tl19581024-000 "Vol. XI, No. 4 STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND October 24, 1958 College Council Meets The All College Council met in the Special Dining Room, at 5:15 P.m., on October 6, 1958 for a Dinner Meeting. The All College Council Is a group of people who meet to discuss school-wide problems and suggest improvements. They have no authority to enforce changes but do set out their opinions on certain situations. The Council is made Up of organizational presidents and guided by members of the college faculty. Attendant were Larry Hutchins, President of the S.G.A.; Mike De Vita, President of the Both Old and New Business was Class of 1959; Tony Buccheri, discussed, and the complete min- President of the Class of 1960; utes will be found on Page Two of Madelon Wilhelm, Vice President this issue. 4. the Class of 1961; Ed Schu-alacher, President of the Men's Resident Council; Shirley Hellwig, President of the Woman's Resident Council; Ruth Schaeffer, President oI the Interfaith Council; Marge koodie, President of the F.A.C.; 4nd Lee Hildebrand, Editor-in- Chief of Tower Light. Faculty raembers included Dr. Bize; Mr. kitchen; Dr. Sargent, the Advisor to the S.G.A.; Miss Wolfram; Miss Nvelander; and Dr. Garner, as Well as Dean Murphy and Dr. 4awkins. Dr. Hawkins amused Secretary takes notes Sober moment Class Notes On October 9, at the Senior (Mass meeting, elections were held for Homecoming Queen candi-dates. Picked to represent the seniors were Carol Beachley, targe Moody, Sharon Romer, and kary Wimrner. The Class also learned that they will be running the hot dog and potato chip con-ession during Homecoming. The Junior Class meeting on 4ptember 25 was the scene of xecutive Council elections. Their liew Class Recording Secretary is at Hardt, and the Day Social Ohairman for the Juniors is Trudy Porsythe. Spook Night activities and elec-tions for Homecoming Queen were the main topics discussed by the lophomoro Class at their meeting on October 9. Their election re-kilted in the choice of the follow- Ing candidates: Susan Chiles; Glenda Davis; Diane Edge11; Rose-anne Kohler. Topics discussed at the Fresh-ken Class meeting on October 9, Were also about their Homecoming activities. Their concession will be selling popcorn and peanuts. In their Homecoming Queen elec-tions six girls were chosen and tney are: Elaine Bachman; Jean bawson; Joanne Falatico; Margie fllith; Beth Saddington; and Rho- Udoff. The annual fall convention of the Maryland Association of Fu-ture Teachers of America will con-vene Friday and Saturday, Novem-ber 14 and 15. The S.T.C. chapter of the organization, the SNEA, vrill play host to the 500 junior high, senior high, and college stu-dents who are members of Future Teachers of America. The convention will be a pro-fessional meeting, the main theme centering around specialties in ed-ucation. A symposium will be called, at which time specialists in the fields of physical education; speech and reading; special edu-cation for handicapped or gifted children; fine arts including mu-sic, art and dramatics; science and mathematics; and English and so-cial studies will speak. Each stu-dent will decide which field he is mainly intererfed in and join a discussion group for that area. There will be a panel discussion by teachers who are former grad-uates of S.T.C. and who have been teaching for a year. The teachers will discuss how they became in- -terested in teaching and the actual teaching experience they have had this past year. One of the guest speakers at the convention will be Miss Bev-erly Bosworth, a senior at Western Maryland, who is the president of the Maryland Association of Fu-ture Teachers of America. Miss Bosworth is the third vice-president of the national associa-tion. Attendance Policy Towson's attendance policy probably has been the most mis-quoted and misunderstood set of facts here at the college. At the recent Leadership Conference, a committee discussed it with the help of Dr. Hawkins, Dean Murphy and Wally Yesenofski, a member of the Student-Faculty Attendance Committee. For the edification of the entire student body, Tower Light publishes the following sum-mary of the policy: There are no such things as ""Free cuts"" at Towson. Students are expected to attend all classes unless they have a reasonable excuse for not doing so. However, a student may miss one class hour per semester for every credit hour in a course without being called upon to explain his ab-sences. In other words, in a three-credit course, a student may miss three hours during the semester before his absences are questioned. For any cut, a student should file an excuse within forty-eight hours after the missed class. Ex-cuses for health reasons should be filed in the Health Center and v11 others should be filed for at the telephone desk in Stephens Hall or in the office of the Dean of Students. If a student exceeds the limit in any one course, the course in-structor, unless he feels that the absences are excusable and are not detrimental to the student's progress, turns his name in to the Dean of Students. The Dean of Students keeps a record of all filed excuses. When a name is turned in to that office, it is checked against the filed excuses. If the student has filed for all his cuts, he is merely notified that he has exceeded the limit. If however, the student has not filed sufficiently, he is called upon to explain his absences. If the student cannot justify them, the Dean of Students turns his name over to the Faculty-Student At-tendance Committee. The first action of the Attend-ance Committee is generally a 'warning. If the absences persist, the committee may recommend Citizenship Probation indicating a doubt that the student is showing those qualities expected in a mem-ber of the teaching profession. If the absences still persist, strict probation, in which all cutting privileges are withdrawn, may be applicable. The final measure tak-en by the Attendance Committee is suspension. Suspension is used in drastic cases because it is felt that a student will be more likely to realize his error in over-cutting if he is not allowed to go to class for a period of time. College Prepares For Evaluation Ten committees of State Teachers College faculty members have been working for more than a year in preparation for the visit to the campus of a team of representatives from the Middle States Association of College and Secondary Schools, according to Dean Kenneth Browne, General Chairman of the evaluation groups. Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools is an organization whose purpose is the ""improvement of educational pro-grams and facilities and the broadening of educational opportunities."" This organization accredits colleges and secondary schools in Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. ""Accreditation of a college is important,"" explained Dean Browne, ""because it gives assur-ance to students of an excellent program including credits which are easily transferable to other colleges and universities."" To become a member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools the high school or college must apply for and answer a self-evaluation questionnaire. The ansWers are sent to the Middle States Association where they are read and evaluated. Then a team of representatives is sent to observe. Once a member, the school is required to follow this procedure approximately once every ten years. Since this college is a teachers college, the National Council for Accreditation of Teachers Colleges is cooperating with the Middle States Associations, and also sent a questionnaire. The evaluation committees have combined the two questionnaires. The ten committees and a coordinating committee, composed of their chairmen and headed by Dean Browne, were officially organized in October, 1957. Their work is scheduled for completion by November 6. The completed reports will be read by the faculty and suggestions for changes can be made. Then the reports will be turned over to Dean Browne and the coordinating committee for editing. After the reports are printed, in two volumes if possible, they will be sent to the two evaluating organizations who will send out their representa-tives in February. Committees and their chairman include: Purposes, Objectives and Outcomes, Dr. Genevieve Heagney; Organization and Administration, Dr. William Nugent; Curriculum and Instruction, Dr. Regina Fitzgerald; Professional Laboratory Experiences, Mr. Marvin Vopel; Library, Dr. David Firman; Graduate Program, Dr. Francis Mueller; Student Person-nel Program, Dr. Rebecca Tansil; Resources: Plant, Facilities and Finances, Mr. Stanley Pollack; Catalog and Printed Publications, Dr. Pearle Blood and Athletics, Intercollegiate, Dr. William Hartley. Fellowships News Briefs . . . The Danforth Foundation, an ed- The Student Christian Associa-ucational foundation located in St. tion sponsored an enlightening Louis, Missouri, invites applica- evening of discussion of the main tions for fellowships from college issues involved in the forthcoming senior men and recent graduates national election, October 14, with who are preparing for a career Dr. Clarence Long speaking for of college teaching, and are plan- the Democrats, and Mr. Hopkins fling to enter their first year of speaking for the Republicans , . . graduate study. The Foundation The Maryland State Teachers welcomes applicants from the Convention afforded the Frosh and areas of Natural and Biological Sophomores two days of respite Sciences, Social Sciences, Human- from the cares of schoolwork Octo-ities and all fields of specialization ber 16 and 17 . . . to be found in the undergraduate college. President Earle T. Hawkins has named Edward I. Rubendall as the Liason Officer to nominate two or at most three candidates for these 1959 fellowships. These ap-pointments carry a promise of fi-nancial aid within prescribed con-ditions. The maximum annual grant for single fellows is $1400 plus tuition and fees; for married fellows, $1900 plus tuition and fees, with an additional $350 for each child. The qualifications of the candi-dates are to be: outstanding aca-demic ability, personality congen-ial to the classroom, and integrity and character, including serious in-quiry within the Christian tradi-tion. ALBERT S. COOK LIBRARY. STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE AT TOWSON BALTIMORE 4, MARYLAND The Freshman Class held a suc-cessful class mixer in the gym from 2 to 4 p.m., October 23 . . October 22, 23, 24 saw an ex-tremely good Glen Players pro-duction ""The Crucible."" High School Visiting Days will be held October 27 and 29 for high school juniors and seniors, complete with tours of all campus buildings . . . ""Love, Courtship, and Marriage"" is the theme of the Baptist Stu-dent Union meeting in the Special Dining Room at 7 p.m., to which all are cordially invited . . . The Senior Class. hopes to pub-lish a student directory to be sold to all the students in the near future. Advertising space will be available through Nancy Craig . .� "
