tl19740419-000 "towerlight Vol. XXVIII No. 28 Towson State College April 19, 1974 Towson, Md. Possible strike hurts: Colts will not return by Sue Debolt Baltimore's Colts will not return to the Towson campus this summer for their pre-season training camp. Vice President of Business and Finance Wayne Schelle reported that TSC had received a ""letter of intent"" from the Colts but that a new complexion had been cast when news of a National Football League players' strike arose. MC needs guarantee With the advent of this news. Schelle said that Towson would then need some sort of guarantee against losses if the camp was not needed, but that the college and the club could not agree on the amount. The Colts had begun practicing at this campus last summer with mixed reactions from the campus. ""We felt that it was necessary to obtain a reasonable amount of dollars to justify having the Colts,"" Schelle said as he added that the college has no ""redeeming social reasons"" for the Colts training at TSC. He said that the Colts had been given two options in either guaranteeing a certain amount of dollars to the college or signing a multi-year contract to train here. Schelle added that last year's training camp had been a costly one for the college due to the intensity of services but that the Colts had agreed to the rise in costs. ""Risky"" venture One of the demands of the players is the termination of training camps as they presently exist. Although this was not the fault of the Colts' management, Towson could not afford to tie up facilities with no guarantees. The Colts were given several deadline extensions but finally ended negotiations. Schelle classified the venture as ""risky"" for both parties. Baltimore Colts perform in an inter-squad game last summer. Former Senator Harris to visit by Sue Debolt Former Democratic Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris will visit the Towson campus April 30 through May 3 as ""Statesman in Residence."" Harris, who sought the Democratic 1972 Preidential nomination until he ran out of money, is currently an Adjunct Professor of Government at American University in Washington, D.C. He voluntarily Boorstin comes to TSC Daniel J. Boorstin, one of America's most eminent historians, will speak at Towson State College Thursday, April 25, at 3 p.m. Dr. Boorstin, who is currently Senior Historian at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, will speak on ""The Uses of History."" The program, sponsored by Towson State's Department of History, will be held iri Multipurpose Room A, on the third floor of the College Center. Dr. Boorstin, the author of eleven books and editor of the 27-volume Chicago History of American Civilization, is best known as one of the leaders of the ""consensus"" school of United States history. ��Consensus"" historians feel that America's growth and development can be traced to a commonality of experiences, experiences which unified the Amencan people, rather than dividing them. They maintain that America's genius has been a practical one, instead of an ideological one, in politics, in technical development, and in social progress. ""Consensus"" history was popular as a historiographic school in the 1950s, and it is still considered the ""mainstream"" of historical thought. It has, however, been challenged in recent years by ""revisionist"" historians, who have a sharply different view of American history. Dr. Boorstin, 60, was born in Georgia, received a Ph.D. at Yale University, became a Rhodes Scholar, was admitted to the Bar in both England and Massachusetts, and was the first occupant of the Chair of American History at the Sorbonne, in Paris. He taught American history at the University of Chicago from 1944 to 1969, when he became director of the National Museum of History and Technology of the Smithsonian. One of his books, The Americans: The Colonial Experience, won the Bancroft Prize. Another, The Americans: The National Experience, won the Francis Parkman Prize. His latest, The Americans: The Democratic Experience. traces the changes which have come about in the lives of ordinary Americans since the Civil War. retired as a United States' Senator in 1972, after serving eight years. During this stay on the campus. Harris will spend his time meeting with students in and out of classes. Director of Development John Wighton said Harris was chosen because he was a national figure who at the same time was ""the foremost national exponent of populism."" ""Signif ant person"" Explaining that TSC had sought a ""significant person"" ATTENTION! Due to a computer error, the Registrar's Office does Met that majors are incorrect on course request cards. If your major is declared, you may change it yourself on the card. photo by Buddy Rehrey who -contributed to society.- Wighton said that such an exprience as an -in-residence program' � was something that state colleges often lack. The following is Harris' tentative schedule which Wighton labeled -90 per cent firm."" Upon arrival Tuesday. April 30, Harris will first meet with campus hosts. During the day, he will meet with the following classes: Dr. Martha Kumar's Government Course on Congress from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m.; Dr. George Coleman's Arnencan Government course from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m.: and Mrs. Miringoff's Social Relations Course from 2 to 3 : 15 p.m. Hams' Wednesday, May 1 schedule will be as follows. Dr. Jack Hampton's Advanced Corporate Finance class. from 10 to 11 p.m.. Mr. Stanley's Newswriting class with a mock Continued to Page 12 Springfest continues with ""Residence on Display"" Towson's first annual ""Springfest"" will continue its activities this week-end with ""Residence on Display."" A carnival, an open house of all dormitories, the library and display of art work and WVTS broadcasting live from the carnival site of Lida Lee Tall grounds will be featured activities. Sponsorship for the event falls under the Residence Council headed by Al MacDonald. The committee also includes Mike McFall, Linda Miller, Ken Johnson and Buddy Lyons. Profits will go to the Residence Council for their activities such as supporting a foster child. Promote college students McFall explained that the community was getting ""a poor idea of college students through riots and streaking so that the Residence Council was seeking to promote college students. something positive for college and community."" He added that people from the area, besides TSC students, would be invited as would new resident students and administrators. McFall continued as he said that the carnival would show what the Residence Council could do as a ""tightly knit organization"" to draw everybody together. Weekend festivities Included in the weekend's festivities will be more than sixteen booths and activities encompassing events from a car bash to pony rides: from a slave auction to the sale of student made items such as candles, hats and earrings. Those groups sponsoring activities include Alpha Omega Lambda fraternity. Sigma Upsilon Nu sorority, Circle K. Residence Council. and the American Marketing Association. The carnival will take place Saturday. 11 a.m. to midnight, arid Sunday 1-5 p.m. "
