Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March IA. I962 Assistilnz Cni, Pmol Etlllo T'callnu 3%).‘EII‘IPT. duh Thlttflt GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, lawn a weekly newspaper published each Flidav or the colle llir . Eti'liul' chiel rhnuipi vlphe cheat and ilin Layout. alinuae Bust tress esmen . , Astor-nit: . ,t .Le , ltnssell"i_iiciil.é , llnlvuw lhiiir ret Jim llitheld c orce iiuml- a Bollm Rubens (:u-nlyn s ililtne Rustic) in» ii . .Vnhn unuul Dilum. siie nuislctleu, The’ Elms incident We support Bill Halama and the SGA in their reques Ron :uth- Ml tell she for a campus boycott of tile Three Elms cafe until th management alters the policy which it so rudely efi'cctc Saturtl y night. No one has the right to dictate the datin habits of Gr hell or anyone else. If Negroes wish to (lat whites and rice \‘ersa, we think that's their business. Despite the fnct that the operator of tlle Elms \‘iolnted 120 state law we think he is wrong llltl should tlpolog to the couple involved. At Carleton "h‘lartll) IS the African nationalism born cruellest month’ ' t '1) by J. Joseph Okumu The new age of political ad» vanccincnt of African states brought V\'l|.i‘i it tribal conscious- ness in the scnse that these tribcs wcrc indoctriiiated by politicians into thinking that they exist not only for social and cultural purposes, but also to play a leading part in na- tional politics. To achieve this end. politicians organized their tribal unions in. to Parliamentary constituencies as a sure source of stable, loyal votes for them. Very often these mushroom unions became aifili< ated to a national tribal union. which later became part of a political party led by a combina- lion of political and tribal heros. These so-called national par ties, very often with minority members of Parliament in them, go on to advocate tribal states within the national whole. The National lndepcndent Par- ty of Nigeria advocated dlu‘ing the Nigerian Constitutional Cone fersnce in London that the Cala- bar, Ogoja and River Provinces be made into a separate state. Almost at the some time (1960) the Settlers Movement of Sierra Leone was advocating a sepa- rate colony area like the one the French-Algerians are brutal- Tlic following editorial appeared in lust week's issue ol'_the Cnrletoniim, student newspaper of Cnrlctoll College, Northilelll 113mm: ”To 'ht the dorm representtu'es will begin to circulate "the peti ons asking for elimination of the library turn- .siiles. Thls editorial is a request that some of the student body not. sign those petitions. If all you want is removal of the turnstiles, do not Sign ly engaged in today. in Ghana. the disaffected Ash- anti demand an Ashanti state. This same problem is now the thorniest in Kenya politics. While the Settlers flirt with 19th century style of politics. the sharp rift has strained the rela— tions between the Kenya African Democratic Union (advocates of @huughts out of Season By Larryt Smucker not peculiar to Teddy Roosevelt nor common law to the Magna Carla set. ‘ Unless I misunderstand the prevailing attitude of upper» The Carnival isn't Coming to town this spring. “’9’“ all miss .‘~ it in a way, With those \xelle ‘Ccouti‘ed men the petition. If you are not sometimes glol'ificzltiongto those who take books, not Sign the petition. But we really hope that at least 85 per cent of ye : 'e irritated enough with the turnstiles, not just because they get in the way, but because they _ every time you walk through tllemAto accept the kind oi illing to accept the adult re- sponsibility that goes with your signature, if you are not willing to stop taking books. to stop fol 'ettlng even to sign out books, and to stop offering social acceptancerund then do call you “child responsibility that turnstile removal implies. We hope th: least 85 per cent of you feel that W2] fund to thus of you that do, we ask you to sign the pe tions, and ther follow through on the work you have committed youl elve “to. it will be hard in take out the turnstiles—but it will b 1; lot harder to keep them‘out" Think twice Grinnellians. I) FM 2) Drinking ruie’ equipment which At the present time we have two goals foremost i our mind: 1) To gain College approval for the proposed FM ladi quote and zlnt'lqutated AM transmitters. 2) To see a dnrstic modification of the college drinking would replace Grinnell’s present inade- rtlle i specifically, to see all restrictions against possessio of liquor and beer on both campuses removed and replace only witll regulation of where students may not drink (i. e hall lounges, social functions). Tl President Bowen. A statement by him We urge him to support the more and give it favorahl lecommendution to the College Trustees. The drinking rule ullderv t serious discussion in Stl ,tlent Senate Wednesday. An of cial Senate resolution base on study and recommendation of tlle'CoiHP n ll probabl be passed next week. From the tenor of talk \Vednes ' we e‘athelic carcass that. quietll .tl incereinonio 1y, it is being a , owed to either no more. The "Newswec formula night be applied to individual ‘ascs at Grinnell but generally in strong, comely suitor has up. ieored on our scene to woo dolitlcal energies li-om student government. And there is the beguiling eory that. with Grinnell's hlsc to c agitation tor student utls onomy resolved through the . olproof SGA scheme, the cutter of student government s closed. The "sllmmam bonaln" cached and Evetest conquered hcre is no place else to go A )riel renew of the house pres- dsucy nominating speeches on North campus gives the lie to melt on interpretation. The ‘Gentleman‘s agreement" was and the most ad- classmen toward student govern inenl, the tendcncy is increasing. ly to view the institution in a perspective that lowers rather than elevates its importance. Perhaps it is an increasing sophistication. a feeling that thcle are more important things SMUCKER (Contd. p. 5, col. 3) Janina To the Editor. THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PYTHIA OMPHALUS l. The book of the generation ol “Awareness." 2. So all the generations from “Awareness" unti "Awareness" begat more "Awareness." 3 Nowlheblrthol‘ lhc present ' . on this wise; it was conceived as a convene tion, which, "by its very na— ture . . . would consider changes in constitutional structure," and was delivered in the iorm of a Most Holy Constitution. ' 4. Now when this Most Holy document was born in Gi-inneli, behold there came with it an Olnnient (that is, oinniscient, Omnipotent, and oiniiiprcscnt) Senate. 5 And it came to pass that the Omniellt Senate sent torth an Ukusc that all the Campus should be tilled ulth “Aware- ness.‘V 6 Therefore, the Oninicnt Senate draltcd and ordained a special "Awalelle Committee which beget more “Avvarcne-s Committees. Soon the Campus was filled with “Awareness" Connnittecs- for out of these shall come "Awareness," 7. Thal “Awareness” might be fulfilled. this oinnient Body gathered together "Awareness" and voted upon it. 5. Anti “Awarcues ,, was dc- livcred_in this \\' that all the Campus iniglit awake on Monday, trot to thc polls, and (with Divine Inspiration) vote to add "Awareness" or to de- ‘icte lln Awareness," 5). Thus it came to pass that the Olnlllent Senate, reeklng with “Awaren made it knonll to the Campus lhat it, too, uas ltllcd with “Aware i‘lESS.' 10 in this manner generation of "Awarene illlcd. the {tile P. 0. regionalism) and Kenya African National Union (advocates of a strong unitary government) These politicians have said that their liberty as a minority group can best be safeguarded if they have their own state. The truth is not that the polie ticians are convinced that the various tribes situntcd in a geo- graphic region heve anything to henclit from such a state. On the contrary, they have deceived their tribesmerl into thinking that the creation of their own state in the country means freedom from the oppres» sion of the larger groups. Some schools of thought support this line of thinking. However, the more enlightened school has op. posed the concept and is strug- gling for an alternative. Most ot the time, thcsc pole iticians want to be masters and thus welcome tribal slate concepts. Very often electoral propaganda, with “state crea~ tion" as a party slogan, be- comes a possible means of capturing votes for a politician with national outlook. Some of these pseudo-tribal admilturers rise to fame v 'th. in their own tribcsfisonieare members of Parliament who ad» vocate tribal states, not .with sincerity of purpose, but as a means of keeping position in Parliament. This style of polie tics has calainilous effects upon a country's development for it forti es tribal heroes as cone spicuously as it keeps away the most capable statesmen from the Parliament. In tribal politics, the governc mom often takes sides. Mea- sures which benefit the tribe that supported them during a general election are legislated Development schemes are cen- tered in favorable political con- stituencies, while the unfav r. able ones, namely those which offered them less support, are neglected. These problems are widespread in Africa, .rroni 193i to lgSl, western and eastern Nigeria government scholarship awards a n d various development schemes have been influenced in a similar manner, Not all politicians do this. For the last couple of years, a few nationalist leaders in Kenya, Nigeria find Uganda OKUMU (Could. p. ti, col, 2)