SCARLET ZAND=BLACK Scarlet and Black M GRINNELL COLLEGE Grimm", Iowa A weekly newxmlper published each Flid'w or lite ecllm "nan cimuuune ml suuivat Purl-i than. mu. Represented iur tn Ilui . mp se lee, rac. cullees rubluner, new ison Au New Yark. N, r Entered a: car at in. P0 mine at Griune Iowa. under h a. 1379. subscription rate use per lt-lloul advises evaluatio ,To the Edito ; Recently a iriencl of mine left ‘school with these parting words, “What is so great about a Grin- lnell education?” He was one of icur 700-plus board score students who has been let down by this sup-In ii' WM 1instittition of higher learning. 63,...1", not,” lThe College bulletin states as . Mg, , Recycle ,obicctires at the college: to cul- . 0,, ,,, Mm, ,.,.,..”;31,”; itivate holh intellectual and mor— Leslie Brusletten, sue l-xumcc lai qualities, to arouse intellectual lcuriosity, and to give the student lthc opportunity tor exercise at All letters to the Editor written ior publication in the Scarlet lreason, it is a wonder that the and Black must be typed and double spaced. No unsigned letters rrc has,“ taken mm. against will be printed. However, \vritters' names will be withheld Illmn me confide [0,. false advertising request. The 5&3 reserves the right to shorten any letter. ‘ ° ’ _. Realistically Speaking _ President Bowen’s Speech before the Student Senate . zas brought the discussion of college rules to a head. Now ihldctlei‘h: {Ecufiimfi’ats Ideonedetgi‘iCE : the. time when we must discuss the place of the sttldent ham “.0”; in mseam‘ projects. body, in the making of rules for this college. BUT SOME FAIL MISERABLY As students we must face the fact that we are living AS TEACHERS. ‘l‘lltlel' tt dictatorship. To be Stlre it is a benevolent dictatorr ship. But the fact remains that ally time it so wishes the Board oi Tr stees can make rules regarding the behavior even high school courses because of the students of Gl'liln’ell College. ,[hey lack the proper courseg on Tile student body then iS relegated to the position of the Undergraduate level. Why lobby gl'ollDr Tile effectiveness of this lobby is determin- jShOUld an “5" Slfidem “om 1‘" ed by the strength of its arguments and the amount ot',°“l5m‘d”irg High “1“)?!“ draw" respect the group demands. Tile question therefore, which FEW" ‘0 D5 3‘ 6““"e‘1777 If We must ask ourselves is. How powerful a lobby group is is ”Dare.“ "‘3‘ the. pmfesfms the Grin‘neil student body at this time-7 ”mm“ ’“ FM“ ”-59” “e ““h' ' ‘ out proper interest and/or eduA The fact is that at the present time the student lcation to stimulate and challenge body is a weak lobbying influence. The reason for this lthe 700rplus board score stu- weakness lies not so much in the arguments for dents ‘ changes ill themselves, but rather in the position from which we are arguing". President Bowen is in a position where he can go before the Senate and tell them that there can be no can sideratioll ' rule changes because in his opinion there has been a gradual slippage in the enforcement of college rules. Itvis pretty hard to deny thé fact that many college rules, including major rules. are being flagrantly violated. In this context, how can we even think of proposing that liberalization: be made in rules wliell we mllst real- ile that they would stand no chance of being passed by the Board of Trustees Our main task lies in improving our bargaining posi on. 0 do this we must tighten up ill ollr enlorcement of col- lege rulesr Despite what we may tliiiil: of certain college regulations, if we ever hope to be all effective lobbying force and obtain a libernh tioils in rules we must show ‘two 4-hour courses which seem the administration and the Board of Trustees that we are ,to meet only when the proiessors capable of handling the internal affairs of the college. ihave nothing better 10 do- Ofle» The first step to a tightening in enforcement would EMS imade _ak1f0tii-lct:t‘lrre c235; lie statements by the CofHP and AWS regal-ding those “fichc’hl‘laelema’éyargued {’0 m body's interpretations of the rules. It ht been argued that ‘2, 193mm. three 0,. four mule this cannot be done since each hall has different enforce- It is surprising that. no one has lnent policies. i .eompiained about the professor This is nonsense since hall presidents have the res-lpcql' attendance in this clas. poilsibility of enforcing the, rules 01' Grillnell College aiid Ti“? “Wife “ads ”"9”???" not a particular hall. There will always be minor (ill-{eh is 1‘, MIGHTImak: “nif’gn.st‘;l: ences ill enl‘orcement due to differing interpretations by inelo?L‘r‘e°.‘“"S-e' m? at I i. T i . , . . . gisterlng lot this course in (lividual hall presidents, but there iS no reason tor tlie’ by antunnl am- no Jim natflcla . George Buck , Larry sinuekci— Cllmlyll in s u» Editor Eilitnr , Business Assistant; . . .. Unfortunately, many faculty members are more interested in ,their research or writing another chapter in that all-important Many of our professors are not properly equipped to teach, i received a “B" in my first semester Humanities Course, sim- ply because I could spell cor- ‘rectly. in the Second semester, however, i was failing the course under a different professor when l sought help from him. Several times I asked tor a conference ‘ztnd finally succeeded in arrang- .ing for a two-minute talk. Tlle only advice he gave me was to see what the critics had to sav about the great works i received la "D" in the course with the, remark, “Student looks for too many angles." THIS SEMESTER l am taking t i classes are easily as large as i . , GI'li-lnell's lecture courses otter Istates.“ r lSouth Youn-lcer lReader says Prots tailing sttldentilauds campus ' l l limprovement? n of faculty ”‘E M.” ”‘2” I “0“” 1“ml We want to thank the Admin- SDmE‘hmg 0‘ Value ”they umn,lstrntion, Buildings and Grounds, the usuoluexcllse of‘avmdlng lhe‘and Skidmow owing; and Mpp, "‘0‘? dlnlw“ mum and urt,riii lor their most revolutionary 00mm- luddilion to the building [“04 , ‘gram: Bimn House (lormeriy ”mm“ mm“ known as the Fletcher Place.) For a number of years we have ljoyiully gazed upon this archiv tree so that we mav do outside . . . u. - llectul'al triumph, Now through leading. Recently the professor the efforts of many, we h. ,9 “WWW“ ”‘9' W? .‘"°“‘fl ““3” before us an edifice of wh h only once a week in order to e l. m, .0 . n 1 1d increase the outside reading. 1 ‘V a e. 'y. p‘ ”u- 5 ’° ‘ am pal/in" $2l75 tor better in» new “fig“ gage“ .“f, “Ch day _ . = ' . . as we evou y win our way :“gfgfiglrgha; a “st of Plays one class. This masterpiece is i g P V' aleel only by the new laun- Grinneii advertises small dry lines which add a festive plasseswieh p dose FACULTy_ 'note to central campus. The stue STUDENT relationship. My ideal body can well be proud of lthese iecent advancements at time o; my Big Ten school, ‘Grinnell, We trust they will be Many larger schools even have l\\’ltl‘l ”5 for many years “quiz" classcs for lecture courses. These “quiz" classes consist of a Small discussion group of about (on students. . In lllv other we have met. only three hours a week with the fourth lloul' Sincerely, South Younker Hall Response to ‘lkiru' called unfortunate December 151 nothing of this nature. I would like to see an oppor— tunity for student evaluation of‘ both the courses and the instruc- tors Course evaluations would serve as a means of developing To the Editor: better courses. Teacher cl'alua»‘ ,, ' . . tions would serve as an indica-‘ 9hr yeahvflflht I “k9 "-.‘ tion of the professor's ability as dm” km“! ‘S I .“"d",§,‘°°d ‘L a teacher and Show his interest 13“” G“: ‘l “5 mm”- in his primary iobiteachlnsu “Yeah, even the title. Sounds Such evaluations. when reviewed like a baby Wm, a den petals by the president of a boardv‘And the sounds they make might serve as a basis for pay when they talk! Man, that bit raises instead of the present in the {menu parlor penny “don't-rock-therboat” policy oi'cracked me up. Remember that? acrosscthe-hoard raises. Salary JEverybody crawlin‘ around on increases should be on a merit‘tlte floor on all fours, jabberin' system as this serves as an add- like they were monkeys or ed teaching incentive. lsomethin'" “Oh, God, yes. That was a riot. ‘And remember that girl — the way she laughed when she was piayin‘ the pin-ball machines with Wombat. or whatever his jnamc was? Sounded nutty—vjust Finally, I am asking that ‘ the college he returned to the students: that the prolessors learn and practice better teach- ing techniques: that the pro- fessors do their research on their own time and not on the Student‘s time. In short. I am ,like a kid." asking that the iacuity simply _ . _ meet their obligations to the . THE ABOVE imaginary con— studeuts, iversaticn is representative oi President Bowen recently stab.the “mud? “hmd “‘9 13“?“ ed that (he “Meg“ basic ob_!ter of a large number of arm- jemve is m pmvide has good aheil students at the movie liberal arts education as can beH'Ik‘Wv" “‘0‘“ “‘5‘ weaken“- found anywhere in the Unitelehe fact that there were several Lays as, on ms mutual,students present who spoke the admiration society kick, proiESAllanguage 0‘ “““m” and knew 50,; and help the lthe culture irom which it came Presidenti make Grime" [he outstandinglmakes the general reaction no college it can ha more inappropriate, lust more unfortunate. A Concerned Student Nick Murray enormous differences ill enforcement ilow existing especial- ly on North Campus Once these statements are made we should see that enforcement is carried out. Ill the long run, the Cole’ member who does his job by enforcing college rules helps those who want to change those rules by providing for the reformer an atmosphere where the Administration and the Board of Trustees are more receptive to student pressures. Another step which must be taken to bring about this improved atmosphere is a ceszltion ol’ inconsiderate aoti is by the student body which recently have been illcreasin There is no reasonvfor smoking ill Robertsleleatre, ARE Auditorium, or inside the library, There is no rear son wily books should disappear from the library. There is no reason why the mail room has to be messy every ' day when there are a half dozen receptacles provided for waste paper, These may seem like little things but. they all add up, , If this is done what are otlr chances of achieving a' liberalization in rules‘.7 Judging l'ronl Howell’s speech Wed- nesday night, they are pretty good. Grinnell has a history of liberalism which the admin- ist‘ation and the Board of Trustees is justly proud of. President Bowen ill his Convocation address ill the tall proposed radical academic changes which would place ill- i‘eased responsibility on the student. He would look 1e than sincere if he opposed greater governilienlal respollsle hilivty for a socially mature student body. Let’s give President Bowen a chance to prove that he , as he stated ill his speech before tlle Senate Wednesday night “A Champion of Liberalism.” Tom Fullnlcr 1963 5&3 Editor-elect ‘To the Editor: f Perhaps you aren’t aware at a new school policy. Let’s say 'you Want to hold a small infor- mal gathering at a cool place ‘yotl've round about twenty mile; lroni Gi'lililell. Unless God has blessed your grout: with two car owning setllOrS#y0LI haven't a prayerl Some Gates iucn recently at tempted to obtain the use of the Colleue Wagon for :1 Chi nlas part- in They were ret‘uscd on grounds that Mnr alitown lies outside a ten mile radius, , A barrier new encircles Grim neli College. "Someone" has stuck the point ot' ills compass Oil‘Gi'iiiilell anal drawn a rcie to the tune ct 10 mile An alternative" Certainly 7 this is a “liberal" college, obtain the sanction of some o gantrntion. yuursiiall for in- stauce. Naturally this means invrting some faculty and lo or 20 mole couples, wll -it is prob—j ably what you had in mind all, along, Ball! ‘ l DOUBT if one student on. this campus would honestly de- grade the academic education: he receives here. In fact. fell“ . Lake Meiely » i‘Social Conditions must meet academic standard' making Grillilell living compat— ible with the “outside world," and developing a self discipline such as that. encouraged at pron gressive colleges (Antioch). To will deny the social and cultural Opporlullllies persented on cam- pus. But. what of those few times when you‘d like to get off campus with a iew close illends.‘ Maybe a small party with the students — morality, depression. couples you enjoy being with.‘and isolation are psychological Actually i haven‘t been com. conditions attected directly by pleteiy objective. You have afvariables controlled by the ad place to go (uitinn to mile t giministratiou. Acre Grinnel s off now 'rnar Grinnelrssocial campus timer New this shackiprublem has become smudard nossesses quullt' m be re. ect-lcauipus conversation and the edv It's small. run down. 1'6- joke that no one laughs at afte: ' quires strolls less to allill'oaclla few semesters here # it's time it. but most of all it's where you mm those “mu-011mg our social want to go. liegttlations made some bold and I just trash the faculty. ad-‘sincere efforts to solve it. Int ministration, truste and par-.evitabiy there shall occur some, ents could listen in on one oiiembarrassing it not ‘disgusl‘il'lg the many disc sions ot‘ Grin-‘incident's but it's tiilie‘zhnt Grin" nell's Social problem taking neli came closer to reality. place every hour of the day. I‘m} Legs face ,i _ weirejdmnes ire they'd hear some interesting... nowhere and psycfié‘l mg-‘_ and 909‘:ny constrt , ivelisnlation imposed upon the lnclsm Why are we treatedldents by outdatedadministr like adults intellectually. but‘m-e regulations does no, help ciaiiy as it' we haoln't entered the situation one bit_ ugh school? The students aren't; The superior edmmmwwid. planning to "so as far as lhEY'ed here must be com‘pi niented can" Within the restrictions by mature social com “5 0.. prmided. res nine in the ob-lwe can expect to see diam vioi _ conclusion that these levideat of ingenuity appliedhsme sllec lens are necessary. ~iby»passing of existing restrio students are- - concerned with‘ lions. Pete neurl