Page Four firarlpt anti 181ml: Grinnell, Iowa GRINNELL COLLEGE A weekly newspnper pnblishcd each Friday or the coliccc yrar by inc Grinnell Committee on Student Puhl' Linus, r, Anurcw Brown. chin-ma... RL-rvrucnlrd (or nnrionnh urritis s iir unu ni Advertising scrvicc, ms. oollccc l'ubiisncrs Kep- rcrcnr ivc, on Madison Ava, New York. rt y. rzmcrcd as In second class matter at the Post oincc at orinn l. Iowa. \IndL-r <° the act or March 3. mo. subscription rate 5 .55 nor school year. PRESS Editor , News Editor Asst, bows Editor . sncris Editor What ndilors . Tenure Edit . Nancy pom . an '\m Welt)‘ :m. H icki c ig Hendcrsrn I) no Caiinelly Cnnwzr Between the dark and the daylight when the night is beginning to lower Comes a pause in the days occupation that is known as the prepping hour. And we begin to we . We have watched Gl nnell grow from an all-Iowa F, aven for mama’s best darlings to a place which has finally produced people who find discussion more entertain- iiig' than wearing tails on their heads, or cans on their tails. ,Vi’e don’t want it to stop here. We, who have seen change begin, wonder whether this current all too "groupy" crew can discard their romantic dreams of college tradition, and embrace instead the struggle which comes with the new and more difficult Grinnell iii transition. Freshmen, won’t you set aside ollr worst fears? Won’t you identify yourselves? Identify yourselves not by name and hall on a card hung about your neck like a dog license, -or by similar heanies on the tops of your heads, but in the classroom, alid more important outside of the classroom. identify yourself by your very personal imaginations and cpinions. Use your student voice. If you are a political radical; let us know. If a political conservative tell us that, too. If you are a middle-of—the- roader let lls know why. Don‘t let your discussion halt in the classroom and be replaced in the dorm or union with the old Grinnell quacliery about people instead of ideas. Bring your individual feeling into the T.V. lounges to those still caught cohwebbed in the old Grinnell. Most important, don’t let us tell you who you should be; make bl. 'e we know who you are. We. who have grown to respect the broader Grinnell, the school unai'aritl of “Easterners,” unafraid to accept the new in people, we plead with you, freshmen to remember that it i you who can leave Grinnell half-born, or carry Grinnell still farther along ill progressive patterns set by the forward looking- lilleral arts colleges Think, identify yourselves, discuss, speak out, don’t be prep . allay our fears, prove yourselves up to the clialle: 'e not only of a fine tradition, but of a finer more exciting time of change. Delegates Review by David Evans iNSA Congress—Par” William Halnmu Cameron Hendershot The United States National Student Association is the only group in the country which can claim to represent the opinion or United States students. It was founded in ism by 350 schools. Approximately 400 schools are nor: mcinbcrs. Constitutionally, tll ultimate source of power within NSA is the annual National Student Congress It is this body which makes policy [or the coming ycar in the form of basic policy declarations and resolutions. NSA can only speak out on is sues which directly touch upon student liic. The Congress is first divided into workshops and subwork- shops Grinnell was represented at the following: Federal logisa laticn dealing with higher edu- cation, educational with emergent areas, the struc- ‘mrc of student government and 'tlie role of sludcnls in college policy making. Workshops are devoted to an exchange oi ideas rather than to policymaking. Actual. exchangej ‘to committee where it again is open to debate and amendment. And again, the proposal must be passed by a majority. However, 'a minority resolution can bc ipassed on to the Congress with la 20 per cent vote in both groups. This leaves the Congress with ,ovcr a hundred resolutions to ‘consider. In the relatively brief time during which the Congross meets it is impossiblc to considc ler all or even a good number of thc resolutions. So resolutions ,coming out oi committee are given priority according to i. “11* pcrtancc and 2. amount of cons 'troversy. Thc Cong’rcss begins with number one and works its way down the list as far as possi- ble. Then the delegates refer those, one at n time, which they will not bc ablc to con- sider to the National Execur tivc Committcc (NEG) for con. sidcration alter the Congress. Tho NEC is composed of the chairman of ihc 21 rcgions and the vicercllairman oi thosc re» gions which have morc than Ammo students SCARLET AND BLACK ‘ by Mike Horwatt , One of the most important Friday, September I5. l96| 'to see that this urgency cannot Doc Davenport, a strong Stu- ‘Uadmom of New Student Days be met within existing socialldcnt Council president, Duane ‘is an address by both the presi— ldcnt of the collcgc and the stu- dent body president. This the time when the tone Of the campus is set. Last year, for» nler Student Councnl President Duane Krohnke’s “1960, the iYear of the Student” address became the spiritual and in'tcl—l llectual reference point for ilea ‘ly all non—athletic extra—Currie ular activities. Hopeiully, President Bill Hub, ,amc's address will have the same impact. In View of its i portance, excerpts from his lspecch will be prcscntcd and ‘(llscussecl in this column. It was at the National Cons gress oi NSA held this summer where Halama’s thoughts for the speech tool: shape, He l‘cmal‘ked‘ that he was disturbed by Corn— lments of a number of foreign lstudcnts who noticed “a critical lack of depth and clearly de- fined direction in United States student politics.” He was di- turbed by the truth of comment. "The prevailing motive on American icampuses is—hnvc fun," nalcma told the fresh- men, Going iurthcr, he ub- servcd that this lack oi direc- tion nnd sense of purpose is not confined exclusively to students but is now a nation- nl trait. 1 American student frustration is released in the form of thc chaotic fiascoes of Fort Lauders ldale, Boise, Idaho, and else- inner-c. “There can be little doubt." lhe said, “that it these incidents‘ had occurred in most foreign ‘countries, they would have been lsuccessiully harnessed to a po- ‘liticnl uprising or , revolution, ‘bllt in the United States they occurred without a sense at pur- lposc, I am not advocating a lpolltical revolution in this counr ,ii-y as an outlet-for student ,irusti-atlon, but 1 am advocating lan attack on the causes oi this ‘iolly." “Not all students," said l-lala— ina, ”are dominatcd by the haverfun motive, just a major- ity." Yet, ”a slowly increasing mi. nority is beginning to see our ,moral urgcncy and is beginizlng ticipatcd in the Post—Congress NEC. During this three day meeting the 33 man group act— cd upon about 50 resolutions ‘wliich i-eicrrcd to it Iii addition ithc' NEC approved scvcral stall appointments by the national oi iiccrs and the proposed budget [or the coming year. The Congress itself was able, to act upon only lo resolutions this year. Among the manor rcsolulions acted upon wcrc the ioilowing: Regional Committcc on Education, Student Govern- ment, Berlin, House UnrAmei can Activities Committee, 0pc ‘ation Abolition, Cuba, and Non- Violcnt Action. In our next article we shall present descrip- tions of thcsc resolutions and tell how we voted on them. In nddilion there were thrcc prc-congrcss conicrcnccs. Grin- nell sent Dave Evans to the NSA Coordinators Conlcrcncc (NSACC), and Bill Halamn to thc studcnt Body Prcsidcnlsl Conicrcncc (sure). and institutional arrangements. This noble minority realizes that on problems and to return to leasier systems nor to return to privltation. They realize that you just don’t solve a problem by ignoring it." ment and participation, college students can be constructive , iurccs ior progress, Hakim: l asserted. 3 Speaking about Grinnell In particular, Halama commentcd: “Unfortunately one of the shoi . comings of a democracy is that moral issues are too ortcn reck— oned with in numbers of votes, iand our voice is sometimes small. But I am reminded of a man who once said, ‘I tun lonly one. But I am one. 1 cans not do much. But I can do something. And what I can do, by the Grace of God, I will dam Two years have passed since the i first came to Grinnell, At the‘ ,expcnse of alienating some of lotir reccnt alumni, it appears to me that thc campus has emerg- ed from an era of unconstruc. ltivcncss, apathy and cynicism into period of awareness and commitment; from the Dark ‘Ages into an age of concern. l A dynamic newspaper editor. i i Through awareness, commit- , ‘Krohnke, and Grinnell’s first ,mock political convention help- is it is not Wise to turn our backsl ed to create this local renais- lsance. The challenge remains for ‘us to sustain and crystallize our rinherliance. l The implementation oi rc- sponsible policy in intives heavily depends upon senator ial response, It is still too l early to pass judgment upon l the quality at tho Senate. Certainly the whole complex- ion of the Senate may change when the women’s halls elect their new senators. thlhcr south campus will meet its responsibility of pro- vidlng the Senate with good leaders is questionable. Often, inhabitants of the South sidc givc more weight to a candiv date's smile than to her plat- form or her competence. If the high standards we saw in last year‘s Aws election are sus- tained in the upcoming sena—' torial race, we can be assured or a fine new set of south cam- pus senators. President Ilalama pledged to sustain Kruhnkc‘s efforts to make student government pro— ,grainmatic. His'plattorm was well articulated and well rc- }ceivcd. He was clccicd to enact ,lhat program. Thus, the success- lpoliey depends upon legislative ‘SUPPOH. ,l "(E c Smiling ni Stones by Jflhn Wald Through a summer storm this iweek echoed the sound of thunr ‘der. The new class at the Athens ol the Midwest was adding the echoing roar of a forced march to the water the insane low; weatherman saw fit to dump on Grinnell. Ranged along cithei .side of the line of march iverr members of the classes of ‘62, ’63 and ‘64, rivaling in attitudf and dcmcanor the vigilantcs oi cowboy television. ‘ There was a time when the] activities of prepping sccmcd dcsrrablc to inc, but the roving bands of freshmen this year have brought mc to the con- clusion that the good old days weren’t. «a l thn I came to Grinncll I was prcppcd royally. Although I didn't actually enjoy the ace ,tivitics of the many “Hell” the lrcshmen would givc the same answer if asked if they were indeed the lowest class of animal on earth is of necessity immaterial. The only effects of prepping I have seen so'icr are bad. The new coat-oi~nrms plaqucs were stolen from the dining room, people's prep caps have been stolen irom their rooms, parties have becn crashed, a great big writer light was staged in the loggic and signs l were stolen lrom the city » streets. 1 Hall spirit may be a wonder- ful and valuable thing, but if ‘all the energy spent in teaching the ircshmen of Rawson to hate lthe ri-cshincn of Gates were lcbannclcd into more usciul av— ersions, we could build 3 won- derful dislike for the Russians, nights, the initiation was not the Chmese and East Germans as painiul as I had imagincd. It and whatever other enemiES the was actually humorous in a ratll- u. 5. may have incurred by me or obsccnc way. and, likc beats time mi; goes to Press. ‘ing yoursell about the head andl lshouldcl‘s with a club, it fella You mustn‘t misunderstand good when it was over. ime, however. I have every in- “ . I tention oi attending the 3 a.m. ‘c. “lowed purposte D “nty ‘housemeetings. and I Will issue WW” ””3”“ ‘5 .0 "e“ e ‘liitlc black marks to pcopic who a sort of brotherhood m a hall are not carrying their little “"d '0 "m” "‘9 ”Mme“ black books icr writing down 10““ ”‘9 mm“ 0‘ ”‘9 “We" their little black marks. 1 will “”55““- ‘browbeat any prep that trails to p, freshmn who is no, mm. wear his ridiculous little hat. pletely broken in spirit would; Any freshman that lets me have no interest in learning the know he agrees Wm, we poms names oi his persecutors, cxccpt‘lamtryinglo make will be .sub‘ ior purposcs oi later vcngcncc; ject to my condemnation Social ‘and l have grave doubts thatlpressum caused me to pump anyone would want to be from“,e in prepping my first year, ,tcrnnl with or person who ad. and now 50le pressure will ,dresscs you in terminology range cause m w make an ass out ;ing irom the technically incdicnl of mvself More the “as“ of lto simply vulgar. this yam: Another Iault I iind with‘ prepping is the-trouble it is go-l ing to cause ior the three nice guys on thc Coth. Thcy arc responsible tor the wcliarc of Anyway, prepping people gives me :i chance to work all an urge to mnim and kill that invariably stems from associa- tion with the Grinnell icmnlc. in the Assocla—‘ Also) ”we was a mac", ed;_ltllc ircshman under their lLll'lSrl to -:,1 am,” conference a, diction. Everyone will agree tliat‘ This is a bad subject for my which editors or campus newsg’an iniliulion program iiecdsmoclc first column. Too many words iv, they prepare participants tion, This group acts on all' i - the task at draltiiig resolur ,icsolutions rcicri-cd to it by thc tions and lor debating them. iCongrcss, but items passed by the lec are policy only until papers met to discuss common pi-oblcins and the legitimate role of the college he papcr in the , . . academic communit . Basic policy declarations and‘ . y resolutions arc first drafted in"he "e” C°“g‘»°55' ', NsAcc was organized to in— Subcommittee. A resolutioni A Criminal] delegate, Cam Hen-form the various campus COOP- drafted in subrconlmittee must dershot, served as temporaryldinatOI‘S about their SDEClfiC role bc passed by a majority of that chairman of the IowasNebl-aska .oA gloup. Thence, it is passed on‘ region and in this position par- Con. p. 3, col. 3 'ification if it has a bad ciiect,]1ave boon written on the sub- ‘on the people hwulvcd ljcct in the past But stuck in 2 my mind is a picture of ngroup i, ll you wish to know what the oimcn in thc midst oi their first ,fresllmcn lhink just have an up- \vcek or their first year at 601' perclassman ask them Thcy will lege. policcd by rippcrclassrncn, rcsiond with n rous‘n chorouslananged ‘“ “a“ “W5 ““1 5mg‘ ‘ l“ f, ‘ g , ling to the night shirt clad den» 0f YES 5‘33 “We“ asked 1‘, izelis of the Quad the song titled ,cvcryoiie is happy. The [act tliati“Tcll Me Why."