Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. March 29. I963 Scarlet and Black GmELL COLLEGE Grlnnell, Iowa A weekly newspaper published each Friday oi the college :aur by file Gi-‘lnncll Commlam on Student yubllcuuons. wu. Iinm A. Nsyill, ckrirmun. Mpxmnted for nnaouul advertising by National Advertising Service, 1nd. colisg. Publisher] Rep- russntutivn is mt snob Smut. Nrw York 22, my. second class bombs paid at Grinnelll lawn. Subscription rate SLED per school year. Jun Hart-ii Conrad D-Iml have Bletz Lynn Dellzler .. John Wolf nuu hawker Len Colour-c: _ Pour Millcr Bub Lewis nrnunii annonrson Miko Gnenfleld Pl! Workllun Mimi Levine MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR AssisTlmT ans aanon . COPY nnlron ,. sronTs EniToiz CHIEF PHOTOGB moor ASSISTANTS FEATURE EDITOR .v EXCHANGE EDYI‘OR cmcuLATioN MANAGER A A1] LAYOUT MANAGER 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, writers' names Will be withheld upon requmt. The 5&3 reserves the right to shorten any letter. A Loud Silence -- KG A "wired-wireless” radio operation at Grinnell Col- lege gained the approval of the college hierarchy in May of 1948. Late the following fall the flickering voice of KGRW travelled through the heating tunnels and into campus ra- dios. The station was small in budget and operation, broad- casting for an hour and a half five evenings a week. KGRW grew steadily for a few years, and then its voice slowly faded into its present silence. A driving force behind KG’s inception was a student named Peter Hackes, now an NBC news commentator, who found his biggest job was to sell the feasibility of a campus radio to stu- dents, faculty, and “most of all the administration." KGRW started off on a small scale, but by 1951 a staff of 130 participated in the operation of the station. A confident station manager, Bill Calm, said in 1951, “If we keep growing at this rate, in five years KGRW will be Grinnell College, with every student a member." He added,‘ “The future looks high indeed for this adolescent organ- ganism." Calm was wrong. KGRW never really made it at Grin- nell. Generally, the interest in a college radio remained high. But the equipment and technical quality of the closed-circuit broadcasting hurt the station. Also under the “wired-Wireless" the Norris Halls couldn‘t be reached. Last year the station manager of the now offrthe-air KGRW proposed that the college turn to a FM set-up, broadcasting over the air. A Board of Publications com- mittee prepared a report rflavoring a FM set-up, the report being sent to Grinnell President Howard B. Bowen. In the absence of President Bowen, James H. Stauss, dean of the college, presented the proposal to the faculty which reportedly approved the program in principle. At the time President Bowen cited the need for further study on the program. The Glinnell College student senate passed a resolution in the spring of 1962 unanimously in favor of an FM sta< tion Between 800 and 900 students last spring signed a pet ion calling for an FM station, yet the future of an FM college radio is not bright. Monday President Bowen said that even should an FM proposal be approved by a faculty committee (which he is in the process of selecting for the purpose of studying the FM proposal), he doubted if an FM station could be worked into next year’s college budget. A station would necessitate an initial outlay of between $5000 and $7000, according to the station manager of the defunct KGRW. President Bowennoted that if the FM proposal receives the support of a faculty committee, he would “give it serious consideration." “I feel that the radio station from a public relations stand point has little to offer us,” President Bowen added. He noted that the station‘s value would be for educational purposes only. Stephen E. Wood, dean of men, in reference to a ra« dio station said, “I don’t believe a student can accept the responsib ty of managing and programming." His reason for this feeling was the amount of time involved in such work. KGRW-FM would be a frill, another extracurricular ad- dition to Grinnell. According to Wood, the question boils down to “priorities," or to which extras in Grinnell is go- ing to incorporate into its program. We think that an FM station at Grinnell should have priority over other frills suc'h as two or three highly ex- pensive concerts a year or a ski slope constructed for the Snow Carnival. An FM Station could ’be successful. It has educational value and could also provide a welcome change lfrom the commercial programming of most Iowa stations. KGRW-FM is needed. J.P.H ‘lege‘s vice president has put it, S&B--P To the Editor; In a report of a coffee hour in the 5&8 of Friday, March is, the question was raised whether the 5&3 exists primarily as a crusading college newspaper or as merely a publicity arm of the college. You have stated that the 8&3 should crusade. As the article puts it: .. . . l the Sam. should be the manipulator of. college opinion.” I would submit to you that the ‘SSzB should be far more than an issue—makeP what it is now, Our college newspaper she be a source of pragmatic criticism, the real analyst of the campus issues. Up to now, the 5&3 has taken stands that are more emphatic and dogmatic than pragmatic. Therefore, the editors should produce a better thought out editorial policy, or, as the col- should stop its irresponsible cru- sade. I would suggest a positive substitution for the sensational unthoughts we have been get- ting; namely, confine editorial output to the thoughtful opin- ions of non-staff members. There is a distinction between thoughtful newspaper crusades and irresponsible journalism,one which is a pseudo-idealism of sorts. This distinction was hinted at in the first paragraphs of the letter. An example of a thought- In! crusade in American journal- ism is the expose by the Chica< go Daily News of the abhorrent conditions in Illinois mental hos- pitals. In their thoughtful attack, ragmatic the editors of the Daily News developed a powerful set of counter-arguments to all Lhe stal- wart positions; they were never open to an attack by intelligent public opinion. If you would ar- gue that indeed the Daily News used sensationalism, 1 would re- tort by saying that every ounce of their passionate attack was backed up by a well taken, log- lcal position. 1 would argue that the Scarlet and Black editorials have been lacking in such a logical back- ing. it seems to many of us that the editorials have rather seem- ed take any old kind of a liberal stand, which has. time after time, been deemed ridiculous by the bulk of readers. I cite the omnipresent grumbling on cam- pus—directed towards the 5&3.’ The editorials have not been careful appeals to reason, as long as passions could be arous» ed. These actions constitute ir- responsible journalism. For ex- ample, great student feeling was stirred up over the drinking rule question, Plenty of printer’s ink. miles of banner headlines, and almost no real discussion of the issues. in reality, the drinking rule position, if properly publicized! could be very favorable to the college trustees. It will, in fact. make drinking on campus much more tightly enforced. That is c .t. . provoked a much different ac- tion. When Dr. Bowen replied to the wave of hysteria that was precipitated by the yellow journalism campaign. the declin- ing prestige of the college res sulting from “widespread sensa- tionalism” was one of his major arguments. Remember that fate- ful night in the Student Senate? The student body would give the 5&3 a firm round of aP‘ plause for some intelligent edi- torial positions. 1 daresay, after the gems of the past three edi- torial pages (on elections), the paper would get a standing ova- tion. Not that the picture is all bad. Articles by Dan Friedlander and Ron Goodenow stood out as excellent work. They stood out because they were thought out. But as long as the 58:3 continues to use sloppy word- ings. their position will be hope- lessly blurred. For example. one only has to look at the first line of the article that this letter comments on (March 15, p. 5): “The question of Whether the 5&3 has the right to be the ‘manipulator of campus opinion." “Manipulator” is a poor choice Iof Words. It easily implies dem- ugoguery, systematized propa- gandizing efforts, and emotional ihyper-appeals. Indeed, that ill- chosen word implies many things that the 581B editorials have been. Would it be such a difii- l certainly what the trustees want..Cult task to make the M the Why was this fact not brought‘.“enlightener of campus opinion” my {rather than the “manipulator?" Instead of success, publicityi Mark Schofl‘ Blast Against Court Countered To the Editor: The Grimell College High Court has been charged with incompetence, impotency. and acts of absurdity in a letter to the editor in the Scarlct&Black. These charges have come not from outside the Court, but from one of its own member5# or better, emmembors. (See the 5&3 March 22). For the record let me state that the final decision of the Court was 2.2, not 2.1 as Nan- cy Lee Norton stated in her let- ter. The decision of the Court had been recorded in the Sec— retary's minutes and had been made public prior to Miss Nor- ton’s “abstention." Furthermore. the decision to withdraw her vote was made after the High Court had disbanded from its consideration of the case. 1 am surely aware of the nature of the community in which we all live, as do the other memhels of the Court. And indeed, “all that can he expected of any court menu her is that he honestly try to hear both sides of the case." This is exactly what the High Court was asked to do in de- ciding' the case of Martin vs. awsn. And I believe it was done. I feel that it is the responsi< bility of each member of the- Court, and this includes the Men's and Women’s Primary Courts. to listen to and decide a case as his or her conscience dictates; a decision not based on partiality to one side or thel other. but merely on the pre— sentaticn of the facts by both parties to the case. However, i do not mean to exclude the fact, that individual justices may hold differing judicial philosophies, but rather, that each justice Sena’re Busy With Red Tape: LiHIe Meaningful Discussion To the Editor: As a Senator I am continually appalled at the lack of meaning- ful discussion on matters before the Senate. The issue which precipitated my present disgust was list night’s consideration of the McCarral-l Act Resolution. During the debate the Senate saw an attempt to table the resolution because the students had not educated themselves. which was defeated. Then an amendment was proposed to change the resolution from ad- vacating ”repeal" of the Act to a “reconsideration” of this Act. The chair was overruled during the debate on this motion to keep the Senators debating the issue of repeal versus reconsid~ erotion. After all this, the amendment was withdrawn! A mandate was then proposed for amendment but it, too, was withdrawn when it was pointed out that the mandate would cost $50 if passed. A more mod- est mandate was proposed after a suggestion by adviser Paul Smith, and then an amendment to the mandate was proposed. This amendment to the amend- merit was defeated; the man- date was then passed and added to the resolution. The repeal, re- consideration wos again moved and finally defeated. Then the full resolution came up for de- hate and not one single Sen— ator, including myself, brought up a single point which touch- ed on the essence of the resoA lution, i.e. is the McCarran Act a danger to American freedom. This resolution was formulated in the hopes that ii. would slim» ulato discussion on the Act. Coffee hours were held, straw votes were taken, and the cul- mination should have come in Senate when a rational discus— sicn of the pros and cons of the bill should have taken place, Instead the discussion took the form of legalistic maneuvers and petty bickering. Amendments were carelessly introduced and withdrawn with about the same amount of care. This is the representative body of mature, intelligent Grinncll students? Karen Adkinson render an opinion opemmind- edly, and in good conscience. based on fact and rule of law. i state in closing. that the High Court has been and will remain a highly competent and responsible group of students, seeking to do only what to them seems right. We invite criticism when it is justified, but we can- not absorb unfounded attacks based on isolated and out of context material. Miss Norton has cried foul. but the umpire has thrown her- self out. Jim Sobic Chief Justice, High Court Ten Grinnellians to Tour Tucson Air Force Base Seven Grinnell Air Force ROTC cadets and three mem- bers of the college faculty are scheduled to fly today to Tucson, Ariz., for a three-day tour of Davis-Monthan ‘Air Force Base. The cadets are John C. Black, Upton s. Ethelbah. Jr., William D. Gerdes, Michael Miller, Willi- am 0. Morhman, Donald D. Per rin and Arthur H. Weyrauch. Dale n. Terry (Registrar), Edd w. Bowers (phys. ed.) and Capt. Dean K. Mandeville (air science) are also making the tour. The ten Grinnellians will fly from Cedar Rapids aboard an Air Force 054 transport air- crrft along with 22 cadets and four ROTC staff personnel from the State University of low at Iowa City. At Davis-Monthan, the visitors wiu see demonstrations of air- craft and equipment currently used at the Strategic Air Com— inand base. A trip highlight will be a tour of a Titan missile site. The ca- dets and faculty members will return by plane to Cedar Rap- ids March :31.