b , kept yelling ’ pointed that 1 grinnell College Scarlet? @Black Oldes+ College Newspaper West of the Mississippi Grinnell. Iowa. Friday. May 3, I963 Vol. LXX No. 28 First in Grinnell History lHill Family Gives $27,000 Grant lfor Junior Liberal Arts Exam Griimell College has annuunC-l nieiit at this examination." ‘ed receipt of a snow grantl Dean or the College James irom the Louis w. and Maud H. Statiss said the examination Hill Family Foundation oi st.lincludcs tests of the student’s Paul, Minn, to support turtherlability in the broad areas of experimentation with a Junior-‘the humanities, natural sci» level comprehensive liberal artsgences, and social sciences, and lexamination. {includes a Section of essays In announcing the gift, Pi‘esi—lwritten on basic intellectual dent Howard R, Bowen said tlie‘concepts such as “nature of examination. a innova- man," “evidence," “evaluation," 'tion at Grinnall a year ago, is‘and “order.” major “Because oi the newness of the program, there is but lit— . O , . [designed to motivate and eval-l n r -uate the student’s progress to~ , g Q ward a liberal education. "The concepts assigned for thesc essays relate to several ldisciplines and require the stu- dent to integrate his studies," he said, “The examination may By Karen Adkinson S :9 B Feature Editor Drake Relay Quecnt These wordscarry with them the ex. citenicnt oi parades downtown and popping naslibulbs The Cen- Ier of attention this year was it Grinnell senior, Donna Jo Briley. "It was really a most wonders ful experience,” she said. “ll seemed like every time I turned around a photographer would yell ‘smile,’ or someone would hand me a bouquet oi flowers, 1 got so many flowers that I ran out or vases and had to stack the bouquets in the bathtub ot the hotel room." Donna Jo attended luncheons and dinner sponsored bv the Drake sororities and fraternities, a luncheon at the Des Moines Club, participated in a parade, and a convocation where “I crowned the most eligible bach— 0101*,“ and a irateruity t'orinal. Saturday shc, was oriicially crowned and spent the day awarding trophies to the win. lung teams. ‘ "We were filming ABC's Widel World of Sports when Gi-innell was running the 880 relay, .1 tor our team and tho cameraman nearly went out oi his mind trying to keep rnc ouiet enough so that‘l wouldn't be heard on film. i uas disap— couldn't award: that team their trophy, but 1 didt get to present the crime“ mile! relay team with its award,” she commented. Saturday evening she reigned over the Drake Relay dance and, awarded the trophies for thc' tloats. She also appeared on live and taped TV shows and Severull radio programs. . Dulinn .lt) Briley, Iowa’s first Drake Relays Queen iii‘ 18 years. speaks In the approxinliltely 13,000 spectnto ‘ lWllD had just witnessed her first lad). “rm a iurm girl and Samuel ol the radio programs 1 was on wcre i'aim programs, so we sat around and talked about conscrs vation and tar-racing," Donna Jo remarked. As Grinnell's Cyclone Queen she w s entered automatically in the contest tar Drake Relay Queen. She had to fill out e . tensive qtlesllonnalres——“lt \x like applying for College again" ichai'acter references, and pho- tographs Various people cons nected uith Drake and also some residents of Des Moines selected the Queen, Wriglrl' and Ge For l8‘l'l'1 Wriiers' Cdnierence A poet and a plavw ght are the guest lecturer criti - tor the 18th annual \Vl‘ltCl’S' Cons‘ tcrcnee belng held at College today and tomorrow,l under the auspices ot' the col ' lege, English department. Grinnell tsion. set [or 2 lber Are Here Ned Donahoc M, leerman panel discus. p.in, in Ann, ulty members lthentl'c) and (English) [or a students annual a n d Contei-cnces with who hate entered the Whitcomh poetry contest inauguration as the Relays, “I was iust tiooi-cd when they callcd the Friday bcl‘ore the ice lays," she said “I had torgotten all about being entered" She went on, “Although its lived in Iowa all my life i had neter been to the Relays. i didn't realize the scope oi these irelays. They are the largest in [the us, troin what I uiideiu stand. Over 2300 athletes from 23 colleges, universities, and nu- merous Iona high schools par- lticipate. "Altogether it was really a thrilling expciient-e and gave me a chance to meet some very woiidcriul people" , tle experience to l anen said, “This , grant by the Hill Foundation , will permit us to pay care. l l guide us," become a significant indicator generous of the Student’s accomplishment and an important part at his ful attention to the develop- academic record." ‘Sequeira Appoini’éd Direc’ror ,of Plt‘acemeni'I Si'uden’r Aicl ‘ Leforne Sequelrn has been appointed director of placement R. Bowen and student aid at Grinneii College, President Howard announced yesterday. Sequeira, a member of G nnell admissions start sint‘t 19 has been taking 0\ r the duties of his new po. ‘ the past tew weeks n- completing various as an admissions cell or iie will be in charge at all placement .1 iv es tor tirade uating seniors. etc, and vai- ious kinds at financial assist once or iigeii tor present slur l dents. i s office is on the first , floor ot Carnegie Hall. l l A native of New l’iecll‘old. Mass, and a 1949 graduate of ‘llllmols Wesleyan Ulill'er \V at :Bloomingtca, Sequeira i is an, ladmissions counselor ioi- colnt lull.) College in lmeo‘u, a field representative tor the minors Wesleyan development ottite in} .. 1950751. and director oi ildnl' 1 Lemme Se‘l‘m” sions at Illinois College in Jack» sonville from 1951 to 1954. Ai't- Vere‘H-Carl‘er Presents Concerl er a year in‘ the insurance u, Mezzo-Soprano Shirley neSs in Jacksonville. he joined llhe Grinnell admissions Statl’ ln Verdi—Carter will present a concert tonight in Roberts lSeptember, 1955. Theatre at ti p.m. Reservations are by activity ticket. The l He is a member oi the Asst)» lciation of College Admissions concert will be repeated to- niorrow night. i . Counselors and currently isser ling a year term as a member of the AC,A:C. executive board. Opening the iii-MW Confc‘~,;Steinet‘ short story contest \l'tlll ence was James Wilgllt, a poet lbe a motor lecture 01' the sched-Z who teaches at the Unmet-my lules or the too wiiters, winnt ..A of lhosc contests will be ”m llmunced tomorrow of Minnesota. He spoke on a“ Strange Tone of Voice" morning in Alumni Recitation Hall auditorium. Wright, on associate proiessoi- of English at Minnesota, is call. Fonmfing him a, 4 pm inlEKl "one ot the best or the young ARH will be Jack Gelber, agAnlci~ieaiipot~ls"by some CiitiES playwngm {mm New Yam wholibs works include “The Green’ wilt speak on aspects of tho;w“"” 9““ "5‘ Jud" contemporary theatre, l Gclbcr Tomorrow, the two visitinsluthI‘S- “The Comedian" andl has written, among> authors nill juln Grinnoll la e‘n'l'lie Apple." i itayldg Contributes to Colleges . Gi-innell College is among tlle‘2l private, liberal aits colleges ‘ ' 4 Iowa schools which will benefililccated within the stale. l . . from a $10,000 grant made by} , The Freedom Singers, organized by the Student Non- lhe Maytag Comm“y Foundu-l Announced simultaneously u- tion. lnc.. to the iowa Collegelthe “Y“"jmg by the may”? foundation, it was announced byrfvllnd‘v‘iw“ 01 $1000 grants (("of freedom and equality in ARH auditorium Tuesday. Pre» Robert E. Vance, president ol'lthe United Negro College fllnd,l , , the Maytag loundatiuu. which x‘eplesentsSZ colleges. and ceding their performance, T. B. Sennel, Plains States Di- It in s the 11th consecutive lo the National Fund for Medi-lrectnr of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nzu' B‘ tit, will year the Maytag l'oundation huslcal Education. which gives finunei “ . , contributed to the Iowa collegelrial aid to the nation’s 86 medi- weak at 7:30 0“ C‘m’e‘“ D‘mens‘m‘s 1“ Intergroup 32' group, a [und~i'ai3ing agency torlcai schools. latious." A discussion pen'mi will follow the other events. (ADDRESS violent Cuui'dinating‘ Cununitiee, will present their inessage' 191V “"6