Information Service College 9mm Oldest College Newspaper West of the Mississippi Vol. LXXII Grinnell. lows. Friday. October 23, l964 No. 6 Warsaw Phi Stauss Outlines Role of Student. Parents in Liberal Education By Cynthia Brust In the annual Parent’s Week— end lecture, presented last Sat- urday in Herrick Chapel, James H, Stauss, Dean of the College and acting president, explained what the college expects of stu< dents, parents, and alumni. Stauss began with a brief summary of the goals of a lib- eral arts college. it is. he said, created for “teaching. learning and scholarship in the sciences and arts,” as well as for pro» professional training. He de« scribed the ideal graduate as an “intelligent amateur” in the wide range of liberal arts sub- jects and an "intelligent “ap- prentice” in his major field. ”We expect our students to do work which merits the re— spect of their professors," Stauss stated, He also declared his desire to develop “hard— boiled realism” in the Students and their parents in two areas (Campaign Ends in fall Mock Election A Mock Presidential Election ‘ for students and faculty will be held next Tuesday, October 27, just one week prior to the November 3rd national election date. Students will vote in the lunch lines at Cowles and the Quad- rangle between ll am. and 1 pm. Faculty members will vote through the Faculty Exchange. Paper ballots will be’used. The Mock Election is co- sponsored by the Student Gov- ernment Association, the Young Republicans and Young Deni- ocrats, and the Program in Practical Political Education. Commenting on why voting machines will not be employed as they have been in past events of this sort, PPPE Di- rector C. Edwin Gilmour (Pol. Sci.) said that the County Aud- itor was unable to make the machines available because they- are presently being check- ed and prepared for the elec- tion, November 3rd. Last spring, in a campusvwlde student M o c k Presidential Election between the two par- ty tickets nominated by the Col- lege Mock Political Convene tions, is LodgeHatfield slate which often present great emo- tional problems. The first of these is the “arithmetic of col— lege competition,” the Well- lmown fact that only one~half the students can be in the up- per 50% of their class.” The second related area is the ”emotional trap caused by the distance between actual possibility and unrealistic ex- pectation,” on the part of either the student or his parents. This problem, according to Etauss. is often involved in the con- flict between dependence and independence which plays such a major role in a college stu~ dents emotional life. We expect the students to look toward their maturity,” he said. “We want them to be hard-boiled, realists ~ to declare their in- dependence of unrealistic ex- pectations and relax.” Stauss emphasized that he was not ad— vi'sing students to ignore the expectations of their parents, but rather to not create an emo- tional issue of them. The parents’ role in this de- velopment was outlined in three areas: to allow the students to adjust to reasonable expecta- tions—“We ask you to 'accept the standard of the students’ own best efforts"; to allow him to discover and affirm his own interest; and to realize that he owes it to himself to think for himself. Stauss pointed out that the student must be left emotion- ally free to meet the commit merits of a liberal arts educa- tion. These are the commit- ments to a humane under- standing of the world’s great ideas and ideals, to informed and responsible citizenship on every level, and to sophisti- cated entertainment for him- self and others. He touched briefly on the need for improvement in the dormitory systems on campus. We need, he said, to develop a student culture which will sup- port the liberal arts concepts. The students must develop ma— turity and meet standards of dignity and courtesy in their relationships, In this area, he pointed out that the adminis- tration and faculty expect un- derstanding of these aims from the parents and alumni. He asked in conclusion that all who care for the college and its stu- dents bear in mind that “rule- making for students is not the defeated a J ohnson-Humphroy slaw by 56 gates. same as maturity-making IN stiidents’u By John Wolf The reaction of Grilinell stu- dents to the Warsaw Philhar- monic Orchestra as well as the orchestra’s reaction to the col- lege and community are being recorded on film by a joint Polish-US. information Agency team today aiid tomorrow. The orchestra and its audi- ence will be filmed from three locations in Roberts Theatre during tomorrow afternoon's concert at 2:30. Tile orches- tra's evening performance will begin at 8:30; it will not be filmed. Four orchestra in e m b e r s were on campus today for film- ing, which included a visit to a Stanislaw Wislocki will lead the Warsaw Philhar- monic Orchestra in two performances tomorrow in Roberts Theatre. Both concerts will feature select- tions by Berloiz and Beethoven. farm, a specially prepared Polish dinner at a downtown restaurant, and a jam session with the Lenox Quartet. “Grinnell is one of about six American cities, and the only college city, in which filming is being done for this tour of the Philharmonic," said Don Jones (music). “A documentary film ~< for use on Polish TV and American educational tele— vision — will then be put to— gether. Grinnell will be the high point of the movie.” Jones also noted that this marks the first time the Polish government has consented to a coproduced effort in record- ing an exchange concert. Pre- Dil'hyramb Uses French Theme: 'Discotheque' to Be Featured ,Grinnell borrows an idea from the French for the first dithy- ramb of the season to be held following the Warsaw Philhar- monic Orchestra concert to- morrow night in Loose Lounge. The t h e m e Discotheque means “records" in French. It refers to a type of nightclub that is found all over Europe and is now becoming popular in the United States, The surround- ings are not extremely elegant. and it is the type of place that would be frequented by high society. Entertainment music is from records rather than a band. It is one of the newest developments in the small din» ner club atmosphere. Committee chairman Martha Montgomery said “We are try- ing to ayoid the tea and sand- wich idea and get something more substantial in planning the menu.” Dithyramb is serv- ing different sorts of cheeses, bread, dill pickles, and punch, The idea behind dithyramb is an attempt to provide a maxi- mum of sophisticated enter- tainment to a small number of people'after a formal event. It usually includes a formal menu, and some type of music, pat~ terned after night club enter- tainment. A small admissiOn fee is charged to control the num~ ber of people attending. Social money is budgeted for this, but it does not cover all of the ex- pense. Tickets for tomorow’s dithy- rarnb are available in the Fine Arts office at 50c per couple and will also be available at harmonic Periorlns Tomorrow viously, on recording was done strictly by Polish personnel. ”I think this shows that the cultural exchange program can get things done better than sit< ting on our fences yelling oaths at each other," Jones res marked. The Warsaw Philharmonic is in this country as part of an exchange in which the Pitts- burgh Symphony went to P0- land. Jones said, “The Pitts- burgh orchestra was received very hospitably in Poland; we would like to see an equally kind and generous treatment for the Warsaw orchestra while it is here.” The orchestra‘s regular 90 members, under the direction of Stanislaw Wisiocki, will play Berloiz’s Roman Carnival Over- ture and Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony at both Grinnell con< certs. The matinee perform- ance will also include piano soloist Wladyslaw Kedra play- ing Chopin's Piano cencerto in F Minor, while the evening con- cert will feature violinist Wanda Wilkomirslia in the War lin Concert by Karlowicz. The Philharmonic arrived in this country for its second North American tour on Octo' bar 2 and began its concert series October 4 with a per- formance at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C. They have since played in New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Minnesota. The orchestra’s only other Iowa performance will be in Waverly. Their last performances of this tour will be in Carnegie Hall November , 13 and 14 During the Philharmonic 5 64- -year history, it has retained its reputation as one of me world's outstanding orchestras despite two world wars, the second of which devastated Warsaw and the Philharmonic building, Since that time the orchestra has recovered. Since 1958 it has played in Belgium at the‘ Brussels World Fair, in East and West Germany, Engv land, France, Switzerland, and the Soviet Union. The orches- tra’ s first U S. tour was in Jam uary 1961 Tomorrow’ 5 concerts, part of the Grinnell Concert Series, are also sponsored by the Stu. dent Committee on Concerts, Ed. hotel A story on the Po- llsh-USIA filming Will appear“, in next weeks 5&3. '—« Chapel "Who Am The Inspired Mani“ Roger Eldridge Sunday. H mm. the door.