tl19670922-000 "Vol. XX, No. 1 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, TOWSON, MARYLAND September 22, 1967 Why Johnny Can't Read NCB Compounds Confusion by BILL BLANTON The Lawrence Construction Company, contracted to build the new classroom building, has explained causes for the build-ings incompletion to the admin-istration, which in turn relayed them to Tower Light. ""Manpower, supplies, time consuming labor crisis, a wet Spring and summer and un-forseen foundation problems which caused changes in foundation structures are a few of the causes,"" enume-rated Mr. Wayne Schelle, business and finance direc-tor of TSC. The heating system must run through the center of the build-mg. Because of problems with a sub-contractor's failing to de-liver and install the heating equipment, this was delayed, starting a chain reaction of de-lays ranging from stalled con-struction equipment to no floor tiles. Problems with sub-contractors caused questions to arise around campus as to the existence of a Penalty clause. One administra-tor remarked, ""No state con-tracts (for Maryland) contain a Penalty clause. Through week-lY progress meetings with con-tractors the state and adminis-tration are trying to improve the situation. However, since the contract was made by the state, the administration can act only in an advisory capacity."" ""With the overtime, tempor-ary adjustments, overdue leases on equipment, tern- Porary outside services, and general inconvenience, the cause for delay is hard to isolate,"" relates Schelle. Ile continues, ""I feel, however, that the general contractor is making every possible effort to catch up."" The proposed date for occu-pancy of the two wings of the building, September 1, was can-celled when the administration ""felt the building was in a state where the safety of any student was not guaranteed for ""cupancy."" Although there is to specific date for the opening of the building, the general con-tractor has promised occupancy before the end of the fall se-mester. T h e building incompletion caused many problems for the registrar. ""We were promised that the new building would be ready for occupancy by Septem-money to lease building for class use. It makes us feel very bad to take rooms used for recrea-tion and study from the stu-dents, especially residents."" Mr. Sartori, remarks that he and his staff are trying to move classes out of these areas first The name on the construction equipment (left) provides its own comment on the rate of progress on the new buildings. bee and rcasstired to that effect on through August,"" says re-gistrar Gerard Sartori. ""Be-cause the building was promised, we were not provided with any and as soon as possible. The New Classroom building will be named after J. Charles Linthi-cum, an 1886 graduate of Tow- (Continued on Page 4) Trustees Seek Autonomy For State Colleges The Board of Trustees of the Maryland State Colleges has asked the Constitutional Conven-tion to grant constitutional autonomy to the State College system. The proposed constitution drafted by the Eney Commission calls for constitutional autonomy for the University of Maryland. In a statement prepared for the Convention, the Board asked that its colleges also be granted con-stitutional autonomy. ""To grant constitutional au-tonomy to one and not the other would tend to create a situation where the State Colleges would be regarded as second class citizens of the State system of public higher education."" The creation of the tripartite organization of higher, education ""is not a division along the lines of quality of institutions,"" the statement said. ""There are to be no first, second, or third class institutions or higher education in Maryland. The Board answered the Con-stitutional Convention Commis-sion's recommendation that the State Colleges be granted ""au-tonomy through an act of the Legislature rather than the Con-stitution"" by citing the Commis-sion's own critique of legislative autonomy in the past in Mary-land. In evaluating the experi-ence of the University of Mary-land, which has legislative au-tonomy, the Commission had said that ""while the necessary autonomy can be provided by statute, it can be eroded by sub-sequent legislation."" In its statement the Board argued that constitutional au-tonomy is of great importance to assure the growth under ef-fective management of the State Insurance Sales Tactics Questioned The Dean of Students' Office has received complaints about a method of selling life insurance which the head of the Balitmore sales agency has stated is tech-nically correct, but which he feels may be ""morally wrong"". Ririe cf the students con-tacted over the telephone by agents believed that the sale of the insurance plan to students had been specifically approved by the Dean of Students' Office. Dean Murphy stated that she had definitely not endorsed the sale of the policy to Towson stu-dents. From Dean MurphY School Policy On Endorsements ""Under no circumstances would I endorse nor have I authorized the use of my name in the sale or promotion of any commercial Product or project. The college neither endorses nor sends salesmen to students for' any commercial purpose whatever. I recommend that students give no hearing . to anyone purporting to represent the college or members of its faculty and staff for commercial PurPoses. Should a student he approached by any salesman repre-senting himself as being endorsed by the college or any of its inembers, he should be on the alert that this action is illegal and he should report the matter immediately to college authorities being sure first to secure the person's name, address and firm he represents"" by DALE L. STEINACKER Dean Murphy first heard a-bout the use of her name when students asked if she approved the program. She has since written to the agency involved and to the home office of the insurance company whose policy is being sold by the agency. An executive of the firm said that the agents of the local company had been ordered to change their telephone sales message a couple weeks ago. The executive stated that the change was not the result of the receipt of any complaints about the message. He said that the president of Lipman & Associates, Inc., of Baltimore, which is selling the policy in this area, had read the message and felt that the stu-dents contacted could get the wrong impression from the mes-sage. He felt that the students would possibly believe that the school had officially sanctioned the sale of the policy. Dean Murphy explained that no matter how good or valuable she feels a sales program is, she has no authority to sanction its sale on campus or elsewhere. A source in the agency stated that a member of the agency had talked with Dean Murphy when the agency first considered selling the policy. He said that Dean Murphy had stated that the company could not solicit for the policy on campus. � Dean Murphy did not specifi-cally prohibit the sale of the policy to students if the solicit-ing was done off-campus to the best of this reporter's know-ledge. The college, moreover, does not have the authority to prohibit the sale of any item to an individual, when the school (Continued on Page 8) College system. The Colleges will expand their enrollment from 10,000 in 1966 to 30,000 by 1975. They will complete their transformation from the teacher training institutions they were in 1963 to multi-purpose institutions with a variety of developing programs. The statement cited the Cur-lett Commission Report which stated that the Commission ""re-gards the right of any board of affairs of an academic institu-tion under its jurisdiction as essential to both the freedom and the efficiency of higher edu-cation . . ."" Mr. Corner S. Coppie, Execu-tive Director of the Board, said that constitutional autonomy would give the Board of Trus-tees ""far greater administrative freedom."" Mr. Connie also stated that the administration of insti-tutions of higher education poses unique problems, and that the colleges should not be adminis-tered in the same way as are other departments of state government. The Board also aTgued that autonomy would not � lessen the responsibility that the Colleges owe to the State. The determi-nation of what the Colleges will be doing and how much money they will spend doing it will be up to the General Assembly and the Governor. The Board also argued that ""autonomy would strengthen planning and coordination by placing responsibility in the hands of a Board whose activi-ties would be visible to the Governor, the Legislature, and the public."" Conference Set For Oct. 6-7 At Maryland Camp Under the Co-Chairmanship of Senior Pat Rohde and Junior Helen Pryor, plans for the 1967 Leadership Conference were for-mulated at a series of Core Committee meetings this sum-mer. The Conference, an annual TSC event, is held on a Fall weekend at a camp in the Mary-land Area. Although previous Conferen-ces have been held at the Bel Air Fresh Air Camp, the 1967 meeting, � bearing the theme (Continued on Page 5) ""They also serve who only stand and wait."" Late registrants stood, sat, and waited Wednesday. September 13. Albert S. Cook Library Towson State College Baltimore, Maryland 21204 "