Page Two SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, April I9. 1963 Sedrlei and Block GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell, Iowa ii wspmm published curb, r- ‘r iiisll Committce on student Piibll cbiiimaii. llcnrmelitnl ior nahnnn by rational A inn Saivice. inc. College Yubl‘ s nap. lcfiei iiivr, )3 Ellsl onlli Street, NL- York 2 Second lawn, Siibscrinlion mic slow or we cniiac. lions wn 'idi‘e isim, class no ge paid at ciiuncll, iicr school year mirror: :ain hernia llUSlNE . .iimii pi...“ ii - . in: him ‘ EDITOR . yim Dcnzlur ASSIS ANT NEWS EDITOR , John Wall COPY EDlTOI'. . i , spam-s EDITOR CHI ' YHOTOGRAPHEH. K00} ASSISTANTS wruru: pun-on "us! Luevker Lsn Culcducy Pun iiiillsr Debi-i: norlnck rim. Lewis , hiiran Adkillsnu eiiuall Sanders-7n Mild- mariiriclil l-iii wininiiini Mildi Lanna Min; nlarriinii AD SALESMEN bush 5 ASSISTANTS 'Loslic modular, All letters to the Editor written for publication in the Scarlet will be printed. However, Writers‘ names will be withheld upon request. The 5&8 reserves the right to shorten any letter. More Trips? Last week’s Scarlet and Black editorial drew fire from 53'61'21l sources. Two Young Republicans’ complaints are -d in this week's paper. One of these men denied Lie represelltntiveness of the Young Republican Midwest ’ iollzil Platform, which was the topic of tile editorial, . die the other called the editorial “distorted." Other criticisms were generally along the line of tlii ring which says, “This is Grinnell College. Why in e \lOild do 'uu have to tall: about a Yollne‘ Republican Ml)., a far cry from Last week we had 1\ rare opportunity. We were given a frailment which supposedly Illllsitintes the feelings of the 7 divest Regional gathering of Young Republican This doelllllellt provided us with a link between the Grinnell Colieg tics, and national and international politics. he felt this document illustrated an llltrarconservatil'e ioint of View, one which is militant and individualistic. We saw this document as one which summed up many iight—wing arguments, We disagree not with the conserv the nature of these people, nor with their party tag, but rith uhzit' they Said and the possible cause and effect 1' lil nship which their plans could have provoked ill this lilish world situation. We feel that it was highly appropriate that Such a (ocumcnt, written on ll college level, be discussed on a college level. J. P. H. and Black must be typed and double spaccd. No unsigned letters l community, the host 01‘ Midwest college colnmnnirl Curl Lamb The hislcry oi cliectivc United Nations ac- iion is one oi the transfer oi conllicl l'rom inc scveral Councils to lhc General Assembly This old political device oi changing the batllcliclo instead oi the issues ls’partlcularly approprialc for the UN. It has served lo piacc many prob lems before ihc actionrol'ienled Assembly while relegating the frequently hamsirung lalgerpowr er bodies to a secondary role, Although operating under a lower-powered mandate than the Councils. lhc Assembly has evidenced a remarkable creativiiy in by-passing Charter rcslriclions lhal would leavc it a power— ‘less advisory commillcc, The usual pailcrir in- icludcs passage of a resolution oi pl'mclplcs in a igiven area and then ieicrcncc to that resolution in lieu ol lhr- Charlcr, ln lhis icspccl. the Unil— lnE l'or Peace Resolution did lo ihe Sccurilv Council whal lhc Declaration on Granting of independence ln Colonial Peoples did lo lhc ‘Tiusiccsliip Council Even the question ol’ the iodinission ol Rod China has become onc oi “CH? ltlerltlals” and not "membership." cileclivcly shilling the conllicl iroin the Security Cuun» icil to lhc Gcncral Ass. nbly > ‘ This same process is at prcscnl working ils Advice and Dissent— '; General Assembly Praised course on an issue ihai has irustralcd any atlen , at solution in sixteen years, South West Ari-ion. If the Assembly has seemed pmiiculariy coin» pliant on lhn issue recently It is only because ii is in the iirst stage or ihc conilirl—shiil process .A Case has been initiated before the Intel'natlonr a1 Courl cl Juslicc by Liberia and Ethiopia which could cvcniually give the General Asscm— bly authority lo lake positive aclion iii the case, The decision will determine lhc legality oi a unilateral removal by the U.N, oi lhc mandated icrriiory of South West Afl‘l i from Soulh Aliica Several initial obsiruc lonist obicciions pic sented by Souih Africa have already been dis posed of by the Couri in a ruling handed down late lasi year. Deliberation on the subsiancc ol lhc case is now under way at the Hague. Hoslilc aciicn in the General Assembly has been postponed pcnding the Courts ruling. Givcn a para-Charicr mandaic in this field the Assemn bly might well proceed to take incaninslul aciion up lo and including miliiary monomers. it this issue iinally reaches a soluiion it will bn another tribute in the creativity of ihc Gen- eral Assembly, The road to effective inicrnalional aciioh is by no means straight. Porter Takes By biucc Porter chw Station Manager . If ihc casc ior PM oi Grinnell bascd on ils ‘cdiicationzil valuc ' overwhelming, ii mo ”'18- two cost is low. it the students have indicated lhcir suppori ior lhc project, what is lhc rcr ynaimng hilchi Is there iinrcasonnhlcncss in lhc Griniicll i administration or (in: (here valid reasons for ,pmceellin: cautiously? Let's look zit lhc ailr punish-alien's case and see why ri-csidcnc Bowen and those (ll'fllllld him are somewhat less lhaii enthusiastic. Though lhcrc are peripheral reasons iur lhls l— io say the least —— lack oi enthusiasm. lhc lcenlral coiisidcralion is lhai FM is a gigantic ivotential headache. It could become an adminis- iii-aior's iiighlinarc. How? simply ocausc an lopen microphone is a potent instrument lor mis- Ichici. And ihe natural inclination or an adminis- llralor is to err on ihc side of safety. Then loo. llhinking back on some of the programming ovcr the old KGRW is disquieting to anyone concernr :ed wilh public relations, l Actually all this worry, whilc real. is un- necessary. First no one sces Grinnell radio as a crusading ‘voice of [he sludenls'. FM to the sill- dents should be simply a communications xlT‘edILIm lo be used lo the iullcsi cxlem or its unique potential. Dir ci responsibility ior a radio slaiicn must be boiirnc by lhc college. This CH" cums-lance along wiih ihc capiial oullay is ihv 0n FM Foes central reason FM cannot be a student govern: nimit proposiiion: conlrol and linancing must rest wilh the college adminisiraiion Siudeni elfort and talent would. of course, iurnish the hulk oi the programming, Thus the pol result is ihc collcgc admmislra— linri rocsivmg a quality radio operaiion wilh all the inlcrnal and external benchis iiilicr schools havc found in ihs medium and Griiincll slu— dents being able to listen to somelhing decent in loiva'. own province of the ‘wasieland'. A definite plan ior assuring responsible stu- dent mm in an FM operation has been pre- sealed to lhc adminisiraiioii. Even more imr portnnt is that such a plan he presented to the faculty conimiltcc being organized to sliidy further FM. ls it crucial ihai action be taken, il u is ever to be taken. on FM in the near iiilurcl It is and ior obvious reasons. We still have lho organiza- tional framework and reservoir of cspeiience and know edge leii from lhe old KGRW and more importantly. from the efforts expended in researching lhe FM proposal and anticipating the problems which will arise. Such an attractive preparation ior inilialins FM can't be created by hat in ihc future. ii We are to have FM. it must be next year and if it is lo be next year preparations must be begun this Spl'i g. And ii the college feels FM is abstractly ‘a good ihing,’ there is no real reason why it should noi be now. David Ligh‘l‘bourne Forum For Descent Ovcr «he reading period 1 mci a [minor pr idem oi CBS w We were discussing schools in general, and he mcnlioiicd lhal. according lo the latest world “Gl‘lnnell's style of life is simple. Social. cul- liral. and extracurricular aelvities ilouiish in number and varietv. Yet the Style in which tier 1 e Conducted IS simple and unprclcniious." ”Grinnell is miormal and llcxtblc in policies and administration . . All members of the coin .riuniiy, including the students, particioaic in governing the community's affairs, which arc conducied in a democraiic and non-bureaucratic liia he“ s roundupi cdllcalio : but up i'ui reading a now book at ihe moment call» ed ihe “Grinnell College Bulletin." ii came imo :ne bookstore last week, and l found out every-. body gets a free copy. to find oiii where lhey arc and what they’re doing here. Not only lhal, but ccriam poi-ls make wondcriul reading, and she whole thing is a marvelous credit to lhc public relations budget Naturally, in their haste lo lcll lhc world all about Griimcll, lhcy lei-sol to mcnlion a few inings For instance, people are sneaking around up or shut up, rally believe wc display lhe lcisurc and ge three best colleges around. I’m not sure what this says about Alliance!» in Something worth hemp Concerned aboiil. fashion" This obvious achnowledgemcni is oiicn rorgollcn, bui it's the only reason some pcoplc don't give Naturally, the big problcm remains deciding what makes this place worth loui- years. (Here we’ve got a head start, because all kinds of pea— plc know whai doesn't) Now some people sec- lt’s the excellent liiglquuallly studenls that clothes really make the ma To the Editor: Historically lio's now on llic iaculiy oi Colum- “C“V‘MS 1‘“ [or this unit' sludent Gi'innell |> one 01 the two or it does mean that we'le mixed cial unit This ihc l‘alnc irom ing ihc funds The events proiessors and Everyone knows. ihcush so cvci niglu in c and propric befitting oiii nlilily. ll you don'l believe me ily. This and lhc class and generated inlcrcsl at Grinnrll. The reasoni is lhal the class, as a is outside the siructurc of‘r government. ‘ lunction is that oi an cxira so.ilivo reasons is cvidcucod bvl fact lhai the ihc iund and the doc. appropriation are made by Planning Board concerning year's class day lcale lhn [utility oi class acliiullaultiness. Alumni may identify program, insulated by John Gieyliheir class or llic ycar in iFreshman Class Officials Suggest: ‘Abolish Class Aciiviiies and Offices' fwiih the normal campus fuller . tions, Considering ihe present Itsl . . , . inioresi in class funetlons. ihis made success or any hiiure clas. aciiviiy impossible. lililcl’ Proponents of class organiza- onlyllion and activity generally offer lol‘ its existence. Fist. class organization pro motes class unity which has general social,\lalue after graduation, for it is ions concernr‘the class which is the center of lhese‘of alumni identity. Secondly, lho Social‘class organizaiion provides an ,ouuct ior siudem leadership. A close examination of these reasons quickly reveals their Its class funds program originalodizhcmsclvcs wilh lhe college by inch (ornels lately, whispering somebody wanls for- mal has at both servings oi dinner every nieht Now regardless oi how unbelievably absurd this . ouiid it surely i. in kecpi g with lhc descrip- ‘itious or our ”simple" and “iniormal” life I guess we should have seen lhis coming when they made athletes dress up ior early din» Zier, At the time i thought maybe photographers from “Esquire" oi “Gentleman‘s Quarlerly" were an campus. and it was all part of the joke But somehow the grealor and greater attendance at 0 has irickcd somebody iiilo thinking lb pageant is popular. Eilhel' lhal. or lhe campus cleaning; agency has a lobby with Saga Fred. demanding more dry cleaning b sines‘ One or the occupational hazards aiound hci-c s losing your willy anger on occasion You get tired or complnlmne, eilhcr because pretty soon riliey’ll ask you to leave. because it's too sad lo liciiiiiiiy. or bccausc you iusl plain feel like being pleas-ant {or a change, Or course it's true lhal part oi our conslniii exmlement (sec the new Catalogue) is woiidei— lug What lhey'il lry iioxl. For quiic a while now we r, been trying lo calch up with our rcir iLtalion. But wailing on that is like waiting on Judaemem Day. Yet it’s important to realize that ciiiics only exist ii something is worth the effort; at Grin. :iell. il happens to be lhe college. if \ s were all at lhe University of Palognnia. critici. would be ridiculous, complaining would be a joke. Who complains about lhc table manners pl a goal especially one willi low Board scores? lust watch everybody in Cowles somoiimc. Why rye ncvcr Seen a more suave, smoolh, relaxed well—palsed and polished dinner party, Bui to be Sllglllly salieiii iusi once this semes- icr, llic_ roal ilagedy concerns ihc college's pre- lion wilh - ccoiid principles For exam- .. Ce nobody wil _ y lhai s :ual promiscuiiy is undesll'able. (he siudcnls are iold about closinfii doors and locking up people mslead rpm the looks or lhc poor l)e\l'llde,ed pr pcctlves. up gaVlilg at lhc lLlnclllineS in iillcr hoi’ , prcliy soon it'll be illegal oven to be ouisidc cl a doc uiih a girl because peole might la .c lhni are wrong way loo in ilius canll‘azliciing a basic aim or siudcnl responsibiliiy and choice. llic collcgc also abro- ‘gdtes lbc naiui-al. moral. hcalih and incir delilnlly inuliciiablc — ri lt oi 1 cc associaiion. -all in (he lorni oi inl iidal‘ l rci‘usn io bolicvc ihni promiscuiiv is a p ilcm at Grin- :mll collcgo. Eilhci lhc lnalli popcorn is oiii‘ iepulaiion 7 our gillrui'npped quince" or re eciabllily in billboaid lawn and noi r , lual zl i-ac -. oi >1he collssc lea s iiscli, ivhirh Is a rii ous paranoia. Until tili gels iiiidcisiood. and Burliiu- Bosc— mcni slop. regarding [he newspaper like an ulcer, llli‘ college's extraordinary ailribui miisil re kon vyilli lhosc coually cardinal ronccrn- oil we "all rcspccl, iiilegril, and lice-(loin from {car \\lHCll only prcscullv ( lit “on (he olllSlde." But e cusc me This being i_vpcol by Lighi ‘llle result of a longrl‘illlge prci-‘mel'l‘be'S or ”H" C1355 and boiirnc. sccielai, . and sh . gu| [0 get cul oi hi. room Steen, premised lo do much loltlmy graduated, but this is no! change the disinterested alliludejlhc result 01 any class organic loward Class (“Hmong Th- ‘_zalion, Raiher, ii is a means of changc was not cxpcciod lo cc» Identlt'ying a set [If events, EX» or anci- one class day or even pei'lences, and personalities several, but was envisioned us‘lvllose memory is umque to the ils lour year period ai Grinncll. 'Any activities by the cla. . as a unit. would coiislilule a very small part oi lhcse memories. gram. on Dccembor 8. the iirsi class day was held and the class acr livilics Inel wiih niodcralc success in some instances alidv Concerning the class i an complclc failure in olhers Al-,oullet ior leadership, it is quite lhough elaboraicly plannodlflbpal'ent that them 3 ample around perhaps the most orig- OPPOI'Nhlly fer ler’ldellllp Wlthr inal lhcme, lhc Senior pin in lhe iramou-o : oi sludenl parly didn’t get oil the ground ‘govel’nnlem No oulside organr The reason’ low even holhci-cd when is necessary or deSlrablc- lo allciid, Reall? \g llic l‘ulilily, Hence. it can be seen that cl. of llicir ciioi the junior and organization and aolivily is un- .ciiior class presucnls decided necessary. For ihis reason we. wilh llic cvccpiion oi coiiiiiiciicc-,llic fi'e‘hmaii cl s oil , sug- niciil liclivilics, uoi to allempljgcsi lliol class aclii ie and number iunclioii ihis year jcluss ol'licers be abolished. As a rcsull, on Janiior G. llici Toni Jackson Social Planning Board ended‘ Manly Staley [he {lass day program. By so Laurie Houdek doing, il made any iulurc ocii- , Joan Loveioy ily by lhc freshman or sopllo-; Gerald Goddard more class inevitably conlllcl Lloyd Friiziueier