Friday. Oclober 5. I762

SCARLET AND BLACK

Page Nine

 

ereign students explain countries' differences

By Ann Brineman
and Paul Courtriglit

Srinnll's seven new foreign
come iroin a wide vari—
ackgrounds.

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Kimio Waki comes to Gi-innell
from Tokyo, Japan, where he
graduated from high school. He
is from a family oi two children
and has a younger sister. His
father the manager of a
Tokyo industrial plant. Kunio
plans to graduate from Grinnell
in political science, and hopes
to attend graduate school in
Tokyo and eventually go into
the Japanese diplomatic service
or some related area of interna—
tional atlairs.

Kunio is impressed with Grin
nell and the American system
of higher education, He pointed
out that the entrance require—
ments for Japanese universities
are stricter, but he did not think
that students worked as hard in
universities as Grilinell students
do Kuhio is a resident of North
Younker,

Wolf Grahendorn is a rul—
bright scholarship student trom
German studving at Grinncll
for one ie ii political science,
with a special interest in party
and pressure group problems
Wolf ties born in East Prussia
(now part of Polandl in 1940.
He gre uu during the Third
Reich 2 d the East German re.
gime, nhich gave lnm some a.
perience with Communist edu—
cation.

He left East Germanv in i952
with the permission of the gove
ci-nmem because his iather was
in the state department of the
West German Federal Republic
in Bonn. He was detained for
three days in prison before being
permitted to cross the border,

From that time he has attend
ed boarding school near Bonn,
spent a year in England in
shool, and finally studied at the
Unive y of Frankfurt. At
Erank ..rt he became interested
in student lit' rganizations

To the Editor

Although i was favorably im—i
pres d with the musical taste
exhl -d by those who leit the
Dizzy Gillespie concert while it
was in progress. 1 was appalled
at such a mass exhibition of bad,
manners. In a college of “adults"
who purport to be at least mod—
erately sophisticated, one should
expect ‘that those who bother to
go to a concert at all will be‘
polite enough to sit through itt
until an intermission

r: [S somewhat heartening
to note that people seem able-
to survive a concert of the Len».‘
ox String Quartet without de—
parting in droves between move-,
ments, and in smaller numbers‘
during each movement. But this‘
contradiction makes the behavior
at the Jazz Concelt that much
more distressing: students uhoi
have demonstrated that they can
be poliie refuse to be so

James elapp ‘
To the Editor: 5
We are disturbed by the i 1
Cent. (3‘ dance of immaturity Dn-
thc p tol Giiimell studentsi
as der onstrated by this years
North d South Campus Even
the p 'ppll‘ig activities on South
Campus. such as wearing bean—l
ics and obtaining hailieboaid
signatures on toilet paper
both he mini and immature ;
We oppose all prepping be“
causc it infringes on the rightsl
of the lnrllvidtlal. By throats and
by metal pl'C‘SSlH'Q freshmen
aic roiccd to participate in ace‘r
tivitics nliich arc oitcn dcgrad-l
ins. pping frequently intend
silics me problems of adltlstrl
ment to college life as well as
consuming time which could
better be spent studying or
sleeping.

l

Jeanette Dick
l Margaret A. Brewer

,tiliated Companies

aie,.

and seived as the head of the
otiice of Political Education at
the University

This year Wolf became rope
i-eseutntivc for the United
states of the v,l).sl tthe Ger-
man National Student Mover
ineiit) and has traveled over
Europe, in both free and Come
munist nations.

Wolf plans to return to Ber-
lin next November to take his
final examination for his degree
(equivalent to the American
MA). After that he hopes to go
into political Journalism.

. Hc cnioys Grinncll and is im—
pressed by the seriousness and

_political interest of Gl’lnnell stu—

dents. He is a resident of Clark.

Emy Malca, from “Panama,
the heart of the world and the
bridge oi the universe." says her
main impression at Grinnell is
that of “Ieeling at ease." Emy
is a political science major and
will be at Grinnell for four-
years. Her extracurricular in.
terests to date are the Interna—
tional Relations ‘Club, the Cos-
mopolitan Club, the Pre—laiv
Club. ridin urf swimming and
‘vel'y beginning" tennis.

In Panama Emy was secretary
for both the Law School and
the student government, both
elective positions, and worked
as secretary for the Colombian
Consulate.

When asked for her impres—
sions oi the United states,
Einy mentioned that New York
was a “cosmopolitan city but
not good for living in," that
winter will be “shocking” since
she has never seen snow. and
that many things in the news—
papers about Panama are ex-
aggerations.

She also commented that dat-
ing in Panama is different from
the States. There, dating is in
groups unless a couple is serious.

Sandra Pisulich, from Lima.
Peru, has previously visited the
United States once before when
she spent three months in Chi—
cago Sandra has two older bro—
thers.

She commented, “I only wish
Peruvians could come to Grille
nell so they could see that Am-
ericans do study, and hard." Apr
parently America is stereotypcd
in Peru as the “freesllving, easy.
going country in the North”
because of the American movies
shown in Peru.

Lima is modernized but still
has the colonial atmosph it
is a cosmopolitan and friendly
city. but Peruvians would rather

,come to the United States to sec

Americans than have Americans
visit Peru. This is because the
contrast between extreme pov—

lelty among the lower classes in

Peru and the
is very gieat
In comparing Grinnell with

‘rlclfY Americans

. Peruvian schools, Sandra coin—

mented that there are mare
Socilll activities in Peru, studr
ice are more didicult, girls

are not as independent. and i
there are no dormitories, The
iood is quite dincrent also, [its
cause Peruvian food is spicier. T
In Peru dating is arranged l-
oitlier in groups or with just
one boy at a time, T
i

Yasniina Stefanovic, iiom Bel
grade, Yugoslavia, studied Orin
ental languages tTuikish and
Arabic) at Belgrade Univeisity
She got her degree in three
years, the youngest student in
the histoiy ot the school to gtad~
uate in that time. She will he
at crinncll about a yeai and al
half, studying sociology. ,

In comparing Yugoslavian uni
versities with American ones,
she said that the broad liberal
arts base studied heie in col,
lege is studied in high school
there, and the Yugoslavian uni.l
versity is quite specialized.

She commented that “the‘
world is very small," for hail
first contact with Grinnell was
when she met Dan Tiggins int
Egypt two years ago. She said
that America was really too far
away from Yugoslavia for it to
be anything but a dream. Yas
mina said that social lite in Yue
goslavia is all in groups and
parties; she had her first "date"
at Giinnell.

Elizabeth Uggla, from StockT
send Sweden, says that the big l
gest difference she rinds between‘
Sweden and the Unitcd States
is in the clothes people wcarl
“We don't have Bermudas, i
sneakers, or sweatshirts, clothes'
are plainer in Sweden and most
people dont have as many. ” She
said that food heic is sweeter

She is impressed by the per—
sonal contact Grinnell students
have with professors. In Sweden,
professors are mostly lecturers
The assistants have some [12%
sonal contacts, although there
are no colleges with dorms so

Groups inect frequently, and
in the co- -cducational schools ,
there are more activities.

Heidi Walker, from Lubeck,
Sellleszg-Holstcin in Nulthem
Cermany, says of European feel.
ilig towald Anlellca “We file
sitting in one boat; Western Eu-
rope dcpends on America and
America depends on us."

Her main surprise in coming
to Grinncll was the dih‘crence
in studies and general attitudes
toward academics. In Germany
there are no assignments for
classes and students must choose
their own books. ‘Girls do not
have hours since there are no
dormitories. She said that pin.‘
ning did not exist in ‘Gerlnan
schools. Cheering and hall and
school songs are not present, and
sports do not play an important
Part in student life.

‘ Edwin Gilmour

, in

Grinilell allied With 37 schools
in boosting leaching vocation

Giiniicll will join 37 Midwest
liberal arts colleges iii a new
piogiam to iecruit and piepaie
able students for careers as
ollege teachers, President How—
ard R, Bowen, has announced,
The piograni will be conducte

ed by the University of Chicago-

under a $975, 000 grant from the
Poid Foundation

THE GnANT will support an
expeiimental three year master
of aits plan and is an extension
of a piogram launched in 1960
under which the Foundation has
granted $5.3 million to 31 Cole
leges and universities to help
alleviate the shoitage oi capa—
ble college teachers through im—
proved programs oi recruitment
and preparation.

Under terms of the Chicago

iproiect, which retains some fea—

tures of the older programs, the
cuiiiculum for each subject will
be developed by iepresentatives

from the libcial aits colleges
walking with the university
Following the senior year,

students will transfer to the
university to complete gradu-
ate work and gain experience
in teaching under supervision. ,
In each of the three years, the
university will provide full-
tuition schoiaiships ior so stu«
dents coining to Chicago for
the third year of the program.
The Foundation’s grant will be
used over a five-year period,
primarily to release faculty
members at the university and
cooperating colleges from their
regular classroom duties. They
will plan curricula, prepare ex-
aminations and counsel students.

Among the 37 part ipating
colleges, and in addition to
Grinnell, are all nine other
members of the Associated Cole
ieges of the Midwest

Urge balloi Tor new volers;
PPPE offers procedure book

With the exception of three
students from Alabama, all or
the student body which is 21
years of age or over and a 11.5.
citizen may vote in the Novemv
her 6 election, by means of an
absentee ballot, according to C.
(pol. sci), Di—
rector of the Program in Prac—
tical Political Education Ala—
bama is one of four states that
do not permit absentee voting,
and no students from the other
three states are presently enroll—
ed at Grinnell,

Gilmour also
nell students who recently turn.
ed 21 that, in most states (par--
ticularly in the urban areas),

one must be registered to votc;l

but that in most Cases, registrar
tion can be done by mail Fur
thermore, application for

u iting to thc approp iatc
state or county oificial in the
home state. The time nccissary
to accomplish registration and
voting can easily involve 277
weeks, Gilmour noted. Hencc,
early action is recommended for
all those students wrshing to
vote in the November election.

a

The student government is not ‘

as well organized as it is atj
Grinnell. neither are there any
organizations in schools
are run by the state. This lack
of organization is a reaction a»
gainst the extreme organization
during World War n, Heidi said.‘

Grinnell gel's $250 gran+ l

Giiiincll has ieceived a grant
of $250 from the Aetna Life AI-
under the
companies aid to higher educa-
tion plan.

The giant was pait of a total
oi $43,700 being distributed by
the companies this month to 213
institutions throughout the coune
try. The total represents a 43
per cent increase over last year

tTrom life insurance firm

when the companies inaugurated
the plan. i

The grants are the companies
matching gifts foi contributions
made by employccs and their
wives during the year ending
June so, and include additional
25 per cent incentive payments
to colleges and universities re-
ceiving gifts from 50 per cent
of their aluinni.

 

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A summary of the registration
and voting laws of the 50 states
is available for reference in the
Caucus Room of Carnegie, Gil-
mour, (Room 213, Carnegie)
may also be contacted for infor-
mation.

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