SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March I5, I963 David Lighl‘bourne Scarlel‘ and Black GEINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, low: a Weekly newipnper hublirhcd each i iy or the collelzu ncll Committee on Student Publ iiioiis, wn. un. chmcnicd for nncinnni niliciiinm: sing Service, Inc, College Puhl hers Ren— Forum For Descent Interest in the broadcast was suiuciem lo resellinli cuss postage paid it Grinnzll, her school yzzlr. inwn. i-cmrm: JUSINESS MANAGE“ , 18 East Gfllh Street, New Your 22, N. y, Second Subscription mic slio :iiii limiic ciinniii Damn , nine niim. Lynn bull)" .lclui win: ‘1 i wiiilcn ii All letters to the Editor written for publication in the Scarlet and Black must be typed (mil double spaced. No unsigned letters Will be printed. However, writers' names will he \Villl‘lPld upon request. The 5&3 reserves the right to shorten any letter. Cohon esterddy ll tilll, thin young lnnn with an extreme mlollut of brown hair was elected Col‘HP President. His normal dress, levis and boots, his Purl: Street residence, and his hair style have resulted in his classiflcnt‘ion as a i eat.” \Vhen Peter Collon filed his application for CoIHP sideut. the majority of Grinnell students chuckled. Their Coholl promised them the moon, and suddenly the North; Cumpus attitude became sober. Cohan promised what Grinnell students have long beenl tiliuliing about: an end to llypocri 3/, rules which agree with nlodern Americnn moral standards. Collon, like lhe‘ other three candidates, campaigned for an office which 'ilrld never before been actively sought. At first Cohon1 seemingly invoted an ultimatum to the ndmillistration: “in the event that student proposals are vetoed, I think it would be obvious that there is no student government.” Cohen since that time has compromised his platform, and has spoken incrensingly of his responsibility as CoiHP President. But his election must conclusively SllOH' students, pur- e:lts, facility and the zlt‘lnllillsti'iltlon that the students at Grinnell are not satisfied. They have voted for a change, and Cohen is ohli s:lldents want dud thell to bring his findings to the lid ri'inis rl risers I old one Ed note: ton ode-cow in ii following _ ticlc 11"cscuts background nlntcrldl tu ihc pas s'lge oi‘ llic Mchrrzlu Interim! Sccuriiy Act. ' c following is the iii-st of a sciics on lhis problem, By Ron Goodcnow lsolatcd rioni ‘ihc icst oi the llorld by great cccans and .1 {am oi cniunglomcni \\'ltll a For- idpi and decadent Europe, frontier Aincricn d . leloped into what might he called n dcmociono c niialistic society The prime cha sctcrislic at in society has been its social inohiliy and unique iiiddle class- political and inicllcciunl ethic Es seniiolly. all Americans have had the same cute I ok on society, there has been no clnss haired. cl whnt adversity lhcrc hns been. has generally on dcsiroyed by ossimrlohon. Emphasis in thi society has tindilioiinlly bccn ~laccd on individlsl rather than national sccur- i,y Aincricans hovc had a natural fear or "big g crnmcni," “power politics" and thc csc of riolcncc to achieve political cnds. Thc bchci that man is a moral nnimul, an idea as much a product of Enlightenment ideology as a rcsuh of the American experience. has ch us to believe moi society ilsclr should be moral and rational. Il is no wonder, then, the American people have tcndcd to view lhc conihclc with other non; as idcologlc bottles, rucglcs bclwccn ill and wrong. Quite obviously thcsc conihcts vc l)CCn ihc rcsult ol w -l<(\d nuihorilnrian leaders, lcadinp their innocent peoples, into \vilr ior ihc mast scliish of cnds. As a icsiili. undoin- cciatic stoic ollcn icnd lo bu evil and warlike by their Vc‘ nature and dcinoc- tic sinics (wliaicvcr they are) ucnccl’ul and mo nl It IS sigilitlcant. that alter lighting ; cm un- tlollal crusadcs against immoral iololiin inn pm crs twice in H s contiii , the Ullilod suiics ril- tempted to establish dcmoc r y in tnc vanquished nations "ind rciurncd in hcr traditional lsnlatlml, fully expecting ihc ncwly csiabhshcd peace to he lusting. It is not ditiicult in see that many Amcricnns have what might be called n conspirncv theory of his-lory and iutcruniionnl nil-ins, E\il mcn