Page Six i SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. January 24. I954 l’eace Corpsman Tom Robinson, a returned Peace Corps Volunteer from the Philippines. Will be avail- able for interviews February a. Appointments may be our rained through Mr. Sequeira. Robinson taught in one school the first year of his stay ir the Philippines and in two the second. He worked mainly with teachers on the elementary school leVel, initiatr lng new methods of teaching English and introducing scia Once. One of his after—school ac- tivities was public health work. With a Filipino doctor he Visit- od outlying villages, orgamzed sanitation teams, and exv plalned to farmers how better ianitation would cut doWn dis case. A lormer insurance investi- gator in New York City. he did not escape commuting by leav- ing suburbia, Trips to one school necessitated a 14 mile round-trip jaunt by bus; the Ichee Addresses Mock Convention By Tom Fullmer Wyoming Senator Gale Mcr use will give the keynote ad- dress for the Democratic session of (the 1964 Grinnell Mock Political Convention. He will also preside over the Demo- flfltic session. The convention, to be held April Srll, will thus feature two politiuans of high national stat» us since it was announced earlier that Oregon Governor Mark Hatfield would be key hotel' and presiding officer for the Republican session. Professor C. Edwin Gilmour, Director of the Program in Practlcal Political Educatlon, and the man responsible for the securing of the services of Mc- Gee and Hatfield, says he ex- pects the keynote addresses to be ”hardhitting and highly partisan in the best tradition of keynote addresses." Gilmour can be given the or it for bringing these two pol' 'cians to ohe Grinnell Campus, The Presidents of the Young Republicans and Young Demo- crats, Bob Savage and Dave Evans, have made their initial appointments for the woven (lion. Tom Evans has been ap- pointed chairman on the plat form committee for the Repubr Iicans, while Jack Spence will head the same committee for the Democrats. This year’s convention will differ from the Inaugural mock fiolitical convention which was aid in 1960 in that. this year the Republicans and Democrats will present separate platforms. In the 1960 convention the stu4 dents combined their efforts and prepared only one plat- form. About ten per cent of the student body was involved in the preparation of the platform {or the 1960 convention. Intensive prerconventlon or» gamzational work will be done over the interim session. Those students who are interested ill working for the Convention are urged to contact either Dave Evans or Bob Sal 0“ accord- Ins; to party preference. Returns Feb. 6 other, a four mile excursion by bike, During his first year on the island, he built a 14 foot sloop rig sailboat. which he christ- ened ”Si Kuhn” (The Thing.) It transported all manner of Robinson's Filipino friends on squid fishing and skin divmg expeditions and once dumped its Peace Corps skipper into the sea. Thereafter, he was known as ”Captain Capsize.” Education, he thinks, is the most Important factor in the Filipinos future. He demon- strated this faith by assuming financial support of the school- Ing of three young Filipinos. “I had wanted a public health assignment in Afrlca.” he said, “but I Wound up in the Philippines — and loved it,” This week‘s Scarlet and Black has been edited by Lynn Denzler with the aid of the staff of past editor, Jim Herzogi She will edit another trial issue next week, using her permanent staff. Call To Convention A mock Democratic Nation~ a1 Convention will convene on April it, in Darby Gym, con< vention chairman Dave Evans announced this week. The convention will nomin- ate a candidate for President, a candidate for Vice Presi- dent. and promulgate a plat- form. The convention will be spon- sored by the Young Democrats Club. You? Have To Get Up Early If You Want To Beat The Hockey Club By Karen Adkinson The Gl‘mnell hockey club specializes in practices at weird hours. Last year before the hockey rink was built, they practiced on Barber Plaza from 11 to 12:30 at night after the rink closed to the public. Last week a warm spell forced them out of bed whlle the ice was still frozen to begin practice at 6 am, Hockey devotees. Russ Har- din and Jerri Langllam, organ- ized the Club last year. Jerri recalled, “Russ and I both played hockey before coming to Grinnell and wanted to get something go- ing our freshman year, but only ten boys showed any in- terest in playing hockey. Last year we really worked and thirty guys showed up and continued coming. Mr. Irv Simone is our faculty spon- sor and was instrumental in getting competition for us. 7 We played a Des Moines Club several times and the fresh- man squads of Carleton and St. Olaf." This year the club is scrim- maging on a new rink built with funds allotted by the President of the College after a request by the club. BSrG erected the 'rink over the summer and care for it during the season. Twenty-five men are out for the club this year. Fifteen are returning from last year’s group, “About half of one boys last Kathy Elliott is Named Writing Winner, Mademoiselle Magazine College Board Kathy Elliott, ’64, has been named to the College Board of Mademoiselle magazine accords ing to a recent announcement from magazine officials. Board members were selected on the basis of entries showing ability in art. writing, fashion, merchandising, promotion, or advertising. Kathy’s entry con- sisted of a six page article in the magazine writing category. She was notified of her selec- tion to the College Board durr ing Christmas vacation. College Board members re- port news from bhelr colleges to Mademoiselle and are eli- gible to compete for twenty 61 days in Europe 6TH ANNUAL EUROPEAN INHERITANCE TOUR ART and ARCHITECTURE IO day Se ' or in London 21 day Sem or at Oxford 30 days of Travel on Continent 4 hours academic credit available CONTACT: DEAN Ronni F. ASHLEV RIPOH COLLEGE RIPON. WISCONSIN Guest Editorships that will be awarded by the magazine in May. For that competition Kathy reports that she will have to write a second entry sImilar to her first article, An English-Journalism major, Kat'hy plans to pursue a jour- nalism career after graduation In June She lists her main in lerest in that field as magazine writing. - runnr _ rHAnMAcv 4th Avenue year had never played hockey. They were really diligent about coming out even when they got discouraged seeing themselves outskated day after day. Their progress has really been some- thing to see.” said Langhaml Coached by Langham, the team practices two hours a day even during finals. The practices consist of 25 min- utes of skating around with a puck. Then the club drills on plays and practices pass- ing, receiving passes, shoot- ing and rebounding. Scrim- maging follows and finally the group scrapes the ice to leave it in good condition. Referees are garnered from interested non-club members such as John Fiske. Competition this year again will come from the Des Moines All Stars. this Sunday morning and again February 2. Febru- ary 8-9 the club will migrate to Northfield, Minnesota, to play the freshmen of Carleton and St. Olaf. For these games there will be 18 of the Club members suited up. The first team Will probably include Bart Dun- ning. goalie; _Bob Dyer, left wing; Russ Hardin. center; and Jerri and his brother Ray as defense men. “Hockey is a rough sport with plenty of action,” said Langham. “There‘s not a dull moment. Any interested spec- tators Will probably be able to go on the second trip to Des Moines. We also hope to have a couple announced in- ter-squad Scrimmages so that students can coma and watc ." He Continued, “I'd like to em- phasize that the club is a suc- cess only because of the en— thusiasm and efforts of all the boys. 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