pints of blood were obtained. Over two hundred students and faculty ex-pressed their willingness to con-tribute, of these 189 were produc-tive donors. This is the second visit of the Red Cross Unit since September. Facilifies were operated through the SGA under the faculty super-vision of Mr. Ernest 0. von Sch-werdtner. Ed York, Iven Rath-bone, Graeon Easson were the out-standing student leaders in the project. In a letter to Dr. Hawkins, Mrs. Gideon N. Stieff (chairman of Blood Donor Recruitment in this area) has written: ""It is with a feeling of deepest graditude that I write to thank you and State Teachers College for the outstand-ing Bloodmobile operation which took place at your school May 2nd. This operation was among the few at the top of our list rated as a perfect score, both as to the number of donors signed up, and number of pints actually received. Service Offers Deferment Test Selective Service National Head-quarters has announced that it has authorized a special administra-tion of the College Qualification Test Thursday, May 22, for th,e benefit of students prevented by illness or other emergency from attending one of the regular ad-ministrations last December 13, and April 24. May 22 is the 1st date upon which the college Qual-ification Test will be held during the present academic year. Stu-dents wishing to apply are urged to secure, complete, and mail their applications at once. "
