Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February [7, l9b| firarlpi anti iiilark Grinnell, Iowa GRINNELL COLLEGE u wcclly :ivspnilei- lllllllished ell-h i-‘riiluy ur tho rnllrv'r‘ vi lhu ilnliell (‘nml Licc on .‘lulluul ruhlir w llronl ». rum-null lul nununu . .Nllliollnl , cull a rubln » w rl‘lll Mu . New Yuri n. r lip-ml 1U irrmid c M n um 0 ire nt Gl'llirv-ll l0 \imlel' of Mulch : sulmiplipn rate 51.30 per school ii . Jim ii Hendelsun m \Velh' r‘leld Rlllll Drum pr Cour! iluiul llll~iliek~ Julllih Our “Choice” . Amid cries of "Iowa llber alles,’ loud Gatcs' speaker descr ing the Witch, and the blarc of the Witch descry ng celibacy, three student council presi- dential candidates have here and there managed to get a serious word in edgewise. the blare of a very Now we‘ve'heard them, and we’re still not very excit- ed. The big,y problem as we see it, is, neither are they. In none of tlle candidates have we been able to see the en- thusiasm and true leadership qualities which charactei'ed out—going; president, Duane Ki'ohnke; the fire just isn’t tllere. it’s no easy job, when the candidates appear to be equally innocuous to choose 'the least innocuous. Our attempts are only feeble ones at best. However, this is the race aiid its problems as we see them. The most im- portant questions seem to concern the 'NSA closely asso— ci~ ted with the whole matter of national affairs discussed here last week, and the new constitution problems, that is, how to translate all those many new directions into action. Both call for strong leadership. Tnere are among the three platforms some flashes of keen insight into student government, and at once some of the dllllest, most unorig- inal “padding” we have heard since the times of “milksop Student Councilism.” Cameron Hendershot returns resplendent with know- lcllgc from an enlightening semester at American 'liVe)‘~ sily, as did Mr. Krohnke just one yea' ago; however this alone does not make him a candidate of the same metal. Ilendershot may bring to theoffice a good academic back ground iii politics; and theoretically anyway, the best know . ledge of what student government might to be However, as we see it, student government must be mole than an end in itself. The Hendershot approach, though certainly. we will admit, a more adamant-one than Thomsons oi" rlzllama‘s, seems a little and pedestrian. His stand against NSA membership and the limits he attaches to tlle‘ scope of student government seem short-sighted to us, and rupresenlulivc, two-party cystem.’presldcnl grow- lushly in every definitely not imbued with the Krohnke spirit we admire. If Mr. Hendershot has the best instincts of a leader, llis‘ narrow platform prevents lls from whole-hearted support‘ of this candidate from Dibble. l Jpolitlclans have Gof Thomson's platform at this point looks muclli better than it did a week ago, when he couldn't make up his mind whether he favored prepping or not, or lusl} emctly where he stood concerning a number of i, lies} Thomson certainly seems well-informed about the ,>ciall situation and is equipped with more experience andl lllltinns than the others. He is willinlr to take a: ii In stand on NSA membership; however, the present incl formal social committee chairman should probably have started considering the other issues ill the new Constifi' tulion much earlier. He presents to the voter Stm’le knouu lcdg'c of public relations, and his personality may take hilil' over‘ some of the \l'o 't humps confronting the student‘ Nevertheless. we have our doubts about the strength all his convictions and still need more convincing that hcl knows and means just what he say . iill Halama sllal 5 some of thc \rm t and best traits oi the other candidates. He is perhaps too much the politic— ian (a little too inspired) or he may have relied inst a‘ hit too much on outside help; likewise though he cl- ms it} lvlll not be an issue, he 'avols, personally, a prepping or} more politely, an orientation program l'oi' ll ‘llmcn lvllicll‘ pi . ents us from giving: him our complete approval. Like fi’llnlnson, however, he can handle hilllxoli~ well when the moment calls l'or it. alid he comes out trongly i'llr NSAl hip. Hc does Shun a more concerned inter with, the detailed problems ill the constitution than he have seen ‘ i the other candidates. Jlalalna’x convictions, if not his >lll§llil'2lti(llli” seem somewhat firmer as well. ;\\'hat it all comes to is some observations. some it’mlr i'igs in the directions of tllo. third man. but nothing \lllrth litting‘ our i'lag~ and ”like! ckers out For. Right now our choices" are anything but ilnal. lu-l'alIsc \\L’, like ‘3 or ‘llim'e other independent \‘Uii'l'.\ still ll'lllldl-l' il iiit‘ll‘ i> a :{llnitfle hlzre worth making. 4 [0 tie 611.10,, To lhc Editor: , As 1 Came out or church last Sunday and obscrvcd lhc clolhr “ ,ing which the (luvollt were cr Hood |\\'Carlng. this qupslipn came lo, For 0M my mind: ‘complain oi the Communist “Docs ll hunnr God to cli