tl19651216-000 "sTAT,E,, .Vol. XVIII, No. 12 ER December 16, 1965 Bitter-End Singers at Sunday's Concert. California State College Has Professor ""Profile"" LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (I. a professor of Cali-fornia State College at Los Angeles wants to know what his students really think of him as a teacher, he can find out by Purchasing a student publica-tion called ""Prof-ile."" This document, which sells In the campus bookstore for 30 cents per copy, will tell a professor if students think his lectures are thought pro-voking, if the lectures are based on course material, or if tests are fair. Although other universities ahd colleges have produced pro-fessor evaluation surveys in the Past, the CSLA publication re- Dresents the first time students . arid faculty have worked to-gether to compile such a docu-tilent. In fact, all questionnaires Iltilized in the survey were ac-tuanY distributed in the class-room and with the professor's Dermission. Most of the professors say they are pleased. Said one: 'N� Professor should fear student opinion. Both stu-dents and professors can re-ceive much benefit from this survey."" Another: ""This is 411 excellent idea."" Only one respond: ""I think this 4ittd of questionnaire is un-called for and I don't care t� cooperate with you in it."" and th the help of psychology at English department faculty, ablidclents contacted professors tj sought permission to dis-efa tite questionaires in the w:sroom. This procedure, it jr;s decided, would provide three ethrirovements over the former 1. Ods of evaluation: tia The distribution method truir""tees that each student Or had the class with proles- 2.4hout whom he comments; tic, The environmental condi-ir ), "" U nder which the question- "" are completed are nearly identical; 3. A larger minimum re-sponse per professor is guaran-teed. Each student was asked to rate an individual instructor on eight points, ranging from ""To what degree is the pro-fessor concerned about you as a student . . ."" to ::In comparison to that of other professors, the amount of work it . . ."" Holiday Weekend A Success Christmas Weekend began in a festive setting Friday night as the College Centre Board decorating party turned into an impromtu jam session in the Centre Lounge. The 34-5 Tiger win over Catholic U. in wrestl-ing added to the holiday spirit which had been threatened by the cancellation of the Fresh-man Class Jam Session. Details on the wrestling match may be found in the sports section on page seven. Lack of planning on the part of the Freshman Class forced th cancellation of the jam session. The requisi-tions necessary for the af-fair were not completed and the proper guards were not available for the evening. This, coupled with the al-ready scheduled wrestling match resulted in the can-cellation. The informal come-and-go jam session began in earnest soon after someone turned on the stereo. Latecomers to the gym began finding thei rway to the College Centre and the place was soon crowded by about 100 Towsonites. An innovation made Sa-turday night's Mistletoe Ball somewhat more successful. Junior Class Stan Brady, in contracting both ""The High. Dr. Gillespie Leads YM -YWCA Discussion On December 8, Dr. Richard Gillespie and Glen Players' Tim Ferdinand and Mike Makarovich presented a YM-YWCA lecture in the ""Search for Identity"" series. The eighth in the cur-rent series of nine, it took the form of a dramatic reading fol-lowed by a discussion lead by Dr. Gillespie. The actors presented Luigi Pirandello's one-act play en-titled ""The Man with the Flower in His Mouth."" The action is set in a cafe in an unnamed European country. The dialogue is between two men, one middle-aged, the other a younger commuter who has missed his train. Soon after the conversation begins, the audi-ence and the commuter learn that the man has 8-10 months to live. Death has planted the flower of a cancer-like disease in his upper mouth. The man's dialogue consists of describing the things that ""life"" has now come to mean to him, since his death is inevitable. He takes special delight in telling the commuter the joy freshly wrap-ped purchases give him. The man has come to regard simple things which others take for granted as significant. Despite this regard, the man has a strong aversion for his wife. From his dialogue we learn that she loves him so much that she has tried to die with him by attempting to kiss his sore. The man baths her for her action and interest and, instead, turns to strangers like the com-muter or simple events for a meaningful relationship. During the discussion Dr. Gillespie said that he con-siders the man ""a phoney"" because he is actually flee-ing the realities of life. The man is afraid of ties that bind and seeks compassion from strangers. He has no compassion for those who have the deepest compassion for him, especially his wife. One of Pirandello's favorite themes concerns ,""What is Re-ality."" ""The Man with the Flower in His Mouth"" presents this theme as well as the ques-tion, ""Where is there deeper meaning, in life or death?"" The man is faced with the conflict of seeking meaningful values and the question, ""What is reality: things or relation-ships?"" landers"" and the ""Con- Chords"", achieved a first in Towson's dance history by providing continucius music, alternating between slow and fast tempos. The dance remained uncrow-ded for the entire evening as less than the capacity 800 made use of the varied music. Pre-sents under the Christmas tree, to be given to underprivileged children by Santa Claus this week, were numerous, prompt-ing Brady to comment: ""I was surprised by the large number of toys under the tree."" The decorations for the dance, particularly the paper mache Santa Claus at mid-court of the basketball floor (covered with sawdust), were met with mixed re-action, generally favorable. On Sunday, another innova-tion was presented to the Col-lege under the auspices of the College Centre Board, with the concert by the up-and-coming ""Bitter-End Singers."" The un-der- attended 2:30 rock-folk con-cert was greeted with enthusi-asm, despite the number of transistor radios among the audience attuned to the Colt game. Selections ranged from a rock version of Stephen Fosters ""0 Susannah"" to an interpreta-tion of ""The Joker"" from the Broadway musical ""The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd."" The concert was primarily rock, four or five selections folk or jazz. A reception-Christmas Party in the College Centre lounge followed the concert. Egg nog was served and the traditional Christmas carols soon were echoing throughout the Lounge as Towson State formally be-gan the Christmas celebration. President Replies To SGA Letter Ed Shirley and Tom Cutler recently received from the White House a reply to the let-ter they had writen on authori-zation from the SGA Senate. The reply, signed by Ches-ter L. Cooper, stated: The President was very happy to receive the petition signed by yourselves and other members of the student body of Towson State College in support of our country's purposes in Vietnam. We have never doubted that a strong majority of the uni-versities understands and supports these purposes, but it is good to have this con-firmed by active expressions of opinion like yours. The letter to the President had enclosed a petition circu-lated on campus pledging sup-port of the Vietnam policy. Bitter-End Singers perform as part of Towson State's Christmas Program. Also featured was the annual dance on Saturday night. The Jam Session for Friday was canceled. "
