tl19690131-000 "Vol. XXI, No. 13 - --- TOWSON STATE COLLEGE � BALTIMORE. MARYLAND 21204 1970 fiscal:budget grants TSC 26% Committee awaits integration survey results by STEPHANIE PANOS Results are still being awaited on the integration investigation be-ing conducted at Towson. In December, 1967, as part of a Program to further integrate Mary-land State Colleges, the Board of Trustees of the State Colleges of Maryland appointed integration committees at Towson and Morgan. In addition, the private research team, the Sidney Hollander Associ-ates was hired by the Board of Trustees for the purpose of find-ing out why so few Negro stu-dents apply to Towson. The purpose of the Towson in-tegration committee, headed by Robert Smith of the Sociology De- Partment, was to make ,�ecommen-dations to increase the percentage of Negro students enrolled here. After a few months of investi-gation the committee turned its re-port in to the Board of Trustees, Who, since then, have been dis-cussing the report, deciding which Proposals to accept, and which to reject. Speaking with regard to one as- Peet of the proposal, which would require Towson students to earn twelve of their college credits at Morgan, and Morgan students to earn twelve credits at Towson, Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, President of Towson, states that, although the Board of Trustees has not made any final decisions, it has ""reject-ed the idea of the forced exchange of credits"" between the colleges, but replaced it with an optional exchange of credits program. The Board of Trustees has not Yet made any final decisions about the integration program. They are Waiting for the Hollander report, Which has not yet been received. Inside Page Thundercolt 3 Sports 4 Miss TSC 5 Faculty benefit 8 aulletin Board 8 Photo by Walkiewicz NICE ICE�A sheet of ice that closed public schools also glazed the TSC campus Tuesday resulting in numerous spills and bruises. Freshman elections slated for last week of February by TED OSTERLOH On February 24 and 25, elec-tions for Freshman class officers will be held. Open to all Fresh-men students, the offices will re-place the Steering Committee, the body that now coordinates the ac-tivities of the Class of '72. In order to take some of the extra-curricular pressures off of the Freshman student leaders, a steering committee was establish-ed for the second year to take the place of individual class officers. In this way, while they adapt to the pressures of college life, sev-eral people shoulder the respon-sibilities that would normally fall on one person. Now that the sec-ond semester ha i begun and Freshmen have become accustomed to their studies, the Steering COM-mittee will be disbanded. Offices open People elected will not only serve for the remainder of their Fresh-man year but for their entire Sop-homore year as well. Up for grabs are the offices of president, vice- Lack of cooperation causes dosing of Fleetwood Dorm One of Towson's two off-campus dormitories, Fleetwood, was dosed at the completion of the /fall se-ester by order of Miss Farlow, Director of Residence. The contract was terminated due to the unsatisfactory cooperation of the management. After four Inonths, some apartments were without heat, ovens, closet doors, and other essentials. The apartments being located eight trules from the campus was an added disadvantage to the arrange-nient. Miss Farlow was reluctant to contract the apartments for this reason, but after the unexpected closing of Eudowood during the summer, Fleetwood was one of the only available solutions to the housing shortage. The problem of providing resi-dence for the 9 girls who lived at Fleetwood was alleviated by place-ment of the majority of girls in regular off-campus housing. A few girls were admitted on campus, one was transferred to Taylor Park, while the remainder found hous-ing on their own, president, 2 secretaries (corres-ponding and recording), parlia-mentarian, 2 social chairmen (1 day student and 1 dorm), historian, senator, treasurer, and College Union Board representatives (3 day students and 2 dorm). Five senators will be elected but +only one in February, the rest to be added in May. Candidate prerequisites Wayne Miskelly, advisor to the Steering Committee, stresses the fact that anyone in the Freshman class can run for office. Being a member of the Steering Committee or being active in it is, by no means, a prerequisite for running. Miskelly noted that many people probably don't run for office be-cause they are afraid that, with the large number of students at Towson, they wouldn't have a chance. However, the situation is just the opposite. There are us-ually not enough candidates to fill the offices. Nominating procedure ""Since I've been here,"" observ-ed Miskelly, ""there have always been a couple of offices left un-challenged. We've always had to appoint some officers."" There are two ways in which a student may become a candidate. He can be nominated at the Fresh-man class meeting to be held on February 6 or, as an alternative, he can submit a petition with 100 signatures on it. Timetable The timetable for the elections is as follows: February 6�Freshman class meeting for nominations 10-14�petitions will be accepted 17-21�publicity for candidates 24-25--elections Miskelly is hopeful that stu-dents will take the initiative and run for an office. Inc January 31, . 1969 rease Next year's budget seeks 36.9% spending increase toward State education. Mandell Submits Agnew Budget On January 23, Maryland Gov-ernor Marvin Mandel submitted the $1.3 billion budget to the Gen-eral Assembly and simultaneously said that the budget, prepared by ex-Governor Agnew before his de-parture for Washington, D. C., ""blunts progress"" and, according to the January 23 Sun ""fails to provide funds for salary increases for the many loyal and dedicated persons already in state service."" 36.9% designated Supplemental requests, submit-ted to the proposed budget during the current legislative session are likely to raise the $1.3 billion ap-propriations but will necessitate tax increases to Maryland citi-zens. The fiscal 1970 budget calls for $123.7 million over last year's ap-propriations with 36.9 per cent of every Maryland dollar designated for education in the State. The state colleges and Board of Trus-tees will be allowed $21,279,201 in total general funds if the budget passes without cuts or additions by the legislature. The state col-leges received an increase of a lit-tle under $6 million of which Tow-son received a $2,030,000 increase. Much attention had been focus-ed on the Agnew budget even in its preparation stages as faculty and students at TSC pushed for salary increases. The Board of Trustees of the State Colleges were sympathetic to the actions of the College and passed along TSC's budget without cuts to the Budget Bureau who, with Agnew, com-piled the fiscal '70 budget. Increase ""encouraging"" President Earle T. Hawkins of Towson observed that under the proposed budget the ""average"" number of increments per TSC faculty member would be two. , Dr. Arthur Madden, Chairman of the Committee for Public In-formation of the Faculty Associa-tion, remarked that it is ""encour-aging that it (the TSC budget) has gone up to a double increment"" instead of a single increment as in the previous year. Salaries still substandard He added that ""the attitude of Governor Mandel is the encourag-ing thing."" However, Madden noted, even with increments the proposed sal-ary scale for full professors fails to bring TSC up to salary stand-ards of the ""average,"" nationwide level as designated by the AAUP ratings. College decides budget priorities At a special faculty meeting last Monday, Towson President Earle T. Hawkins discussed some of the implications of the $1.3 billion Maryland budget as it pertains to the college. Dr. Hawkins pointed out that some $41/2 million had been set aside in former Gov. Spiro Agnew's budget for capital improvements at Towson. This figure, which the Maryland General Assembly is free to cut between now and March 25, will provide for planning, or, in some cases, actual construc-tion of maintenance, administra-tion and classroom buildings as well as two additional residence halls and a parking garage. Miss-ing from the capital improvement budget were plans for a second science building on campus, Dr. Hawkins noted. 26% increase Under the operating budget, six programs are provided for, en-tailing an increase in personnel by 112 with 57 of these coming un-der the instructional program. Under the Agnew budget, Tow-son would receive $9,945 million for its operating budget, (from requests of over $11 million), or $2.6 million over last year. The amount appropriated represents a 26 per cent increase over last year s budget and 66 per cent of requested additional funds. A three-quarter million dollar in-crease is already guaranteed for TSC under special funding in fis-cal 1970. With federal and special funds increased, TSC will receive some $800,000 over and' above the cur-rent figure this year even without consideration of general fund in-creases. Severe cuts occurred in the ad-ministrative program which had requests of $533,000 reduced to $212,000. Dr. Hawkins pointed out the great need for increments to the administrators' budget. For the TSC faculty members, the Agnew budget for fiscal 1970 allows for two salary increments while allowing for a single incre-ment for administrators. Dr. Hawkins also noted that the new budget allows for the reten-tion of the Lida Lee Tall Labor-atory School on the Towson cam-pus. Dr. Hawkins observed that he had a ""feeling of optimism"" after meeting personally with new Mary-land Governor Marvin Mandel and the other state college presi-dents. At that time Mandel pledg- (Continued on page 6) "
