Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK & Friday. February lb. I962 %rat~lpl duh 431ml: GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, Iowa n n rkiy n-cirrpapcr piibtislicil cacti matrci' nt tho past citicc at amino" aci oi \incti a, is a. siibsciiiitloii iitc shin per school the lair .ihniis . if this tic ri,v sci ‘ unit: I ,io' Hill“ . Lcii C.tltl(ln uni bani-n. . c iiiiidcucii ia- lannicc Editorial: The answer game l e are the tested ones -We me the questioned tunes Learning together suspect Headhiece spilling stl‘im' Our Ilr’ Il Voices, when .\’.e whisper illontl ‘Are brash and meaningless AS ciphers. Shape without form, Shade without color. Pataly’ntl l3, Those \\ 0 have ssed ce, gesture without motion With dilect e)es into lit'es othel Kingdom Remenlbel us — it ill till — nut its lnst Violent souls, but only 'As the tested ones The questioned ones. . . This is the tray they say it This is the \th you s ‘l‘his is the \V‘cl) he say it. . . (Not with 21 than0 it hilt tin answer.) Jam” '10 the ‘Editor: I am sick or hearing all this talk of unilateral, as well as mul- tilateral nuclear disarmament. I am sick of seeing communist- iispircd propaganda and brain. washing tactics, cg. GLEE (General Lethal Engineering Ens tc-priscsi lcaIlcts tacked up on our school bulletin boards, I am ck of seeing draft-dodging en- couraged by conscientious objecA Lon information. I am sick oi sacingthc “Fast tor Pcacc" dcnr castration in xaltcd I am sick of tho impi-cs. ion that all the students at Grinncll participated in a sym— pathy fast, as Cxemplified by the trio letter from the irate Wash. igton student. I am sick of the political ultralibcralism border- ing on socialism expressed so .toudly on this campus. I am sick or people on “my side" not both. ering to express their views on situations hcrc and on a national level. (I realize that perhaps there is no one on “my side.") Does south campus ever write letter in to the paper? I am sick of not hearing the American way praised, and sel- dom having her faults objective- ly and constructively appraised, or attempts made to correct them through enlightened de- mocracy. I am sick of people cringing about the Bomb, and then going out and pursuing tlic course that will bring our enemies down on us more swift. .ty and more surely than any other in thc for-cscoablc Iutur-c i am sick of the lack of Americans on this campus (no i-cfcrencc' to Ioi ign students . . .i, and (by Americans) I don't mean pcoplc who were simply born in,Vil» lagcvillc, Iowa, but peopic who deal and believe and stand up tor and just flat practice being Americans, I’m sic , and a little sad, be cause if this apathy persists, in ”otty years (to bc optimistic), the finest way at his ever practically operated by any complex so cicty anywhere on‘ this planet will have trod the same dusty road as all the other fallen civic tizations beiore it, to be rcptaccd ’)y the colossus of the Soviet. Union. Jim Johnson Washington heing‘ .Sovtct Union must be It must. . a 'r. it t» I l n n T0 the Editar: This week. with the exchange of Col. RllilDl Abe] for our own spy, Francis Power a dangerous precedent bits can set. Abel was con ’ tccl, as was Powers, in a Court or law. Tins court refused all ran quests for a reprieve on the basis of Abel's health or phys» ical condition. However. it seems that.no court. no branch of our government is free from the effects or our security mon- stcr, the CIA. We have Created a society that is so sick with fcar that it is willing to give up all that dcinocracy stands ior, if we lee] that we can save our own necks by the action. If this is the case. our necks aren't worth saving. If we have taken to trading in human life and mak- ing a ll‘lOCliel_ or otir own syss tcm oi law. who on this earth can have an respect left for us” How can we rcspcct our— selves? , Do we now regret that the Roscubcrgs were cxccutcd? Think of the price they would have brought on the auction block of the cam war. Doesn't it seem logical, after an exchange like this, to ship suspected American Communists like Harry Bridges. Archie Brown and Pete Seegei- to the in exchange [or some Soviet oi-tcasts who hap- pen lo bclicvc in democracy? I at ciys thought ideas like that were ridiculous, but thcn I-bclieve that the AbelvFowe s trade \v s an act of hysteru and political manipulation gear— ed to take the pro iii-c oil a lot of guys at the top, It's time to stop this before it goes any further. Plans aic being made tor future exchang- cs. They- cannot be permitted to be carriccl out. We are ex- changing our Cl\ll liberties, and polluting our system oi justice, We are creating an icon or na- tional sccuri ~ and the clergy is being manned by the high priests of the CIA, . I value human life as highly as anyone in our society. But this .‘chdil does nothinginore than make lire cheap; it is as low as the slave tradnigs of a decadent, barbaric socieL. Law Campus |nquirer——- Students give opintlns of talloui shelter question by P: to M Milicr The following. oucstion was askctt of six Grinncll Students. "Do you think that the college should pr-cvidc tallout protcc tion tor the collcgc community?“ Roberta Eustis (senior): I (act that it is a good idea bccausc in case oi a nuclcar ciisis, it is one oi thc only mca— sures that we know of at pro sent that could possibly save lives.” David Hnwley (sophomore): “Along with the Stratcgic Air Command and our ballistic "its? site bases. civil defense is also an important part of our over- all national dclcnsc. The Amer» ican people must remove thcir idealistic .veil and accept the possibility ot destruction. which is tar from a rsinotc possibility. Fallout shelters will insure a more adequate defense of homes and will Serve to bring to the American people an awareness oi tlic lacts. Being 'lnlletl to siocp by a trilse sciisc 0i security and the leellng that nuclear attack is improb— able is what thc Russians want. We must build our dc- iciises. otlicrwisc we will be last, Let’s be realistic!" Margaret Mayeda (trcshmciii': “I test that it is better to do something Doc five to protect. oursclvcs. I don't fact, however. that the building oI such Shela tci-s will hampcr- thc ctfcrt toi- peacc In addition. it is inlpol‘a tant that at the same time our govcrnmcnt kccp on working to insure peace I don’t. tool that digging a hole in the ground is the only imswcr to the prob. lem." Charles Mayhiigli (ti-csliman “My position on fallout shel- tci-s is one o1 interested Indif- icrcncc simply bccausc I don’t. feel that I'm in a position to make a choicc I am not rcspon: Sible tor the atmospticrc that the college provides for me primarily because my parents financially shouldci this lESpons sibility Consequently the qucs- tion about whether to havc tall— out shcltcrs on‘ campus is theirs." Ted Moss (scuior): "There sccnis to its little chance at a localized war oi any sort in this country that would make a mum shelter bone t. In the event at a nuclear w. , as I understand it, a large part oi the world would he uninliabitablc tor many years, tlicrciorc I have no desire to exist in such a world, as 1 am basically a capitalist." Miu'y Gne Porter (Senior): “1 would be in favor of a fella out shelter as a means of\pr6s serving a society. but I fear that such a policy is an extension of the community oi‘ tear. It such shelters arc to be built either on or oil a college cainpu I fscl that they should lac com- munity shelters rather than pi ivatc ones. Academicdeiachmeniimplies social responsibi lily by Mikc norwatt This article is the sccoiid iii a scrics on thc rcsponsibility ot' thc acadcmic community to the “outside" world. Last week it was argued that a socieL‘l's capacity to survive rests upon its ability to accomr modatc changing conditions. One of thc ways in which socictics ‘ enable themselves to change is through social criticism. The process or- social change. it was contended, is complicated by the fact that societies are reluctant to Cast,otf obsolete means for achieving their ulti~ mate ands. . The major reason for this reluctance is that various indi- viduals and groups within so~ cietics have stakes in the status quo and are fear-tut of the con— sequences of change. For exam- ple, as modern capitalists began to threaten the position of aris- tccracies, aristocratic closse ate tempted to halt the growth 0! industrialism by preserving in» stitutions incompatablc with mechanization. Our values. beliefs and opin- ions about social problems arc determined b_ a complex at economic, sociological and physical factors. Owing to this fact, the chi ty of our per» ception diminishcs as our in- vulvcmcnt and commitment inn-cases. As a result. the prnbnhility of our bcing “0hr jectivo” is reduced. When wc find ourselves in- volved in social problems, when otir values, beliefs and interests conic into conflict with oppos- sing values, beliefs and interests, Olll' tendency is to be defensive side” World. rauicr than open minded. Just as wc judge others more harsh- ly than we judge ourselves, wc arc tar more sensitive to thc “faults” of the opposition than we are to our Own. As a case in point, wc see in- justice in the actions of other nations more readily than we see them in our own. When the Soviets suppressed thc revolution in Hungary, we judged the ac— tion evil, When the United States attempted to suppress revolu- tion in Cuba, we saw an act_of righteousness. It all boils down to this: truth becomes that which rec cniorces our own values and belicis. Falsehood is that which contradicts them. It thus stands to reason that the perspective or various economic, social. and political groups is limited. In. deed, as the members at these groups bccomc committed, they act to limit themselves. They read only magazines and newspapers with which they agree, listen to commentators whose vicws are compatible with their own. One problem of a society is to want to find rcliabtc inforilla» tion about relevant social prob- lems upon ,which to torm judg— ments — information which . not “propaganda". Anothc- is to be able to find reliable infor— mation. This means that reliable crita ics must be discovered and their work must be acccssibtc to the general public. By “reliable in- formation", I mean material which is not produced to sup-' port the position of a particular group, btit iatnci to captuie aca tuality. Such intormation is mors likely to come from the academic community than from any other sector oi the society. The ocadcmician is less like- ly to be blinded by economic and political self-interest than is, tor instance, the business man. the labor leader or the public polic awoken His ulti— mate value is more likely to be the good oi the wholc rather than the good or a particular group. His perspective tends to he broader because he is ex» posed to a wider gamut oi opiu—_ ions and richer sources of in” - iormatiou. In a word, he is much more likcly to see the weakness in labor's position than labor is. no is also much more likely to see the strongth at their position than manage- ment is. Owing to his relatively great- er “detachment," he is more likely to portray the real con- flict. Often opposing groups couch their power contlicts in moral terms. Less restrained by economic and political factors, the acadciniciaii is both in a bet- ter position to see the rcal’proh— lem and set iortli his findings. In View of the academic ch» munty's unique vantage point, and in light of the present sit— uation in which the consequences of public policy are so great, the academic community has a re— sponsibility to participate both directly and indirectly in the formation of public policy. One or the ways it can do this is 1:: deal with pertinent. social prob— lems and attempt to make its findings available to the "out and justice are the toundations oi our society. without them there would bo,cliaos and tlltia matcly the destruction or our system. The Abel—Powers ex change has gauged a large chink in this foundation, which is now being strained to the breaking point. Peter Zwick To the Editor: I liad'lt intcidcd to open any coiitiotci by m‘ lcttci oi Feb. 2 (i ch appc d in last week's Scarlet and Black), and 1m v - Ieluctant to be both— cring on with another Continua iiicaticn But pcrhaps I had be'is tcr clari 1: my position, sincc it was so Violently nilsl'epl‘escnts‘d by Mr liciiclcrson (though I don't incur to bl..iiic him Ioi this as ho plainly liadnt i ad my first letter). My posit ii, it I may state it again, is simply that stridciits, qua studcnts, should think, just as plumbcrs, qua plumbers, should plumb, mid iriwycrs. qua lawyers, should p ctice law. I didn’t. mean that ~tudsan should think cightccn even eight hours a day: it is surely ici-y proper that they should divcrt themselves by going to classes, or playing tcn , or engaging in campus pol ic or discuss: iiig national politics. After all, thinking is or. extraordinarily dirticult occupation, and, irlicrc it leads to truth, oftcn a pain. iul one. But it docs seem to me una fortunate that at G inncll there are so many socially respectable pseud .iiitcllcctual rciugccs from thinking, such as groups dealing with political and international problems. There is Something pccullarly dismal and repugnant to human dignity in mass emotion mas~ ouciading as thought If those groups think that I wrong them, I can only suggest that while thinking may ultiiiiatcl- result in action. the clia actcrrstic ini— mcdiatc results of thought arc ldca~ not cottcc llours_ or mean- mgtcs mountains or llllmeoa graphed mush, or excursion tours to the nation's capital. May I add that i am not ino- tivaled by any desire to elnu~ late the linbi . of the ostrich? or iiiolc, if Mr. Smucker pre- fe s lndccd. I am in favor or thinking principally because it is the only way to avoid li 'ng like an ostrich, and burying one’s head in the trivia of daily events—or living like a mole. who (in the manner of a new:- paper columnist) blindly eat. his way through the we kly dirt, but leavcs behind him only a tow sorry droppings. Yours faithfully, Benton Fox To thc Editol: As chairman of the Student Government Association curric- uiiini committee, I would ap- prcciatc suggestions of the stu— dent body on any of the {014 lowing topics: 1) The Junior Exam. 2) Tim calendar and the exam particular a) Any aspect of thc ciirrictr lum, it you should feel so moved. please drop a note to me in Box 866. Thank you. Torry Parssincii Liberal Arts in gcncrl. pcricd in