Friday. January 24. 1754 ICARLET AND BLACK Page Fivll A That Was The Semester That Was . . .? A Renowned visitor made out a Grinnell fix "those *°/oS°/® stair personal check to help A visiting lecturer demonstrated for an advanced group of zoology and physics students where the sound goes i A group of students earned spending money by unstop- ping stopped up . . . By Dah Little One of the cogent (printable) things that numerous critics have called the Scarlet and Black, affectionately known to many critics as the “Scab," its “a historical record of the momentous and noose-momentous events mat take place within the confines of Grinnell College." To fulfill this noble function and give our readers a pleasant, nostalgic trip through the recent past we will recount some of those events that helped to make that the semes- ter that was The semester started with a splash. Approximately 1150 stu- dents converged on what, in some circles, was affectionately known as the "ol’ Swimmin’ hole" to find that the ancient “N0 Swimming" sign had been removed and the forbidding "3.2 Lake” legally opened to qualified swimmers. The rejoicing and revelry caused by the removal of that moschovered sign will _doubtless echo in the respective loggias for years. It was a semester of rule change and important d isions on campus life, The students were suspicious of the admi istration, the administration was suspicious of the faculty, the faculty was suspicious of everybody and President Bowen left the country. The Grinnell Nonconformist club forged, or rather putted, ahead in characteristic progressive style by declaring, through gritty teeth and moss covered lips, the new Non-club motto, “Two wheels good, four wheels bad.” The emblem adopted by the group was entitled, “Ainu Astride 3. Chrome Cyle.” The Scarlet and Black changed printers, got a much needed facevlift, came out in glorious red, white and black, held forth the promise that it would be the finest newspaper ever produced on the Grinnell College campus; and failed to appear the following week. A conservative group of enlightened Grinnell dowsers and alchemists predicted a deluge of gold water in 1964 followed by four years of joyous prosperity. Campus skeptics scoffed at both predictions saying that, if the first came to pass, the second would necessarily fail. “Anybody knows that gold water would never make anything grow.” It was a semester of close communion with nature. Half the student body spent a weekend talking about “those students” in a sylvan setting, the men of Clark and Cowles sold down the river, President Truman bit the dust, and Dean Wood decided to head for the hills. President Harry Truman visited the campus as the year’s official "Politician-in-Residence." Before his visit was over he , had flopped (in a bush) and the P,P.P.E. was almost committed to carry Harry, Construction on the Forum moved ahead at a pace that made the students currently attending Grinnell wonder “‘for whom?” The male students and representatives from the faculty and administration attended a traditional holiday dinner. However, the three groups couldn’t agree on What tradition was traditional and when nhe ensuing controversy came to a head it was de- cided that the whole thing was too booring to argue about and toasted its abolition, ”Barbie,” Grinnell’s thick-skinned, $75,000 white elephant, was placed in her cage early in December, But, as if she was no better than any common, ordinary, “cheap” slab of concrete, she refused to perform until the temperature got below the freezing point. ~ The semester officially ended with those Grinnellians, com- monly called “off men," that couldn’t find their way home look- ing forward to a rosy field of new lecturers to add to the three per student total that had already visited the Grinnell campus during the semester that was. . 923 Broad FLOWERS Member Florist's Telegraph Delivery Phone 236-3197 W Construction w o rk e r 5 put the finishing} touches on the future offices of the Scarlet and Block, Welling at a man in Germany. ‘_ “WORK , IN EUROPE Every registered student can get is job in Europe and receive u travel grant. Among thou— sands of jobs available are re- sort, sales, lifeguard and office work. No experience is neces‘ salty and wages range to $400 monthly. For a complete pros- pectus, travel grant and job application returned airmail, send $1 to Dept. J, American Student Information Servicq, 22 Ave. de la Ubel'te, Luxem- bourg my, Grand Duchy or Luxembourg.