tl19680223-000 ")0( No. 15 TovirsoN STATE COLLEGE BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 February 23, 1968 a1 /4 Zoology lesson: Here we see a right rear bumper in its na-thN1 T state�i.e. without the distinctive brand affixed thereto by *ht cEwson computer. Alas and woe for the loss of wild freedom ""1 roan puts his mark on Nature. rin Bands, Paddles Designate hi.Mu-Alphais Music Pledges t,Phi-Mu-Alpha, Towson's chap-d; t1' Sigma Tau, is presently in- 1,7,etIllg its spring pledge class. p"" induction period runs from .thruary 12 to March 12, and `Iereises and activities are be- It4. Provided for the pledge to :,e13 all amused. Phi-Mu-Al- ;41a is an honorary fraternity ftllteseriting the musical pro-sseti"". The purpose of the `""ernity eau are to advance the �se of music in America; to b'er the mutal welfare and ,:I�therhood of students of mu-to develop the truest het-i:' 141 spirit among its mem-tr, er,s,; and to encourage loyalty Alma Mater. 1, throughout the year, mem- (f the Sigma Tau chapter Committee BARBARA WALKIEWICZ coramittee of ten teachers four students has been ap-littnted by President Earle T. t Wkins to investigate why so 1Negroes elect to come to 'n State College. At ILi Present, there are approxi- '4 13r seventy Negroes enroll-ah, at Towson. This is a very b all Percentage in a student -LI' of� four thousand. o kt. Robert Smith of the sod- 4/0 department, who is head 4� the committee said, ""There eo 'e two main purposes for the tarnittee: to make an investi- t"" ticm in order to determine to'/ so few Negro students elect Ay, �econe to Towson and second-ased on what we learn, to :�L'I recommendation that ofc""uld, increase the enrollment Negroes at Towson."" e The number of Negro appli-a` nts has been decreasing over serve their college in various capacities,. at various musical activities. In March, the bro-thers will present their Amer-ican Concert on campus, fea-turing both �original composi-tions, and solo performances. During the pledging period the pledges will be identified by their arm bands (which are not stolen from civil defense), paddles, and various other iden-tifying paraphernalia, designed to help them in expressing their desire to enter. into the frater-nal brotherhood. Also this se-mester, the pledges from Sig-ma Tau will have the privilege of having their pledge period coincide with that of Kappa's (Continued On page 6) ANALYSIS Spicer Asks Action in Store Thefts The Security office of Tow-son State apprehended two stu-dents atempting to steal mer-chandise from the College Store earlier this month. On February 6, the security guard caught a student in the College Store hiding a calen-dar worth $3 under his shirt. The student admitted to David Spicer, manager of the College Store, that he had walked out-side with the calendar but stat- Faculty Show Proceeds Aid Memorial Fund Towson's Faculty Wives' Club will present the Faculty Talent Show March 9th at 8:15 p.m. in the Lida Lee Tall Auditor-ium. The seventy-five cent admis-sion price will benefit the Mrs. Sarah Long Cornthwaite Me-morial Scholarship Fund. When all the details are finalized, this fund established in memory of the late wife of Mr. David Cornthwait, principal of Lida Lee Tall School�will aid stu-dents attending Towson State. Included in this ""Faculty and Wives"" spectacular will be pan-tomime acts, a hula group, folk-singers, a guitarist and the Fac-ulty Wives chorus line and much more. Among the per-formers are Sandra Gustafson, Walter Williamson, James Bin-ko, William Hauerman, and and other members of the TSC faculty. Investigates integration the past years. The committee was formed to find out why. Although geographicaily close and quite similar in curriculum, Towson State and Morgan State are predominately white and Negro respectively in stu-dent population. The -commit-tee would like to break this pattern and see to it that more Negroes consider Towsm in their choice of a college. Mor-gan State, likewise, would like to enroll more white students. The problem can possibly be traced to two sources, the col-lege admissions office or the high school counselors. Most white students are not aware of what Morgan State might have to offer them as compared to predominately whtie colleges. They have not considered going to Morgan be-cause it was not suggested at their high school. The trouble lies with those whose job it is to recruit prospective students at high schools. If Negroes are not given an equal amount of encouragement about coming to Towson, then it is easy to explain the low percentage. If this is not the case, how-ever, then it is likely that the problem might be found with the high school counselors. This same question was brought up last year at the Community Col-lege of Baltimore. There it was found among the Negro stu-dents that in high school they were encouraged by their coun-selors to go to Morgao State because there they would find a more familiar atmosphere and encounter fewer problems. If the committee find either of these two situations to be the cause of the low percentage of Negroes on campus, then the problem will be a simple one. But if the committee finds any traces of prejudice the problem will become infinitely more com-plex, ed that he was only going to ask a friend if it was a good buy. A second student apprehend-ed by Spicer on February 13 attempted to steal four records worth about $20. The student admitted to the theft and signed a confession. Both students will go before the College Judicial Board. Spicer said that shoplifting in the Store has increased con-siderably this past semester and is now a major problem. The College Store Committee, meeting February 28, will reco-mmend a policy to curb shop-lifting. If necessary, Spicer will advise the committee that the bookstore become non-self-service. If this step is taken, no merchandise will be display-ed, and students will have to buy everything over the counter. Spicer also feels that the col-lege should take administrative action against the student past the first offense. ""These ac-tions,"" says Spicer, ""might con-sist of a letter of reprimand sent to the student and his par-ents and also to be placed in his college record or, perhaps, an extension of degree require-ments by 6 or more credits."" Re-evaluation Set For Spring of 1969 President Hawkins has an-nounced that Towson State Col-lege will be evaluated by the Middle States Association in the Spring of 1969. This is a re-evaluation of the entire college which must be done every 10 years in order for Towson to remain an accredited college. It Towson Students Receive Woodrow Wilson Grants Two seniors at Towson State College have been designated for graduate school grants by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. They are Perry Michael Rat-liff and Marilyn E. Terry, both history majors, who were in-cluded in a list released today (February 15) of 1,123 seniors in the U. S. and Canada whom the foundation termed among the ""best future college teach-ing prospects on the continent."" A third Towson student, John N. Steen, an English major, earned honorable mention. Mr. Ratliff, associate editor of the Journal of International Affairs, a student publication at Towson State, lives at 8232 North View Road in Dundalk. Mrs. Terry, a housewife with three children, lives at 2442 El-lis Road in the Parkville-Carney area. The Woodrow Wilson Pro-gram is supported in part by the Ford Foundation, Unlike Woodrow Wilson fellowships awarded in previous years, the current designations carry no direct grants, but the names of designates have been sent to graduate deans with recommen-dations that all are ""worthy of financial support in graduate school."" must involve as many persons as possible in this evaluation project and must have student assistance in the project. Com-mittees are now being formed to prepare a detailed study of the College. This is a self-evaluation study which will be given to a 15 member team which will visit the campus for three days and use the self-evaluation for assistance. Any student wish-ing to serve on a Committee to review major items (listed be-low) to present student points of view, and to help directly in other ways, please notify Mr. Robert Cullison, President of SGA by March 1, 1968. Topics and committee chair-men for Committee work will be as follows: 1. Nature and function of Towson State College� Dr. Kjer 2. Educational Outcomes � Dr. Coleman 3. The students�Dr. Con-ner 4. The faculty�Miss Kahl 5. Curricula�Dr. Bevans A. Arts and Sciences�Dr. Pelham B. Teacher Education�Dr. Broyles (elementary). Dr. Burner (secondary) 6. Student Personnel Pro-gram� Dr. Volpel 7. Instructional Resources and Facilities�Mr. Pol-lack 8. Control, Organization and Administration�Dr. Fir-non 9. The Graduate Program� Dr. Sargent 10. The Extension Program� Dr. Mruck "
