Dean Murphydivulges retirement

Photo courtesy of Tower Echoes"It is with regret and deep appreciation that I recently accepted the

resignation, effective August 31, 1970, of Dr. Orrielle Murphy, the long-time Dean of Students. . . . Dean Murphy's deep personal concern forstudents will be sorely missed and never fully replaced."—James Fisher,President.

SGAconvenes$3000 approvedfor cornpetion

alcohol policy

announced

fee questioned

Tuesday, February 3, Towson's

SGA Senate was mainly devoted toreports of the various SGA of-ficers. President Charles Johnson

once again spoke of incorporatingthe Student Government to getaround the fiscal red tape of theState.

$3,000 allocation

He announced that the College

Senate approved a $3,000 alloca-

tion for nonathletic, inter-collegi-

ate competition. This is subjectto the approval of President Fish-er, and the money is to come fromthe Athletic fund.

alcohol policy

Also announced was that a newpolicy on alcohol had been draftedthat would allow "of-age" drink-ing in the Special Dining Roomduring certain specified hours. Al-so recommended was an independ-ent alcohol policy for the respec-tive dorms.

"In black"

Treasurer Jim Haupt gave hissemi-annual report that showed theSGA in the black, but he indicatedthere were many outstanding stu-dent loans.

$5 fee

The Senate also learned that newgrading proposals of the AcademicStandards Committee are to besubmitted to the College Senate,while questions were asked con-cerning the $5 hike in the CollegeUnion fee. Several senatorspromised to investigate the rea-sons for the fee increase.

towerlightVol. XXII, No. 15 TOWSON STATE COLLEGE, BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21204 February 6, 1970

Jenkins retires; decriesinadequate State support

by HOWARD SIMSSubmitting his resignation to the

State Board of Trustees January12, Dr. Martin P. Jenkins, Presi-dent of Morgan State College cited"the deterioration of education atMorgan ,State College due to Mary-land's fiscal educational policy" ashis primary reason. His resignationwill be effective September 11,1970.In his letter, Dr. Jenkins re-

ferred to the "unfriendly" BudgetBureau of Maryland and notedthat the ,State ranks 39th in itssupport of higher education. Hestated that ". . . this inadequatesupport . . . makes it difficult forthe State Colleges to recruit com-petent personnel in the highly com-petitive national market and to re-tain upper echelon adminsitrativeofficers."

Dr. Jenkins made special refer-ence to Morgan's great majority ofBlack students. He correlated thedeterioration of education at Mor-gan to a reduction of educationalopportunity for Maryland's Blackcommunity. He also noted that thecollege ". . . is in a strategic posi-tion to contribute to the alleviationof urban problems. Obviously thecollege can assume this role onlyif adequate financial support isprovided."

Dr. Jenkins concluded with rec-

ommendations that Morgan State'sappropriations be increased; that

the college be developed as a ra-

cially integrated urban - oriented

university ;and that the state col-

leges be allowed to administer ap-propriated funds without "intoler-

Orators blitz tourney

Coach Nykodym stands proudly with his debato rs who display the trophies from their recent victories.

Pictured (from left to right) standing are: Coach Ny kodym, Ed Neuberger, and Al Clasing. Seated are

Ron DeAbreu and Terry Katz.

by LARRY FRANK

TSC Debators blitzed 30 Amer-ican and Canadian Universitiesearly this week and walked awaywith the Interntional Champion-ship at the Western Ontario Inter-national Debate Tournament. Thisconstitutes Towson's major win intournament competition.

Terry Katz and Ron DeAbreuwere Towson's big guns in thetournament, defeating OsgoodeUniversity in the final round ofcompetition to clinch first place

and the International Champion-ship. This important last roundwas broadcast by the CanadianBroadcasting Company Network.

Also instrumental in the victorywere Ed Neuberger and Al Chas-ing, taking fourth place at the,Somerville House competition.Coach Nick Nykodyn Of the SpeechDepartment accompanied the teamto the tournament.

Towson's victory was exceptionalin that, with the exception of RonDeAbreu, who was exposed to sim-ilar rules in his native BritishGuyana, this tournament was the

first time that Towson debated un-der Canadian rules. Unlike Amer-ican debVing which allows onlyone judge to be present, Canadianrules allow two judges and an au-dience to be present. Judging isbased on presentation and origin-ality, rather than strictly on fac-tual content.The debator's ability to cope

with the audience often affects thejudges' decisions. According to Ron,"Under the rules of Canadian com-petition, the audience can hecklethe speakers at any time, whichthey did."

able" interference from the BurgetBureau.Dr. Jenkins is a nationally-known

figure. His studies have been pub-lished in leading psychological andeducational journals. He has lec-tured widely in the United Statesand abroad on many educationaltopics. Dr. Jenkins has been as-sociated with numerous national,state, and local organizations in-cluding the Presidents Council onYouth Fitness, the National UrbanLeague, Maryland ConstitutionalConvention Commission, BaltimoreMuseum of Art (Trustee), Mary-land Academy of Sciences, Balti-more Urban Coalition (President),and the Maryland Task Force forEqual Rights. In addition, he is alife member of the National Asso-ciation for the Advancement ofColored People and the NationalEducation Association.

Students schussAustrian slopes

by Larry FrankTowson students once again jour-neyed to Innsbruck, Austria overthe semester break to schuss downthe same slopes as Jean-Claud Kil-ly and Billy Kidd, perhaps not withthe same skill but with the samedevotion. This was the second yearthat the trip was made to the siteof the 1964 Winter Olympics.The ten-day trip, organized by

James E. Duffy, Associate Directorof the College Union and in con-junction with the Ski Club, includ-ed its full complement of 150 Tow-son students, faculty, and staff—twice the number going on lastyear's trip. The charter group leftFriendship Airport on January 14and returned on January 24.

Besides enjoying the wintersports, many members of the triptook advantage of Innsbruck's cen-tral European location to visit suchfamous cities as Capri, Rome, Ven-ice and Vienna. Duffy mentionedthat the students formed a well-mannered, fun-loving group whowere well received wherever heywent.

Duffy also said that "the successat the present time warrants nextyear's return trip to Innsbruck."Within a year Duffy also hopes tobe able to offer charter trips tovarious places during the springvacation and during the summermonths.

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