Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, April 28, I96! fitntlei coin itilttrit Grinnell, Iowa 11:11:1111161 nul ' 1h.» thinncii toinm i in 1:112“ it. ' GRINNELL COLLEGE 11 vcci iv or 1111111 -.,1 iiiiiius .. ~ 11. mini .11 in our ,\llll nulwuy out each I'l'ddl oi Hm stiulcnt 11iiiiii1oiio liollul .ltl\ printout. ~1' Elllmpil .is hell, hm i, nintcr - 1- K1“! her school 1111111 iirudcisnu 1111111 (‘tmllullv aiu iv t'ooimi iiiii 111.11.11.11 KUth .lilllnli 11 uni New Social Fee . .1. Vote Yes asked Students will he to vote at hoilsemeetings on a proposed increase in the Student Activities Fee. The $10 increase, supported by both tlle SGA president and tlle social coordinator, is designed to accommodate a more complete social program. is slated for We endorse the increase that the money for concerts and films, The greatest part of the money more concerts and movies. with only two oiiali 'ions, concerts and films does indeed go for and not for more lounge parties. Sec- ondly, that such an increase will not prove an unnecessary burden to the college scholarship fund which may have to make up the $10 difference [or some of the students who are presently receiving college aid. Think Alid Plan (iiinnell needs a new Student Union. And it needs a‘tc1 take over the 1slz1nd- H same new swimming pool, more indoor space f0! athletic and su'dem‘ ““9 m be '555 mm“ 1ec1eati’oniil programs and, many say, a thi d dining,r 100m. Jhese ale only tlle needs—the possibilities are endless. Olix'ioilsh. 5 ch pritiects demand staggelinu' sums of . l to overlook ,stoppcci. ’acccpt Communist lin lAntirRevuhitionists as she gave -to Castro calla/‘5 To the Editor; it n s notcd that on Tucs- diiv i‘ght a group oi students -- rod a demonstration to ex their Opinion that "whak happens in Cuba should happcn through thc Cuban peo- plc only." 1 do not deny this slatcment, but at the same time 1 Incl that thrsc interested stu- dents on campus should look hirihcr into the pinbiom. Ins stcad or being so critical oi the U.S, and bar policies we shnuid ‘ c the policies oi the Commui stic countries. it we protest so caiird us intcrvcn- hens in Cuba. then it sccms only fitting that n-c should also pintst Russian and RodCinhcsc Iinteivention, nhich appear to gout weigh any Us. support. ,Why is it that student rat» itions on campus are so willing the fact that the ,Cuban military is composed of Communist arms, planes and money” Instead oi being so crib ical or any us support we should voice a few opinio on Communistic intcrrsntion, Cuba was rccciving Communist sup» port [211' bcrnrc any accusations wcrc made against us. sym- pathy to Anti-Castroites. While 1 feel that the U should keep as much as possible out of the‘ Cuban alfuii’. Russian intervention It 1 also feel that Castro continues to help. then 1 1ch that the Us. is not wrong iving as much hclp to the hc when was trying of U..S action and look male with an open eye to the Cuban' afhur, they would see that any money but while money is a problem it shouldn’t stand US sympathy and support to in the way of uliginal ene1getic planning. An idea may Anti-Ca miles is largely due nuiei 1ite inteiest and amnnoval but only a coneiete plan to RUSS!“ Mid Red ChinesC in» supported, ideally, by faculty and students will open pocltet-‘tm'ventmn in Cuba If we must, hooks. President Bowen, at a reccnt meetino' held to ' t9 ciituiic action of any country, let us at least be f'xii' and look planningr for 21' new plogram of campus building and my at both side‘s ot the p1obleni. pailslon, which 11215 attended by faculty, administir 1e 21nd student lepiescntatives, offeled 21‘ challenge A challenge to define Gr‘innells 1eei eational needs and then come up with a solution was offered to anvone who would accept it, but it was use the new facilities most, So it seems that it We want to play we must think,l general but concrete plans aren’t founded by hazy generalities. 2ition will soon present a plea [111 opin- lets not ‘let it go unansueied. t' 'st. We all rccog‘n s have pet solutions, lated bl'ai'nchilds and \‘el'nmenli As (1 io_ 11nd itle ol oui combined thinking ale plolllcm solved a lndifi'cience to the question could squelch recleational‘ aimed at us, 112 11110 would! need‘ and many 01' 11s The Student Jhe lesults needed it we hope to see the e\p1li1sion. Cooperation and real eflort might mean mound- l11't111ltin11'1n0ntl1s.men years soonel. Civil Defense Day- Anoiher Look by Ruth crucncwuld tcw ycai-s .ociai worker . luln, protested against in. thy animal civil dcicnsc dii by standing alnnc in Can- i 11 Park Sonic pcoplc lawhcd at hr-i. some llcd hcr c y but others (0 icicd hcr ailinn and hogan tn at .n thc mo- liv lichind it. , next ycar shc 1111': mint-d -,~vcral nthci- pcoplc By 1960 11m movement had grown to uch pioportinns that on May 3. c 'il iiclrnsc day, 1,000 pcopic staccd ti mass tlenlonst ilion, refusing to to into thc underground shelters pl'0\1'\l‘ x arc bciiir provii :d tor (lii‘ hr imprn'liinl political [1,117 urns iriirincr ticrciiior Robert 13 'Mt-Hlt-t til Nt-w Jt-rscv For , uniph- says, "Th: l' c piirpo, n1 mud 1n wuirurt- 'ltl kill in cuiui- iitr, il a city likr- in ivruiwisin in- Los Aniacl »\ in '1': t>l\l(1n new to he hit I) :1 ICW riraatun bombs, r- ythinu in 11111 Civil Dcicnsc handbook would an out lhc window Thcrc is onc and only nnc dcicusc Now, against a nucirar wa iaiid that is peace“ sicphcn M Young. Dciuoci Scuainr irinn Ohm snyv. time has coma to abolish 1hi lion—dollar hoondougle and Mltlnl a rcaiisiic appi -h to the entire probicm oi on dcicnso in thi. nuclcar {11, . ins-toad ot‘ w1sl- lug until 11 billions (in ii naiiouil nciwnrk ht bumh slici should put just a portion or that ([0111 ~s .niii rorginc links or ir ndshlp with othcr pcopl '1 The idea behind tiicsc and oth- er such stiltcmcnlx' and behind Stan Norman should be ‘ @iie h stamina 11f? tortoises by John Ward To fill 111v alntled space this wcck. tucic is a great wcitcr at things on which I might comincnt, However, most ol‘ these thi gs are mercly oi' local signincancc and unworthy of being picscrvcd in nt thc Smrlcl anti Black or bi. thcy aic oi national gnil‘i- ounce and not of interest to the student of Grinncll But 1 will 2 » stint by re viewing some CVCnlS last two weeks in thc belief that "It is good to 1‘37 1 VlC\l' the past . 1’ {A Jones. x11 incxi) Cuba A little over demonstration Ward a week ago, a was staged to make known some views on the Cuban Slt' uatian. Ten or 11 pcopic march- ed to the .lcci-s at a hundred. It has turned out that since the American—trained rebels were strafcd out of existence by Castro's Mic jets. John Ken. itedy now holds the views on us intervention in Cuba that L. K. Noubcr's group expres ed. At the time or this stration someone turned to me and sziid, “Isn't it nice to have your column written for you.’ Peace iollowmg walk was held with over studcnt‘s participating from Grinueli. The walkers wcrc grcctcd with many intcrc.t'ing comment‘s, some of which at- most showed intellegencc on the part of the speal _ one an, sitting wi 1 head ir't his band‘s on doorstep 01' a cherry b‘ar look- ed at 11' "Ban the Bomb" Sign and was- heard to‘ unit- ter, “The more trombs, the The peace Moines, Saturday a in Des his 0kumu Views African Education bV Joe A caielul study of the 0kumu indigenous African sociocdu—, cational institutions notes that while admittedly different in approach and content from contempori '31 systems of other countries and continents, the people 01' Africa dcl'inite s_ em of education era ol' imperialism and colonialism. sion 11il| help 11'ive 21 pictnie of that _ Thc activitics of society which ucio connected uith thc early Ali'icun education included law. religion, so ul conduct and eti- qucttc, industry. thc Army, (ivil sci-ricc, in their tinder- Ihc Civil Deranso rlcmunstl'iilion: ‘ is that thc .ici oi' herding people together and ground s 11 211-111 in use or war is (icing nothing niarc than liillniq th Ailicrlciln hoopla into a laisc use or vui-iiv We don'l h 1c to nor 1- about the :11'111< t1t’ wr- don't have to work ously toward 111. rinaincni hr, isc wc limi- sheli'n's‘ in nutcct us. 01 course, tiic, 1m 'iility that people ma_ not have time to reach the lit-it , that they may be scaled in them permanently it lmml) should tail. that the i i- may be too contaminated fut hl'cnlllinz fil- lci- riis _ thcsc possibilities iii-c ni'tcu overlooked. As long 211 wc iirc ., iii-oil that tiicrc CIVIL DEFF‘ 5F, Cent. .1. 5. mL 1 Oku'm 11 standing or ethics. iiiorniurc and incdicmc. Man the ba ic approach to education was comic-11cc Elders m A ("l scrictv cro ardcd as 11'lst1 111 the Lift of the 6511117 mainly. a pr cipal contributor in the acne al field at cdurw lion. - it. of cldcis at hcadqui ovcr both criminal cases in iimiiy or domcslir lathcr oi thr- lainilv parlics combined orlcii ad the yui-isdiciion nl ti'ulliig council roiupcscd Coliits 111;» chit Ititalod sitting tars ad. 1111 and the case (it disputes the and the L’mhtlll- 1111 1irhn tit histoi'i.‘ in their , The following dlSClIS‘ tem. outsiders to the family or clan circle The nai-ticst reserved the right or npcai to the local rcpresentat es oi the chief or to the tiicrs court, whose verdict u s linai. Thc unwrittcn ordci or social conduct and eiinuottc was main taincd by a s -t disciplii springing irom the binding torcc ni social consciu sncss Relig- ious obscrvanccs and worship wcrc rcguiatcd hv a varying numbcr oi cull 1crcmonics ant1 svsicmatir prnccdurc or liba- tlonx to the ancestors, Hunting was :1 sport as well as a son ch inr rootlyand [)107 Vided ninltiltanemislv some miln‘ iai training Many ar in Al' ca. provided instim 011s given by exports in the art oi battle Blacksmiths, weavers cruit cu constituted :1 i-ia 11sectinu 1n indu Examples or these can be traced in Nigeria among the bus and Kikuyu tiihcs ni' Kenya. Agricuituic was a r Cass? 1 indusirv rui- cvc iotlv. Tl1 u-caihcr conditions wcrc pr dictcd by cicsc ohs’clvulun natural phcnomonu History was tauoht orally in the lamilv and around camp til at night :11 communal woiv purl! On linsc or inns traveller ii-om oihcr is, civru hospitality. would rclatc curi ni uliaiis and cvcnis in (11111111111 Cont. 11. and SDCV still and the ol 4. £131. 1 the annals‘ of the l demons, halt oi the: the. societies before the ‘ l . . better I hope they drop the biaecst one right here.” "A symbol at the dowivaud- out in cach pt 11‘” someone said. “Good matcr ii tor a column," 1 said News That pcacc walk was vcry well covered by the various media oi mass communication. Thc Dos Mnincs papcr in par1 ticular gave thc studcnts for pcaic a beautiful wrltcrup 1 expected to bar: a pcace walk-ci- come up to inc and ask that 1 dcicnd the walk. its 11107 tivcs and its pooplc Then I could write a column defending the right 01 longhaircd people to pfli'ticlnatc in peace w 1 but nobody sccmcd to give a damn. Eagle May 1 is always great rcioicing foi the people oi the USSR. This year May day is also the Castro Victory Day in Cuba, and on this day bearded dictatois a day or independ'auce This was also to bc Roswell Garst day, in honor or the great siiver cagic that was standing on the Cowlcs hali‘ 1balcuny 1 was asked to plug this g eat event with a few words in my column Howe 1" Dibble people absconded with said carlc and a good deal of the balcony lo which it was attached, Letter Finally. there was some i 1 sponsc to a previous column in the iorm at a br f letter from a’ Mr. 131.» on, His question was that in ltlllil'lg Eichinann eat the Je . 1 people making nicans 'subioct to cnds as Eichinriui'i himself did My answer is that 1111-. l Bissou is very perceptive, and ‘ 1‘ am 1.11111 he got that much out- of one of my columns. I personally believe (find 'or rather innocuous View. it is too) Ithat ands mUSt be weighed lequaiiy with means. and this iwc‘ek i am agai -t capital gpumshnicnt inr that very rea- 5011 Opinions, etc, Having enumerated current events, 1 will now proceed to dispense with lhciu with a few wcll turned phrases. A)» tor Cuba 1 believe some- ‘on': tprob-bly rrom lhe CIA) 1should drill hoics in that iittie island and sink it before they anncx the United States. i As inr pc- -c wai I think thc i..l run 11 on Des Moines should include sonic peopie traincd to club hccklcrs into stlblllis