tl19661007-000 "Vol. XIX, No. 3 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND October 7, 1966 Ballots Will Decide From The President's Desk Orchestra Selection With just 134 days left un-til the 1967 Sweetheart Dance on February 18, 1967, SGA Social Chairman, Beverly Ber-lett has announced that the final selection of the orchestra for the prestigious event will be left to the student body. Because of the numerous complaints about the lack of opportunity to participate in important decisions in the college, Miss Berlett has de-cided to allow students to choose the Sweetheart or-chestra by ballot from a list of bands available for this year's dance. Orchestras available for the Sweetheart Dance are: Si Zent-ner, Buddy Morrow, Billy May Orchestra with Frankie Lester, Lionel Hampton, Art Mooney, Sammy Kaye, Count Basie, Richard Maltby, Ben Cutler, Glenn Miller Orchestra with Buddy De Franco, Duke Elling- Embinder Senate 0 Assistant to the President Donald Embinder addressed a Special meeting of the SGA Senate Tuesday on progress and Planning of facilities at the col-lege. Discussing plans for the fiscal Period covering 1968 to 1972, Mr. Embinder explained the pro-cedures followed to plan and construct buildings on the cam- Pus of a state operated college. The first of these is to project a broad program for the devel-opment of needed facilities. After this, plans for specific buildings are discussed among Members of the department Which will use them. An archi-tect is then appointed and the actual working plans for the building are drawn. This step includes all necessary details, such as electrical wiring, plumb-ing, and types of construction materials needed. Constractors then submit bids on the archi-tect's plans. Since money for these buildings must be allocted �no year in advance, and con-struction costs in the state of Maryland usually rise four to five percent annually, it is us-ually necessary to request more funds after the bids have been submitted. Among planned additions and Improvements for the Towson eaMPus are: a new maintenance building, a new gymnasium, a nevv classroom building, a new administration building. a field ton, Fabulous Dorsey Orchestra with Lee Castle, Vincent Lopez, Lester Lanin Music, Woody Herman, and Warren Coving-ton. All students who would like to cast a vote for the band of their choice may do so by filling out the ballot form on page 6 and deposit-ing it in the designated box in the SGA office by 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, Ocober 12. As soon as the ballots have been tabulated, the agency who handles the above orchestras will be notified of the students' choice. The agency will then contact the orchestra selected. Although the slight possibility exists that the popular choice for the dance may by that time have a previous commitment, Miss Berlett emphasized that orchestras will be contacted in the order of preference ex-pressed by the students. Speaks To n Progress house for physical education, a new athletic field complex, eighty-five additional acres of campus space, an all weather track, a fine arts building, an addition to the science building, and renovation of Stephens, Richmond, and Newell Halls. A self-supporting student center and self-supporting dormitories are also included in the pro-jected plans, according to Mr. Embinder. After Mr. Embinder had con-cluded his address, a question and answer period was cot ducted. In response to the sub sequent questions, the Assistant to the President listed the rea-sons for the delay in the com-pletion of the new snack bar in the Student Center. Difficult in estimating sequired time for renovations, little or no plans to work from, and the necessary to work around the dietary ser-vices were the reasons given. Other fact brought fourth during the question and answer session were: The present temporary class-rooms may be retained to pro-vide low cost housing. Enrollment at Towson State is expected to increase by ap-proximately one thousand per year. Towson will continue to al-cept new students on the as-sumption that new facilities wil. be completed on schedule. The Opening of College Since it was necessary to can-cel the opening Convocation this fall, I should like to take this opportunity to extend a formal welcome to the nearly 4,000 stu-dents enrolled in our college. The actual count, according to the last figure, shows 3,903 students enrolled in the day program with 1,849 more at-tending evening classes. I should like to express my appreciation to the many stu-dents who have taken ""in their stride"" the opening weeks of college with their attendant dif-ficulties this year. In spite of the crowded conditions, the temporary buildings, the un-usual rainy season, the changes in several administrative offices, and the construction still in process, the year is moving a-long on schedule. That every-thing was not perfect is freely admitted, but that it went as well as it did is due to many hours of careful planning on the part of many people�ad-ministrators, faculty members, and student leaders. ""As iVe Get Larger"" The previous paragraphs are addressed to the persons who understood and appreciated the unavoidable difficulties encount-ered in opening college ""on schedule"" this year. I regret that a few people have assumed that those responsible for the operation of the college would use the rapid growth of the in-stitution as a justification for doing nothing to meE t the problems of growth. This, of course, is an unwarranted as-sumption. The nearly thirty administrative officers at Tow-son are not stupid or callous or DR. EARLE T. HAWKINS inept or inconsiderate or lazy or indifferent! At the same time, they are not supermen! They can do only what they can within the framework in which we operate. They cannot just ""push buttons"" and have buildings completed. The peni-tentiary fire, for example, de-layed the delivery of some orders. There have been other delays but they were not due Towson Library Expansion Slated 7o Begin In Spring Someday students at Towson will be able to listen to a re-quired lecture without stray-ing near a classroom. What is more, the lecture vil be delivered in high fi-delity, deal with subjects ranging from music to for-eign languages, and be heard in private and soundproof carrel or study enclosure. ""Dial-a-Lesson,"" a new edu-cational concept, is one of the modern features to be contained in Towson's planned $5 million library complex. The library expansion, one of the largest campus con-struction projects in ;Mary-land history, involves con-verting the present Albert S. Cook library into a listening center. This will house ""dial-a- lesson"" telephones and 300 carrels designed for advance independent study. By dialing a three-digit num-ber within the library or from various campus locations, stu-dents can put lectures on tape or disc, at their fingertips. They may even record the tapes for later study at home. Next to the center, a five-story structure, six times larger than the present li-brary, will take shape. It will house 600,000 volumes in 1S0,000 square feet of space. and serve the needs of 10.000 students expected to be on campus by 1975. An architectural rendering of the building, depicting a mall with a fountain, reflecting pond and sculpture, was made by de-signer R. Lev Bacharach. The library is to be con-structed of Colonial red brick and limestone materi-als. It will be situated on a sloping hillside and contain one subterranean level. Book life will be leigthened and eye strain lessened as a result of heating and lighting controls designed by Ernest F. Siegel and Associates, Ltd., mechanical consultants. The building will contain both ramps and elevators. Groundbreaking is scheduled to start next spring, with the library ready for use by the fall of 1968. Boys Needed Tenors and basses needed in the Concert Choir. Rehearsals on Wednesday's at 6:30 P.M. See Mr. Terwilliger, St. 2. to lack of planning. They were due to unavoidable or unfore-seen situations. The administrators of this college have one end in mind� the operation of the institution to give maximum opportunity for the education of students under the best conditions pos-sible. Parking We are quite aware that the parking situation is most un-satisfactory. We are doing what we can on a temporary basis. Real improvement should come within a few weeks when a new lot accommodating 600 cars is completed on the south-west corner of Osier Drive and Towsontowne Drive just west of the new athletic fields. Convocation It is a matter of regret that the continuing rain caused the postponement of the Fall Con-vocation. We hope to schedule one later on in the fall. Dining Hall and Snack Bar The contractors are working steadily to complete construc-tion on the Dining Hall and Snack Bar. The Snack Bar will be ready to install tables and chairs this week. The new Snack Bar for counter service will be installed as soon as the new equipment is delivered. New Buildings Construction is proceeding steadily on the new gymnasium and classroom building. Both (Continued on Page 6) Students State Opinions About Tiger Banner Student opinion concerning the new Tower Light mast-head has been varied, with some students expressing a dis-like, and other students ex-pressing pleasure, over the in-troduction of the tiger mascot. Susan Anderson, a fresh-man, says that she likes the older newspaper better, claiming that 'the seal makes the paper more collegiate in appearance.' Another freshman, Joan Krehnbrink, likes the tiger. She says that Towson is regarded as a friendly college, and the newspaper is often the only con-tact other colleges have with TSC. Therefore the tiger is important. However, Tower Light should either be in large letters or else in the corners.' Sue Mattingly. a junior, likes the tiger. but goes on to say that the letters ""T"" and ""L"" should be slanted also. "
