oldest College Newspaper West of the Mississippi Vol. LXXII Grinnell. Iowa. Friday, January a, l965 No. I} Off-campus Residence to Close; Dean Cites Economy, Life Style By Jim Herzog Grinnell‘s Dean of Men, S. Eugene Thompson, has an- nounced that a men’s offscamp— us house will be closed as a residence effective during the college’s interim session and that the nine male residents of the house will be required to move into vacant rooms on North Campus. in making the move, Thomp- son said, “The house is being closed for reasons that are partly economic and partly matters of good student af- fairs administration.” He cited the houses distance from the campus and its difficulties in “maintaining a wholly desir- able style of life" as two rea- sons lor moving the nine sen< ior and junior men back on campus. The off-campus residence is located at 1019 Park Street, which is half a block south of Grinnell‘s Fine Arts Center. Like Grinnell’s three women's and other men's off-campus residences, the house is a ren- ovated private home. This is the fourth year that this house has been used as a men's dor- mitory. Thompson said that the de cision to close the off-campus was his, and was made in con- sultation with the business of- fice and the acting president of the college, Commenting on the decision. Thompson said the move was a case Of “institutional neces- sity," as “there are empty spaces on North Campus, and it’s thought to be good manage- ment to move students there." He said, “The whole idea of residence halls is compromised by off-campus houses,” but an “overflow” device must be used to take care of over-ad- mission. Thompson also said that the change does not indicate a move to eliminate off-campus houses nor does it mean that the nine men were not “taking cane of their business." He did, however, cite two re- ports of rules being broken at loll) Park Street as factors in the decision, He said a girl had been seen leaving the house af- ter women’s hours and that once the lounge had been bad- ly messed up. The chairman of 1019 Park Street. Jack Hurwitz, called the decision unfair, saying “If the * ‘k * excuse or reason about style of life were real, we should have been warned first." Said Hurwitz, "Everything seemed to be taking place be- hind our backs, and we were never sure whether the idea to move us out of Park Street was financial or whether he (Thompson) just wanted to close up the campus. We still don’t know whether the finan- cial reasons were a subter- fuge." Hurwitz also said that the girl seen leaving the Park Street residence after hours was the wife of a Grinnell senior. * ‘k * House Closed: Room Painted by 8&6; Interior Decoration Back to Normulcy When college officials lock up 1019 Park Street, closing it as a residence hall. one room , in it will have a fresh coat of paint. A semester-long battle be- tween students, letter writers, and Buildings and Grounds over room repainting, received a fresh touch during Christa mas recess when Buildings and Grounds repainted a room in 1019 Park Street. The repainting struggle be- gan in the fall when student Tom Morrow, appalled by the pink floral design of his room’s wallpaper, painted his room light gray, his ceiling grayish blue, and the doors and radio- tors black. Equally appalled by Mor- row’s audacity, the head of Buildings and Grounds, Evan H. Walden, had his organiza- tion repaint the room in the Quad Sunday Sunday there Quadrangle dining room, ac- cording to Dean of Women Jean Slocum. A change in the breakfast schedule to go into effect Sun- day was also announced. Breakfast will be served in the Quadrangle dining room from 3:30 to 9:00 am on Sunday mornings, thus shortening the serving period by l5 minutes. A type of continuous table service for noon meals from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. will be thing to Alter To Restaurant-style Service Starting this will be a change in the Sunday meal schedule and the style of the Sunday noon service in the initiated as an experiment, A hostess will greet tableesized groups of ten people when they are gathered and show them to a preset table. The table will be served in the traditional family style. When everyone at the table has finished eating, they will be excused, and then the table will be re-set for the next group. There will be no changes from the traditional dress for Sunday sit~down dinner. Skirt and sweater or dress will be re— quired for women, and coat and tie will be required for men. soon-to-beaclosed house bone white, The bill for the repainting will be over $40, and Morrow will be asked to pay. Asked about the case, Wal- den said, ”It's not one room or any other room; it‘s a policy." Walden said that an interior decorator has drawn up a color scheme for the campus rooms, and Morrow violated the color schemeiwhich is bone white. “As far as people painting their own rooms goes, that‘s out," said Walden, “If they go ahead, they certainly have to take the consequences." Walden was particularly mif- fed by Morrow’s use of black trim, saying ”We don’t go along with that sort of thing." Morrow however said he liked black, commenting, “Black is even the color of the trim in the college library and the new union, which buildings, the lat: ter especially, are in impec- cably good taste.” Morrow said also, “Of the many ridiculous things B&G does in the name of policy, I feel there is a special case here in that absurdity has generat— ed absurdity to a degree that challenges even the lively imagination. Walden, however, finds the matter serious and said that the painting was done in case the house would be reopened next year or in case it were rented out. This week’s 5&5 is the trial issue for the new editor and business manager —— John Wolf and Harold Fuson. The next is- sue will be published on Jan. 22 and will signal Wolf and Fuson‘s official takeover. Student Senate Proposes Changes To Set Up New ‘Advisory Council' By Wayne Stengel Wednesday night the Student Senate approved constitutional amendments which would cre- ate an advisory council of 21 members as the primary organ of student government. These, as all proposed amendments, must be approved by 60 per cent of those voting in a stu- dent referendum. The Senate vote was 32 in favor, one op- posed, and one abstention. If the student body approves the amendments, in a vote to be held early in the second semes- tier, they will be sent to the faculty and the President of the college for approval. Student government officials said that if these amendments receive the approval of all con- cerned, they will be put into effect before the end of the present student officials’ terms. Much of the meeting was devoted to parliamentary dis- cussions of amendments to the proposed amendments. An amendment was proposed by SGA President Phil John- son to replace article 15 of the new system with a provision that would provide for a mem- ber of the advisory council be- ing elected to serve as SGA treasurer, and to be in charge of the SGA and general budget and reserve funds. Johnson said that the proposal was in— troduced at the request of Sue Taylor, who now serves as una official SGA treasurer even though such an office is not provided for in the present con- stitution and had been over- looked in the proposals. The amendment was quickly adopts ed. Social Fund Boost Okayed by College An increase of ten dollars per student per year will be added to the social funds, according to Palmer Hartl, SOClal Coordina— tor. The increase is included in the 3100 increase in the to- tal college fees for the 196566 academic year, $4,500.00 will be allocated to the Forum fund, Which will be used to program the activi- ties of the new college Forum, This fund Will be handled by the student social committees. Additional funds, amounting to $6 00 per student per year, less the $4,500 in the Forum fund, (about $2,400 per year) will be used for procuring and maintaining equipment for the Forum. These funds will be ad— ministered by the college, The additional $400 per stu- dent per year (about $4,000) will go into the regular social program, “These additional funds will meet the projected needs outlined by the Social Coordinating Committee last spring," Hartl said. He added that the general areas where most of the funds will go are concerts and formal dances, but he stressed that their allot- ment will be-at the discretion of the Social Coordinating Com- mittee for ’65-’66. E'd. note: Miss ”ifa-ylo’rwair~ . asked by the sea to‘cor‘d— " ment on this proposal. She said that though she has dis- cussed the situation with Johnson and Jim Parkison, Speaker of the Senate, she was unaware of this amend< ment until asked for com- ments. Another amendment proposed by Sue Johnson, which wa passed over the opposition 0 some women senators, would provide for the election of was men representatives to the ad- visory council within two weeks after room drawings in the spring, and for the elec- tion of alternates within two or three weeks after the begin- ning of classes in the fall. This would provide for a quorum so that the council could begin its work soon after returning to campus in the fall While also SENATE— Continued on Page 3 Wiflgrui Announces Student Insurance “This life insurance program, en- dorsed by the United States Na- tional Student Association, is the best one in comparison with other available programs,” said George Wittgraf, campus NSA coordinator. Interest in some kind at program was expressed last summer and with NSA negotiating for its mem- ber colleges, it was able to gel: this inexpensive policy because of the large number of students in- volved. Any NSA college student is ela< gible through age 33. The student- terrn rate for $10,000 insurance is $20 per year through age 24, and increases only slightly as the stu~ dent gets older. The plan we; change automatically to Whole Life coverage with cash values (and reduced rates for the first 4 years) upon graduation unless the student prefers some other ar- rangement. The American Health and Life Company guarantees: 1) Coverage is renewable and noncancellable by the company as long as the premiums are paid. Z) Rates cannot be increased. 3) Restrictions cannot be added. 4) Benefits cannot be reduced. 5) Students Who enroll now but do not finish college can continue coverage at the term rate until after their original expected grad- uation date. Coverage is open to any Grinnell College student and the open en- rollment period extends to Feb. 28, 1965. Grinnell College is not selling insurance, but as a member of NSA is simply making this pro- gram available, For any further information contact George Witt- graf. ADDRESS HERE: