Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK $mrlri anti {mark Grinnell, Iowa GRINNELL COLLEGE r published Each Friday or the college Committee on Student rubliciitions, , Represented for nntioiinl advertising by National advertising Source. rnc.. College gyblishers Mn- resenuitiic. 420 Madison Ave, New York. N. .. Entered ns_ second class matter at the Post ouice M. Gl'lnnelli lown, under the net or lilorch a. hm. Subscription rate than per school rear. A weekly newsnune year by the Grinch Andrew brown, ermii-inan. N . Perri hm \Vclty Hatfield m bmriu, ltober rnul Samuel Ruth cinenew d, C no Henderson . Sue For, l) he Connolly . new Cooper Emily 1'“qu . Jon Lnisan . non Turner Jim in nmn , Lorin Elm Susan Cool) Judiili Hilnll Asst News Editor . sports Eilltoi' Proof Editors Fentule Editors Copy Editors Photo miter Buslnes: Manager Asst. Business Mn Circulation lilonsrer Layout Manager Publlclty . Business Asst. Impossible But ., . . . “Ripley‘s Believe It Or Not” has nothing on a Gri — nell scene straight from the Sunday comic section. “Ima possible but true” the Social Co-ordinating Committee made up of, among others, the five chairmen of the five social committees voted to continue the salaries of the five chairmen of the five social committees. This sort of thing should in itself be enough to confirm a major- ity of “yes" Votes for the new constitution and its re- vised social structure and budgeting processes, The NSA Question At the next meeting the NSA problem will again be considered by the Student Council. The question is should Grinnell join the National Student Association? There are arguments on both sides, and apparently, a number of “literary” supply is insufficientl The The lack of stylistic misconceptions making their way around campus as well, Friday, February IO. |96| Jefferé to fAe dialifor To the Editor: Mr. Morris’ letter of last week‘ concerning the “Grinnsll Re. view” deserves, I think, an an swer by someone who is more aware of the problems which confront such a student publiv cation and of the recent history of the “Review" than Mr. Mor-l ris appears to be. since its in-‘ ception in the spring of 1959,‘ the “Review" has made no pro tense of being an exclusively} literary journal. it ‘has printed two articles dealing with his torical topics, one with biology,i and a group of pseudo»philoso- phical analyses Each of these‘ seemed to be met with a good deal of interest by our sub—, scribers l The reason for such diversity is obvious The job of editing, such a magazine is primarily al selective, not a productive one. In other words, a lack of good fiction is a lack on the part of the Grinnell students rather than the editorial staff. On a campus which has only one class concerned with writ— ing creative prose, where stuvl dent poets (and we have some remarkably good ones) have to work entirely on their own with- shown in some of these articles we feel is compensated for by a unique breath of point of view and their pertainacity to the Grinnell student. Another reason that the "Grid nell Review” feels free to use material from a variety of fields is because unlike “NOUS” it is neither sponsored nor subsidized by any department or studenti fund to whose purposes it would bc obliged to limit itself. It is financially dependent, therefore. on advertisements and studentt subscriptions to cover its operat ing expenses, and we have di covered that both these sources tend to vary rather too unpr dictably for comfort. 1 persons ally doubt that a student pub- lication of the nature of the ”Review" can exist for long and Serve a meaningful role on cam- pus without some more depend~ able means of financial support. These are the reasons for the abbreviated length (you needn’t count the pages, they‘re numr bored) and the only partially literary contents of the latat issue of the “Grinnell Review”. Laurel Ellison, editor too many people doing too many different things in too many overlapping areas. it spreads au— thority so thinly that it would become difficult for anyone to function effectively. For example, the position of Speaker of the senate is superr fluous. He would perform no ne- cessary function, b t would usurp certain rcsponsib ities, such as the appointment of committees, which rightfully and properly be- long to the Student Council (or Student Government) president. The new constitution would of- fectivcly abolish the Conn) and AWS board. In their present structure, they are primarily ju- dicial bodies. Under the new sys- tem, all Judicial responsibility would be taken from them and given to various courts. in effect this would remove the top senior from each hall, the hall presi- LETTERS Conti p, 6, col, 3 El]: Sanitg of To The Editor: out the analysis and ciiticism l was extremely disappointed ‘a class offers and where a cone when I read the draft of the new stant diet of articles by Englishlstudent government constitution majors concerning, for instanceJto be submitted for a Vote next a disputed detail in “Henry Iv week. Aside from the fact that Stones by John Ward As the scene opens we find Part II,” act V scene 1V lines 16-19, would be of burning in- our hero 3 bit befuddled. Not it was Obviously produced that this is any great change quite quickly and With a mini- terest to fewer than thirty stu— dents, my staff and i feel justiar fied in turning to additionall fields for material when the‘ polish A committee appointed by the council to consider mem-| bership reported a few weeks ago that it would delay any final recommendations until “The Beloit Report" a detailed analysis of Beloit’s investigation of the organi- zation, and its recommendations had been considered The Beloit analysis proved a favorable one for the Association, but there are still objections to be reckoned with. One of these comes from the budgetary point of view. NSA membership will cost at least $200 dollars; right now the council has 49 cents, Some have suggested that this money might come from a decision to resign from the national Association of Women Students wllich presently spends $162.00 annually. This money is used by the AWS Board in order to Send officers to the regional and na» tional conventions. This ”out" however has its drawbacks from his usual mental condition, but this week he is especially at ‘odds with the world. Perhaps his feeling of unrest is due to the four flimsy little papers he re- ceived in his mailbox Monday afternoon, or perhaps he has seen mum of real thought and study; it also contains several points which, I cel, make it inferior to the existing one. proposed governmental structure is toprheavy. There are us Sees Back too. According to Karen Halvorsen, AWS president, she ‘ would hesitate as a member of AWS, to make any decise «. ions on this matter until AWS officers attend this year’s convention and have a chance to make their proper re- port to the women. Another problem suggested by the original investle :: gating committee was that as part of the mid—western region of NSA, Grinnell would have to sit in on discus Milenfirekfa too many movie: this week. Yes, the 234 year old movie proiector in ARH finally settled down and spewed forth a bewilda ering series of images. Our hero was happy that the Sunday night show went along without a hitch; he didn't think he could stand another iolk»sing in Loose. But the happiness faded as Bergman’s film started to roll. Joe Many said that the film was subsidized by the adminis- tration to set sex on the cam— pus hnck many years, and the other comments were as di— verse as the movie was esoteric. Some adventurous souls, in- cluding our hero, trundled across the tundra to the bustling metro- polis called Grinnell. in the heart of this great city they said another movie entitled, “Hiro- shiina, Mon Amour." Our hero came out desperately in need of a cigarette and visibly shaken. The cause of this discomfiture C68 ‘1 sions by schools who could think of little to talk about| . besides Greek letter societies. The answer to this is anl ' , , _ some effects of the atomic bomb easier one, since Grinnell has only to introduce the more “Ike” 5 “‘5 ““‘ng ’0‘ ".‘e ”mm“ 9‘ ““39 Gnmwuns or the terrible pain of child- pertinent topics to the regional conference, and make itsabmad: A" wycm‘ "was Wm“ can!” Parsons and John‘birih- 1‘ is d“ei Perhapsi “3 3 Te’ is Something more than the awe- influence felt, The “pro" side of the NSA questions is filled with the fine record shown by the organization during the loy~ alty oath problem The NSA is a recognized lobby group which has made itself felt in Washington on several oc- casions and often on matters in wllich Grinnell students have shown some interest or sympathy. Among its other activities are included a continuing liberal stand on the sit-in movements, support of the Peace corps and a lobby concerned with the dubious practices of the House and Senate Investigating committees. In addition to its national voice, NSA at Grinnell, locally, might provide some of the “continuum" needed to preserve the interest in national affairs encouraged by Duane Krohnke and company, Such “continuum" may come in handy next year when the student council leadership leaves their hands. The pressure provided by an outside group dedicated to reflecting and encouraging “the broad- er loo ” among students, may well be the very thing which will keep the work of this last year’s Student Colin— cil from falling by the wayside, as just another wave in the Grinnell interest cycle. As has been shown, membership will involve some problems; leaving national AWS may not be the answer to the bugetary question; the Women’s Association should certainly not be dropped without a thorough investigation and report Aside from the money, however there seem to be few insurmountable obstacles, and arguments for NSA membership look too good to be overlooked i by John Backus l , Having spent my entire after- noon waiting to have lunch with some friends from Seattle, andl finding myself still alone at 5:30 the same evcning. I left my room in a fury to walk to Her laou, a, village about 2 miles di tant, to get some dinner. I thought alternately of getting re— venge, and of getting dinner, and as i got nearer and nearer to the village, lingered more on the latter. 1 had a dark moment when the waiter brought the menu, as my Greek is not that demotic (what there is, is classicl cal), but he, seeing my problemi (even though i tried to look' as if I always read Greek menus ‘doesn’t everyone?) took me to the kitchen where l was ablc to point and mumble "nai'; dyest l For a few minutes my pro- blems were over, I was treated to various Greek goodies, and following dinner, strolled next door for a baklava, a desert made of many thin layers of pastry—nuts and spices through- out, swimming in a syrup. By the time I had finished, i 1 was approaching a point of good humour, this was vaguely annoying to rue—the fact that {Backus (recipients of last. year‘s travel Scholaships). lationship between the theoretical concepts of college and the ac— tuality of the world, The physics majors will tell you why an atomic bomb will ex- plode, the biologist can tell you about the effects of highenergy gamma rays on a living cell, b there is something very startling about seeing fields of persons burned by the blast of the bomb. Even I can tell you the gestation period of the human female, but birth is still a frightening thing. Our hero had difficulty in enjoying these films partly because the actual world seem- ed very near. For once, the academic separation was re- moved. So here wie stand, with a dis— comfitted hero, on an intellectual island. I offer no course of action, no solution. But don't tell me that movies like the two we saw this or than a few hours, At any rate, I left in a hurry to catch the bus home. . While I had been enjoying my baklava, however, a small storm had whipped up, so that when l stepped out, i was completely surprised, and, before i had tak— en ten steps, completely drench— ed, I hid under a nearby owning, and when the bus came, leaped for the opened door, since ltl didn’t stop. Several friendlyi hande caught me and pulled me into the bus, where I told the driver, in my best Greek, that I wanted the American college. For some reason. this caused a great amount of conversation and general confusion—none of which I understood, and just as things got quiet again, the driv- er's assistant grasped my arm week are unnecessary. They may and said, ”Pan?" I explained a— be upsetting, they may be terria gain, and he nodded, smiled andifying, but, Mr. Many, they are said. “Speak English?” ”Some- not unnecessary. times, 1 said. “My mother was h American.” He nodded again, bobbing up and down, and took Cone e Chu me to the driver, who spoke re The Rev. George s, Siudy, _Jr-i of the Edgebrook Commun— ity church in Chicago w i ll English (I think), "Whats yous speak Sunday morning in Her want?” ‘he demanded. “Ameri- kanikon Kollegion?” I suggested. rick chapel at 11:30. His topi will be “Christian Counterat The \bus stopped, lurched and GREECE , I couldn‘t stay mad any long- Cont. p. 6 col 1 ”No lgoe there." tack.” (