tl19610512-000 "�I TOWER LIGHT VoL XIII, No. 25 State Teachers College, Towson 4, Maryland May 12, 1961 Senate Passes Resolution Concerning Library Thefts At the SGA Senate meeting on May 4, John Tallman Presented a resolution concerning the materials which have been disappearing from the library in increasing numbers. After a discussion, the resolution was adopted with one atnendment. This amendment was concerned with the fourth resolution of the Action section. I The original one read, ""Resolved, �11rth, that consideration be given to the charging of a library fee the beginning of each student's entrance to the college."" The ttleadment reads, ""Resolved, fourth, that consideration be given to the ch ging of a library fee to all registered borrowers."" The reason elven for the change was: the � at go. to 1eY rase ""All registered borrowers"" f'eludes not just students, but also sa,ellitY, alumni, and outsiders. ll'ee the purpose of the fee is to 1)rc'vide money for repairs neces- j.ltdr due to wear and tear on the 'wary materials and not just for ,.the replacement of lost books, it ""aS felt that all users of the library 'Llight o be included in the pay- -"""" of this fee. The money ob-t: rlied from such a fee would go , it1 4�..141 a general fund for the mainte- -n ide ee of the library's facilities, 110 eh includes books. Library Resolution follows: of ge, eft oot jug tit att jO Irt' to 11Y, ?re 0111 be et' of ed ve Library Resolution 4ere have been an increasing oti`I'Lber of books, periodicals, and the er library materials lost from college library producing grave timarleial concerns and producing hava.vorable reflection of the be-bp, r of the college community. uri,LARATION: th,,'""'�ereas, SGA Senate considers th,,- �legal removal of books from h:f College library a major issue Ze the student body; and 1_,ereas, SGA Senate feels that raI ha t'iate and forceful action must of l'en to curb this illegal removal th, tef 15��-1- from the college library; A o - re be it , -ived, first, that the faculty qas., a ., 'Ised to emphasize to their 410,-,8 the seriousness of illegal re-lib .41 of books from the college 4rY; i4 th lvecl, second, that Freshmen, pre, orientation course, be im-kti bell with their responsibilities Ilk as privileges concerning the arid Pt Care of library facilities. e -*soived, third, that the adminis- ao ,te to, hi ,request in its budget funds tht L'.ng of a full-time checker at or Itt,_:-arY exit. tit% tst' ""ed, fourth, that considera-lili given to the charging of a f"" to all registered bor-t 411. ATE. !e, , e e '44 ""GA Senate mandates the 44)141111e Affairs Committee to dis-the coPies of this resolution to th Lib, '' Qni, � arY Advisory Committee, P 1 ' qtki -""Ke president, the dean of rit ? 4lito.,. 81 the business manager, the e, iAN of Tower Light and that the le t rrtie ,,. hi .curairs Committee be re- 0a for '''""e subsequent action re- Ilit tis ' Ilitiorl.' the statements of this reso- Class Day To Feature Picnics, Music Sophomores and juniors are both sponsoring a Class Day today. Members of the Class of 1963 plan to wear class colors, green and white. Featured in their Class Day activities will be movies shown from 9 A.M. to 2 P.M. in Stephens Hall auditorium, followed by a Jazz Concert on the Student Centre Patio from 4 P.M. to 6 P.M. This Jazz Concert will feature the Pea-body Jazz Combo and is open to the student body. Picnics in the Glen had been scheduled by 60th classes. Because of the weather, these picnics were cancelled. A square dance will their activities. This dance will be in the gymnasium and is schedulted to begin at 8:30 P.M. Don Flowers is calling and the student body is invited to attend. Dress is casual. Art Majors Show Works All art majors and art concentra-tion students were asked by the Art Department to submit examples of their work for a Stud-ent Art Show scheduled for the last three weeks of May. The works are now displayed in the Student Centre. Each student turned in as many as four pieces of his best work. From these works of art, the mem-bers of the Art Department selected those which they felt are suitable for exhibition. A student committee hung the works in what-ever way they felt best present them. This type of exhibit is traditional in the Art Departments of many institutions. It has not been done here before this time because Tow-son has never had a sufficiently large number of students majoring in Art to make such an exhibit feasible. Also, Towson has never offered an art major program, only a concentration, explained the art department. Editors Appointed TOWER LIGHT has just announ-ced six new editorships for the coming year. Recently appointed as News Editor was Mary E. Hughes; as Features Editor, Paul terminate Maniloff; as Sports Editor, Lou Winkleman. Other staff appointments include Donna Walker as Business Manager, Russ Gwynn as Photography Editor, and Sue Berman as Art Editor. All new editors are currently sophomores and have participated in various class activities and other organizations as well as TOWER LIGHT. Preregistration Plans Explained Preregistration for the Fall 1961 semester at Towson State Teachers College will be held on Friday, May 19. There will be no classes that day since it is anticipated by the Administration that more time than usual will be needed to assist stud-ents in registering for the new course sequences and for majors, another new feature of the cur-riculum. Seniors will report to the south-east door of the Gymnasium begin-ning at 8:30 o'clock. Juniors will be admitted beginning at 10:00 o'clock. Because alphabetical priorities are reversed each semester, exact times for each group are shown on the Preregistration Schedule, due from the Registrar's Office today. Prospective Block Students and Student Teachers will meet their Education Division Coordinators in Stephens Hall on the morning of preregistration and then will go to the Gymnasium for necessary course permits from departments other than Education. Current Freshmen, next (Continued on page 6) year's Resolution Is Presented; Disapproves Of HUAC Practices The National Affairs Committee of the SGA presented a resolution which ""disapproves of certain practices of the House Committee on Un-American Activities"" at the last Senate meeting. This resolution will possibly be put forth in motion form at the next Senate meeting, May 18. This resolution is modeled after a resolution made by the National Student Association. It will not be voted upon until after the movie ""Operation Abolition"" is shown on campus and the two speakers pre-sent pros and cons to the student body. This will allow the students time and opportunity to study the issue carefully and thoroughly, ex-plained a member of SGANAC. Present Both Sides Editor's Report Operation Abolition Tuesday evening Tov,son's Na-tional Affairs Committee will spon-sor the showing of ""Operation Abolition,"" at 8:15 p.m. in Stephens Hall auditorium. Charges and counter-charges have been made since the riots at the HUAC trials in San Francisco. Chief among the charges is the account of how Robert Meisenbach, a 22-year-old student "". . . pro-vided the spark that touched off the flame of violence. Leaping a bar-ricade that had been erected, he grabbed an officer's nightstick and began beating him over the head. The mob surged forward as if to storm the doors, and a Police In-spector ordered the fire hose turned on. The water forced the crowd to the head of the balustrade, and the cold water had a sobering effect on the emotions of the demonstra-tors."" However, Robert Meisenbach was recently tried and found ""not guilty"" by a San Francisco Superior Court jury. San Francisco police claim that this motivated them to open fire hoses on the protesting students and drag them out of the building. (Continued on page 6) John Tallman felt that the NAC should have brought out both the pros and cons on the House Com-mittee on Un-American Activities before introducing the resolutions. However, the time element involved made it impossible for the NAC to draw up a statement of the pros and cons, explained an SGANAC member. Also, they feel the pur-pose of committees in the SGA is to present resolutions to the stu-dent body, and they assume that the student body is sufficiently aware of national student issues and can consider resolutions intel-ligently. A rather emotional discussion followed the presentation of this resolution. Many people did not know the real facts concerning the issue, and therefore were not quali-fied to comment on the resolution fairly or intelligently, reflected some Senators. The NAC explained its purpose in (Continued on Page 2) Daily Schedule Pattern Changed 9 Includes 75-Minute Class Periods Beginning with this preregistra-tion, a new daily schedule pattern ! will be used at Towson State Teachers College. The purpose of the change is to regularize the use of classrooms and faculty, explained the administration. An advantage of the changeover to a new sched-ule pattern will be few, if any, final examination conflicts. The principal change is in the scheduling of three semester hour courses, which will meet on Mon-day - Wednesday -Friday for fifty minutes as they do now. On Tues-day - Thursday, however, these classes will run for 75 minute periods. This set-up is a common form of scheduling, according to the registrar, for many colleges on the semester system that do not hold Saturday classes. Two hour courses will be sched-uled at any of the following pat-terns, but at the same hour on both days; Monday - Friday, Monday- Wednesday, Wednesday-Friday, or Tuesday-Thursday. Even on Thurs-day and Tuesday, however, these classes, such as Physical Education, will meet on the hour for fifty minute periods. Therefore, a stu-dent might schedule English to end at 9:15 and would have a fifteen minute break before 9:30, when the next class for a three-hour course could be scheduled. However, if the student wished a two-hour course next, that could not be scheduled before 10:00, which would give the student a 45-minute break until his next class. Art Classes are an exception to the new patern to some extent; they will continue to meet in a one-hour lecture--two hour laboratory pattern as at present, but they too, will adhere to the Monday-Wednes-aay, Monday-Friday, Wednesday- Friday, or Tuesday-Thursday pat-tern. In science almost all courses will carry four hours of credit and will involve more contact hours. Sev-eral daily patterns must be used, particularly in Biology, because of the low number of equipped rooms To assist students in using the new schedule, the Registrar's Office has put a sample schedule on the back of the first page of the pre-registration schedule. Clocks will be taped next fall to ring the old as well as the new periods on Tues-, days and Thursdays, and the cafe-teria will open at 11:20 each day to give students a longer lunch period at the 11:00 lunch hour. As in the past, each student must have a lunch hour at either 11:00, 12:00. or 1:00 o'clock. Tuesday-Thursday periods for the three hour courses next year will be: 8:00-9:15 a.m., 9:30-10:45 11:00-12:15 a.m.. 12:30-1:45 2:00-3:15 p.m. Both Tuesday and Thursday afternoons beginnings at 3:30 will be used for meetings in place of the present 2:00 and 3:30 periods on Thursdays. The Music Department expects to continue to have Glee Club and Orchestra rehearsals at the same time as this year, and no change is planned in the scheduling of late afternoon classes for in-service teachers. a.m., p.m.. "
