tl19690228-000 "Vol. XXI, No. 17 _ TOWSON STATE COLLEGE � BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 February 28, 1969 Faculty poll ok's revision - next step? ednesday Rally Photo by Quante Dean Orielle Murphy and other members of a small but concerned crowd listen to Dr. James Hill speak during a Wednesday night rally on course requirements reform. Speak-ers held the current proposal is not really a liberalization. Committee to evaluate TSC on objectives progress L y STEPHANIE PANOS rh On April 14, 15, and 16, the l'awson campus will be visited by tWa teams of evaluators. One team, rePresenting the Middle States As- 4leiation of Colleges and Second-ar'S' Schools, will evaluate the en-tire College program, while the ,�,ther, the National Council for �40 Accreditation of Teacher Ed-ileation, will concentrate on eval-uating the Teacher Education Program. Third decade This is the third decade in which 1,,son has participated in the vaiddle States evaluation. The eval- 1,1!Itions are conducted every ten Years at each college in the middle- --- page t d itorials 2 PeettUres 3 Moore thoughts 3 1 SPort, 4-5 44PPenings 7 11411etin Board _ 8 states region, as well as at colleges in all other sections of the coun-try, by their respective Accredit-ing Associations. Prepares since spring Towson has been preparing for the evaluation since last spring, when ten committees, composed of students and faculty and adminis-tration members, began gathering information. Thi 's information was recently given to an editing board, which is presently at work com-piling it into several volumes which will be given to the visiting eval-uators. The information includes how Towson was ten years ago, how it has progressed in each of the specified areas, and objectives not accomplished during the ten-year period. Evaluation visit The evaluators will read this in-formation, visit the campus, and then report to the College Admin-istration and Trustees. The pur-pose of the evaluations includes: �to review the College programs as they have developed over ten years and to inform the College on the strength and weaknesses of the progress the institution has made in the past ten years. �to make suggestions as to how the institution can become a bet-ter one in the next ten years. �to examine the philosophy of the institution and determine whether the institution is living up to its stated phlosophy. �to determine if the institution, as a public institution, is serving the needs of the community and Maryland. to make sure that the institu-tion has developed and is develop-ing a quality program equal to the best institutions of higher learn-ing in the Middle Atlantic region. Pat II by TED OSTERLOH Last Monday, February 24, the outcome of the faculty vote on the Ad Hoc committee on the General Education Requirements final pro-posal was announced. Of the approximately 300 fac-ulty members at Towson State, on-ly 198 returned their ballots to Dean Falco, about a two-thirds reply. The tally, 108 votes for to 90 against, gave Dean Falco a slim faculty assent to present the plan to the College Senate. If it goes through that body, it will go, for final approval, to the Board of Trustees. However, Falco feels that it may not be an easy job to have the proposal approved by the College Senate. One problem is that, al-though the majority of faculty who replied voted ""yes,"" this majority comprises only one-third of the entire faculty. Another problem is that there are enough members of the College Senate who are not in favor of the committee's pro-posal to be able to possibly sway the voting against it. The College Senate will meet Monday, March 3; but it is pos-sible that the measure will not get on the agenda until a future meet-ing. This is because Spate by-laws call for agendas to be made up two weeks in advance In connection with the course requirements, a special meeting of the Executive Committee of the Faculty Association was held on Monday, February 24. Dr. Armin Mruck, acting president of the exec. committee, called the meeting to act on a letter from a faculty member criticizing the way in whic the faculty poll was handled. Mruck emphasized that the meet-ing did not concern the merits of faults of the polling procedures. Hoc Committee proposal, only the faults of the polling proceedures. Some of the grievances mentioned follow: 1. The committee didn't present any alternative proposals in the poll. 2. The faculty never sanctioned the individual members of the committee. 3. The proposal should have been brought before the College Senate before the faculty poll was taken. 4. The holding of a poll disre-garded the position of the council chairman on the proposal. The Executive Committee decided not to do anything at the time about the grievances. The matter was given to Robert Daihl, chair-han of the Faculty Administration Committee, for fur1ther action,. Daihl's committee will study the criticism and then report to the exec. committee on its next meet-ing March 7. I March recruitment I schedule announced Calvert County Board of Educa-tion� Monday, March 3 State of Maryland�Commissioner of Personnel� Wednesday, March 5 Queen Anne's County Board of Education�Monday, March 10 Crawford and Company� Tuesday, March 11 Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation �Wednesday, March 12 Baltimore City Public Schools� Thursday, March 13 Social Security Administration� Thursday, March 13 Harford County Board of Education � Friday, March 14 Maryland Blue Cross-Blue Shield� Monday, March 17 Maryland National Bank� Wednesday, March 19 Baltimore City Public Schools� Thursday, March 20 Department of Social Services� Tuesday, March 25 Harford County Board of Education�Thursday, March 27 Inauguration draws 'thousands' by BARRY ERNST The city of Washington D.C. has been the site for some of the largest demonstrations in the United States. Hundreds of thou-sands were to participate in one of the largest ever; the Inaugur-ation of Nixon and Agnew. Others were in D.C. to participate in a different demonstration; the Coun-ter- Inauguration; a protest against the political systems of the United States, as well as the foreign and domestic, social, economic and mil-itary policies of the United States. The events of Saturday, the first day of ,Counter-Inauguration proceedngs had seen a day filled mostly with educational seminars. guerilla theatre, films and con-fusion o'er housing arrangements. Sunday was to be the first day of the organized demonstrations; a short Sunday noon rally, to be fol-lowed by the Counter-Inaugural March. Music of Ochs Following the rally, inside a tent pitched near the Washington Monument that featured speakers and the music of Phil Ochs, more than 5,000 people began the Coun-ter- Inaugural March, in reverse direction of the regular Inaugural route. The entire assemblage was led by a small group of active GIs who carried dolls painted with red and blue streaks, to symbolize the killing of children in Vietnam. Other groups representing Ameri-can veterans and Women's Liber-ation were present as the vast assemblage marched up 15th Street, partially flanked by Marshalls, who suipiervised the proceeding% of the march. The demonstrators marched past the Department of Commerce and onto Pennsylvania Avenue, with little evidence of Police, except near 'the White House. It was a chilly, unpleasant day and not many natives were to be seen as Anti-war demonstra- (Continued or page 8) "
