Page Six Backus Sees Greece Cont. from 11. 2 stopped again. i saw, to my hor- ror, that I had taken thewrong bus, and hadn’t any idea where I was. My Greek failed at this point, giving way to various ex— clamations of surprise, shock and strong disapproval. His English also gave way, so he iust stared. At that point, a warm voice said, “I speak a little English. May 1 help?" Turning. i saw a large woman, tightly holding- her unmbrella against the storm. I left the bus to explain my story to her, and as i was speaking to her, it left. She sawl by disappointment, and told me not to worry. I was quite near the college, although it would be impossible to go in the rain, as l was aheady soaked. "So," she smiled broadly, “you‘ll conic home with me: You’ll stay with my family tonight and tumor— ro\v~well, we’ll see.” , My feeble protests were] ignored as she marched me to the flat that was home, shout. ing ahead to the family to stop quarreling—she was bringing a ”kathigit'is” (teacher) with her. Soaked, exhausted and bewild-_ cred, I entered the small home to find myself enjoying tradi— tional Greek hospitality, begin- ning with a preserved fruit, a small cup of strong Greek Cafr‘ fee and the standard questions,‘ “Where me you irom?”—“Howi old are you?"—and “Are you married?” A rather hectic in—, troduction to Mrs. Diktiopoulos and her family. a n Near Anatolia college is any other American school which was described in the Reader’s Digest (Sept. 1960) in an article entitled, “They‘re Helping Greeks to Help Themselves” (I, think that was the title, any} way) and one of the students there is Kostas (short forKon- stantinos) Koprantzellas. I met him while visiting English class girl from a neighboring school, from the same town, and was to meet this girl and go there. indignantly refused to believe that my loyal friend Kostas would lie to me, so called him two days later, He was not at the Farm school. Didn’t I know? He left for Sarrai two days earlier. 1 spent a delightful Christmas vacation plotting the best way to get revenge for this insult. When the students came back, 1 was rudely awakened by one of the college boys beating on my door at 7:30 am. to tell me 1 had a phone call. It was still dark (I for-got 1 had pulled the cur» tains the night before), so l told the student to take the message. He returned to tell me a stu- dent from he Farm school had called, named Kostas, “What?” 1 roared. “At this hour? What did he want?” ”Sir, he says he sends you his greetings.” An exs tremely rare phenomenon fol— lowed this: J was speechless. I saw Kostas about three days later, and then by chance, since I had gone to visit John Minatsios. Smiling broadly as usual,, Kostas came in and tried to think of something to say. Finding nothing, he just smiled, although a little less strongly. Finally the suspense was more than 1 could stand, and I asked how his Christmas was. He an. swered so quickly that I pur- sued the topic in mind, and ask. ed about his girl friend. With a look combining hurt and shock, he asked what girl i meant. No, he had gone home alone. 1 rec minded him he left at 2:00, meeting her at the station, and‘ got to Serrai at 5:00. But. . .g 1? He couldn’t remember any girl I could mean. Of course, he had been with his cousin, At this point.l broke out in laughter at his unabashed lies, and told him that both he and SCARLET AND BLACK , Animal ; life i by Jack i>itts For four years this column has neglected its job of reporting the 1M scene at Grinnell. in issue af— ter issue, the Cowlcs eagle (when not in Lake Acre or lee ble basement) has been acclaimr ed in victory and excused in der feat. Last night 1 sat in my cu- bicle in Cowles, seeking the coui» age to write an objective columni when the ghost of Jerry Gray rose up before me, clothed in a laded Cowles sweatshirt. saying, "The whole world is fruit." This bit of wisdom led me to realize the error of my thinking. The torch of chauvinism has thus 'been passed on once again. I only hope 1 may be able to do considerably more acclaiming than excusing. After two weeks of play, the basketball picture is still a bit muddled. Cowles, the defending champion, is currently ilndefieat» ed as are Smith and Rawsan. Next Tuesday’s game between Smith and Cowles shoulfbgo far to resolve the situation, especial. ly if one of the two were to win both games, Other halls, notably Langan and North, cannot, how. ever, at this early stage he count— out, in BASKETBALL STANDINGS Hull W Pct. 1.5minl . Lulu) Cowl“ Lima onwson icon Dibble . North South Lnncnn l . Gnlcs Clurk not were . . , . .ooo Scoring so far has been up to its usual frantic level, with eight “gunners” hitting at better than i. in sin sin Basketball - ‘Cont. from p. 5 twelve attempts from the floor and connected for six charity shots out of eleven for a to. tal of 18 points, but high soorer for Grinnell was Jim Mifflin, who got 20 points on 7 holders and six free throws. Mufflin and Sundell led the Pioneer rebounders with 7 and s respectively. Monmouth frosh coach called his team the best he had work» ed with in ten years. The Scots hit l7 for 29 for 30% in the first half and 13 for 31 for 45% in the second half to give them 50% for the game. The Pioneers got it for so for 47% in the first period and 13 for 33 and 40% in the second half giving them 27 for as and a total of 42%. The frosh iourney to Warts burg college tomorrow and will meet the Knox freshmen at home next Saturday Giillnell~70 Moninoiitlievs T. r. a leitliceh 2 ui-otncridcc A Caiius 4 Mcmlister n Day 0 Alexander 1 Lindsay ‘ Sunrlell Mililin i ci iffin \Vcst l shepherd Mooie crises—man l Ttotnls . 5 Totals lGril—mell l Monmouth lSWIMMING loont. from p. 5 from last year; and two fresh-l men get their names on the re» “ cord board. Jim Maxmin had a time identical to Frank’s in the butterfly and Jim Adelmzn posh ed a fine 2118.0 for the 220 free style. ’1‘ h e Grinxiell freshmen swimmers have also been de- veloping Very rapidly. Simone twenty points per game Ryd tates'them “one of the out- Wallerstedt, the current leaderJ standing freshmen tea-mswe’ve hit for the season high last Wed-‘ had." and attn’butes much of inesday as he made 34 points in the success to “inexperienced Cowles’ 94-31 win over Dibble’s boys blossoming suddenly.” I knew that he had no cousin in ses there, and spoke to him , _ _ Thessaloniki. For five minutes after Class, when he had made a very poor recitation He was he stoutly asserted that he didl very pleasant; smiling often as hare, and then, haltingly he us he errplained that he had planned that actually she wasn’t studied English but found it his cousin if I were technical— impossible for a village boy to but she was the _cousin_ of a good 133m I quickly sympathy,“ struck up a friendship with a with him: having in mind the always thought of her as his de‘ficulty of learning Greek, and 0W" cousm- thereby made my first big misc! After this confession, he grin— take. ‘ned and sat back, while i work As i met Kostas on succeeding dered where he would go from visits to the Farm school, we be—jthere. He took a lett from his came frie ds, and finally, shortlylcoat pocket and smiling even before Christmas be asked me to more broadly than usual, told come to his village during theme it was from my cousin (it holidays to spend some time with‘was, to my shock) and asked him, meet his family and, in gen-‘me if I would proofrread ‘his. eral, live the life of a Greek‘onswer. i did, and came across family. I made great plans for the a Very interesting paragraph be-‘ trip and really. looked forward ginning, “I see John oftenihe to a wonderful time and a chance is a very good friend of me " IB teain. i In a recent postal meet the individual storing Leaders Pioneer fresh swept past Iowa var... e mil Games are. univelsity’s first year swimmers, .Egfig‘fidtuffiogles) 2 gig 4739, although no diving scores Frelcr lsnnu.) 2m were included in that meet. , 3 wgzfig‘l(§§rg;§h> 3;; C i t e d as the leaders of .rrninr (Clarkl 20.3 the frosh squad are Jiin Adel— - Tnv'nr (Sr-""0 300;; man, Jim Maxmin, Steve Brooks, m Pete Heinzelinann, Tony Hora i Phillips (Lanzznl .llarboiir (Clark) 1le ton, Pete Gleysteen and Bill Henry. . Sprint! (Cowlesl i dent, from participation in Sill-iThInCI‘ads To Open dent government. lSeason A’r Drake The new system would place, much more authority in the Head track coach Dick hands of appointed offices, and Young’s freshmen thin—clads less in those of elected offices, will travel to Drake university than is presently the case. The in Des Moines Wednesday to entire iudiciary and the speaker open their 1961 indoor season of the senate, as well as tlleSur in a dual encounter with the LETTERS Cont. from p. 2 to see a Greece I rarely see. The night before the students, left, I was attending a Christmas program at the Farm school and told Kostas when i would come, He, instead of being happy about going home, sadly told me that he wouldn‘t be going to Serrai, but had to spend the entire Vaca-i tion at the Farm school making‘ up days he was absent. Apart from my own disap. pointment x was very sorry for Realms and angry at the laws which make a student miss his family at Christmas, and, in an effort to make him happier, I asked him to come to the col- lege for lunch one day. The next day as lwas walking, back to the college with another-l friend, John Mintsios, l expound ed at some length on the in» justice being dealt, and was sure prised at a confused look on hisi lace, and then, laughter. it thought perhaps he misunder-i stood me or my faulty Greel(,l and repeated my comments more‘ slowly. When i got the same reel action, l knew that l was the; one with the problem of lacking ; information. John asked who toldl me this, and when I told him; that it was Kostas himself, he tried, unsucessfully, to change the subject. l Finally the truth came out; Kostas was leaving at 0 that very afternoon for Serrai andl hod no intention of making up; his days. It seems that he had aI R0 SENTHAL Cont. from p. I own consciences and their own guilt. And there are many who still consider the acts of a government as sep arate from and untouched by religion. But, Rabbi Rosenthal conclude ed, there are many hopeful signs that the millenium may yet come, among them the in— scription over the door of the U.N. building, that now appears on a Russian commemorative stamp, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares." ‘cial Coordinator, would be named by small groups, not by the stu- dent body as whole. i I am certainly not opposed to {change for the sake of progress, ibut this is change for its own i sake, which structure is desired, and the present one is by no means per- fect, it should be devised after careful study and considerable campusewida discussion, We must be careful not to rush into some thing for which we have inade— quately prepared and will later regret. , stephen Sclioolinan SAY —- Would You'Like To Make Some Exlm Money? If So Phone 6-4702 Anytime For Appoinfmenl- Bulldog fresh. The evening con- test will start at 7. ; Second on the young Pioneers’ schedule is a dual meet with Carleton at Northfield, Min , Feb. 25. They will wrap up in. _ is rarely a good door competition on March lBl ,thing, If a new governmental in a triangular meet in Cedari— Rapids with Iowa State Teachr ers and Wartburg colleges. Iowa Cleaners unto; u} aayuag dsalsng unto; u| asyuag ”also; umo; u] segues uselsng limo; u| aalues sselsnd "M0; in entities lsalsng HMO; u| entitles .lselsng "MO; in ealuas lsalsng umo; u] ealluas dselsng umo; S+Ods $345175 "M01 I iaJSDd limo; «no; feasted "M01 SBJSDfi "M01 dag)! BMEBJSDfl umo; u| SDIAJQS asaasnd unto; ul engines lsajsni unto; u| aaluas .5535»; um); u| engines dsadsnd unto; ul anguas tsalsnd umo; u] asluas .lsadsng umo; ul a dag Jsaasng Friday. February [0, l96| l lCouncil ,Cont. from p. l by the social coordinating co mittee. Shipley’s motion was impor— tant. too, because in approving it, the Council overrode a ino- tion that it had passed sev- eral weeks ago to send all concert requests back to the halls for their approval. How- ever, because Shipley empha— sized the lack of time avail- able to contact Miss meson, and because of the superb reputation which Miss Russell enjoys, a majority of the Coun— cil‘s members felt the motion important enough to pass. The vote on the motion was 16-7. In the early part of the even ing, various reports were hear by the Council. SC President Duane Krohnk reported that the social coordin sting committee, in a ineetin on Monday, had defeated the mo tion made and passed in th Council that salaries for mem bers of the social calendar com mittee be abolished. The you was eight against and seven fo and among those in favor wer the SC president, CofHP presi dent, AWS board president anr ‘social coordinator. Kenneth Christiansen, faculty adviser to the Student Council gave additional information con cerning the junior comprehen sive examinations to he give next year. These exams, he said will definitely be required a all juniors and will count t credits if passed. A grade, such as is given in all college courses, will be re- corded on each individual's rca cord. The credits will be given to encourage each student to prepare for these exams as adequately as for my other course. Gary Thurston, chairman ol the mechanics committee for th constitutional convention, cussed some of the problem that are still being experience- with the constitution. Foremos tained in that document, yet they will be voting for or a— gainst its ratification next Mane lday. He urged all students to .,study it carefully; copies have ,been placed in all the halls. SQ also approved a report made by Peg Sutley, chairman of the committee on academic affairs, in which she asked for the “gn»a'head" to make a study of the humanities and historical studies courses as they are now being given at Grinnell. This re- port, which will be presented to lthe faculty committee in charge ‘of these courses, will be given to every sophomore and fresh— inlan by the end ‘of this year. All Kinds of MAGAZINES —School Supplies —Tobaccos aPipes —Typewri'ter Supplies and Repair Available LARO‘S NIEWSA STAND