tl19700206-000 "Dean Murphy divulges retirement Photo courtesy of Tower Echoes ""It is with regret and deep appreciation that I recently accepted the resignation, effective August 31, 1970, of Dr. Orrielle Murphy, the long-time Dean of Students. . . . Dean Murphy's deep personal concern for students will be sorely missed and never fully replaced.""�James Fisher, President. SGAconvenes $3000 approved for cornpetion alcohol policy announced fee questioned Tuesday, February 3, Towson's SGA Senate was mainly devoted to reports of the various SGA of-ficers. President Charles Johnson once again spoke of incorporating the Student Government to get around the fiscal red tape of the State. $3,000 allocation He announced that the College Senate approved a $3,000 alloca-tion for nonathletic, inter-collegi-ate competition. This is subject to the approval of President Fish-er, and the money is to come from the Athletic fund. alcohol policy Also announced was that a new policy on alcohol had been drafted that would allow ""of-age"" drink-ing in the Special Dining Room during certain specified hours. Al-so recommended was an independ-ent alcohol policy for the respec-tive dorms. ""In black"" Treasurer Jim Haupt gave his semi-annual report that showed the SGA in the black, but he indicated there were many outstanding stu-dent loans. $5 fee The Senate also learned that new grading proposals of the Academic Standards Committee are to be submitted to the College Senate, while questions were asked con-cerning the $5 hike in the College Union fee. Several senators promised to investigate the rea-sons for the fee increase. towerlight Vol. XXII, No. 15 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 February 6, 1970 Jenkins retires; decries inadequate State support by HOWARD SIMS Submitting his resignation to the State Board of Trustees January 12, Dr. Martin P. Jenkins, Presi-dent of Morgan State College cited ""the deterioration of education at Morgan ,State College due to Mary-land's fiscal educational policy"" as his primary reason. His resignation will be effective September 11, 1970. In his letter, Dr. Jenkins re-ferred to the ""unfriendly"" Budget Bureau of Maryland and noted that the ,State ranks 39th in its support of higher education. He stated that "". . . this inadequate support . . . makes it difficult for the State Colleges to recruit com-petent personnel in the highly com-petitive national market and to re-tain upper echelon adminsitrative officers."" Dr. Jenkins made special refer-ence to Morgan's great majority of Black students. He correlated the deterioration of education at Mor-gan to a reduction of educational opportunity for Maryland's Black community. He also noted that the college "". . . is in a strategic posi-tion to contribute to the alleviation of urban problems. Obviously the college can assume this role only if adequate financial support is provided."" Dr. Jenkins concluded with rec-ommendations that Morgan State's appropriations be increased; that the college be developed as a ra-cially integrated urban - oriented university ;and that the state col-leges be allowed to administer ap-propriated funds without ""intoler- Orators blitz tourney Coach Nykodym stands proudly with his debato rs who display the trophies from their recent victories. Pictured (from left to right) standing are: Coach Ny kodym, Ed Neuberger, and Al Clasing. Seated are Ron DeAbreu and Terry Katz. by LARRY FRANK TSC Debators blitzed 30 Amer-ican and Canadian Universities early this week and walked away with the Interntional Champion-ship at the Western Ontario Inter-national Debate Tournament. This constitutes Towson's major win in tournament competition. Terry Katz and Ron DeAbreu were Towson's big guns in the tournament, defeating Osgoode University in the final round of competition to clinch first place and the International Champion-ship. This important last round was broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company Network. Also instrumental in the victory were Ed Neuberger and Al Chas-ing, taking fourth place at the ,Somerville House competition. Coach Nick Nykodyn Of the Speech Department accompanied the team to the tournament. Towson's victory was exceptional in that, with the exception of Ron DeAbreu, who was exposed to sim-ilar rules in his native British Guyana, this tournament was the first time that Towson debated un-der Canadian rules. Unlike Amer-ican debVing which allows only one judge to be present, Canadian rules allow two judges and an au-dience to be present. Judging is based on presentation and origin-ality, rather than strictly on fac-tual content. The debator's ability to cope with the audience often affects the judges' decisions. According to Ron, ""Under the rules of Canadian com-petition, the audience can heckle the speakers at any time, which they did."" able"" interference from the Burget Bureau. Dr. Jenkins is a nationally-known figure. His studies have been pub-lished in leading psychological and educational journals. He has lec-tured widely in the United States and abroad on many educational topics. Dr. Jenkins has been as-sociated with numerous national, state, and local organizations in-cluding the Presidents Council on Youth Fitness, the National Urban League, Maryland Constitutional Convention Commission, Baltimore Museum of Art (Trustee), Mary-land Academy of Sciences, Balti-more Urban Coalition (President), and the Maryland Task Force for Equal Rights. In addition, he is a life member of the National Asso-ciation for the Advancement of Colored People and the National Education Association. Students schuss Austrian slopes by Larry Frank Towson students once again jour-neyed to Innsbruck, Austria over the semester break to schuss down the same slopes as Jean-Claud Kil-ly and Billy Kidd, perhaps not with the same skill but with the same devotion. This was the second year that the trip was made to the site of the 1964 Winter Olympics. The ten-day trip, organized by James E. Duffy, Associate Director of the College Union and in con-junction with the Ski Club, includ-ed its full complement of 150 Tow-son students, faculty, and staff� twice the number going on last year's trip. The charter group left Friendship Airport on January 14 and returned on January 24. Besides enjoying the winter sports, many members of the trip took advantage of Innsbruck's cen-tral European location to visit such famous cities as Capri, Rome, Ven-ice and Vienna. Duffy mentioned that the students formed a well-mannered, fun-loving group who were well received wherever hey went. Duffy also said that ""the success at the present time warrants next year's return trip to Innsbruck."" Within a year Duffy also hopes to be able to offer charter trips to various places during the spring vacation and during the summer months. Inside: Putney Swope P 3 Governance Committee P Celestial Body P 7 Sports p 8 "
