page Twa Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Griuueil, Iowa A urokly newspaper nubllsnn-l each Friday ol the col~ legs year by [he Grinnell Committee on Sludem Publica- nons, Liild l-l. Barber, chairman, ksnrrsrnico for uruonrl advenising by National Advertising Service, In. College Yubhsncls Representative, East 50m sum. New York 22, My. Second class pos ge prlu s: Grlnnell. Iowa. subscnnuou nus $4.50 per school year. . .llu. Herzos Conrro mum Dnve Bnelz John wo|l . Karen Aflklnson Lru crlndncy .1. Eric .Yleobson Tom Murmur. mi Kohllnnll . , Russ Luepker l! slat en, Mlc Mush-H mm rolmru urry kinderkneeht anon . . ,. BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGING EDITOR NEWS EDITOR , .. FEATURE EDITOR 5PORTS EDlTOR ASSISTANT sponrs Huron CHIEF PHOTOGRAPHER EXCHANGE EDITOR . cow EDITOR ., . ., nusINEss AssISTANTs CIRCULATION MANAGER SunscnInIoN MANAGER , Face Lining ‘ “ Today’s issue bf the Scarlet and Black should be a milestone in the history of that publication, as for the first time in 43 years it is not being printed at the Grinnell Herald Register, , . .The News Printing Company (Newton Daily News) has taken over as printer of the 5&8, as we feel that we can substantially improve the printing quality of the S&B by making this move. The News Company utilizes a different and better process in reproducing pictures than the H-R; it offers different and more readable type faces; it uses a different type of press. ! The typeface which is utilized in the regular body type of this issue is slightly larger than that which ave previously been used. It is a type often recom- [mended for readibility. i ' During the next semester we will experiment With the use of color and with a whiter, higher quality ' paper. \ ‘ As this issue illustrates, the S&B has already un- dergone a “face-lifting,” and more changes will un- doubtedly occur before we‘re through. Your com- ments are welcome. Friday. November 12. I963 It has been one of the fundamental rights in this country as guaranteed by Article I of the Bill of Rights that ”Congress shall make no law . abridging the freedom of speech or the press; . . .” However it is with deep con— cern that I look upon a number of recent ac- tions taken by various government agencies, in particular by the Senate Internal Security subcommittee and the Federal Communica- tions Commission, which raise the important question as in whether or not this basic right will continue to remain an actuality as op- posed to meaningless words on a sheet of his- torical paper. Within the past few months a“ non-profit radio network known as the Pacifica Founda- tion has been under fire by both of these gov- ernmental agencies. Pacifica, which consists of three stations — WEALFM in New York City (for which, incidentally, I had the priv- ilege of working and am therefore able to speak about the foundation with some personal knowledge), KPFK in Los Angeles and KPEA- KPFB in Berkeley, California — is supported through the voluntary contributions of its listeners. The Pacifica Foundation's difficulties with the government appear to have begun approxi- mately a year ago when it broadcast a pro- gram featuring an ex—FBI agent who was quite critical of J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI. In January of this year the Sen< ate Internal Security subcommittee conducted hearings into alleged “Communist infiltration" of the Pacifica network, At these hearings the acting president of the foundation told the members of the sub- committee that the network atLempLs to offer “a platform for every point oi view." In answer to lhe question by Senator Thomas Dodd as to Whether the Pacifica stations would allow anyone to broadcast who had refused to Peter M. Miller A license for Pu 'fica’ SCARLET AND BLACK testify under oath whether he had engaged in espionage or sabotage against the United States, the acting president stated: “In the absence of any evidence that it was 1 fact that he had so engaged, the honest answer would have to be yes, 1 would allow him," After the Conclusion of the hearing in Jan- uary the American Civil Liberties Union came to the defense of the foundation and stated that the subcommittee’s investigation was unconsti- tutional. The ACLU pointed out that ”the pro- gram log of any of these stations for any given week reveals the broadcast spectrum of politi- cal opinion is not just one point of view, but a diversity of views. This is daily application of the First Amendment's purpose, to expose the public to different political, economic and So- cial thought.” As both n frequent listener to Pacifica's New York station as well as n former an- nouncer, I can, vouch for the fact that the network does, indeed, offer “a platform for every point of view.” The popularity or unpopularily of III issue, speaker, topic etc. is not a criterion in deciding the typc of programming of Pacifica stations. Our government is in great danger of com- mitting an unpardonable infringement on the fundamental right of free speech as guaranv teed by the First Amendment of our Constitu. lion, Whether the FCC will grant approval to the long-pending applications for permanent licenses for the three Pacifica stations is, as of the present moment, very questionable, The final decision as to whether or not the Pacifica network should continue to exist Should lie in the hands of its listeners. If the Stations are unpopular the withdrawal of financial support by the listening public will quickly bring about their demise without any unnecessary addi- tional pressure from the government. \ David Lighthourne Forum For Descent l In retrospect, the Grinnell “Folk Festival” can be considered an overwhelming sliccess. It intended to get as many guitarrplaying 5mg- ers before its audience as the budget allowed, find it fulfilled this deepest and most profound intention. Its only fault lay in its title. Had the festival had some other name, Grin- nell College might have maintained a greater degree of integrity. The weekvnd would then have been another concert series in the per- petual attempt to make Grinnell Students like their weekend. But implied in the title was a notion of education, a notion that. something was coming to lend new iHSIghts into the Na- 'tional Character and thus the nature of man, .This was somewhat misleading. The festival began on a note of prurient salacious presumption. Bonnie Dohson was the harlot heroine, paid for seducing her audience into thinking She represented a spontaneous effusion of vitality, of warmth based on emotional involvement. The result was insipid and pretty, as gen- uine as any third-rate imit; on of Joan Baez. Miss Dobson shone particularly shal- low on her one Johnny Mathis number and was outstandingly dull. Ian and Sylvia got up next. They sang "Greenwood Sidie" with enough conviction to keep them off “Hootenanny” for months, Ian’s twelve-string guitar was especially reminiscent of the great loss we all feel with the doom of Huddie Ledbetter. Their renditions of gospel material were also tawdry and dilute. Both performers were very good-locking. . Things then got much bener. Virilicy‘charac- terized the performances of all the blues musi- cians. both Friday night ,and SatugaLafters noon, despite the inevitable tworway ingraiia- tion b etween audience and performers. Especially memorable was Dean Wood’s con~ ,versation with Porkshop Saturday morning. By Saturday night everybody was wait- ing for Reverend Gary Davis, the grand old man of country ragtime and the Se- govia of American folk guitar. The audi- ence was overly polite, thinking that re- straint was more respectful than enthusi- asm, but Rev. Gary knew what the trouble was and demanded a record number of em cores by constantly heading off-stage, He meanwhile demonstrated his integrity of feeling. his overwhelming musicianship —— his love for his malarial. Special'lhanks should go to John Cohen for his fine in- troductory remarks. The New Lost City Ramblcrs were uno doubtedly the high point In the festival. Their immediacy and unashamed allegiance to good- time oldrtimey music proved that city per- formers can sound genuine with enough dedir cation and affection to legitimate folk/liters ature. Their Stage humor was excellently in keeping with that peculiar mode of rural trag- icomedy when you don't know whether lo laugh or cry. Mike Seeger's autoharp solo oi “Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies” should be enough to keep Grilmell folksingcrs away lrom Joan Baez albums for some time. The Ramblers' captivating, hellrbent for leather finale, “The Orange-Blossum Special.” had everybody forgetting sophisticated reser- vonons about the old-time fiddle. They were a roaring success. Slnce the concerts committee had a strange mania for getting as many people into Darby as possible, the question 0! future experiments with traditional music must always remain in doubt. This generation, like the television ex» cutive, seems committed to getting record numbers inside things—telephone booths, old automobiles, etc. But if the presence of the Lenox group is any indication of a tolerance for serious minority tastes, we may have big- ger and better folk festivals in years to come. Maryland Establishes Board To Thaw Frosiburg Impasse By Jeffrey kohlmon The State of Maryland has I a u n c h e d an investigation aimed at settling a student and faculty uproar against the president of Frostburg State College. The State board was called in after the American Associa- tion of American Professors complained about the dismiss- al of four English teachers at the four year liberal arts colr lege. R. Brown hardesty, president of the small state col. lege Since 1954, allegedly fired the four teachers for promot- ing avanogorde poetry, dis- cussing controversial books in the classroom, and joining slu- dents in the Frostburg ”beat cafes.” The dismissal was protest- ed by the students when they staged a march ended in an effigy hanging. President Hardesty didn’t take this too kindly, and placed thirty students on probation. He also demanded letters of apology from student lead- ers. It was recently found out that these letters were later used to prevent further demonstrations At. the be- ginning of this month the‘ president of the student gov— ernment stated that he had been forced to quit by Presi» dent Hardesty. Hardesty, when quéstioned about this and other related campus problems, said lime except that in his opinion there wer- no campus tensions. He said that faculty dissent- ers opposing his policies in— cluded “people whose work has not been entirely satisfacA Lory," gripers and disappoint- ed 'status Seekers, While there are no tensions, Hardesty ad- mitted that there were prob lems. r r : Last week after numerous arllcies and reports spread acres the country about the wild parties at Harvard, the average Harvard student, The Harvard Crimson assures us, was out looking for these or- gies. ‘ While the Harvard boys were searching, the Radcliffe girls were reading about the really great parties they had missed. Perhaps The Boston Record American produced the best banner headline on the sub» jecl: H A RVA R D BARES WILD PARTIES. We at the “Harvard of in. midwest” wait anxiously for further news. Give Grinnell five years and we’ll do it just as well but without the pub— licity, . . ‘ Willie McCcvey of the Sal! Francisco Giants compiled _ 24-game hitting streak thlfi season. I