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SCARLET AND BLACK

Friday. April 20l l9b2

 

 

Swarm amh Tl’ilark

GRINNELL COLLEGE
Grinnell, Iowa

t\ wcckiy newspaper published each rr‘iiiay or [he cciicgc
rem br the Gliilnell oummi cc on Student Publications

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. A Tribute

Actualizing’ a new, l'al' from perfect constitution is
no easy task. inevitably the bulk ol' the burden fell upon

the shoulders of Bill Halanla and Cameron llendersliot.

With the help of tlle other Executive Cabinet members
the two managed to get the new macllille running, despite

l‘v‘lechanical confusion and constitutional vagueness

Early in the first year smooth operation was at times
inhibited by tile open rift between the Student Body

President and the Speaker of the Senate, Over time the
personality and poLicy gap closed and effective coopera-
tion followed.

While Hendershot helped to fulfill the new governr
.cJent’s need for constitutional and procedural self-dis-
cipline, Halahla provided the equally important demand
for spontaneity and flexibility.

Agreement between the two was strong- regarding the
proper role of student government. Both held that stu-
dents ought to concern themselves with crucial public is-
sues ol' the day. Not only did this policy confront the
campus with major social issues, but it also minimized the
tendency of campus government to consume itself on
“domestic” trivia.

The new SGA President and Speaker have much to
live up to. Both Halama and Hendershot have demon-
strated remarkable political courage. At times each has
taken unpopular stands and faced the consequences. The
lndny hours both gave testifies to the fact that each took
his responsibilities seriously. Both have often worked
twenty-five to thirty ho'urs a week to adequately meet
their obligations.

It the new leaders assume their responsibilities with
the same degree of commitment as the Halama-Hender-
shot team and show the same strength of conviction, SGA
should accomplish much iii its second year.

Mike Horu'att
S&B Columnist

Our Code Too

In July of 1961, a code of ethics of the student press
was recommended by the 10th International Student Press
Conference in Rome. The Scarlet and Black subscribes to
that code which is reprinted below:

“This International Student Press Conference, believ—

ing that all student publications throughout the world
should respect the basic principles of human rights and
that they should maintain good quality workmanship and
a. high standa'd of conduct, recommends the following
Code 01' Ethics for observance by student journalists:
Tile student journalist should strive continuously to
be unbiased and accurate in his reports and should
equip himself adequately with facts to support his
published statements. He should fully realize his pe -
sollal responsibility for everything he submits for
publication.
The student journalist should reveal his identity as
a representat 'e of the student press bet‘ore obtailr
ing’any interview for publication.
The editor should not exclude a student point of
view solely because it is contrary to the editorial
policy,
The editor should apolo 'ze in print at the first
available opportunity for all mistakes.
A strident journalist should defend freedom through
the honest collection and publication of news and
facts and through the right of fair comment and
criticism.
A student journalist should respect all confidences
regarding sources of information aild private docu-
ments. He should not falsify information of docur
nlents or distort or 'misrepresent the facts.
Student journalists should be familiar with the laws
01' libel and contempt of court which e ist ill their
country and should observe the international copy-
right agreement—unless this interferes witll the
freedom of the press or the need to inform the pub,
lic on vital matters. Every effort should be made
to retain the independence of all student publications
from public relations, censorship, pressure or undue
influence from any outside body, political, govern-
mental, religious organizations or universities

 

Ann lousin raps editorial, would
prohibit incendiary tall! [2 y Red;

by Ann Lousin

in the editorial in last. week’s
Scarlet And Black lhcre lll‘e cei»
lain factual errors which I
would like to correct and inler-
pretallons wiih which i would
like to take issue.

It is pelfcctly lruc lhal lileln-
heirs of the Amcrlcan ‘Commlk
nisi Paily are required to reg
ister as such by the 1950 Stll)’
versw. Activltls Control Acl
and thal lhcy subiect llicmr
selves to prosecution undcr the
Smith Act of 1841).

However, the Supreme Court
decided in Dennis v United
States (1951) that the urosccir
tion must prove “beyond rear
sonable doubt that the cicfcnd-
ants had an intent to causc the
overthrow or destruction of the
Government of lhe Unliocl Slates
by force and violence "

Mr. iSnluckev (author or the
edilorial) inlsilltel‘prets Justice
Holmes’ neaning‘ when he quotes
the jurist's phrases. Smucker
says, “There are circumstances
in which . . . a communist par-
ty might constitute a ‘clcar and
present danger; ‘but that tune is
not: now."

Juslice Holmes did not mean
that circumstances alone created
a clear and present danger, but
rather that words could hclp
create the danger. 1 quote from
his statement in Schenk v. the
United States: “The question in
every case is whether the words
used are used in such circum-
stances and am of such :i nature
as to create a clear and present
danger that they will bring
about substantive evils that (the
state) has a right to prevent."

That the language that the
Communist Party uses is “of
such a nature" as to create the
danger l5 selfrcvldent; wliclher
oilier “circumstances" are fa-
vorahle to the consummation or
the Party's ultlmate policy~ov-

'lhrow of llie government by
Violent-ails a moot point. That
the Party would like to create
such a situation in which the
revolution could successfully De-
ciir is undeniable.

1 can see no proof or logic
whatsoever behind Smucker's
statement that the “impotence
c: the present Party . . . is the
kind of circumstance that should
lead to legalizing lhc ‘Party. not
destroying it, Size is not the
only factor which contributes to
the success or ‘Ialltlre of a party;
ever since Lenin’s day. the Coin-
munist Party has been composed
of trained, devoted. lilil~llm€
members or ilie “vanguard of
the proletalial." The group with

which lLenin carried the sclsbcu
vik Revolution to a succe ~iui
completion was a relatively
small one.

One 0[ the mistakes
Waiin Republic \ias that ii
desi a so urclenlly to bc “libr
oral" that it imposed a lldlC'

of the

The

FORUM

A column of opinion open
to contribution by Scarlet
and Black readers.

ulously small penal sciilcncc on
Adolf Hitler after he had led
ihc Beer Hall Pulscli.

‘Wl\Cl\ he was freed in '1925,
he had only a handful of fol-
lciversiibut they were dedicat-
ed and within eight years were
ihe masters of Germany. slich
an overt act definitely can “unA
derlninc . . . national existence,"
bul so can a covert act

i BY KEN SCHIFF ’

il a party openly advocalcs
overthrow of the government
and if It can be proved that it
has to implement this program,
coverlly or openly ls ihis not a
”clear and present danger"7

Two more pain . (l) The
Fede il ‘Ropubllc nl Germany,
for ample. which I consider a
Western democracy. has also
seen in to outlaw the Party. (2)
The leader or the Milan Conn
llmnisl ‘Party. Toglialli, does not‘
necessarily decal-c lhmugh his
doctrine cl “polycciiirism” a
term or “communism capable or
governing its piovincuil slrong-
holds in the Western democratic
tradition."

i suspect he wants to lessen
Moscow’s power over non-Rus-
sian communist parties in oi"
der that he might have more
power in the Italian Communist
Party. Where ilien i‘s the evi-
deuce that the Italian or any
other iCummunisi Party wants
to govern ”in the Weslcrn dem-
ocratic tradition"?

convolvulus

I am now going to tell a ser-
ies of lies' Last Friday afleiu
noon. 1 prepared mysell' ior uie
distasteful ordeal of washing my
clothes, 1 gal my dirty laundry
together and walked down to
the laundromat. .

A 1933 ccosley stationwagon
was parked by the curb and in-
side 1 round Mr. Ulysses s.
Weever sitting transfixed her
race a washing machine, spell-
bound by the Spin-dry cycl

He was dressed to kill in his
white bucks, pink and black
argyle socks, 1847 trousers, and
double-Breasted Robert Hall
sporls jacket

He was terribly excited at
seeing me and rapidly began to
tell me about everything that
had happened to him since we
had last met. He had just left
San Francisco . , . or rather, he
had been driven out by the
American Flag Committee for
smiling while a parade was pas-
sing.

He had come straight to Grill-
nell with the only thought in
mlnd belng to repay every‘
body's hospitality here by all
li-ibuling free copies of Boy:
Life to the student body.

Ii was lalc by the lime
was through talking, so

he
we

Judy Darrh's work ‘appealing,
pleasing; lacks maturity, depth'

by Larry Homolka

Currently on exhibition in the
Main Hall foyer is a collection
of 15 paintings and prints by
Judy Du Though perhaps
lacking in niaiui-iiy and depth,
Miss Darrh's work is imniedr
ialcly pleasing in a direct and
unnretentious way.

The source of this immediate
appeal hes in her excellent sense
of design and uninhibited use of
colol‘ While color and design
alone do not make good paint-
ings, the basic framework for
successful \iork usually rcquir“
Competence ill this area. M
Darrh certainly possesses this
skill.

A number of the paintings
have a similarity that borders
on monotony. I am referring to
"Black Squares", "Black Ar—
rangement." and "Keyhole Ex-
tension" In these works it seems
Miss DflrllV has deliberately re-
stricted llCr technique in such a
manner [hat She can do little
more than "draw in' the lines
and [ill with Colors.”

While this type of design exV
crcisc may be very effective in

uic case of her string “Compost
(loll,H ill extensmn of this tecllr
niquc to other subject matter has
resulted in paintings of some—
what superficial quallty.

0n the other hand, "Rain Fill»
lei-us" and “Bird Gathering" ex—
hibit greater depth of conception
and technique. Both display a
more advanced sensitivity for
pigment combined with subllc
composition and treatment oi
forms. Thcsc paintings are ale
most conipiclely free at the light,
fussy quality that limits the slic-
Cess of some oi her work.

Miss Dairll has achieved an
even greater degree or spon—
taneity and freedom in lhe med-
him or graphics. Her Dl'tlllS coll-
luin a variety of richness that
hold the interest of the viewer
These works are more than
sterile de gn. :is eVldenccd by
the sensitive line and lci-iiis in
"Weed Patch."

Miss Darrh‘s senior eVllibilloil
certainly shows lhal she has a
great deal of active and potential
laieiil. Her works ill'e li-iily
\Vol‘tlly oi the attention ul slur
dents and iacully.

walked over to the Main Hall
dining room together to eat. I
had forgotten that it was Fri-
day night. But there would've
been no reason to worry. Mr.
Weaver enjoyed every minute
of it.

When the entire Mortar
Bani-ii came out of the kitchen
on roller skates with the bread
baskets, his nice lit up like
that of a child. Ancl the songs!
He loved all or then-i “They’re
my favorites," he cried ecsta-
ticnlly. “Why it’s just like :i
summer camp for girls!"

I began to say, “But it‘s not
supposed to be a summer
camp!" But I caught myself in
time, for it suddenly struck
me that there is nothing really
wrong wilh summer camps.
Rainer Mr. Weever had the a-
mazing ability in always view
a thing in its most beneficial
aspect.

or course he did run into a
little trouble when he inad-
verlently tried to leave when liE
was through . . . No, no, this
is ridiculous, I'll have to push
on. I can’t possibly lampoon
Friduy night at the Quad.

M Weever and i got togethr
or his free copies of Boy's Life
and walked over to North Cam-
pus to distribute them. But in
the first hall we tried, no one
was interested. The residents
were eiiner watching television
or reading comics, and when Mr.
Weever said, “Isn't it wonde
an that you can do lhesc thin
all the time ll you lik . they
got mad at him for poiniing out
what lhcy were doing.

Someone even told him he’d
have to leave ll he found it
necessary to wear such one“;
sire clolliliig, saying, "I don't
care how you dress. That's
your business, as long as you
use good taste."

>lvlr.‘ Wesver was saddened by
the inapproprlaieness of his ape
peorance and decided that it
would be best to give the mag
azilles to the girls. He wanted
to give them in someone. n was
worse on Souih Campus, though.
We were just crossing the
railroad tracks. when a police
Whistle blew. l dove behind a
tree and yelled. "You icon lrs
ai'icr ID 30," But ii was too late.
A cordon of iinilomiecl women
wielding il'Dn pipes Converged on
lniii and pl‘ocscdcd to pummcl
him about lhe head and should-
crs
\Vllen ii was all over i help-
ed him to his car. He was
somewhat shaken up by his ex
pcrlencc and had difficulty in
driving. Bui I was glad in see
that lie was still able lo mutter
a farewell apology