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Lcsllc ismslcuen, Back to the fold Every year about this time the old and embittered exA editor sits down, and with sustenance provided by the journalistic muse, Jim Beam, writes a few inSlpld sentences in way of reflection and adieu. > We are not sorry about the words which made our opponents see “ref," nor are we weeping boxcars over the occasional pained expressions we have brought to our friends who are always radically right. Our job has been to excite debate, allow confrontation of that debate and occasionally draw some editorial conclusions to that debate. The enterprise, however exciting, has not always been an easy one, The college newspaper, contrary to popular opinion, does not spring full grown from the ink spotted breast of the editor on Friday mornings. It involves many hours of work by many unpaid people, and a good deal of effort on the part of editors, writers and columnistshproof- readers, copy-readers, lied-writers, print-shop assistants and the.like. To all of these, and the many faculty meme bers, administration and friends who have pronded moral support, we extend a sincere thank-you, We are happy to turn over the office keys and the editorial page to people as capable as Jim Hatfield, Larry Smucker, Ken Schiff et al, In spite of a pleasant and en» lightening experience, “We" are very happy to be “I" a- gain, Nancy rogcl Grey matter We have often heard the Scarlet and Black come un- der fire for not giving adequate representation to “the conservative opinion” on campus. Our columns, it has been claimed, reflect only the views of a few “ultra—liberals." Many times the number of letters to the editor concerning a single issue weighs more heavily towards ”the left." To those who make these complaints we can only point out that we have tried to obtain “conservative” opin- ion pieces and have met with little response In further effort to widen the scope of opinion pre- Sented in the 38:13 we are reserving a column, “Grey Mat— ter," to which we invite contributions i on any subject, reflecting any opinion, Contributions must be typewritten, doublespaced, not more than 1000 words and bear the name of the author. '8. 1241 . Next week, S. 1241, a bill authorizing the use of Fed- eral funds for 1) rehabilitation and expansion of academic facilities at U. S. colleges and universities and 2) grants to the same or similar institutions for scholarship programs is scheduled to come before the Senate. (A companion bill, HR. 7215 will go to the House of Representatives) While S. 1241 would seem to be a partial answer to many an institution's financial ills it must be pointed out that the scholarship portion of the bill is phrased as an amendment to part of the National Defense Education Act. If passed, the federal scholarship program would continue to be viewed as an element of national defense and would thus fall under loyalty oath and disclaimer affidavit regu— lations of the NDEA. Such a bill would likely never receive support by those thirty colleges, including Grinnell, which have withdrawn from the NDEA program. And it would probably not be looked upon with favor by the additional 146 schools who have publicly stated their disapproval of the disclaimer re- quirement. However, Senate bill 1241, because of its promise of funds for campus expansion as well as grants for scholar- ships, becomes, in our eyes, a much bigger redder apple from the forbidden tree. And, should the bill be passed, we sympathize with those schools who so badly need the funds and who will be tempted to take them at the expense of agreeing to the disclaimer clause. SCARLET AND BLACK Convolvulus Ed note: Opinion columns by Ken Schilf and Larry Smuckcr appear for the first time in this week’s Scarlet and Black. They will be regular or semirregular features of the 5&3 through- out this semester and next. A title for Smucker‘s column is cur- rently under deliberation by the author. by Ken Schiff Suddenly having the opportunv ity to declare my opinion on anything 1 pleasc is a very env llghlcning experience. lFor the first lime I am faced with the possibility that i have no opinr ions. At least I can‘t lhlnk of thing to Say. anything to say, The past week has been a search for a subject for this col- umn, a scintillating, heretofore uncunsldcrcd, and provocative subject. The search was fruitless. although 1 considered numerous ideas: the role of the intellectual in a nuclear holocaust, Horatio Alger and his influence on A- merican letters, a well-adiusted sophomore class of malcontents, Sheldon P. Zitner, pros and cons of prepping, coffee hours on subv Jects like “Can We Trust Floris dd?” and ”The Liberal Arts Col» lcgc in the Midst of Population Explosion,” and volley ball I,M.’s All these, however, failed to satisfy me for one reason or another. I even spent a morning in the sen; cfflcc going through lhc newspapers as far back as the days of Naida Tushnet and Doc Davenport to see if I could learn from antiquity. An easy way to avoid this problem simply would he to write a political column, but this is exactly what I don't want fa do. (in my very round about manner, I have finally arrived at my point.) 1 am can» vinced that Hamlet is more important tllfui a so megaton fourteen Grinnell College slur dcnls should fast for three days on the Steps of the New York Public Library to demonstrate their support of J. D. Salinger's Cultural Renaissance Race. But in a time of crisis, such as new, when people feel a great need for immediate and extended ac- tion, it is important that the more elevated and aristocratic. although somewhat practically unuscful. factors of a person's existence not be ignored. I think we should all remember that what we are trying lo preserve is a culture ,not a political mechr anism. At the Washington group's cof- fee hour last semester, the ldcc for an intensive and extended disarmament study group to in- vestigate the problems of dis- armament in its entire sccpc, both pro and can, was suggested. 11. was mentioned that this would be the ideal factor for all the departments of a liberal arts eds ucation to coalesce about, since the consideration of lhls problem involves political science, history, nuclear physics. engineering, chemistry, biology, psychology. philosophy, the state of man, etc. Although i agree with the plan, i believe that this kind of rea- soning is deadly to a liberal arts education the purpose of which is to broaden rather than direct one's education. This may seem like a fine point and perhaps it is. But i am making a plea for bomb and there are certainly too few people aware of it. This is not to say that I think a de-emphasis cm the totally p0» lltical approach to life which prevails. by Larry Smucker , Grllinell is in an experimenting mccd. People are restive. This spirit pf embarrassment with the status quo erupted when the faculty turned January’s bleak calendar into a “classless” void, when 14 students trekked to Washington, D, c., and when a small group of men ventured beyond the Sacrosanct confines of hen-Gothic North campus to house elsewhere. This quiet exodus is loaded with significance for that bovine divinityrthe Grinnell hall system. Fulm-c policy on the issue of off-campus housing will decide whether the arrangement is to be more mature and flexible or whether the men's halls will re- main Sacred fourvyear repositories fm‘ one’s scul. Grinnell‘s strict onrcampus residence tradition was broken last year when the admissions office miscalculated in accepting freshmen. After an unsatisfactory experiment with female stuv dents in the college’s first population explosion outlet—Park Street, lhc administration felt that male students make better off- campus surplus. A few north campus refugees even wandered beyond Park Street into the wide world of npcl-lmcnls. imlc and insistent landlords and neighbors who rival even the most odious of former hallmates. But these expatriates have found they like liv- ing cff campus. There is quiet for study, cheaper room cost and above all, more personal freedom. For some college authorities the off—campus situation is temp. ol'ai‘y; when the student body has been pared down to size, all men will be placed again within'lhe belly of the sacred cow. Proponents of a rigid hall system (where only the married or emotionally infirm are allowed off campus argue that the ex- oatriates abdicate their hall responsibility. If upperclassmen con- tinue to move off, we are told, the hall system, whose success de- pends on a Competent CofHP, will fail. This line of reasoning is based on an assumption that has hampered the hall system in the pascezhat one good and saintly unfortunate must assume sole responsibility for hall sanity each year. Th solution, if any really exists. is more delegation of responsib ty, especially for the maintainance of order, among a wider group of hall members. The house presidency and top blouse council jobs should be opcn as far down as the sophomore c ass. My final word to hall purists is simply that any residence system works more effectively on a voluntary rather than on a coercive basis. The hall system has merit, but policies regarding offrcampus “leakage" must be flexible. Let’s hope that antiquarian notions of the system do not preclude further offrcampus experi» mentation. Friday, January 26, I962 Jitters To the Editor: 1 would greatly appreciate it if you would publish the followV mg letter I have addressed lo your student body. 1 am a slug dent also, attending Capital Radio Engineering institute in Wash- lngton, DC, and I am very m if interested in our national affairs. Three cheers for Grinnell Ccllcgc, Gl'innell, Iowa. Hip. Hip Hooray, Hi - Hip- Hooray, Hip- Hl13~ Hooray. Students cf Grinnell College, as a fellow stu. dent, I salute you. The "Hunger Strike" you recently staged in cm- nation’s Capitol to protest nuclear testing was a inarv ' s thing. You have shown yourselves to be leaders in Ou)‘ nation. As you were staging your “Hunger Strike,” other schccls started sending their students to our nae lion’s Capital for the Same pur— pose. Yes, 1 say again, this is marvelous. Yes. this is marvelous all right. Marvelous for the Com- mill-lists. This is just what they want. Who do you think was behind the incidents in South America when Vice-President Nixon was there, behind lhc student protests in Japan that kept r ident Eisenhower from v ng that country? The Communists, that‘s who. It was reported in the Wash- ington Post and Times Herald that your entire student body Went on n hunger strike for one whole day and that the students who were sent to Washington were excused from their classes by the faculty. Students of Grin— nell, i don’t know who originate ed this asinineidea,but rm Sure. if you dig back far enough you will find a Communist some- where. i know this will be hard to do because it probably oc- curred that everybody on cam. pus had the same idea of the hunger strike all at once. Am i right? The Communists are sneaky that way. They am. plant the idea and then drop back and let somebody else Show up with egg on their face. If I didn‘t personally know two of your students I would have never heard of Grinnell until your hunger strike, but li‘om what I have gathered from these people it appears the average intellectual capa- bil as are on a par with those of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, or MIT. That is Why I was so amazed when I heard about this hunger strike. Students of Grinnell, 1 plead with you, let’s build America up instead of tearing it down. it’s really a good place to live, but it won’t be fol~ long if you all keep going at this rate. in closing, 1 want to thank you. I have heard rumors about Communists infiltrating our col— leges and universities, but i never knew which ones. Now i know. It’s the smaller ones where they‘re starting. Do you honestly believe the other schools follow— ed your initiative? The Com- munists had it all planned to look that way, but it was all worked out ahead of time. Your school first, then the rest to lockd the youth of America was up in arms against our government and cm- way of life. M. Clyde Douglass ON STAGE IN DES MOINES Music Sunday, January 28: Friends of Music recital: Chamber music # Coiltrdlto Harriet M o o f e, Violinist Felix Ponzlanl, Flutist Pa- tricia Stephenson; Des Molnes Art Center, 4 pm. Sunday, February 11: Friends of Music recital: Chamber music A Composi- tions for clavichord and harpsichords, Edward Weiss and James Hartman; Des Moines Art Center, 4 p.m. Sunday, February 25: Madrigal: College Des Moines Art Center, 4 p.m. Concert of Jewish Music—TifA ereth Israel Clubhouse audi- torium, 8:15 p.m. Stage Monday, January 29: “The Tenth Man” 7 Paddy Chayefskyls modern version of the Dybbuk legend; KENT Theater, 8:30 pm. rnlday, February 9: “Prescription for Murder" _ Dmmc with Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Mitchell: lKRNT Theater, 2:30 and 8:30 pm. Concert; Simpson Madrigal Singers; Sunday, February 11: “Grand Ole Opry"—Country» western singers; KRNT Theater, a and B p,m, Thursday, February 22: “From Paris With Love" Genevieve’s musical review; KENT Theater, 3:30 p.m. lvnsccllaneous Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 3-4: Foreign Students’ Weekend— Annual program of exhibits, singing, authentic dances; KRNT Theater and Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Wednesday, February 7: Investors’ ForumfiTalks, ques- tions, discussion; KENT Theater, 3 p.m.