tl19540922-000 "954 ege hat end at to lose and man atic The row lent the fege col- In e3 Vol. 8, No. 2 .1/111 I 1 & TOWER,tl L IGHT ,w STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. Wednesday, September 22, 1954 Students, Faculty Plan New Assembly Schedule Students and faculty members now compose the new as-sembly committee for the 1954-55 academic year. Incorporated in this committee is a program committee composed of faculty members and students who will plan the extra-curricular programs, such as evening concerts and on- Campus visitors. This committee will also allocate funds to organizations and departments who desire to sponsor a program. Another duty of this assembly eir committee, which is directly re-sPonsible to the Student Govern-ment Association, is planning the traditional programs such as Con-vocation, held yesterday, Thanks- )re- g.i ving program, and Christmas Program. This student assembly a committee is also responsible for af-scheduling class assemblies and Class meetings. Since this student [31.- e�Inmittee is under the authority 'ton to Md. Colleges Report aO Enrollment Increase flan for liii- AC to the I the ecd Ind ja igS the I in ad :en nY 'he he ho fl-an hO fltl ue Lrl rig aY ag 55 'is 11 al te b- )f a- [Front the Sun (Baltimore)] Ftegistrars of the State's sixteen senior colleges and five teachers c�11eges reported preliminary esti- Mates that enrollment will total 20,270. This represents an increase of 4.4 per cent over a year ago. Below Peak Years Despite the increase, college of- ""la's emphasized that enrollments tins year will remain far below the Peaks reached in the years right after the end of World War II. And they pointed out further that the real brunt of the baby boom ;Which began about 1940 will not rie felt on the college campuses for another four years. Larger enrollments of Korean ;var veterans and the rising popu- 41'4 of teachers colleges were given as the prime reasons for the (Continued pg. 4, col. 1) of the SGA the student council will decide policies such as attendance. Those students or faculty mem-bers who have suggestions for pro-grams for the ensuing year should contact Faculty Chairman Mary Katherine Kahl, Student Chairman Phyllis Lacy, or anyone else on either committee. Newspaper Staff Now Reorganizing Coalition and reorganization of the Tower Light staff will take place tomorrow at its first meet-ing of the year at 4 p.m. in the Student Publications Office. All former Tower Light mem-bers are asked to attend if they are interested in rejoining the staff. Editor-in-Chief, Julia Pohlman announced that the end of last year found the staff almost com-pletely depleted, and now new staff members are urgently needed. Anyone interested in working or learning to work on any phase of the newspaper is urged to attend the meeting. There are openings for news, features and sports writers; head-line composers; proof readers; typists; and people interested in working on the circulation staff. Anyone who is unable to attend the meeting and is interested in membership on the staff contact the editor, as soon as possible. Iowa State College Holds Annual Student Congress August 22-31 Student action on academic free-d� 111, international student cooper-a , and improved self-govern- Irlent highlighted the seventh an- Ua Congress of the United States ational Student Association at �Nva State College, August 22-31. NSA Representative Keith Wil- '�/1 and Student Government As-s� eiation President George Hohl Sttended the congress representing tate Teachers College. 2,An estimated 700 students from th �0 colleges and universities t. r�11ghout the United States par-lelPated in the Congress, which sei'ves as a workshop for campus r�vernment and as the supreme egistlative body for NSA. Faculty and administrative personnel, cam- Pus editors, and students from 23 e�12ntries abroad also attended. SPecific actions taken by the Con-gress were: 1. Academic Freedom: Passed a Lesolution stating that ""in almost every case present membership in siibversive organizations destroys a Professor's ability to teach, but iii3laintained that each case should Judged individually by the 'acuity involved."" 2. Intermit ional Student Co- �Deration : Passed a resolution strongly supporting the Interna-tional Student Conference, con-demned the Communist-run Inter-national Union of Students as ""a partisan political organization with numerous student splinter groups."" 3. Segregation: Endorsed, 285-4, a special committee report initiated by Southern schools calling for an immediate end to segregation in all institutions of higher education, outlined steps by which students might help achieve this transition on individual campuses. Theme of Congress Theme of this year's Congress was ""The Responsibilities of Free-dom."" In the keynote address, (Continued pg. 4, col. 4) Mrs. Helen A. Jensen Directs Snack Bar Filling the post of Snack Bar Director this year will be Mrs. Helen A. Jensen. Mrs. Jensen has had experience as manager of various cafeterias in the Baltimore City school sys-tem. Most of her work as manager of foods was in the Samuel Gomp-ers Vocational School in Baltimore City. Towson Celebrates 4th Annual Leadership WorkshopSaturday Campus Organization Officers, Faculty Advisers Convene at Lida Lee Tall Celebrating its fourth anniver-sary at State Teachers College, the annual Leadership Conference will convene Saturday in the Lida Lee Tall School auditorium at 9 a.m. Purpose The purpose of the Leadership Conference is threefold: (1) to help bring about unity among all stu-dent leaders and faculty advisers, (2) to help student leaders and faculty advisers realize their obli-gations and duties, and (3) to bring to the foreground some of the major campus problems in an at-tempt to solve them. Under the auspices of the Stu-dent Government Association, the Leadership Conference was plan-ned almost in its entirety this past summer by the President's Council. The council, a group consisting of several faculty members and vari-ous organization presidents, met three time during the summer to discuss purposes and expectations of the Leadership Conference and to determine the type of program it felt would prove most interesting and beneficial to student leaders. SGA President George Hohl pre-sided at the meetings. From the President's Council Mr. Drury H. Cargill Heads News Bureau Heading up the college news bureau this year is a newcomer to the Towson campus, English In-structor Drury H. Cargill. Mr. Cargill comes to State Teachers College from the Rich- New faculty member, Drury H. Car-gill, who is presently heading college news bureau. mond Professional Institute, the Richmond branch of the College of William and Mary. Prior to this he organized and directed the pro-gram of public relations and the news bureau at East Tennessee State College, Johnson City, Ten-nessee. His job here will involve pub-licity work for the college by the media of local publications, prim-arily newspapers�dailies and week-lies. It is his job and responsibility to release to publications any material concerning the college. In previous years, English In-structor Arthur W. Brewington directed the news bureau at Tow-son. However, this year, Dr. Brewington will handle only radio and television publicity for the col-lege. nine committees were formed to carry out the numerous projects made necessary by the scope of the conference. The committees formed were: Invitation Committee, Lunch-eon Committee, Evaluation Com-mittee, Publicity Committee. Corn- The conference will adjourn for lunch at 11:30 to the STC Dining Hall and will again resume at 1 p.m. in the Lida Lee Tall auditor-ium for another general meeting. Discussion groups of organzation officers will commence at 1:15 in SGA President George Huh presides at a meeting oi the SGA Executive Board, nucleus of the committee planning for the Leadership Conference. mittee to Secure Panel Speakers, Committee to Secure a Keynote Speaker, Discussion Groups Com-mittee, Registration Committee, Program Committee. Invitation Committee Chairman Donald Wenck mailed approxi-mately 150 invitations to all 1953- 54 and 1954-55 student officers and faculty advisers. Enclosed in the invitation was a pre-registration postcard to be returned to the col-lege and a tentative schedule of the day's activities. Program Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. in front of the Lida Lee Tall auditorium. Leadership Manuals will be distributed to student lead-ers at this time. The first general meeting will commence at 9 a.m. in the Lida Lee Tall auditorium. At 9:45 discussion groups will meet in various designated rooms of the Lida Lee Tall School. In each discussion group there will be four panel members, one chairman, one evaluator, and one recorder. Glee Club Records Now Being Sold Records which were made by the Glee Club last year are on sale again this year for 75 cents in the Book Shop and on the ground floor of the Administration Building. The Glee Club made the record under the direction of Music In-structor Emma E. Weyforth and accompanied by Dr. Wilfred B. Hathaway on the organ. On one side of the record is ""Alma Mater"", composed by George Coleman Gow with the obligato by Edward Maccubbin, and on the re-verse side ""The Lord's Prayer"" was recorded. The five boys who sing the counter melody to the Alma Mater are Roger Marks, Jack Jones, Gilmore Smith, Alylin Barr, William Zachmeier. This recording was financed by the Student Government Associa-tion and all money collected from sales of the record will be returned to the SGA. various designated rooms. Follow-ing this group of discussions the entire conference will assemble in the auditorium at 2:45. Recorders from their respective discussion groups will report at this time. Also the Evaluation Committee will submit its report stating what it felt were defects and assets of the conference. To conclude the conference, a Coffee Hour will be held in the Stu-dent Centre. The following topics will be dis- (Continued pg. 4, col. 1) Campus Fraternity Conducting Contest Alpha Psi Omega, honorary dramatic fraternity on campus, is sponsoring a One-Act Playwriting Contest for the first time this year. Rules The rules are as follows: 1. The play must be the maxi-mum of one-act and must have a minimum presentation time of fif-teen minutes, a maximum of forty-five minutes. 2. The unfolded manuscripts must be typewritten in double-space style using only one side of each sheet of paper. 3. The name of the author shall appear only on a 3 x 5 card at-tached to the manuscript. The 3 x 5 card shall include the title of the play, the name, address and tele-phone number of the author. 4. The manuscript shall be placed in the Alpha Psi Omega 1954 One-Act Playwriting Contest Manuscript File, found in room 7, Administration Building. 5. The deadline shall be Wed-nesday, December 15, 1954. Prizes The fraternity will award the winner of the contest in the fol-lowing ways: 1. A twenty-five dollar royalty fee will be payed to the winner. 2. The winning play will be en-tered in the next Annual Samuel French Playwriting Contest. (Continued pg. 2, col. 5) "
