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Scarlet and Black

GRINNELL COLLEGE
Grinnell, low:

a accily newspaper wubllsllcd cad. i-ridsi- hr iiu. cnlv-v»
cuioiis, Wll.
, Represented ici- not not ndiciusing
tisinc sci» c, lrla.. Collage i>nlihdicis lien.

. is East soil sci-cut, New rail; N.Y. Setulld .

id at. tiiiiiiicll, loiia. siibscimiion rate sun

iiiii norm-i:

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Cum“. um“ i iiri note: The iollcwiiig ctllumli represents
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Sieve Howell's personal viewpoint to which
the SScB lelld‘ its support and does not rep-

. i . ““55 “WW“ resent the views of the Cot‘lll’ of which Howell
a 151- s . i . .
ss 1- cor- Nullty rciciisii . .5 pmw‘ent

devours ismrolls alcdney, l’liil iiiiig l
$333. “10109; - » - - Pagermfiglfi t it is an curious task to rt‘lliedy the prevailing
. , . Admit,” icliseidci- of a system hoiii within. 1 envision that
. nuniiii s which .nc move to abolish the Mcl' Residence Hall
MM '., “N" it'mlr-vear system will ever (laminate Nollh chins
‘35.}. "lit“: .‘pus This typc of an attempt could be rclated to
an .xuisiuii -tlio rcapportienmcnt struggle in the icwa legiss
,iatui-c never will an icwa legislator acquiesce
All letters to tile Editor written for publication in the Scarlet .to iemovc himself and l * i-cpics italivc po '
it Black must be typed and double spaced, No unsigned letters :tion from pcwci without tcihui directive. Lilies
ill be printed. Howflver, writels’ names will be withheld upon l\\'lsc, a 103'le Grinncll miln would never consent

request. The 5&3 reserves the right to shorten any letter. {to break the bonds of il'lelidslltl) and tradition
ithat llZlVE establls ed tlieilisclvcs in the hall at

° jhis college care
Cooperahon ? l But i ask the Giiimcll man to stand aside and

Administrative and student elements fear the Scarlet 351;;5‘23,.:Lf.‘,‘.’l“i.‘§ddl‘.‘.¥.i iifiiuf‘fiiiiiiiiijlooiirehiilalig
and Black. In thosllol‘t time _I'\r'e been Acting Editor I’ve maily knows. to what is close in him. in his hull
l‘- (l the opportunity to question several members ol‘ the lclloivs, and to l’lIS hall tradition. in the sense iii

til-innell hierarchy known “Heats 2 t . which this tradition reflects the achievement oi
as the adminisiiuifion mn‘tely m he Studentsithe hall members. And on the othcr hand, to he

- i . illllidtul at Ll duty to promote a Sense of hospitals
In this tulle Ive continuously heard these men an- ity and Openness in his daily life a willingness

XS'Nel‘ direct questions \litli, “I don’t mean to be evasive, to Willie mg"; 10d sqmtetlilihg “if.“a'em‘ alildda
jut 1 just can't really say.” patcn repec or ic_ in en ions o iusc_oii S) e
_ Or, before I can get ii direct answer on possible cliarlges‘ioéiégC WSW“ Who “wand to (mum ms well-
ll tllet(llllll\lll% rules: llfie Jscholar In}? rule and the car rule, Mm“, or the long standing ”women-(S to the
-€ 1“ e” 5“ e085 0 file lecoir. . tou- year tiadition have stated that this system

' Last night the Social Planning Board held a meeting represents a compromise between the fraternity
uhich studied the Open Dorms situation. The Board was and [he dm‘m'lm’y system. I think that the" an,
to make a recommendation as to the feasibility of COntlllll'

ASSISTAZVI nhws EDXIOI: . iii"? wui

cor-r I‘DITDR . .

in. mi.

i,csiu- ninth-lieu.

 

‘wlysis is valid; however. I must say that this
-, . . .~ . .. , , lcompromisc between frats and dorms embodies
11 g 01 changing the fust semester open dorm Doll . iiiot the benefits but the evils of both systems _

The S&B was not permitted to send a i‘e‘polter, ‘lJE-itl‘le rigidity and anthintellectualisiii ol' the fra-

cause it was felt a representative of that publication at a $33“: 513139383:ch3:233:03:fylfiogflii‘wu
,uclent-taclilty meeting would have a stifling; etteet upon 3” Hm}. natural order, rigidity, nnii,,nleiie'c'mai,
tile uninhibited discussmll. ‘ism. and impropriety.

“e do not Wlsll to stifle discussion], “a lush to toting At mew.” Griniiell me" are capable of .50,
cdiiipus issues before the students. “a believe meetings laiing (henjselvpg in their established residence
Olien to l'eln'esentatlves at student government should he hails and of instituting tiici own personal intell-
i‘eiw ted to the students. We would hope that the admin: tlons withm the hall unit This process is initiated
istratlon would welcome open discussion 0t controversialuiv a venerable majority Within a hall which
rules rather than hide behind the ”no comment” pl'OLGCthE‘pledgcs itself to uphold the social aspirations of
bai ier. ‘ihe hall or to defend the hall against pressures

’ exerted bv the college at large Within this halt
‘fortrcss thc ideals of the majority are regenerat-
llncensed

Jim Herzog'
Acting Editor

, Davicl Ligh‘ibourné

Forum For Descent

standing 01' a number of concepts. issues, methodri ,
oiegics or problems which are not specific to any; To the Edit» -
one discipline but cut across departmental and

Ed. note: David Lightbollrne, :l Grinnell Col-
lege sophomore majoring in American studies,
will altelnntc writing “Forum For Descent"
this semester with Tom Phillips,

intent upon unearthing the most p~ vecative
and significant subject possible (or this first ioray
into coiumning, your reporter 1'O\'e(l inlp Darby
gym last week 101' the essay part of the junior
liberal arts exam He can now report that the
experience was simply marvclous

First 01 all. absolutely nobody complained
about. the early morning scheduling it was taken
for granted that everyone would get to sleep
later, iii the afternoon. when nothing was hap-
pening anyway, Instead, the spirit of integration
was in tlie_air All, over the basketball court peo-
ple wcrc integrating knowledge as fast as you
can say “lVlol'tlmer Adler," while in the door -ay
from time to time stood those few whose minds
couldn’t stand the intensive atmosphere and who

ticns at dinner have centered around “the nature
or mall.” specifically in terms of thc -istcniiai
dilemna, pragmatism, and physical education pra—
bation.

Bul assuming that the exam will reully b

aroused my ire
reasons ,
i J

c nouiiccd seven

question. ”What (lid you think of the JLA exam?” l ously doubt,

union. Ne longer will students feel embarrassed mane gamma“:
at filling in the obvious and expected rcpiics on in me “pom
siipwy mermii - in January, Just to play it safe. 2) M,"
the syllabus will be memori’ d as cold as the "
Lord's Prayer, and the levels of

“Hamlet" will be lixed at l-

_ . ‘ing to
Maybe none oi this makes any diitcrcnce;

bal'rassing idEzls"

i Hot/i system anachronism

Last week's editorial on “Grin-l
divisional boundaries." Ever since then. conversariiiell, AF." by Alan Gummerson

The Ford grant

required for graduation in future years .tlw pic—lGlImmelsOni the“ a
true begins to get ominous, No longer Will the had amved on campus I sen
therefore, .
be asked whimsically on Friday nights in the is competent to make such dog—‘

Gummorson’s
“waning i..,tliat the odiiiinisiration is tr)-‘
“stille discussion of cm-i

maybe Bul’llllg basement never understood theiHCOllL‘Cl'l‘l [01' Gl‘inl’lell's

Friday. February l5. I963

Sieve Howell

cd by two methods Fir ihc hull maio 'ty
elevates one of its _Vmpathlzr‘rs to the position
01 hall president 7 u ltlllow who will maintain
his sympathy with his supporting group and will
sui eptiiiously pledge h's willingness to support
the ideals of the institution. Second, the iicil ici—
lows ntrociuce an educational system (prepping)
to align the intentions of the freshmen behind
the iiiaioiiiys idcais. -

Consequently, the hall cultivates an inconiest-
able tradition and a rigidity that demands the
adhci-ance oi its members. This rigidity (cs 1
the second oi the three evils. anti—intellectuoh
lsm. It happens more often than not that the lil-
tentiolis ot the hall liidjuritv run contrarv to
those of the college at large, and more disheart-
ening. these intentions generally contrary to thc
purposes of the academic community.

Hence. the Grinnell men conceive that. their
hall stands as a sovereign unit quite apart from
the ci-iimeil Campus, They aic quite right A
great abyss extends down the center of Eighth
avenue separating the mcii's halls from the rest
of the campus, The hall on one side represents
an escape from the general academic life on the
oihcr The hall resistance to the all—cpmous atti-
tude can bc typliiied as a clicllcsthrowing, bridge—
kibltzing cxrstenee.

This aiiti-intclloetualism breeds an impropriety,
the filial product oi a ri icl tour—year system
This year we have been frequently reminded of
Us range of iiiipippricty extending from the
d tasteful buifooricry of piepping to the general
disregard for rules and regulations.

These three evils have been circulating within
the system for many years with recurring emv
phasls in seven year cycles. Because ihese_ei-ils
have been brought to the lorr- so periodically
within the system, i tcci their presence is some7
what 'cllim to the SVSlem.

Therefore, 1 ask the Griiiiieli man who is
capable or extricating himseli tmpomrily from
this situation to consider seriously the oossihir
ity of replacing the four—year hall system.

Would this move to abolish bc a panacea for
our ills? No This change in structure would not
datc the ideals of a highly respected Grinnell
important the change would more fully Emmi-nos
radically alter the face of the campus. but most
college community. The fotu'ryezir system is an
anachronism in cur’progressive college life, and
now it is time tD l‘eluvenate lhc system so that
the residence halls can be integrated into the
entire Campus program.

reader decries editorial;

ldoubls ‘compelence’ of writer

store is not Saul Wassom's pets
sollal property but the col-
lege’s; all losses must be all-
501'de by the college.

ll) The epitome. however, is
the taking —- intentional or
accidental—of books from the
library, Over 1,500 volumes oi
our 135.000-V01ume collection
are missing. Students who the
liberately take these books
either intentionally steal them
or want to remove the Source
materials (01‘ other students.

Recently it Student made rm
attempt to hide the piliering
of 42 books of “recammended
readings." The renson? Not to

ior three good

was an
weeks after‘
freshman

that h
about Griiinell'

days.
choice:

because of a
image”

wanted to compare answers insleac

By now. or cour . some 01 the aiisii-c have
become legendary When asked to (lo ribe any
ideal theory which is still maintained even
though it has been proven to tail in practice.
somebody chose Griimell Cciicgc Anclhci eVdmr
mec, dismayed by one question. had to admit
that “Madame Bovary" is not at all like “The
Declaration of independence "

_ When the cvam was planned iii ilic iii-st place
its intentions were made clear, “The essay poi-

read them, but to prevent
classmates from writing good
papers. thus keeping down the
elnss curve.

Of course, the students who
want the books suffer. A stun
dent researching a paper on
Shakespeare, for instance will
discover that over 20 of his
listed resources are missing.

value oi‘ lnleldufll thinking anyway and Grin-.is utterly ridiculous — but. bev‘
ncll graduates will go on to bigger and lloltcl"yclld that. it is somewhat cow-i
things iii Greaf Book, Discus on Gioups Man ,nrdiv II he thinks his charge‘
iiatuie may be Ll'eativE: obviously his task iiiu__ is (me, it is his duly to cite‘

i

nci be . . . ,
Thcrc is ilic possibility however 7 iusl as 5135“.“ "man“: “he“ SpecmCl

them is the DOSSlbili_' of eventual inter-est iv 3 “‘t‘"‘jt.‘“‘§" sfl’g‘Fmil Law,

the presentlyrwal’llllg stoic cf student publications em” ‘99 M a “"“e ' 5‘5

ithat somebody's going to reniei-iibei the ideu.h“"?.n°”e “I ”“359 vague gen'

bchind the liberal arts college, This place is erahlmsl

supposed to widen more than dcline the undl-i 3) Gummerson contuses aca-

tion is designed to measure the student's under-

graduates education.

 

Schmin/t elected at U. Of Penn.

By Kendall Sanderson
5&3 Exchange Editor

Tulane University in New
Orleans. La., recently admitted,
without. incident. ll Neglo slur
dents, thus breaking a 129 year
old color bar in the school's ads
mission policy, Smell of the stu-
dcnts were admitted to the grad-
ltzttc school, one ta the" school at
Social work. one to the under-
graduate college, and two it,

‘al students on a part time

The Dean oi Carleton
lcg’c, Northiield, Minn, in a
recent statement said that
within five years the grading
system as it now exists will
be out at ten oi the leading

Cul-

llbcl'nl arts colleges in Amer-
ica," Tll’ statement was based

, on imiircs ons he received at

an uiioft'icial meeting tit deans
irom such schools as Oberlin,
Haveriei-d, Carleton, Grinneil,
Pomona and Occidental. lie
said that he found that the
Harvard business and law
schools, the Columbia Med nl
Sclloul and the University at
Chi ge among others are
willing to at eiit students lor
graduate we i from leading
liberal arts colleges without
grades. Students would be
ranked on an llotlrSrpaSSrl‘nll

. system.

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As a protest against studeiif'bc sen-ct
campus.

government on the

,r lunch at the linive ilv oi
‘Pennsyll‘anln elected a fictitious
candidate with the name cl
Schmiiih as their class president,
Schainik received fifty per cent
ioi‘ the votes while the "real"
lsccciid place candidate ieccived
iol‘lll' iliiiiceii per cent.

oithwcstci-ii Uiiiiei-sily rc-
ccnily rci-ciscd a pl'm'lotls der
cisipn to allow Gccrge Lincoln
.lioclcwcll to speak to n small
inumbci- ct siudcnis there, in
icaiicclhng the Nazt leader‘s
scheduled appearance. citiciiils
of the ulii crsity statcd iliai
lsuch action iv s being l‘dtmli be-
.Ca in good purpose would
in permitting him to

speak

dcmic freedom with social free<
idom or course. it would be
;ioleal it all Grinncilians were
jsclfrcniitrolled and emotionally
mature However, it is becom-
ing increasingly apparent that
while Grinncllians, as a whole.
are quite academically iiiaiuvc,
they are, as a whole, quite etllOv
tionally immature

Before jumping to the hasty
conclusion that the only possible
reason for Dr Bowen" refusal
to change the chin iig and
hours riiics. Guiiiinc .cn should
have considered the possible
reason that Gi-iiiiieilians have
shown that _ l\'e> incapable at
handling then csciit trccdem
with responsibility and thus
should not have more freedom
For example.

al Even though the book
store has turnstiles, there is
still some tllicvcry of books
nnd other items, What the stu-

dents don't malize is that llil: ,

We all know other e.
of student iri-esponsibiity
discoul‘tesy # throwing notices
on the post-office floor. necking
in lunch line, etc These students
are hurting evei onc's chances
of persuading the administration
we can handle more freedom.
Our rules are the result of stu-
dent irresponsibility and apatll}
not administration obstinancg.

1, for one. am heartily sick of
student gripes against the ad—
ministration \\'llel\ the students
themselves have an enormous
amount of untapped potential
power through their formal or-
ganizations and informal social
pre ‘ul‘i‘.

in the last analysis. any
changes in student life will ot:~
cur. not by adlllinlstratian fiat.
bilt only by admitting our own
shortcomings and seeking to
remedy the situation ourselves.

Ann Lousin