tl19651112-000 " Vol. XVIII, No. 8 November 12, 1965 Towson Tiger puts squeeze on Gallaudet's Bear. Student Evaluation Of Profs Gaining Favor In Every State Portland, Oregon (CPS) This fall state colleges and univer-sities in Oregon face a thorny problem�how to spend $250,000 alloted by the state legislature for awards for excellence in teaching. The schools would gladly accept�and dole out�the money but the legislature set a precedent by adding: ""Students shall be involved in either the nomination or the selection of grant win-ners. They may be involved in both the nomination Or selection."" The result is that students have become heavily involved in both. They have the first, and in some cases the last, word in deciding which 250 Oregon pro-fessors (about one in 10) will receive a $1,000 bonus. Some of Oregon's nine colleges and universities have been experimenting with forms of student evalu-ation of teachers. But the schools did not ask for the teaching awards. They were formulated by the legisla-ture as a means of provid-ing ""merit pay"" and as an inspiration to classroom tea-chers. Oregon's plan to give students a voice in teacher evaluation May be a part of a rapidly growing trend. Discussions now underway at Yale would give students a voice in a crucial part of a professor's life�the' de-termination of which tea-chers are granted tenure. At Cornell, a faculty commit-tee has recommended that stu-dents undertake the appraisal �f the effectiveness of their teachers. At City College of New York, a plan has been adop-ted to permit undergradu-ates to rate the performance of their teachers on a scale from ""poor"" to ""excellent"". The students wil evaluate, in questionnaire form, nearly every teacher in the college. At Queens College, another college of the City University of New York, students last term prepared seven-page evaluation sheets and sent them with the approval of the dean to all teachers who requested them for distribution of their classes and for perusal by the evaluated teachers only. A faculty committee at Am-herst College recently recom-mended that such an evaluation was unnecessary there. The school is small enough for stu-dent opinion to be easily felt, the teachers said. Platters Steal The Show Last year's Homecoming Con-cert unexpectedly became a twin-bill featuring David Della Rosa and Brooks, who enter-tained until Josh White arrived. This year's concert has set the double-billing as a Towson State Tradition. The Platters did not arrive late, but the audience was enter-tained for the first 30 minutes with the preparations of the orchestra and Paul Hjelmervik's bobbing head and beard. A de-tached red trumpet also ap-peared from time to time be-tween the curtains. The audience showed their approval of the surrealistic presentation by applauding the drummer and anyone else who ventured on stage. By 4:30 the applause had turned to foot-stomping. At this time the usual thanks to Homecoming Co-chairmen Dale Collins and Hanna Winkler were given and the Homecoming Court was in-troduced. Italians Want Harvard To Smash Anti-Columbus Yale CAMBRIDGE MASSACHU-SETTS (CPS)�A Cambridge city councilman has requested that Harvard University ""re-frain from engaging in any ath-letic contest with Yale until Yale reaffirms Columbus' dis-covery (of America.)"" Alfred E. Vellucci charged last week that the disclosue of the Viking map, now on display in a Yale library, was a ""prepared and planned joke to discredit the Italian race in America."" (The map has been authen-ticated by several historians and geographers as indicating that Vikings had discovered North America many years before Co-lumbus landed in the hemis-herer at San Salvadore.) Speaking for his Italian- American community, coun-cilman Vellucci boasts, ""We're now rooting for Harvard."" Vellucci says, ""I'll be in New Haven on November 20th with the Harvard football team. And I'll be cheering for them against Yale."" Vellucci, who is confident of a one-sided Harvard victory, said the team will be feted by Concert Coming Nov. 23 Overture 1812 by Tschaikow-sky, and William Byrd Suite by Jacob will be the main fea-tures of the November 23rd band concert in Stephens audi-torium. The concert will be given by the Towson State Col-lege Concert Band, under the direction of David Roberts. The Tschaikowsky Over-ture was written in 1881, to be played at the All Russian art and Industrial Exhibi-tion, of the Cathedral of the Redeemer in the Kremlin. It is one of the most bombastic pieces in music literature be-cause it was scored for cant-lion and cannon. The carillion will be represen-ted by the orchestral bells (amplified), but the represen-tation of the cannon is still un-decided. The Jacob William Byrd is a band arrangement of pieces from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book (The virginal is a key-board instrument) by William Byrd. Byrd was an 18th century composer, noted for his unac-companied choral works as well as his Keyboard compositions. Also on the program will be Fairest of the Fair by Sousa, ""Rondo"" from Concerto for Clarinet by Mozart (Richard Burnsisolbist) Amparito Roca by Texidor, and Bolero by Ravel. all of Cambridge's Italian mer-chants when they return home. ""Your discovery is a hoax,"" Vellucci told the Yale Daily News. ""We think you manu-factured that map. It's a fraud. The story of Leif Ericson is a myth invented by the scholars at Yale."" Last week, on a motion by Vellucci, the Cambridge City Council reaffirmed the history of Columbus when they went on record saying that Columbus discovered America in 1492. Vellucci also asked the coun-cil to have a monument to Ericson on the banks of the Charles River destroyed. Then the Platters, with red trumpet, swung onto stage with a rendition of ""Sugar Pie-Honey Bunch"" that brought the less hardy people who had left their seats hurrying back. With the first song the restless audience became a captive one; foot stomping turned to hand clap-ping. Murmurs greeted the an-nouncement of every ""golden"" hit. Older favorites like ""Harbor Lights"" and the more familiar songs like ""Smoke Gets In Your Eyes"" and ""Ebb Tide"" were mixed with recent fare like ""Amen."" Golden music was not the only attraction. Sunday's concert showed the Platters in an unfamiliar comic light. The audience again seemed delighted. They were treated to acts ranging from red moose horn solos to dextrous and unexpected picture pos-ing. By 6:30 the Platters were ready to leave. The audience, as they showed by their con-tinuous clapping, would not allow it. The Platters did return in what they said was an un-looked- for encore. One of the group ran over to the pianist manager and another rocking rendition of -Sugar Pie-Honey Bunch"" followed. Then the Plat-ters showed that they could stunt dance as well as sing and clown. Finally the exhausted group left with a standing ova-tion. Sunday: Platters in concert at Homecoming. Debaters Win 5, Lose 3 Towson Debate Council at-tended the Fourth Annual Refus King Debate-Tournament at Queens College on November 5-6. They returned with a combined record of five wins and three loses. They debated as usual the national debate resolution: THAT LAW EOFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES SHOULD BE GIVEN GREATER FREEDOM IN THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF CRIME. Miss Kathleen Gregory and Mr. Michael Ratliff won second place in the Negative division. The Varsity squad will go to Johns Hopkins on November 13 and then the following week-end will debate at the Univer-sity of Pennsylvannia. "
