tl19680920-000 "Eleventh hour dorms pose added problems by FRAN MOULDEN Form B-64-0 is an ""Approved Off-Campus Housing Contract."" Twenty-eight Towson girls have signed this contract to live nearly eight miles from campus in one of Towson's two new ""dorms"" this Fall. Last year, some 128 girls, most-ly underclassmen, took up resi-dence in the Eudowood Towers Apartments on Joppa Road. In late July, TSC officials were notified that Eudowood would not be avail-able for dorm space in September. According to Director of Off-Cam- Pus Housing Donald Dean, the new Eudowood management felt it would be more profitable to rent to regular tenants. The problems of housing were solved by the securing of the Tay-lor Park Apartment and Fleet-wood Apartment facilities, both of Which now house some 60 girls. In late August, the College ac-quired space in the five year old Taylor Park Apartments, located off Taylor Avenue, nearly three Miles from campus. From the or-iginal number of 42 girls, 29 now remain. Four to six girls live in each of the five apartments scat-tered among three buildings in the development. The co-eds rely on six privately-owned cars and a 7:30 a.m. College pick-up and 5 P.M. return from campus. During Orientation weekend, in-coming Frosh depended on one car, a 45-60 minute walk, or hitchhik-ing to get to and from campus. Because of the 7:30 a.m. time of departure in a College vehicle, one resident of Taylor Park remarked, ""you have to go whether you have class or not."" Public bus service is available, however. No Bus Two Taylor Park co-eds hold meal tickets. With no bus service on weekends, this has become in-effectual, one observes. As of this writing, residents are awaiting mirrors, chairs, and carpeting pro-mised in their contracts. The cost for living at Taylor Park is $300. per semester, compared to the $150 room cost for on-campus dorms each semester. Thirteen girls have left Taylor Park since their arrival last week. Some have secured their own apartments, one resorted to daily commuting from the Brooklyn ar-ea, and one returned to a college from which has had transferred. The other 29 remain for the pre-sent semester at least. One re-marked she would return in Feb-ruary ""only as a last resort."" The combination living room-dining room, bath, kitchen, and two bed-rooms are costing about $200 per month in an average six-girl apartment; a comparable two bed-room apartment leased by regular tenants next door rents for $127 a month without utilities. Junior Kathy Brown, President of Taylor Park was notified only once during the summer about the availability of Taylor Park. She Three coeds set out on fling of on-campus activity. Bus service ends at 7:30 p.m., and not all can find rides back. The college's financial limitations prevent better transpor tation for the girls. their 3 mile, 60 minute wa lk back to Taylor Park off-campus dorm after an eve-was told to report on Friday, Sep-tember 6 to assist frosh and talk to parents some of whom were re-portedly angered at the facilities and distance. As late as September 6, Frosh were arriving on campus only to be sent to Taylor Park ""un-til dorm space could be found for them."" Vol. X XI, No. 1 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 Sept. 20, 1968 Committee seeks successor A UMW Taylor Park facilities were se-cured by 27-year old Goucher gra-duate Diane Pargament, former Assistant Director of Residence who assumed the off-campus charge of Mike Mahoney when he left Towson this summer. The ac-tual rental was made by Phillip Simkin who in turn rents to Tow-son. Director of Residence Mary Lee Farlow did not see the Taylor Apartments until after. the girls had moved in. Miss Farlow suc-ceeded in getting costs lowered from $350 to $300, the original figure having been arranged by Mrs. Pargament before her dis-missal on September 11. Fleetwood, Too On Labor Day, only a little over a--week before residents were slat-ed to arrive, Towson secured six apartments in the Fleetwood Apartments near Pimlico Road and Cross Country Blvd., an eight mile drive from campus. The help of Di-rector of Business and Finance Wayne Schelle was enlisted to find housing. The College ""had its back against the wall,"" Schelle notes. The Fleetwood arrangement was settled around midnight on Labor Day. Three student resident as-sistants are stationed at Fleet-wood to supervise the 28 girls from the 39 originally sched-uled to report there. Some did not show up, two girls transferred, an-other reportedly left school, and one moved in with relatives near-er campus. Parental objection, one upperclassman noted, was strong when students and families first inspected the apartments. Like Taylor Park, Fleetwood is under no adult supervision. The girls are likewise scattered in dif-ferent buildings. Like Taylor Park, there are no foyer facilities. In-stead, the ""weekend foyer"" Proce- (Continued on page 4) Hawkins resigns TSC presidency Tree' bulletin board draws At the June 17, 1968, meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Colleges, Mr. Wil-liam I,. Wilson announced the res-ignation of Dr. Earle T. Hawkins, President of Towson State College, effective the end of the 1968-1969 academic year. August, 1969, will mark the end of Dr. Hawkins' twenty-two year term at Towson State. The College has seen great physical growth in these years. Commenting on the expansion in his letter to Wilson, Dr. Hawkins observed: ""When I took office in 1947 the enrollment was 600. This year, day and even-ing, summer and winter we will en-roll in excess of 11,000."" Lint hicum lineup ""Try our ping,"" exhort the College Store's free (!) shopping bags. So we did. But we had to drop the course�There were just too many people in it, snap course in shop- The Board of Trustees has es-tablished a seven member advisory committee to aid in the choosing of a successor to Dr. Hawkins. The committee includes Dean Joseph Falco, Ray Wacks, Dr. Edna M. Merson, Dr. Genevieve Heagney, Dr. John Matthews, Edward Ru-bendall, and Dr. George Coleman. This committee has held four ma-jor meetings during this past sum-mer. It has formulated a criteria for selecting a new President and has interviewed two candidates, both from the West Coast. Dr. Coleman, chairman of the advisory committee lists six points he personnally looks for in a new president: 1. A new president must have academic responsibility and be ac-ceptable to the academic commun-ity. 2. A new president must have a sound understanding of the Amer-ican politics, with regard to mani-pulating state legislature to re-ceive needed funds. 3. He must be able to recognize excellence in faculty and students and to understand the problems of both. 4. He must possess the physical vitality to withstand the vigorous experiences of a college president in a modern world. (Continued on page 4) Dean's disapproval, censure by BARBARA WALIK1EWICZ The Student Government Asso-ciation has set aside R board as a medium of free ex-pression in hopes of arousing stu-dent opinions. Without anyone's approval, one may pin up notices, statements, or even dirty jokes without reper-cussions. To demonstrate this free-dom from censorship, the SCA ar-rived at a word, which according to Ray Wacks, president, is often echoed by fed-up students. So in sizable red letters, either on the way to their mailboxes, to the chapel, or just passing through the corridor, students are awak-ened by the word ""Bullshit."" Wacks did state that he has re-ceived both favorable and unfav-orable reaction. Some feel that it's about time the SGA did something to reflect the spirits of the stu-dents. Others, however, not-so-approv-ing students and faculty com-plained to Dr. Joseph Falco, Dean of the College, who upon investi-gating the bulletin board, removed the offending word. ""I don't object to free thought and free expression,"" Falco ex-plained, ""but when words and phrases are written that are offen-sive to the college community, then I feel that it is my duty to correct the situation immediately."" Wacks insists that the word is not obscene, but one which merely demonstrates that the board is free. ""We are looking for a way to get students interested in ex-pressing themselves and a place for this to happen, both of which are sadly lacking on campus."" Falco, on the other hand, be-lieves that ""we can find words, ex-pressions, and techniques that draw attention and effectively Convey ideas without using words that are not in good taste and might be con-sidered obscene by a large segment of our society."" The word has since been reinsta-ted, yet unclassified as obscene or not. And the SGA is seeking stu-dent and faculty opinions on this bullshit, "