Scarlet and Black GRINNELL COLLEGE Grinnell. low: A ivccily newspaper published encli Friday or the col- lege year by the amnion coininillce on suincn: Publica- lions, Laild i-i. camel, chairman. REDiescntcd for nnnonnl advertising by Naiionnl Advertising Service. [non College Publishers ncprcscnmiivc. IE East soui Siicci, New York 22, N.v. Second class Posinge paid at Grinnell. loiin. Subscription me $4.50 per school year. Lyiiii Denzlei‘ Jllil Mcnuvre .loliii \vnli en Ankliiscu Mniihu Post .. inn rish cyiiiliin Brnsl, Bunny num, Aiiii snouulici. Nnncy omiiiko, Marilelii Snwyui, Pam Clny. Susan rs lor Susle Gelber Jenn Vandervoon roin llaiiinan . . John Moe . Msc Mai-snail. Leslie niuslclten John rojnian Dick rnxoii canon . BUSINESS MANAGER MANAGING curion FEATURE :uiron COPY run-on SPORTS Ennon . NEWS AND COPY srarr HEAD PHoToonAmien AD MANAGER , , BUSlNESS ASSISTANTS . CIRCULATION MANAGER SunscnlmoN MANAGER Student Wants — Increase? Last night the Social Planning Board passed the proposed budget set up by the Social Co-ordinating Committee. The ap- proved budget included a fee increase that will amount to about $8 per Student. For final acceptance of Such an increase, the budget must pass the senate appropriations committee, be approved by the Senate, be presented by the administration, to the trustees, and approved by the trustees. The administra- tion has indicated that it would only consider such an increase after wide student approval. Thus, at the moment, the burden rests with the students. ’ It is important that students understand the rationale behind a-social fee increase if they are to pass judgment on one. Although it is quite natural for students to oppose any financial increase, it is unusual for a student body to have the opportunity to voice disapproval before a decision is made. This alone should make the students wary enough to examine the situation rather than make an arbitrary decision. , ’ For those students who have been dissatisfied with this year's social program, and investigation show there are many, it does notseem as appropriate to question the quality of those people who devrse the program as it is to question the material they have to work with. ‘ Concert prices have been going steadily up iii the last three years. The concerts committee has been faced with the decision of financing Several “lesser" names in an extended program over the year, rather than throwing the whole amount behind one big name in the fall. x Similarly, the committee planning formal dances reports that student attendance for a small, relatively unknown dance band has been very disappointing during the past several years. They have gathered from the record that students will patronize a formal dance only if the band is popular. Thus, for this year. forlnal dance activities have been pooled into two large affairs with two big name bands. Social activities in the new Forum next year will obvious- ly demand more expenses than those in the make-shift base- ment union. There is more to decorate and plan for, there is more incentive behind it, and there is more satisfaction in it. The Social Coordinating Committee must find itself in a quandry. It is forced to make decisions concerning the enter- tainment of the entire student body, yet must bear the brunt of student dissatisfaction as well as the knowledge that they can’t afford any better. There will always be problems of what to choose—not everyone can be expected to flock to a weekend of folk con~ certs. Likewise, the influx of foreign films this year has dis- appointed many campu: movie fans who prefer the domestic films for weekend entertainment, The Social Committee should make continuing efforts to give the students what they want. It Should be a matter of investigation rather than an "educated" guess. ‘ The students, however, must realize the economics limits in the cu -ent entertainment fields. They should be willing to rally around even a financial increase that is directly pointed at doing something for the students. LI) SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. April I 7, I964 [Anku Continues Study of Ghana By Vince Anku This is the second ariicle in the series of general remarks I would like to make about Gha~ na. Ghana’s foreign policy, which should indicate Where she is or is not leaning to the East, is based on principles of positive neutrality and Strict lion»align- merit. This policy enables ihc government to Speak freely about ways or making world peace more Secure. For exam- ple, Ghana voted against the Russian idea of the Troika, urged Russia to agree to disc armament with onions inspec- tion, and in the same General Assembly voted for China’s admission to the United Na- tions. Ghana’s domestic policy is based on an enlightened demo- cratic system, in which men can reasonably express their opinions. Some American news» men have constantly charged Nkrumah Wltll trying to cur- tail freedom of speech and at— tempting to have complete ideological control over all branches of the government. i personally know that Ghana- ianS can freely express their opinions without fear. One of my o wn secondary school teachers used to spend a quar- ter of the period each day bite terly criticizing the govern- ment. He even Called the Pros ident a “tortoiserheaded fool” on a number of occasions, but he is not in ail, Anyone in Ghana can criti- one as much as he wants, However, if he commits sedi- tion, lie is prosecuted in the civil law courts. No one iS aur tomatically imprisoned for crit< iclzing the government, Recent— ly a commission of jurists pcu- tioned the president to seem, state the Chief Justice after the latter had been dismissed. No disciplinary action was taken against them, in addition, ve- hement public opposition forced the President to abolish a ten per cent compulsory saving law. Detention only occurs if one is planning to assassmate the president or to overthrow the government by force, Nkrumah quite often acts only when he is sure the peo- ple will back him. If they do not, he does not push them too hard. He often rebukes his par- ty officials for their arrogance toward the common people and warns them that their real power is derived from the peo- ple. If Nkrumah is encourage ing any kind of dictatorship, as some members of the Amerie can press claim, perhaps it iS the dictatorship of the masses, This is a possibility in all West ern democratic political sys- tems, as Tocqueville has pointed outl Certainly, Nkru- mah is not trying to establish an absolutist state ruled by one man. The Ghanaian system is not a carbon Copy of any other type of government. It is a welfare state modified to meet the needs and conditions of the Air rlcans. Both Western and East- ern systems contain desirable elements. Ghana is free to ex- tract these beneficial aspects and blend them with her own Tom Fullmer Miscellany and Digression Those of you who enjoyed my column last week Should be commended for your exception- al imagination. Those of you who disliked that column Should be commended for your excep- tional memory. Those of you who are reading this column for the first time should be commended for your exception al bravery. Since this column was Sus- pended whlle the a u t h o r worked in preparation for the Mock Convention many notable events have occurred. Presi- dent Bowen after seeing the World has decided that his fu- ture lies in the Big 10 and not the Midwest Conference, Some observers, who desire to be nameless, have predicted that, true to his campaign for equal opportunity for women, Drl Bowen will demand that Jerry Burns permit coeds to partici- pate on the Iowa football team, Pierre Salinger, who backed out of his announced 50 mile hike one year ago has sudden- ly reversed hiS field and pulled off the greatest athletic trick or the century. A registered voter in Virginia for several years Salinger made a cross country leap to California to run for the Senate from that state. Time, Newsweek and Atlantic Monthly have run cover stories on the changing morality on college campuses, and students all over the United. States have developed severe frustration psychoses, because they were unaware that the things de- scribed in the articles were hape pening right around them. In certain individuals who began to look {or the type of living pictiiied in these mimics the frustration has become more severe. In St. Augustine, Florida, the mother of a Governor is ar- rested as an undesirable who invaded private property. And in Mississippi the State govern~ ment has passed a law to pro- tect itself from an unwanted minority, the Republican party. Meanwhile the American Sen- ate )5 in the midst of a mu longed discussion which theor- etically deals with the Civil Rights Bill. Debate has tended to wander, however, with such Senators as Hubert Humphrey Speaking on Such topics as the Netherlands Carillon Summer Concerts. This has given rise to speculation that if you chained a roomful of Senators to typewriters and let them type for an infinity they might come up with a civil rights bill. indigenous traditions. She is taking lon g and confident strides toward joining the rice and modern nations of the world. The one party system under energetic government is natural and traditional for Af- ricans, and represents the best possibility for achieving rice- dom from illiteracy, hunger, and poverty. Ghana govern- ment is indeed forming a mod- ern society at a remarkable pace with the support and co- operation of the people them- selves Many broad - minded Americans think [his statement is true. Simon Bessie of New York, who made a recent Visit to Ghana defended Nkrumah against Senator Dodd’s attack of communism: ' "I and two~other American book publishers were there at the end of last year on behalf of Franklin Publications, a lion- profit American organization engaged for the past dozen years in helping the growth or local book publishing and ihe spread of American books in underdeveloped countries. ”Nothing we saw in Ghana justifies Senator Dodd’s state- ment and much that we expel" ienced indicates that Ghana is an energetic country whose chances of joining the free, modern world will be greatly improved by understanding and assistance from America. Gha- \ na has its problems and so does the United States.” Thus, 1 am not alone in my optimism about the future of Ghana. )Japanese Continued from Page 1 features a Japanese variety show at 7:30 pm, Saturday in ARI-l auditoriuml The show will include both folk dances and at least one traditional formal dance, songs, skits on Japan- ese history and a karate eX< hihition. Japanese students from other Iowa schools have been invited to perform and a few Americans Who are ac< quainted with Japan are also participating, Masakatu commented, “In the variety Show we would like somewhat to show the cultural atmosphere of Japan, All songs in the Show are very popular Ones. and if Americans were to go to Japan, they could en< counter them in any part of the country." Costumes for the dances will be as authentic as possible. For the skits the costumes will be more symbolic. An emperor, for example, will not wear the dress of a real emperor but will be dressed "so that peo- ple will recognize him as an emperor.” MaSakatu Said, “This Week- end iS not just too academic. We want to transmit things not So well known about Japan in an informal atmosphere. The variety Show will express some thing about Japan, but it will also entertain. The Japanese students are not only doing this to educate, but also as a way of showing our apprecia- tion for what we are getting from the School and the slu- dents.”