SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. October III [963 Scarlei‘ and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell. Iowa newspaper published each Friday of the cmlezm (brunch ('umniltlm- on Student robin-rum . Linn Uhlll‘n ktIiicsenttIll rm militiunl licltmll; Advertising Service. lnc., ooilese Publishers nev- resontntive, 18 East silk street, New York 22, NY. Second chm nosruce maid ut Grinncll, inwn. Subscription mt: SLED per nt-hnnl Ymr. non-on ‘nusmas 'MANAGI. ans Eniron FEATURE EDITOR . sron'rs Diron ASSIS NEWS Enimn cal-r ism-mi: :nn Benn: onrrnl nmnn nm but: Lynn beneier Karen Atlkinsnn Len chlodncy .. John Wu]! Russ annircr Peter M. Miller r , Not so very long ago, and not so vcrv rar- lnwey, the people of a mythical land were told by their King, who the chop said of himself) was very wise, that henceforth, train a Cerlaln lday lheir kingdom would cease to exrst, Oh, yes. ‘he admitted, the kingdom would strll appear- ‘on the mops, or course, but it was his plan that lthc kingdom would isolate itself lrorn the r st or th< world so completely and so utterly that iii-he Figh’r oi the Student Back issues of the Scarlet and Black Slowl' low. but upon dusting them ofl’, throughout the years. In 1935 an editorial read: It is argued that Grinnell student government is [not all it is repre ented to be It i rumored that our allege administration is r ady. uniting: hopefully to spring forth and stamp out anv new and progre sive ideas which the students may brli ' forth to better them- : selves . in 1952 an editorial read: _ The current Grinnell College Bulletin states under General Regulations nn page 61, “The college reserves the right to require the tempor ry suspension or the permanent dismi sal of any student whose conduct or i idelnic Standing it regard' as undesirable, without as- ,‘ning’ a- definite reason.“ The Roman historian Tacitus stated. “Power iS never stable “hen if is boundles ." In 1963 the statement in the Student Handbook re, (page ltlaiils the sameeonly the page ‘llas been changed M). This is one of the oldest sectional disputes 0i all tim student progressivism \‘e slls administration coilrerratism.‘ ’ The students have wanted changes, added responsibility, is invohetl in an attempt to VDCM‘ G°d~ “'5 are 50”)" t” “‘5 ihe administration has kept the power and has looked synthesizedMinn‘i’mm‘ex‘ agent- - more cautiously upon change. Students only spend foil iéSult rarely see a maior victory for student lreedoln andi responsibility. They only see miilor concessions. lights out by eleven. A limited number of cars are allow-l ed on the Campus If the student is to attain what we consider his end —-i;otal emancipation from rules which further the notion 'culate h ' ’ymied by an “llCOOPCY'rthe girl's rest room The rorcel Hi, “in loco parelltis”~he must continue to ar viewpoint. Students should not be ative administration. l sconce doing ears in oil - , and as aiTO “‘8 Editor: , , , y c age ‘Bii'mingham‘s nice people golmcenmgless runclicns or a dyrnglperly Indlsnmil is not enough. general posteis lnlhcard from the nice people who However, changes occur. Even in Grinnell women are lhc City's store windows. Likelsat in yESteI‘dny’s churches was now allowed out till twelve o’clock. Drinking in the rooms,°”‘m' “ice ““25“ or “‘0 City‘s“? 1"“ ‘0" keepmg the mg- is permitted. Freshman women 110 longer must have theil'l it would, for all intensive purposes, disappear llnlo an invisible mist Furthermore, the "wise" {old King had devised a remarkably simple plan it'or executing this amazing disappearing act. H0 turn vele lsimply forbade any or his subyects from travel- we've d scotercd neitlleriing outside or the Ktngodm and any "outside . the 3&3 nor the Campus problems have changed greiltlyfirum Coming in. ‘ The rcason lor the King's desire to isolate ,his little kingdom was really quite simple Dur» ling his reign he had grown increasingly uneasy labout the tool that new lows and new ways r . , ,ol THINKING werc creeping into his country land disturbing the peacelul, complacent, apatlv ,ctic attitude of his subjects, He was deeply fearful of the new THOUGHTS and the new {ways of THINKING that his suinccts brought iback with them when they returned lrom their ltrnvcis outside the borders or the kingdom. Most 3 The Sanity of Stones or all he was arr-aid that his little kingdom, which hc liked to refer to as a “Free Kingdom" because “he didn't put vcry many demands on the individual rights of his subjects." would suller radical Changes as a result of these new IDEAS. However, his subyecls especially the students drd not, at first, take very kindly to the King's decision and they demanded to know why therr freedom to travel had been restricted. The King, who i said berorc was vcry "Wise," decided to issue a Royal Decree explaining his reasons for l'orbidding trovcl His Decree, wluch lollows, w s so vciy clear and so very, very “wise" that all . the subjects oi the mythical “Free Kingdom” seeing the “wi loin in the King‘s words soon became content with his decision and once again returned to hvrng thcrr peaceful, complacent, apathetic lrvos, The Krnp's Decree read as iollows: “My Door Feople: Oui Kingdom has always been a “Free Kingdom” where, until now, one 01‘ our Freedoms has been the Freedom of travel wherever we desire. Hon-ever. on occasion, it becomes necessary. rn order to keep our Kluge dom Free. with the Freedom to travel where wc desire, to restrict ccrtain of our Freedoms, such as the Freedom to travel where we desire." iLeller 'From Birmingham t. We Vi/I Challenges Gr 'nne/Iians Editor's rotc: Willinm Nee ithc 'young tbroken chelmis _ nt Grinncll, is cur. l rently spending a leave of Mir research at the Southern Research Institute in _ , Birmingham, Ala. His research 'bsflrms bodies the r - B Mondn l 7 October, 1963 y y l mechanically lto Sunday School and Cllui‘cll."cily The {So tout the many inews of the bombing was fence. Ibrought to our congregation byi As ,1 in properly rndrgnant pastor. , from crime" l Only later drd we learn thati llhe bomb had bccn set next tol fering “le solve this at the explosion savagely only pcd on a girl's viii, an Associate Professor of rbody squirted its licry gore over pital bills havc been paid. Con- nnrtilotcd corpses or thrce classmates l‘odd other victims were leailets :tlmes when we were unkind.- 1 found myself in a white, sog. ger in his place 7 but THIS" rrcgotcu church on Sunday, Sep-lAnd the middle man began to tcrnber 22. it was here that thelshlft _rrorn his perch And some few northern mysclr to join the other on . siders who ‘help' by ircely of— opinions on city's Ncwsweck head and her‘tied. Burial expenses and hos- gress can not much longer ig- lhe‘nore the right of a man to a meal or a clean bed. Perhaps I may utilize the unique situation or a conscience bloodrcci by proximity with my Vital aware- rheSS or the nature or Grinnell my mm“ students i l'cel there are those Amidst or the twenty- morning prayer the wrong}, we pea soup of shock in Grinncll, students and laculty performmg [he alike, who loci that being proe There may be those who agree with me that the social and occur. ' plight oi the Negro is basically one of edue cation. You may even agree with me that a scholarship rand tor Negroes might be set up by college communities throughout the nation in mem- ory of the tour bomb victims. rye seen Grinnell students lead the way before. i know how to filth ycors abroad. 1 know or problems or actions missed meals and seems a trip to Washington which expression on the acted. prciessov | Ircnn not brinz’ Phil Johnson Offers Proof of Brutality Last week's S843 Contained a column I wrote about the Student Nonvrolcnt Coordinating Com- mittee. Since that. time se eral students have told me that. the article {Jr dtly overstated the active. opposition or Southern low-cnlorcemenl agencies to integration programs They have also told me tliat>polch brutality does not actually exist. except in verv isolated instances. I do not believe it. In Amm'icus, Georgln, this August, three SNCC workers were arrested, beaten repeatedly by po— lice, and chll'ged with ”inciting to insurrection," a capital Crime in Geol‘ ' , This charge was last 'sed against Communist Party organizers in the 930’s. _The three were, leading a pcacelul dem- o -ti-alion in the Negro section 01‘ Americns. Other demonstrators and spectators were beaten with clubs and kicked by police. About ten re» Quired stitches to close head wounds One man suffered a broken leg, when police officers stood on h arms and legs and beat him with clubs. Electric cattle prodders left burns on many of the demonstrators. In Albany, Georgia, a Negro minister was dragged to jail by his genitals, Female SNCC workcrs have been stripped in jail helm-c the male prisoners. Numbers 05 demonstrators have been dragged. Ir de, and beaten against steps‘ and sidewall . This past June, police _stDp1u‘fl a dcmonslrn on in Dawson County, chorg‘ia, by beating demonstrators over the ‘head with flashlights "to clear the streets." Th Tvlormwn Mi issipDi. John Hai‘ V. n SNCC regisii-allon worker, took two Negroes to thc county courthouse to register. The regrsrrar told them he ” t . . Wasn't registering voters” that day. When the three turned to leave, Registrar John Q, Wood took a pistol from his desk and struck lurdv O\'(‘l' the head from l)l)ll|nd. Hardy was arrested and charged wuh disturbing the peace in Jackson, Mrs' rppi Jesse Hurr‘ , 20, and Luvaghn Brown. 17. were beaten and threatened with death while serving: a 30-day sentence in the county jail for contempt 0| couil The young Negroes had refused to more from it court bench customarily occuprcd by uhlles. The young men said that. in the courthouse elevator, a deputy sherirf called Harris “a damned nigger" and ‘baat him about the head with his fist At the county farm, the two men were singled out as "Freedom Riders" and wore striped unilor-ms. Both were beaten by guards. A l-ryeur old Negro boy. Wcltcn lticSainc, Jr.. was arrested in Greenwood, Mississippi ”on suspicion." The boy said orricers took him to a cell and beat him, first hitting him in the head nth n blackjack; then cue or the police- men bout trim in the lace with his list while another hit. him in the stom‘uch with his club; then the oilicers made him lie naked on the floor on his side while thev beat him with a whip The boy was released alter intercese sion by his rather-s white employer. These are not the most brulal and disgusting incidents winch have occurred in the South. bu‘ they get the point across Anyone who believes that police brutality to Negroes in the South as not a reality simply has his head stuck in thc sand. And why doesn't somebody do something a- bout it? Given the doubltul premise that the Kennedy administration really cares what her» pens to the Negro in the South. why do r'eder-al olficiols keep their discreet distance and merely eluck their collective tongues rrorn Washington and Hyannis Port7 The FBI and the Justice Department patiently explain that they must work hand in hand With the police in the South, interlerencc in this area may leopardlzel \‘vollting lcla one in all othor phases (at law entorcemem. ' it is just about time that the officials in this country decide what is important. They seem to be quite willin to write ot't' a lew bearings and some minor n 'uslices as long- as nobo v rocks the boat, Tins seems to he the nor v or everybody right up through the ranks of the Kennedy dynasty. Bill-w rig is relatively salc. pccielly if it s a weak bill, and widely pnblie ed ciiorls to integrate on u when basis a few chosen schools satisfies the v tr But in term-ins in local police matters is another question altogether. i which 1 to have so well in mind. Nor- can I be convinced that azle ding to the catchetheebonib jarkpot is a realistic expresA sion or the revolting contempt I have (or the white society or which I and Grinnell Col- lege are a part. What then can i do? The immediate is being satis— ' on Midwest (20 By Jen Kohimnn T'he prepping controversy. ,n-hich hit Grinnell l a lew years ago and was oftiL‘lally roe solved by i . outlawing, and the subs uent r e or what is now cla ied as personal antago- nrsm has spread this year to several other Midwest Confer ence Colleges, The Carlctuninn (Carleton Col- legc) in a report on the damage inrhcled on e ireehrnan dorm, assumes no firm stand but rnliv ,cr voices views irom both sid iTlie pr-ors oiiered the tradition- ‘al argument of retaining tradi- ,tions. The con’s argument can be best summed up lu- the statement or one freshmen who said, "Anyone who say that traditions help the fr. man become part of the campus is cra we're outcasts." Elsewhere, where the lion goes unquestioned, ome rollicr humorous event have occurred. The Ripon paper an- nounced that unprecedented cu- tradi- sparked colleges across the na- tion to respond to what had captured Grinnell's attention, i hope you. the Grinnell Come nnrnity, will decide to do more than be properly indignant as you survcy the redestalned floor or the 16th Avenue Baptist lchurch ’ William A. Nevill Haze Days Craze Plays Havoc llege Campuses ‘thusiasm was aroused by the ircslnnan wake—up on Septem— lbei' l7. ' l When it was realized that a large number of freshman boys were still in bed, and a «group of upperclassmen went to gather- them, a freshman girl was swept up in the mob. When she was confronted on the second ‘floor by a scantily clad boy rc- turning from the shower, she ‘rnerely told him to get his .beanie and'join the fun Papers lrom other colleges rce iport mud fights. raids, and pep allies, , The general orientation pro- gram seems to be basically the ‘snine at most or the conrerence ischools The editorial or the lSeprembcr 27 i are or the ero lStuucnt lauds rho Grlnnell lbcoklet evplaining evimcurrtctle llnr activities, which s mailed to ‘nll new students. It saves the time or an unnecessary lecture, ‘and gives the new strident more ltiine to think about this topic.