" Open Rooms Tenlalively Okayed; Board Noies Rules Infractions . r The Board of Trustees last June approved a continuation of the open roomsiprogi‘am at Grin nail on a trial basis; however, the Board was extremely can. tions about the program, making jibe following statement at that tim i . “Without presuming to know or even less to pass judgment upon the behavior of students who take advantage of the pres ent hall visiting privileges, the s: Trustees are nonetheless deep. ly concerned with propriety of sanctioning such privileges. “For this reason, the Trustees cannot endorse rules granting these privileges. They do, how- ever, agree to the extension of the trial period for these rules during 1963-64 with mendation that vi ng pri leges be suspended or withdrawn by the administration if infrac- tions of these rules occur." sraeli Ambassador to lecture The ambassador of Israel to the United states, Avraham Har- man, will give two public lec— tures on the Griunell College campus sunoay, Harman will speak on “The Role of Israel in Modern Jud ism,” at a 2 pm, coffee-hour di cussion in Younker Lounge, and on “Israel’s Role, a Small Nation in the World Today," at ii p.m. in Herrick Chapel, His visit is sponsored by the college’s Asso- ' grinnell College Scarlet @Black Oldesl’ College Newspaper Wesl of The Mississippi Grinnell. lcwa, Friday, Seplember 20. I963 Vol. LXXI No. 2 Diplomat to Speak on Africa Dr, Zelma George, noted so— ciologist and diplomat, will be here Monday to give a public lecture at 8 pm. in Herrick chapel. "Africa: Myths and Reality” will be her subject for this, the first, of a series of sponsored by the college’s Inter— national Relations Club. Prior to her lecture, Dr. George will tell of her exper~ iences as a United Nations delegate to the 15th General Assembly at a 4:15 pm. coffee hour in Younher Lounge, A former dean of women at Tennessee State University, re— search fellow, and caseworker. Dr. George has a P'n.D. in sociol— ogy from New York University. When appointed by President lectures ‘ l l l Zelrna George Dr. Joshua Whaimough To Speak 9; Order in Herrick Thursday Dr. Joshua W'halfmougih, a noted linguist and professor emeritus of comparative philol-' ogy at Harvard University, will he the first of a seria of speak- ers during Grinnell College’s “interdisciplinary Seminar on Order,” Paul G. Kuntz (philos- ophy) has announced. Whatmouigh will speak on “Order in Language and Other Forms ,of Human Behavior" Thursday at 7:45 pm. in Her— rick Chapel. The lecture is open to the public Chairman of Harvzl-ii’s de- partment of linguistics from its creation until he retired in May, whatmough applied mathematics and information theory tp linguistics and revo- Joshua Wlmtmougll lutionized ideas of how Ian- guages slowly change. By doing this, he has found that the changes a language un» dergoes through history are not random, but have a statistical regularity. His theories have been used 10 reconstruct what la given language was like years ago and to predict what it will be like in the future, Born in Roohdale, Lancashire, England, the son of an iron. moulder and woolen weaver, he received his education at the Cambridge. He taught classics at the University College of North Wales for tour years before going to the Egyptian Univer- i sity in Cairo, where he taught Latin to Egyptians in French. In 1926, he went to ‘Halvatd as protcssor of comparative philology and chairman of the department, the post he held un- til his retirement last May. Following Whatmough as speakers during the year-long seminar, supported by a grant from the Carnegie Foundation, will be some 20 others, repre- senting various phases of the disciplines. Included are Dr. Samuel E. lSLumpf, chairman of the Philos- in jurisprudence at Vanderbilt {University}, who will lecture float); and Kenneth Burke, a ,during the Interim Session, be- ‘tween the first and second ‘ semesters. iophy department and lecturer ,' du ng Parents’ Weekend, Oct. . 1literary critic. who will appear ‘ Eisenhower in 1960 to the Unit- ed States delegation to the U.N., -she had just returned from her “person-to-person” world tour for the State Department's Ed- ucational Exchange Services. Twice chosen one or the lo “Men and Women of the Year” in Cleveland, Ohio, she received, in 1961, the Dag Hammarskjold Award for her efforts in inter- national relations. Applicialions Open Applications are open for three positions as member—at—large on the Social Planning Board. The Senate will elect the members Wednesday after brief presenta— tion by the candidates of their views concerning the social pro grami All interested persons must contact Joe Stirller, Sue Taylor or Ed Robbins by Tuesday. Show Special Flick As part of a study of the cur- rent struggle for racial justice. the high school youth of the United Church of Christ will show the film “A Raisin in the Sun” at the First Congregational Church this Sunday from 5:30— 7:30 pm. This outstanding movie will be open to all high school students, Grinnell College Stu— dents and the general public. Avrnham Harman , Jewish Agency, slated Jewish Students Organiza- tion, Appointed ambassador to the United States in 1959, Harman, who was born in London, Eng— .land, graduated in law from the lUniversity of Oxford, Named Israel’s first. consul gen- eral in Montreal, Quebec, in 1949, he was transferred to the United States in 1950 as direc— , tor of the Israel Ofiice of In- formation and counselor to the Delegation of Israel at the Unit; ed Nations. Upon his return to Israel in 1955, he was appointed assistant director general of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. A year later, he was elected a Member of the Executive of the a position he held until his appointment as an ambassador, To be Held Sun A civil rights march in rear» tion against last Sunday’s tragic church bombing in Birmingham, Ala, and aimed at bringing the lproblems of lcivll rights to the immediate attention of the peo- ,ple of Iowa, will leave this Sun- iday at 6 am, from Iowa State capitol building in Des Moines. The march has been organiz- ed by a group of students at I.S.U. and will draw participants from schools all over nhe state. The marchers are scheduled to reach the end of their so mile trek at approximately 4 pm. at the west side of the state capitol, A rally, speeches, singing, etc., will keep the walkers and local Des Moines , sympathizers busy trom the time of arrival until 6:30 pan , Sign—up sheets for Grinnellians l Civil Righl's Ma iUniverSify in Ames for the state. rch 'l'o D. M. day Morning interested in taking part in the maroh and demonstration will be available in the lunch lines at both the Quad and Cowles tomorrow. The Grinch marchers are scheduled ta leave in two Se‘ porate groups The first group will leave the campus early Sunday morning in order to get to Ames in time lor the Start of the 30 mile bike. The second group will leave school Sunday alter-noon in time to meet marchers at the edge of ms Moines and accompany them to the capitol. ‘ Sponsoring the Grinnell con- tingent in the march are the .Board of Religion, PPPE, Young Democrats, Young Republicans, Peace Group, and the Grinnell chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Dr. Herbert Trotter, Jr., chair— man of the board of General Telephone dc Electronics Labora~ tories. Inc, will give a special public lecture at Grinnell Col- lege on Friday. Oct. 11, college and General Telephone Co. offi- cials have announced. Speaking on the development, use, and potential of the gas laser, called the "most dramatic scientific engineering develop— ment sinc'e transistors." Dr. Trot— ter will appear in the college's Roberts Theatre ztl‘. 8 pm. 1n making the joint announce» ment with Joseph L. Van Horn, Telephone Company Official Will Speak Aboul' Gas Laser president of the General Tel phone Companies of Iowa, M' souri, and Nebraska, Dr, Howard R. Bowen, president of the col— lege, said, “The community and college are indeed fortunate to have Dr. Trotter visit us. We are sure his lecture will be most in- formative and interesting." In addition to serving 25 chairman of the research sub- sidiary 0! General Telephone, Dr. Trotter represents the en- tire General System on the Trailer continued to page 3 Universi es of Manchester and ’ “Hey, guys, it’s a water fight!" . . . Some melt trom Lang an watch from lounge windows, as buckets of baptismal water are thrown and tribal oathes chanted.