Page Two Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell. Iowa A weekly newspaper piiblishzd ench Fllday of the col~ lsgc year by me Grinnell Committee on Student Publica~ lions, Laml H. Barber, chairman. Repl'Eseliled for nnuonul udvcrusing hy Nullunilt Advenising Service. inc. College puulish rs Repicscniafive, is East sozh slrccr, New York 22. ipwn. subscrip ii EDITOR uusrxsss MANAGE! MANAGING colron FEATURE EDITOR . SPORTS amrok . .. . copy rolroir . NEWS AND cor-Y smrr y. sunny second class postage paid’at oiinncll. rate $4.50 per school year. Lynn Dcnzler Jim Mcllllyre John win: Karen uriirlnsiin .iiui Fish . Marina 1205: uni, Ann Showulter, Nniicy Gromko, susnn Taylor, Pm)! Clay, Cynthia arusi, Domino nouns, siisiz Gclher spoars siurr new YHOTOGRAYHER BUSINESS assismNrs . ClRCULATlDN MANAGER SUBSCRIPTlON MANAGER . Peter Kolliniui, Jack linrmd, Eric incohsoii, Ken clyiner Tum unrlmnn Mnc Marshall, Lcslle uriisleuon . John roinrnn Dick Fawn The final selection of an SGA president will de- pend more on personalities than on issues, because the candidates don‘t differ a great deal on the issues. It is not particularly distressing to see that the can- didates are crowding the middle of the road. Grinnell students have certainly had their share of empty prom- ises, and the fact that all three candidates can see a common goal adds to the validity of that goal. Generally speaking, the goal is one of attitude change. We would agree with the candidates that the last year has been one of conflict and misunderstand- ing. Unfortunately, the conflict was necessary because of the prevailing attitude that students and administra- tion cannotthink alike or serve each other. We look forward to an SGA president who not only respects his position as a student, but who respects the positions of those who work in administrative posts above him. We look forward to an SGA president who will concern himself with rule enforcement before rule creation. We look forward to a year of accomplishment rather than waste. Faculty Articles Are in Professional Journals Dr. John H. Burma (soc), has had two articles published in recent professional journals. “The Journal of American Folklore" has printed his study of a secret flagellant brotherhood found among the Hispanos of northeastern New Mexico, entitled, “c a c r u s .Whips and Wooden Crosses." His “Inlerethnic Marriage in Los Angeles, 1948-59," a tabu- lation and description of the in- termarriage of whites with Ne- g r o e s, Filipinos, Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, and Indians, appears in the cur- rent issue of “Social Forces." . Japanese Art Work Given by Sch romms A group of 16 art gifts has been presented to Grinnell by Mr. and Mrs. James 5. Schramm of Burlington, Iowa. The new Collection, valued at over $4,300, includes contem- porary Japanese woodblock prints, aquatints, drypoints and lithographs. It brings to 25 the number of pieces the Schramms have given to the college dur» ing the past few years. Quartet Scheduled String quartets by Hayden, Mozart, and Beethoven will be performed by the Lenox Quar- let in ii public concert at 3 p.m. in Herrick Chapel this Sunday. Members of the group, who are artists-in-residence at Grlnr cell for the second successive car, are Peter Marsh and heodora Mantl, violins; Paul flersh, viola; and Donald MC' Call, cello. “Setting the Stage for Lin- coin Theatre,” an article writ- ten by Grinnell’s Richard D. Meyer (theatre) and his wife, Nancy, was a feature of the January issue of Theatre Arts. While on leave from Grinnell, Meyer is working this year with Elia Kazan at the Lincoln Cen- ter Repertory Theatre in New York City. The Meyers’ article describes the entire preparation for the Theatre’s opening production, “After the Fall," by Arthur Miller, which opened on Jan uary 23. Student Backs JLA Program. Urges Thought To the Editor: As Dryden so aptly wrote: “Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow, He who would search for pearls, must dive below." Thus the interim session. The JLAE and bedfellows have been subjected to won- drous and ingenious criticism by strange and marvelous minds. Amid this clamor, as is usual, no sound’or reason is anywhere to be detected, for. as is the liberally educated stu- dents‘ wont. there is little com- prehension on their part of what education is. This, how- ever, is not the point or this letter, ior we’ve already heard enough nonsense on the subject. JLA- Continued on Page a SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February 2; Letters to the Editor . Meyer Sees Interim Projects Offering Four Advantages To the Editor: There has been a great deal of crilicism, these past few weeks, of lhe interim session. Lack of student incentive,’ the wasting of time, and so on are the general complaints. Maybe we are not using our lime to the best advantage (although I don’t feel that catching up on reading the news, sleep, and just talking are such a criminal waste of time). Perhaps we don't have much incentive—but is whether or not we study such a gross lack of intellectual- Does all this really add up to such a gross lack of intellectual- lsm and interests? Let me answer by making a proposal. I suggest that in future interim sessions each student be required to regis- ter with the college a particu- larvindependent project he in- tends to carry out during in- terim. This project can he on any topic, may or may not re- sult in a final product, and may he as absolutely free and in- dependent as the student wishes. The purpose of regis tl‘ation is two fold: first, the student is more likely to Carry out his project if he has ac- tually registered it and it is not merely a vague idea in his head, and secondly, this would provide lists of students and the general areas in which they are studying. These lists could be both posted, that the stu» dents could make Contact with others interested in the same area, and given to faculty, so that students could seek help and guidance from them, should they so desire. There are four major advan- tages to this kind of interim session. First, it gives the freshmen and sophomores a friedlander Says Grant From Ford Curtails Administration's flexibility To the Editor: Let us indulge in some sim- ple arithmetic. Most of us de- sire to attend Grinnell for four years. For this privilege we must , contribute $2,400 per year, with an annual increase of $150, so the endowment which must progress one direc- tion or the oLher, is not totally depleted. Meanwhile the admin- istration, brave souls, launch into a campaign, soon to be completed, to solicit (did your parents contribute?) four mil- lldn dollars |n less than three years. That is about four theirs- and for each and every stu- dent, l.;l thousand dollars per year per student. (We will not here discuss to whose benefit this \money is used but Will Submit that the administration is painfully anxious ro continue the flow.) But maybe this is not really so bad. Are not the curtailment of student government and the arbitrary actions of the admin istration the necessary price to attain the free two million dollars which the Ford promr ises us. Imagine, $500 for ev» my student! ! Yes, we may get handsome buildings and personable {BM machines, but let us never forget that the Ford has kindly. Offered us the option on another matching fund. The administration will, without doubr, accept in our name. No lower tuition, no re' laxalion, since each new mil- lion will be harder to court. Now who really creates these impressive Sums? The admin» istration would argue for its fine corps of busmessmen and our fine president who expend immeasurable quamiues of brain energy to entice the like- ly With the old “Grmnell stu- dents run the college” bit. Up on reflection, however, it may be readily seen, that it is we, the students, who grease the wheel that makes the cart col- lect. What would the administra- tion do without students? Die/l 1! It is true that they would probably, at first, initi- ate, with the money saved from expenditures on students, a stupendous fund~raislng specs tacular—“the student does not even feel he is going to a col- lege" bit—but we may rest as- sured that some innocent conA tributor will finally notice the disappearance of all buildings but Burling Library with its basement. And what would happen to the students if the administrav tion disappeared tomorrow? We would, quite naturally, go to another college. (At first. it is true, we might try it alone; but who would be Dean of Men, a necessary pillar for any lib- era] institution.) it may be argued that the administration would also find new jobs but where, may we ask, could a busmessman find such a se- cure job. So upon cursory ex- amination, it may be seen that it is we, the students, not the administration, who make the college. We are the ones who study. while on the basis of our accomplishments thoy speak of their achievements. So let the dollars and sense be recognized. The students and administration have a muv tual dependence. Should we also not have mutual oblige» tions and rights? Ii this is not the case, and it most certainly is not, the dollar sign may be seen behind it. (All this may sound too sim- ple, and it is, so we must warn anyone whose ire is unduly eler vated to work it Off at 651: an hour for Saga and contribute the sum to the Ford. Work only 4,405,881 hours and the president will shake your hand and know your name, too.) God bless the faculty, may we com- municate. Dan Friedlander chance to “shop around" in various fields, meet the pro fessol‘s in those areas, and be- yCOme better acquainted With ,what a major in a certain area. lmight involve. It gives juniors and seniors a chance to study Outside of their major field. Second, this kind of interim program should provide guid- ance for those who need and Want it. I think that part of this lack of interest of incentive so often mentioned in conneclion with interim is caused by a lack of self-discipline coupled with a lack of knowledge about how to do independent study. One of the main complaints of students is that the faculty don’t seem interested enough in students. The faculty reply that they don’t have the time. Third, in this kind of interim. the faculty would have no classroom responsibility and would have more time to give to the students. I cannot think of a more perfect way of getting to know a professor, or students interested in one’l field than through a good in- formal discussion over coffee during interim. Another com- plaint often voiced is the lack of intellectual d i a o u 55 i o n l among students on campus. This kind of interim would pro- vide an excellent opportunity to meet and talk to people who are interested in the Sam. kinds of things as you are. Under this plan the basic in- terim would not have changed. There would be no one to check up on you to see what you had accomplished; there would be no outside pressure to accom- plish anything linal. It would be a time of relation and of study. There would still be moVics, lectures, the JLA, comps, etc. The essential dif- ference would be that there would be guidance for those who wanted it. With this sort ol interim program. 1 think you would find that most of the so- called Student apathy, lack of incentive, and lack of intelleC< tual curiosity would disappear. Muffie Meyer Complete Linc of Drugs plui the finest in Cosmetics by DUBARRY THARP PHARMACY 0h Avonln