tl19690307-000 "Senate discusses revision, does not act College Senate Photo by Walkiewicz - Members of the College Senate discussed the course � re-quirements revision Monday, but did not bring the matter to a vote. Left to right are three members of the Senate: Dean Orielle Murphy, Mr. Gerd Ehrlich and Dr. Armin Muck. About 20 students attended the meeting Vol. XXI, No. 18 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 March 7, 1969 Course ratings may not be published; SGA to consider U of M system After the Spring Semester of 1968, the [Student Government As-sociation sponsored a course evalu-ation. The form for this Course e-valuation, objective in nature, pro-vided the student with a letter-grade scale on various aspects of courses and instructors. Work prohibits process This form, it was found, entailed a great amount of clerical work to prepare it for 'processing. Coding the department,- the courses and the instructors was necessary for the key punching on the IBM cards. The processing stage was fur-ther hampered because the compu- In this issue... Dr. Donald ""Doc"" Minnegan Will be given a testimonial din-ter by the class of '26 after 42 Years a teaching at Towson. 'Doe"" is the only American to have published twice in the Eng-lt8h Sports Association Journal. See page four for details. Editorial* Subject was noses bernocrat ---- SPorts � Free U HaPPenings page _ 2 _ 3 3 ____4-5 6 6 'Bulletin Board --------- 8 - ter center located on the TSC cam-pus is used for all state colleges and works on priority. At present, all of the course evaluation forms have been key punched and are beginning to be processed. Because of poor response to the original evaluation and because of the amount of time elapsed since the survey was made, publication may never occur. U. of M. system studied After an investigation of pro-ceedures used by other colleges to evaluate their courses, the SGA be-came 'particulary impressed by the method employed by the University of Maryland at College Park. Their evaluation is subjective rather than objective. There is one departmental major who determines which cour-ses should be evaluated in his de-partment. He then selects his work-ing force of people who will act as interviewers. Interviewing process A list of ten randomly selected students from each course to be evaluated is given to the interview-er, who will then question the ten students and also the instructor of the course. The interviewer will then compose an essay based on the knowledge he has acquired. More realistic goals The SGA here will use this met: hod for course evaluation of the fall 1968 semester. Wayne Miskelly member-at-large believes the de-centralization of the work and the setting of a more realistic goal will insure that this course evaluation will succeed. However, Miskelly noted that help is needed to make the system work. Departmental majors willing to devote their services may contact Miskelly in care of the SGA, box 1981 in Newell. by TED OSTERLOH Since the recent faculty opinion poll concerning the Ad Hoc Com-mittee proposal for the liberaliza-tion of General education require-ments, two major events have tak-en place. Wednesday evening, February 26, a student-faculty rally was held to inform people about some problems of course reform and to discuss a proposal of reform more liberal than the original proposal. Senate suspends rules The College Senate met last Mon-day, March 3, without the pro-posal for reform on its agenda, but voted to suspend rules to dis-cuss (but not to act on) the plan. Although the Wednesday night rally had been advertised, the 8 o'clock starting time saw only 38 people in attendance. The crowd increased by about 20 persons by the time Larry Horwitz, one of the meeting's organizers, expres-sed his disappointment at the turn-out, saying that students should be informed why reforms had not been achieved. ""Worm's eye view"" Horwitz advised that, since the committees concerned with the re-form seemed to be stalling action, students should see what they could do themselves. Dr. James Hill spoke on his ""worm's eye view"" of course re-quirements. He complimented the Ad Hoc committee for the pro-cedure it used and for its proposal, which, he said, was an initial step toward the ideal program of very few requirements. Merits questioned He questioned the merits of a well-rounded education and of a program of many required courses, noting that, ""half of a student's education is a little of this, a little of that, and not much of anything, which produces a bored student."" Dr. Hill also spoke of the roles that departmental interests are playing in blocking action on the proposal, contending that any change in requirements would threaten the powers of certain de-partments. Plan promoted After Dr. Hill's talk, Horwitz unveiled a plan he intended to pro-mote, calling for two courses in humanities, two in science, and two in social science; the cate-gories were not further defined. Student interest was carried from the rally to the March 3 meeting of the College Senate. Al-though the 'proposal for require-ment reform was not on the agenda, SGA president Ray Wacks moved suspension of the rules for consideration of the revision pro-posal. Wacks felt that there had been no real discussion among all sides about the problems. Other members agreed and the motion passed with the understanding that no vote would be taken on the matter. Assistant Dean of the College, Dr. Pritam Merani provided the essential background information. One member of the Senate voiced the opinion that no special com-mittee needed to be formed but that the matter should have been referred to the standing Curric-ulum Committee. Good outweighs bad Wacks noted that, although crit-icism had been leveled against the committee, no objections to the proposal itself had been voic-ed, W. Frank Guess replied that he felt that the English Depart-ment had not been fairly repre-sented on the committee and that there should be more English cred-its required than the proposal calls for. As the time limit drew to a close, Lawrence Crawford of the Music Department spoke of the propos-al, noting that the good qualities outweighed the bad. ""It puts the motivation to enter certain fields (Continued on page '7) 'Absolutely sensational' - - Levy Jazz Ensemble competes at Villa Nova by STEPHANIE TOLEN 'Towson State College has one of the most progressive jazz bands on the East Coast. The band, under the direction of Hank Levy, has been chosen out of 2,000 other bands to be one of the six to com-pete at the Villa Nova Jazz Festi-val. The Festival, held outside Phil-adelphia, will consist of the six top bands from the Northeastern United States. It is an honor that the Band has come through the initial eli-minations, says Levy, adding it is ""absolutely sensational."" The Jazz Ensemble is the only one now in existence both in size and repertoire. It is composed main-ly of students from Towson, but some from the Peabody Conserva-tory. It has 36 members. When asked what are the chan-ces of success, Levy replied, ""It will go one way or the other. The judges will either go crazy for us or boo us down."" This is (Continued on page 6) TSC's Photo by Quante Jazz Ensemble held an open rehearsal in the student centre last Tuesday night. They will compete with six other bands at the Villa Nova Jazz Festival this week-end. "
