tl19641009-000 ", The Towson State College Weekly Towson, Maryland Vol. XVII, No. 3 ILIER October 9. 196-1 Leaders Meeting Homecoming Elections Set For Next Week Elections for TSC 1964 Home-coming Queen will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday of next week, Oct. 13 and 14, in the lower alcove of Stephens Hall from 9 am to 5 pin. Senior candidates include: Peggy Dent, Betty Duncan, Cathy Fentress, Gloria Mona-celli, Barbara Slack, and Pam Trude. Representing the juniors are: Sue Roberts, Pam Duncan, Xathi Austin, Denise Robertson, Anne Fox, and Donnadine Dash-er, Sophomore class candidates list: Donna Cole, Tammy Stev-enscirl, Betty Huster, Gloria Macey, Amy Hamilton, Bonnie Ilankin, and Bunny Myers. Freshman candidates names Were unavailable at the time of this writing but include 11 girls of the freshman class. Talisman Submits Plea For Writers The Talisman, Towson State College's magazine for the pro-illotion and presentation of crea- ,tive writing by students, has Ic'st an editor and many of its f�inest. contributors. If you gabble in the short story, verse, �I' write interesting and inform-atiVe articles, you are invited Subit your manuscript. 1 Rere is your chance to be of el�vice to your college, break !tit� Print, and illustrate Your literary ability simultaneously. ?I5s1ti0ns in editorial, artistic 41111 literary areas are open, and tlidents are urged to apply and tf}:erebY help Talisman 1965, the -eest literary magazine Towson t4te has ever produced. po Polish up your manuscripts -""u Rend them to either William C Le . �Ine, Box 36, or Dr. J.S. 1 1 of the Towson StaW English department. Ziii/nan 1965 ran be the hest iiltazine we have ever Pub- 'd- but only if yott help. S. T. C. Is A FINK School PRESTIGE? The above inscription originally appeared as a photograph in Tower Light on April 28, 1963, It was an oil painted message that appeared on the back of Van Bokkelen hail during the Easter Holidays in 1963. We reprint as close a fascimile as is possible to point out that the Leadership Conference meeting this afternoon, this evening, and tomorrow will be discussing Towson's ""prestige,"" or rather, the lack of Towson's ""prestige."" An Open Letter From SGA President Masters To Towson State Students; In reply to the many questions from the members of the student body regarding the S. G. A. Resolution, I wish to report that the Executive Committee of the S.G. A. met on Monday evening with Dr. Hawkins and other members of the college administration. We were assured at that time that steps are now, and have been, in progress to resolve the grievances expressed by the Student Government Association in its Resolution. A more detailed explanation will be forthcoming in the next issue of the Tower Light. Sincerely yours, Kenneth H. Masters, Jr. President, Student Government Association n Conference TL Mock Elections Set For Oct 26-27 in SH Tower Light, in conjunction with the Young Democrats and Young Republicans Clubs on campus as well as the Student Government Association., will conduct a ""mock� Presidential election on Monday and Tues-day, October 26 and 27. Co-ordinating the election will be Paul Vanderbosch, Tower Light editor-in-chief. Assisting him will be Connie Telewicz of the Democratic Club and Jack Wilson of the Republican Club. Since many are reluctant to use the voting machine, paper ballots will be utilized in the hopes that all Towsonites will avail themselves of this oppor-tunity to express their politi-cal preferences. Both the Young Democrats and Young Republicans are planning ""campaigns"" to arouse student and faculty interest in the election. Featured will be signs and political posters for the appropriate candidates, and a political debate between a Republican and a Democrat is in the offing. The possibility also exists that the Democratic candidate for the Senate, Joseph D. Tydings, will speak on campus sometime within the next two weeks. ""Polls"" will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on both days to insure sufficient time for every-one; faculty, students, adminis-trators, and maintenance staff� to vote. ""Prestige"" Theme Featured At Annual Bel Air Gathering Towson's Annual Leadership conference is being held this evening and tomorrow morning, afternoon and evening at the Bel Air Fresh Air Camp in Ben-son, Maryland. Marsha Tarbert, S.G.A. vice- President and workshop chair-man commented: ""Witnessing Towson's rapid growth in the last few years and projecting the enrollment to 5,000 by 1970, it is necessary that we discuss the future of Towson State College in regard to the question: What type of college should Towson become? Until recently, Towson has been frowned upon by ""outsiders"" because they still associate the name Towson with a two year Normal school or with a strict-ly teacher education college. Conscientious students, faculty, and administrative officials re-sent this uninformed and indeed parochial view and desire to heighten the prestige of Towson State College. ""Certain ideas must be con-sidered concerning college pres-tige in general before contem-plating Towson's prestige. For example: What kind of college is a prestige college? What makes a college a prestige col-lege? (Graduate school, large or small campus, top ten foot-ball team, cost, social class, academic rating, tradition or age, Ivy League, etc.) Why do students choose certain colleges? What type of school attracts what kind of student? How can Towson attract fav-orable students? What are fav-orable students and where do they come from? What can we do to change the situation or atmosphere on the Towson Campus? Do we want it changed' What kind of pres-tige do we have? What kind of prestige do we want? How do we go about reaching our goal?"" Activities for this evening include an opening address by Ken Masters, S.G.A. President, a training workship early this evening to familiarize the lead-ers with the various phases of the conference, and a square dance tonight at 9. Tomorrow Edmund S. DeLong, Director of Public Relations at Princeton University, will speak to the entire group. His talk will be followed by the work-shops on college prestige in general. After lunch, the topic of Tow-son State College will be dis-cussed in the workshops. Dinner at five will close the conference. Moore Replaces Thomas As Towson's Registrar James L. Moore Towson has a new registrar. Mr. James L. Moore who has replaced Mr. Charles W. Thom-as� said he was very imprssed with the seriousness of Towson students. He said his office is open to any suggestions from students which would speed up registration. Moore's official 4'uncAions con-sist of overseeing registration and preregistration, maintain-ing communication with inter-ested government and private agencies, and many zoalmittee functions. One project being un-dertakein by his office at present is the conversion to an elec-tronic system to speed up regis-tration. Moore is a graduate of West Virginia Institute of Technology and later took an M.A. degree at Marshall College. He has taught high school in West Vir-ginia and was an assistant re-gistrar at Marshall College Moore resides at Perry Hall with his wife ,who is a college instructor, and his two sons. "
