tl19501110-000 "Vol. 4, No. 5 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. November 10, 1969 CURRENT and UNDERCURRENT By E. Curt Walther This Free World If we should take some persons at their word, the Koreans would be the freest people in the world. Japan fought to free Korea from Chinese oppression. Then she an-nexed Korea to free her from inter-nal strife and disorder. One of the Objectives of the United States in World War H was to free Korea from Japanese rule and exploitation. Now, the Russian and Chinese Com-munists want to free her from the yoke of American plutocratic capi-talism while the army of the United Nations would free Korea from aggression and Communistic slav-ery. All that remains, now, is for the Koreans to free themselves from freedom. Freedom means many different things to different people. The con-cept, as widely used, implies a li-beration from some restraint, op-pression or tyranny. To the prison-er in his cell the idea of freedom means escape from the confinement of his incarceration. Once having sawed through the bars of his win-dow and taken his departure with Proper ceremony, freedom to him means keeping out of reach of the long, hairy arm of the law. To the citizen of the ""Free State of Mary-land"" during the prohibition era, freedom meant release from the despotism of the Volstead Act. To the college student, freedom means the release from the monotony and boredom of the classroom. No doomsday resurrection can surpass the enthusiasm with which the dead spirits arise when the liberty bell signals the end of the recitation. Now that we are entering the second phase of World War III, we call expect further curtailment of Our liberties. We are at the same time moving into a larger and more complex society. A new society sub-ject to all manner of strange in-ternal tensions and perpetually meeting new and overwhelming crises. Each incident results in some new restraint, some new curtail-ment of our liberties for which we can blame some innocent scapegoat or damn some political leader ac-cording to the fashion of the times. Each crisis calls for the surrender of some privilege and each emer-gency calls for a new sacrifice of some treasured right or liberty. It is like making room for one more Passenger on a crowded transit bus or like ""moving over"" in a ""six-in-a- bed"" dormitory. All this can be taken in good Spirit and adjustment can be made as is necessary, but there is one area in which there must be no surrender and no compromise. To-talitarian states, today, demand not onlY the bodies but the souls of their citizens. Not content with the control of the material world, they are reaching out into the spiritual life of their subjects. A strait-jacket of ready-made ideas and beliefs is tailered to suit the ulterior pur-poses of the all-inclusive state. In such a case, the poor creatures whose misfortune it is to live under such a regime cease to be moral, self-directing citizens and become more robots and soulless automa-tons. There is no human state so low or so debased as that of slavery (Continued on Page 3) BOARD TO CONSIDER PLAYERS Mel Shaffer, a spokesman for the Glen Players, asked permission of the Executive Board this week to withdraw from the Student. Government Association. Action was deferred until an in-vestigation of the implications of such a withdrawal could be studied. Should the Glen Players actually withdraw, it would mean that stu-dents would no longer attend the plays free of charge. it would mean, too ,that the Glen Players would operate without financial subsidy from the Student Govern-ment Association and that the Glen Players would no longer have a vote in the Executive Board. Mr. Karl Moser, Business Man-ager, pointed out that it is the policy of the State Board of Education to keep student activities admis-sion� free under the activities fee system. The Executive Board elected Mr. Ernest von Schwerdtner associate adviser to the Student Government to fill the vacancy left by the re-signation of Dean G. Franklin Stover. It was explained to the Board in a letter from the Presi-dent of the college that Dean Stover's duties prevent him from giving his fullest attention to the Student Government activities. The Executive Board unanimous-ly approved the budget which last week ha dbeen sent to the Presi-dent of the college for veto, and which Dr. Hawkins referred to the Board for reconsideration. Miss Arline Compton was de-signated chariman of a committee to recommend parliamentary pro-cedures for the Student Govern-ment Association. "" Snack Bar "" On Trial At the first meeting of the Facul-ty- Student Bookshop Committee it was pointed out that the bookshop's cleanliness was not up to par. De-spite the many new signs recently posted, results are negligible. This plan has been recommended: all students will be given a one-week trial period, beginning November 13, during which there must be a great improvement in the condi-tion of the Bookshop. If this plan fails, the ""snack bar"" service will be discontinued, leaving only the Bookshop proper in operation. There will be a suggestion box placed in the Bookshop for student comment or suggestion. Symphony To Play Anna Christie Council Move Is Scheduled Backs Trial Next Glen Players production in the current season will be Anna Christie, according to a press re-lease from H. C. Paul, director. Betty Lou Mariner will star. Dates for the play will be De-cember 7, 8, 9. All other parts in the play are still open for casting. Mr. Paul stated that Anna Chris- The Faculty-Student Council, in its second session this week, ap-proved by unanimous vote the re-commendations of the Bookstore Committee, which would close the bookstore to all social activities for one week if definite improvement in sanitary conditions is not evid- :ent after a week's trial period. The Council recommended to the The Baltimore Symphony Or. chestra, under the direction of Reginald Stewart, will make an ap-pearance in the college auditothun this Monday at 8:00 P. M. in the first of two scheduled performances during the school year. The full Symphony Orchestra staged a successful debut here last year. Now in its thirty-fifth year, and its ninth season under the gifted leadership of Mr. Stewart, the Or-chestra is generally recognized as one among this country's major symphonic organizations. During re - cent musical seasons, for instance, tie, a Eugene O'Neill piece, is one ', Committee that their policy be con- the Orchestra played in many a more in a series of performances tinuous. This would mean that, in ! the largest cities of the United designed to give a ""representative I the event of unsanitary conditions , States and Canada, giving highly look"" at all types of dramas. A i later in the Year, the Bookstore successful concerts in New York musical and another comedy are City (at Carnegie Hall); Hamilton scheduled for the season. Hamlet is still tentatively sched-uled to be the premier performance of the year. Athletes Ask Policy Change The Men's Athletic Association proposed to the Athletic Council this week that the procedural po-licies in accident benefit cases be altered to allow immediate payment to Varsity athletes injured on the field. The former policy allowed pay-ment only at the end of the school year to assure a comprehensive picture of the needs of all injured persons. The new proposal would still not guarantee payment. But it would give the Men's Athletic Association the power to decide arbitrarily who would be paid, how much the in-dividual would be paid up to a $75.00 ceiling and when the in-dividual would be paid. It was stressed that this pro-posal would affect only those male students competing in varsity sports. Dr. Minnegan stated that the pro-prosal is an attempt "" to meet a human need"" and that varsity athletes are more vulnerable to ac-cident than the average student in the college community. Final decision on the proposals was deferred until the next meet-ing of the Athletic Council next Monday. BULLETIN Officially, the Thanksgiving Recess begins at 5:00 P. M., Wed.. nesday, November 22, and ends at 8:00 A. M., Monday, Novem-ber 27. Committee would have the power to close the bookshop. The Faculty-Student Council de-and Kingston (Queens UrdVersity) Canada; Worcester, Fall River, termined that students would se- Springfield, and Holyoke, Mass.; cure free tickets to the Baltimore Northampton (Smith College), Mass.; Norwich, Conn.; Durham (Duke University), and Charlotte, N. C.; Tallahassee (Florida state University), Orlando, Tampa, and St. Petersburg, Florida; Lexington (Washington & Lee College), Vir-ginia; the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Frederick and Hager,- town, Maryland; and in many other communities. Symphony concert by identification with student activities cards. Ad-ditional free tickets would be pro-vided to college employees and to as many others as feasible. Dr. Hawkins, the chairman, sug-gested that the college community demonstrate its hospitality to the visiting musician by way of a re-ception. Dean Dowell was author-ized to initiate action. Mr. Hoddinott, a student member, asked that additional pianos be placed in the dormitories. Action was deferred. It was disclosed during the course of the meeting that there is a pos-sibility that the conference periods would be returned to the class schedules in the next semester. HOMECOMING TOMORROW 10:30 a. m.�Registration: Ad-ministration Building 11: 00 a. m. Greetings: President E. T. Hawkins Mr. L. T. Cox, Jr., President, Alumni Association Discussions: ""Experiments in Student Teach-ing"" Dr. William H. Hartley ""Future Teachers of America"" Dr. Lucy Scott 12: 00 noon � Luncheon: Newell Hall 1: 45 p. m. � Dedication: New Athletic Field Cornerstone Ceremony: Men's Dormitories 2:45 p. m. � Soccer Game: STC vs. Elizabethtown 6:00 p. m.�Dinner: Newell Hall 8:00 p. m..� Play: ""Pygmalion,"" by STC Theatre in Auditorium THE BALTIMORE SY:Mr:MOW ORCHESTRA has a novel history since it was the first .American symphony orchestra to be support-ed by municipal funds. Part of its financing still is appropriated by the City of Baltimore; but, be-ginning in 1942, many of Baltimore's civic-minded and miisic-mindeil citizens have contributed to the Orchestra's support. Consequently, the scope of its activities has been materially increased, and since then the Orchestra has carried its superb music to many communities, bath on tour and by means of radio broadcasts. REGINALD STEWA.V, f.kottish-born Conductor of the Orchestra, who recently became an American citizen,. is internationally known as an orchestral conductor of dis-tinction, and one who is content to let the music of great composers speak for itself without distortion. He has been guest conductor of such great orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, tthe London Philharmonic, the NBC, the BBC, the Detroit, Chicago, and many others. More recently�during April, 1943 �he won new laurels by represent- (Continued on Page 5) "
