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The Grinnell College Forum opens tonight ending
the long ‘history of temporary student centers. Ac-
tivities tonight will be designed to introduce all

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

corners to the features and rooms of the upstairs

entertainment sections.

 

Walker 'lnjured in
Missouri‘Car Crash

Associate Dean Waldo S, Walker
was hospitalized in ,St. Louis, Mo.
Wednesday 'with racial injuries suf-
fered in an automobile accident on
the outskirts of the city

According to James H. Stauss,
Dean of the College, Walker was in
a car traveling east on interstate
highway, when. an approaching
westbound car went out of control,
crossed the median and struck

Walker’s vehicle. He received iac- I

lal cuts and bruises, a broken nose,
andpossible cheek fracture.

Dean of Men S. Eugene Thomp-
son. who was with Walker in the
car, was uninjured. The men were
on their way to St Louis for an
alumni meeting at which Walker
was slated to speak,

Thompson returned to Grinnell
Thursday night; Walker plans to

, be released from the hospital on
Saturday.

Maytag Grunt

Grinnell College will be among
the member schools of the Iowa
College Foundation ‘to benefit from
a special $12,500 grant made to
the organization by the Maytag
company Foundation, Inc.

The grant, presented for the see
and consecutive year, is in re-
sponse to the need for expanding
facilities within the colleges who
are members of ICF.

Established in 1952, the 22 mem-
ber Iowa College Foundation en-
ables firms to assist in the support
of private colleges.

 

Drawlng by Robert Boudinat

[AC

Oldest College Newspaper West of tin Mississippl

 

Vol. LXXll

Grinnell, Iowa. Friday, December 4', 1954

No. II

 

llmpudenli British Salire Scheduled for Roberts;

British satire invades Rob-
erts Theatre tomorrow evening,
as the Drama department and
Concerts Committee present
“Beyond the Fringe, 1965." The
production, a series of satirical
blackout sketches, will be pre-
sented twice, at 7 and 9:30 pm.
A “Caffe Interlude" in the
Formal lounge of the Forum
will be held between perform-
ances.

The show originated in Eng-
land several years ago, played
on Broadway for two years,
and is appearing at Grinnell as
part of a simeonth tour of

American colleges and univer»
sities.

“. . . They are marvelously
impudent about everybody and
everything." according to one
critic. Their subjects cover
such areas as sex, Shakes-
peare, religion, war, Queen
Elizabeth, the race issue, con-

 

cert pianists, television, and
Bertrand Russell.

The touring production stars
Robert Cessna, Donald Cullen,
Patrick Horgan and ‘James
Valentine. It was directed and

produced by Alex Cohen, who
was also responsible for the
Broadway version, which won
the Drama Critic's award in
1962.

Beyond The Fringe. 1965' Given Twice Tomorrow

The humor of the satirical
sketches is typically British,
keenedged and subtle, It is uni-
versal and sophisticated in
tone, aimed at the intellectual
audience. The players concen-
trate on the “wild inversions"
of common sense that pass for
cogent public utterance in Eng-
land and every other nation,”
and the “fatuous blather hand-
ed down as holy writ.”

 

AWS Board Announces

Plans for Open House

Before Christmas Formal Dance; Also Iedchetks

Open House plans on the eve-
ning of the Christmas Formal
were announced Monday by the
AWS Board. Open House will
be held on South Campus only,

from 3:45 to 9:30 pm. This
\Vlii be the time period between
the Dithyramb Formal Dinner

and the beginning of the dance
in Darby Gymr

The Board also made plans
to institute periodic bedrchecks
in the women’s residences.
This is being done in order to
aid the COfHP in its strict en-
forcement of visitation rules.
Checks will be made after hours

 

in the Quadrangle Dining Room

on unannounced “evenings.

 

I

The years of no~studentractivity—
center and those of ”temporary un<

ions" end tonight at s with the

grand opening or the $960,000 Grin-
nell College Forum.

First of its kind in Grinnell Col-
lege history, the large, colorful
campus center will be a focal point
for a variety of social and cultural
extracurricular activities, both for-
mal and informal,

The glassrenveloped upper level,
which will be in full use starting
tonight, includes two large lounges
designed for parties, programs, in-

- formal concerts, symposiums, and

receptions; a grill; an espresso cof<
feeltouse; billiards and game
rooms; a television-viewing parlor;
and a musical listening lounge.

The lower level, which is devoted
mainly to offices, activity rooms,
and private dining and meeting
rooms, will be occupied during the
college Christmas recess and will
be in full use when classes resume
Jan. 4.

There will be no formal dedica-
tion or opening ceremonies in the
Forum tonight, with the doors
opening at eight to let students.
faculty. and others come and go as
they wish throughout the evening.

Maxine Sellers, folk singer from
the Mother Blues Club in Chicago
will appear in the South Lounge at
8 and at 10: 15. In the North Lounge
at 8: 45 and 10. 45, the Rivieras, a
ruck-and~r0ll dance band also from

: Chicago, will be playing.

The busy evening will begin at 8
in Roberts Theatre with a concert
by the Lenox Quartet, their last
in the current formal series.

Beginning next week will be two
regular Forum Features, the Music
Listening Series and the Film
Series.

Each weekday at 4 and 9 pm.

the Music Listening Lounge will
have selected music programs on
record usually lasting an hour. 011
Friday this program, called the
Friday Forum Series, might feat-
ure a recorded play or reading as
well as music. Next Friday’s pro-
gram is the Christmas portion or
Handel's “Messiah" ‘
' The Forum Film Series will be
held each Wednesday night at 10,
and will feature two short film sc<
lections of the art, documentary,
or experimental type. Wednesday's
selections will be ”Golden Fish"
and “Surprise Boogiel’.’

Construction of the Forum began
in the spring of 1963 with Ringland-
Johnsoanrowley or Des Moines as
general contractors. The building
was designed by Skidmore, Owings
8t Merrill (Chicago) architects and
engineers who alsD designed the
Fine Arts Center and Burling Ll-
brary.

Exterior dimensions of the struc-
ture are 210 by 70 feet, the iri<
terior contains about 31,000 square

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