Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grimm", Iowa A weekly news aver publlshed each Friday of the col» lzge year by uie nlmell commllzee on sulnenl Publica- uons. Laird i-i. Barber, chalrmin. Represented for national advcnlslng by National Advertismg smice. inc, College Publishers Representative, is East 50th Street, New york 22. N.Y. Second class postage piud at Grinnell. iowa. Subscriplion rate 54.50 per school year. Lynn benzler nm Mcinlyrc Joni-i Woll- en Adkinsan Manhs pcsl EDITOR ,, BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGING rmron FEATURE EDiroR copy rmroR SPORTS EDITOR . , . . .. . .vlin rish FEPORTERS . Am! sliawcllcr, .1. Eric Jacobson, non Kinssch, Pele Kollnlan. Nancy Grom v 5 mm: Gelhel’. Andy hand, sussh rnylor . MMml Posl nuhny nunl Quinn: nmsl Tom nunmin AD MANAGER . . ausmess AssisrANrs cmcuLArioN MANAGER sunscklerlon MANAGER . , , .lclm Moe Mac Marshall, Leslie limsielleu olin Pnlman Dick rub" Integrated Dorms? The new AWS Board hasn’t wasted any time get ting involved in campus affairs. They have taken on the well-worn problem of a south campus integrated dorm system and are presently aiming at finding some defi» nite plan to be initiated this spring. (For those of you» who might confuse integrated dorms with co—ed living, it should be stated that the system in question involves only the women. Concern rests with the possibility of abolishing freshmen dorms and distributing first~year Grinnell women throughout the quad.) The latest questionnaire offered to the women students is pointed at getting the widest selection of personal opinion — the Board has left itself open to stu- dent desire — they want to do what the students want 'done. This appears to be the saving grace of both the questionnaire and any subsequent action that the Board might take. One of the greatest stumbling blocks in working with the problem .of integrated dorms has been trying to find out just what the students want. ' Agreement is widespread on the theoretical value of integrated dorms. Few see much harm in spreading the freshmen class out so that their first year contacts are broadened and deepened. Practically, however, student opinion is much more divided. Upperclass women are well aware of the physical limitations that hinder the integrated dorm idea. The nicest rooms in the quad are generally found in the upperclass dorms, while the more limited quarters have been used year after year for the freshman class. Multiple rooms — triples and Quads — are also housed in upperclass dorms. Should the dorm system be integrated, it would be necessary to put freshmen in the multiple rooms and in many of the larger doubles and singles. If enrollment is kept constant, it would also be necessary for upperclass .women to choose their housing from among the more crowded quarters along the loggia. i The questionnaire has already given some indica- tion that quad women are concerned with the physical disadvantages of an integrated dorm system: One after another upperclass student will say that she favors five or six integrated halls; but that, under such a system, she would prefer to live in- one of the upperclass dorms. Thus, the integrated dorm system finds itself faced with the problem of theoretical vs. practical. The wom- en are not shutting the door on possible experimenta- tion, or even a degree of self-sacrifice in order to make a new system work. They are illustrating the im- mediate need to deal with the physical problems that do exist. The new AWS Board has indicated that physical problems can be gotten around. Quad opinion seems to demand that such problems must be worked out simul» taneous with or before the initiation of an integrated dorm system. The reality of room drawing dissapoint- ments should be much more prominent than the theor- etical advantages of abolishing freshmen dorms. Both the Dean and the AWS Board should be disturbed by the fact that the students favor an idea, but don’t really .Want to commit themselves to live under it. LD SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, March 20. um Letters to the Editor Peters: lane Boosts Own Career by Defending Oswald To the Editor: Recently a part of the Grin- nell campus has heard a tape with the speech of a New York attorney, Mark Lane, on the guilt of Lee Oswald in the assassination of the President. Lane claims the innocence of Lee Oswald by the means of a crowd pleaser rather than those of an attorney at law. I have heard the address on the tape by Mark Lane and read his “Defense Brief” in the supplement of the weekly news paper that published his argu- ments and feel it would be im- possible to answer all his dis- tortions of evidence an d smears in one letter. However. I give several examples. Mark Lane states the first murder weapon that was found was a German Mauser rifle and that the police after catching cs. wald deliberately claimed the murder Weapon to be an Italian Carbine just because Oswald owned and Could be connected with an Italian Carbine. He neglects to mention that the bullets in President Kennedy's body were of a type that would be fired by an Italian Carbine. Mark Lane also presents as “evidence" that the paraffin tests registered negativeon Oswald’s face and therefore Oswald could not have fired a rifle. He neglects to point out that Oswald was able to go home and change his clothes before he was apprehended. During this time Oswald ob- viously would have tried lo re- move the gunpowder stains from his face and hands. Where did ohe gunpowder stains on Oswald’s hands come from? It is clearly established that Oswald carried a revolver With him when he Walked away from his home and that later Oswald shot and killed a police officer. Even Mark Lane does not really offer any negative argue ments to the accusation that Lee Oswald killed patrolman rippit. Oswald, before he was killed, admitted that he owned the revolver that shot rippil. Lane‘s lame return is that the person who filed the affidavit of the murder described the killer as short, stout, and with bushy hair. Lane then de- scribes his Lee Oswald as of medium height and slender with wavy hair. For a witness many yards away from the scene of the crime, it would he hard to determine whether the Patrick Denounces New Policy: Social Planning Board Usurps Legislative. Judicial Authority To the Editor: It is indeed gratifying to di - cover that in keeping with Grin- nell’s tradition of liberalism and progress there exists here in an embryonic stage of devel- opment an organization which may well revolutionize govern- mental theory. Its existence was discovered on or about February 13, 1564, who the so- cial Planning Board, an admin istrafjve agency, advanced into the legislative realm by out- lining the legal procedure by which the open dorms privilege would be extended to the vari- ous halls on the Grimell Cam- pus. The response of SGA re- minds one of the appeasement policy of the Allies at Munich, when, confronted with a fetal Leviathan, they succumbed quietly. ‘ But this was merely the be- ginning. On March 3, 1964, the Social Planning Board grasp within its tendrils the Judiciary Branch of the Student Govern— ment by defining the court pro- cedure and legal definitions necessary for handling open dorm violations. The entirety of American political science, for years naively enslaved by the apparent advantages of various federalist models, has no doubt been stunned by sudden realiza» tion that here within a com- paratively closed system is a living governmental organism which could quite possibly completely erase the inefficien- cy and bureaucratic ponderous- ness of tripartite government. Having securely grasp the legislative and judicial branches of government, it is only a mat» ter of time before the Social Planning Board discovers with- in its mind the fullest outlet for its dementia praecox, i. e. the absorption of executive power. Only then will Grinnell College realize The New Order. It is with happy hearts that we await sublimely the final consummation of our collective beings within the magnanimily of The New Order. Freed of the necessity of wrestling with any social or ethical problems the students will be able to fo- cus their attentions complete- ly upon academic pursuits, basking In the security of en lightened despotism. Ultimately we can envision complete iden~ tification between the Board and the students, so that the thoughts of eleven become the thoughts of all. Although it is true that lhc Social Planning Board does have jurisdiction over this so» cial program, as it is still on a “trial" basis, it appears that the Board‘s actions accurate- ly reflect lwo prevailing aspects of student-administration con- flect. First it illustrates a ten- dency on the part of the admin» istrauon to avoid direct Con- fliot With the students and to deal with them through admin- istrative agencies. Secondly it reveals student apathy, a pen Vasive desire to avoid cnoillct. Progress and responsibilify not only involve conflict, but dc» mand confrontation and com- promise. Robert Patrick hair of the killer was wavy m- bushy (it could also be a mat- ter of semantics), whether he was of short or medium height (Oswald looked fairly short la this letter writer), and wheth< er the killer was Slender or stout when he was wearing a jacket. Also of grave concern is What Mark Lane never men— tioned or rebulted. Oswald was offered and refused a lie de- tector test. Oswald was known to have beat his wife many times. As a matter of fact, Marina Oswald once was sep- arated from her husband be- cause of this. Also unexplained is Why Oswald resnsled arrest and tried to fire his revolver at Patrolman McDonald when he was arrested. Neglected too is Oswald's letter to John Co - nally, then Secretary of 'he Navy, promising to revenge Connally's refusal to reverse the undesirable discharge of Oswald from the Marine Corps. It is hopefully demonstrated how much some of the facts have been twisted in the ver- sion of the killing by Mark Lane. It may be that Mark Lane is not after “justice” or the “American tradition of juris- prudence" or any other such abstraction and really desires publicity and the applause of large crowds throughout the country. His jokes and the laughter and lhe applause they aroused could indicate this possible assertion. Perhaps he hopes through this case to re- build the political career lie had launched earlier and which for some reason was interrupt- ed in 1962. However, because of his conduct in this C1155. it would not be surprising if he weze repudiated by the volcrs for many elections to come. Nick Peters Speech Tourney Rates Grinnellians The Iowa Intercollegiate For- ensic Association state lourll ment was held last weekend at Luther Iowa. The Grinnell debate team, defending champion, lied with Loras College for runnei‘~up. Members of the team are Dan Bucks, Eric Jacobson, Cherie Joiner, and Greg Robinson. Joiner and Bucks were one (if three undefeated teams among a field of 40. In addition, Grinnell was run— ner , up for the sweepstakes championship, which Is based on points received in a variety of evenlstohn Williams w s declared slate winner in origi» a1 oratory. He Will repsesenc the state at the national infers collegiate contest at North- western in April, Don Gregory received a “superior" in eplcmpcnzneous speaking. Receiving "excel- lents" were Frank Fair, ora‘ my; Rick iieilbron. exzcmpoi. aneous speaking; Jay \vill' ms and Delabian Rice, discussion; Delabizln Rice, oral interpreta- College in Decorzlh, Lion of poetry.