l‘ Agreement reached in cafe incident controversy StTnators follow College, rescind Monroe boycott by Starr Reporter Grinnell College vice Presi- dent Merritt C. Ludwig Wednese day assured Mr. and Mrs. Lee Currier, owners of the local Monroe hotel since Dec. 1, 1961, that the boycott which had been placed on the hotel in 1960 under its former management has been liited. The boycott had been enacted, after the College became cone vinced that the hotel, at that time, was practicing a term ol racial discrimination in its cuse tamer policy. The Student Council subsequently voted to join the College in its action. On Wednesday, the Student Senate liited its boycott upon r ceipt of a letter from Ludwig ‘ which read in part: “Now that the hotel is under new owner ship and management, we assume the objectionable practices of the former owner are not being con. tinued. Therefore, the College rescinding its boycott of hotel." Four selected to be political understuclies Three juniors and one sopho- more were selected this week by the Advisory Committee or the Program in Practical Politi— cal Education as the 1962 Sum- mer Political Interns. A stipend of $500 accompanies the appoint. ment. The four—Allen Boston, Da- vid Evans, James ‘Soble and John Williamsiwill spend two months this summer campaigna ing with U.S. senatorial or con. gressional candidates, Travel exa penses cor the interns will be paid by the candidate. Boston plans to intern with Thomas B. Curtis, Republican congressman from the second district of Missouri, in his bid for a sixth term. tEvans, a sophomore, intends to intern with Frank B. Merrie, son, Democratic governor of; Nebraska, who is a candidate fort re-election. Soble wishes to work for Democratic congressman ‘Sidney tbs l l l l l l l (Etiuncll ——___ Oldest College Newspaper ll West of the Mississippi River i gtnrlci duh flock l i ls- l ii ll ,. ,‘i VOL. LXVlllGrlnnell College. Grinnell, lewe, Friday. March 23, I962 No. 22 so.) l Williams is interested in cam- paigning with John B. Andel‘el son, Republican congressman} from the 16th District or llli-, nois, or with Senator Dirksen,v both candidates for re-election‘ in 1962. l project based on their summer experience. ‘ Coe's Parsons slated to speak to philosophersl A Philosophy Club dinner willl be held in the private dining room Friday, April 6 at 6 p.m. Speaker will be Howard Parsons. Coe College, Who Will talk on ”Philosophy and Mental Health.’ The dinner is open to all stun Yates of llllinois in 'hiS attempt to unseat U. S. Senator Everett Dirksen. F om many 0 A‘.‘ l I ne... dents who make arrangements with club secretary Nancy Gold- man. Charge is 25 cents. i No decision yeton FM proposal by Stafi‘ by o’d‘T Reporter In 2 brief statement this morning, Grinnell President Howard The four interns Wm have thel‘Rs Bowen said no decision has yet ‘been made by the College on option of enrolling for a D31‘the proposed conversion of campus radio station 'KCRW trom AM to ‘FM broadcast. The proposal, introduced by station manag- er iBruce Porter, was ofiicially approved by the Student Senate in a 340 Vote last month. Dr. ‘Eowen said he, personally, is keeping an open mind on has been ’ l the matter until it can ‘be given more thorough investigation, He conference on the proposal recently with other Grine inell administrators as Well as outside experts. A final decision on the matter would have to come from the College Board of Trustees which meets next this June. Ask Cyclones a pplications Applications for the positions of Cyclone editor and business manager will be accepted by Richard Cervene (art) until April 11, it has bcen announced. Cervene is chairman of the committee on student publica— tlons. Harlan photo John . i . vill be selected by members of Grinnell‘s Air Force ROTC Cadet Squadron as their 1962 Honorary Cadet Colonel. Nominated last week by the cadets, the finalists are: (Left to right, front) Diane Dierks, Sharon Miller, Roberta Wiig, (left to right, rear) Priscilla White and Susan Faunce. All will attend the annual Military Ball, this year on April 14, where the Winner will he cmwned. Figgins to be Si Dan Figgiris has been named a summer intern [or 1962 with the Department of State in Washington, DC. With the State Department, he will be a staff assistant, do- ing research work on both don mestic and international levels. He was one of 25 chosen from iapplicants from over 200 colleges land universities. The selections were made by a panel of senior lofiicers appointed by the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Person~ nel. Figgins is president of the In- : The Program in Practical Po- ‘litical Education has announced that Louis Harris, noted public opinion analyst, will speak on “Thunder on the Eight 7 r: . trcmism in American Politics Today" at s p Friday, April 6 ter. 5 Harris will meet with the Pea litical Discussion Group at 6:15, the same night, in the Private Dining Room On Saturday, he will be the lectured speaker at ‘thc 1962 annual meeting or the ‘ leave the es s by Dave Brown “The recent incident at ,l(the local Three Elms cafe) 'has been discussed by all participants with the assist- ance of the Gl‘innell Min- isterial Association and a satisfactory resolution reach- ed," according to the state- ment released to the Scarlet and Black by Student Gov- lernment Association Pres- 'ldent Bill Haldma Wednes- day. The Senate, after hearing Halama’s report on the .situation and thc‘release, post- lponed indenitcly the resolution asking a studcnt-administration ,boycott oi the Three Elms Cafe, lscene of la‘ weekend's contro- versial ease, in which a Negro lGrinncll studcnt and his white [date were allegedly asked to lishment. ‘ Holama told the Senate that in two meetings Wednesday he was convinced that owner ‘G.ene McCurry will uphold ' the ”letter and the spirit or the larva cguai rights law." The Grinnell Ministerial Asso- ciation, acting as a mediation , board, listened to Halamo, Mc- .Curry, and the foreign stu- dent, finally achieving a satis» factory resolution. All onicials who received let- . ters irom Halama explaining the situation will be notified oi the recent developments. Last night, Halama spoke to Iowa Attorney General Evan Hultrnann, whom he had writ- ten last week, and was told that no attempts would be made to prosecute McDurry. is a e i A bare quorum of Senators unanimously passed the CofH'P car rules and orientation pro» ,gram changes. The car rules al- terations were mainly changes of clarification. The orientation rule passed Wednesday states that eadh hall must submit to the CofHP a written orientation program for new students, sub- ject to the approval of both the CofHP and the Executive cabi- net. vioiations of the new rule ,lby a hall will result in a mini- mum $25 fine, and a minimum $10 fine for individual viola- tions. ate Dept. intern ternational Relations Club and is interested in making teaching or government service a career. A political science major, he is the past nationsl vice—president of the Collegiate Council for the United Nations and president ot the Midwest Model U.N, meet- ing scheduled for next week in St. Louis, Mo. The next issue of the Scarlet and Black will appear on Fri- day, April 13, following spring recess. IHarris will speak on political ‘right' ,to Grinnellians on two occasions Iowa Conference of Political Scientists, meeting at Grinnell. Harris is president ofamarket- ing and public opinion research firm in New York City. He is best known as a political ana. lyst, having worked with dozens oi governors. senators, congress— men, and mayors on their po— litical campaigns. He was close- ly identified with President Ken- nedy's campaign and with that of Mayor Robert Wagner oi New York. l Today, March 23 7:30 p.m. Dithyramb Dinner, ing room room Saturday, March 24 l 12 noon: SPRING RECESS soélA’L’CALENDAR by reservation only, Private din- 9 pm. Special film series: “Bridge of San Luis Rey,” ARH 9:30 pm. Spring formal dance, Main lounge and Quad dining BEGINS. l