Christmas Comes To Iowa In September Grinnell Rece’vos $2 Million Grant From Ford Members of the Bohrd of by :im Hatfield The $64 question plaguingl nearly everyone concerned Witl‘l‘ $2 million — the amount of a grant to be given to Grinnell by the Ford Foundation. _The purposes {91‘ which tllel funds may he used are not re. stricted, but the grant is made, on the condition that Grinnell secure gifts of at least $4 ini l , lion from other sources by lune' 30, 1964. l Grinnelltis one of eight pri-i vate founyear colleges in the. US. to receive similar grantsl ' aimed at accelerating their fleet Trustees helrl an oflicml press conference in Des Moines Friday to go over details of the $2,000,000 Ford Foundation guilt p ior to release of the story. Board mem- bers shown here during the session are, from the left: Edwin L. Fox, chairman of the board, Des Moines; Howard K. Bowen, president of the college and member of the board ex oiiicio: and Joseph E Rosenfield, Des Moll-lest Not pictured but at the meeting was Charles II, Whitmore, Davenport, ” Giviuncll . gcorlizt‘ 111111 VOL. LXVIll Grinnell College. Grinnell, Iowa, Friday, September 29, |96| ———— Men's Open Dorms Set For Saturday, “While the quad goes to Broads way . . . north campus watches TV" in the annual north campus open house tomorrow night which will be held from ‘o to 11:30. There will be individ— ual lounge parties alter the open house until hours. Each hall will serve refresh— ments in its lotinge during the evening; entertainment will also be presented, The themes of the eleven men's hells are as follows: South Youn- ker, “Playboy Penthottse;" North Younker. “Channel 2;" Smith, “December‘Bridei' Langall, “The Old West;" Rawson. “The Dick Clark Show” Gates, “Naked City:” Clark, “Disneyland"; Cowlcs, “Twilight Zone;" East , Norris, ”Studio tENBC-TV);" ‘ and West Norris. “Roaring Twen- tieS;" Dibble's plans are uncer- lain. VApplic’ations Open For 8&8 Editor Applications for the positions of editor and business manager of the Scarlet and'Black opened today and Will close next Fi-i- day, Oct. 6. Any student who will he at Grinnell for the next three Sen inesters mayapply, Written ap- plications should be turned in at the 3&3 faculty box, 125. Those persons who apply will be asked'-to appear bciore the Board of Publications to answer any questions concerning their applications, ‘ Applicants should include in their letters i-ciercncc to their experience and qualifications They should also briefly out- line any changes‘thcy would like to make in the S&B. Orchesis Chooses Six New Members The new members of Orchesis, selected Tuesday, Spetenibcr 23, are Ellie Smith. Betsy Spi-ague. Midge McKinley, Becky Ratcliff, Ray Wieniers and Kathy Friend Oldest College Newspaper West at the Mississippi River , and No. 3 Lewis ‘vs. Harrington Extremists 'Diin/(e 'Mitld/e "lined by Pat Huber ‘ -, velopment to wholly new levels, or educational quality anal h-l nancial support. other schools receiving sini— ilnr awards include Carleton, imam Gouchcr College, Baltimorc,l Md., l-lofstia College,‘ Hemp— stead, N.Y,, Reed College; Fortland, Ore, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, P3,, Was bash College, Craiviordsville, hull, and Wellesley College, ‘ Wellcslcy. Mass, « Previewed only as "an cn—i nounceincnt of unusual interestl to Grinnell College” to have He also pointed out that Grill- ncll has undertaken to accept a dual challenge offered by the Foundation: to deliver unprece— dented accomplishments betn in fund-raising and in educational leadership. In another statement, made public Sunday, Bowen said, “The trustees of the college and I are deeply gratelul to the Ford Foundation not only for the grant, but 31% our the confidence in Grinnell‘s lutui-c which it signifies, ”Three years is a very short time in which to raise $4 mil- lion, but we are determined to succeed, “We also know that a time increase in financial re. sources, such as this grant and ltllo matching gifts represent. does not automatically improve education. Our best efior will be required in productively transforming this new money into the intellectual and spir— itual development of our stu- dents." Other details concerning the ‘awzll'd were reiterated in the , three years." i been made at a special convo- mecam“ “91d M‘mdiy mm‘ cation Monday, the secret was:mg 3‘ .11, ‘0 "“057“? the revealed officially Saturday we" Foundations award During the Mug by poolside“t Howard K hour-long program, President Bowen in a televised press can— BOW“ ”Flamed 1° .096 59‘“ Mama dents, faculty, administration Several DES Moms 5, ~n5‘and college employees assem— carried the conference in cii “Ed h°w “‘5 Wm came ‘0 be ‘Bowen appeared with Edwin 1. Present“ and how ”‘5 “mas Fox, 139, chairman of the Banishw’u be Spenl- . ‘ot’Trustees, trustee Charles lit 59 SP0“ f°n.°“”“g messages Wliitinore, ’35, and board meinldemere“l .by B‘“ “313““ ‘62, her ex-oflicio Joseph F. RosanSG‘,‘ ”95‘de Gram 0» Galev field, 125, ,chairinan of the faculty and In 'hls statement, pawn saiditrustee Whitmore. Stewart R. the financial oner will l-niakeiKiTkPakai ’15, 52m“ member possible a marked accelerationi".f ”‘9 3°?” °f “Usms- F”- of our planning tune—table. Ednrlmde‘lfi Whllmm‘ev stressmg the callonal improvements scheduledl FECESSJ‘Y for a “center of lean" mp fivg m. 10 years Mm “lelng geared to the problems of will become possible in two or 3 Chang”)? “’“rldl “W 31m“ ‘ in revolution rather tha evu< 7 , , e i lution," pledged tull,truste sup. ‘port in raising the stipulated :34 million. Bowen called the award “an- iother major recognition of Grin— lnell from a highly competent . , . . . iy of the two minor ”Ir-ties Grinnells visiting s oke l . . .3 . 1 of the [we political Pang]: while exerting their influence l on them - agreed on one thing: the ex-i , . , _ . “games in America“ He said the socialist party did olitics‘ . . should attain increased iniiuencel-“9t 9°”5’d.“ ”53” a “V31 ‘0 iii the two major parties. “m” ma)“ 1’3”" “P the "E“ . lutul'ye Today the socialist party Michael Harrington, editor oft can qxert more Influence by the socialist {New America", operating more as a pressure and Fulton Lewis, ill, a leadel‘l group than it can by running ‘5 C u 1‘ C a.“ Resemphasizing the l Tower and suggested that a lib-jwords of Kirkpatrick, he cited cral such as Senator Willialnlthe “team efigpt“.put forth by Fullbright would be the Demo-ithe entire college as playing an cratic candidate. iimportant part in Gtinneil’s Lewis said the Young Amer- lbcing selected for the award. icans for Freedom can help According to Bowen, Grin- make more clear-cut the issues 1 hell may receive anothu'sim- dividing conservativcs and lib- ‘- ilai- grant in 1994 and anoth- crals. . or at the end of the succeed- of the Young Americans lori Freedom, a conservative group: were at Grinnell to debate last: night the question: “Should tlici House Ul‘l-A'h'lerlcnl‘l Activitiesl ,Cominittce Be Abolished?” ‘ ”We would like to sce'a broad l party of liberalism and one of conservatism in this counti-y,"l Michael Harrington said in' an: interview, - l He indicated that the way to make the issues more clear cut between the two parties l was for “extreme" groups such i as his to operate independents l Senate Defeats 'M by Star: lteportci; The.Student Senate, in Wednesday night meeting, presidential candidates, which was the best strategy in eai-lici times. - “N we had run a candidate in the last Presidential election," he said, “it ‘would have led to thc deleat of Kennedy.” l Lewis said the need for a moral distinct division between thct’ twp parties was indicated by that NixonsKennedy “caucuses" thatl' were called debates. Lewis thinks neither Nixon nor Kennedy w ll be their pal'r tles' presidential Candidates ill =, 1964. He pi-cdiclcd a Republicanl‘ ticket of Senator Barry Cultist watcl‘ and Representative John otion Onlegality 0i Meetings . Lewis told this reporter “the’ strength of conservatives on coir lege campuses is now relatively weak. but will be one par with liberal students within four years" He said he believed there were many conservative college students who were not stating their position because they “were just beginning to understand it. “These conservative students are tired ot communism, high taxes and many other factors that have developed in recent years, bllt they are just begins nine to articulate their )‘esponse to these things thcy know they do not like," illeld were unconstitutional and held this summer in Madison“ its iwould be} declared so by the Wise. Each of them explainedlevening on Friday, Oct. 6. Satur- der lCoul't, However. he asked the how and why he had voted on feated a motion which would senators, ill View of the lal‘ge‘six major issues, among which have referred a constitutional question to thc High Court for clariiication. The motion, which was sub- mitted by Gates Hall alternate Paul Samuel, referred the Sen-l ate to that part of theconstitufl lion which says, “Tile rcprcscn tntives of the women’s residence: halls shall be elected on the: lust Monday in October." Sank‘ uel noted that the women scrim alors had already been elected amount or work which had been dealt with by the Senate in the two meetings, to find some easier way to deal with the situation. Hendci-shot suggested, a constitutional amendment. Upon being questioned later, Snmiicl said that he would submit n pctition to the High Court challenging the legality or the Senate meetings. -‘ Earlier in the meeting the Sen-‘ ate had listened to a number of was a proposal to change the wording of the preamble of the NSA constitution and a resolu- tion on Cuba. Reports were also made by Evans as chairman of the’Na- itional Affairs committee, and byiw,” b Craig Henderson. chairman of the International Aliens and Foreign Students committee. Two motions were passed by the Senate, One was “that the Senate rise as a committee of i ing three—year period, The President explained that Form GRANT Cont. p, 5, col. 1 Honor G Nantes Queen Choices ' Candidates for Homecoming Queen were announced Wednes- day by Paul Torno, president at Men's Honor G. ‘They are Diane .Dicrks, Pain Draeinel, Sharon ‘Hasckamp, Bobbi Mahnke, Sharon Miller, Gretchen Osterhot and Priscilla White. These girls were nominated by the Honor G and will be voted on next week by all men students Homecoming festivities begin with a pep rally in the t day morning the men’s Honor G will hold an informal coffee houn Judging of Homecoming decorations will also take place at that time, Saturday afternoon Grinnell will compete with Lawrence in iboth cross country and in foot- ball. The Homecoming queen e announced at the half- time of the football game, and l Fred H. Luther, '39, president oi the Alumni Association will i award the trophies to the winners at the hall decorations contest. The annual Homecoming dance will ~ and two Senate meetings hcltl,;l'F1101‘tS and taken actions on me- thus directly violating the con- lions stitution, , Bill llalaina, Hendcrshot and Senate speaker Cum Hendm.‘lDaVeP‘Vans-l‘eportod on sortie of shot, speaking in explanation, the ”101‘ issues that they e"- siiid that he recognized that the “l““m'e‘l‘ “5 deloéales ‘0 the two senate meetings 'tili-eady National Student Association the whole and recommend to the will be held in Darby Gym from 'election board that'lt extend the 9 to l ' on Saturday evening. (late of the Class elections and .Music will be by the Ralph Zal‘no 1l\flt the names of the Candidates orchestra from Des Moines] The be published." This motion was theme is “Nocturnal Delightv STUDENT SENATE JTickCts are $17.. Alumni and Cont. p. 4, Col. 4 guests will be admitted free.