tl19681018-000 "' Vol. XXI, No. 5 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE � BALTIMORE. MARYLAND 21204 The Maryland flag and Spiro T. Agnew addressed an and hostility here last Friday. Pages 4-5. Lack of funds . .. again photo by Vogelman the Agnew banner�Governor audience extreme in both love For the story in pictures, see October 18, 1968 Registration racial survey proves invalid thru inadequate response Included in the red tape of regis-tration day on September 9 and 10 was a mimeographed question-naire pertaining to the racial make-up of this year's student body. The survey was requested by the Federal Government as a means of determining Towson's progress in the field of integra-tion. The results are as follows: 35 Afro-Americans 22 Spanish Surnamed Americans 87 American Indians 34 Oriental Americans 3208 Other 221 Refused to answer 799 Not accounted for Due to the inadequate response of the student population this sur-vey is not statistically valid. Nevertheless it is comprehensive enough to derive certain general characteristics of the student body from it. It is evident from this survey that there is a low percentage of minority groups (especially Ne-groes) represented at Towson. To rectify this situation steps are being taken to emphasize Towson's desire for a more integrated com-munity. The Board of Trustees of the Overload confronts education dept. Towson State College was founded in 1865 (under the name of the Maryland State Normal School), as a training school for Public school teachers. Today, al-though it also offers an Arts and ,Sciences degree, the school main-tains a strong program in teacher education. The Education Depart-ent here is, however, having difficulty. There are three major problems confronting the department � a Shortage of faculty, limited facili-ties, and the resultafit overload in student teachers. The shortage of faculty is a Problem which confronts almost every department. It �is caused lhainly by the lack of funds (which '""""41:71""Log-o-mo-s-o-Kerg.0-..6,-,t42->t49-x4:2-0. INSIDE Letters Moore thoughts Thundercolt Agnew- SPorts Bulletin Board Caretaker pg. 2 Pg- 3 pg. 3 pgs. 4-5 pg. 6 pg. 8 Pg. 8 4?-14-al,,altaz,o-no.K4>xo-itt;PK.ev-Qvg' would be used as salaries) appro-priated to Towson by the State of Maryland. Thus the College cannot hire as many instructors as would be ideal for the number of students. This shortage re-sulted in a heavy load of teach-ing hours for the faculty, The load for most Towson instructors, such as those in the English, Mathematics, and Economics De-partments is 12 hours, bUt for the past few years the load for Edu-cation instructors has been 13 or 14 hours, in attempts to ease the student overload. Demand causes crowding Many classes must be large to comply with Student demands for the courses, causing an obvious lack of personal contact between student and instructor. In addi-tion, the Education Department has had to limit the number of electives offered this semester be-cause of the insufficient number of ins ructors. Facilities limited Limited facilities are another problem facing the Education De-partment. At present the Depart-ment is scattered between Linthi-cum Hall, where the offices are located and where most of th-classes are held, Stephens Hall, and Lida Lee Tall Elementary School, where other classes are held, as well as student teaching. The reason for this shortage in classroom space is that the Educa-tion building planned is not yet constructed. In the eyes of Dr. Michael Jessup, a youthful in-structor in Education, ""I hope I won't be too old to teach when that building is ready."" Student teachers choice A problem which results from the lack of instructors and facili-ties is the overload of student-teachers. Ideally, they should be allowed to choose the schools where they wish to student-teach, and the semester in which they want to student-teach. At present, be-cause there are so many student teachers, many are not able to have their choices in schools, and must be placed elsewhere and at different semesters. Some stu-dents may have to postpone gradu-ating until after they have finished a late semester of student-teach-ing. In addition, faculty members are often not able to observe the student teachers as often as they would like. Dr. William Hauserman, Chair-man of the Education Department, states that ""the students need courses and if we can at all, we're going to make sure they get them,"" Maryland State Colleges has undertaken the responsibility of hiring the Sidney Hollander Asso-ciates to research the possibilities of integration in the State Col-lege 'System (including Bowie, 'Coppin, Frostburg, Morgan, Salis-bury and Towson). The report has not yet been released. Another step being taken origi-nates at the Admissions office. Under the auspices of Director Edward St. Lawrence, a program will be initiated using Towson stu-dents to go into their former high schools to conduct sessions whereby the high schoolers will be intro-duced to the Towson program. Visit schools St. Lawrence plans to visit each of the predominantly Negro high schools (Dunbar, Douglass, Ed-monson, Northwestern and South-ern), in an attempt to stimulate intrests in Towson. In addition he will write letters to Negro stu-dents who are winners of Na-tional Achievement Programs, en-couraging them to consider Tow-son. Other programs, such as Greater Horizons (which brings juniors and seniors of predomi-nantly Negro high schools to the campus for a day) will continue. A possible inovation in this pro-gram is cited by St. Lawrence: ""Instead of seniors I would invite tenth and eleventh graders . . . probably in the Spring."" The problem remains: why do Negro students in Baltimore and environs tend to avoid the Towson campus? The existence of a pre-dominantly Negro state college more accessable to the inner city student may in part be reason for the scarcity of Negro students at Towson. 'Sociologist Robert Smith suggests that the very fact of so few Negroes attending Towson is cause for the small number of Ne-groes enrolling. ""Apathy"" cited ""Perhaps there is an apathy on the part of Negro students,"" says St. Lawrence, ""who would rather walk to school than commute to a more distant school."" Dean Murphy speaks for many adminis-trators as well as for faculty and students when she sighs. ""I don't know what the answer is."" SGA constitution opens TSC's gates to Greeks With the ratification of the new SGA constitution, the road has been partially cleared for the arri-val of Greek fraternities and soro-rities at Towson State. This new Constitution provides for SGA rec-ognition of organizations not hav-ing faculty advisors. Glenn Miller, appointed by SGA President Ray Wacks to be SGA coordinator of fraternities and so-rorities, reports that the proposal is one third of the way through now. It has only to be approved by the Board of Trustees, and hope-fully, by second semester, Towson will see the arrival of social fra-ternities and sororities. The procedures for organizing a social fraternity are as follows: First, the organization must secure advice and information from the governing council. This governing council will consist of a representa-tive of the Dean of Students Office, two faculty members, four student representatives appointed by Presi-dent of SGA, and honorary mem-bers (past chairman of council, representatives of each fraternity recognized by the council). It will be empowered to establish and en-force rules, regulations and organi-zational procedures which shall govern all fraternities and sorori-ties at Towson. Second, the group must hold a general meeting of prospective members. They must have a mini-mum of twenty qualified persons who will agree to affiliate with the organization. This group will elect tentative officers (President, Vice President, iSecretary, Treasurer) and a tentative faculty advisor. They will submit a membership list to the governing council includ-ing pertinent information about each individual. After the member-ship list has been approved, the group shall draw up a constitution and submit it to the governing council. The Constitution must be submitted to SGA for official, recognition. Miller, who has been working on this proposal, feels that the chances are good that the proposal will be approved. He urges any in-terested students to 'begin now to start to form fraternities and soro-rities. These organizations, says Miller, should begin showing that they are interested and active now, througih service, even though they are not yet recognized. One area in which they can help is course evaluation. Besides the obvious advantages, Miller points out this factor: with the recognition of the fraternities, approved housing will have to be built within a period of five years from receiving the charter. The general student attitude is in favor of the Greek fraternities and sororities. Carol Cheek, presi-dent of Women's Residence Coun-cil, pointed out that fraternities will help to close the apparent gap be-tween commuters and resident stu-dents, "
