Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grime“, lawn .i weekly newslmlnr publishcd each Friday of the Callers :esc by the Grinnell Cummitm on suidcnc Publicacions, \Vlls lim A. Nevin. chairmnn. Rflpresented for nacional advertising by National Advertising sci—vise. lnc., College Publishers nep- mcalccive, is East sou: Street, New York 22, NY. scoond chm incense paid at Grinnell. Iowa. Subscription me “.50 per school year, _._ . rim Kenn: Conmd mum . nave Econ Lynn Denzler Knien Adkinson nuerEss MANAGER . MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR .. FEATURE Enl'm SPORTS Eon-on Len Cclcdncy ASSISTANT NEws EDITOR . To)... Wall con' EDITOR ._. misc Lllellker ASSlSTANT sroms Elm-on . . . . 1. Eric J'ncobson AD SALESMEN (homo mu, Mitch Levin- nusmrss ASSISTAN Lune nmlcuou, Mac Marshall cmCULATlON MANAGER .. Mike ciccnricld All letters to the Editor written (or publlcatinn in the Scarlet and Black must be typed and double spaced. No unsigned letters . will be printed. However, writers' names will be withheld upon request. The 5&3 reserves the right to shorten any letter. Grinnell and Civil Rights Six children are dead in Birmingham. Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist church is partially destroyed. Else— where in the South—in Georgia and Mississippi—integra- tion in the schools continues as the exception rather than the rule. The Sunday school deaths jarred America. The dogs, the cattle prods, the high pressure hoses all seemed un- real—removed. But the deaths of children are inescap- able. Newspapers across the country were enraged. A banner headline in the Pittsburg Courier read: “U. S. MUST ACT NOW!” Spurred by the American civil rights crisis and par- ticularly by the deaths in Birmingham, a sympathy march “aimed at bringing the problems of civil rights to the im- mediate attention of the people of Iowa" has been organgd by the students of Iowa State University. Through demonstrations (such as the march scheduled for Sunday) ; through contributions to groups like the 8012b ern Christian Leadership Conference, the Student Nonvio— lent Coordinating Committee, ,the Committee on Racial Equality; through letters to our Congressmen; and through our social attitudes we must‘become a part of this battle for equality. J. P. H. _—__S+eve Groom SCARLET AND BLACK Once upon a time lasi week an innocent young Grinnell student had an amazing exper- icncc. “Imagine that,” he mumbled rather astonished- ly to himself. ”A real live, honest to goodness, really and truly, no foolin’ around beatnik!" “Imagine that,” he mumbled again. Yes, for the first time in his life he lay his innocent young eyes on a living specimen of a member of an almost extinct sect known as “beatniks.” Quickly he narrowed his Eyes suspics iosuly as he tried to recall the Words in his sociology text. “Let‘s see,‘ he thought aloud, “a beatnik is a retreatist who denies inc desirability of success and refuses to conform to the xcqincc- merits of middle class mortality and in addition does not offer any alternatives Yes, that’s how it went," he said pcnsivcly lo himscli. The United States National Student Associa- tion has been subject to heavy criticism from many quarters ever since its foundation in 1547. Every spring the Grinnell College Student Sens ate must decide whether or not to continue our membership in the organization, and at that time there is always vocal criticism of USNSA’s policies and procedures. In part this results from the simple {act that you cannot please every- body at once, but many of the protests have been directed at important shortcomings in the organizations.\ Some of the most common criticisms of USNSA in the past have been concerned with the manner in which many resolutions are pass- ed. Resolutions at the National Student Congress are initiated in five separate committees. Each 'delegate to the Congress is a member of one of these committees. Any and all resolutions passed by the committees are brought to the plenary floor for consideration by the entire Congress. The difficulty in this process arose from the fact that an enormous volume of legiss lation was coming from the committees (over 100 resolutions in 1962). The Congress, in its limited time, could not possibly consider all of fhcsc bills. Rather than let those hills dic completely without consideration, a procedure was devised in which all bills not considered by the Congress were cclci-i-ed to the National Executive Com- Friday, September 20, W63 1 ‘_——Pe+er M. Miller The Sanity of Stones “llnaglne that," he said again, still not quite sure that he was looking upon a real live beat- nik. \ “You’re real, aren’t you," he asked appre hensively, afraid that the beatnik might not answer and disappear into a puff of smoke. “Oi course I‘m real!” the beatnik said with a yawn. “Everybody asks me that question. It’s all quite tiresome by now, you know. I sup— pose you’re going to ask me to prove it or some— thing?” “Prove it , . or something," the young Grinnell student said defiantly! “Oh well, if you insist." “l insist," the young innocent Grinne11_ stu- dent said insistently. And so the real live, honest to goodness, real- ly and uuly, no foolin‘ around beatnik disappearr ed into a puff of smoke and was no more. Phil Johnson NSA Changes Rules mitten for final action. The NEC is a 28-mem» bei- hoard composcd of the chairmen of the various regions of USNSA plus the national officers. Since the Congress has usually been able to consider only 25 to so bills’in its limited time, this procedure resulted in about 75 per cent of the policy statements of the or- ganization being considered by 23 people. The effect of this situation on the representative nature of the bills passed is clear. At this year’s National Student Congress, the referral of legislation to the NEC has been efe fectively ended. First, the number of resolu- tions coming to the floor from the committees has been limited to 31 pieces. ‘ Secondly, all mention of referral to the NEC has been Stricken from the constitution, by-laws, and the Congress rules, Finally, the NEC has been dissolved and has been replaced by 3 Congress Steering Committee, which will be concerned mostly with the me- chanics of the Congress. The resolutions passed by the Congress determine the policy and pro- gram of USNSA throughout the year. In the future, all such resolutions will be passed by die plenary session or not at all, the delegates from each member school voting upon them. (An explanation of the resolutions passed at this year‘s Congress will appear in next week’s Scar- let and Black, Uncle Sam's Opens Registration [Encampment Needs Fran/mess Every college is regularly presented with problems, and to meet these problems, the insti- tutlon creates problem-solving machinery (i.e. student deans, curriculum Committees, or a pres- ident’s round table), There is an increasing ten dency among American universities and colleges to infrcducc students into this machinery in order to create greater support for institutional policies, to encourage student responsibility, and above all, to bring to bear the maximum intel— lectual force on common problems. The phenomenon ambiguously called the Grins nell College Encampment is one such attempt to involve the students in the problem-solving pro- cess. Student involvement could be accomplished far more economically if a conference equiva- lent to the Encampment were to be held on the campus itself. The theoretical justification for this expense lies in the nature of the shortcom- ings of the problem-solving machinery. Because the solution of common problems de- pends on communications, these shortcomings are, as one would suspect, rooted in failures of communication. You have heard of the “dialogue” between the different groups within the col- lege community.'Thc dialogue between students and college administrators has, at times, failed for various reasons. One reason is the occasional lack of frankness on one or both sides. Another reason is that this dialogue is oficn conducted by rumor, a process which results in distortion. Still another reason is the occasional inabil- ity of either or both sides to divorce themselves from positions which are partially acquired by a long association with a certain group, These differences may be exaggerated by the formal- ity of meeting in an office. One more criticism would be that the dialogue, as opposed to a con- versation, takes place over an extended period of time; too much time between statement and reply is conducive to misunderstanding, Some oi these shortcomings exist to a degree on every campus. The Encampment proposes to meet these shortcomings by allowing a cross-sec» tion of students, faculty and administration to converse rationally in an informal atmosphere‘ isolated from the campus. The dialogue will bel immediate and (hopefully) lively and frank. The emphasis so far on the solution of prob» lems should not obscure the equally valuable function of the encampment of concentrating original thought on the future of the college. An institution which is content to deal with problems as they arise will find that problems will never cease to arise. By looking ahead it is hoped that the participants of the Encampment will make suggestions for policy changes which would con. stitute better means for satisfaction of the ends the college now pursues. Nor should these ends themselves be exempt from rational criticism. Despite a superior environment for rational discussion, the Encampment is subject to the severe limitations of time and unprofessional opinion. Because of these limitations, the Encamp- ment is not intended to be a quasi~legislative body antecedent to Senate action. Students interested in joining Uncle Sam’s Club should sign up next Tuesday or Wednesday in the lunch lines at Cowles or in the Quad. Work at the club- house will begin on Sept. 30. Uncle Sam’s is a club for Grinneli children, run by the city with the aid of college su- pervision and planning, Mem- bers work with different age groups in arts, crafts, and rec- l'eation. The highlight of the year features the Uncle Sam’s Christmas dinner, held in Cowles for Club children and their cols liege sponsors. Buddies Dinner This Wednesday The annual Buddies Candle— light dinner Will be held Wed- nesday evening at 6:30 in the Quad Dining Hall. Sponsored by th‘e YWCA, the dinner is for up- perclass women and their freshe m’dn buddies and is one of Save eral annual Buddy events. Tradi- tional dress for the dinner is white. Following the dinner, the girls will attend the candlelight serv- ice in Herrick Chapel. Illinois College Honors Nollen Naming of a new dormitory in honor of the late Dr. John Scholte Nollcn of GrinneLl has been announced by Lake For- est (lll.) College. Dr. Nollen was president of Lake Forest College from 1907 . until 1920. piicc to returning to Grinnell. where he had taught Romance languages from 1393 until 1903. He served as Grin- nell dean of the faculty from 1920 until 1931 and was presi- dent of the college from 1931 until 1940, president emeritus. He died in 1952. when he became Chaplain to Speak in Herricik Sunday Roger Eldridge, the college chaplain, will speak at 11:30 and. Sunday in Herrick Chap- el on the title, “St. Dolce Vita’s Dance.”