tl19651105-000 "TTs OA 7-4- NUM 5-gt Netei2j I- I r7-7----77411 �S' 'AP r 93 0 /AN < WER Vol. XVIII, No. 7 November 5, 1965 North Carolina Legislature Enacts Speaker Ban Law ""Treason"" On Campus? Accusations of ""John Birch-ers"", ""communists"", and ""war-mongers"" greeted the distribu- CHAPEL HILL, N. C. (CPS) threatened to withdraw the ac- tion of None Dare Call It Trea- The University of North Caro- creditation of the university, son, written by John A. Stormer, lina is facing academic censure will meet in Richmond, Va., for on the Towson campus last and possible loss of accredita- three days beginning Nov. 28 to week. tion because of the State's so- consider the case. There was a critique of called anti-Communist speaker U-NC President William the book by Wesley Mc-ban law. Friday, upset about the pos- Donald in the October 22nd sible loss of accreditation, issue of the Tower Light. said that if the academic The book's distribution is transcripts of the univer- mainly the work of a Towson sity's 12,500 students would junior, Janet Branham. An ac-not be accepted at other ac- tive member of the Young A-credited colleges, there mericans for Freedom for three would almost certainly be a years, Janet heard of the pre-faculty exodus, and the election book when she attended status of millions of dollars The statute, which applies only to state-supported col-leges and universities in the state, was unexpectedly en-acted by the legislature in June, 1963. It makes univer-sity and college administra-tors and trustees ""criminally liable"" if their facilities are used by a known member of the Communist party, some-one advocating the over-throw of the United States and/or North Carolina con-stitutions, or someone who has pleaded the Fifth A-mendment in refusing to answer questions with re-spect to Communist or sub-versive activities before authorized committees, tri-bunals or boards. Support for the bill is now coming from the John Birch Society, the Ku Klux Klan, and a conservative element of the American Legion which U-NC has officially characterized as being made up of ""racist politi-cians and exploiters of war Veteran status."" The American Association of University Professors, which strongly opposes such laws, says that North Carolina's is unique in the United States. Nine oth-er states, however, are study-ing the adoption of similar mea-sures. The Southern Association of Schools and Colleges, which has Asst. Dean Of Students To Hear Finance Requests Any student who needs fin-nancial aid for the second se-tnester is asked to apply im-lilediately at the Assistant Dean b.f Student's office. If a student ls not in good standing, he can Still apply. However, to be eli-gible a student must be in good standing, academically and so- Cially The purpose of these Loans is to help students get through college and their finan-cial difficulty. .tiesides the student's grades, R?ven to those students who have c.itizenship, college participa-t,!� n, and community participa- ""b 0 are weighed. An interview With the Financial Aid Com- Illittee is also required. in federal funds and other grants might be put in question. ""Communism is not the issue:' the university insists. ""The is-sue is free speech. Students have the right to hear and to listen to all shades of opinion."" Gov. Dan K. Moore is com-mitted to at least amend the ban. His opponent in the run-off primary last year. I. Beverly Lake, said during his campaign that ""if repeal of the speakers ban is neces-sary to keep accreditation, then let accreditation go."" (Continued on Page 4) the International Christian arrived, the essay pamphlets Youth Third National Assembly and rubber bands were for-in Texas last Christmas. Author gotten, and rumors began. John A. Stormer was guest The distribution was approved speaker at the Assembly where by the SGA and administration he spoke on the purpose and re- which caused the month delay ception of his book. for the usual precautionary for- When Janet heard of an malities. essay contest on the book, Janet, who is an elemen-she wrote to the YAF who tary education major was forwarded her request to the surprised by the instant re- Constructive Action, Inc. action of the student body. Here the Americanism Edu- ""I didn't mean for this book cational League supplied 3000 to propagate any political books, 3000 essay rules and case,"" she explained, ""I'm 3000 rubber bands. However, basically an independent in when the books were distri- politics myself. What I did buted four weeks after they want to do was instigate some original thinking by some of my fellow students when I saw the opportunity to get free copies of such a controversial book. ""It doesn't mater whether it's John Birchers, communists or anybody,"" she stressed, ""the im-portant and most vital fact is that too many second hand opinions pass for authoratative opinions here and at other col- Beginning in 1947, as di- leges. If a student reads the rector of the University's book and decides on his own libraries, Clarence Faust that Stormer is a John Bircher, served as Dean of the then my goal has been fulfilled Faculty of Humanities and -somebody finally used his Sciences at Stanford and head. I couldn't pass up a was, for a time, Acting Presi- chance of this size."" dent. (Continued on Page 4) Next Centennial Speaker To Be Ford Foundation Vice-President Clarence H. Faust, Vice Pres-ident of the Ford Foundation with responsibility for the Foun-dation's program in Education., will speak at Towson State Col-lege on Thursday evening, No-vember 11, at 8:15 p.m. in Ste-phens Hall Auditorium. Since 1951, Faust has held the position of President of the Foundation's Fund for the Ad-vancement of Education. Prior S. G. A. Senate Approves November To March Budget The Student Government As-sociation budget was given to the Senate on October 26, by the Treasurer of the SGA, Paul F. Vanderbosch. The budget failed to pass on that day, but was passed at an emergency Senate meeting on October 28. The new budget period will last from November 1 until March 1. The following is a list of campus organizations and their approved budgets for the cur-rent budget period. Alpha Psi Omega Canterbury Assoc. Cheerleaders Circle K Class of 1966 Class of 1967 Class of 1968 Class of 1969 College Centre Board Debate Council Freshman Advisory Council Gamma Theta Upslon Glen Players hostess Club Inter-Faith Council International Relations Club Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship Jewish Students Assoc. Kappa Delta Pi $ 374.00 41.00 44.00 1,043.50 1,735.00 1,130.00 550.00 245.00 7,180.00 41.02 230.00 349.50 4,175.00 40.00 119.00 95.00 58.00 50.00 75.00 Lutheran Students Association Mathematics Set Men's Choral Assoc. Naturalists Newman Club Phi Alpha Theta Pool Club Spanish Club Student Education Association S.G.A. Executive Committee Talisman Tower Light Wesleyan Club Women's Residence Council Y.M.-Y.W.C.A. Young Democrats Young Republicans TOTAL 25.00 5.00 163.32 433.75 126.00 75.00 14.75 5.00 57.50 8,830.50 5.00 4,798.59 61.20 320.00 150.00 70.00 168.80 $33,288.43 Also approved was the dis-tribution of 400 reams of ditto paper, 1100 ditto masters, and 50 boxes of envelopes. A vote of the 1966 yearbook, as the bids Tower Echos to meet the cost of the 1966 yearbook as the bids for the volume have not yet been received. Those budgets not included in the above listing have failed to sattsfy one or more of the re-quirements necessary for ap-- proval by the Financial Com-mittee. to joining the Ford Founda-tion, he held various adminis-trative positions at Stanford University. Previously, he- was Professor of English and Dean of the College at the University of Chicago. From 1941-1946, Faust served as Dean of the Gradu-ate Library School at the same university. Faust was accorded the Tuition Plan Award for Out-standing Service to Educa-tion in 1955. He is also the recipient of the University of Chicago Award for Out-standing Teaching. A graduate of North Central College, Naperville, Illinois, he received his B.D. degree in 1924 from the Evangelical Theologi-cal Seminary. Faust holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in English from the University of Chicago. Faust, who is appearing at Towson under the auspices of the Towson State Centennial Committee, has written on liter-ary, theological and educational subjects. He is the co-author of Jonathan Edwards (1935) and a contributor to The Idea and Practice of General Educa-tion (1950) and the Fifty-First Yearbook o fthe National Soci-ety for the Study of Education (1952). The Towson State Centennial Committee, chaired by Dr. Hath-away, is sponsoring a number of noted speakers on campus this year. The bulk of the funds used have been provided by the students of Towson through the extra $10 Centennial assess-ment. A Centennial brochure, will be distributed to all stu-dents in the near future. Towson Students March in Favor Or U. S. Policy A march from the campus to the Towson County Courthouse has been scheduled for 3 :30 p.m. on Veterans' Day, Novem-ber 11, to be led by Towson student Jason Wetzel. Boasting SGA support, Wetzel hopes to amass a group of three hundred marchers on the blacktop here at Towson to march two abreast bearing placards supporting the Johnson administration's poli-cies concerning Viet Nam. General Deveroux of the Baltimore County Depart-ment of Public Safety has been notified of the intended demonstration and the County police department has agreed to provide an escort for the marchers. To further insure an orderly de-monstration, about twenty student monitors will be pro-vided. The marchers will parade up York Road to Chesapeake Ave. and from there to the courthouse where they will demonstrate until 5 p.m. Wetzel has extended an invi-tation to all interested students to join the march at 3:30 p.m. when the group gathers at the blacktop parking lot in front of the Wiedefeld Gymnasium. "
