Friday, May 8, I964 SCARLET AND BLACK Jones Emphasizes Need for 'Play'. Sequeira: Praciicaliiy of lib. Arts By Susan Taylor “This college might well in this age when knowledge is power and learning is work, seek to retain something at the liberating effect of play," Alan Jones thst.) told a student and, flicuity audience last Friday ntorning in his chapel lecture piesentation, Jones and Leforne Sequeira, Director of Placement and Stu- dent Aid, were presented by the Board of Religion as a part: of a series of speakers on the topic “The Ends and Means of a Liberal Arts Education." Se- qt eira took a different approach to the subject in his address, ailserting that “a liberal arts education is perhaps the most p-actical of all experience” Jones, defining “play” as “noneserious activity, volun- tary free activity,‘ traced the origins of the university back to the Middle Ages Tradition- ally on a university campus, he said, one found the mood “of Excitement and enjoyment” with few material worries, the “gift of an interlude" to the young man, a ”community where one can be free.” Asserting that Grinnell had its origins in this tradition, as well as in the American Prat; 'estant tradition which poses a challenge to it by stressing moral action, Jones considered the American Liberal Arts Col lege in the twentieth century: “The twentieth century with all its terrible seriousness poses a serious challenge to liberal arts education defined as intellec» tual play. Few colleges have been able to resist this chal- lenge. Grinnell has not.” in a “world of power and profit and professionalism," he said, work, not play seems the dominant note on the liberal arts college campus. College experience is seen as having, of necessity, a link to the out- side world. Students strive for academic excellence—with an emphasis on action and seri— ousness of their “work”—-rath- er than for intellectual excel- lence and learning, in an enjoy- Dream up a Hall Picnic with Ice Cream from able and carefree context. for its own sake “Much of this is inevitable and much is good,” Jones said. But “The emphasis on work must, be combatted with re~ lief'réd emphasis on play." "‘1 would plead for more hu- mor and less seriousness" on our college campus,“ he con» cluded, "not because the world is not serious, but because it is.” Sequeira, relating the liberal arts education to post-graduate activities, whether in business or graduate school, said that because of the vagueness of its tradition, the benefits of a liberal arts education are long in coming He called this edu- cation “something that’s much bigger than the sum of the parts.” He said that in living in a changing world, the education— al experience which produces a packaged skill is not as val- uable as the liberal arts exper» ience. Referring to its practicality, Sequeira said “The liberal tins education is simply living and learning. It becomes an explor— ation of the world of ideas. You get excited about wanting to learn. The product or the end turns out to he that kind of man who can simply use his head.” . Speaking of the pressure which always leads the student toward the idea of success, he questioned, “Is a Grinnell stu- dent getting what’s necessary to develop the capacity to fail, and the resilience to bounce back?” “People who are uninformed about their own potential as people have missed something of the liberal arts education,” he said “Businesses are hir- ing whole people with an ability to grow and expand.” The play necessary in this education is that which enables the student to relate learning to the social context, to make judgments and decisions, to run the risk of making mis- takes, he said. “The ends and the means ’are exactly the same,” Seque- Oificinls Announce Housing Regulation For Commencement Those making housing plans for commencement would like to call special student attention to the following statement from the college catalogs: “The college remains in ses sion throughout the period of Commencement and Alumni programs During this time, col- lege social regulations remain in effect. All underclassmen, except those with special per— mission, are required to vacate college and town residence rooms and to leave the town of Grinnell by the morning follow- ing their last examination." To permit the Housekeeping Depaitment to prepare rooms for guests by Thursday, June 4, students classified in the statement above must vacate their rooms and leave Grinnell before noon, on the day follow- ing their last examination. Mary G. Jones, Alumni Sem retary, asks all underciassmen who are not staying throughout Commencement day on some special assignment to cooper- ate promptly with this ruling "With the size of the present senior class. we are expecting more parents and guests than in other years," said Miss Jones. “it is my hope that we can find rooms for them as well as for the many alumni who return for reunions. But unless the departing under- classmen vacate their rooms as quickly as possible, we shall be hard»pressed to make our guests comfortable.“ The last meal in the dining room for underclassmen stu- dents will be breakfast, Tues- day, June 2. Badges will be needed for entrance into the dining room for lunch Tuesday and throughout the remainder of Commencement week These badges may be picked up in the Alumni Office on June 1 and Z Seniors are reminded that they may make housing reser- vations for their guests begin- ning on Monday, May 18, in the Alumni Office. ira concluded. “They constitute living and they constitute growing” Yes, it's getting hot! so . . . Cool off with ice cold beverages from VARSITY also . . a pipes, tobacco, books, magazines, and records Page Nina Fellow Students! The lime has come for all intellectuals to slay up all night"! I.Term Papers 2. Finals (coming) Eat Out Late at no White Spot The Early Bird Gets the Worm or so they say But . . . 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