The Towerlight, October 2, 1981

tl19811002-000 "Towerlight PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF TOWSON STATE UNIVERSITY TOWSON, MARYLAND 21204 ""We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are."" Anonymous October 2, 1981 'For whom the bell tolls' The Stephens clock and bell tower, situated on the center of the roof of the Stephens Hall, has long been a landniark of Towson State University. Built originally as the administration building, Stephens was corn- Pleted in 1915, the same time Newell and the power lPant were under construction. The original building Plana included a tower, which was then omitted in order to reduce the overall cost. As the building neared conipletion in 1915 and it was found that funds were available, the members of the Maryland State Normal School Building Commission agreed that the ap- Pc,arance of the building would be greatly improved by auding the tower. The E. Howard Clock Co. furnished and installed the clock, which strikes on the hour, and the 1200 lb. bell was supplied by the McShane Bell Foundry Co., still in existence in Baltimore. , Access to the Stephens tower is gained by entering der through the attic, and climbing a vertical wooden lad- . Once inside the clock area, inhabited by pigeons and bats, another wooden ladder must be climbed to reach the bell. The safety of these ladders is ques-tionable, according to Sergeant Whitter, a campus police officer. The clock operates by a small electric motor, which activates iron cogs, in turn moving the hands of the clock. the clock consists of four faces, each on one side of the tower. Every hour on the hour, one cog of the clock activates a gear attached to a hammer, causing it to hit the outside of the bell, the appropriate number of times. The bell itself sits on a wooden pedestal, at the upper-most and outside portion of the tower. It is approx-imately three feet in diameter and inscribed with the words ""McShane Bell Foundry, Baltimore, Md. 1915."" Above these words a miniature bell is engraved, which is the company trademark. There is an overall view of Towson's campus from this level. TL photo by Cindy Sheesley Board decision final LLT proposal rejected Towson State's proposal to levy a surcharge on full-time day students, and to increase the tuition of Lida Lee Tall students was rejected by the Board of Trustees of State University and Colleges yesterday. The proposal was submitted as an alternative to state funding for the University's Learning Resource Center. The proposal called for an in-crease of tuition for Lida Lee students from $450 to $600, which would generate about $24,000; the $5 surcharge on University students would generate $45,000 in revenue for the resource center. With the proposal, there would still be a deficit of $26,000 from the projected operating costs, which total $96,000. President Hoke Smith asked the Board to approve the proposal to make-up the remaining deficit. An Ad Hoc committee, chaired by F. Perry Smith, board member, recommended that the Board reject the proposal on the grounds that it did not cover all of the indirect and direct costs and placed additional fee increase on students of the University. Smith said the students already pay 55 percent of the operating cost of the University. The preservation of Lida Lee Tall as a role model for public education is essential in this area and is well worth the $5 surcharge, Smith said. Board Members George Brooks and Evelyn Fox said that Board has given the University time to submit Freshman enrollment down a proposal and that proposal was judged inadequate; therefore, the board should vote. James Archibald, board member, asked the Board to give the Univer-sity time to present other alter-natives. The board moved to a vote and rejected the proposal. Yvonne Clark, co-president of the Lida Lee Tall parent/teacher association, said that the Board gave the University only two and a half-months to prepare the proposal. ""That almost eliminated any chance of getting outside funds,"" said Clark. About 75 students from the education department attended the public session. Other departments were also represented in the meeting. Continued on page 8 SBHE limits enrollment by Jane Southard Freshman enrollment at Towson State dropped from 2,126 last year to 2,003 this year, said Linda Col-lins, Director of Admissions. Collins added the main reason for the decline is the result of a 10-year limitation plan set by the State Board for Higher Education. The guidelines of the plan limit freshman enrollment in the two largest universities in the state, University of Maryland and Towson State. There will be no limit set on the number of transfer or continuing studies students. The two schools were chosen because their facilities TE.icher education given accredidation by Teresa Hicks Towson State's graduate and undergraduate education programs t.sceived full accredidation by the maryland State Department of Education after a recent evaluation. Every five years the Maryland State Evaluation Team conducts 11-aight evaluations of State col-leges and universities. The team conducted an initial evaluation at the University in j�Pril, 1979 and revisited in March and April, 1980. James Binko, dean of teacher education, coordinated the e value-ti"". ""We are the largest producers of teachers in the state. Some 360 raduated, last year, with an educa- �n department degree. We feel Pretty good about this,"" Binko said. J, Einko helped the staff for a year d n- a half in preparing for the evaluation. ""Towson had to meet 11� Pages of standards the Board B t and put into a book form,"" add-vu The standards the Board set relate to subjects such as cur-riculum, teacher and student responsibilities and required teacher experience. The team looked at the University in-depth and compared it to the standards set by the Board. Towson State is the only institu-tion in the state to receive full ac-credidation for teacher education programs. Sixteen undergraduate and five graduate programs leading to initial certification received ac-credidation. In order for a program to receive accredidation, the institution has to write a report stating that they have met standards set by the Board. The Board then visits and evaluates the college and either re-jects or accredits the proposed pro-grams. ""Towson has long had a reputa-tion for putting out quality work,"" said Joyce Murphy, a consultant in the teacher education department. John Underwood from St. Mary's College; Dr. Richard Walkers, Presi-dent of the Maryland Council of Teacher of Language Arts; Dr. David Fell, from Frostburg State College; and John Forcum, a specialist in Social Studies in Charles County were the five members in the team that revisited the University. In February, March and April, 1980, a telephone survey was coor-dinated by the Center for Applied Skills in Education to determine the University's employment status of graduates who completed their stu-dent teaching during the 1978-1979 academic year. According to the survey, Balti-more County leads in employing the University's education graduates (28), while Baltimore City (26). Harford (18), Anne Arundel (8), Montgomery (7) and Carroll (6), follow. Twenty-six percent of the stu-dents not employed as teachers made no effort to apply for teaching job and 4% of the 84 graduates not employed as teachers turned down teaching positions with local school systems. The survey included graduates in: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education, Art Education, Music Education, Physical Education, Speech Pathology, Instructional Technology, and Health Science. The survey showed the percen-tage of students gaining employ-ment varied in different programs. Instructional Technology had 86 percent of graduates employed, Music Education 63 percent, Art Education 66 percent, Speech Pathology 54 percent, Physical Educaton 40 percent, and Health Science 33 percent. A comparison of last year's data with previous surveys of Early Childhood, Elementary and Secon-dary programs showed that overall percentages increased from 62 per-cent (1976-77) to 71 percent (1978-79). are inadequate for the high level of enrollment. Javier Miyares, assistant to the SBHE director of research and plan-ning, said there are several purposes involved. He explained there is a natural decline of enrollment resulting from the decrease in births from 1963 to 1977. The SBHE is using this oppor-tunity to reduce enrollment in these two schools even more, the desired result being that statewide enroll-ment would equalize. This action would use present facilities rather than build new ones. Miyares also said that limiting enrollment in these two schools would make freshman enrollment more selective. This would help alleviate the overcrowding more selective. This would help alleviate the overcrowding problem which results in lack of retention of students, Miyares said. Robin Caret, acting dean of natural sciences and mathematics, is coordinator of an outreach pro-gram open to high schools and junior colleges within the state. Each year the department invites students from schools all over the state to come to Towson State and take part in 34 lecture and discus-sion sessions regarding the sciences and related careers. Advisors from the department are available to answer questions that the students may have concerning their careers and the programs offered at Towson State. Caret said the purposes of the event are to make prospective students aware of career possibilities and to attract better quality students to the University. The students come from public schools and private institutions. The department of economics and social sciences has two similar pro-grams which are headed by Dr. Tamara Woroby, assistant pro-fessor of economics. Results of a study conducted by SBHE at University of Maryland, College Park campus, showed that more high school graduates rejected from that school because of over-crowding, chose to attend other state institutions rather than schools outside the state. Towson State is the largest school in its' segment which includes Bowie, Coppin, Frostburg, Salisbury and University of Baltimore. Another segment, University of Maryland includes College Park, Baltimore County, Eastern Shore and the Adult Campus and the pro-fessional center in Baltimore City. The other institutions throughout the state include 17 community col-leges and two other institutions. Morgan State University and St. Mary's College. The enrollment at all of these schools is eitehr down or maintaining an operative level. Nationwide there is a decline in high school graduates. This decline is expected to peak during 1983 to 1985, said Miyares. Nationwide pro-jections for the future indicate that although some states are growing and no decline will be felt there, the decrease in enrollment will not ef-fect the mid-west and northeast universities. Maryland projects a decline statewide with the small liberal arts colleges being most effected. The SBHE will reassess its' 10 year limitations plan at the time of the highest decline rate. Nude models: art objects, not sex objects by Marc Goodman stIalagine sitting stark naked in front of a class of 25 udents while their pencils recreate every shape and e of your body ... 25 mirror images of every inch of Your flesh. d This is a normal procedure for many area models who ,revote their services throughout the semester to t OEwson State art classes in need of a change from the YPical ""still-life"" scenarios. thi""1 happen to like using models because I can change n.kga quickly unlike a still-life,"" says Carmen Robb, :ssistant professor of art. ""I can tell a model to change ""Iirceea instantaneously. This is good for students who ihe doing short drawings and those who are just learn- -/;,. drawing."" 'tit why nude models? h.. he nude model is particularly nice in drawing fi ,4118e there is a clarity which beginning students �- easier to draw,"" Robb says. The forms are very lear and familiar, not distracted by the drapery of cloth'ing.11 ""It's also a way of introducing students to a profea-s, lonal attitude,"" she continues. ""It's especially impor- 'ant that freshmen be given that opportunity."" T� he seriousness of the classes is reflected in the at- � Ude of one such model, Bill, who has modeled for cli'tbswing and sculpture classes at Towson State during ""e Past four years. �;:being nude is more accepted in society. It is con- -,""reu beautiful whereas naked has bad connotations,"" he remarks. ""When I'm alone with my I'm nude. When I'm exposed in an art class, I'm ,7 � 1,e. But if my parents walked in on me while I was :tairessed, I would then be naked. And if my full name 'knrld Picture were included in this article where I would ,7�sed to all students other than the art students -�"""". to my co-wokers, I would also be naked."" Bill stumbled into nude modeling when his wife's friend jokingly (he supposed) told him about openings for model positions at Towson State. That joke turned into a serious matter for Bill when he quickly learned that Towson State art students viewed their work very seriously. ""People are looking at you like a bowl of grapes,"" he said. ""They are drawing you as an object of art, at-tempting to get every curve and muscle right. There is nothing sexual about it. If there is, then they're just wasting their time."" There was a time when Bill, who normally focuses on everything else but what he is doing when he's exposed in front of the class, broke his concentration and began to feel uneasy when a fellow worker entered the class. ""He looked at me and asked what I was doing here. And when I took off my clothes, he 'freaked out',"" Bill said. ""But I ahd to do my job even though I felt awkward at first. The awkwardness did wear off, however, because I was just as nude 20 minutes later as I was when I started."" Susan first modeled 10 years ago all around the Baltimore and Washington areas. She enters this particular classroom in the Fine Arts Building to model for Robb's drawing class. She takes off her clothes and stands on a platform in the center of the classroom, exposing the gifts that nature provided her. The class is arranged in a circle around her so that each student will see a different angle of her body. She sits on the platform, one leg folded beneath the other, one arm holding one leg, the other arm leaning on the platform for support, heat tilted over one shoulder as her eyes gaze in the direction that her head is turned. She holds this position for 20 minutes while the students intently recreate different angles, parts and Continued on page 2 Attitudes about nude modeling range from total em-harassment, to a thrilling and aesthetic experience. Art students must examine the human body in its full form. The question is, ""is she nude or is she naked?"" TL photo by Menck Jeannier "