tl19611006-000 "0 the ing thrl Ir ate Le 31 3.56 J.13: a1a Lawrence Gibson, Dr. harry M. Hutson, and John Tallman make Nall for the coming Leadership Conference. 3fr Doll nigh School Seniors Visit Campus biligh school seniors start their :11141 inspection of the Towson sj,1413'us Thursday, October 12, the iC �f three such days this month. Sunday, November 5, the fo`l(To will hold an open house Parents of high school juniors ,(7, seniors from state-wide high -,1001s. 21ext Thursday, seniors visit- ""11 the school and having lunch gitests of the college, will h�1fle from all counties but 4kittrn. ore. Baltimore County eitlIclents arrive Wednesday, h et(lber 25, and Baltimore City come Monday, October 30. ,Von Bokkelen Ji�tlell Unfinished -set 11,14 ovation of Van Bokkelen Hall t� have been finished last week, itl karl Moser, business manager, �1, recently. 441:k was begun June 11 but a tiitl�41rlation of difficulties not an-kh tell upset the proposed A tile. `Irr1�ng the difficulties were the kle,i rrival of materials and unfore- 131'oblems in demolition. loolltlit�1's have been assigned to '1)4, �II Saturday and Sunday to the cleaning. kat:. cost is estimated at $90,000. Ivorktials were supplied by the Mill- 104 ke�h-lpany and the work was 4:1 the H. S. White Co. TOWER LIGHT Vo1. XIV, No. 4 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland October 6, 1961 Nutson Set To Be Keynote Speaker At Annual Leadership Conference l. ,p1.0 be [le failltna Theta Upsilon presents br. John R. Bareham ;iktil 411 illustrated lecture on eology of Landscapes of Maryland 44ber 11, 1961 8:00 p.m. Forum During their stay on campus, the seniors will be guided by upper-classmen and will have a chance to sit in on classes in session. Prior to lunch, there will be a special assembly with greetings from college officials and student leaders. After lunch, discussion groups with college students and faculty will be held. The open house for parents starts with registration at 2 p.m. Sunday, November 5, followed by a tour of the campus, discussion groups with college faculty and a tea in the Student Centre. Dr. Harry M. Hutson, keynote speaker for the Leadership Confer-ence, will speak Friday, October 13, at the Fresh Air Camp, Benson, Maryland. John Tallman and Law-rence Gibson will also speak at the weekend conference sponsored by the S.G.A. ""Prologue to Action,"" which is the conference's theme, will also be the title for Dr. Hutson's speech for the opening session. Dr. Hutson Dr. Hutson is a faculty member of the Social Science Department. After receiving his B.A. degree from the University of Maryland, Dr. Hutson received his M.A and Ph. D. degrees at the University of Iowa. He has served as advisor to the S.G.A., the Baptist Student Union and the Inter-Faith Council. John Tallman John Tallman, President of the Student Government Association, was president of the Class of '62 in his freshman and Sophomore years. As a junior, John held the office of Member-at-Large in the S.G.A. He has also been a member of the Student Life Council, and the Spe-cial Events Committee. Last year he was secretary of the Men's Resi-dence Council. He will speak at the general meet-ing Saturday afternoon. Lawrence Gibson Lawrence Gibson, senior, is this year's Leadership Conference Chair-man. He entered Towson last fall as a jumor transfer student from the University of Richmond. (Continued on Page 3) Emergency Session Of Senate Called Bid To Break NSA Ties Tabled After Meeting Runs Two Hours After two hours and five minutes of rational discussion, the Senate Tuesday voted to table the controversial issue of disaffiliation with the National Student Association and take the matter up again Tuesday, October 10, in an emer-gency session. Most of the lengthy meeting was concerned with the NSA proposal, formed last week by the SGA Executive Committee by a vote of 7 to 2. John Tallman and Bob Highsmith, tives of the SGA,"" he asserted, SGA president and vice-president ""and we now need a year of in-respectively, each gave 20-minute tense concentration on issues of talks outlining their reasons for local concern to build some founda-recommending Towson withdraw tion for the future"". from NSA for one year. Rapping Highsmith for his pre- Sue MacDonald, NSA co- payed statement that ""we must get ordinator, opened the session down to the difficult task of sweep-with a 20-minute plea for con- ing our own front steps, and once tinuing NSA affiliation. cleaned and rebuilt, then go over Joining Miss MacDonald in mak- to our neighbors and help them with ing the plea for continued affiliation his,"" Miss MacDonald emphasized: was Paul Potter, National Affairs ""Does this absolve us from our vice president for NSA who Game other responsibilities?"" from Philadelphia to attend the She said, ""What American stud- Senate meeting. Potter spoke for 10 ents are saying, thinking and doing minutes supporting Miss Mac- on other campuses throughout the Donald's cause. nation, and what is happening on Copies of Tallman's, Highsmith's the national and international scene and Miss MacDonald's speeches should be of concern and interest to were circulated before the Senate all of us."" convened. Again hitting at Highsmith's Highsmith cited the reasons speech, Kiss MacDonald asserted the Executive Committee voted ' that ""in these critical times with to recommend disaffiliation as Berlin and 1Chrushchev's nuclear ""concentration primarily on threats, I'll tell you that no one can issues of vital concern to the say with complete honesty to them- Towson campus."" selves that they are solely issues as ""estab-con- He named such cerned with the (vital issues High-lishment of a Judicial Body, re- smith listed.)"" vision of the SGA constitution, ""These are important issues which are of vital interest and concern revision of the election code, development of an honor system"" on our campus. But they cannot and several others. be our sole concern."" (Continued on Page 2) ""I believe further that the in-fluence of (NSA) on this campus has tended to obscure the IRC objec- Meets 'Amalthean' Revolution Occurs In Glen Players by Mary Hughes drama, and Shakespeare's iinmed- The Amalthean Program is the iate predecessors and contempor-name which The Glen Players have aries, chosen to describe their new cycle 3�Shakespeare, of world drama which they are 4�Neo-Classical, including Ben beginning this year. Johnson, the English Restoration With the coming of Dr. C. Richard theatre, Moller, Racine, Cornielle, Gillespie to Towson, a new extra- 5�Romantic and Sentimental, in-curricular drama program has been eluding Goethe, Schiller, Hugo, initiated. This new program is based Dumas, Early American Melo-on the four-year cycle of college dramas, education. 6�Foundations of Modern Drama, ""Any student who attends the including Ibsen, Strindberg, Chek-plays regularly during his four hov, Shaw, O'Neill, etc., years at Towson will have seen 7�Non-Western Drama, including at least one play from each of Indian, Chinese, and Japanese plays, eight categories,"" mid Dr 8�Original scripts. Gillespie. ""Amalthean"" Means New Program The term ""Amalthean"" was adapt- Dr. Gillespie has arbitrarily divid- ed by the group from the Greek ed the world's dramatic literature ""Amalthee"", who was the nurse of into eight categories: the infant Zeus, and who gave 1�Classical, including Greek and Zeus milk from a goat. Roman works, According to one legend, Zeus 2�Medieval and Renaissance, in- broke off one of the horns of the eluding the Comedic. del Arte, goat and endowed it with the power Miracle and Mystery plays, Med- of becoming filled with whatever ieval farces, Spanish Renaissance the possessor might wish. October i The International Relations Club will convene for the first time this , year Wednesday, October 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 213, Stephens Barbara Parker, president, will Hence this horn was commonly explae students' role in in-called the horn of plenty, and it was m the relations and introduce used in later times as the symbol of plenty in general. new officers of the club. Pat Phaneuf. director of the Mary- placed Zeus' among the stars. Council of the United Nations, will The horn of plenty in this case is symbolic for its gifts to the tell about action taken in the United Nations by the CCU N this possessor, good or evil, and can be equated to the tragedy of life and summer. human failings (as the Greeks will be served. rooked at life). The horn in the stars A question and answer session is equivalent to comedy. will follow and coffee For these reasons, The Glen Miss Parker announced this week Players felt that ""Amalthean"" a list of tentative topics to be dis-would adequately describe their cussed by the club this semester. program, which includes any play They are: they desire or wish to produce. The October 25�Future of the illusions to tragedy and comedy are United Nations. evident. November 29�Latin America. December 13 � Neutralist Purpose Of College Drama Dr. Gillespie believes the purpose Countries Look at the World of a college drama program is to Situation. fit into the philosophy of a college January 10�Student panel regarding liberal education and ed- discussion on %eorld affairs. be ucational theories. He prefers the A business meeting will academic approach, a ""living"" held at 7 o'clock Wednesday (Continued on Page 4) night for all interested in corning. "
