Page Four Thompson lumbosis Members of longun By Jim Herzog Grinnell's Dean of Men, S. Eu- gene Thompson, warned the resi dents ot Langan Hall yesterday that'any turther damage or rule disobeyal would bring swift and massive penalties. Thompson told members of the en’s residence hall that “The col- ege wants a better style of life than its getting” He referred to damage and de- struction of lounge turniture, mis- use or tire alarms, and drinking, saying, “It stinks to have a situa— tion like this on a college campus.” Thompson said, “People are dis- gusted by fliis place . . . I don't trust you to live by the fairly wretched philosophy you already have." Thompson told 35 members of, the hall of 60 that'there "was no question about something being done" He continued "Ii you think there have been arbitrary actions before, you haven't seen anything yet." “If any more goes on, we just start shooting people down," said the Dean. One consideration he mentioned was putting the entire hall on probation, with those al- ready having probationary status facing even more severe action. Langan Hall, 'he said, is the “crummiest place to live on North campus. Thompson said he was particular» 1y disturbed by the unwillingness oi Langan Hail members to report serious incidents to him, SO that he could take action. } Dismissal (Continued train Page 1) the incident from several sources. He said, “It was talked up all around the campus. Lots of people knew including several CoiHP members. They knew the incident had occurred and they knew who had done it, but the student was protected by the students around im who knew of the incidentl” Dean Thompson stated, “Some iaculty members were in favor of turning the affair over to the Grin- nell police. I called the station, without using any names, and asked about charges and penalties. The police cited three or tour charges, each punishable by at least 30 days. Had the incident OC- curred some place else in town, such as a hotel, the student would have been in considerably more serious trouble.” Dean Thompson summed up the incident and the protection sur- rounding it as, “Incredible.” Mullins Visits Schools Edgar R. Mullins, Jr,, (mathe- matics) visited the Story City Come munity Schools yesterday under the lows Visiting Scientist Pro- gram. “hm ELXOI', like Pound or Joyce. w. University man, an'uiiod lo< uni . “Lenin. cum which in. .bandohoa cop-unity in n mm or loot dinclion; ihct ma 0! them hurl-d haunt. tchoolmmer to a generation; that tin-11y {My hes uml pm at the next [ener- cumcuici then m not undon- A penintl but pm al the "Inn‘s proc- m by which n world noon-d may u! 1»- boi'nl ioboro. _ HONAL IIVIIW, \"ll mud" to Dept. cu, m s :5 u. N. v. M. N. v. SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February 5, ms Booth Views Interim Favorably By Sue Johnson With the comment that “Interim” is definitely a misnomer, Protes- sor Wayne C. Booth stated, “The highest point of the year should be this time when you can get free of instructors and get down to edu- cation.” Booth, Dean of the Undergrad- uate College of the University of Chicago and Pullman professor oi English in the graduate depart- ment, made the above observa» tions during his stay at Grinnell as guest lecturer tor the freshman lecture series. Having worked with various types of independent study himself, he was very much in- terested in Grinnell's Interim, upon which he feels Grinnell needs to bmld. He stated that the students should perhaps be better trained to study independently, for many students, unaccustomed to the lack of supervision and direct pressure, lspent a post-graduate year read- are incapable of using the time to good advantage. “The trouble with American education,” said Booth, “is that too little attention is given to building a love or each subject. The aim of a course should not be to put in as much as possible, but to be sure that students will go on educating themselves in that area.” Although Booth has com- plained that his high school and college education was not rigorous enough, he acknowledges the fact that he enjoyed and protlted trom having enough time to read and listen to music. Apparently Booth learned from his undergraduate work at Brig- ham Young University and his graduate work at University or Chicago how to make the most of his leisure time. After completing work on his PhD. in English, he ing philosophy under a Ford Foun- dation grant and a Guggenheim year writing literary criticisms. He then taught ”practically every— thing" for nine years at Earlham College, a liberal arts college very similar to Grinnell, after which he returned to the University of Chi— cago as a protessorl In 1961 he published The Rhetoric of Fiction, which is an attempt to deal with a neglected aspect oi criticism oi fiction. That aspect is the whole dimension of fiction which makes it able to communicate ettectively to an audience, rather than the ob- jective view which tends to ignore the audience. The book received the Christian Gauss Phi Beta Kappa award in 1962 for being the most distinguished piece or literary criticism of the year, Despite the fact that he is still teaching courses and seminars in literary criticism, forms of the novel, problems in the critiusm 0i tiction, and English, Protessor Booth’s greatest concern is tul- illling his duties as Dean of the College, ior undergraduate educa tion is his basic love. 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