tl19680108-000 "is0 ing Ii if Ito er$ riro Brasil '66, Count Basle Head Entertainment At Feb Weekend On the February 16-18 week-end, the Student Government Association will present its an-nual Sweetheart Weekend, this sear hearing the theme ""A Man and A Woman."" The 3-day event will be kicked �if with a jam session Friday evening in the new Burdick GYmnasium. The Class of 1968 vell sponsor the jam session. At Armory Saturday evening will find T. SC students and dates attend- Ing the gala Sweetheart Dance. ev Berlebt, SGA Social Chair-man, has announced that the re- Known Count Basie and his Or-chestra will provide the musical troosphere for the Dance in tialtimore's Fifth Regiment Ar- Th�rY. Miss Berlett and her cora- Inititee anticipate a sell-out for the Dance. As is the tradition, the Sweetheart Couple and Court will be introduced at the banee. The weekend will close on Sunday, February 18, with the annual CCB sponsored Sweet- (heart Concert. The concert this year will feature Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66, a variety enter-tainment group from Brazil. Announcements will be made regarding the sale of tickets. Students are urged to watch for details and obtain tickets early. Dems, GOP Speakers Here Tonight at '7:30 p.m., the Young Democrats will be sponsor-ing a legislative symposium on practical state politics. The meeting will be held in the Faculty Dining Room and will fea-ture as speakers several members of the Maryland State and House of Delegates. The program is designed to go beyond the vague generalities contained in text books and will show both the behind-the-scenes and the public side of the legislature as it at-tempts to solve modern state problems. All members of the faculty and the student body are invited to attend. Maryland State Insurance Commissioner Newton Steers, Jr., will address the TSC Young Republicans today at 4 p.m. in the Faculty Dining Room. Steers, a prominent Republican in state politics, served as the GOP State Chairman from 1964 to 1966 until he resigned to run for Congress from the new Eighth Congressional District in Montgomery County. At the present time, there is an attempt in Prince Georges County to draft Steers into the Republican Congressional nomination there by several members of that county's state central committee's mod-erate wing. Vol. XX, No. 12 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 January 8,1968 French Guitarist Appears Tonite Jean-Pierre Jumez, classical and flamenco guitarist from Prance, will appear tonight at Towson in place of Seymour ToPping, foreign news editor of the New York Times. The Special Events Commit-tee said Mr. Topping had to cancel his appearance here be-cause of a prior commitment to NiSit the Far East next month or .his newspaper. Mr. Jumez, who is sponsor- "" by the French Embassy, will I'laY a one-hour recital beginn- 4ng at 8:15 p.m. in Stephens Rail auditorium. The program le open without charge to the ubli c . Mr. Jumez, 24, did not begin his study of guitar until the age of 17. The son of distinguished Pianists, he was encouraged to ibeeume a professor or lawyer because his parents thought that the arts would be too de-znanding. However, he has abandoned those fields to em-bark on a musical career. His first teacher was Jean Lafon. After his death, Jean- On Other Pages Special Sports Editorial p. 2 New Year's Cartoon p. 2 Thundercolt P. 3 '3carn Schedule Reprint p. 4 Sports P. 5 Pierre toured the U.S., playing in cabarets and on television. Afterward, he returned to France to continue his studies. A critic said at one of his first recitals: ""It is extremely surprising to observe that this young man who, primarily, has little of the technique or experience of Se-govia, succeeded in captivating 'his public even more than the latter, in my opinion."" Subsequent concert tours soon followed in Japan, Australia, the Philippines, New Zealand, Canada, and other parts of the U.S. TO PRESENT CONCERT�Sergio Mendes and Brasil the featured performers at the annual Sweetheart Concert in TSC's Burdick Gym, February 18. The nationally-known group will wrap up the 3-day events with their afternoon concert. '66 will be Required Test List Explains GRE Exams The following information is provided in response to numer-ous inquiries from members of the faculty and students about the various tests which are re-quired of some Towson students. The Graduate Record Exam- EinEutions (GRE) are particular-ly likely to be the subject of misunderstanding. There are three GRE tests: The Area Tests are designed to measure competence in the (three broad areas of Social Sci-ence, Humanities and Natural Science. The Area Tests are commonly used by colleges (in-cluding Towson) to evaluate their undergraduate program but are not normally required by graduate schools. Despite adverse weather conditions, the TS C Bookstore tlall basement to the new Linthicum Hall last week. Featured in the expanded store selections of paperbacks and records, shown above. All records are at reduced prices. completed its move from Newell wide are The Aptitude Test, which pro-vides a measure of general scholastic ability, yields two scores: verbal ability and quan-titative ability. The Aptitude Test is not required of seniors !by Towson but is frequently re-quired by graduate schools. The Advanced Tests are com-prehensive measures of the col-lege senior's achievement in his major field of study. Some de-partments at Towson now re-quire their majors to take the Advanced Test in their area as a part of the Senior Test re-quirement, and the Advanced Tests are frequentlk required , by graduate schools. Student information bulletins and application forms for tfie GRE Aptitude and Advanced Tests may be obtained in the Research and Evaluation Office or directly from Graduate Rec-ord Examinations, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey 08540. Freshmen (GRE) Tests, a College requirement for all freshmen, are scheduled for Wednesday, Janary 31, 1968. These tests have been substitu-ted for the sophomore test re-quirement listed in the Febru-ary, 1967 College Bulletin, page 38. Transfer students who transfer less than 12 semester hours of credit are required to fulfill the Freshmen Test re-quirement. More detailed infor-mation will be sent to the fresh-men prior to the best date. Senior (GRE) Tests, .a lege requirement for graduation (page 38, February, 1967 Col-lege Bulletin) are scheduled for Saturday, March 30, 1968. All aenion are required to tp.ke the morning tests, the GRE Area Tests. In addition, certain de-partments require their gradu-ating majors to take the GRE Advanced Tests in the after- (Continued on page 2) "
