tl19661123-000 "Vol. XIX, Extra TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Jubilant Tigers carry off team member after winning Mason-Dixon Championship by defeating Lynchburg. Tigers Celebrate Soccer Victory It all began when a squad of 42 potential soccer players re- Ported for tryouts. The outlook Thr a good season resembled an nkoming thunderstorm due to graduation losses. But a new squad was chosen from these 42 and the long hours of work began as Dr. Minnegan molded his booters into a working unit. His big-gest problem was where to find a goalie, and four men were tried at that position before Wayne Law opened the season. The beginning The Tigers warmed up im- Pressively with a 3-1 win over the Alumni, but the cynics were rint to be quieted and a reversal of the 1965, 9-2 record was still Dredicted. But the Tigers, who at that time seemed to be the only ones not impressed by the gloomy forecasts, opened the rt'gular season against Gal-laudet and came off the mud-dy field with a 6-2 victory and the first step taken to-ward the impossible safely I) the bag. Mt. St. Mary's Mt. St. Mary's game was an earIY must, both in the win colunln and the morale column, because in '65 the Mounts had defeated the Tigers in the last ltdautes of the game and then kided insult to injury by doing eahstenics at midfield. But 1966 Was different. A complete team effort turned the trick as Tow-tsnn took a 2-1 victory, then ga- ,hered at midfield and yelled: :�re we tired?"" with the re- ""You're damn right we are 44 we're proud!"" It was di-d at the Mounts, but it 1)115 heard around the Mason- ,i,(41 Conference. 'r� spirit did not fade, and 1::duallY an air of optimism Ti;ean to permeate the air. The toti r3 defeated Loyola in a Rame, 3-1, and then exe-cuted their first shutout over Washington College, 4-0, giving them a 4-0 record and raising more than a few eyebrows around the circuit. Two more games were played before the Baltimore University match. Towson took both� Salisbury, 2-1, and Western Maryland, 3-0�giving them momentum for the Big One. Both B.U. and Towson came onto the field with unbeaten records, knowing that who-ever won the game would most likely become the Northern Division champ-ions. A large Tiger crowd was present on the Bees' field, pointing out that the Spirit had been contagious, and that the Tigers were not going to play this one alone. Towson battered away at the Bees' goal while the Towson defense held for a 3-2 victory. � But the Tigers met their match a few days later on the field of Johns Hopkins. Whether from overconfidence or a lack of hustle, the Jays, with a season's record of 0-5, took the Tigers to task and sent us home with a 3-2 defeat. (Continued on Page 4) November 23, 1966 Frosh Name Officers In Week's Balloting During the week af October 13, the Freshman class held its first election as a segment of the Towson Student body. Vigo-rous campaigning, a debate on the issues, and two runoffs were necessary before the final slate of officers and chairmen was settled. Bob Engle, who served as temporary president for the Frosh during their first two months at Towson. was elec-ted to the office of President. To assist him, Phil Carey was chosen as Vice-Presi-dent. The Corresponding and Recording Secretaries are Ann Bensen and Janice Erdbrink respectively. After three ballots. the Treasurer's post was finally decided with the election of Norman Sta-chura. Pat Kitko will serve as Pub-licity Chairman for the class while, after an especially hard-fought battle, Charlie Johnson emerged as Senator. Representing the Freshmen on the College Center Board are the four elected members: Jack Psychologist Attempts Low Grades Explanation If a student attends a new school and his grades slip a bit, you might blame it on ""transfer shock."" That's how college psycholo-gists describe the phenomenon that can attack students in new surroundings. Project Mission Planning Conference On Creativity Project Mission interns, co-operating teachers, other prafes-sional staff and last year's grad-uates who are now teaching in the Baltimore Public Schools are invited to spend from Friday evening, through Sunday after-noon, December 2 through 4 in considering creativity. The meaning and impor-tance of creativity, ways in which teachers may be more creative, and the develop-ment of creativity in chil-dren are themes to be ex-plored. The conference will feature nationally known authorities as speakers and consultants. Sessions are to include formal presentations by speakers, seminars, group meetings, visual presenta-tions and time for research and reading. Project Mission will pay the cost of this conference fer per-sonnel directly working in the project. Other members of the staff of the Baltimore Public Schools and from local colleges are being invited to attend at their own expense. The insti-tiure will be held on the College Park campus of the University of Maryland, using the facilities of the Adult Education Build-ing. The conference has as its chief ends: first, a consider-ation of the topic in depth, and secondly, the stimulation of a series of meetings which will concern themselves with creativity in everyday prac-tice. ""In other words,"" says Kenneth J. Hallam of Tow-son State College. ""after a student transfers he has to adjust to another institution. He'll generally do better in his second semester and thereafter."" As director of institutional research and evaluation at Tow-son State, Hallam evaluates students before and after they arrive on campus. His latest study shows that the grade point average of 504 students who trans-ferred to Towson from some 20 other colleges slid from 2.64 to 2.42 during their first semester. ""There is substantial varia-bility in the figures,"" Hallam pointed out. ""Students from some institutions do as well or better than our own native students. For others, the drop in grade average is so great that a large proportion is going to fail."" Hallam said the study will help Towson to prepare for future transfer students. ""There's every reason to 13( lieve that the number of trans-fer students is going to increase over the next several years, be-cause of more community and junior colleges,"" he said. Delaney, Deidre Diver, Linda Kocher and Nancy Winelander. The Social Chairman (Day) is Winne Joyce and Social Chair-man (Dorm) is Steve Sampog-na. President-elect Engle is pleased with the choice of of-ficers working with him for the Freshmen. Bob comments on the expectations for the year: ""I think the class has already made a definite impression with its spirit, and I hope and think it will continue."" Glen Players Announce Production The Glen Players of Towson State College will present ""In Good King Charles' Golden Days"" by George Bernard Shaw as their second production of the season tonite and December 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10. C. Richard Gillespie. asso-ciated professor of drama and speech who recently di-rected Edward A lb ee's ""Death of Bessie Smith"" at Center Stage. will direct the arena production at Towson. The� comedy, written in 1939, is one of Shaw's last major works. It creates the imaginary meeting of King Charles, Sir Isaac Newton, James II, George Fox, founder of the Quakers, and Godfrey Kneller, an artist. The Shavian play sparkles with wit and fun, with the play-wright throwing in three trol-lops to, in his own words, ""re-lieve the intellectual tension."" Harvey Rovine plays King Charles, with Judi Salkin as his Portuguese queen, Cath-erine, and Dee Stephens as Barbara, the beautiful Duc-hess of Cleveland. Also in the cast are Nancy Travers, Marlene Weingarten, Linda Human. Auggie Dorsett, Jane Schwartz, Robert De- Frank, Lyn Summerell and Tim-othy Ferdinand. Settings are by Emmitt Woodey, costumes by Mrs. Geor-gia Baker. FINANCIAL AID The Dean of Students Office has announced that all appli-cations for financial aid must be received before Monday. December 5, in order to be considered. "
