Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, October 26, I962‘ letter writers discuss hours, politics, theatre Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinncll, low: a ngly newspaper publlnhui each E‘rtdny acme college rear by the Grinnell Committee on student Publications, _r~, Andrew brown, clisirmon. score-anion ior nationaliadvertulnz by National Amerising Service, mo.. College roolisnem xen- rerentntive. m rimiinn Ave, New York. Ni Y. Entered as second class matter it the port onire iit Grinnetli law], under the not. or March 3. iris. Subscription rate 54.50 per Achool veer, Jim Hatheld George Buck lorry ,sniuener Carolyn 5am chmd onlomeyor . . .lnna lsollnian sun Vl'ntkirll lien Caloaney. .1ini Harms Slum is. Robert: . Russell Luunrer Geraldine nooney . hon 1mm: .luay Tezzer idiom Levine Sue raunoc Mnnlger Managing Editor News Editor Ash-Lam. New. ' Advismg Editor .. Feature Editor Layout Manager . Ad Salesmen ,. . Business Ariirtnnts Student voicestrustration, hope To the Editor: do so in a better world." it is Wednesday noun. I am Students have {always been sitting in the Park Street lounge the Poems for hope in the future with a group of peep!e whose and the Cuba situation has not names i do,“ even kmw and altered this fact. Although dem- we have been talking about onstrations, telegrams to Wash- Cuha, insanity and suicide tor ington andstudent.proclamations several hours. At this point, no can do no harm, they Will‘llrobv one would sneer at the idea that ably he {horizontal Thats so, we might not be alive (woman but this list is not exhaustive. George Forrest. Conrad mum, Leslie hrurlettan, Deciding how we would like to die is obviously another pos- sibility but perhaps it is more important to consider how we are going to live, now and in the future. ' We have 311 read the wrong hook somehow; we have listen- ed to the wrong wise men and even it we can tree ourselves iron. the old myths, we still find ourselves in the middle of a very real situation that has resulted irom them. We have a tendency to dwell on our impotence, on the in- sanity oi our leaders and on the impossibility of our present situ— ation. Our legends are no longer adequate; the milk—and-honey choice of hours ' has turned sour and we feel un- comfortable when anyone ex- T° "m “m" presses a naive but necessary he your editorial in the Cote hope for the future. ber 12 issue of the 55th THE QUESTION obviously isr I am the mother of a daugh— "What can we do?" But must the tar who is a freshman at Grin. answer be “Nothing"? So long nell. 1 am also a graduate of ,as we. confine ourselves to the the college. As subscribers to the immediate situation, so long as college newspaper. my husband we hold no hope for a better and l have been reading with future or for any future at all, great interest the discussions 1 think that this must be the an- concerning women's hours. We swer. .have had discussions about this with other parents or students at Grinnell, and we all agree wholeheartedly — it women’s hours were abolished, our daugh- ters would no longer remain Jim Terral ‘Parent favors coed There is nothing that we can do now about the .American ships that are now intending to turn back the Soviet convoy. ‘There is nothing that we can t d t do to make the Soviets reconsid— 5 “ e“ 5- er their stand. And, in generali 0m: STAND on this does not there is nothing that we can do imp], that we do no, mm on, to influencethe outcome or the daughters, We do,” know if present arms. Grinnell would be tabbed “as a college with low moral stand— ards," but we do know that rules and regulations have al- ways existed ior all of us. Stile dents in college yearn to become Our opportunity to influence this present situation has passed. At the same time, however, we must realize that this is our crisis and we must carry the re- . . .. . independentilhat’s natural. We Smm‘b’my 1°” "' understand this. Rules exist in PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S ule our home, as I am sure they do timatum was insane, but it was in any home where the parents the only course open to him, care about their children. They given the situation and given should not suddenly cease. the set of values under which politicians have been laboring why, 'fienwjgfufl the” be for years. The terrible truth of 3° ‘3'“ .d . 1": he" ‘0 the matter is that the very Iliata " tm‘bmfidv TY‘WZX; meaning of these outdated val— I d “3“" 5 0'“ 90"- ues is that the only response to n 9"“ en“ has ‘“ be ileam' a situation such as that which “1 “Baum" 3“" "‘5“ ‘5 “M exists in Cuba is an m a: in. reason we chose Grinnell ior our daughter, sanity. As students we must think Why_doem't the 5&3 poll the ' coeds in a secret ballot. and see ' 3 t f 110 . m ”‘9“ ”m5 we ““5 ° w it they are really as agitated and events in Cuba, in Berlin . . and in India, and we must re, about abolishing hours as you sign ourselves to the fact that indicate in your paper? I think we can do nothing_to remedy you'll find they hold no real, the Immediate Situation But we honest conviction that this should must, rediscover a naivele that be. I know What, the results V”. 't to th'nk in tel-ms 2;? 3:333,” “)5 can inflm would be, should the parents be ence. polled. As students, it is our task GRINNELL is one of the most. to re-evaluate ~the American outstanding colleges in the coun- mY‘humgy- 1‘ '5 0‘" “*5“ i“ try, with fine students and a fine find the weaknesses in it and . w sugmt means for Stung.» reputation. Why try to change selling it, We must be the ones it? it» say, “I! we survive, we will A Parent Reader ‘ployment, in the church. and S in educational opportunities. (Here, incidentally, is another chance for you to carry on your campaign. Grinnell discrimi— editor's 'Nuts' ates against women in admis- To the Editor: sions.) And 1 agree with you Since I shared substantially in that women are being, discrim- the planning and operation of mated against m havmg than the campus “Democratic Day," hours restricted when the men including the Political Lecture- do not. Grinnetl women, I'm ship, I wish to respond to the sure, are lust as mature, resr lead editorial in last week’s sensible and trustworthy as 5&3, under the Bastognedike Grinnell men. Yet I feel very title of “Nuts!" definitely that regulation of . . , . . hours is necessary tor the best . Th? “mm” 13‘7““?‘1 cm. ‘ possible atmosphere conducive ism is accepted as quite valid. of learning But as is common in most hu— ‘ . . . . man situations, there were some Y0“? “Milan Idea of glvmg extenuating circumstances; and women “501“" "9°50?" ‘0 these should be noted in evaluat~ "i.” ".9" hm“ d :15 "a“; ing the remarks of Senator Mc- ” ”05* ‘5 “mm“ a e “ . impossible. As long as we live cal?“ ‘31“ Tim's?" devfenmg' together complete ireedom or ,i . 9 an?" “EV ‘5 0 e” 0’ the choice is non—existent. We are circus atmosphere oi the eve- d d l d l - ning session, ior a deliberate at. hm“ e by “W5 a“ "g“ a . tions throughout our whole tempt was made to replicate the lives which have be de format, and atmosphere of a po- ‘1‘ litical rally. Right or wrong, (“'"I‘ m ”“5”“ °’ u" gm“ , . erned) tor the protection or such trappings are typical oi po— society litical meetings in the United ' , , . Stamp filthotught gm willing to 315- HOWEVER, IT was not meant c” 5 ° ° "ys W‘mg 92"” d f t ‘l. that the Political Lectureship 35:83:: 255:; 1‘; $33,: would he demenned to just an- _ other campaign speech. Nor was mnege days’ I was“ that ”er I ' h f 'lt' - the address Senator McCarthy Caganngegmgnnrg‘ ‘figchggeggf; prepared for delivery such a l d th speech. Rather, it was a con— “amexy‘ the 52"“ urge 3“ e ceptual analytical treatment of dame m ”mm“ current' political issues and the WW ”ml“ “‘9 dew” If "‘°"‘ capacity of the two major pap al laxity should, as a result of m ,0 meet “the demands of the no restrictions be condoned by “met This prepared Speech was the more sophisticated students. substantially what was called the ”lame t° “mm“ “mu” for in the 5&5 editorial. Pm?“ "‘3“? 0‘1““ “1°": the But this manuscript was same path (Empire ”‘8 ”pm tations of our mid-western “9"" “5°" Awmn‘“? ‘1“ schools w l t h those eastern ”“3” “"5. ““5“ “P m “'9 schools where a more liberal ””95“" SW" ‘3‘ "'5 Demo' attitude has resulted in lower “3““ 5‘3“ cm‘”"““ “a,” moral standards. We have the “med “ ”Pm" ’l’PWP'Im founding iathcrs of our colleges t“ u" ““5"".5" 1“ ““5“ "9“" in the midwest to thank for the speech given was not the . imbuing our educational sys- m". “‘Esml" “and“ ‘° “5 53" terns with a spirit or morality her in the day, tor our press releases based on Christian ethics. - . ~ 1 It is regretted that this hap- SELF DlSCIPLINE ‘5 a g“ pened. Perhaps, though, partial toward which most of us strive or even substantial corrective ’hrwgmm ”L“ “ves' Few 5" action on be taken The Pm tain complete self-mastery. For . . .. v d l mm in practical ninth an.3,31xggiggcgragfiggmgwafg; cation is having the prepared d. t. .h d I from home is a new one, The (.35 ‘5 ”‘3“‘5 e ‘0’“ the de‘ struggle to discipline themselv— livered) address of Senator Mc- es in mum of study health Carthy reproduced in quantity. ’ . . eating and sleeping habits) Eac" member 0‘ the hung and social lite is a diiiicult one. Democrats and the Young Re- . . . Why add to it the burden of publicans will receive a copy, as will the entire faculty. In addi- :‘jzflé‘fisem 1,22%? ‘f‘e‘2usgx? tion, copies will be available in ‘ . . ’ - - g the Caucus Room at Carnegie though voicing rebellion agains h n f m . t t d t restricted hours are subcon— dints 02“: ill. wgfllgreg: amid;- sciously relieved to have the de- ciated ii the 58:3 would run mm" made f" them . i. ., Yes, it's untair lol- the 2,33?“ °f ““5 ““sp‘m“ “d women to be regulated when men are not but here tradi- tion has it that the temple or the species neeiu protecting. So long as society still places the major blame on the iair sex {or an illicit aliair, then. perhaps, the women do need protection. Mrs. Gilmour note Ci Edwin Gilmour Women have rights but need protection Donald McConaehie To the Editm': It’s most courageous or you to invite the comment of par- I KIM NOVAK ems in your campaign to re- JAMES GARNER move restrictions on women's hours. I fear you’ll have little‘ TONY RANDALL liberal minded. Fathers (in par— ticular) will feel very strongly that their daughters protected. I’VE ALWAYS been a strong advocate of women . . support from even the most _ Boy's nght Out must be STRAND equal rights ior . in politics, in em. St. Paul's Student Center EPISCOPAL I SUNDAYS—7:30 3.111., 9 arm. and 4:30 p.111. 0 WEDNESDAYS~7100 aJni. Eucharist 0 DAILY OFFICES — 7:30 3,111., 4:30 p.nll Continental Breahlast alter all morning services Fr. Preble, Chaplain Fr. Gilliam, vicar No hours hurt . morals, marks To the Editor: Since you have asked for par- ents’ opinions on “hours" for women students, l am glad to add mine. i not only would not have sent my daughter to a col- lege with no such restrictions. but I would not care to send my son to a school with no “hours“ for women students. Such sorcalled “freedom"would he injurious not only to the inor— als of many students but certain— ly to their health and scholastic records as well. LET US HOPE that the ad— ministration will not yield to any student pressure in making , changes in rules which could only be detrimental to the col< lege. i am interested in the rep utation oi the school both as a parent and an alumnus. A Parent Poetic students hit frosh hours To the Editor: Last Sunday night a number of people leit the Theater Workshop (Arena Theatre) in the middle of a periormance, in order to comply with Fresh men Women's Hours. Their de~ parture was particularly annoy. ing as it was in the midst of an important scene. In keeping with the current discussion a b o u t Women's Hours, we thought that the iollowlng pas- sage from ”Gray‘s Analogy” (with all apologies to Thomas Gray) was appropriate. m2 CURFEW tolls the knell oi parting day, The lowing herd winds slow- ly o’er the lea. The women homeward plod their weary way To join, perforce, imprison- ed sanctity. Peter M. Miller John Morris Student lauds three excerpts To the Edimr: Alter seeing the Theater Workshop productions at three excerpts, I hope that more such productions will he attempted, Like, they were great. Mark schorr GLASSES Made and Repaired in our Laboratory. Contact Lenses CASES AND SOLUTIONS EYES EXAMINED E. J. Jensen. O.D. Optometrist Across from Post Office