tl19650517-000 "The Towson State College Weekly ro speak at Senior Investiture . . . Dick Wiseman (L), Class Presi dent, and Vernon Wanty, Class Advisor. Commencement Address Schedule For June 7 The largest graduating class In Towson's history will hold its commencement on Monday, aline 7, at 6:30 pm, in the Dell, north of Glen Esk. The Honor-able J. Millard Tawes, Govern-or of the State, will give the kain address to the 481 gradu-ating seniors. Earlier the same day, at 2:30 p.m., the Reverend John T. Middaugh, Minister at Brown-Memorial Presbyter-ian Church will deliver the sermon at the Baccalaureate Service. The Senior Class Investiture Convocation will take place 5n Wednesday, May 19, at 10 it.M. in Stephens Hall Audi-torium. Classes will be re-scheduled througout the rest of he day. The main convocation Peaker is to be Vernon Wanty, ssistant professor of English and Senior Class Advisor, who Will address the class on the stibject, ""Shifting Aca�lemic Council Studies Programs For HigherEducation The Maryland State Advisory Council on Higher Education ket on the TSC campus last ,Priday. The Council, created �I' the State legislature during e 1964 session, includes Dir-etor Dr. Wesley N. Dorn, hairman Dr. G. Russel Tatum, ceretary Henry J. Knott, and ernbers William P. Chaffinch, Tasco Davis, Dr. Sherman � Flanagan, Dorothy S. Malt-be, Benjamin B. Rosenstock, and j. Henry C. Welcome. All �Iellliaers, except Dr. Welcome, e present at last Friday's kmeeting. Also present at the t) e. ting was Delegate R. Samuel 1110n, Chairman of the Edu- :`�n Committee of the Mary- ""cl Rof Delegates. In the words of Governor 1:4we5, the ""Council has .7Q11 created by the General 4embly to give both public �I.fricials and the citizens of 4rYland the benefit of an 411Partial study of our pro- 111' for higher education."" Lge Council has been created advise the legislature on 4tters of higher education h.14 has no policy-making -""Wer itself, although its (rontinued on page 6) Gears."" Also scheduled to speak are Dick Wiseman, Class pres-ident, and Zaiser. Towson, Maryland :Xer""""�""""'� Vol. XVII, No. 22 May 17, 1965 Ken Masters Turns Senate Gavel Over To President-Elect Brooks Out-going S.G.A. President Alumni President Ken Masters turned the gavel of the Senate over to President-elect Neal Brooks at Tuesday afternoon's Senate meeting in a traditional symbolic gesture of transition between old and new administrations. Masters, in outlining the accomplishments of his ad-ministration, praised highly all those who worked ""so hard to make my adminis-tration a success."" lie sing-led out each member of the executive committee and The Investiture ceremony is the first time that graduates wear their academic gowns. President Hawkins will present the gown to Wiseman, who rep-resents the entire class. The invocation will be given by John Gwynn, President of the Interfaith Council. The Band and the Glee Clubs will perform for the class. AACTE Allocates Grant For Cultural Exchange The AACTE, a Federal agen-cy, has allocated a grant of approximately $1,000 to initiate a cultural exchange with Illoilo Normal School in the Philli-pines. A committee, under the leadership of Frank L. Patten, Assistant Professor of educa-tion, has been formed to carry out the program. The committee includes: Ken Masters, SGA President; Michael Grossman, SGA Faculty Advisor; James Bin-ko, Associate Faculty Ad-visor; Elaine Bousquet, Col-lege Centre Board President; Richard Wiseman, Senior Class President; Al Henne-man, Junior Class President; Al Diem, Sophomore Class President; Thomas McShane, Freshman Class President (the comittee was formed before class elections); Celine Wachter, President, Association For Early Child-hood Education; Neal Brooks, President, Circle K.; Estelle Segal, President, In-ternational Relations Club; Marie Carrion, Spanish Club President; Tim Buttner, Tower Light Editor-in-Chief; Keith Harmeyer, and Mary Joy Kreller, both SGA Mem-bers- at-Large. The group met for the first time April 28, to discuss the possibilities involved in setting up a cultural exchange with Illoilo. Patten noted that the Federal agency has provided no standards for such an ex-change, leaving the project entirely in the hands of the committee. He further com-mented that the initial sum granted to the college may be, depending on how well the College handles its grant, only the beginning. If well set up, the program might eventually provide for ten or more Tow-son students being exchanged with an equal number of Illoilo students. The group has decided to start the exchange by send-ing approximately 200 copies of this and following issues of Tow er Light to Illoilo, as well as the Tower Echos, bulletins and catalogues, pictures, tapes of musical organizations, and perhaps a copy of the film currently under production by the senior group leaders. asked for a standing ovation one member of the Senate, ""is for the outstanding services merely trying to perpetuate a Michael Murphy, chairman clique."" This Senate action, of the Student-Faculty in effect, cancels the MAA Judicial Board, has given Banquet which was to be held during the year. next week. Under new business, the Men's The Treasurer, Paul Van- Athletic Association, of which derbosch, reported a bal-every male student on campus ance in the treasury of $26, who pays the twenty-five dollar 611.15; of that sum, only activity fee is a member, was $413.65 remains to be allo-suspended from the Senate and cated. ordered by that group not to Tuesday's meeting was the sponsor any further activities last of the academic year. The until such time that the cur- next Senate meeting, according rent MAA elections are held to President Brooks, will be in in ""accordance with their Con- September. stitution and to the satisfac-tion of the S.G.A. Parliamen-tarian. Apparently, a sign over the ballot box in the locker room (men's) stated that only members of varsity teams could vote. ""This election,"" quoted KENNETH MASTERS Shirley, Brady, Rhode To Preside As Class Presidents For 65-66 On May 3 and 4, class elections were held in Stephens Hall. Returns were counted and made final by 5:30 p.m. on May 4. Bery few students voted in the class elections. Next year's senior class president is Ed Shirley. a Secondary Education major. The senior class vice-presi-dent is Ginny Richards, trea-surer� Bonnie Becker, re-cording secretary�Carol Eichler, corresponding secre-tary� Pam Duncan. senator� Esther Raley, social chair-man� Barbara Miller, Anne Whiteford, publicity Chair-man� Tom Scullen, historian �Phyllis Roberson, and College Centre Board -Rosalie Nagel. When asked about future plans for the senior class, Ed mentioned three general ideas. He would work to have a few homecoming activities off cam-pus next year, keep the senior class well-informed about cen-tennial celebrations, and pro-mote recognition of academic achievement in the senior class. Stan Brady is next year's junior class president. Work-ing with Stan next fall will be Jim Rausch�vice-presi-dent, Doug Norwood-trea-surer, N'icki Long�recording secretary. Margaret Sweeney corresponding secretary, Peggy K la usmeyer�senator. Alan Diem and Cathy Hos-kins� social chairmen, Mary Jo Thanner�publicity, Ron-nie Rankin and Joan Edel- (Continued on page 5) ""Shoes"" Run First TSC Musical In Recent Years High Button Shoes, the first musical presented at Towson State in recent years, opened Thursday night in Stephens Hall auditorium. The play ran only three nights, since pro-duction expenses, including a $500 per evening royalty made a longer run impossible. Robert Levin, Director of the combined effort of the Glen Players and the music department. noted that pro-duction difficulties were many and irritating. Illness, accidents, and conflicting schedules, together with the very late arrival of costumes, and the loss, during the last few weeks of rehearsal, of Auggie Dorsett, who in-jured his leg, provided Levin with more than his share of headaches. Shoes cast includes over one hundred people. To accomodate the size of the cast, the stage was further enlarged (it had previously been enlarged in February). Accoustics, tradi-tionally a problem in Stephens Hall, have been improved with the installation of accoustical tile at the front of the audi-torium, and an especially con- (Continued on page 4) Correction for SGA election story (page I, April 30). Sophomore Jackie Lockler of Glen Burnie was elected Recording Secretary. Corres-ponding Secretary Jackie Ellis is a junior in elementary education. Although this in-formation was correct in the first paragraph. it was mixed up in paragraph 10 of the same story. "