Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, February. Scarlei and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell. Iowa A wsrtiv newsnnhnr nuniiumii ' - lo- the (. inilell ctuumiucc on a. horn, in of in. co"‘ve 'iuduol rubric-ouch wu, (limi’mnll, Xenit‘suilcd tor in midi adv inc shirts, “in, Chile i'uhlloilei) imp isau 9, Now roik N izmcrui us a miller at the post om. ' our, "tutti i or itucu 3. mg. Subsc'iticu {Me 3 or bar school ' Jullu Woll ituu Lu inn worrumu )iileii taunc . iiar Martin." . All letters to the Editor written for publication in the Scarlet and Black must be typed and double spaced. No unsigned letters will be printed. However, \vriiters' names will he withheld upon request. The 5&3 reserves the right to Shorten any letter, Exi'l Haifield “Hat "eltl‘s scandal sheet” (The Scarlet & Black) is no long-cl- Jim Hutl'ield‘s. This issue, us will the following 29, SEA Presideni Al Bos‘l'on - — - Reports rise of committees iieil community will ‘from the reading and examinas ltlon period. Although the 1017‘ ‘lowing two months will be a l’c-j. iturn to “normalcy" for thc Stu-l, ”lent body, these two months: lure traditionally busy oncs Iorl {student government. In the past,- year i have watched student" ‘govel'nmcnt slowly assumc the lolm oi a committeestypc on} ‘ganizntion. 1 Last year student government, ,thsjvcd upon that one explosivcl ‘issilc (I do not intend a pun) oil lnucleai‘ testing, Ou ide of “115‘ lissue and the larger ssue oi ha, tioiial arlairs, studcnt govern-l mcut did not attempt through its Scllatc or through its committees, to make any lasting impl‘essionl upon Grinnell lite except in incl realm oi rulcs, which is a tra— Two committccs especially arc oi importance this year, thc curriculum committee and the admissions committee. Earlier this year, whcn i ask» cd Bob ncnowicz to chair the curriculum committee, my concern was to develop a permanent apparatu through which student opinicm could be directed to the laculty and administration. Bellowicz has orgnnized such a committee and it is presently iunctiouiug to dcvclop certain student re. sponses to questions which arose lrom Dr. Bowen‘s cou- vocatiori address. Naturally, the committee this year can only make a start in this held, but the very perma— l in one more work the Gilliwdevelopllig an approach to slu-‘sired composition of the Grin— emcrgc,dcnt problems, i.c., the commit» nell student body and the math— ltec. ods or recruiting its students. This committee, too, will be pre- senting reports to the Student Senate and to the student body through the colfee hour tech- ‘l’llun. _ As can be seen from the in- tcrests of these two committees. the implications of their reports 'will be closely associated with [one another. indeed, it is in» lpossible to discuss the future ,academic program or Grinneii land not discuss what type at ’student will be enrolled at Grin- ,nell. . These committees will not only have great impact on each other's findings. but i envision that such student investigation will have implicatons [or cv ~y (acct oi Crinnell life, including d1} 1 ‘ r 1' ‘ ‘ . belongs to the 3&3 staff for 1963. The above masthead “m” “m ° “mm" which lists me as acting editor s temporary. The editor- lortunaia that student govern-i elect, Toni Fullmei', has had temporarily to relinquish his mm“ “0" that "18““? “"Y Cam-i ,\ , - ,, . _ ._ . pus organization) has not post \ihlle conidlosClllg liom an illness. ‘SMh an important and emolion-lbe brougm As cditoi', Hatfield made it lot of people angry. His , . _ . , issue helps mvolvc the campusl iigl'umellt 101' less stringent women s llOlll'S startled many, with sludem The how-dili'eayou—s‘dy-sucll-tlstliing reaction was immediate. student EOVEI‘nmcnt Hatfield and his managing editor, Lail'l'y Smucliet', opposed, The admis this nence ol thc structure will in many ways it has been un-lsure turthcr cticctivc work in this arca. The student body may ‘look tor-ward to future hud'flom this coinmittcc which will beiore al cause to champion. Such anfbclore spring vacation. cns committee im- 2 scribed government. Butfdel‘ Ed Robbins also is under ycar taking an investigation al' thc has taken a dclimtc stcp toward important questions oi the de- the problems of enforcemenl. Last December Dr. Bowen asked the students to take a close look at Grinnell and decide what type of school they would the Scnatcllike Grinnell to be, Through [such committee work as that de- above, we can expect that we will ha’ve at least par- tial answers to this question by spring. in- reports full-out shelters. brushed aside the Spring- Riot as “not so Se ious,” tmd culled for a “drastic modification of the col- lege drinking rule.” Tom Phillips Hatfield's pzlpcl‘ didn't leave much room for l'ellces. post stl'ziddlel's. There was usually it reaction to his editorial; policy, and it was by no means always favorable. ‘ Some of the sub'ects mked over on the S&B editorial page have been criticized by the college administration as h'l I td , d (h L H ll , . , at n a being- dangerous-to the reputation of the college. file 201- 31,1322“, baled \§;:}?C,V,x$°2mw:wm; gbeneam lege newspaper is not wrong, however, to discuss colitl‘os quotes Howard R. Bowen to the effect that col- . . -_ - t, r, - , lege students should lead a “somewhat Spartan \eislal- topics. Students should be ilee midis-cuss any phase ”fey-n as this we best hams the purSun of “W" of their college llle or to express any reeling toward nil, D1; Bowen mentions the use m- alcoholic tionnl 01‘ international politics—no matter how reactionary beyel‘gges “" “‘5 5‘9‘0‘l‘0‘1‘v With a strung mu . . ~. plicatmn that such indulgence is detrimental to 05‘ ladlcal their new may be. true scholarship So today i should like to dca ‘ . hate the question OI whether or not alcohol is ‘ Students must try to understand and lllold the society conducive to the piu‘suil of truth, and naturally, iii which they live. They cannot keep Silent on regulations I will prove that it is. and practices they believe to lie wrong. The voice of the Most people think that drunkenness is a , dents at Gl'fnilell is the Scarlet & Bliic _ coniuslon ol' the normal slatc of awareness. that , ‘it impedes the laculties lo the cxtent that any— Open discussion of the values and regulations which (lime you may think mav be pleasant. but Dl‘ob‘ govern the college and society is a highly valued freedom. ‘31:!"efzggmlx‘ii'eihgugctglfi‘s filjfegfifinfig}3;,ggj”mg{ it is El Ji'eedom which should enhance rather than be ' H . _ it sobriety arc alternate states of awareness, and detriment to the reputation of the college. as Iiir as the pursuit of truth is concerned, eat-h _ _ has certain advantages over the other i will Hatfield gave voice to student problems. He generally‘uow procccd to list these advantages. reflected the trend of student thought. He dill 2i good Job. People are capable of learning certain I _ things better when they arc sober than when Acting; Editor they are drunk. They tend to be more lucid, Jim Hop-mg» rational, and order-L, and they are better able to put l'acts togcihcr, excluding what is irrelevant. In the sober state, then, we are best suited to discern things like the put- tcrus oi history, or the meaning of a poem. ALCOHOL TENDS to destroy lucidity, rzr tionality. and order But lhc diunk h 5 other ways of lcarniug things. and as a r still he learns dillcrcnt things, Whereas the sober man is almost always harassed by’ the silly notion ,that people are: 1qu ng at him, the drunkard enjoys the marvelous knowledge that it doesn't matter even it they are. Most important, the nkard very oltcn realizes that people are all right, and he realizes A recent article in the Chicago Dnil News, independeni‘ s‘ludy “There will be no classes or assignments din-inn~ the interim session but rather the opportunity to learn independently through reading, lectures, and discus- sions," said James H. Staiiss, dean 'of the college. _ Are the students at Gi'iniiell taking advantage of this anterim session? Is it going- to be classified as ll success or Forum For Descent Phillips this with all intenSity no sober man can match. When you're sober, you walk down the hall wondering whether or not you ou'ght to say hello to some guy walking the other way; when you get right down to it, your basic emotion is a petty kind ol tear. But when you're .drunk, you clap him on the shoulder without thinking at all, and yell friendly things at him. And your basic emotion is love, brother; you‘ve torn down all those ridiculous sober walls between you and everybody else. Drunks aren't petty, and they're not afraid either. And i ask you. ain't this the right way to look at things? Ain't lhrs a truth? The statements We made about the spiritual cliccts of liquor are generalizations. and i know they don't hold for everybody. Some people get mean when they drink, othels Just get sick; it usually depends on how much and when, as well as who. But damn me if I don‘t speak foul truths: the sober man learns certain things, usually through rational process, and the drunk lcarns other things by joyiul intui- tion. And any scholar who never hung one on isn't worth his oats, because there's more than one Gate to the City. As a matter of fact, i hate to say it but drunkenness and sobriety are by no means the only states in which knowledge can be truitlully pursued. But for information about certain mar- velous drugs and anesthetics which help to reveal things otherwise uiiknowable, I think I'd better refer you to two scholarly works. “The Doors ot Perception" by Aldous Hu, the chapter on mysticrsm in "The Va clips or Religious Experience" by William James. 1 must add that the only reason i lecl like writing about all this is that i recently turned twenty me, and Just last week ciuoyed my lust beer. Downtown. of course. a failure? These are the questions the Gi-iniiell ildl’nllllstl‘lk lion will be asking. ‘ The program is thl' far not 21 total success. Hurling llbl‘lll‘y and Cowles dining hall have suffered a sudden (ll’Ol) in popularity. The 1|\’Bl"°‘€ number of students eating in Cowles dropped at times during the past week by one quarter. Bul'ling‘ looks like a ghost town ill comparison to its exainrtime glory. Millly students are leaving the college, and the ones who his Stilying‘ don't zippe- l' to be enl'llptui'ed by indepen- dent study. Students are doing what they want to do dili- ing‘ this interim session. The exam period closed Juli. ,, Since then at least a mlljoi'it of the students have been studying' only the pleasures of inactivity. Seniors iii-e studying fill‘ their comprehensive eVam- iniltions. JillliOis zii'e pi'epill'liig‘ for their junior liberal arts exams The sopllomoles and freshmen are attending the presci bed lectures, but they are not responding €lltllllsl~ astically. The students have no i'e soil to respond entllu :illy. They just i \iSllCd ii (iii icult semester at ii (iii school. In ii week and it lillll' another difficult semester will begin. Right semesters. tic- ntlw, students are enjoying the break between Hal", _’ ilitentious iicndnll Sanderson 5&3 Exuhnnge Editor Hours i'cr women at Caric— Eton College, in Northlicid. Min- 'iesotii. have bcca lilie ilizcu Thc ncw rulcs \\Ill allow scn. ioi' women to come in every night at moo. 'ind will give iunloi ucmcu 1.;00 hours on Fl ulay mghr as ncll as ihc pro ,vi . ly allowed lhrbc twchc o’ locks per term. hc Sturicm scnatc at Czll'lcs to will hold a debate on tho ddv unihi ol lcmmlllllg m lb;- new prov ions of the Nzttioliill‘ srhol hip pl'ogl'alll umicr the chl .c Education Act. The, picsont position at [he sttideiil‘ l'l'om the‘ money can, the loans“ llilldcl‘lligl vi. this to withdraw ,progrnm it' enough Hie l‘ounrt to match without suliollsly ,prcsanl progress. Cornell College has ah-l Vlibe'rality rules Car/s Bounced its plan, to snitch to a new 4-4 [il'ogi'lim beginning with the c1 ss oi 1967. The student, under this new plan, will car iour four—hour courses rather than the five three-hour courses he now car- rics. Giaduation requirements have been c anscd trom 120 hours to 30 con cs This now plan has been designed to encourage m7 dependent study on the putt ol the student. cc. Till: Cornell Invitational Des ult Senate is lhai it would be ad- halo Tournament \\i\5 held rc- ceillly on the Cornell College campus. The topic "Resolved: that l‘iOnACOlnlnuniSt naliolls should establish an community wds dcbalcd by students l'iom Grluncll. Coe. Luther. Simpson and other economic Iowa colleges. A new coliinilliee incl at ‘Rlpoli College for the first time .this month, The Educational Committee oi the Board oi Tru- .tces met to disctl