Friday. March I, l9b3 SCARLET ‘ AND BLACK Scarletanoi Block GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, Iowa lishcd each Rocker Cal Thc nccd loi- privacy is basic to human na— tiirc Time to one sell, oiiict solitude. peace ioi retlcction: thesc arc means toward tlic i-ea ertion 01 ll\dl\lcllial qualities rig, inst lllc llec pres~ islires oi presentsdny lite, in“ name I Conrail Dnilln ll Lynn Dcmlrr John wilt r Lucllhcr ditty I'll“ KIN: Pelt-r Milki- iuti ii iun. rm newspaper n Frldnv al lhc cc ‘ e an Slurlcl‘ rut *cinpns \l 'Eellmd tm‘ mtmml iiihci-iisi inc, ocl ge publishois Re}- New yin-k » it, Second siibs ratc star will advertisins sci-i is past still. Street, itl at di-inneli. luu-ni min-nu BUSIVESS 'MAMK‘ Glinllell this need is no less great than anywhere else, the special natures or its pressures in tact place a stronger emphasis upon the ire- quent necessity to step outside for a breath oi fresh air, At p- -ent. under llle intluence or grueling studies. he ient exams. emotional crises. asser- tive author es and general gossip. the average student finds himselt otten in need or an outlet. or these there are oi course many. howsoever hr “Home“ prohibited they may be. The problem is not that ta student usually feels lost in a social waste— lland; i ~ more that the awarcness ot constant :supervision seems always to inflict itsell upon iany relaxation one might seek. . The Candidates . . i. . . Manv of th - 1] .t. " d shot l in the last week an extensive campaign for the SGA campus'have llepiiflnulf:llC‘llfuieaSlswlnullllgnfl‘ll;[: preSidency has run its course, Three serious candidates H'atlmt Locks on doors 01'lVDHlEIl'S_1‘00lllS.Open have presented platforms, have given innumerable speeches dfirnfills, Ufi’ca‘PPL‘S “W"? "Pm“ d01“l“."f"‘{“5Vsl‘e“t‘1 ‘ . V . , ,. i. , . a icse ant moi-c are issucs W‘lICl l usmc and hale gi\ 9“.qu set eidl llee cups ol_cof1ee. awed). of “m need [or personal privacy Their pllysmal sttlnllna has been admirable; however, the S rlet & Black editorial board has found little basis Grime” “K ne‘e‘ mum m be one It}: 1 ”)3 N, , __ '2. unit,- fqu-(ll leientlltlon Letueen the plrltlolnls. l‘lle boaltl has, fans”), The coniunmon 0[ many diiiercnlly deemed Lacking ii candidate on the basis at the issues strange and wondcrous personalities pi-ccludcs (whose sum forms an empty set) and titles not feel obliged MW such haDDv arrangement What must be ad- to recommend one of tile three on the basis of personalityi factors. . l Marilyn Alt ‘llils campaigned on the basis ol better com- munication and her tour handy ways to change a rule. Shel said little ol Consequence in her platform statement. l l l sronrs noirous cm PHOTOGRAPHER l>lltlo . nitride nirlai ' Regardl 35 of popular opinion to the contrary, Jack Chapman couched a vague platform ill vague terms Dave Golden pres ted all unimaginative four—point plan, reminiscent 01 Bill I llama's successful platl'olln ol‘ 1961. Halama could not effect it, and we doubt if Golden can. We offer no easy conclusion — there i none. Pctci- Klein. with this column .is introduce i ing a [OHFD‘AI’L service devoted to a critical analysis of the Mchrron Act. By Peter L. Klein Any c llqlle of an ' Communist legislation ‘runs the r k at taking its tli'm stance in mldeall' mum ‘1 Bod” one or the obicctives at this scries of articles is ito avoid this appioach and place the controversy ‘on more substantial looting; but my lirlma’ ‘ollrposc is to present sufficient i-casons r ,iiid . . . . . Ancl Our Chelce ing “The Internal Securities Al‘l Of 1950 as lll’lr _In lieu of a positive endorsement for this year’s SGA ldesirable legislation and lo st‘esest its I‘ePeal- presidential candidates, the SALE otters i\l\~120. the ideal Th1: will be accomplished by showing that ()7 man to} the position. the act is inconSistent with its obicctives. (2) its 1 Rh. a home-br d lowa boy, calls Henry Ford Uncle basis (assfumnilmls we invalifit _(3l thenillrimary hill: and spetllis at at 'ollately of his great grandmother, ““e‘ 0 0" \"g E‘“ ‘5 “a!“ 9 ‘5‘“. ‘3" Carlie Nation. XK CElI‘lleS a 313 cumulative into the elece “m by and, N) that m consmu‘ . . . . . . ional validity is questionable tlon. He is Illiljol'lllg' landscaping and hopes to invent an . . u t m 3. bl p» s d The McCarrau Act tint. Securities Act or "s O l“ e 71““ see ‘ 19‘s HR 9490 i dc~' nod to- His Plattol‘m: ° or ' ‘ 5 "g ' 1) At least one referendum :1 week to keep stu- A. “ . . . make_llnln\vlul ti consnirac)’ ‘(0 dents tum-95m! in salsa cuisine. perlorm anv act which would substaniiillv con- , - . t~‘ht'ttl .ti'het ‘tl'tl.U‘t(l . 2) A (committee on committees to study the real s't'atiisenloei tileta‘litiiia‘isi glcrnlo‘l'hlilillmlser'f‘tlfl‘eeA \issues behind the issues. ign control." and 3) Closed glass doors on study rooms ill the new 3 ii . . nir tli omniiinis movement Forum. lea e CC 1 p in the United States to operate ill the open -1) A keen dialogue between students and faculty rather than underground." ‘ ~ on tlle subject 0f communication. ‘ ' (fl'Dm-lllc Senate Comnéittee oi the Judici- 5) A enlarged skiing program—n snow machine ‘ my ”W” _ 5'2311' ”3' ) everr student. , 1 Under the provisions of this legislation 6) Turnstiles in the library a lie detector in the lSf‘"‘i§'l3iéi”‘e§id"Zsai‘l‘i‘i'c‘cl‘afisili'eioalilifnilghfli . . u . n 'g. ' i . 1 e _ lliUOhFSlOIe, and no locks on meme dam ‘accompanving registration. it can retuse to rcg_ I) A sei-i oi collee hours to_ determine once and lot and lace stiller punishment, or it can dis- for all the nature of lllill‘lr 10 be liollllu'ed by a highly solve itself democratic stllilcntel‘aculty referendnmi for it an organization rcgislers. it is illegal [or Editorial Board any member to. “ . hold any noneleclive oliice Tom PNHms Forum For Descent The Junior Liberal Arts Examination has 3) been the sulncct or a great deal ot student crilr 4) cism since its inception, and most or the obiec— 5) To the Editor: Your that student stble for, the lack of Grabendorl’s slal“ Phillips The aim of life is to be lucid. God talks to everybody. It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of n needle than for Li rich man to a n and appealing solely to emotional evidence Thus, , recent editorial apathy is among olhci- answer "highly artlcle on Grinnell Bruce Becker 5 tor Privacy mittcd, however, is that thc same pcoplc arc thrown together at close and icgular intervals in a small and isolated social unit Pcoplc mcct in classes. dormitories. dining-hails. library, union and contacts or all kinds on these low acres. Front a purely statistical point oi View, tllc probability or new combinations is much less than that ol' icgularly recurring ones. Add this to the continuing pressures ot a quasi-H' vard liberal education. and you have arrived at the beginnings ol 3 meaningiul synthesis ot much oi Grillnell's ciuption or late. ' Small wonder. then, the move for offecampus residency. the pressure lor opcn dorms with closed doors, locks lor women's rooms and abolishinent oi the present men's dormitory syse tcm Small wonder, even. the illegal open dorms. thc escaping at women rrom the Quad at night. or the vacationing during the review period ‘For even it the assertion oi irresponsibility is granted it is still neeessaiy to grant students at least a part of their donne The ominous ruin— blings from the Social Banning Board are truly disturbing in their tendency; one should not. by all rights, be punished tor his social drinking by removal of some or his privacy privileges The administrational altitude seems somewhat blunt Students will admit their own irresponsibility # and stilted in its iercrenccs to student conduct. or at least that ot their icllows 7 but not at the point oi sacrilicing soicly nccdcd pi'vileges and rights Begin McCarran Act Critique or employment under the United States: . or it such organization is a Communist-action ore detcnsc tacilit " (Sec, 5 of HR 9490): " . . . to make amplicatbn [or a passport . . . or to c or attempt to use any such passport" (Sec. 6 or HR. can .etioll, to engage in any employment in any 9490). The organization is iurthcr required to file annual reports containing a list of ctiicers. a financial statement including sources and uses of all lunds; and in the case of Communistcction groups, a complete list ot all members. in addition. all mail intended loi- two or more ncople must be stamped with the following has tice: “Disseillinated by t a Comnlnn. organization. (See. in HR. glam A similar rogue lation applies to radio and television broadcasts, A ‘Communist organization" is defined bv_the McCar n act as an organization in the United state. , . whose purpose it is. by treachery deceit. in in tion inlo other groups . . . espio- nage. sabotage, terrorism and any other means deemed necessary to establish a Communist iotal- itarian dictatorship in the United states (Sec. 2 HR. 9490). It is e dent that any group registering would inc inate and restrict itsclt to the extent that it could no longer operate 3n the open. tlius contradicting the second obiective (BA Thus if this registration is ineffective than objective (Al cannot be satisfied either. In the next artcle. it will be shown that the above mentioned definition of a “Communist or- ganization" is invalid on the grounds that the Columnist them“! of revolution is similar to the l‘cvollilionary theories presented in the “Declarae lion of Independence" and that the term “Come lnuhist organization" includes unrelated to the Communist movement I 77’" Grabenclortf Rapped (Finally) él‘or Women's Fashions Story aspects of Grinnell — acceptance States on individual merit. in Grinnell. l‘espon. it is not what you wear, but thing. what you are that is important. to Woli My second point regards ans controvc other pressure at Grillnellilhe rah pressure ot time, Clothes care tions to it are quite justitied. The Liberal hi approach to Truth seems to consist or reading r. many books as possible. and thcn synthesizing all your intorincition into neat but all-incl vc con. cepts about the Namic or Mail. thc Order or the Universe and other such things But the trouble with syntheses like this is simply lllat they or:- synthetic, you can't boil down truths about men and universes. because when you boil them down they shrink. But that's enough or that. What i really want to do here is to administer my own Junior Liberal Arts Examination to the Grinnell coin inunity at large. It con . s or ten trueelalsc questions. and I think it is far superior to the other one in order to get a good mark on the other one Von have to be wellsread, rational and scientific; but to get a good mark on this one. you have to know something about something So here it is ,my Junior Liberal Arts Exam. Only one person got ii all right so 1‘ -. and that was because she knew all the answers. it you think the statement is true writc e T in the lett til the column; if you think it is raise, w 'te an F iii the left or the column and don't look at the answers which are on page 3 of this paper until you have tinishcd. Take all the time you want. there are no trick questions The Junior Liberal Arts Examination 1) Nothing is really either good or bad. 2) ”The best things in liic arc ircc." enter the kingdom iii licoven. l It's a sin to kick dogs. 7) Falling in love involves certain compro— misc: 8) To understand rill is to lorgivc all. 9) Elves and goblins are products or the imagination, 10) Elves and goblins are real. ions, i suspect, rather. that there lwas no answer because most Grinnell women fell, as i did. that it was worth no more than passing notice. Although the re— plies to his charges are obvioi ‘I enter a belated protest. rather ltllan have Mr Grebcndortt teel involves a great deal oi time. and for those seriously interest— .ed in getting a good education. this may be time takcn trom .things far more important. trui- some, getting a good education can mean spending a minimum ot time on the curriculum and All right, Now you may look on page 8 {or the he has successfully brought Grinria maximum of time in outside answers it you got live right. you pass, SlX you're 0K, Seven. you'le a hippy. Eight, you've got the pictui- Nine. you're a hotshot And it you got ten or more right you are my siinsliinc lt l may change the siibiect again, i cortoiie ly would like to Join in the oeal or protest against student irresponsibility and lack ot con- sideration here at Gl'innell. Besides the shocking immaturity evidenced by such practices as steal— ing hour the boo storc. littering the post otiice sneaking women nto dormitory rooms. llagrant drinking and necking in lunch line. Grimiclrs social slippage is dramatized still further by sordid situation which h 9 yet to be accorded much publicity, and by t I rcler to someihir; which may sound Il'ivtzll but is in reality just as important as this other stun: namely the student nos -)icl:lng that goes on incessantly in Bin-line iy. Entirely too many people are pitting noses iii Btu-ling Libi-my. and it has to stop. ~ clothing, ncll womanhood cringing to its knees. in the iirst place. being a rashion plate is an expensive process. and most oi as burden ed iiith the high costs of tul~ lion. room and board. book travel. and supplies cannot a ford to keep up with e new lashion trcnd We settle instead loi- l'airly plain. sei iceable which will remain in style tor many years. Should a “clothes race" it would put a tremendous pres. sure on those oi its with a linlile ed clothing allowance and wea ten one oi the most dcmocrotii begin, ‘ reading and discussion with fel- low studentsl Those who work ‘and engage in outside activities have even less time tor clothes care l The whole question hinges on the placement ot values The right of each individual to judge freely where he will place his values in this and other matters should be rcspcctcd bv all. i lhope a recognition oi this right lwill bring Mr Grnhendorff to a ‘more tolerant attitude toward image of us who do not have his standards ot dress l Donna Cunningham