tl19500929-000 "Vol. 4, No. 2 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MD. September 29, 1950 CURRENT and UNDERCURRENT IT IS YOUR WORLD About one hour before midnight on the twenty-fourth day of June in the Holy Year of 1950, a bulky pyknic gentleman scratched his head, twisted the handle-bars of his great mustachio and pushed the button. The button flashed the signal to raise the ""Iron Curtain"" one-third of the way around the earth. A flood of fanatic humanity spreading fire and death was re-leased on the little country of Ko-rea. For five years that man's fin-ger had been itching to give the ""go"" sign. For five years his gang had been planning and working for this occasion. Now was the time for the big event in the scheme of world conquest. Now that China had been ""freed"" the next step was to ""liberate"" South Korea. Needless to say, the little man's plans went astray. When Joe Stalin pushed that button he felt a deep contempt for the decadent Amer-ican capitalistic democracy that dared to doubt the enduring joys and benefits of Soviet Communism. :e lie felt that the American ""pluto- 1- cracy"" was so dead and rotted that d It would not have the courage to Oppose his will. Of course, there would be some strong words and loud protests but then, in the end, these would evaporate and nothing would be done. Joe was right in one respect. The Americans were unprepared and stunned by the sudden attack but he was badly mistaken when he assumed that the American people did not have the ""guts"" to back up their convictions. It is strange but easily understandable that the American people are always unpre-pared when armed decisions are to be made. Fundamentally, America is geared to peace, and wars are regarded a irritating interruptions. When Joe pushed that button, another thing happened. Half-way around the world in another country a group of men were con-vened in haste. The Security Coun-cil of the United Nations issued the ""Cease fire!"" order. General MacArthur was called upon to ex-etute this command. Big issues Were at stake! Would an American general assume the responsibility or an order issued .by the Security Council of the United Nations? Would President Truman permit American troops to back up such a command? What would the other nation.s do? As a matter of fact, there was no time for delay. It was really now or never! America had reached the cross-roads. 1., The flood of human passion and 1- hate that the button released seem- Lii to sweep everything before it. Outnumbered and outgunned, the south Koreans and their United Nation allies were swept aside by the mad fury of the attack. Amer-ican aid, too, was pushed back with heart-breaking disappointment. It looked as if the plan would work and another victory would be chalk-ed up for Joe. Then a miracle happened. As the 'r:attle lines were shortened, and as reenforeements began to arrive, a new spirit of confidence arose, 1.11(.1 the line held. There was no Panic of defeat. There was no sec-ond Dunkirk! The ""Battle for Time"" had been won. Repeatedly, the hand-picked shock-troops tried to (Continued on Page 5) fl )1 Cr a of La; Li- ORGANIST , r. TO PLAY It has been STC's custom in the past to present occasionally us with musical assemblies which up to date have been particularly pleas-ant. This year, not to be outdone by previous records, the assembly committee is presenting an organ recital on October 3. The feature soloist will be John H. Eltermann, who has for many years occupied a position of promin-ence in the musical life of Balti-more. Mr. Eltermann has been par-ticularly popular in recent- years through his many recitals and con-certs at the console of the Ham-mond electric organ. His career as organist started with the appointment at the age of 16 as the organist at the Fulton Ave U. B. Church. The following year he became choirmaster. Since then he has held positions of organist and choir director at Walbrook M. E. Church and assistant organist at Emmanuel P. E. Church and choir-master of the Chapel of the Re-demption. Later he was appointed organist and choir director at St. Mark's Lutheran, and subsequent-ly Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church. For five years he was dean of the Chesapeake Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and for several years staff organist for WBAL. He was solo organist at the Century Theatre, in Baltimore, which together with his radio pro-grams, created an enviable follow-ing. At the present time he is con-ductor of both the Junger Man-nerchor and the Deutscher Damen-char, Anion Singing Society, and the United Singers of Baltimore. (Continued on Page 3) FOUR MORE FACULTY IN Mr. Russell B. Rice has been ap-pointed a part-time instructor of mathematics for this college year. Mr. Rice is a native of Frederick county, Maryland. He obtained his A.B. at Gettysburg College and his M.A. at the University of Maryland. He has had several years of teach-ing in the high schools of Maryland and is now teaching mathematics of finance at the University of Balti-more. Dr. Edward Noulander, part-time instructor in psychology and guid-ance for this year, is a native of New York City. He earned his B.S. at City College of New York, and his M.S. and Ed.D. at Cornell Uni-versity. He spent several years in the U. S. Army as a classification specialist and later taught and coun-seled in high schools in the state of New York. Dr. Frances M. Clarke joined the faculty on September 22 as an instructor in education. She re-ceived her A.B. at Barnard and her M.A. and doctorate from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has also taken post-doctoral work at Yale University. Dr. Clarke's teaching background includes posi-tions at Bryn Mawr College, Con-necticut College and Ohio State University. Mrs. Frances Brandenburg will join the library staff as assistant li-brarian, replacing Miss Anne Stur-tevant, who resigned to take a posi-tion with the Maryland Division of Library Extenson. Mrs. Branden-burg has her A.B. in library science from the College of William and Mary and has had experience as a librarian in the Baltimore city schools. CUT SYSTEM The following has been establish- ed absence. Absence excuse from ed as the official absence policy the Dean will not be necessary if a of the college: student's name is on a list for an 1. A student will be allowed one authorized trip. unexcused absence for each credit hour of a course. When the number of unexcused absences in a parti-cular course exceeds the number of credit hours for that course, the student automatically receives a failure for the course. 2. Unexcused absences are cumu-lative for the individual courses, only, and are not transferable to another course. Thus, if a student is taking three three-credit hour courses he may have as many as nine unexcused absences, providing he does not exceed three unexcused absences for any one course. 3. Each dual period, such as art or science courses, will be treated as a single period for the purpose of reporting absences. 4. All excuses for medical rea-sons will be reported to Dr. Bulk-ley. Dean of the College (Dr. Do-well), or an individual designated by her, will be the only other per-son authorized to grant an ex-cuse for an absence. All absence excuses must be obtained within 48 hours of the absence and de-posited in the Registrar's office. It is the responsibility of the individ-ual student to obtain this excuse, and no student will be notified of , his failure to do so. If the excuse is not obtained and presented to the Registrar within the period of 48 ; hours after the absence, the absence automatically becomes an unexcus- 5. As stated above, it is the re-sponsibility of the individual stu-dent to keep an account of his own absences and to know when he is in danger of getting a failure in the course. The assembly absences will be handled as follows: 1. The Registrar will furnish the Marshalls with attendance cards prior to eaCh assembly. 2. Upon entering the assembly, the student will be handed an at-tendance card by the Marshalls. . The student will fill in the code number corresponding to his or her name and sign the card. A list of students and their code numbers will be posted on the bulletin boards. Each Marshall shall have a copy, and the Registrar's office shall have a copy. 4. At the conclusion of the as-sembly, the student will hand the attendance card to the Marshall as he or she leaves the assembly. Stu-dents who leave without deposit-ing a card, or whose card contains the wrong code number, will be charged with an unexcused absence. 5. Each student is responsible for obtaining an excuse from the Dean and for depositing it in the Registrar's office within 48 hours of the absence. The procedure for ob-taining such excuses is the same as that outlined for class excuses. Ground Is Broken For Men's Dorms Ground was broken this week for the two men's dormitories, the first of several new buildings scheduled for construction on the college campus. The two units will be built at a cost of approximately $458,000. The dorms will be of modern collegiate architecture and will each house 56 students, a total of 112. In addition, there will be accomoda-tions for a resident supervisor in each building and ""large"" recreation rooms for the students. All the rooms will sleep two students and will have built-in dressers and ward-robes. The women's dormitories and the dining hall are contingent upon further appropriations. Of the million-dollar appropria-tion, $200,000 is scheduled for the power plant, $43,000 for the athletic field and $458,000 for the two men's units. The new athletic field, started during the summer, is all but com-pleted. The sodding was completed this week. The cinder track is al-ready in use. Architect for the building pro-grain is Francis J. Thuman, who has, in one way or another, been associated with the construction of all buildings on the college campus since its re-location to Towson. Low bidders on the two men's units were John K. Ruff and Sons. Contracts for driveways, walk-ways, lanscaping and parking lots were put out Monday, September 25. The bids will be called in Octo-ber 17. Meanwhile, in another area of the college community, the Execu- Jim Walters, Betty Bradbury and tive Board of the Student Govern- Tom Colburn. ment Association was busy with budgetary problems of its own. � Pygmalion is First Show Pygmalion, a comedy-romance in five acts by George Bernard Shaw, will be the Glen Players first dra-matic production of the school year. Under the direction of Mr. Harold C. Paul, the play will be presented to the general public at 8:30 P. M. on the nights of October 26, 27, and 28, in the auditorium. Featured in the starring roles are: Mel Shaffer as Henry Higgins; Betty Lou Mariner as Eliza Doolittle; Lou Vadorsky as Col. Pickering; and Marcelle Jenkins as Mrs. Pearce. Richard Lyston will prortay Alfred Doolittle, together with Paul Arend as Freddy Hill; Jane Nathan as Mrs. Eynsford Hill; Patty Levendosky as Miss Eynsford Hill; and. Nancy Pool as the Maid. Bob Goodman is acting as business and stage manager. Others included in the cast are: Based around a modern, English atmosphere, Pygmalion deals with a flower girl (Liza Doolittle) who at-tempts to over-step her low status in life by being taught to speak bet-ter English by Mr. Higgins (Mel Shaffer). Refusing to teach Liza (Betty Lou Mariner), Mr. Higgins changes his point of view when Col. Pickering (Lou Vadorsky), chal-lenges Higgins to attempt the trans-formation of Liza into a lady. The resulting scenes of transformation equal two hilarious hours of dra-matic entertainment. ""Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most famous plays,"" stated Mr. Paul. ""It was a wonderful movie and should prove itself equally wonderful on our stage at Towson."" As usual, all students presently attending Towson may attend the play on any night and will be ad-mitted free. However, tickets for the general public will be required and their time and place of pur-chase will be announced in the near future. Previous plays given by the Glen Players are: ""The Importance of Be-ing Earnest"" and ""Peg of My Heart."" According to Mr. Paul, the group also intends to present a Shake-spearean piece and a musical in the near future. LOST AND FOUND The Registrar's office will handle LOST AND FOUND. Hours will be 8:30 A. M. to 9:00 A. M. and 12:30 to 1:00 P. M. Finders may bring articles at all times. Donald Causey is the student representa-tive. The. proposed organizational bud-gets, subject to action by the Board's Budget Committee, were presented in the first session of the year. Request Proposed Cut Senior Class $ 685.00 $185.00 Junior Class 200.00 fixed Sophomore Class 150.00 fixed Freshman Class 100.00 fixed Marshalls 125.00 50.00 FAC 250.00 none Orchestra 30.00 none. Tower Light 3,500.00 700.00 Yearbook 4,500.00 200.00 Cheerleaders 60.00 none N. H. G. 96.00 36.00 IRC 218.00 93.00 House Committee 100.00 deferred Assemblies 1,500 150.00 Handbook Bill not yet received Dance Fund 875.00 fixed Glee Club No budget request. Aviation Club No budget request. SCA 100.00 50.00 Accident Benefit 750.00 none Proposed Budgets: $14,385 Operating Expenses: 13,575 Deficit $810 ECUADOR STUDENT VISITING COLLEGE Mr. Luis Soria, a native of Ecua-dor, is visitng the college during the first semester to observe the Amer-ican teaching methods. He is a representative of a branch of the Institute of Inter-American Affairs, Educational division. Mr. Soria will attend another col-lege in the United States after the first semester. 274681 "
