tl19650916-000 "TOWSON STATE COLLEGE 1866-1966 BALTIMORE, MARYLAND TOWER LIGHT FRESHMAN ISSUE VOL. XVIII NO. 1 SEPTEMBER 16, 1965 FROSH Male - Female Ratio Almost 50-50 Year Of Centenniallizing Class Of 1969, The Best Ever, To Stimulate Towson Area Begins College Career At Towson The class of '69 has entered Towson State during the best possible year�Centennial year �and the opportunity will not knock again until the Freshman class of 2069 walks on campus. For approximately the next ten months a number of events are Planned, the like of which Tow-son (both school and communi-ty) has never seen before. Furtheymore, all of the real Work is finished. The new Tow-sonitwhave only to sit back and enjoy. Under the chairmanship of Dr. Wilfred B. Hathaway, of the Science Departrnen, a large group of faculty and students has been toiling at the planning board for the last two years. Although the bulk of the plan-ning and execution of the cele-bration has been a faculty re-sponsibility, the student body has been called on for the bulk of the financial responsibility as the Senate Financial committee a.11ocated an additional sum of $30,000 for the 1965-66 budget tri pay the myriad pipers who Will play for the College during the year. The extra allocation resulted in an extra $10 in each student's activity fee. The ac-tivity fee is normally $25. From tomorrow on, practical-ly every event on or connected With the Towson campus will be ""Centennialized"" (English in-structors please note: this word Will be in use for one year only.) Confessions Of A Freshman News Reporter The sign on the door of the Tower Light office said to walk in, but it was closed and strange sounds emanated from within. I thought the Tower was atop Stephens Hall; why is its light in the College Centre? So I tried to walk away, but the door slowly opened, a hairy asculine arm reached out, and, flh a trance, I walked in. I was surprised to find that there were actually people (an A.0 and some upperclassmen at that!) in the room. I don't know hc'w they knew I was a fresh-tilan because I had left my name taL off. In fat, they really 41(In't seem to notice until I sat thlwn in a CHAIR�I didn't think that made such a differ-ence. (Continued on Page 2) Dr. Hathaway has even voiced the hope that the C & P Balti-more telephone directory will have a line drawing of Towson's Stephen's Hall on its cover this year. All college publications are being transformed to mention the Centennial on their covers. Several special Centennial publi-cations are planned. ""The best class yet to enter Towson State College,"" said Mr. Donald M. Slowinski, Towson's Admissions Director, of the 985 members of the class of 1969. Mr. Slowinski added that this year's freshman class is con-siderably stronger than its coun-terparts in the other state col-leges of Maryland. A breakdown of the class of '69 shows the best ratio of men to women students ever at Towson State. There are 434 men and 551 women, of which 289 men and 472 women are enrolled in Tea-cher Education. Further nu-merical inspection shows an improving ratio between the Freshman's Guide To The SGA: Who To See In Time Of Trial In a statement to the fresh-man class, Neal Brooks, Presi-dent of the Student Government Association, said. ""We. of the Executive Committee hope that you will express your desire to work in the Student Government to your orientation section leader. They in turn can contact the Student Government office and your help can be solicited."" NEAL BROOKS As he mentioned in his speech on Monday, during the Freshman Convocation, the types of programs and actions that Student Govern-ment undertakes cover every facet JACK WILSON of student life. Thus the help of every student is important to the proper fun-ctioning of the SGA. From those who, because of KATHI AUSTIN other obligations, are unable to hold a position, the SGA solicits advice and comments. As Brooks said, ""If student government is to reflect your opinion, there must be ample communication. We will constantly be coming to you, asking for support and cooperation. We hope that it will PAUL VANDERBOSCH be forthcoming, not only now when the college is a novelty but also during your entire college C areer."" Senior Neal Brooks has re-turned from a full vacation of U.S. Government work in Washington, D.C., and atten-dance at National Student Associat ion Student Body Presidents' Conference at the University of Wisconsin. Air)ert S. COOk Library n State Cr)11,-,-. Also attending the NSA con-ference were Jack L. Wilson, SGA Vice President, and Nancy K. Walker, NSA Coordinator. Their plans include a greater use of the resources NSA offers, SUE LOMBARDO especialy since the national headquarters has been moved to Washington, D.C. Treasurer Paul F. Vander-bosch begins the year with a compulsory organizational treasurer's meeting. At this time Vanderbosch will an-nounce his proposed revi-sions to the financial policy. .1 senior, he begins his second semester on the ex-ecutive committee. NANCY WALKER Susan Lombardo, parliamen-tarian and past member-at- (Continued on Page 2) college's Teacher Education and Arts and Sciences pro-grams. This year's freshman class comes from a record number of 2,864 applications. This repre-sents quite an advance over the 1,601 applicants in 1963. Also beginning their tenure at the college are 289 students with advanced standing. Of these, 223 are in Teacher edu-cation and 66 are in Arts and Sciences. Results of the ACT tests show that the scores of the class of '69 outrank those of the three previous years. Ranking in the top 10% on the Act test were 130 mem-bers of the class of '69. The residence halls opened on Sunday, September 12, to 237 new students. The incoming re-sidents were met by members of the Freshman Advisory Council who assisted them in moving into their new homes. Several FAC members com-mented on the smoothness of the moving in process. On Monday morning, all new students reported to Orientation classes. The pur-pose of Orientation Week is to acclimate the freshmen to college life before the onslaught of the all-knowing upperclassmen. Numerous social activities were an integral part of orien-tation week at Towson. ""Fresh-men Frolics"" was held by the new women residents on Sunday evening, while the men were engaged in a ""smoker"". A square dance was held for all new students on Monday evening, as was a picnic on Tuesday afternoon. The movie, ""Romanof and Juliet"" was shown last night. Orientation Week ends with the traditional Freshmen Roundup on Friday evening and picnic at Patapsco State Park on Saturday. HANNA WINKLER "
