Friday, April 2o, I963 SCARLET AND BLACK Marta!“ 50am Henderson Will Go to india tops 6 tuition lunioi uomeii u-crc tapped ‘ for membership in the college chapter oi ittoitai Board at din. ner last Sunday ntternoon Mo tar Board is a national honor society tor college senior “on men, ,3,» The new members aro. Judy i129‘ Johnson. Garda Vaughan. Judy _ Loren. stic Carpentcr, Pom 5 Dryden and Carolyn Bryon i Young Mrs. l-toward Bowen was ' gncn an honorary membership Hi You) iition of the interest and assistance that she has; n -en the group during her 3“ seven years here at Grinncll. Men's Lower Court , Adds Magistrates i of House Frcsir The Council Craig Henderson With Fulbright—Hays grant , I Craig llciitlcuon has ‘1l\\riitlt‘(t a lt'ttlbiigii‘trlla) liO liaiticipato iii the min inttloll‘ ioi educational tull rot (‘thHth‘ program of tho United 5‘. tea Go/criimcnt tor the coming! veni will be ,tar Dcllu, India. cftcets 01 Cliicl'QCliCC during Heiidc. ., \vho tioncd in New highly“ to study the o juicdicine in India's ,into tho modern world lthe pnst litl yen -. 3 "This contact with the people tand culture thlough teaching will enable me to undeistand the spirit and attitude ol the tndians toward science and inctl-‘ ttclno," Henderson said. i ‘ Upon lus ieturn to the United States, he uill enter Columbia‘ {College of Physicians and Sui» lgcons ior medical training. Henry Alden architectural design award. ceived from tcr A. \‘etsch (second from right) who designed Burlir. and Mrs. Ltnlanc L. V (right), Urinncll libi rian, accepts which Burl. g Librai~ 'l'lioi'stin. O rvin: are W ' Oswald H. . cu sonic. enemaissuidetsch Speaks on New Architecture istr tes to fill positions on the, men’s primary court for the 1963764 school year. These four must be first approved by the probably cheaper to start afresh Senate At a fourrliour meeting in the Carnegie caucus room, the CofHF interviewed nine candl— dates for the roar open court positions, exrsting pattern," lege lecture on for New 20th Century." ”The From the nine candidates, Peter Wolf, a lormer magistl‘ate,‘ was selected as chief magistrate of the new court. The new magistrates selected are Patti Reiclis, Mark Fei‘dir nand, and Phil Johnson. ination to see The Chief magistrate as \vell‘Ut-llllmg as well as the magistrates will serveithe humanist, one year terms with the exccp- t)lli1050pliei‘,_ Lion of Phil Johnson who will_and economist." serve an Interim term lasting through Dec. 31, 1953. The four newly elected magis-,& Merrill, trains will Join Dave Gatigci' was speaking at cludc “the of the 20th centur . new men’s primary court. “In an affluent society, it is he was the chief (lCSigner. Walter Netseh, Jr, told a Grinnell Col. cc audience Wednesday Determinants icon Architecture The determinants, he said, in- recognition there now exists no city worthy Alden were We need a two of the sponsoring groups, in carrying out the redefinition oi living in an or» Oswald H. Thorson of Watei’loo.‘aiins ban environment and tho imag- regional director ot the AIA. educational planners. new solutions, and Mrs. the Views oi‘oi Iowa city, social technologist, Netsch, a partner in the Cliiri cage otiiee oi Skidinore. Owings‘ architects-engineers, a program appointed to the post of magissrniailcing presentation or an their planning trate on Feb 1, to make up the'tiectural design award to Grid should be given to establishing beautiful sites. ,‘neirs Hurling Library, of which a new the country to in an awardstin A ‘librarics in citations Institute of in the American Library and National Book Association, in , Co mlttcc itectural Presenting the award cci’ti rithat “the Louane L. Ncu'some president of tha‘cfl'oi't." scientist, Iowa Library Association ai-tist,lwcre introduced by Curtis la, Bradtord (English), who was societies, chairman ot ning committee for nell library. Netseh s id that, in today, concept of a different ‘city. This concept must attempt Eui lng, built in 1959. was one to imagine an ideal of a society than to continue or repair the‘or seven colleges and universityjsa years li-oni now, not necessar- re- ily in iuturistie terms, but rather a recognition in a program sponsored by the Atncr-ltion of current obvious changes Architectslin our society,” Suggesting new areas for arch» research, architect must be that.cate to Grinnell Librarian Henrysponsthle for seeing reprcsentati cs or opportunities of new groupings" of economic, "Thei‘e should be he said, They velopmelit of the design potel‘r not or new cities that the faculty plan. today and tomorrow, not cities the Grin- to rival New York or Montreal. "Sites for these cities shouldlof urban be selected for the adi'antagcs police and lire protection \Vi‘l "consideration , of the natural environment should evolve about educatlc‘, medical health, research. search-oriented industry, and a new attitude toward agronomy, rs— and redefini- ”Drastic iclhinkilig of li‘C pedestrian scale should he co"- sidci'ed. In the research phase the automobile should be c' sidercd nomexrstent, Pedesti activities should be protected from weather and 100 pcr cert mobile, partially or complete] mechanized, "New urban attitudes fliil VlSule torms wtii autoinalicel] arise in relation to shoppin itvrng, open spaces, the \ll’l)? scene, and planting, landscaping, and materials, said res the Visual Netscli needs and social, and a conceited “for the do, otlluent represent cities in “Entirely different resolutions technical City services and -— result, Today‘s attitudes touai'l use of environmental uonditi 1» "These new t, o m in un i ti e s , ing will also change.” Thai/and: Trees and Ant Eggs a Sign of Prosperity Thailand's northern-most province (about 100 miles north -Of my home in Chiengmai) borders on Burma to the northwest and on Laos to the eas I recently spent some time travclr iiig in this area by What; limited means were available (use truck, riveiboat, foot, etc). I found the living condi ions we encountered very interesting for they seemed to reflect some of the real differences in development and stabil— ity which exist between the various countries of Southeast Asia. The government of Laos is presently so in- effecti‘e in most regions of the country that the activity of sneaking across borders (with- out permission since it is nnobttiinable) is not even too exciting, unless one makes the mistake of choosing a section controlled by tile prorcomo munist Pattiet Lao. Burma, however, seems to be experiencing it period of severe reaction to outside influence and the tworycar-old ‘revolu- tionary regime’ has made 'sneaking’ somewhat more challenging. While Thai people are allowe ed into the country freely, the government; seems to have a special aversion to Americ‘ns and will usually permit them only in the capital. But with the aid of several of my more ingen» ious friends and my somewhat non-western zip» peilrailce we were able to stroll causually across the border bridge past the Burmese guards, as we chatted away in Thai. Fortunately they knew only enough Thai to recognize it but not enough to realize how poorly I speak it. This trip to Burma, however, was not as revealing as my travels it few days later along- the Lao border. There is a region in the extreme north where Thailand and Laos are divided by the Mekong liver (the largest ill Southeast Asia) before it swings eastward into the interior of Laos and the mountains sepa tte the two Colllh tries. It was along this river borticr that my friend and I trampcd and that we encountered some very noticeable di. imilarities between the two countries. Traveling with trade ‘, farmei , soldiers, and even a lbw opium runners (this activity is now illeg‘l btlt still a booming busi- ness), we took a makeshift ri erboat down the Mekong for 50 miles. Just looking at the Sets tlement along either side of the river offered some sharp contrasts. The river doesn't seem to form a line of cultural difference as much as one of economic difference. On the Thai side We encountered several sdeublc villages, their sturdy bamboo houses surrounded by towering coconut palms. These trees do not grow easily and usuully must be planted. They tithe up to 30 years to mature and in a village they tend to be a sign of stability and reasonable prose perity. The two villages and one small town on the Lao side of the river had not a single one among them, We also passed two towns on the Thai side, both connected with the rest of the country by road (of a sort) and telegraph. The Lao settlements have to depend entirely on the river. We spent several days at the Lao town of Huey Sai, which is really little more than a village, and the town of Chieng Khong across the ri\ r in Thailand. The latter seems to pos— sess a little more vigor than even some other small Thai towns. As . veral remote towns here, it reminds me of a g owing western frontier town in the U. S, All activity centers along its one, dusty. but very busy, main Stl'CCt. There are over d dozen new buildings constructed eie ther of plastericovered brick or more often of teak wood. The single hotel and several restau- rants (Thai people like to eat all the time, oft- en (5 or 7 times it day) seemed to be doing a thriving business. The hundreds of men from the nearby army and border police camps keep a number of other as ablishments in btlsine ' well its keeping the town altake into the early hours of the morning. Every dity two or three huge Japanese-nutde rice trucks rumble over some of the worst roads in the country, milking the 8-hour, 110 kilometer jottincy to Chieng Khong. The town is typically Tiltti in that “hate e'cl' lob needs to be done 'omeone is there doing it, be it selling out eggs (it highly prized snack among many of the northern Thai), car» l‘ying‘ water f om the river, or running people across the river in crrzy long boats which ride about two inches out of the water. Lil , many Thai villages and towns, consumer good, are readily available because there is a marlict and because a buyers market here is never left unszttisfied. Thus in the dozens of open-front shops of this one street town, one can not uni] ‘buy rice and dried fish, but a *0 canned frt s from Australia, Gillette Blue Blades, or some excellent fountain pens which are illegally in",— ported from Red China. The most prominent landmark across the riv r in Huey Sai is a fort which, ttith its whitewashed.u'alls and red tile roof, stands oi a hill high above the r But the minute o lands in the town and loohsup the hill at ‘l: . fort, built some 40 years ago by the French, it and several surrounding westernestyle build— ings reveal the marks of recent bombings. There remains only a skeleton of the once elee gant provincial governor's house. My frieiil speak Lao (similar to the northern Thai lan , uage) and was able to ask several people itlJO the bombing, We were told politely that it had. been done by the rightwing Lao soldiers they here fleeing the Pathet Lao advance hi 4 May. I later learned that in fact, the bilildilios had been needlessly clynitmited by U. S. specr l forces soldiers s ioiled on the border at Ll time. Huey Sai was. one of the three plac ‘ where Lao soldiers crossed into Thailand la year when it appeared the Pathets would oven run the entire untl' . Sev 1 of them ever. drowned in the or in thci haste to escape. Ironically, the communists never reached Huey Sal. Today (but perhaps not for long) the tolvzi and the immediately surrounding area is at island of lieutralistri'ightwing control. The pro, communist forces hold all the region except f0: this rough senl circle extending about 30 mi] away from the iivC' T :vcl on the river lilo than it dozen miles below Huey Sal is reportedly dangerous as the Pathets control the lil'ell and frequently stop and seize boats. Steve Uinemoto '62 Travel Scholar Ed Ntite: The above article is the first of .1 l.\\t)rp‘tl|'t series.