tl19690214-000 "XXI, No. 15 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE � BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 February 14, 1969 Course requirement refendum set by TED OSTERLOH Next week, after nine weeks of researching, drafting, and revis-ing, the Ad Hoc Comniittee on Qeneral Education Requirements Will finally see their work either accepted or rejected by Towson State's faculty. The Committee's fourth and fi-nal proposal for more flexible course requirements, which was Prilkted in the Tower Light two Weeks ago, will be sent to all fac- 114 members for their considera-tion. Dean Falco, in whose hands the action rested, decided to subject the proposal to a faculty vote af-ter the Council of Department Chairmen suggested last month, without voting on the plan, that alternate steps be taken to draw up other plans. Thus, until the Dean's decision, the proposal was in a state of limbo. Dr. Pritam Merani, Chairman of the Committee, emphasized that, ""the Dean is not ignoring the Courreil's recommendations; he just wants to see where the faculty stands on the Committee's plan. It's only fair to give the Com-mittee a plain 'yes' or 'no' vote on their efforts."" The Committee was called to-gether to recommend voting pro-cedures and to decide which plan would be submitted. They decid-for Photo by Quante Ballot Counting BRUCE SMITH, Charles Johnson and Jim Haupt faEy the ballots Sweetheart Couple. The election resulted in the selection of a court from which the Couple will be announced at the dance on Sat-urday. Dance, concert highlight 1969 Sweetheart weekend Tonight, tomorrow night and 1.8141.kdaY afternoon constitute Sweet- ""art weekend on the TSC cam- ,j kicking off the weekend is the .,,ain session tonight in the gym 8-11 featuring the Graham 'flanibers ""System. Dance in armory Tomorrow night the Sweetheart 4c,iallee will be held in the Fifth 4.-`egirnent Armory. The attire is 1 or Mal and the music will be pro-thhle, c1 by Les and Larry Elgart end ti,elr Orchestra. ""Love is Blue"" is ! theme of this dance at which Cb Year's sweetheart couple will ahriounced. talloting for the pair was held all this week in the College Cen-tre, and the honored couple will be one of the thirty competing couples. By election, this year's Sweet-heart Court is as follows: Bobbi Bliss and Steve Mahieu Pat Cox and Elliot Coleman Dittie Fischer and Jim Klob Jeanne Prato and Woodrow Powell Sandie Young and John Kroh. One of these couples will be Sweetheart Couple 1969. Parking at the dance will be handled by the Kiwanis Club. Do-nations will go to their fund for day-care for the children of work-ing mothers. Concluding the weekend will be the concert 3 p.m. on Sunday, fea-turing Nipsy Russell and Peaches and Herb. ed that each faculty member would receive a copy of the final pro-posal, an official ballot, and a let-ter from the Dean explaining the history and philosophy of the Com-mittee. Also included in the let-ter, will be a recommendation that any proposal accepted be re-ex-amined every five, years�indicat-ing that the committee's plan is not a final step in requirements revision. The balloting will be secret and will consist of a ""yes"" or ""no"" vote for the final plan only. Submitting several propos-als for a vote, the committee felt, would divide the faculty and lead to an , indecisive vote. Molded to TSC In describing the proposal, Dr. Merani noted that a more liberal requirement plan, or no require-ment at all conld have been drawn up. However, the committee felt that the plan had to be molded to Towson State, taking into ac-count the student, -faculty, admin-istrative, financial, and physical situations here. The proposed plan is flexible but still sets up guidelines for a lib-eral arts education. Requiring stu-dents to sample a certain number of courses from four general groups, the plan does not tell them what courses to take. When asked what about the chances of the proposal, Dr. Me-rani replied that he felt the fac-ulty would have approved it a couple of months ago but that, precentiy, he finds it hard to say just how it will go. He observ-ed that there are many rumors floating around the college as to the make-up of the Committee and the prospect of faculty members losing positions. Some people feel that the committee is simply an arm of the college administration, trying to thrust a proposal past the faculty. However, with the exception of Ray Weeks, Student Government President, all of the members of the Committee hold a faculty standing. Among some members of the faculty is a fear that, if the pro-posal is adopted, instructors who no longer have a required section to teach will be released. When questioned about such a prospect, Dr. Merani stated that he had con-sulted Dean Falco and other of-ficials and that he was sure enough to make a positive statement that there INAS no chance of faculty members being released if the pro-posal were adopted. He gave two reasons, noting first that Towson is a growing college, that the num-ber of students is increasing and that a larger faculty will be need-ed every year. Not as many as wanted Secondly, he stated that many departments, because of faculty budget cuts, did not get as many Security issues warning on woman selling bogus subscriptions for prize Security Chief Gene Dawson ur-ges students to watch out for a young woman selling bogus maga-zine sub-scriptions, which she claims will enable her to win a scholar-ship ""contest"" at Towson State College. No endorsement The College has no such contest and, in fact, endorses no other type of door-to-door solicitation. The woman carries a phony Tow-son State identification card and uses the names of bonafide Tow-son students. Areas hit Since January this woman has victimized residents of the Home-land, Roland Park and Essex areas according to police reports. In the Essex case, which occured in late January, an $18 check was handed over to the con artist. It was cashed at a gas station within a matter of hours. Urge reporting College officials urge residents and students to report such suspi-cious persons and deeds to local police. For further details and informa-tion contact Gene Dawson at 823- 7500, ext. 234. IN SIDE Letters Page Moore thoughts 3 Conservatively Speaking � 3 Sports _ Happenings Teach-in Bulletin Board 4 6 6 Photo by Moulden DR. RUTH CONRAD faculty members as they wanted this year. Therefore, they have had to teach introductory courses and not enough upper division courses. If the new proposal were adopted, the departments would not have as many introductory courses and, in-stead of releasing members, could develop more upper courses for de-partmental majors. Standards to benefit Dr. Merani feels that, from the proposal, students, department, and academic standards will benefit. Students will not have courses forced upon them and professors will not have to teach to captive audiences�both will be happier. Students elect to change If the proposal is accepted by the faculty, it will then be for-warded to the college Senate for its probable approval and then to the Board of Trustees for its likely OK. Following that, the new re-quirements would be put into ef-fect All students under the old requirements would be given a chance to change to the new if they wished, to. Hewever, if the plan is rejected by the faculty, Dean Falco will ap-point, from the Department chair-men, a new committee to draw up further proposals for course re-quirement changes. "
