tl19661024-000 "Vol. XIX, No. 5 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND October 24, 1966 CAMPUS LEADERS CONFER Bird Barters Bat For Books Curt Blefary, Oriole outfielder, checks out library books in his new role as Towson student. By DEBORAH KRAUS Curt Blefal y, leftfielder for the world champion Baltimore Orioles baseball team, has regis-tered at Towson State for the 'an semester and is currently attending classes on the subur-ban campus. Born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Mahwah, New Jersey. Curt attended the Ma h wah High School. lie studied at Wagner College in Staten Island, New York until he was traded to the ftaltimore Orioles by the New York Yankees. At Wag-ner, Curt was majoring in special education for the Inentally retarded. �n the Towson campus, Curt will be taking such courses as Dsl'ehology, music, English Lit-t'ature, and a wide variety of l'hYsical education courses, since 't'e has transferred his major �c/ that of physical education. Whir did Curt choose Tow-son in order to complete his ""tication? He answered, �`Towson is a real good, Yniung college with a good Physical education depart-ment. thAl' so the professors are more ,, h is`"" wonderful. They have rieilled me tremendously,"" he Z54ded, ""allowing me the chance in 'flake up what I missed play-in the World Series."" At Towson I just want to De a plain college Joe with special treatment,"" he said. ""I want to take as big fa Dart in the college social U nctions as I can,"" he con-and JERRY BACKOF eluded. His favorite pastime out-side the field of sports is music: rock & roll and the blues. In high school Curt played with a band, the Echo Chords, all of whom went to college on football scholar-ships. Curt was the singer of the group. Inevitably, the topic of the interview shifted from Curt to the World Series. Curt, who lives with his wife, Eileen, and Long Ball, a 55-lb. cocker span-iel who eats ice cubes and sings, began talking about the series. Did you think the Orioles would win the Series? ""That rah-rah spirit went out after freshman year at college. But after the second game of the Series, I had a real good feeling that we would win it."" The Orioles have never lost more than one game in a three game series to any team which had never played in the stadium before. When asked what he thought of Baltimore as a baseball town, Curt replied that ""Baltimore was a real nice baseball town even though the Orioles had the lowest attendance record for a Series-winning team since World War II."" Curt, whose first love is foot-ball, had appointments to both the Naval Academy and West Point on football scholarships. But he began playing pro-fessional baseball for the Yankees in 1962. As part of his contract with the Yan-kees, he is guaranteed a scholarship for college as long as he doesn't miss two consecutive unexcused semes-ters. Do you have any about the type of would rather play? swered, ""There about the type rather play; I games."" What happened to Willy Davis of the Lodgers in the second game? ""He lost the ball in the sun when he made those errors. There's noth-ing a man can do if he loses the ball in the sun's glare,"" Curt answered. Is the sun in Los Angeles real-ly brighter than anywhere else? ""Definitely, the sun in L.A. is brighter and the sky is hazier. Then there is the smog to con-tend with,"" he continued. What about Kofax's per-formance in Los Angeles? Curt answered, ""Koufax was (Continued on Page 8) preference game Curt you an-is no question of game I'd prefer night Towson Leaders Discuss Student Role On Campus Approximately two hundred officers of campus organizations met at the Benson Fresh Air Camp, for the Twelfth Annual Towson State College Leader-ship Conference. The Confer-ence, directed by senior chair-man Debbi Kraus and junior co-chairman Nancy Jordan met this year to discuss the topic, ""Puppet or Participant,"" on the theory that much of Towson's student social life is directed by the college administration, rather than by the student body and student government. Discussions began with a speech by SGA president Alan Diem questioning the validity of an in loco parentis policy at Towson. Pointing out the fact that such a policy, which provides that the administra-tion should exercise parental authority over the student body, limits opportunity for the stu-dent to develop responsible leadership qualities, Diem called Homecoming To Feature Majestics and Warwick Homecoming Weekend is just around the corner and, accord-ing to Bev Berlett, SGA social chairman, it is going to be a great weekend. To be held on November 4, 5, and 6, the Homecoming gestivities will begin with t h e Freshman - Sophomore challenge. The Challenge was first used last year to stir a sense of competition between the two classes. It consisted of a tug-of-war greased pole climbing contest. push ball competition, and a The Sophomore class won last year. The Frosh-Soph Chal-lenge will be held on Friday afternoon after classes. Friday night the jam ses-sion will he held in the by the Class of 1968. On Saturday, November 5, the dormitory decorations will be judged by three alumni of-ficers. Next will be the Queen's luncheon, followed by the parade. The parade route will be as follows: Beginning at the southern York Road entrance gym to the college, the caravan will move north to Susque-hanna Ave. to Baltimore Ave. to Towsontown Blvd. and will stop at the rear en-trance of the college by Linda Lee Tall. There the floats wil be judged. At the soccer field the Queen will be crowned by alumni presi-dent, Mrs. Margaret Sallintate. Then the Homecoming game be-tween Towson and Georgetown will be played. Saturday afternoon after the game, an alumni tea will be held. Attendence by in-vitation only. Saturday night the Homecom-ing Dance will be held at the Dundalk Steelworkers Hall and wil feature the Majesties. A-nother crowning of the Queen will be held at the dance. On Sunday a concert will be held in Stephens Auditorium. Dionne Warwick will provide the entertainment. A reception by invitation only will be held in the student center after the concert, which will be held from 3 until 5. for a relaxation of adminisra-tive ""maternalism"" in favor of responsible student programs for self-government. The ad-dress appeared well received by the student leaders in attend-ance, who gave Diem a stand-ing ovation. Following Diem's address, a square dance was held for mem-bers of the conference, and the evening was concluded with a bonfire and an. impromptu sing-along guitar concert by College Centre Board President Brad Lear and exchange students Lee Fontes of Mexico and Os-car Valverde of Costa Rica. The second day of the con-ference began with breakfast and three workshops on the ""Puppet or Participant"" theme. Workshops were led by Bob Cullison, Jack Wilson, and Pat Rohde. The Peters report on student participation in stu-dent- faculty committees, pre-pared by Ken Peters, of last year's SGA Executive Com-mittee, was used in these work-shops to help define the prob-lem of student involvement. The report indicates a lack of stu-dent representation in the regu-lation of the students' campus life. After a lunch-time recess in the workshops, conference mem-bers heard NSA representative, AI Reckord, outlined similar problems of colleges across th* nation. Student leaders then re-turned to their workshops to further discuss campus prob-lems. The conference concluded its discussions with an evaluation of progress made and indica-ted that campus administra-tors and student leaders would soon be co-operating in the eff-ort to gain a greater student voice in campus events. "
