tl19630215-000 "Chess Club Forming Contact Ted Heun Box 347 Oa, Religion Week Feb. 17-23 YMCA Sponsored Vol. XV, No. 14 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland February 15, 1963 Hawkins: Education For The 20th Tower Light Changes Hands; Hughes Heads Editorial Staff New editors come to Tower Light with the new semester. Mary E. Hughes moved up to Editor-in-chief when Lowell E. Sunderland resigned at the end of the first semester. Miss Hughes, a senior in sec- �/Idary education, is a history Ill?jor and English minor. Graduating from Fr iends Irene Orantas School in Baltimore in June, 1959, she has devoted her extracurri-cular time to the Tower Light and The Glen Players, holding offices in both for the past three years. Miss Hughes is also a member of Alpha Psi Omega, Phi Alpha Theta, and Kappa Delta Pi, the national honorary dramatic, his-tory, and education fraternities. Replacing Miss Hughes as Managing Editor is Irene Orantas. last semester's News Editor. Miss Orantas is a 19 year old sophomore majoring in French and minoring in English. She entered the teachers col-lege in 1961 after graduating from the Catholic High School of Bal-timore, where she was active on the newspaper staff. Born in Lithuania, Miss Orantas came to the United States with her family when she was seven. She now lives in Forest Hill, near Bel Air. In Miss Orantas' place is Patricia Nadolny who had served Tower Light as a re-porter. At Patterson High School, also in Baltimore, Miss Nadolny was a member of the National Honor Editor's Report The Curlett Report Explained By MARY E. HUGHES TL Editor-in-Chief The Curlett Bill recently passed by the Maryland legislature was the result of a 12 month study made by a commission under the chairmanship of John N. Curlett. The purpose of this commission was to formulate ""a plan of organization for the entire system of public higher education in Maryland."" By 1975 it has been estimated that the number of Maryland high school graduates will increase by well over 100'/; and the public education system will inevitably have to take care of the major part of this growth in College enrollment. It was the belief of the commission that ""as many qUalified young people as possible should . . . be encour- ""ged to obtain the advanced technical or academic train-ing they will need to find career opportunities in our Rociety."" Among its recommendations was the conversion of the state teachers colleges into a full-fledged liberal institution to provide undergraduate instruction as Well as the traditional teacher education program. (Continued on Page 4) Mary E. Hughes Society. She had a column in the 'Balti-more Guide"", the east Baltimore community newspaper and also has written for her church news- Paper. A Sophomore English major in the teachers college, Miss Na-dolny hopes to continue in the journalistic field after graduation. Patricia Nadolny ""In the next ten years we hope to develop a program designed for the last half of the Twentieth Century,"" Dr. Earle T. Hawkins. president of Towson State Teach-ers College, stated in Convoca-tion Tuesday. ""We will experiment with courses and use our imagi-nation; we are not above criticism, but we hope to de-velop the best program pos-sible for the students."" he said. Dr. Hawkins described the pro-visions of the Curlett Bill passed recently by the Maryland legis-lature and then discussed the purpose of liberal arts education a/id the possibilities of expansion. In the Curlett Bill. a tripartite system is set up under which the University of Maryland remains as it is now, but the five teachers colleges will become state col-leges under a new board of trustees as of July 1, 1963. Also community colleges will be established, operated by the local schools and coordinated by the State Department of Educa-tion. A nine member board of trustees will guide the five state colleges eight members of which will be appointed by the Governor and the other from the board of education, IIawkins explained. This board will appoint an Executive Director who will serve as the chief administrative officer and whose powers will be determined by the board, he con-tinued. However, a conflict arose over the advisory council. All those concerned preferred a liberal ad-visory council of 15 members but Century feared the group might become too strong, he continued. This council will have no other power than advisory and will ap-point a Director of Research. Their purpose is to investigate the needs of the state in higher education and present plans for new programs and buildings, he said. The question of whether or not Morgan State College should be under the board of trustees with the teachers (Continued on Page 4) Varied Faiths' Religion Week Starts Monday ""Religion in Life Week"", spon-sored by the YMCA and the Inter-Faith Council, will extend from Monday, Feb. 18 to Wednes-day, Feb. 20. The events will include a panel discussion, a film, and a program of sacred music. The panel discussion will take place Feb. 19 at 8:15 p.m. in Van Bokkelen Auditorium. The panel members will re-present different faiths and religious denominations, and will answer questions, asked by Towson students. Mr. Vernon Wanty will be the moderator of the group. ""Religion in Life Week"" will. close Wednesday, Feb. 20. with a film entitled: ""God of Creation."" It will be shown at 8:15 p.m. in Van Bokkelep Audi-torium. SGA Rejects IF( Bid For New Chapel Organ A $1000 request by Paul Swank, Interfaith Council senator, for a new organ for the chapel was refused by the Senate Tuesday. A total of $425 was granted to four other organizations during the session. Swank moved that $1000 be appropriated for an elec-tronic organ to replace the reed organ presently in the chapel. A motion to table the request was made by Richard Moss since there was as yet no financial policy on capital improvements. It was defeated. The repair of the organ would cost as much as the selling price, Swank explained. After pricing several organs, $1000 would be the least expensive available, he continued. The need for an organ is great. for the Newman Club holds serv-ices every Sunday and IFC hopes to institute Protestant services on Sunday also, Swank said. ""The SGA has $40.000 at present, and there is very little seen as evidence around the college of the money spent by the SGA,"" he con-cluded. How are chapels financed at other state colleges and has Pres-ident Hawkins been approached on the subject of purchasing an organ, Moss inquired. Swank replied that he did not know how other chapels were supported and that President Hawkins had not given a definite ne. but that he felt it ""imprudent to wait"" for an answer. It was established that $50 was the trade-in value of the present organ and also the cost of repair. 'This estimate is only on the things wrong with the organ now Swank explained. -This request should be re-ferred to the Budget Cool-plittee because %.e have no policy on capital improve-ments and because Stephens Hall Auditorium has an organ and perhaps religious serv-ices could be held there,"" Bob Friedenberg suggested. ""Since Paul represents all re-ligious organizations, not just one. and since the need for an moan is recognized by all who use the chapel, we should support the (Continued on Page 4) "
