tl19670531-000 "Vol. XIX, Special TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND May 31, 1967 USIA Director To Give Grad Address Here Daniel P. Oleksiw, assistant director of the United States Information Agency in the Far East, will give the 102nd com-mencement address at Towson State College June 4. Some 570 students are to re-ceive undergraduate and gradu-ate degrees in exercises starting at 2 P.M. on the campus green. The college's largest graduat-ing class cornes from two other states and the Canal Zone as well as Maryland. Some 422 bachelor of science, 125 bachelor of arts, and 28 master of education degrees are expected to be awarded. Oleksiw, 45, administers USIA programs in 13 Far East countries, including Vietnam. He is in charge of 293 Ameri-can and 1,426 native employees serving in 50 posts. Born in Wilkes Barre, Pa., Oleksiw became a journalist after graduating from Pennsyl-vania State University. He later took advance ,studies at Prince-ton, Duke, the University of Missouri and Catholic Univer-sity. Turn, Turn, Turn Yurema Lake Set For Splash With the completion of final exams, ""exhausted"" Seniors have just one more thing to do be-fore summer jobs and grad school begin: they have to enjoy themselves. In order to accom-plish this goal, the varied ac-tivities of Senior Week have been slated. To follow up the traditional Cocktails, 'Majors' Highlight Prom At Emerson's Ballroom by H. C. PITTS The ""soul sound"" of Thc dinner, the Prom itself will be-gin in the Ballroom of the Emerson and will continue until 1 a.m. kojors form Pittsburg and the Ralph Grave's Orchestra from Washington, will be featured at the 1967 Senior Class Prom. Vicki Brandy, chairman of June i Week, and Marty Stout, Senior Class Treasurer and chairman of the Prom, have planned a series of events for the evening 01.June 1. A cocktail party lists first on c'n the agenda for the Prom tlight. Two hundred couples are )(1)ected to gather at Balti-thore's Emerson Hotel at 6:30 ll.tri. for an hour of frivolity be-indulging in the bacchana- !ia feast which is scheduled to iaSt until 9 p.m. The Emerson's tables seat ten ilersons with the seating an- 1 nged, in this case, by the stu-gents themselves. Following the Because of the Louis XIV de-cor of the Emerson, there will be no real theme decorations. Each table will have a center-piece arrangement of flowers which is the only decoration provided by the Committee. A number of tables will be moved after dinner to provide space for dancing, but due to crowded conditions, there vril be no danc-ing during dinner. The Emerson has room for 800 people, but with a table party being held the nie.ht be-fore, it seems that there will not be more than the 400 people who have already bought tickets. Following the Prom there will be the regular round of parties to wrap up festivities. by BOBBYE FELDMAN class picnic on Tuesday, May 30, Jack Wilson and committee have planned a Beach Party f o r tonight. Festivities w ill be kicked off at noon and will run until 11:00 p.m. at Yure-ma's Lake, one of Baltimore County's most sr Ilk lake:. The Majors will asst in the music portion of the eht:rtainmcnt. When asked about the Beach Party. Senior Nancy Walker ob-served, ""The band is from out of town; the lake is beautiful; and we're really going to have a blast!"" ""Like Wow! Fun and games!"" remarked Louise Kane. Sally Ensor said, ""Fine until dusk!"" and Ed Prager commented, as if he had attend-ed before, ""It's going to be great �just like it has been in the past."" Not to be outdone, Dave DEAN TERRY President, Class of 1967 Schaffer had to add, ""If the Big Boy's there, there will he no girls to spare."" Off in the far distance. we notice Harvey Fruman dancing down Newell's lower hall past Miss Sweed's office, waving, :railing, and singing at the same time: ""It's.going to be a high time�a real high time at Lake Yurema."" Graduates See Towson Change In Four Year Towson's largest graduating class on record, the Class of 1967, has made plans for one of the most festive and memor-able June Week celebrations ever seen at the College. Finish-ing up their sojourn at Towson. the Seniors will celebrate four years that have set more than a few precedents on the campus. In its stay at Towson State, the 1967 Graduating Class has seen many firsts at the college. It is the first class to have spent four years at the school since its name was officially changed to Towson State College. Simi-larly, some members of the Class of 1967 are the first to have completed the Arts and Science program instituted dur-ing their freshman year. In the four years that mem-bers of the Class of 1967 have spent at Towson, the school's enrollment has more than doubl-ed. Two new buildings. Smith Hall and Scarborough Hall. were completed and put into use during their stay at the college and they are the first graduating class to have en-joyed the walk from the new Osier Drive Parking lot. Port Welcome Rocks With Senior Cruise by RICHARD JAMES MILLER The Senior Class' traditional Port Welcome Cruise, held this year on Friday evening, June 2, will be the last official social event of June Week . The Port Welcome will em-bark from Pier 5, Pratt Street. at 8:30 p.m. and rock 'n roll in the Baltimore Harbor to the music of both The Majors and The Beggars bands. According to Vicki Brandy. social chairman for all June Week festivities, The Majors, a 'soul group' from Pittsburg. have to be heard to he believed. while The Beggars are a local group who will insure contin-uous music for dancing and listening pleasures."" Jack Wilson, chairman for the Cruise, expects a good turn-out and thinks the evening ""may be highlighted by one of Vicki Brandy's famous Greek dances."" When questioned about -lack's comment, Vicki added that it is entirely possible. ""In fact,"" she added, ""The Majors are learning two Grecian songs just in case."" Sally Van Sant, a graduating senior, suggested that this un-chaperoned affair is ""going to be fabulous, especially the high-lights of Baltimore's harbor."" Vicki again remarked that the sights would be blurry for var-ious reasons�mostly because all would be sad about leaving their many friends after being to-gether for four years. Since only 250 couples are allowed on the Cruise, Jack Wil-son observed that this June Week event would be first to sellout. Tickets can be pur-chased from any member of the June Week Committee and should be gotten in advance. Sale will be on a first come-first-serve basis. "
